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VOL XVIII
Miss Veone Rankin Sees Misery
of the Jolly Young Man Who
‘ } Became Depressed.
An Atlanta girl has been awarded
the second SSO in gold for the™‘best
line” in the Limerick ¢ontest.
She is Miss Veone Rankin, and re
sides at 656 Highland avenue. |
X Like Mrs. Ridgway, who was
awarded SSO for Limérick No. 1, Miss
Rankin has done a good deal of writ
ing, but this is her first work that
brought in good old Uncle Sam
dollars. *
And here's the “best last line” and
‘the whole Limerick No. 2:
‘ 1
There was a young man in
Atlanta
Inclined to joke and to banter,
But he ceased to be jolly
From using thé trolley, $
For jokes wouldn't “Pay as you
enter.” |
S Riding on those “pay-as-you-enter”
Highland avenue cars gave Miss
Rankin the idea for that last line
which netted SSO.
It was fund for her, she said.
Profitable fun, wasn't it?
Mjss Rankin is considering what
she's going to do with that gold.
Her father, according to Mrs. Ran
%in, wants her to become a short
story writer. He's anxious for her
%0 go to Agnes Scott and complete
her education.
" Miss Rankin recently was gradu=
mted from Washington Seminary.
Here’s her literary Tecord: .“Member
‘Washington Literary Society, <vice
president 'lB-'l9, and class historian.”
She entered Washington Seminary
dn 1913.
* By the way, folks, those Limericks
are appearing daily in The Georgian
and every day an award is being an
nounced for preceding Limericks.
? It's .open to all readers of The
Georgian and Sunday Americah, and
age and looks don’'t bar you from
writing a “best last line.”” Some oOne
has to win every day—and it's SSO in
gold every day given by The Geor
gian and Sunday American for the
“best last line.”
To use the words of Miss Rankin:
“It’'s a lot of fun’—profitable fun.
Look for today’s Limerick, read the
\ rules and you can easily do the rest.
Fifty dollars for a “best last line.”
e
Insurance Men Will
Visit Here February 19
Haley Fiske, president of the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York, and other officers of the
company, will be in Atlanta next
week for their triennial meeting with
the company's agents In the Pteq
mont distriet, which embraces Cen
tral and North Georgia. In the party
with Mr. Fiske will be F. O, Ayres.
tecond vice president; Dr. TLee K.
‘rankel, J. E. Kavanagh, third vice
president; Lynn Cox, fourth vice
president; William H. Stewart, su
perintendent of agencies, and F. C.
Remington, supervisor of agents.
One hundred and fifty Metropolitgn
agents in the Piedmont district, wi?_n
more than twenty Metropolitan visit
ing nurses, will attend the conven
tion, which will be held on Thurs
day and Friday, February 19 and 20.
’éusiness sessions will be held in
®paft Hall in the Auditorium,
American Express Halts
Shipments to New York
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 11.—A general em
bargo on all shipments to Greater
New York and other Eastern points
was put ir force Wednesday by the
American Raillway Express on ac
eount of traffic conditions in the
FEast as a result of the recent storm.
Deliveries are practically impossible
on account of ice and snow in the
East.
GEDRGIA BOADS
”jnf’{?éry/% % % %
u&o&iciéll?fiort onCopdition
of the Highweys
t The weather bureau Wednesday is
sued the following road report:
1. Atlanta- Rome-Chattanooga.
The roads northward through Rome
to Chattanooga have continued to
improve. Light showers Tuesday
evening were not sufficiently heavy
to cause much deterioration. Roads
out of Rockmart are good, except the
route to Dallas, which is not sp: good
in low places, but passable.
2. Atlanta-Athens-Augusta,
The route is reported fairly good,
with exceptions of a few places where
it is very bad. Some cars have been
stalled near Union Point during the
last day or two. Light rain over the
Tallulah Falls route was. insufficient
to cause much damage to roads.
3. Atlanta-Macon-Southern,
Roads have continuea to!'improve,
nut rains Tuesday afternoon and eve
ning will cause some to be slippery.
4, Atlanta-Newnan-Columbus,
Light rains Tuesday and Wednes
day over Western Georgia have made
yoads slightly slippery, but the amount
wis Insufficient to cause much mud.
Full .
