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Till". ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
BUSINESS VIEWS; [SidlliGHTS on
GEORGIA:
POLITICS
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Forbes Says President’s Change,
However, Shows He Formerly
Thought Bankers Dishonest.
JAMES B. NEVIN
Elopers Missing
For Over a Year
LAKEVILLE, CONN., Dec 26.—
Shrouded in mystery is the Ptrange case
<'l pretty ir»-y^ar-old Beulah I». Burch j
and John W. Murphy, who eloped from!
the home of (he girl's parents here
April L'-L 1.H12, ami from that day' to j
this have never been heard of. Mrs. j
E. i; Burch, the mother of the Kiri, :
has renewed a forlorn search for the |
couple.
Rerent agitation of a movement in
Congress looking to the establishing
of a new Federal judgeship in Geor
gia. which is h serious proposition,
By B. C. FORBES.
**l>e|>aitment of Justice officials
say that every’ day representatives of
business concerns are calling to learn
what they can nr can not do under
the law —Dispatch from Washing
ton. ^
“1 gain the impression more and
more from week to week that the
business men of the country are sin
cerely* desirous of conforming with
the law.” President Wilson’s recent
letter to Attorney General Me Rey
nolds.
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What extraordinary statements
these be. They are enough to cause
Americans to hide the'r heads in hu
miliation.
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Are we living under a democracy or
an autocracy?
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Are we governed by laws, by writ
ten statutes, or by the changing
whims of Washington officials?
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And does not President Wilson’s
new discovery that business men are
desirous of conforming with the law
mean that heretofore he must have
harbored the notion that business
men were a pack of willful law
breakers?
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Wasn't that a lamentable notion
for the President of fche United States
to have about a large, responsible
class of citizens?
• * *
Now that President Wilson is be
ginning to see things in a different
light, now that He is consenting to
meet important representatives of the
business world, perhaps he may even
lose his notion that all bankers are
dishonest—you remember that he was
reported to have declared that he
would tolerate no banker in his Cab
inet, as he wanted only honest men
as his Ministers, a retort that hurt
many reputable citizens and that has
not been forgotten or forgiven.
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What a figure the United States is
cutting in the eyes of Europeans!
Just thmk of the largest employers
of labor in the whole country being
obliged to crave an audience with a
Government lawyer to learn from him
whether they are to be graciously al
lowed to continue their business, or
whether he wishes them to cut it into
slices! What a commentary upon
America’s lawmakers that conscien
tious business men can not guess
from the terms of the law whether
they are law-abiding citizens or the
blackest of criminals!
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How much would some lawyers
give to be appointed arbiter of the
fate of the country's great business
organizations? In the Attorney Gen
eral’s hands—or is it the President's—
lie the issues of industrial life and
death. To one concern he c*n say,
“Go in peace.” To another he can de
cree annihilation.
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Was ever Roman tyrant so clothed
w»th autocracy? Did ever Russian
Czar wield such a power?
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And this in “the land of the free
and the home of the brave!”
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Such a grotesque, haphazard, irre
sponsible method of governing the
affairs of a great enlightened nation
can not last. Employers are entitled
to have clear-cut laws under which to
conduct their business. Why should
they have to slink to Washington and,
hat in hand, stand on any lawyer’s
door mat until he condescends to ad
mit them to his august presence, there
to have their integrity, their charac
ter and their property arbitrarily
blasted or approved at the will of a
citizen possessing no more knowledge
than thousands of his fellows and not
even holding a direct mandate from
the people? It is all outside the law.
Is the whole thing not a travesty of
government, a caricature of civilized
administration?
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The Supreme Court, you will re
call. after giving a ruling that left
the Sherman law a dead letter for a
dozen years, changed its attitude, and,
thanks to the persistent stand taken
by Justice White, had the “light of
reason" read into the measure. In
stead of troubling the nine justices to
apply this light to each case. Presi
dent Wilson apparently—-or his legal
aide—is to do the job.
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Business men, however, have come
to be thankful for even the smallest
of mercies. They are disposed to be
grateful for President Wilson’s elev
enth-hour awakening to their real
character. They even feel relieved
that the Attorney General seems dis
posed not to damn such business en
terprises as will immediately obey his
arbitrary, offhand mandates, no mat
ter though such mandates may call
for the splitting up of a business
which another member of the Cabi
net declares is a natural monopoly.
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It is a sad mess for a nation of a
hundred million civilzed beings to
find itself in.
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However, conditions being a s they
are, it is for everybody to make the
best of them. President Wilson’s new
attitude is accepted as a temporary
expedient, with gratitude by the busi
ness world. He is believed to mean
well, to have tardily realized the j
havoc that his Administration was !
working among the working classes, i
as well as among tradespeople, in
vestors and others. His expressed so
licitude for the health of industry is 1
cordially appreciated.
