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VOL XVIII
Lincoln and the Store.
Wanted Belief-less Women.
Watch Russia and Japan.
Music and Revolution.
__By ARTHUR BRISBANE
On this day, 111 years ago, Lin
coln was born. He found the world
floundering in the ups and downs
following great wars. If he could
come back row, he would find the
world struggling in industrial chaos
following a greater war.
So it has been through the ages;
so it will be, apparently for years to
lcome, with Japan today threatening
to conquer Russia, England building
more and greater battleships, K ltaly
defying her former allies, Mexico
urgently calling for armed interfer
ence by this country.
Lincoln got some of his knowledge
out of a few books. He got more
in the country store, which to the
village is what the department store
is to a great city.
There he met all kinds of people,
heard opinions and, always thinking.
studying human beings, built the
character that carried him and his
nation through the Civil War.
Young men and women who fool
ishly believe that work in stores
means lack of mental opportunity
should read the early life of Lin
coln.
Lincoln believed in votes for women,
and sald so. He would be amused
by the problem of the two political
parties throughout the country just
now. They must send female dele
gates to the national conventions and
probably some of the solemn dele
gates at large must be females.
Bach party wails, “it is so hard
to find a woman acceptable to all
factions,”” This means, it is diffi
cult to locate women that combine
character and standing in the suf
frage movement with no definite be
lief of any kind. .
They can find plenty of dis
tinguished male citizens ready to obey
the dictates of their pocketbooks and
their political boss, but a woman
that amounts to anything is apt to
have opinions of her own, and she
won't say in advance how she will
vote. Politicians don’t like that.
Lioyd George, intelligent English
man, has discovered that there I 8
power in revolution. “Bolshevism
<an not be erushed by force of arms,”
ne says, and adds that he said it to
the allies a year ago. He realizes
that the wealth, resources, raw ma
terials of Russia (a country bigger
than the United States) must be '‘put
into circulation” to save Western
Europe.
Perhaps after a while the intelli
gent United States will also come
to the conclusion that you can't
coerce Russia with a handful of men
not big enough to conquer a small
Western town.
Japan, deceived by the ease with
which she once defeated the ezar and
hi¢ grand dukes, is inclined to think
she can make the Russian people
take orders from the mikado. If a
successful Russian republic should
spread through Siberia, up to the
waters that wash the shores of Ja
pan, it would be a bad thing for the
mikado business. “
Japan will find, however, that con
-quering a czar and his moujiks,
driven to war against their will, is
different from conquering 200,000,000
Russians, willing and eager to fight
for the right to govern themselves.
Uncle Sam would be wise to mind
his own business, lean on the fence
and watch Japan and Russia. Bol
shevism, changed into permanent
government, may take the Japar.ese
problem off our hands.
Senator Hiram Johnson did good
work for his California people when
he fought to keep the United Statee
from helping to make Japan more
powerful through conquest and an
nexation of Siberia. |
Northeliffe’'s Daily Mail says Pad-“
erewski has fled to Switzerland from
a Polish plot to assassinate him.‘
The musician learn§ that Beethoven,
Bach, his compatriot Chopin, and a‘
concert grand piano with a first-r!ass‘
impresario are better friends than
revolutionists. They never assassi
nate you.
The Crown Prince of Germany ca
blegrams to the President his offer
to be tried and punisked in place of
900 Germans whose ‘extradition the
allies demand.
Wholesale extraditions and trials
after a war are a foolish novelty.
The old way was to catch your man
and kill him while the w\r was on,
or drag him behind your chariot
when it was over. President Wilson
is said to oppose the demand for 900
prominent Germans. The opposition
is sensible, since the German repub
lic would undoubtedly fall and make
way for another emperor, or political
chaos, if the 899 German men and
one German woman were sent to be
tried.
It is not so long ago since all the
allies were indignant because Austria
presumed to interfere in the trial of a
Serbian who had murdered the Aus
trian heir-apparent. There was no
doubt as to his guilt. There was doubt
as to his conviction. Austria de
manded the right to influence the
Serbian courts in trials offending
Austria. This was denounced by the
allies as cause for war.
