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— — 11 4 IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, C.A., SUNDAY, .JUNE 1, 1913. The End of the Journey--- The Grave of Ice in Which the Bodies of Captain Scott and His Brave Comrades on Polar Dash Now Lie I HE cairn in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic where to-day lie the bodies of Captain Robert Faloon Scott, Dr. Edward A. Wilson and Lieutenant H. R. Bowers. The bodies were cov ered with the tent in which they were found by the rescuing- party, and records identifying them were left in the tomb of ice. Over the mass of ice and snow the cross erected by the rescuers in Influence of Statesmen From Dixie at Washington Is More Pronounced Than at Any Time Since the Days of Civil War, Wilson Himself Born Southerner Has Treated South Liberally in the Selection of His Cabinet and in Filling Other Posts. W ASHINGTON. May SI —It is only two or throe years since Mr Taft as President went through the South urging Southerners to hasten the day when they again would take an active and Important part In the conduct of the Federal Government. Mr. Taft waa sincere In his desire to see the South attain the Influential place It occupied at the national capital be fore the Civil War. but he probably did not anticipate the fulfillment of his wishes in lust the way it has been brought about. The South and Southern Influences are more strongly represented in the Government at Washington than at any other time since the Civil War. Political observers are beginning to realize this more and more as the lists of appointments to the Federal service come from the White House end the new committee assignments in Congress are studied. In the first place the Presidency itself is in the hands of a man South ern born for the first time in nearly half a century. Woodrow Wilson was born in Virginia, was graduated from the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, and has re tained strong Southern sentiments from his early training and surround ings Wilson Liberal to South. In choosing his cabinet Mr. Wilson ’ has been very liberal to the South. More Southerners are in charge of the big executive departments of the Government than since back in the ’50s. Grover Cleveland gave only two of his cabinet posts to the South in his first administration. He selected Lu cius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, of Mississippi, for his Secretary of In terior and Augustus H. Garland, of Arkansas for his Attorney General. When Cleveland was elected in 1892. he gave only three of the eight cabinet places to the South—select ing John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, for Secretary of the Treaaury, Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama, for Secre tary of the Navy, and Hoke Smith, of Georgia, for Secretary of the Interior. Three of the ten men In President Wilson’s cabinet are credited directly to Southern States, two others were born and have lived most of their lives in the South and one is from a border State. MeAdeo a Southerner. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, comes from North Carolina; James C. McReynolds. the Attorney General, is from Tennessee, and Al bert S. Burleson, the Postmaster Gen eral, Is a Texan. The Secretary of the Treasury, Wil- DECATUR These are a few offerings that we have in Decatur: An—lot 95x250—16-room boarding house •""proposition. Every city convenience ex cept gas. In 2 minutes walk car and 30 minutes from heart of Atlanta. Easy terms. m AA—large 10-room house opposite beautiful •''''court house square; lot 100x250. Good investment as it stands, and value is be ing pounded into it every day by the de velopment of Druid Hills into Decatur. . AA—on Ponce DeLeon Avenue, 10 rooms, I •""lot 80x200, beautifully shaded and now- occupied by one of Decatur's most pros perous citizens. Never offered before, but owner is going to build a new home and offers this on easy terms. THIS IS A GENTLEMAN’S HOME. -Meads Road, 150 yards car line—wa- 'ter, sewer and sidewalks; 6 rooms, ele vated lot; about 20 minutes from Equi table building. Terms too easy to discuss here. LOTS CHURCH STREET—300 feet at $22.00 per foot. M’DONOUGH STREET—100 feet at $15.00 per foot. M’DONOUGH STREET (South)—92 feet at $21 per foot. TRINITY AVENUE (this is a beauty)—300 feet at $22 per foot. CLEREMONT AVENUE—60 feet at $25.00 per foot. These lots are all on good streets and are below the market. They are good as investments or are good for homes. Decatur is absolutely the most attractive suburb around Atlanta, and any buy at present prices is a good investment. Atlanta is spread ing— pushing~and pounding values into every inch of Decatur dirt. $3250* EDWIN P. ANSLEY Ivy 1600 DECATUR DEPT. All. 363 liam G. McAdoo, is credited to Nesv York State, but it requires only a slight stretch of memory to recall the time when he entered New York City fresh from Georgia with noth ing to build on save one big idea and plenty of pluck. David F. Houston. Secretary of Ag riculture. not only comes from Mis souri. a border State, but is a South erner by birth and training. He was born in North Carolina, was grad uated from the South Carolina Col lege and was president of the Uni versity before he became chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. As