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road interests must be permitted
for one moment to set on foot or
instigate, much less accomplish,
any scheme or device which
threatens the value or integrity of
this great property.
In my judgment, the situation
relative to the Western and At
lantic Railroad is the gravest now
immediately confronting the
people. If the L. and N. Rail
road, or any other railroad corpo
ration, is permitted to build a
road from Atlanta to the State
line, paralleling the Western and
Atlantic, and within its natural
territory, the final consequence is
self-evident that this property
will be practically destroyed.
Such a consequence will be a
crime against the people of this
State.
For Long-Term Lease,
That a concerted effort to do
this is being made is appatent,
and the sources from which |t
comes are equally apparent.
Against such' an end I wil, If
elected, cast the full weight of
the power of the executive. The
Western and Atlantic Railroad
should be leased for a long term
of years, and, in my opinion, it is
simple justice that the provision
should be made in the lease con
tract for the payment to the
counties through which the road
runs of sums equivalent to the
local taxes thereon.
I am in favor of economy in the
conduct of the affairs of the
State, but too great economy is
parsimony, and I am mot in favor
of that false economy which
would starve and cripple our pub
e institutions, The common
schools of the State must grow
in effectiveness; they can not
stand still. Their teachers must
be paid, not only promptly, but
in salaries in accordance with
thelr usefulness and capacity.
The two great normal and indus
trial schools for girls, one at Mil
eldgeville and the other at Val
dosta, the Technological School,
the State University, the agricul
tural schools, the State Normal
School and our common schools
are the pride of every patriotic
Georgian should be supported to
the full limit.
Normal School Handicapped.
The first-named two l’;xstitu
tions, the schools for our girls,
managed as they are and have
been with an extraordinary de
gree of ability and success, have
sent their graduates to every mi
litia district in this State to dis
tribute the splendid influence of
their superb training. They are
the best and most effective girls’
normal and industrial schools in
the Southern States; they are
justly the pride of all of us. They
are maintained by funds from the
treasury of .the State, and yet
there are turned annually from
their doors 500 girls, or more,
equally entitled to their benefits.
This ought not to be possible, and
I shall insist on the remedy, if
elected Governor, to the full limit
of the State's financial capacity
under the Constitution and the
law.
I shall present my views on all
these and other questions to the
people face to face. 1 believe 1
have the capacity to make Geor
gia a good Governor. I know I
have the courage, the patriotism
and the purpose to make a sus
tained and faithful effort to do
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My gratitude to thousands of
friends who have already pledged
me their support is unbounded,
and I devoutly pray that, if elect
ed, T shall not do one act or speak
ore word which will affect their
confidence or qualify their es
teem. I have not entered into this
race hastily.
To Press Race Actively.
My entry is the result of
earnest, self-critical deliberation.
1 realize that 1 am not rich and
that I can not put into it any
large amount of money, but I am
gratified and honored by the be
lief that I possess all over Georgla
a weilth of friends who know me,
many of whom have long known
me, who will bear witness to their
neighbors that I' can be trusted
with their wvital interests. With
their help T shall press the race
actively from now until the day
of the primary. I shall see face
to face as mny of the voters as [
can during the progress of the
campalign, and if it comports with
the convenience and inclination of
any or all of the other distin
guished candidates for this high
office I shall be pleased to meet
with and address the voters to
gether with them.
I wish {t understood at the out
set that T am not the candidate
of any man, set of men, faction,
clique or interest. 1 have in my
mind and heart solely the public
welfare. 1 want and shall seek
the vote of every honest man in
Georgia who shares my views on
these public questions which so
vitally affect the whole people
and who believe I have the ca
pacity and the courage to repre
sent them as Governor of this
great State.
5,000 Greet Pottle
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On His Return Home
MILLEDGEVILLE, May 20.—~The
most enthusiastic reception accorded
a citizen of Milledgeville in recent
years was given Joseph E. Pbttle,
randidate for Governor of Georgia,
when he arrived on a Central of
Georgia train tonight. Every auto
mobile in the city and country and
tome from adjoining counties were in
the parade, led by Georgia Military
College battalion and band.
Mr. Pottle was carried on the
shoulders of friends from the train
o an automobile. He spoke from
the balcony of the Masonic Hall to
pearly 5,000 persons.