For the allies in cold blood to put
on trial and execute a lot of Ger
mans might or might not be tech
nically just. There is no doubt that
it would mean another war as soon as
Germany could manage it. And it
might mean a war of Russia and
Germany combined against Western
Kurope. ‘That would not be com
fortable for Western Europe. An
other dose of German efficiency
backed by Russia’s population and re
sources would be a nuisance.
The funny part is that many Ger
mans will praise the Crown Prince
now offering to sacrifice himself to
save 900 Germans. If he and his
father had been willing to sacrifice
their vicious Hohenzollern vanity,
their blasphemous theory that thcv
represented God's will, - they might
have saved millions of German dead
24-Hour { {5 rali" Tatvereal News i Service
Officials Make it Plain School
~ Amalgamation Won't Be
‘Opening Wedge.’
County officials made it plain
Thursday that if an attempt be made
to convert the present plan for
merging city and county schools into
a movement for consolidation of the
city and county governments, as was
advocated recently in City Council,
the school proposition will “go by the
board.” §
This determined stand on the part
of county officials was based, it was
‘explained, on reports from some
sources that the merger of the
school systems would be considered
the “opening wedge” in the proposed
consolidation of the two governments.
Oscar Mills, chairman of the
County Commission and J. W. Sim
mons superintendent of county
'schools, both declared that a con
‘solidalion of the city and county gov
‘emments is entirely out of the ques
‘tion, and that its injection into the
school merger movement would mean
lr.he instant death of the plan. Chair
‘man Mills, at the same time, said he
did not consider the school plan
Yeasible, or satisfactory to both the
city and county, and gave it as his
‘opinion that it will never meet with
success.
SCHOOL MERGER POSSIBE.E.
Superintendent Simmons said:
“We are perfectly willing to discuss
plans for a consolidation of ! e city
and county school systems, "but if
this is taken to mean an opening
wedge in the consolidation of the
city and county governments, then
the county ‘can be counted out of the
plan. The moment this question is
injected, the school movement will
fall flat. . I have understood that the
school plan was to be considered as
the first step in the merging of the
two governments. The county, how
ever, is not taking part in the school
deliberations with any such idea and
certainly would not be willing to
proceed further if it should be in
tended that the plan would lead to
the consolidation of the govern
ments.” i
Superintendent Simmons is a
member of the subcommittee that is
considering plans to be reported back
to the general conference of city and
county officials. Chairman Mills,
who is a member of the general con
ference, in opposing the school
merger plan, said:
DIFFERENT COURSE NEEDED.
“The county high scheol has been
in existence five years and has de
veloped more wonderfully than any
school that has come under my no
tice. It fills a place for the boy. and
girls of the rural districts that I feel
couldn’t be filled by a consolidated
schoolk ... For we are teaching and
plan to teach in the County High
School courses of study especially
adapted to children of the rural dis
tricts, which would not be suitable
for boys and girls in the city. In
other words, we are teaching boys
and girls how to make farm life
profitable and enjoyable, with. the
view of keeping them on the farm.
This is true dlso of the county gram
mar schools. There's no use crying
‘back to the farm’ to a lot of people
who know nothing abut the farm,
nor how to profit by farm life.
Through such institutions as the
County High School, we are seeking
to prevent the overcrowding of cities
with boys and girls from the coun
try. For this reason, I don’'t believe
the merger plan is practicable.”
Another meeting of the subcom
mittee will be held Friday afternoon,
at which time the plan formulated by
Virlyn Moore, president of the County
School Board, and Superintendent
Simmons will be further considered
and definite action taken. This plan
contemplates the merging of the en
tire city and county school systems |
under control of a County School
Board, with representatives ' from
both the city and the county, and
with power to levy special school
taxes and issue bonds. ‘
.
Senate Passes Bill to
Raise Army, Navy Pay
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Legisla
tion increasing pay of officers and
enlisted men of the army, navy, ma
rine corps, coast guard and publie
health service was passed Wednes
day in the Senate.
The Wadsworth pay bill was sub
stituted for the bill passed by the
House. The bill now goes to confer
ence.