contrasted with this impressive list of Southern Cabinet officers, Mr. Taft’s official family contained at the close of his administration not a single man who was credited to a Southern State. The nearest approach to it was Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, who was Secretary of Commerce and Labor. He was a native of Texas. At the beginning of his administra tion, President Taft gave the War portfolio to Jacob McG. Dickinson, a Tennessee Democrat, but Dickinson resigned before the four years were up. Also Get Minor Places. The recent growth of Southern in fluence in high places also is plainly reflected In the character of minor appointments. Southerners have been coming in for a large share of these, although Northern Democrats have no ground for grumbling on this score. , Sectionalism has played no part with the President in making his se lections, high or low. He has tried to base his appointments solely on mer it and has passed out the nomina tions impartially to North and South. However, the fact that there ha/e been so few Southerners in important offices under Republican administra tion has served to emphasize the se lections that Mr. Wilson has made from this part of the country. In the Treasury Department, Sec retary McAdoo has drawn on the South for assistance which in years gone almost invariably has come from Northern States, usually from the big money centers, like New York City. When it came to selecting his first assistant, the man who handles the finances of the Government, chiefly in its relations with the banks, Mr. Mc Adoo turned to Virginia and captured John Skelton Williams, a high class banker. From North Carolina. The administration of the Internal Revenue Bureau is in the hands if a Southerner also. William H. Os born, of North Carolina, has been ap pointed by President Wilson to suc ceed Royal E. Cabell. In the Department of Justice the first assistant is James A. F'owler, of Tennessee, who was with the Wickersham administration. Mr. McReynolds has retained him. One of the most important anoint ments in the South that the Presi dent has yet made was that of Wil liam J. Harris, of Georgia, to succeed E. Dana Durant, of California, as Di rector of the Census. Mr. Harris w ~ chairman of the Georgia State Demo cratic Committee and has been u active political factor in that Stale for several ''ears. It is acknowledge 1 that he is capable and efficient, bn his- TromiUTttion has been attacked *>y the Republicans more bitterly than any other. The Republicans say Mr. Durant was a college professor before he en tered the Government service and was thoroughly equmned as an expert to give the best possible service. Mr. Wilson, however, believed that an of fice of this character, which takes the census of American industries, should be in charge of a man who is thor oughly in sympathy with the admin istration’s tariff and other policies. Mr. Wilson’s most important diplo matic appointment also has gone to a Southerner by birth. Walter H. Page, the newly appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. James, is credited to New York, but was born in North Carolina. Among the other important ap pointments that have gone to the South are Robert W. Wooley, of Vir ginia. to be auditor of the Interior Department; James L. Beity, of Mis souri, to be auditor of the War De partment; Ernest Lester Jones, of Virginia, to be deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries; Alexan der R. Magruder, of Maryland, to be secretary of the legation at Copen hagen; Charles A. Wood, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge of the Fourth Circuit; Edward K. Campbell, of Alabama, to be Chief Justice of the Court of Claims; Lu cius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, to be recorder of the General Land Of fice, and Henry S. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary of War. In addition to this Cato Sells, the Democratic National Committeeman from Texas, is about to be named In dian Commissioner. In the United States Senate the chairmanships of all the important committees except three are in the hands of Southern Senators. The three exceptions are the Committee on lnteroceanic Canals, Senator O’- Gorman, of New York, chairman; the Committee on Interstate Commerce, Senator Newlands, of Nevada, chair man and the Committee on Rules, Senator Kern, of Indiana, chairman. Head Big Committee. The chairmanships of the three big committees in the Senate (Finance, Appropriations and Foreign Rela tions) are in the hands respectively of Senators Simmons, of North Car olina, Martin, of Virginia and Bacon, of Georgia. The House committees have not memory of the heroes is seen. In the background of the picture are to be seen the skis of Captain Soott that carried him over so many miles of snow and ice. They were planted upright in a small mound of frozen snow by the rescuers, and so firmly that neither wind nor storm would be likely to dislodge them. About the icy tomb may be seen the footprints of the rescuing party. PLIYER-PIANO CLUB HIS NEW T. E. Weatherholt Says Advertise 1 ing Campaign in Georgian Brought Him Havana Fee. Even In tropical Cuba haa interest been awakened in the WeatherhoUl player-piano club through the ad-f vertlaing campaign In The Georgian and Hearst'e Sunday American