Mr, Pottle could scarcely speak at
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' Governorship seems to be ab
solutely lacking in every
quarter of the State,
If there is any real, emphatic,
expressive enthusiasm for ANY
BODY, the people seem rather
solidly to have determined to
keep it to themselves. If any
body is really hurrahing or
whooping 'em up for anybody, it
must be more or less of a lodge
room secret.
1 have talked to politicians,
real and near; statesmen, genuine
and make-believe, from one end
of Georgila to the other, passing
through Atlanta of late, and al
most without exception they tell
the same story. The people are
listless—apparently most indif
ferent and minus enthusiasm.
I don't believe I ever have
known a more peculiar state of
affairs, politically.
Maybe it is the calm before the
storm. If so, if we may judge
the forthcoming fury of the storm
In inverse ratio to the deadliness
of the present calm, then there
never WAS such a storm as the
one about to come!
I have tried my best to find one
real, honest-to-goodness hope-I
may-die-if-it-isn’t-so _ supporter
of somebody now before the pub
lic. Of course, there is such a
person. As a matter of fact,
there undoubtedly MUST be
many such persons. But, some
how, they seem not to drift into
my vicinity.
If T were called upon to give
an explanation of this status of
affairs, I should be inclined to
say it is the resudt of an amaz
ing lack of positiveness about
anything in which the people are
interested, upon the part of the
candidates.
Apparently, every candldate is
sitting back, waiting to see what
the other candidates are going to
say—lif anything.
I do not believe they will be
able to get by with this sort of
campaign.
The game is rather young yet
and there is plenty of time for
other candidates to get in—and
with the way things are drifting
at present, it will not surprise
me at all to learn at any min
ute that some aggressive, alert
and clear-sighted gentleman not
now in the running had suddenly
decided to throw his hat into the
ring and see what he can find
out.
There are vast possibilities in
the gubernatorial situation as
it at present lines up. There are
vast possibilities of developments
as the fileld now stands—and
there is a large and likely chance
of one or two more candidates to
come.
' Since the foregoing was writ
ten, “Joe” Pottle, of Baldwin
County, has thrown his hat
squarely into the ring, and is an
announced candidate for Gover
nor.
Moreover, he has promulgated
a preliminary platform with a
large measure of “punch” in it,
and he not only will greatly com
plicate the present situation, but
he may also prove to be the first
instrument through which the
“ginger” heretofore lacking is
plentifully scattered around.
Mr. Pottle's declaration touch
ing the Western and Atlantic sit
uation is easily the most straight
forward and unequivocal made by
first, being so overcome by the greet
ing of his home folk, but when he did
start he “shelled the woods” in char
acteristic Pottle style. He sald there
was not the slightest doubt in his
mind but what he would be the next
‘Governor of Georgia, and he had as
surances from more than 5,000 men
representing ever county in Georgia
that his election was certain. He an
‘nounced that his platform and his po
sition on all material matters would
be seen in the Sunday papers,
’Pastor Quits Because
JEFFERSON CITY, MO,, May 20.—As
the result of a uontroversg with the
members of the local resbyterian
brotherhood over the question of wheth
er there should be smoking at the in
formal meetings of that body the Rev.
J. A. Cowling, pastor of the Presbyte
rian Church of Jefferson City, has ten
dered his resignation.
Mr. Cowling was opposed to the use
of lobaccg by members of the brother
hood at their meetings, and on one oc
casion openly suggested that the smok
ing be not permitted. The members of
the brotherhood, by common consent,
went on with the smoking at the meet
ings. First one and then another mem
ber would bring along a box of cigars.
The smoking controversy went on for
several weeks and graduallg the rela
tions between pastor and brotherhood
became more strained, with the result
Mr. Cowling tendered his resignation
and the congregation voted to accept it.
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East Lake Members
Members of the Atlanta Athletic Club
in future will sing at the East Lake
Country Club a soda fountain with ice
cream and a full line of soft drinks,
This announcement yesterday likely will
be followed by similar additions at the
other country clubs as a readjustment
to the conditions brought about by the
effectiveness of & well-known new law
on May 1.
The Athletic Club also announced
that it had again secured the services
of Lieutenant Charles Quin as a life
saver at the lake,
The regular Wednesday night dinner
dance has been changed to Thursday
night this week as a compliment to the
Georgla Association of Local Fire In
surance Agents, which meets here on
Thursday and Friday,
Richmond Grays Put
Members of the Richmond Grays
while in Atlanta en route home from
the Birmingham reunion marched to
the Old Guard monument in Pjed
mont Park, which they helped to ded
icate, and placed a wreath of flowers
on the shaft.