Boy Hunter Drowns
As Leaky Boat Sinks j ^
of < 'ongressman
and a vallablllty for
reared.
>posed new judge-
Chronicle outlines
has renewed ta
Hardwick’s fitne^
the office, If it is v
Discussing the pr
ship, The Augu
its purposes thus:
The hill rails for a “floating"
Federal judge in Georgia, who
shall reside in Savannah. It was
introduced in the House Friday
by Representative Edwards. The
measure embodies the ideas of the
Savannah committee which set
forth the draft and arguments
for it following a visit to the
Capital last simmer. Judge Sva-
uel 15. Adams was chairman of
the committee, which consisted
of leading members 'of the Savan
nah bar.
The bill has not been agreed
upon by the members of the
Georgia delegation. Some want
to divide i he district, others
seem more or less apathetic and
some reserve their opinion. Ac
tion seems hardly likely until the
disposition of the Speer investi
gation.
ll is argued by Savannah in
terests that the Georgia judges
have more than they can handle,
and that Savannah in particular
needs more attention on account
of its admiralty business.
The bill provides that the third
judge shall hold the district
courts in the Fastens Division of
the Southern District, but that in
addition he may be assigned to
preside in any other division in
either distric t in Georgia when
ever the public Interests may re
quire.
It is very wed known that Presi
dent Wilson feeds a deep interest in
Mr. Hardwick, tho Congressman from
tlie Tenth District, and has urged him
rot to retire from tiie House at the
end of his present term, as it has
been suggested lie may
Mr. Hardwick has never said defi
nitely that he will retire from Con
gress at the expiration of his present
term of service*, but it is well known
that lie desires to do that, if he may
in justice to his constituents. He
has served in Congress nboul twelve
y ears, at a genuine financial sacrifice
—as most Congressmen do. as a mat
ter of fact. Ilurdwick knows he* can
double his income, or more*, practicing
law, and that is the* moving circum
stance behind his proposed with*
dra wal.
President Wilson, however, will
name Mr. Hardwick to practically
any post lie might ask. and it has
been stated, with some degree of au
thority. that tin Congressman from
the Tenth would like to be a Federal
judge.
It is an open secret in Washing
ton that Mr. Hardwick may have
Judge Speer's position, when that
judge retires, and now it is being ru
mored that lie may have the proposed
new judgeship, if it is created anti be
wishes it.
Mr. Hardwick is an able lawy er and
iy fully equal to the assignment, if
tlie President should make it.
Congratulations and very best
wishes will be extended from hun
dreds of Georgians in public life to
Jesse G. Perry, the Governor’s pri
vate secretary, now that he has Join
ed the r inks of the Benedict *-
Perry is genuinely popular is real
ly a “good fellow,” and numbers his
friends just inside tlie limit of his
acquaint.;! nee.
Everybody will jvish both Mr. and
Mrs. Perry a large measure of happi
ness all through life.
Old < ’lay t Robson, of Miliedgeville,
who knows more folks in Georgia
than most anybody, has temporarily
quit his usual place of abode in At
lanta. and has forsaken the wilds of
the Kimball House for “the old folks
at home” during the holidays.
Clayt Robson is an institution
around and about Atlanta, and is
never happier than when playing
Santa Claus to somebody.
'J’liis vear he has played the part of
the whiskered and merry old saint to
something like live or six score ot
people and when lie gets through
with the Miliedgeville contingent he
will have swelled the total several
score more.
Governor Slaton will name a judg *
or the Court of Appeals from South
Georgia, to succeed Judge Robert Pc -
tie. who hails from that section.
Judge Pottle was appointed to
bench by Governor Slaton during the
seventy-five days term that Slaton
served as Acting Governor in succes
sion to Governor Hoke Smith, and f L
appointment was made by the then,
executive upon the theory that, this
position belongs to South Georgia, as
a matter of fairnerns in the distribu
tion of Judeal appontments.'
Judges Russell and Roan hail from
the upper end of the State, and the
Governor thnks it nothing but right
that the other Judgeship, at leas',
should go to the lower end.
ll was rumored that Judge Samuel
Bennett, of Albany', was to succeed
Judge Pottle, and he was heavily in
dorsed to the Govern r, but Judge
Bennett has announced that he wi I
not accept the appointment, even if
it were tendered, and so that removes
him from the list of possibilities.
The Governor has not made up hD
mind as to Judge Pottle's successor,
and will not give the matter particu
larly serious thought until after his
resignation is in hand.
All the departments of the Capitol
were closed Christmas, and there is
not much likelihood that any of them
will he opened regularly for business
until after New Vear.
The Governor expects to be in his
offices at least a part of each dav
between this time and January 1, byi
will not keep regular hours there.
