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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, THUR8DAY, MAY 22, 1913.
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Grand Jury to Get Much Finger-
Print Evidence When Slaying
Is Taken Up Friday.
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have been misunderstood, and tint
criticism of his failure to work with
the Atlanta detectives was due to .t
misapprehension. He explained his
position in the following statement to
The Georgian:
"When 1 came here. I started *.o
work independently, without asking
any information from Atlanta detec
tives. 1 have been criticised, but l
think the critcism was unjust. It was
not egotism, but delicacy, that kept
me from going to them.
“They had been working on the
case over three weeks. Then I came.
Now, if 1 had gone to them and said,
'Gentlemen, please give me all the
Information you got In your three
weeks’ work, don't you think that
would require an unusual amount of
nerve?
Denies He Made Criticism.
"If I were working on a ease, and
after three weeks a detective from
another place should come to me and
ask for all my information. I would
think he had lots of nerve. It was
not egotism on my part It simply
required more nerve than I had.
I also have been criticised for
criticising the other men on the case.
I have been reported as criticising
them for not looking into the foot
prints and Anger prints immediately
after the murder. Hut 1 did not make
that criticism { said they had ov
erlooked two good dews if they had
passed up the Anger prints arid thumb
prints, hut I did not say they had
passed them up I still say two good
c lews were overlooked, providing the
thumb prints and linger prints VTSTS
not traced, hut, mind you, I do not
say they were not taken tip. The
fact is. I don’t know to-day whether
they were or not."
Wilson Frees Man
In Shadow of Death
WASHINGTON. May 22.—Compas
sion for a prisoner said to be in the
last stages of tuberculosis and feat
that his presence in the Magoffin
County jail in Kentucky might en
danger the health of the other in
mates has caused President Wilson to
commute the mx months’ sentence im
posed upon Ilryant Combs at Coving
ton Ky. He will be released imme-
di*M» iy.
Combs was convicted of operating a
“moonshine" still.
J. P. Morgan's Son
Boat Crew Captain
BOSTON. May 22.—Junius Spencer
Morgan—"Silent” Morgan as he is
known at Harvard— has been elected
rapiain of the junior class crew, it
■was announced to-day.
Young Morgan heretofore has en
gaged little in athletics, not because
he did not care or have any apti
tude. but because his dislike for
mathematics gave him a condition
■which barred him He worked off the
condition last fall and immediate
ly went to work for the crews. He
made good and is now captain.
Tifton Store Burns,
With $20,000 Loss
TIFTON, GA.. May 22 —The dry
goods store of S. and H. Kulbursch
was entirely destroyed by Are early
to-day. The blaze started in tlie
basement at thu ’ear of the store.
Stock and Ax tunes were valued at
with $7,200 insurance. The
building was owned by J. W. and E.
R Sumner, of Sycamore, and was
valued at $2,500. with $2,000 insurance.
The origin of the Are is not known.
500 Traveling Men
Meet at Columbus
•COLUMBIA GA., May 22—About
§00 visitors have arrived for the
Grand Council of the Georgia anl
Florida Division of the United Com
mercial Travelers which meets here
this afternoon.
Interesting features have been ar
ranged for this afternoon and to
night. The Racine Hotel is the hea 1-
quarters of the traveling men.
WINNER AT BRIDGE, WOMAN*
LAUGHS HERSELF TO DEATH
HARTFORD. CONN.; Mh> 22.—
Overjoyed at playing a winning card
ir. a game of bridge, Mrs. Mary. Trel-
kaid. of this city, laughed herself into
hysterics and died.
The Georgian-American Pony Contest
VOTE COUPON
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SOLID CARLCAD SNAP <3 4 O r
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BULL IKE WAR
OVER PEACE PLAN
Progressive Leaders Split on Eve
of Meeting to Reorganize the
Republican Party.