An amendment offered by Sena
tor King, Democrat, Utah, to strike
out the public health service salary
increases was defeated,
Senator Harrison, Democrat, o’
Mississippi, offered an amendment to
increase the pay of the ‘“female nurse
corps of the army and navy” 31 per
cent instead of 20 per cent. The
amendment was passed 33 to 23.
The bill provides a 30 per cent in
crease for offlcers and graded in
creases from 50 per cent downward
for enlisted men.
A A A A A A PPN
on the battlefield and in hospitals,
millions of women and children en
feebled by starvation and cold. And
they would have saved us all from
the flu, by-product of war,
P. 8. —Lincoln, whose birthday you
celebrate, said that the people had
the right to change their government
if it/ didn’'t suit them. i
What would the anti-seditionists
do to him if he were here and elected
to some State Assembly? How long
‘would it take his patriotic Republican
party to throw him out on the ground
that yow musn’t think for yourself
in a republic, thinking #being con
tagious?
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“THROMBOSIS "’
‘ . . ’
This Tells You About the Disease
With Which President Wil
son Was Stricken.
“What is thrombosis?” asked many
thousands of persons who read in the
press dispatches that a Baltimore
physician, attendant upon the Presi
dent, had thus diagnosed the disease
with Iwhich President Wilson was
stricken.
The Georgian undertook to get an
authoritative answer to the question
and the answer is given below.
This is the first of a series of arti
cles, interviews or authoritative com
ment on matters arising in the live
news of the world. As oftemn as oc
casion ‘seems. to demand, The Geor
gian will endeavor to amplify such
important happenings as appear to
lend themselves to this treatment.
By VICTOR VICTOR. }
Dr. Hugh H. Young of Johns Hop
kins Hospital in: Baltimore, ‘an at
tending physician upon President
Wilson, has just given to an anxious
publlc authentic information as to
Just what is the nature of the Presi
dent’s illness.. §
He said that the President is suf
fering from “cerebral thrombosis.”
That is very clear to a doctor, per
haps, but the average layman would
have to seek a nerve specialist for an
explanation—or read this article,
It so happeng that there came to
the medical practise in Atlanta, some
six months ago, a man who was for
years a nerve specialist in Baltimore,
who was for some time upon the fac
ulty of Johns Hopkins, who was called
L 0 Cainp Creenleaf during the war to
train medical officers in his own par
ticular iine for service in the United
States army, and who is personally
well acquainted with both Doctor
Young and Doctor Dercum of Phila
delphia, consulting nerve - specialist
in the President’s case. This man is
the avrthority for the medical infor
mation here given.
_ “Cerebral thrombosis” is the condi
‘tion. of having a “thrombus” in the
'brain. A thrombus is simply an ob
istruction in a blood vessel, consist
‘mg of a coagulation of blood or some '
‘other matter, which hasslodged in the
vessel and shut off the circulation,
either in ‘t‘.:)le or in part.
It mav h: amost anyihing—a bit
of fat from cne of the body tissues,
say, or even just a bubble of air. In
[elder]y people subject to.what is
iknown as “hardening of the arter
jes,” deposits of lime salts from the
}blo,od may form upon the inner walls
of the arteries, and a fragment of:
‘such a deposit, breaking off, will
}sometimes be carried into a smaller
‘L)lood vessel and there form a throm
- bus.
'MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE,
‘ A thrombus may occur anywhere
in the bedy, but since it usually ap
\oears only in small blood vessels,
‘will not citen cause great trouble,
‘unless it lodges in the brain, which
is common cr, in rarer cases, in the
‘heart. But.‘n the brain it is a mat
ter of serious nature. |
~ That portion. of -the brain which
was fed by the obstructed blood ves
sel, lacking nourishment, may soften
or just cease to function, either per
manently or temporarily. Whatever
parts or functions of the beody this
particular portion of the brain con
trols, will, accordingly, be rendered
either totally or partially useless.