24-Hour { And Fuil Universal News | Service
SSOO Cash Prize and 100 Medals for School Children
The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday American Will Award Them for the Best Essays Written for George Washington's Birthday Celebration.
TTENTION, school children! Here is an important message
A for you: Here is how you may compete for SSOO in cash, the
first prize, and the one kundred silver medals The Atlanta Geor
gain and Sunday American offer:
The awards will be made to the writers of the best
essays on the relations of the leading European nations
towards the United States during Washington’s time,
and—
The lesson of his words and the attitude on these
situations applying to our time—to America and Amer
icans today!
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST
Each essay must not contain more than 1,000 words.
\
By GEORGE H, MANNING,
Washington Correspondent of The
Georgian.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 11.—The Sen
ate Committee on Publie Hea.le ex
rects soon to favorably report to the
Senate the Hatris bill to appropriate
$500,000 for a co-operative fight on
malaria by the United States Public
Health Service and the State boards
of health.
After this bill was introduced by
Senator Harris of Georgia the Senate
committee called on the Public Health
Service for its views, information and
recommendation the proposition.
The health serviceozas now completed
its report to the committee and
strongly recommends passage of the
bill.
“Large numbers of persons all
[through the South are affected by
malaria and suffer a certain amount
of illness and loss of time each year
because of the disease,” said Senator
Harris today. ‘“This bill, if passed,
would, I believe, greatly assist the
States in totally stamping out ma
laria.
“The bill I introduced provides that
[the federal+ government shall spend
Fhalféa million dollars in the fight on
this disease. The money would be
allotted to the States according to
i population and some other rules, to be
expended in the States eo-operatively
lhy the federal and State authorities,
after the States have made appro
priations for the malaria campaign.
‘“‘States must make appropriations
for this work before they ean ohtain
any of the federal funds, 'as the
money is. to be spent on a 50-50
| basis.”
To Some Georgian Read
¢ 10 me eorgiai eader
/ —For the— ;
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Rules:
1. In the event of more than one person sending in thé same
“best last line,” similar prizes will be awarded.
2. No one is barred from participating except employees of The
Atlanta Georgian and their families, who are absolutely barred.
No one may send in more than one ‘“best last line” to each
Limerick.
3. The blank printed herewith is for the convenience of the
readers and the Editors.
4, Each Limerick appearing in The Atlanta Georgian will have
a number, and the “best last line” must be sent in a sealed
envelope, by mail, addressed to “Atlanta ‘Géorgian Limerick
Department,” On the outside of each envelope containing the
“best last line” must be written or printed “Limerick No, —."
This is most important. '
5. All “best last lines” must be received by the Limerick De
partment by 12 o’clock noon, four days after publication. Aun
nounéement of each award will be made in The Atlanta Georgian
one week after publication of each Limerick.
6. Any one once winning an award for the “best last line” is
alinlinated from further competition.
Atlanta Georgian Limerick Editor,
LIMERICK NO. 7
There was an Atlanta Commission
Above all reproach and suspicion,
Which fixed a fair price
From sugar to rice,
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by 12 noon, Tuesday, February 17. Award will be an
nounced Wednesday, February 18, &
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ANTA T GEOR
| gEEYLEADING NEWSPAPER i A AN\ YOF THE SOUTHEAST #{7 Y
CHEER UP!
.
(By John Kendrick Bangs. )
YOUR VALENTINE.
WHOE’EK you are, whate'er
your line, )
If you shall' need a Valentine
I'll serve if it shall chance to be
That you've the Soul of Sym
pathy,
A Heart that beats respensive to
The sufferer in meed of you,
And always do the best you can
To serve and cheer your fellow
man, b .
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta
Georgian.)
.
Mprs. Sallie Cox Stanton
Dead at Ann Arbor
Announcement of the death of Mrs.
Sallie Cox Stanton, member of a
widely known Georgia family, in Ann
Arbor, Mich., has been received by
relatives in Atlanta. The body will
arrive ih Atlanta early Thursday
morning and wilk be taken to the
chapel of H. M. Patterson andrgn.
Funeral services will be held Thilrs
day affernoon at 3 o’ciock irom the
chapel, Rey. S. 'C. McCénnell offi
ciating, and burial will be in West
view Cemetery.