WASHINGTON. May 22. ProRrea-
#dve Republicans, on the eve of their
meeting with the executive commit
tee of the national committee to lay
plana for reorganizing the G. O. P.
have split over the means to be em
ployed.
One group, headed by such men as
Borah and Kenyon, are inclined to
take a militant view of the matter and
ignore the standpatters if they do not
at once fall in with their plans, w’hlle
another group, headed by Senator
Cummins, Is inclined to pacificatory
measures.
"The crux of the situation.” said
Senator Cummins, “Is the reform of
delegate representation. With this
granted, other matters will take care
ot themselves.”
“I hope,” said Senator Borah, "that
the national committee will disclose
their willingness to adjust the ques
tion of representation, but whether
they do this or fall to do it the move
ment will go on just the same and the
Republican party will, in 1916. write
a Progressive platform and nominate
a Progressive candidate. Eighty-five
per cent of the Republican electorate
Is in favor of Progressive politics.”
Senator Cummins thinks a Repub
lican conference should be called for
September of this year or, at the lat
est, the spring of 1914.
GEORGIA
NEWS IN BRIEF
‘PLAY BULL!’ WILL
BE PASTOR'S TEXT
Rev. Caleb Ridley Will Preach
on Lessons Taught by the
National Game.
Militant and competent Christiani
ty will be preached from the pulpit
of the Central Baptist Church Sun
day night. wh4n the pastor, the Rev.
Caleb A. 'Ridley, will take as the sub
ject of his sermon the game of base
ball.
“Play Ball” will be the text, as he
announced to his -congregation at the
Wednesday night meeting.
“In the course of my trip to St.
Louis last week to attend the Na
tional Baptist Convention.” he ex
plained, “1 saw a game between the
Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis
Browns. ‘Smoky Joe’ Wood was
pitching, and Trls Speaker and Yerkes
and Hooper and the other hero?s
were there. And it struck me that
these were men. and that there is nn
analogy between the game as it
should he played and the life of a
Christian man.
"Baseball is life.
"Nobody hut men can play it. It is
no game for mollycoddles. It is a
game for men and for thinkers.
"Everybody must play his own part
and keep away from the other rpan’s.
That’s team work, and should apply
to life as well as to baseball. I saw
Speaker and Yerkes and Hooper all
run after a fly—and miss It.
"When a player gets on base, he has
his eye on home plate. There Is a
definite and desirable goal
too, Is like life."
And this.
New Militia Officer.
JACKSON. To succeed W. D. Pope,
who was recently elected captain.
Sergeant J. A. McClure was elected
second lieutenant of the Jackson
Ritles, Company A, Second Infantry.
Paulding to Have Fair.
DALLAS i A county fair associa
tion has been organized for Paulding
County. B. E. Croker is president,
with (J. W. Helms as vice president;
C. O. Lam. secretary, and W. M. Tur
ner, treasurer.
Commencement at Elberton.
RLBERTON Elberton P u b 1 i c
Schools close Friday Rev. C. 1. Stacy,
of Elberton Presbyterian Church, will
deliver the commencement sermon
Sunday •
Prof. R. E. Park, of the University
of Georgia, chair of English, will make
the address to the class on Monday.
Cork Postoffice Robbed.
JACKSON. The pontofflee at Cork.
Butts County, was robbed Wednes
day night. Some stamps and loose
change were secured. Dogs were
carried to the scene to-day but they
were unable to strike the trail.
80 Liquor Cases Set.
MACON.—Indictments against 80
saloonkeepers and club proprietors of
Macon, are set for trial next month
in the Superior Court, and 45 accusa
tions against others in the City Court.
Verdict in 90 Seconds.
MACON.—It took exactly 90 sec
onds for a jury in the Bibb Superior
Court to find R. B. Lockhurt. a young
white man. not guilty of the charge
of murder He shot and killed a
negro, with whom he had a quarrel.
Socialism Debated.
