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+ Peace Expensive Also.
‘Without Touching Ground.’
| Wasted Clam Crop.
Plentiful Whisky.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Peace also is expensive when of
ficials get the habit of doing what
Joseph 'P. Day calls 8. O.' P. M."
which means “spending other peo
ple’s money.” It is hard to lose the
habit,
With war ended, the army and
navy now cost this country mnearly
$300,000 an hour. Multiply that by
24 and the result by 365 and you
/ will know what peace costs, in a
land of profiteer sharks and = in
competent officials.
This public spending interests lit
tle people, for they must foot the
bill, since the Supreme Court de
ides that corporations may legally
dodge income tax.
In Argentina Captain Parodi has
flown over the Andes Mountains and
back, making the round trip from the
Argentine to Chile without touching
ine ground.,
/ The last words are important. The
day is near when airships will come
from Europe or Asia to this country
and go bhack “without touching the
ground.” l
They will be able to drop a load
" of dynamite and return without be
ing caught, flying up so high as to
be invisible, or arriving at night. 1
This means that the important
thing is national safety hereafter
must be the flying fleet. What a
pity the patriots of this country stole
and wasted the $600,000,000 ap
. propriated for flying. They should
have allowed half the money to go
for flying machines.
Millions of clams, each bigger’
/man your fist, are piled five feet
high along Long Island Shore. The
“skimmers"” are not the kind you
eat, and “it will cost $1,000,000 to
get rid of them.” If this were a sav
ing instead of a wasteful country,i
that clam crop would be worth mil
lions for fertilizer, supplying lime
and other food that land needs. |
You should see French peasants
on their side of the English Chan
nel hauling in b ycar loads to their
farms the dogfish washed up by big
gtorms. No waste there.
A problem more serious that leav
ing a valuable clam crop to breed
disease is the problem of the Amer
ican labor crop. 1
. American lawmakers were combin
" ing with organized labor in a stupid
plan to keep out foreigners. The‘
foreigners are saving us the trou
ble, Since January 1, 53,000 have
come in and 61,000 have gone back
to Europe. The newcomers will
have to be taught our methods.
Those going away took with them
.unot_less than 60,000,000 of American
” dollars. Immigration authorities
say prohibition is dri\‘?ng the foreign
workers out. They don’'t like plain
water. On the other hand, they
don't like poisonous whisky. It is
the. only thing you can get in the
United States just now. Perhaps a
sane compromise will be reached.
If you doubt that whisky is plenti
ful in the United States, run down
to Miami, and find out what becomes
of 30,000 cases of Scotch whisky,
shipped into Nassau every little
while and from Nassau taken to
Florida. The only real prohibition
problem at Miami just now is: “Sall
(I take Scotch or Canadian Club?”
Religion, greatest human/ comfort
because it makes hard thinking un
necessary, is like everything else—
bad in excess. A policeman found a
poor woman walking barefooted in
the street praying and saying: “I
have been sent here by God to save
humanity.” She was sent to the hos
pital and booked as “unknown—reli
gious mania.”
A girl of 17 was found hangihg,
dead. It was too late to help her,
the verdict there also was ‘“religious
mania.”
There was a time when mania of
this kind would seize upon entire
populations. That, fortunately, has
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN e " A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes Y SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1920.
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Weather Change Brings Winter
Temperature, but Spring Will
Not Be Denied.
Atlanta Street car strike victims
splashed along their way Friday
through one of the raiviest days of
the year and by far the wettest of
the month. A total precipitation of
3.62 inches was recorded at the wea
ther bureau, which was more than
half the average rainfall for March.*‘
¢ Observer von Herrmann declared!
that while the precipitation was
heavy, it nowhere broke any records
for March. He cited the maximum
for the month as falling March 29,
1866, when 7.36 inches poured down
upon the city. On July 22-23, 1898,
there was 5.56 inches and 5.88 inches
fell on September 15-16, 1888.