Affecting only one small motor
center in the President’s brain, un
related to his thinking faculties, is
exactly what happened to President
Wilson. His left arm and leg were
partly paralyzed because there was a
thrombus affecting the blood supply
to the particular motor center in his
brain which controls their move
ments. |
The Atlanta physician states that
there is mo reason to doubt Doctor
Young's statement that the Presi
dent’'s mental faculties are absolutely
unimpaired. Motor centers and‘
thought centers are generally disas
sociated in the brain. The trouble is
usnally local, and in the majority ofi
similar cases which have come under
this physician’s extensive observation
there has. been no effect. upon the
mental vigor and capacity of the pa
tient. »
In general, it is the right hemi
sphere of the brain which controls the
left side of the body. When one-half
of the body is paralyzed through
some impairment of the brain, the
condition is known as “hemoplegia.”
When the physicians attending Presi
dent Wilson found that there was no
local cause for the paralytic eondi
tion, they knew that he was suffer
ing from hemoplegia—in other words,
that there was either a thrombus or a
hemorrhage (apoplexy) in the right
half of his brain. How they decided
which it was, thrombus or apaplexy,
can npt be ascertained at this dis
tance: but there are varying symp
toms which they no doubt took into
aceount.
This cerebral stroke was, according |
to Doector Young, the cause of the‘
President’s illness. The trouble with
his prostate gland. which is said to
have developed later, can have no
connection with the thrombus, un
less. by the barest and most improb
able chance, it is some bit of tissue
from the prostate gland which has
formed the thrombus.
MOSES TOLD THE TRUTH,
Senator Moses of New Hampshire
told the exact truth, leng ago, in his
famous and much denied statement,
made in a personal letter, that the
President was suffering from “a
cerchral lesion.”
The effort to withhold this truth
trom the public, for a while at least,
was probably due to the anticipated
nolitical effect upon people who would |
leap with erroneous certainty to the
mngusion that any trouble in the’
brass would necessarily mean an im
pairment-of mental processes. |
Likewise, the seriousness of the
ATLANTA. GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
Favorable Report Expected on
~ Biil to Provide Funds for
Use in South.
By GEORGE H. MANNING,
Washington Correspondent of The
Georgian.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The Sen
ate Committee on Public Health ex
reets soon to favorably report to the
Senate the Harris 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 on the proposition.
The health service has now completed
its report to the committee and
strongly recommends passage of the
oill,
~_“Large numbers of persons all
through the South are affected by
malaria and suffer a certatn 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 1 introduced provides that
the federal government shall spend
half a million dollars in the fight on
this disease. The money would be
allotted to the States according to
population and some other rules, to be
expended in the States eo-operatively
by 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 can obtain
any of the federal funds, as the
money. is to be spent on a 650-50
basis.”
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Argentine Is ‘Oasis;
Traffic Thereto Heavy
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—Chicagoans
have discovered a new “‘oasis” in the
Argentine republic, which appears to
be going Cuba one better as a thirst
haven.
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne
said today his arm is sore from sign
ing passport certificates for the Ar
gentine Lound.
MACON, Feb. 12.—The Georgia Re
tail Clothiers and Furnishers hold
ing their second annual convention
here, got down to business at the
‘afternoon session yesterday, when
they pledged their support to the
fair price commission of Georgia in
combatting the profiteer and made
known their platform of co-operation
with John A. Manget, State fair price
commissioner. Mr, Manget endorsed
the platform and said that he would
find no fault if profits charged did
‘not exceed 33 and 1-3 per cent.
A telegram was read fro mAssistant
Attorney General Figg which stated
‘that he had agreed to refer all
‘charges of profiteering among cloth
‘ijers and furnishers to a special com
mittee of the National Clothiers’ As
‘gociation before taking steps to
prosecute .
The meeting was called to order by
Morris D. Eiseman, Atlanta, presi
dent, The morning session was con
sumed by hearing reports of officers.
Reports were made by Clarence Levy,
treasurer, Augusta; J. V. Freitag,
Atlanta, secretary, and the president.
About 100 deelgates are attending.