83 Divorces Given in
Kansas City in 2 Days
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 26.—-Eighty-
three divorces were granted in two
days of this week by six judges of tlie
Circuit Court. Three of the courts
granted SO decrees in uncontested
Policewoman Jails
Street Car Fighter
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—I.osset Wendt,
a janitor, was fighting—ana whip
ping -a street oar conductor when
Policewoman Mary Boyd yanked him
off the car and arrested him.
T HE lesson of “Good
Teeth—Good
Health” is being-
taught in thousands of
schools all over the coun
try—it is to be hoped
that children of your
family have received in
structions in the care of
the teeth.
In many homes parents
ar eteaching their chil
dren that care of the
teeth means relief from
pain, besides better
health for work and play.
Help your children form
this habft by setting
them an example twice-
a-day.
But clroose your dentifrice
carefully—it is important.
You want one that is safe,
without harmful grit—one
that is antiseptic, to check
decay-germs—one that is de
licious, so that its use is a
pleasure instead of a task.
Every member of your fam
ily should have a tube of
Consult your dentist about
it—ask him to give you a
copy of the “Oral Hygiene”
booklet, published by Col
gate & Co.
FITZGERALD, Thee 25.—Windsor. 1
Johnson.'of iliis city. a youth about 1
years of age. was drowned in the j
< tcmulgee River near Bowens Mill,!
where he had gone w ith companions to I
hunt squirrel*.
The Information that lias reached
here is ihat the boys attempted to
cross the river in a leaky boat aiwi j
when ahput midstream the boat sank.
tig tis. li Wil. T ■'[ ,l!i • syt
ever, his companions escauau.
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What Will Happen In 1914
Forecasts of events which we may look for during the next year made by the
best known prophets of Europe and America, ineluding Raphael and Zadkiel, of Lon
don; Mme. l)eThebes, of Paris, and Professor Sothnos Letiller, this newspaper’s
own special forecaster, will appear in
Next Sunday's American
Incidentally that newspaper will, in the coming year, double its already great
circulation and advertising power. And it does not take a prophet to forecast this.
There will be other great features in the coming issue. Look at these—
What Is a Broken Heart Worth?
The Baroness Ursula demands $2,500,000 from St. Louis millionaire for hers,
but the record price for a heart is $250,000, which Daisy Markham got, and the high
est price ever paid for a whole life is only $60,000.
What Probably Happened to Dorothy Arnold
Why the police believe that in the case of pretty little Susie Ferraro, who was
seized by four men and hurried off into shameful bondage, they have an exact du
plicate of the mysterious disappearance of the New York heiress—except that Miss
Arnold, less fortunate than tlie Ferraro girl, was probably killed by her captors to
avoid discovery.
Where Bunyan Got His “Pilgrim's Progress
11
A very curious literary discovery which shows that Bunnya culled the ideas for
what is, next to the Bible, the best selling book in the world, from a curious old
French work.
Outcault s Page of Fun for Old and Young
Everybody who remembers the famous’“Buster Brown” will welcome the new
comic pictures which are presented in this newspaper by Buster Brown’s creator
every Sunday.
There Are Dozens of Other Interesting Things In It
Order from your dealer, or by phone to Main 100.
GEORGIA
Agricultural Rank
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Good Roads H
Education 5
% *
State Taxes
Soil Diversification
mi
Wealth of Products
It Awaits You
Information
Furnished
Tis that Dominion of the South that ranks
fourth in the Union in the value of her agri
cultural products—exceeded only by Illinois,
Texas and Iowa.
’Tis that progressive South Atlantic State
that stands only second to New York in the
matter of good roads construction.
’Tis that educational commonwealth which
gives more to public schools from the State
Treasupr than any other Southern State, and
maintains entirely by State aid twelve Agricul
tural Colleges.
’Tis that Empire of the Southeast which guar
antees by Constitutional provision the impo
sition of a State tax of not over five mills, the
most moderate in America.
’Tis that land of diversified soil, with its
mountains and rich valleys of the North, its un
dulating hills of the middle section, and its
broad alluvial coastal plains of the South.
Tig that rich country where the Cornucopia
of Plenty pours into the lap of Industry its
wealth of cotton, corn, potatoes, vegetables,
fruit and nuts, enriching the growers during
1918 an amount exceeding $300,000,000.00.
Tis that hospitable land that awaits your
coming to stir its virginal soil, to fallow" the
earth, to sow the multiplying grain, and to reap
a bountiful harvest.
If there is anything you would like to know’
about Georgia, a letter to ihe Farm Land Ex
pert of Hearst's Sunday American and Daily
Georgian will bring just the information you
desire without cost to you.
Come to Georgia, where life’s worth living!
REAL ESTATE INFORMATION
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Hearst’s Sunday American, or Atlanta Georgian.
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