The heavy rains Friday contributed
largely to failure» of stireet cars oper
ated after 5 o'clock when the strike
of union men ended, to make their
schedules. The water had washed
sand and dirt on the tracks and it
was necessary in many cases for the
car crews to remove ~his with shovels
before proceeding. |
Observer von Herrmann declared
also that the rain was accompanied
by a wind of 36 miles velocity blow=
ing from the Northwest. The tem
perature also took a drop of 22 de
grees and stopped at the minimum of
36 degrees Saturday morning. Fair
weather is predicted for Sunday With
warmer temperatures. |
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died out, except where black super-}
stition and ignorance prevail as oc
casionally in Russia. Nothing like a
little education to remedy that evil.i
The Uion League Club, in a rec
port to President Wilson and the;
wide, wide world, says that to rec
ognize the Russian soviet govern
ment is to invite the, setting up of
such an organization here. |
Is that so? We recognized the|
Turkish sultan and his government. |
But we didn’t have to open up ha
rems—at least not publicly. |
We recognized the British govern
ment, but didn’'t organize a House
of Lords or publish a court circular.
It should be possible to mind our
business and let the Russians at
‘tend to theirs without transplanting
sovietism, which we don't need.
When they asked Lincoln, whom‘
capitalist newspapers described as
a blackguard and worse, whether it
were true that he was living with
a black woman, he replied that he
was not, that he didn’t have to make
‘a black woman his slave or his wife;
‘he could leave her alone and recog
'nize her right to freedom. We can
permit Russia to run herself with
\our turning bolshevik.
It appears that different groups of
radical thinkers, Communists, So
cialists, etc., are fighting and de
nouncing each other with cheerful
energy. The Union League should
find comfert in that. Where radi
cals fight radicals, and bankers all
agree, there need be no great fear
of bolshevism.
“Save money on meat week” is in
teresting folly. The farmer pro
duces the beef. You can easily dis
courage him and make him produce
less.
There is little enough in it for him
now. Instead of selecting one week
to eat half as much meat, why not
select several weeks to do twice as
much thinking? It should not be im
possible for the semi-intelligent hu
man beings to prevent extortion or
waste through dishonest or ineffi
cient distribution.
The people might also have one
or two thinking weeks devoted to
gasoline. Certain localities an
nounce another increase in the cost
of that fluid—ahout the tenth raise in
a short time,
The prediction, is made that next
yvear the price will be 40 to 50 cents
a gallon,
The oil lies there, under the
ground, and spouts out of its own
accord. The people own millions of
public acres containing it. And God
Almighty supplies the oil free as He
always has done, no extra charge
on account of war.
Only a little thinking and united
action are needed. But those are
rare ingredients in America,
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vaudeville 3:30—7—9 P. M,
SIX TASMANIAN GIRLS
Daring death in the air.
Dorothy Rore; Lester Raymond & Co.,
Bertram May & Co.; Leroy & Dresd
ner,
PEGGY HYLAND in “Black Shadews”
L B.F. Keith's c
Vauadeville 2:30—7:30—9:15
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WALTER FISHTER CO.
BELLE MONTROSE
OTHER KEITH HITS
So This Is Why
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Girls Wear Pumps!
Thank You, Judge!
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 13.—Mae
Gallagher, a 19-year-old stenogra
pher, who sued the Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad Company for
injuries to her left knee caused by
her skirt being caught in the door
of an elevator in the Hudson Ter
minal Building, got a verdict of
SB,OOO and a laugh in the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn. The laugh came
when the attorney for the defense,
after Miss Gallagher had demon
strated that she walks with a limp,
‘remarked: \
“Why shouldn't she limp—llook at
those French heeled pumps she's
wearing.”
~ “Those pumps help me to walk,”
snapped the fair plaintiff.
} “Why certainly,” said Justice van
Siclen with finality, “the pumps take
}the water off the knee.”
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 13.—The
House late Friday approved the sec
tion of the army reorganization bill
which gives relative military rank to
army nurses.
The provision making the air serv
ice a separate branch of the army
also was adopted, with an amend
ment to include one brigadier general
insthe officer personnel. This amend
ment was added, it was explained,
to take care of DBrigadier General
Mitchell, director of military aero
nautiecs.
Representative Caldwell, Democrat,
qf New York declared that under this
provision General Mitchell will be the
highest paid officer in the army, not
excluding General Pershing. As a
flying officer (General Mitchell will
enjoy a 50 per cent increase in pay,
which already has been greatly ad
vanced as the result of his length of
service. Mr, Caldwell mentioned no
figures.