The four companies of the Grays
were drawn in a square about the
monument during the ceremony, ‘
any candidate thus far. He is
squarely against its sale or par
alleling within its natural zone
first, last and all the time, and
if elected will use the utmost
power of the governorship to pre
vent either. That's going to be
a vote-winning platform, too.
It is impossible at this time to
forecast intelligently the result of
his announcement, but I take it
that few people who really know
Georgia politics will doubt for a
minute that Mr, Pottle more than
likely will develop into the livest
sort of a candidate—and he cer
tainly will start his race with a
large and loyal folowing.
Judge W, F. George has an
nounced that he will not be a
candidate to succeed himself as
judge of the Cordele circuit. It
is his purpose to retire—tempo
rarily at least—to the private
practice of law, although he has
let it be known that he by no
means expects to retire perma
nently from politics.
He has been mentioned fre
quently and favorably as a can
didate for Congress in the Third
District, but he is not golng to
enter the race this year.
In the course of an address toa
Grand Jury the other day, Judge
George entered somewhat exhaus
tively into the question of lynch
ing, and warmly defending the
Superior Court judges against the
charge of responsibility for the
same. Judge George charged the
newspapers with falling into se
rious error in the matter of
handling the lynching problem, in
that, in the main, they seemed to
prefer jumping on outside news
papérs for criticising Georgla's
lynchings, rather than admitting
the record and seeking earnestly
to remedy it.
Touching the question of the
election of judges by the people,
Judge George is inclined to favor
that, as at present practiced, not
withstanding some of the admit
ted disadvantages of it. He be
lieves that in time all judges—
both Federal and State—will be
elected by a direct vote of the
people.
Representative John W. Bale,
that legislative stalwart from
Floyd County, spent two days in
Atlanta this past week on his way
homre from the big Confederate
reunion in Birmingham.
Mr. Bale is not a candidate for
re-election to the House, but be
lieves that the present Legisla
ture has a great deal of hard
work ahead of it at the coming
gession.
Mr. Bale enjoys wide populari
ty in the House of Representa
tives, and is looked upon as one
of the strong members thereof.
The gentleman from Floyd is
an ardent son of the Confeder
acy. His father and all of his
uncles and cousins he ever heard
of were soldiers in the Confeder
ate army—that is, all who were
old enough to be—and Mr, Bale
has taken a great deal of inter
est, not only in the old veterans'
organizations, but in the sons of
the veterans as well. He has held
high positions in these organiza
tions, and has not missed a re
union in something like ten years.
He says that the recent reunion
in Birmingham “was one of the
grandest” he ever witnessed, and
that, as the years go on, these
meetings, instead of falling off in
attendance nd enthusiasm, really
seem to grow bigger and more in
teresting.
Mobile Parisienne
Wins Her Freedom
Absolute Decree Is Given Mrs. Louise
Caldwell, of French
Smart Set.
NEW YORK, May 20.—An absolute
decree of divorce was awarded in the
Supreme Court at Saratoga to Mrs.
Louise Lord Caldwell, lately of Paris
and formerly of Mobile, Ala.
Edward S. Caldwell made a fortune
installing gas plants in Southern cities
and he an«f his wife were well known in
soclety circles here and abroad.
~_About seven years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Caldwell went to France and took an
apartment in Paris. They spent their
winters on the Riviera, and had a large
circle of frlends among the French
smart set. After the war broke out,
‘Mrs. Caldwell returned to this country.
Her husband remained abroad. She
]})’rought suit for divorce January 22,
1914,
' Mrs, Caldwell is a granddaughter of
the late Eleazor Lord, who built Lord
Castle, on the Hudson.
Chemically Created
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Though the
chemical creation of lving things by
artificial fertilization is an actual ac
complishment, recent experiments have
tended to show that in the case of frogs
only males can be so produced, accord
ing to a paper predented at the annual
meeting of the National Academy of
gclences in the new natlonal museum
ere.
This contribution to the store of
knowledge being gathered by the scien
tists was made by Dr. Jacques Loeb, of
the Rockefeller Institute, New York, one
of the leading zoologists of the world.
Dr. Loeb sald he had managed to keep
a number of frogs alive a year. His
most recent experiments, he said, eon
firmed the belief that frogs produced by
this process are males and that the
process is limited to the production ‘of
this sex.
