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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, Copyrijrht, 1J>13, International Newa S*rric«. >/ GOOD GRACIOUS’] WHO ARE YOU’ WHAT Do YOU I WANT ? HUH! ► ^ V 'WHAT IS THIS PLACE? OH'; LOOK AT THE SNOW AND ICE! WHAT Sdoes it all IttEAN?- 1u LOOK OUT OF THIS DOOR. FOR. SADIE! OH :: L »♦+♦♦♦♦♦ +-»♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦•» • 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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Hearst’sSunday American and Atlanta Georgian 20 East Alabama Street 35 Peachtree Street ATLANTA, GA, II