COLUMBUS.—"Is Socialism De
sirable for the United States?" was
the subject of a debate at the Chau
tauqua tent here between Adam J.
Bebe. a former Republican Congress-
i man from Minnesota, and Emil Seidel
j the recent Socialist Mayor of Mil
waukee.
Dallas School Closing.
DALLAS —Commencement exer
cises of Dallas High School begin
Friday and conclude Monday. Rev.
I Joseph A Sharpe, president of Young
} Harris College, will preach the com-
! mencement sermon Sunday The lit
erary address will be delivered by
Dr. Y. J. Edge, of Shorter College.
Monday
Jasper Seeks More
Power Company Tax
JACKSON. GA.. May 22—The
courts may be called on to settle the
question as to whether Butts or Jas
per County is entitled to the larger
share of the tax returns of the Cen
tral Georgia Power Company. Since
the dam was erected on the Oomulgee
River several years ago the company
has returned its Butts County prop
erty for $750,000 and that in Jasper
County for about $100,000. Now Jas
per County claims that rive-eighths of
the company’s dam is on its side of
the stream and that Jasper should
have more of the taxes.
Mrs. Lucy 6. Kelly.
To Be Buried Here
The body of Mrs. Lucy Grist Kelly,
who died In Memphis Tuesday, will
arrive In Atlanta Thursday afternoon
for .Interment.
Mrs. Kelly, who was 2S years old.
had been a resident of this city prior
to her going to Memphis and had
many relatives and friends nere. Mrs.
J. A Ray. 140 West Alexander Street,
an aunt of the deceased, will attend
to the funeral arrangements.
Besides Mrs. Ray. Mrs. Kelly is sur
vived by three brothers. Q W. and
W W Grist, of Washington. D c.
and C. M. Grist, of New Orleans.
Engineer Shedd in
Rockdale Chaingang
AUGUSTA, GA.. May 22.—Mar
shall Shedd. the Georgia Railroad
engineer convicted of involuntary
manslaughter for killing "Sonny'’ Col
lins. has been taken to Conyers to
serve twelve months on the Rockdale
County chaingang. where he will run
an engine Shedd was sentenced to
serve six months in Jail and twelve
months on the Richmond County
chaingang.
White City Park Now Open
CRACKERS BUY EDWARD
ALPERMAN FOR UTILITY
Edward Alperman. brother of Whitey
Al|*erman. has been bought by the At
lanta club from the Muscatine club
• f the Central Association. He will be
given a try -out and if he shows anv
thing he will he kept as utility man.
If not. h« will be passed on to some
smaller league.
BUKINS P E A C Et Buried Treasure
STAND JEERED
fly
By QUILL.
Only Ridicule for Secretary’s
“No-Ships-Till-We’re-lnvaded” j
Policy.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—“The j
worst enemy of our Country’s peace I
Ih h*- who makes it easy and safe for
here enemies to attack her."
This is the slashing epigram with
which a commander of the United
States Navy epitomizes the recent at
titude of^the American Secretary of
State.
It is perfectly true that the men
who are ready to fight for our coun
try when necessary are not much
enamored at this time of the man
who is always ready to talk for It.
Mr. Bryan’s efforts to saddle upon
certain “Interests” of the country the
frank apprehension of all our people
over international complications is
Immediately followed by an attack
upon those American newspapers
who tell the truth and inform the
people.
Bryan Orator, Not Diplomat.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Bryan’s
diplomatic career, from his prema
ture congratulation of Ambassador
Wilson in Mexico and his unfortu
nate allusions to home rule on St.
Patrick’s Day, and his untactful atti
tude toward China, down fo his last
undiplomatic remark about the can
non scandals In the German Govern
ment. have not been so much of the
caliber of a Prime Minister and diplo
mat as of an oratorical enthusiast.