Mrs, Stanton was a member of the
Cox family, who have owned and op
erated Cox College, in College ' Park,
for two generations. She made her
home: in Co,li;ornla for a .pumber of
vears, but after the death of her hus
band returned te Collegy Park ”%
remained until 1918, - She then wen
to Ann Arbor to be'with her son. Sur
viving her are two sons, Frank C;
Stanton of Detroit, Mich., and Lieut,
W. L. Stanton of Ann Arbor; three
daughters, Mrs. Maloy Henry of
Cleveland, Ohio.; ‘Mrs. Walter - .
Forbes of Athens, and Miss Lucy
Stanton of Wellesley College; one
gister, Mrs. William Crenshaw of
College Park; one brother, William
S. Cox of Collee Park; one sister-in
law, Mrs. Mamie Cox of Dublin.
ATLANTA. GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
Jealousy over the "“One Woman.”
whose romance lasted for almost ten
years in his life, was blamed Wednes
day by Paul B. Carter for the trounie
that has placed him at the threshold
of the Federal }?eniteniary whes: nhe
is to be a prisoner for five years. ‘
Carter pleaded guilty in the United
States Court Tuesday to sending a
oomb by mail to a man who had peen
attentive to pretty Mrs. Claire Mc-
Millen Carter, the divorced wife of
the prisoner. The latter has assumed
her maiden name.
Lavish expressions of praise for the
beauty of Miss McMillen were scat
tered through a “life history” pre
pared by Carter as he sat in his cell
awaiting his hearing before the court.
“My Lilly,” the “perfect one,” the
“one woman,” and the “peerless one”
are some of the endearing names used
by Carter in testimony of his high
regard for the beauty, whose kiss, he
says, caused the “death of his soul.’
The meeting with the “one woman,”
the discovery of the part Capt. John
Kneubel of Ebenezer, N, Y., the man
to whom the bomb was mailed, had
played in the life of the “one woman’”
and ‘he final separation from the
“peerless one” were narrated in tse
“heart throb” confession written DBy
Carter.
1 THEY MEET.
“l met her, the one woman, Janu
ary 18, 1910, in a soda fount,” began
the remarkable document that dealt
with all the intimacies of the romance
) that caused Carter to leave his wife
for the one woman, and later to chal
lenge the army catpain to a duel be
ca@se he believed her affection had
turned from him to the man in uni
form. ‘
“Dressed in gray, she was, a gray
coat suit, close fitting, with blue hand
painted buttons down the front, a pic
iure hat cyowning the beautiful waivy
jbrown hair thatshows a gleam of gold
"in the sun,” he wrote. ‘“Red lipped,
| blue-gray eyes, large and soft, and
‘filled with the terror of the unknown,
'rose reaf complexion free from paint
Lor gowder. showing a tiny freckle
{here¢' and there, which did not mar the
| beauty, but lent added charm to a
| patrician face. A beautiful form—in
|fact .a Madonna, made for love. I
|liked her from the start and not
| being happy with my wife, found in
| creasing delight in her companion
! ship, which rapidly developed into
[love. Finally, I told her I was mar-
Iried. and that we would have to dis- !
| continue our friendship as it was not
| possible for us to be friends and no
more. About two weeks elapsed,
. when one day she called me over the
| phone, telling me a neighbor of her’s
| was sick and asked if 1 would come
out and sit up with her at the house,
as she was to look after the sick lady
and wanted companionship, for she
was afraid she might go 1o sleep and
neglect the medicine.
THEY LOVE.
“l went. That was the beginning of
a love that has been given only to a
few. .
“A pure love that grew like the un
folding of a rose growing stronger day
by day untils the bud became the full
{bloom crimson rose with all its per
| fume.
t “Finally, on March 14, 1910, I told
| her that we must part and she asked
[me to kiss her good-by. That sweet
’klss has led to the wreck of an in
{nocent life (my first wife's) and the
ideath of the soul of a man—my own.”
However, the parting for which
(Carter pleaded failed to take_place,
but instead, he, his wife and Miss
McMillen held a conference to decide
which woman would be the favored
one in the man's love. This ‘fanter
ence was held in Atlanta, and, ac
cording to Carter, he left his wife,
went to Jacksonville, where he was
joined by Miss McMillen.
Then began a romance that lastéd
for years, resulting in the divorce of
the first Mrs. Carter and the marriage
of Carter and Miss McMillen and their
travels until they finally moved to
! Philadelphia, where Carter was
building locomotives for the army.