Augusta has sent a strong delegation
to secure the 1921 convention. They
will likely be unopposed
The chief address of the afternoon
was made by J. A. Manget of At
lanta, fair price commissioner. He
said that the time for handling the
profiteer with kid gloves had passed
and unless there was a general de
sire for everybody to co-vuperate in
keeping prices down, somebody was
going to hell skidding. He referred
to the arrests of hundreds of persons
for treason and urged the merchants
to show the first disposition o co
operate. Co-operation Is necessary
to put down the general unrest
throughout the country, he said. He
urged the merchants to help teach
the lesson of economy as the means
of their own salvation in the long
run.
The annual banquet was given last
night at the Hotel Dempsey. The
election of officers and the selection
of a convention city are the features
of today's program. Final reports
will be heard and the convention will
close at 1 o'clock.
situation could not be immediately
determined. Time was the only
thing that could tell whether or not
the thrombus was in such a locality
as to affect other portions of the
brain besides that producing the first
paralytic symptoms, The fact that
there have been no further impair
ments, and that the present symp
toms are sald to be disappearing, in
dicates that the thrombus is being
absorbed; and there is no reason why
the President should not recover ful
ly. However, persons once thus af
flicted are said to be particularly
subjeet to a repetition of the attack.
CHEER UP!
.
(By John Kendrick Bangs. )
YOUR VALENTINE.
WHOE‘ER’ yvou 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 responsive to
The sufferer in need of you,
And always do the best you can
To serve and cheer your fellow
man.,
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta
. Georgian.)
Co-operative Congress Favors
Government Ownership of
Railroads and Marine.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—The . “specu
lative middleman” was the object of
assault today by the all-American
Farm Labor Co-operati\'\ Congress,
His annihilation, government
ownership of the railroads and mer
chant marine .and government ex
ploitation of national resources were
the aims of the congress as sounded
in the opening addresses of its offi
cers.
The congress will, during its three
day meeting, devote itself directiy to
plans for direct trade, co-operative
banking and credits and to stand
ardization of co-operative methods.
President C. H. Gustafson, in
sounding the “keynote” at the open
ing of the congress denied any third
party intentions on the part of the
cogress.
We have no intention of launching
on the uncharted seas of a third
party movement. The organized
farmer and organized labor forces
uniting on a program of direct trade
are not going to be inveigled into
any will-of-the-wisp politics.” .
Warren 8. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers and head of the committee on
co-operative banking and credits was
to address the congress today. Dal
ton T. Clark, president of the Na
tional Co-operative Association, was
to be the principal speaker this after
noon.
MACON, Feh. 12.-~The executive
committee of the Georgia State Ag
ricultural Society drafted several
resolution, elected a new secretary
and transacted other important busi
ness at the annual meeting yester
day. The annual meeting of the so
ciety will be held the second Wed
nesday in August at Indian Springs.
Twenty members attended the meet
ing yesterday.
Secretary E. W. Childs of Omaha,
Ga., whose term expired, wasg suc
ceeded by R. C. Berckman of Macon.
He won the election over Pope Brown
of Hawkinsville by a majority of one
vote, Mr, Childs declined to be
nominated for another term.
The committee unanimously
adopted a resolution endorsing the
International Live Stock and Fat
Stock Show which will be held an
nually at Macon and they promised
to give the organization their indi
vidual and collective efforts to make
it a success. Departmental super
intendents of the thirteen depart
ments of the Georgia State Fair
were appointed and J. H. " Mills of
Jenkinsburg was elected general
superintendent of all departments, A
committee of four from the agricul
tural society were appointed to work
with the directors of the State Fair
to make it a success,
President Juliug Otto of the fair
association announced $15,000 would
be spent for new cattle and swine
pens at the fair grounds this summer
and more room would be provided.
An increase of $5,000 in premiums
was anpounced, making a total of
$30,000 in premius.
Influenza Is Receding,
. .
Washington Believes
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The in
fluenza epidemic has reached its
peak and is now receding all over the
country, according to reports to the
public health service Wednesday.
Ludendorff’s Staff on
.
Belgium’s War List
LONDCN, Feb. 12.—Belgium's list
of German war offenders for trial in
cludes the whole staff of General Lu
dendorff, said an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Berlin Wednesday.