Before Mr. Bryan begins to abuse
the newspapers that have kept his
people informed and have done more
than any other influence to stimulate
the navy and the army, he had bet
ter understand just how public opin
ion holds his own utterances and how
lightly it estimates his effectiveness
as a Secretary of State. *
Judging from the comments of
leading newspapers in foreign coun
tries, other governments than our
own regard Mr. Bryan’s standing as
a practical statesman with a great
deal of open amusement.
Laughed at Around World.
The bona fide statement of Mr.
Bryan at the naval banquet that he
would never be willing to indorse a
larger navy until our country was in
vaded has been laughed at around the
world.
His other equally humiliating con
fession as the Prime Minister of our
Government that "nothing will force
him to fight” is generally regarded as
diminishing the fighting prestige and
the individual force of our country
among other nations.
No public voice expresses this de
precatory opinion of Mr. Bryan’s sen
timental folly more strongly than The
Army and Navy Journal, which voices
a ringing protest and criticism. The
recent Army and Navy Journal said
of Mr. Bryan that his ignorance
equaled his sincerity and that his ut
terances have a tendency to promote
the very wars they seek to avoid.
Crank Peace Theories Scored.
Few sharper and more timely re
bukes have ever been administered to
a public official than this official or
gan of the army and navy writes of
Mr. Bryan, these paragraphs among
others.
It would be well indeed at this
juncture if some friend *of the
Secretary would warn him that
the wise statesman defers the dis
cussion of theories to a time w'hen
his language may not give coun
tenance to those In diplomatic
contention with his Government,
and that the idealism of the phi-
losopher is one thing and the ob
ligations of a high Government
official another.
Our own self-respect demands
that we should treat Japan, as
well as every other foreign coun
try. with courtesy and considera
tion, but it also demands that w-e
should yield nothing to the fear
of war or to the attempt to intro
duce into our diplomacy crank
theories on the subject of peace.
To do so is to make trouble for
ourselves in the future, as well
as to humiliate the American peo
ple, the vast majority of whom do
not accept Mr. Bryan’s theories.
Public sentiment in Washington,
not only among the army and navy,
but elsewhere, goes further than to
merely condemn Mr. Bryan’s over
pacific altitude. It laughs at it. It
is the general impression of real men
at the Uapltol that no man will have
greater cause to be thankful if our
country escapes international compli
cations with Japan.
Garrison Talks Like American.
If there should be war with Japan
(he naval unpreparedness which our
Secretary of State so loudly indorses
and so shamefully .condones would re
sult In national humiliations that
would make the policy of "No ships
until we are Invaded” the most exe
crated of modern public expressions,
and the author of this sentiment the
most unpopular of American officials.
In sharp distinction to the rhetori
cal Chautauqua platitudes of the Sec
retary of State comes the strong, vig
orous common sense of Secretary of
War Garrison. Mr. Garrison has no
platitudes. He indulges in no Chau
tauqua flrew’orks. He lets loose no
white doves and carrier pigeons with
silk ribbons to delight the ladies of
the Chautauqua gallery.
But, like the strong man that he is,
he utilizes the present conditions to
emphasize' a strong plea for«n mobile
army. He devotes himself with prac
tical vigor to the coast defense sys
tem.
Not Chautauqua Drivel.
Ho wants men behind the fortifica
tions to repel an attack by sea and
land. He wants big guns behind the
coast fortifications and plenty of
them .And he talks like an all-round
practical American and not a Chau
tauqua sentimentalist.
Nobody wants war in this country
at least until we can outgrow the
narrow -minded folly of our recent
system of national defense. This is a
peac eful country, and It courts peace. I
But it is a republic of resolute, pa- |
triotie men. and they do not wish in a
responsible public position a man with
tireless lungs and timorous apprehen
sions. who will blazon to the world!
that we want peace with or without!
honor, and would rather run than
fight
Perhaps Mr. Wilson has been wise j
to keep Mr Bryan so much in the
speechmaking business.