It was there that he became sus
picious, and in his own language de
seribes what happened: ’
THEY QUARREL.
“On her return (from a visit home)
the same coldness was shown, but
Idld not vanish this time, but became
worse,” he wrote. “One day while
looking in the linen chest I found a
small cash box, used to keep billg in
and by curiosity was aroused by the
box having a new Yale padlock on
llt. I pondered over this several days
and finally decided (a la Pandora) to
l!nventlgate. I made a key, opened
the box and found, indeed, all that
Pandora* did—love letters from “Jim
mie’ (Oh, Clalre, mf' peerless m‘s)
tellihg of the fine clothés he’ would
. All essays must be in The Georgian and Sunday American of
fice by February 19. E x
Address the envelope to George Washington Editor, The At
lanta Georgian and Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga.
The contest is open to sghool children of all ages and class
rank. The age and class rank will be taken into consideration by
the judges in deciding the winners. More will be expected of the
older and higher grade children than the younger and lower grade
children,
The idea will count as much as the phraseology. But clear
ness and directness of style will be expected from all contributors.
g PURPOSES OF THE CONTEST
The whole plan is to bring-home to everybody in this great
country the necessity of their living by the slogan, AMERICA
FIRST. Americans must know what attitude European mations
have had toward our country in the important crises of our history.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 11.—Peggy Marsh,
the beautiful young American actress
who figured in a romance in the
life of Henry Field of Chicago be
‘fore the latter's marriage ,to Miss
‘Nancy Perkins, a niece of Viscountess
Astor, M. P, is not geeking any of
the milliors. of the late Marshall
Field in the litigation now pending
in the Illinois courts at Chicago.
Miss Marsh emphasized this fact
in discussing the suit which was
brought in the name of her 3-year
old son, “Tony,” to collect two-thirds
of the $5,000,000 trust fund originally
set aside b%' Marshall Field for his
grand son, Henry. Henry Field was
‘the father of little Tony. :
‘I was amazed when 1 returned
from Switzerland and saw press dis
patches from Chicago which made
it appear that I was the plaintife,”
said Miss Marsh. “There is absolately
no truth in the reports that I per
sonally am seeking any of the mil
lions of the late Marshall Field,
TELLS HER ROMANCE.
i “Here are the facts of my romantic
acquaintance with Henry Field:
24Ty was .n: 1915 - witlle-1 was ply
ing in ‘5064 Gerrard’ at the Alhambra
‘Theater in this city that I first met
Henry Field. We became very much
attached to gach other., We were
together as Mmuch as possible and
when I went to the United States
we spent as much time in one an
other’'s company' as the circum
‘stances would permit. This lent
color to reports that we were to be
married, but there are certain facts
that are of no interest to the pub
lie. .
“In February, 1917, Mr, Field mar
mied and in the following July he
died. By his death I lost $30,000 a
vear which was the sum set aside
for me by an agreement we had.
Owing to my ignorance of the Amer
ican law I had difficulty with a
trust fund of SIOO,OOO that had spe
cially been created, but none of the
matters enter into the suit at Chi
cago.
TONY FIELD'S SON,
‘““There has never been any ques
tion of my son ‘Tony’ being the is
sue of Mr. Field. A guardian, For
mer Governor Edward F. Dunne of
Illions, was appointed for him, with
the consent and approval of the Field
estate, and it is Mr. Dunne who is
fighting the case in behalf of ‘Tony.’
1 have nothing whatever to do with
it except, of course, that I trust my
boy will be successful,
“If 1 were the plaintiff I should
most certainly be in the United
States myself. That seems to have
escaped some of the people who are
only too pleased to circulate fancy
reports about anybody.” |
buy for her; pitying her for having
to wear linen underwear, begging her
to leave me and come to him.
‘“Letters supposedly written by an
attorney at Gainesville, in one he
mentioned ‘when shall I see you and
enjoy the dearness of your near
ness and the sweetness of your lips?
