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THE ATLANTA OF.ORCiTAN AND NEWS.
MIDSUMMER DAY DREAMS
Plains Near Kavala Strewn With
Victims—Fear Felt for Safety ;;
of Foreigners.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
SALONIKA July 20.—Twenty
thousand Greeks and Mussulmans are
reported to have been slaughtered by
Bulgarian soldiers at Xanthl, 40 miles
northeast of Kavala.
The Bulgarians, on their retreat,
surrounded the town and, after bom
barding it, set it on Are.
A dispatch bearer arrived here to
day with the information, all commu
nication with Xanthl by wire having
|>een cut off.
Fear is felt for the 71 foreigners
in the city.
King to Lead Army
Of Reprisal Into Sofia.
ATHENS. July 20.—A Salonika dis
patch states that King Constantine
probably will go to the front to lead
.the army which the Greeks, in co
operation with Servia and Roumania,
will throw into Sofia.
'T intend to go to Sofia In person
to avenge the atrocities of the Bul
garians,” telegraphed the King to
Foreign Minister Coromitas.
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is per
sonally exonerated of blame for bar
barities of Bulgar soldiers in Mace
donia and Thrace by King Constan
tine in a report of a fresh atrocity.
After the Bulgarians took the town
of Doxa, he said, they massacred all
the 3,000 inhabitants except 130.
Blame for the outrages is laid upon
the Bulgarian army officers by the
Greek King.
The Greek army Is 62 miles from
Sofia, the Servians are 4ft and the
Roumanians only 25 miles away.
Minister of Marine Stratos esti
mates that 25,000 Greeks have been
killed since the war with Bulgaria
broke out. It is estimated that 75,-
000 innocents have been massacred
by Bulgarian, Greek and Servian
troops, for each government accuses
the other, and there s documentary'
evidence to show bloody reprisals
were made.
Two hundred thousand persons are
homeless arid starving. Five hundred
towns and villages have been wiped
out or depopulated. Reckoned from
a commercial standpoint the damage
from the second Balkan war in Mace
donia and Thrace is $100,000,000.
Hospitals filled with wounded troops
have been bombarded, men and wo
men have been torn from limb to
limb, while the blood-drunk soldiers
danced about them. Mosques have
been filled with women and children
and burned w’hile the army pipers
played their instruments about the
pyre.
Mutilated dead bodies are found in
the deserted villages. Many of the
victims are officers.
St. Petersburg Protects
Interests of Bulgaria.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 20.—Rus-
sia will not allow Bulgaria to be
treated with extreme humiliation by
either the allies or Turkey. A note to
this effect was handed in to-day at
Constantinople, Athens, Belgrade and
Bucharest. Russia, it i9 reported, will
attempt to hold Adrianople for Bul
garia.
The Bulgarian Minister to Russia
denied that Czar Ferdinand had flel
from Sofia before an infuriated mob.
accompanied by Crown Prince Boris.
Adrianople Menaced by
Invading Turkish Army.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20.—
The vanguard of the Turkish army
which is invading Thrace arrived in
front of Adrianople to-day and an
attack upon the city may be made
next week, according to a dispatch
received here to-day from the field.
The small Bulgarian force in the
garrison at Adrianople has been busy
strengthening the forts about the
city.
Peace Advocates File
Stories of Atrocities.
PARIS, July 20.—The most avail
ing horrors of war were pictured in
dispatches received here to-day from
points in the Balkans and from
Athens. They will be compiled by the
International Peace Society for use
in its crusade for universal peace.
Corpses writh the arms pulled out
and the eyes gouged out are common
sights. The Bulgars have taken a
wanton delight in the torture of Greek
Catholic priests. Cruelties of unim
aginable horror have been invented.
—
Bulgaria’s Foes Reported
Ready to Treat for Peace.
VIENNA. July 20.—The Neue Frele
Presse stated to-day that as a result
of the recent conference at Uskub
the belligerent Balkan states and
Greece are prepared to enter into di
rect peace negotiations with Bulgaria.
Montenegro will participate.
Boosters to Invite
Photo Men in 1914
A delegation of Atlanta boosters,
headed by Fred Houser, of the At
lanta Convention Bureau, will leave
over the Western and Atlantic Rail
road at 4:50 o’clock Saturday after
noon for Kansas City to attend the
1913 convention of the National Pho
tographers' Association of America,
which opens there July 21.
Other members of the delegation
include E. H. Goodhart, president of
the Ad Club; L. D. Hicks, of The
Southern Ruralist, and several local
photographers.
They will be joined at Chattanooga
h»y a delegation of Chattanoogans,
who are going to boost for Atlanta,
\nd also by a number from Macon.
.iey will be armed with souvenirs
telling of the beauties of Atlanta, and
will work hard to capture the 1914
convention for the Gate City,
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SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON POLITICS IN GEORGIA
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
That the first contested appoint
ment coming up for Governor Sla
ton’s consideration should have been
decided in favor of a Hoke Smith man
—to use that ancient and honorable
term in differentiating him from the
other variety in Georgia—may be ac
cepted, in all probability, as the first
bit of evidence that Governor Slaton
meant exactly w r bat he said when he
stated that he hoped to be, and would
try to be, a Governor not of any fac
tion in Georgia, but of all the people.