He is safer when he D away from
hi.- office and speak® for himself!
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CALLS TURTLE
CURE' LAKE
Dr, E. C. Thrash, Who Watched
Friedmann Work, Warns Atlan
tans Against His Treatment
l I)r. E. C. Thrash, tuberculosis spe
cialist of Atlanta who went to New
York and watched demonstrations of
Dr. Friodrick F. Friedmann’s reputed
cure. Thursday made public a signed
statement branding Dr. Friedmann a
charlatan and a faker. He said that
Dr. Friedmann was making ftirect
proposals to administer his treatment
to hopeless cases for enormous sums,
which was nothing short of a swindle.
Dr. Thrash gave out his statement,
he explained, because of numerous re
quests for advice from persons in and
around Atlanta who were considering
taking the Friedmann treatment.
Why He Warns Public.
A woman whose son is in the last
stage of tuberculosis of the lungs and
bowels came to his office, he said, and
explained that Dr. Friedmann had
wired her that he would send a man
to Atlanta to. administer the treat
ment for $2,500. Dr. Thrash said the
treatment would be worthless in such
a case.
He said:
"The American public Is now hav
ing perpetrated upon it one of the
worst frauds of the age, and no means
should be spared to protect it against
this scheme.”
Reviewing his observations of the
demonstrations and the lack of any
positive conclusions on the part of trie
Government commission as to the
value of the treatment, he concluded
as follows:
"Knows Treatment Useless.”
“The reason of my statement in the
outset that a fraud is being perpe
trated is not because I can say with
positive assurance that the remedy is
worthless, but because he makes a
straight proposition to give the treat
ment to a hopeless case without even
having seen the patient. Without any
knowledge as to whether it would be
unwise to give the remedy, he makes
a proposition to give this patient one
treatment which should be adminis
tered at $25 to $100 and charge that
patient $2,500 for the service—a serv
ice w’hich, if he is a man of any intel
ligence, he knows is worthless, and if
he has no intelligence, he does not de
serve to be recognized."
Provides Suspension
Of Prison Sentences
A bill will be introduced in the
Georgia Assembly by Senator M. C.
Tarver, of Whitefleld, to legalize sus
pension of sentence and provide pro
bation officers.
"T am convinced that the measure,
if passed, wrill cause a reformation
of our penal statutes, second only in
value to our convict lease system,”
says Senator Tarver.
"On June 1, 1911, there were 2,-
688 convicts in the penitentiary. 1,-
304 were between the ages of 20 and
29 years—practically 50 per cent. It
is hard to believe that out of that
number of young men. nearly all
first offenders, the judges could not
have found hundreds that might have
been reclaimed by being given, under
the guardianship of the law, another
chance.”
$8.75 Week Needed
By Girl in St' Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 22.—Eight dol
lars and seventy-five cents a week
is the minimum pay upon which a
girl can live in St. Louis, according
to women investigators who testi
fied before a Senate committee to
day.
It was said that while scrub
women in office buildings got from
$20 to $30 a month, yet many girls
were employed in stores at $2.50
to $3.50 a week.
Many Take Tests as
Public Accountants
Thursday saw the conclusion of the
semi-annual examinations for cer
tified public accountants held in the
directors’ room of the Third Nation
al Bank. Joel Hunter, of Atlanta,
chairman of the Georgia Board of
Certified Public Accountants, con
ducted the examination.
He said more men sought places
as public accountants this time than
in a number of years. He^added that
the men taking the examination are
of a’*’ high type.
City Officials Take
University Course
MADISON. WIS.. May 22—Mayor
Blankenburg. of Philadelphia, several
of his cabinet, nearly 100 members of
the City Club of Philadelphia and
Mayor Riddle, of Atlantic City, to
day began their three-day term as
students at the University of Wis
consin. where they expect to learn
many things about municipal econo
my. They heard their first lecture by
Dean Louis Reber this morning
Several educators who came with
the party began studying college
methods originated by the University
of Wisconsin.