“Then there were two letters signed
‘John,” a receipted bill from the Hotel
Washington, Washington, D. C., and
last but not least, a visiting card. ‘
THEY PART,
~ “That was the beginning of the en\
the end which has resulted in the
death of a man’s soul, for by her ac
tions she has killed mine.” |
In the concluding part of his re-i
markable narration, Carter gives His
version of the bomb case, denying
that he malled the death package to
Captain Kneubel. He says: ‘
“Mark how this so-called bomb, ae
oort}tn‘ to the papers, was mailed‘
while I was a prisoner at the city
prison, according to the cancellation
mark, was received by Captain Kneu
bel, opened, and the contents analyzed
by him. Then he accuses me of send
ing it. i
“I not knowing he was in the United
States, and he not knowing that I was
in the South, let nlone(vin Atlanta,
unless informed by my Wife or some
of hisconfederates. -
“Love her? Yes. 1 still love her.
Want her to be happy? I've given
the best part of my life to that end‘
and would gladly give it all if lhe‘
could only be as I once thought ier
—only a little lower than the angels.”
~ The concluding paragraph of Car
ter's statement is a direct contnd!c-‘
tion of the love he'expressed for his
former wife, for he says: |
‘““The greatest punishment I could
wish for the ones who have wrecked
my life would be that they were legal
ly married and torced to live together
for many years, for they would soon
tire of each other, become disgusted
and then would begin to pay far the
wrongs done.” ¢
Treaty Lacks Lofty
Ideas Necessary to
Aid World--Ferrero
PARIS, Feb. 11.—We are at the
beginning of a new tragedy. The war’
i$ over, a peace treaty has been
drawn up and is now being applied?
The first step the conquerors, took
was not a very happy one for them.
_Any man who is in the least impar
tial and in whose mind the war has
still left some sense of truth and jus
tice must agree with the arguments
set forth by Holland in reply to the
request of the entente that ex-Em
peror Williamn be delivered up to
them for trial.
It would be too much to pretend
that the treaty of Versailles—angd the
rest of the allied acts—should be law
unto the Dutch, who did not partici
pate in its making. i
A victorious Germany might have
been capable of “u similar arrogance,
but is not that just the reason why.
the whole world fought against the
Prussian rienace? :
INDEMNITY NEXT.
Being repulsed by Holland, the vie
tors now turn to Germany, asking
that she deliver up the officers and
civilans accused of having outraged
the rights of peoples. After this de
mand is fulfilled, they will ask for
the first payments on the indemnity.
Both these demands will cause ter
ritic difficulties, owing to the spirit
in which they are made as well ag
on account of the desperate political
condition in which Germany finds
herself. Nu ovne whose judgment is
not warped by prejudices can fail to
realize the gravity of the state of af
fairs in Germany today. -
The war brought Germany to the
edge of a political and economic prec
ipice, threatening civil war and bank
ruptcy. For a moment she hesitated,
aghast at the sight of the abyss
yawning at her feet; then, determined
to fly from the conquerors at any
cost, she cldsed her eyes and flung
herself headlong into tha gulf,
This, in a few words, is the story
of what happened in that country
during the last few months. The gov
ernment constituted by the revolution
—a coalition of Catholics and Social
ists which undértook to give the
country the political forms' and the
social spirit of a democratic republic
not differing greatly from the forms
of Western democracy—is today on,
the point of eollapse. |
DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. |
Upon the one side the communists
are #ttacking it as a middle class
camouflage of socialism, while on the
other hand the nationalists, milita
,rims and cthers who are faithful to
‘the old regime are accusing it of
‘,having ruined Germany with its So
cialist precepts and by signing the
peace treaty.
Thig government, weakened in its
very foundation, can no longer stand.
It is indeed, obvious to the man in’
the street that during the forthcorn
ing elections it will be ousted in favor
of the nationalists and militarists and
all those devoted to the old regime,.
for it wonld seem that the bulk of the
German people are determined to
have nothing further to do with
communism. |
As for the suggestion that we are
likely to see the restoration of the
monarchy at once, that does not seem
probable. What is more likely Is that
‘the .German Republic will take the
form of a military dictatorship which
would uphold even those groups of
the old regime that appeared among
the least responsible for the late
great catastrophe. .
This is the reason why all allied
countries cry out that the Germans
are still the same incorrigible people,
untrustworthy, full of violence and
arrogange, and incapable of living in
peace with their neighbors.
MEDIOCRE POLITICIANS.
But such judgment is piffle. The
whole drama is more profound than
that. If Europe were governed by
statesmen of lofty minds and vision,
instead of by mediocre politicians,
such statesmen would understand
‘that this crisis is the necessary con
'sequence of the peace as made in
‘Pafin.