There are 2,600 names on Belgium's
list,
NAVY RECRUITS,
Herschel Howard Webb of Monti
cello, Ga., enlisted as a yeoman, sen
ond class, at the Atlanta navy re
cruiting station Thursday, and was
transferred 1o 3h3 receiving ship at
Mare Island, Cgl. He gave as his
mext of kin his 'a(her, William Jack
son Webb.
\
Actress Made Heroic Fight for
Life—Won Wide Admiration
| by Her Charm,
‘(Spacml‘Cable to Universal Service.)
PARIS, Feb. 12.—Gaby Deslys is
dead.
The famous theatrical star suc
’cumbed. yesterday to ‘'a several.
months' illness, during which she put
up a heroic battle for life. In a re
cent highly precarious amd painful
operation she astounded the doctors
with her remarkable courage and op
timism. Pleurisy is given as the im
mediate cause of death,
\ —
~_ "So long, folks, and good luck. The
next time you see me I'll no longer
be an actress or dancer. I'm going
to get married—no, he's not going to
be an actor——no, not a dancer, either.
‘And I'll be very happy, and have
babies, and everything.” §
That was the farewell to America
of the inimitable Gaby as she strode
backward up the ocean liner's gang
way, bound for Europe, not many
months ago. She looked her best, her
face was wreathed in smiles, as she
threw dainty fingered kisses to all
sides, and for those who saw her de
part it is hard tu realize thut this ef
fervescent human fountain of laugh
ter and good cheer has vanished into
the Great Beyond. 74
TRIUMPH IN U. S. ‘
Few stars of the stage have ever
carried America’s heart by such Ir
resistible storm and kept itself en
deared in it to the end as has Gaby
Deslys. Her daring dances und bold
fashions, her sensational publicity
pranks and eternal escapades with
Cupid held her continually in the
limelight net only on this side, but in
Europe as well.
Her, world wide fame was at its
zenlth in 1911, when rightly or wrong
ly, she was universally looked upon |
as the real “inside” cause of the de
thronement of King Manuel of Por- |
tugal, whose at least temporary ln“
fatuation of the fascinating dancer
has never been denied. ‘
Recent cable dispatches have shown
that Mlle. Gaby drew to herself even
in that last painful stage of her
earthily sojourn the admiring eyes of
‘millions. She was “game” to the ena.
She endured operation after opera
tion—nine, in all—for abscesses of
the throat. The X-ray disclosed se
rious inflammation and for weeks her
life hung upon a thin thread. |
LAST WORK IN MOVIES.
Again and again, smiling even in
her pain, she scorned the idea of
anasthetics, and several opemtlons‘
she actually underwent in full con-{
sciousness, chatting with the doctors
whenever she had a chance. “
Kings, princes, brokers, students,
artists—in short, men from all walks
and stations of life fell under Gaby's
spell at one time or another, and al
ways many at the same time. Only
the other day a “blllet doux” was
sent to her sick room in the Paris
hospital by a wealthy worshipper at
‘the shrine of her grace, who told her
‘not to mind the scars that were
caused by the operations; he would
give her a peafl collar big enough to
cover them all, no matter what the
cost,
The last work Gaby Deslys did was
'for an Italian moving picture. Just
before her ailment sent her to the
‘hospital she had announced she was
going to retire and get married,
though still refusing to divulge “his”
‘name, \
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Tax Collector Harris
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Pays Candidacy Fee
Tax Collector Lucien Harris, as
candidate for re-election paid his
assessment of S3OO to Claude C. Ma
son, chairman of the subcommittee
of the County Democratic Executive
Committee, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Harris is the first of the candi
dates for the office of tax collector
to pay the required entrance fee. |
Mr. Harris is being opposed for re
election by four other candidates—
County Commissioner W. M. Poole,
Tom Poole, of the ecity tax collec
tor's office; J. H. Andrews, a mer
chandise broker, and W. 8. Richard
son, insurance agent and for mnny‘
vears freight agent %or the Western
and Atlantic Railroad. This contest
promises to be one of the most in
tercsting to be decided by the county |
primary of April 20. ‘
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of the Highweys: ‘
The weather bureau Wednesday is- ‘
sued the following road report:
1. Atlanta- Rome-Chuttanooga.
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 Dallag, which is not so 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 thel
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 lmprove,'
but rains Tuesday afternoon and eve
ning will cause some to be slippery. l
4, Atlanta-Newnan-Columbus. ‘
Light rains Tuesday and Wednes- |
day over Western (ieorgia have made
roads slightly slippery, but the‘mountl
was insufficient to cause much mud.