by tha Weatherholt Plano Company. T. E. Weatherholt, president of tha company, reported yesterday that ha had received a membership fee from i Havana. The coupon was clipped from Heartt's Sunday American, and Mr. Weatherholt immediately ar ranged for the shipment of a club player to the Cuban capital. Although this is the first member, I ship received from a foreign country, letters and coupons have been reoetv* ed by Mr. Weatherholt from nearly every State In the South, and thesa letters show that his offer of a t(80 player-piano for 8488.B0 on terms of 810 down and 82 50 per week has made a sensation. Mr. Weatherholt explains that he is able to make this offer because of the enormous purchasing power repre sented In a club of 400 members co operating together for the benefit of each other. He says this is the first time In the musical history of the South that an opportunity has been offered lovers of music to secure a high-class player-piano at such a price and on such terms. ✓ An attractive part of the Weather- hell plan is the club features, whlah Include no interest on deferred pay ments, 18 rolls of music, bench, free life Insurance, ten-year guarantee, one year's trial and access to a free library of 5,000 rolls of player music. This last feature Is proving very at tractive for the reason that It allows each member to exchange twelve foil* of music every day if desired. FLOOD GRAVEL TURNS FARM LAND TO DESERT been completely organized, but Southern Democrats held all the im portant chairmanships in the last Congress with the exception of the Appropriations and Foreign Affairs committees, Fitzgerald of New York, being chairman of the former and Sulzer of the same State heading the latter. The big Ways and Means Commit tee, which already has been chosen for the present Congress and which not only handles the tariff bill, but all other committee assignments, is about evenly divided in membership of the majority party between North ern and Southern States. The Com mittee on Riles has five Democrats from Southern States to two from the North. Not only will the tariff be revised under the leadership of South ern Democrats, but the same forces will handle the revision of the cur rency laws. It should be said, however, that there is not a semblance of sectional feeling among the Democrats over the makeup of the committees. The facts instanced here are merely in- D R O PSY SPICIALIITI give qvl«k ratter ucuittr from tha flnt. Atm. Dl»- U-wulng Symptom* raslrt 0 iUappaar B walling and ahort breath noon raroovad; of tan gtrm an Ur# ratter in 18 to SI ‘lara. A trial treatment FftKC br mall Dr. H. M. Ortan’t Sana Bax 0. Atlanta. 8a. THE SCENIC WAY WITH DINING CARS tended to show how generally and with what strength the South Is as serting herself In the conduct of af fairs In Washington under the new administration. t (WEN8V1LLE. IND., May- body of rlrh farm land, more than a thousand acres. In flood country west of town, converted Into a miniature desert as the result of the reoent flow of the Wabash Rivsr. The Is covered with gravel and sand Ing in depth from two Inches to feet In some places fences are merged In sand. There Is whether this land will ever value for farming purposes. { present state It Is said to be ese. In many Wabash looaHtles the has not proved the soil enrlcher peeted. Deep gravel and sand the liver’s gift, Instead of rich A GUN FOR LAND, SEA AND r ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE. Effective Sunday. June 1st, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will establish double daily service between ’artersnille, Ga., and Etowah, Term. Train 35 will leave Etowah 6:30 a. m., arrive Cartersville 9:25 a. m.; train 36 will leave <’artersville 10:30 a. m., arrive Etowah 1:30 p. in.; train 37 will leave Etowah 2:20 p. m., ar rive Garter-wille 5:20 p. in.; train 38 Will leave GartersviiV* •':12 p. ru. arrive Etowah 10:10 p. rn. a '.v. Sorosis Shoe Department Extra Special Bargains Monday Women’s $2.50 White Canvas Pumps ^ « Monday .* Women’s $3.00 White Canvas Pumps a s Women’s $3.50 White Buckskin Pumps ^/y a j- Women’s $3.50 Patent Colt Pumps a/y AS Women’s $3.50 Patent Button Oxfords . Monday fi.4j Women’s $3.50 Gun Metal Button Oxfords . p Women’s $4.00 Black Satin Pumps aq Monday Women’s $3.00 Satin Evening Slippers -i qc Monday Misses’ $2.00 Patent and Gun Metal Pumps, | cq 111-2 to 2, Monday Boys’ $2.50 Gun Metal and Tan Oxfords, gp | /:q 21-2 to 6, Monday qPl.OV Boys’ $1.00 Black and White Tennis Oxfords AQr* Monday. Youths’ 75c Black and White Tennis Oxfords C Q Monday V . \ ! W i A 1 r-' "T White City Park No* o P n ^li!!ll!!!li!!l!!!!Slj|!ii!!!>!!:{»|iij|i!jjlil!i!llii!l!rilllil|i|!iliiiiil!ill!j Be it known that 1. Robert Alexmder Tute, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Atlanta. Ga.. have invented certain new and . fu 1 ; mpiovem<nts in airship des; rovers. This invention relates to a! gun and projectile for use against troops, ships and airships, and has for , its obj ct trie production of a destroyer which may be readily changed to ;.nv d. rcr rnele, so that an effective aim may be obtained within a! minlnum amount of time. As I have accomplished my work with vari- ojs p"V rs of the world, I will have same manufactured in England. My native home is in South America, British Guiana.