- The half clerical and half Social
ist regime which has been governing
‘Cormn.ny since November, 1918, was
the best improvisation that could
he created after the revolution. The
long historical preparation to which
the third republic of France owes its
force and vitality was entirely lack
ing in Germany, |
| The German republic wgt.:, there
fore, extremely weak at its"birth and
could only hope to gain strength by
rendering some ‘great service to the
country. But there was only one
service the republic could render Ger
many which would have been capable
of rapidly deadening the memory and
the traditions of the old regime in
mAhnwgmd,aundm of . the. Gers.
man people and that service would'
sasued Daily, and Entered as Second Class Matler as
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
Let young Americans show those growing into citizenship
with them and the older folk why we can not depénd upon Euro
pean friendship or upon the attitude of any European nation as
permanent.
Any one of the nations of Europe may be friendly toward us
today, and any one, or all of them, may be hostile tomorrow.
America must depend upon itself, upon the spirit of its own
people, the wealth and resources of its own country, the power
of its own arms, and the independence and self-reliance of its own
government,
In a phrase—AMERICA FIRST!
And, remember your essays must be in The Georgian and
Sunday American office by February 19, when the SSOO cash prize
and one hundred medals contest ends. You have a full week ahead
of you—get busy.
_have been the procuring of a bet
ter peace than the monarchy could
have obtained.
In a word. the Republican govern
ment’s only hope was to conduct its
affairs at Paris in such a manner
as to appear before the German peo
ple as the evident medium of rapid
conciliation between Germany and
the rest of the world.
SLECGE HAMMER TREATY.
This hope was dispelled forever by
the sledge hammer blows dealt by
the staggering terms of the treaty
of Versailles.
~The great political error of the
peace conference has been this: That
it imposed the same peace condi
tions upon the German republic as
would have been imposed upon the
monarchy and that it has not spared
the German republic a gingle humilia
tion or a single one of those burdens
which it would have been quite just
to inflict upon Germany had she
maintained her allegiance to the old
regime.
Among the worst of the terms thus
iimm—ufiemly dictated to Germany
are:
| 1. The exclusion of Germany from
the League of Nations, 4
2. The imposition of the most
fabulous indemnity the world. has
ever known,
3. The one sided imposition of dis
armamept.
Thus, since peace appeared as bur
densome under the new regime as
it eould possibly have been under the
old imperial masters the German peo
ple can hardly be expected to obey,
respect or love a government which
in their eyes and considering thelr
tife long customs, is nothing but a
confused and incoherent improvisa
tion that does not satisfy the old
idealistic cravings of any part of the
German people and which is upheld
by an oligarchy much less authori
tative and much less capable than
the old.
GOVERNMENT WEAK.
How is it possible for the new gov
ernment to endure—a government
which has not the tradition of past.
glory nor the prestige of the prin
ciple so dear to the multitudes; which
is not directed by authoritative and
capable men or groups and whose
burdens wou have taxed even the
credit of a regime mugh stronger
in prestige and authority.
And to all this must be added the
Gordian knot of the crushing indem
nity. When 1 returned to Italy in
1919, feeling very uneasy at the turn
the peace negotiations had taken. T
wrote that an indemnity which
pledged two generafions was no
longer a war indemnity, but g tribute
of war and that force musit be used
to extract such tribute,
1 added that I should be very
pleased to see in Germany a lasting
government which would undertake
to aot for half a century as a re
ceiver for the allies, collecting and
paying over the millions due, accord
ing to the terms of the treaty. But
I qualified that idea by stating that
such a thing seemed to me as being
too wonderful & dream to be real
ized.
NOTE—Another article by the
brilliant Italian philosopher-historian
will gppear in the near future.
Reward is Offered
.
For Hall Raiders
GAINESVILLE, Feb. 11.—Follow
ing attacks made on negro school
and church houses in Hall County,
the connty commissioners met last
night with Sheriff Crow and offered
a reward of $250 for the arrest of
any person connected with the at
tacks.
The authorities say they will put
forth every effort to maintain law
and order in the county.
W. R. Hughes has pjurchased the
W. H. Ledford home place on West
Broad street. The price was $4.800,
Samuel C. Dunlap Jr. and Edgar
B. Dunlap have returned from Flor
ida where they were called to the
bedside of their father, Col. Samuel
C. Dunlap Sr., who had a stroke of
paralysis.