/ssued Dally. and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 187
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kings and princes, and
noted in the music halls of
Europe and America, who
died Wednesday.
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Counties Warned Not
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To Reduce Taxation
Warning to Georgia county authori
ties has been issued by State Tax
Commissioner Henry J. " Fullbright
that there must be no reduction in
the wvaluation of properties in ‘the
1920 tax returns because of his re
cent order fixing an estimated 35-
cent basis for tax equalization
The commissiongr explained the
purpose of this order was 10 increase
returns’ in counties in which suffi
cient returns have not been made in|
the past, and was not ifitended to re
duce the tax valuations in counties
that have exceeded this figure. He!
urged fair returns in all counties, and|
said his order was intended. to bring
this about, not to reduce tax returns.
To Some Georgian Reader
—For the—
TO OUR LIMERICK ‘
Rules:
uies:
1. In the event of more than one person sending in the same
“best last line,” similar prizes will be awarded. g
2. No one is barred from participating except employees of The
Atlanta Georgidn and their families, who are absolutely barred.
No one may send in more than one “best last line” to each
Limerick. 3 ' v
3. The blank printed herewith is for the convenience of the
readers and the Editors. g ’
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 Georgian 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. An
nouncement 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
eliminated from further competition. ‘
Atlanta Georgian Limerick Editor,
LIMERICK NO. 7
There was an Atlanta Commission 5
Above all reproach and suspicion, '/
Which fixed a fair price ’
From sugar to rice,
You may write your “best last line” of Limerick above this.
ARG soinrninetecsdbinstnovihdrvsisbssnsidiniedia oo
Strest-and Nulaber:-....isisivedcrncaisbbicaeetpaiia
CIEY OF TOAWD oivitaiivibanantmbnnis et v uns
BUALO. . ..oconioiißaßec i donboshabonhes . nitutnn ;
All “best last lines” to Limerick No. 7 must be received
by 12 noon, Tuesday, February 17. Award will be an
| nounced Wednesday, February 18. r
SECONDNEWS|
SECTION
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‘Miss Veone Rankin Sees Misery
of the Jolly Young Man Who
Became Depressed. 3
‘ Fre e .
An Atlanta girl has been awarded
the second SSO in gold for the “best
last line” in the Limerick contest.:
She is Miss Veone Rankin, and re:
sides at 656 Highland avenue, u
Like Mrs. Ridgway, who wa#
awarded SSO for Limerick No. 1, Mis:
Rankin has done a good deal of writg
ing, but this is her first work tha}
brought in good old Uncle Sam
dollars. o
And here’s the "best last line” anfi
the whole Limerick No. 2: .
There was a young man in-s
Atlanta by
Inclined to joke and to banter,
But he ceased to be jolly
From using the trolley,
For jokes wouldn't “Pay as you %
enter.” 3
Riding on those "pay»as-you‘emes
Highland avenue cars gave Mi
Rankin the idea for that last li
which netted SSO.
It was fun for her, she said.
Profitable fun, wasn't it? S
Miss Rankin is considering wha
she's going to do with that gold. N
lier father, according to Miss R:
kin, wants her to become a sh
story writer., He's anxious for
to- go to Agnes Scott and comple
her education.
Miss Rankin recently was gra
ated from Washington Semina
Here's her literary record: “Mem
Washington Literary Society, vi
president 'lB-'l9, and class histo
She entered Washington Seminli‘?
in 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 American,
age and looks don't bar you fr
writing a “best last line.” Some on
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.” A
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’"
NO. 178.