The Governor on Friday appointed
Miller S. Bell, of Milledgeville, trus
tee of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial School, situated there, not
withstanding the fact that Mr. Bell
has been an adherent of the Smith
factional end of Georgia politics in
the past rather than of the Brown
end.
There is no question whatever about
the entire fitness of Mr. Bell for the
position. Governor Slaton might have
searched the State for months and
not found a better man for the as
signment.
These places on the boards of trus
tees of the State institutions—par
ticularly the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial School—are considered posi
tions of great honor and trust and are
conferred upon the very best men
that may be found. For that reason,
while they are not sought with that
degree of fervor characterizing the
usual effort for office, they rarely are
declined, and frequently there are
warm contests for the same.
Mr. Bell, a Smith man, was ag
gressively backed by other Smith
men before Governor Slaton. His
opponent, a good man of the Brown
persuasion, was pressed quite as ag
gressively by other Brown men.
The Governor, in this his first con
tested case, thought the Smith man
the better fitted, for one reason and
another, for the position, and the ap
pointment was made accordingly.
And that looks like a fair and
square beginning In the fine of letting
fitness and not faction control in the
executive office under the new Gov
ernor.
“I wish.” said Speaker Burwell to
day, “I had one thousand pages’
Jobs to give out.
“There aro so many worthy and
splendid young boys who come to
me for appointments, and the num
ber of appointments I have is so
small that it is a continuous matter
of embarrassment and regret to me
that I am unable to gratify the very
great majority of applicants.
“The pages of the House are main
ly young fellows, and the experience
they get during the sessions is very
useful and well worth while to them.
I wish I could give every boy who
applies to me a job—but, of course,
I cannot do that.”
Senator McNeil, of Bibb County,
is a very graceful speaker, and one
of the substantial men of the Sen
ate.
Not only that, he also is one. of
the best dressed men in either
House. He effects very light cloth
ing, both as to texture and color, and
always looks as fresh and cool as
one possibly may in such sizzling
weather as that of late.
“If I could keep as cool as Mc
Neil always looks,” said Senator
Parrish to-day, “I would be mighty
happy, I tell you. But I fear no man
can be as cool nowadays as Mc
Neil seems to be eternally.”
Governor Slaton was a very busy
man all day Friday.
During his day or so absence in
Brunswick, a very heavy mall piled
up*in the executive office, which
had to be disposed of yesterday.
The Governor is more or less
methodical and always tries—an i
usually succeeds—to get to-day's
mail answered and put in charge of
“Uncle Sam” to-day.
The proposed creation of the grand
young county of Warner, to be
whacked out of Talbot, Meriwether
and Harris, has moved the poets of
that vicinity to do 4heir very worst.
Judge Henry Revill, editor of The
Meriwether Vindicator, Is very ve
hemently opposed to the new county
of Warner, particularly in that it
would cut pretty far into historic old
Meriwether if set up.
A poet of Warner, viewing Judge
Revill with evident and pronounced
alarm, proposed over the initials C.
M. W., recently this dainty quatrain
in his honor’s honor, the which has
been published from one end of the
new county to the other:
“Here's to the new county of Warner!
So good-bye to Greenville and
Judge Revill.
When we get our new county and
courthouse
They can go to the d 1.”
The trouble about this, of course,
is that few people will believe a per-
j son so whole-souled, companionable,
j good natured and altogether delight -
j ful as Judge Henry Revill ever will
1 go to any such person, thing or state
of mind as this poet suggests.
Pony Man Says Bonus Doubles
Power of Subscriptions—Com
petitors Urged to Utmost.
Saturday night the special bonus
vote offer for pony contestants striv
ing for The Georgian and American
prizes comes to a close. Reports show
some great hustling is being done.
As has been explained, liberal al
lowances of extra votes will be made
for every club of $35, $25 or $16 paid
in for subscriptions. In most cases
these bonuses are so liberal as al
most to double the regular voting
strength of that amount of subscrip
tions.
“Think of it!” said tne contest man
ager. “Voting power of subscriptions
just doubled! Why, If I were a con
testant I’d stir heaven and earth to
make up a club, and when that had
been accomplished I’d stir things up
again to get another club. Every con
testant ought to turn in at least one
$35 club a day, and should try to
get two. Then if he falls shijrt of
two $35 clubs he can undoubtedly
turn in a $35 club and a $25 club. And
that means a good bunch of votes.”
“They can’t keep me from it,” said
one of the hardest workers.”
He means it, too! No acquaintance
of his has been left unsolicited. So
earnest is he in his desire to win one
of the ponies that he is making the
work almost his sole business.
This is the day of Miss Robert Har
bour’s birthday party. Many of her
guests have told her they intend giv
ing subscriptions to The Georgian and
American as remembrances of her
fifth anniversary. The celebration is
at 340 Ponce T)eLeon avenue.
GEN. EDWARD SALOMON DIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—Brig
adier General Edward Salomon, one
of the leaders in the G. A. R., died
last night, aged 76. He was ill a
long time. He was born in Germany.
He came to the United States at the
age of 18. In 1861 he organized the
Eighty-second Illinois Regiment.
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