The Rev. W. J, Jordan, arrested in
Lawrenceville recently upon com
plaint of a widow resding here on
charges of cheating and swindling,
was tried before Judge F. M. Loden
vesterday and bound over to the
Superior Court. Bond was assessed
at 8500, When the judge announced
his decision, the Rev. “Dick” ejacu
lated, “Bless the Lord"” The Rev.
Jordan is alleged to be a religious
crank.
Rumors are ceurrent that Profes
sor H. J. Pearce, one of the fore
most educators of the South is con-
Qltduttnc entering the race for sens
ator.
SECONDNEWS
SECTION
T =
Probability of a street carmen’s
strike in Atlanta Wednesday ap
peared less acute, with hopes of set
tlement emtertzined by both sides.
Hardy O. Teat, business agent of
the carmen’s union, satd, after a sec
ond meeting of the workers Wednes
day morning, that no strike vote had
been taken and that negotiations with
the street car company are in prog
ress. . %3
H. M. Atkinson, clairman of the
‘board of directors of the Georgia
Railway and Power Company, denied
any knowledge of an approaching
crisis and reported conferences be
tween union representatives and the
company continuing under an agreed
plan, e
The union men held a meeting in
the Réd Men's Wigwam Wednesday
morning, with Teat presiding. They
were addressed by W. J. Bishop, J. D.
Hudgins and G. M. Head of the com~
mittee on negotiations and J. H, Rear
con, an international officer. A large
number of the 1,200 carmen affected
by the demands were present. Mayor
Key, who attended the conference on
}Tuesday night, was not there, .
'NO STRIKE VOTE.
“The carmen have absolutely noth--
ing to say about thé meeting or for
publication,” said Teat, after the
meeting. “I can tell you positively,
however, that any reports of a strike
vote having been taken are absolutély
false. The carmen know when to talk
and when to keep their mouths shut.
Negotiations with the company are
still in progress.” ; 1
“The first I inew of any rumors of
an acute situation arising among the
carmen was when I read such state
ments in the newspapers,” said H. M.
Atkinson, chairman of the board of
directors of the company. “All I can
tell you is what has transpired be
tween the company and the carmen’s
committee since the demands were
first presented in December and that,
as far as I know, negotiations are
proceeding in an orderly manner un
der an agreed plan. 4 .
“The last meeting between. officials
of the company and the carmen’s
committee was held last Friday and
another conference was set for Tues
day, Owing to President Arkwrth
being taken sick, I communimfld
with Mr. Teat and Mr. Reardon and
asked that we postpone the meeting
until Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
They acquiesced.
WAGES NOT TALKED.
“l am not at liberty to divulge the
nature of the demands made by the
men, because of a request made by
their committee that no publicity be
given them However, [ can say that
all previous meetings have been de
voted to clearing up certamn matters
or complaints made b the men under
the 1919 contract, which has expired.
The question of wages has not yet
been gone into and has been left by
agreemant between the officials and
the committee until we clear the
decks of these dpthev matters.”
Power to act definitely in the con
troversy has been given by the work
ers to a committee named at a meet
ing of workers Tuesday evening.
A delegation, headed by Teat n&d
Reardon, appeared at the mayor's of
fice late Tuesday afternoon and so
licited his aid in the negotiations.
The mayor declined to enter the
controversy at that point, declaring
that so long as it was an issue be
tween the power company and its
employees it would be unbecoming
the chief executive of the city to at
tempt interference, He said that if
the situation developed to a point
where the public welfare was con
cerned he then would be forced to in
terest himself This development
came within a few hours as a strike
threatened as the meeting of the
carmen got under way at the Rgfl
Men's Wigwam. A
DEMANDS OF MEN. e
While enither union men nor offi
clals of the company ever have re
vealed the new demands of the men,
they are understood, on good author
ity, to be these:
Increase from 40 cents an hour, the
1919 contract rate, to from 58 to 80
cents an hour.
Time and one-half for overtime,
Sundays and holidays. o
Two weeks' vacation annually, *°
It also was understood that the
men would insist on a closed shonp,
hut this point was believed to h
been abandoned in the netotlgtl e
The contract expired the of
the year, and at Intervals rumors
have heen current that a strike would
be called because of difficu 0;‘
countered by the union men -» their
na.o::latior?. All of the
proved unfounded except as :
ing an unrest among “m
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