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NEW YORK, May 20.—Julia Sander
son, musical comedy star, is engased to
marry Lieutenant Bradford arnette,
head of the New York branch of the
United States H'l{drogmphlc Bureau, 78
Broad street, he wedding will take
Place Tuesday, June 6, the week follow
ng the close of the engagement of
“Sybil,"” In which Miss Sanderson is ap
pearing at the Liberty, i
Miss Sanderson met Mr., Barnette
about flve years :50 when she was play
ing in “The Arcadians’” in Boston. He
is a graduate of the United States Na
val Academy at Annapolls, of the class
of 1904, and at the time was on one of
the battleships stationed near Boston.
Miss Sanderson was married to Tod
Sloan, the jockey, in 1907, and in 1913
she obtained a divorce. She will pot
&lve up tr> ~tage,
HEARST’'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA. SUNDAY, MAY 2%, - 1919,
—_—— oAt AVENVAN, AITLANITA, GA. SUNDAY, MAY 21, 191 e.
House Adopts Conference Report
on Military Reorganization
Measure.
WASHINGTON, May 20.— The
House, by a vote of 349 to 25, today
adopted the conference report on the
army reorganization bill. The report
alreddy had been agreed upon by the
Senate and the bill now goes to the
Presidént for his signature.
Nineteen Republicans, four Demo
crats, one Progressive and one Social
ist voted against the conference re
port.
As finally agreed upon the bill pro
vides for:
A regular army of 175,000 men,
peace strength, to be expanded to
216,000 men in time of emergency.
The federalization of the National
Guard, with pay to the militia fmml
the Federal Government and close
supervision by the War Department,
Citizen training camps for exten
sive military training of civilians.
A Government plant for the manu
facture of nitrates from the &l %
cose $20,000,000,
No mention was made during the
debtae of the provision in the bill
for the creation of a board to inves
tigate and report upon past awards of
congressional medals of honor issued
for any cause other than distinguished
conduct by an officer or enlisted man
in action. This provision was inter
preted by many to be aimed at Major
General Leonard Wood. They as
serted it would pave the way for de
priving him of the medal awarded
him for his participation in the cam
paign against the Apaches.
S Denies Wood Is Target.
Senator Warren, ranking Republi
can member of the conference com
mittee, said tonight that the pro
vision has no reference whatever to
General Wood. He said:
“If that had been its purpose it
Is certain it would never have been
put in. It is intended to carry out the
provisions of an act passed by the
last Congress to clear up a situation
that has become involved through
various and ccenflicting pleces of leg
islation.”
According to members of the Sen
ate Military Affairs committee, many
medals of honor have been awarded
without strict observance of the law.
Provision having been made for what
are called “premium” pensions for
the holders of these medals, the duty
of the board created by the new bill,
they say, will be to sift out those who
are entitled to the pension bonus.
An act passed April 27 last estab
lishes the “army and navy medal of
honor roll,” and members must have
received the honor medal for distin
guished service in action at the risk
of their lives. Being certified to this
roll, the holder of a medal is entitled |
to an additional pension of $lO a
month for life.
The first act providing for honor
medals was passed in 1862 and limited
the service for which they might be
awarded to those who “most distin
guished themselves in action.” In
1896 an act was passed extending the
services for which the medal might be
awarded, and it ig understood that
‘(;enflral Wood receilved his medal un
der the latter act.
Judge Carson Wins,
There were said to have bheen
abuses in awarding medals and that
the proposed investigation is intend
ed not to take medals wrongfully re
ceived away from the holders, but to
prevent the payment of the additiona)
pension unless the medals were given
for conspicuous conduct in actual
conflict with an enemy.
The bill, however, makes it a mis
demeanor for anyone to wear an hon
or medal unless he has received it
for distinguished conduct in action.
Chalrman Hay, of the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee, assumed full |
responsibility for a provision in tha'
bill which would insure the appoint- ‘
ment of Judge Carson, of Virginia,
as a judge advocate in the War De
partment. The bill authorizesc the
appointment of a civillan “not less
than 45 nor more than 50 years old,
who sghall have been for ten years a
judge of the Supreme Court of the
Philippine Islands, shall have served
for two years as a captain in the reg
ulgar or volunteer army and shall be
proficlent in the Spanish language
and laws.”
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