SUES FOR ROYALTIES FROM
"THE MAN OF THE HOUR"
NEW YORK. May 22.—Supreme
Court Justice Hendrick and a jury
began taking testimony yesterday in
a suit of William Harcourt. an actor,
against George H. Broadhurst, play
wright, to recover 10 per cent, of the
$250,000 royalties of "The Man of the
Hour.”
Harcourt. who sued under his real
name. William Harcourt King, testi
fied that he introduced Broadhurst
to William A. Brady in 1906 when
Broadhurst was looking for some one
to produce his play and that Broad
hurst told him he would "do the right
O H. STARNES, JR., son of
• Atlanta, man, who disap
peared May 12 from school he
was attending at Barnesville.
Atlanta Schoolboy
Strangely Missing
Parents and friends of O. H.
Starnes, Jr., have searched in vain
for him since his strange disappear
ance from the Gordon Institute at
Barnesville May 12.
The young man’s home is Atlanta.
His father is O. H. Starnes, who op
erates a grocery at 245 Marietta
Street. He has made a constant
search for his son since notified of
his disappearance and is greatly wor
ried over the failure to obtain any
trace of him.
Young Starnes weighs 115 pounds,
is 5 feet 4 inches tall, has light
brown hair and deep blue eyes. When
last seen he wore a blue serge and
gray cap. He had $25.
CABLE
NEWS
Important Events Prom All
Over the Old World Told in a
Few Short Linea.
Isle, Lost 2,100 Years, Found.
ATHENS, May 22.—A submerged
island recently discovered near
Lemmos in the Greek archipelago, has
been identified as the Islet of Chrys-
sie, submerged at the beginning of
the second century before the Chris
tian era.
Strike Cost Belgium $1,000,000.
BRUSSELS, May 22.—The state
railways of Belgium sustained a net
loss of $1,000,000 from the ten-days’
strike for equal suffrage in April. The
port of Antwerp lost 250,000 tons of
trade in April, as compared w r ith the
same period last year, and 78 fewer
vessels called during the strike.
Insure Against Jap War.
LONDON. May 22.—The under
writers quote five guineas per cent to
cover the risk of an outbreak of war
between the United States and Japan
for three months. Eight guineas per
cent was quoted to cover a similar
risk for six months.
Biblical Play For London.
LONDON, May 22.—The censor has
licensed Louis Parker’s play “Joseph
and His Brethren," which will be pro
duced here in the fall on as big a
scale as it was produced in America
This is the first time that a play on
a Biblical subject has been licensed in
England.
Sets Aero Altitude Mark.
PARIS, May 22.—The world's alti
tude record for passenger-carrying
airships w r as broken this afternoon by
the French aviator. Perrion, who,
using a monoplane and carrying one
passenger, remained aloft for 2 hours
and 25 minutes, attaining a height of
13,278 feet.
Greek Soldiers in Olympiad.
ATHENS, May 22.—Five thousand
Greek soldiers will take part in the
Greek Olympic games next spring.
The committee in charge has decided
to reproduce some of the festivals
and wars of ancient Greece and the
soldiers will be used in these repre
sentations.
Chicago Suffragist
Refuses to Pay Tax
CHICAGO, May 22.—The board of
assessors of Cook County to-day be
gan preparations to bring Mrs. Belie
Squires into court and force her to
pay taxes.
Mrs. Squires notified the board that
she dared it to try to compel her to
pay any taxes until she was permitted
to vote. In order to be permitted to
bring the case into court the board
assessed Mrs. Squires on $1,000 worth
of personal property and added $500
penalty because she presented no
schedule.
MILLS AT LAGRANGE
TO RESUME OPERATION
LAGRANGE. GA.. May 22,—The
Park Mills, which have not been in
operation for several years, will be
gin operation as soon as necessary
arrangements can be made. The ca
pacity of the plant will be doubled
and new machinery installed. This
will bring to LaOrange several hun
dred people. The re-habilitatlon of
the plant has already begun.
FOR BRAIN FAG
Take Hertford's Arid Phea#h*tf
Recommended for relief tired nerva*. hraln
fag and headache following mental strain or
overwork. Ad*.
Mrs. Longstreet Appears to Have
Flattened Postoffice Depart
ment Statement.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Whatever may be the merits of the
question of Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet's
removal as postmaster at Gainesville,
the contention.that frer administra
tion was inefficient seems to have fal
len pretty flat, and to that extent
sympathy with her apparently is gen
eral among political observers
throughout Georgia.
Postmaster General Burleson, it ap
pears. permitted a statement to s-\>
forth from the Postoffice Department
in Washington that Mrs. Longstreet's
conduct of the Gainesville office was
not what it should have been, but
Mrs. Longstreet in turn has lit'erallv
swamped the Senate committee on
postoffices and postroads with en
dorsements from hundreds of citizens
of Gainesville, including dozens of the
heaviest users of the local postal ser
vice. With one accord, these oeopie
aver that her service not only has
been satisfactory, but extraordinarily
good.
The truth of the matter is, of course
the Postmaster General, of his own
knowledge, knows nothing about the
conduct of the Gainesville office un
der Mrs. Longstreet. It appears that
certain postofflee inspectors reported
adversely on her administration one
time, however, and that lately, and
the Washington department permit
ted its statement to go out with that,
one inspection report as a basis. Mr*.
Longstreet, with considerable ingen
uity and much promptness, appears
rather to have flattened that out
thoroughly.
Mrs. Longstreet informed the Sen
ate Committee that she did not care
to retain the office particularly, if it
were the President’s desire to give it
to someone else, but she did object to
going out under the cloud of a re
port of inefficiency.
In that view' of the matter. Mrs.
Longstreet appears to have a great
many sympathizers in Georgia, and
the showing she made as to a sat
isfactory- state of affairs in the
Gainesville office apparently Is very
gratifying to her friends.
Her fight to retain the postmaster
ship at Gainesville has attracted
much attention throughout the state.
Congressman Charles G. Edwards
states that he is heartily in accord
with the movement for a third United
States judge in Georgia, and will use
his best endeavors in behalf of the
bill proposing the same, now pending
in Congress.
Mr. Edwards joined in the confer
ence that was held in Washington
several weeks ago, and he and Con
gressman Charles L. Bartlett will
probably be relied upon to put the
measure through the House. The
Georgia Senators have indicated their
purpose of concurring in the plan.
Congressman Edwards says he fa
vors the bill because the business of
the United States courts in Georgia
has increased so greatly that two
judges can no longer handle it. He
has no personal feeling against any
judge, but believes that the welfare
of this part of the State requires
more of the time of the judge than it
now r receives.
C. M. Methvin, president of the
Georgia Weekly Press Association,
has extended an invitation to Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson to attend the (
next meeting of the association, to oe
held In LaGrange on July 16-16. and
deliver an address before the mem
bers of that body. Mrs. Wilson Is in
vited to accompany the President.
A similar invitation will be extend
ed by the Chamber of Commerce of
LaGrange and the municipal authori
ties of thta city, and Hon. William
J. Harris, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Georgia, w r Hl
interest himself in the matter in an
effort to secure the President’s ac
ceptance of the invitation.
The United States Senators from
this State and members of Congress
from Georgia also have been asked to
urge upon the President that the in
vitation be accepted, and they will no
doubt exert all influence possible in
this direction.
As the General Assembly will be in
session at the time specified, it also ,
is proposed to introduce a joint reso
lution in that body inviting the Presi
dent to deliver an address to the leg
islators, which resolution will no
doubt be gladly adopted unanimously,
provided the President is able to visit
the State at that time.
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