The personnel of the air service,
under this bill, will be 1,615 officers
and 16,000 enlisted men.
German Music Pleases
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Audience in London
(By Universal Service.)
LONDON, March 13.—A London
audience at Aeolian Hall, the Covent
Garden of the British concert world,
has cheered a German program of
music. The recital was given by
Mischa Leon and it was announced
that German pieces would be ren
dered during the evening. Many at
tended in the hope of witnessing a
scene, but were disappointed when
M. Mischa told the audience he would
not sing the “Hun” music. The au
dience demanded he sing German
songs, however, and loudly applauded
when he had finished. He gave sev
eral encores. ;
M. Mischa announced that he will
give a program entirely in German
tonight.
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Major Garrett to
oy
Command- Recruiting
Major F. B. Garrett, former com
mander of the Sixth Marine regiment
and veteran of overseas service, has
reached Atlanta to take command of
the Southeastern recruiting district,
with headauarters in thig city. Major
Ralph .S. Keyser, the retiring com
mander of 'the district, has received
orders to report for duty as an in
structor at the Marine Infantry
School at Quantico, Va.
While serving in France, Major
Garrett was assistant chief of staff of
the Second Division where he fought
through the battle of Belleau Wood
and the Argonne. He was later trans
ferred to the army of occupation in
CGermany. é
Elliott Company to
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Exhibit Curtiss Plane
A Curtiss Oriole—a three seated,\
150 harsepower airplane—will arrive
in Atlanta next week for exhibmon‘
by the J. H, Elliott Aeroplane Com
pany, which has accepted the agen"y |
in Atlanta for the sale of Curtiss
planes, it was announced Saturday.
The plane will be shown at the Belle
Jsle Ford agency, 380 Peachtree street,
temporary quarters of the Elliott
Company. Bob Shanks, a veteran flier,
is associated with Mr. Elliott, and
will have charge of piioting planes
and instructing purchasers. Adver
tising and passenger service also has
been planned by the agency.
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Fitchett and Wife
Held to Grand Jury
C. H. Fitchett, former policeman,
and his wife, Mrs. Virginia Stahl
Fitchett, were tried before Recorder
Johnson Friday afternoon on the
charge of cheating and swindling.
Both were held under SSOO bond for
grand jury action.
The couple were charged with mak
ing purchases in certain department
stores and having them charged to
Fitchett’s father, and claiming to have
such authority. Mrs. Fitchett is said
to have posed as Fitchett's sister. She
was tried recently on the charge of
disorderly conduct, following a raid
on ’nn uptown hotel, and was fined.
f . . .
Shoestring’ Financier
Is Held for Larceny
(By Universal Service.)
NEW YORK, March 13.—Abraham
White, or Abraham Schwartz, as he
was named when born fifty-five years
ago in Corsicana, Tex., and one of
| whose exploits was the making of
SIOO,OOO on a 44-cent investment, and
!who made and lost several fortunes
! gince, is in the toils on a grand lar
ceny charge. He was held in SI,OOO
bail for trial in the Yorkville court.
The charge was made by Julius
iteibert of Hartford, Conn. a build
. who alleged he gave White SSOO
‘or stock in the Freezeproof Corpo
ation which he never reecived.
Yolice Seek Bandits
Who Robbed Merchant
The police hunted Saturday for two
wandits who Friday night held un J,
Silvey in his store, 420 Fraser street,
and robbed him of sio in cash and
| two checks.
| While one of the bandits stood
ywateh, the other forced the merchant
to open his safe. Call officers Ms-
Daniel and Davis went to the scene,
llmt found no t*ace of the robbers,
No action was taken by the At
lanta Board of Education at its
meeting Friday afternoon either for
or against the proposal to consoli
date the city and county schools, ac
cording to three of the four members
who attended the meeting.
They declared Saturday morning
that information which said the board
had voted to oppose the plan was
wholly incorrect.
Henry B. Troutman, author of the
resolution which was declared to
have voiced opposition to the mer
ger, said to The Georgian:
‘The resolution merely calied atten
tion to what is needed in the city
schools and asked various organiza
tions for their support in getting the
money necessary.”
The organizations are the Chamber
of Commerce, Federation of Trades,
Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, the
Woman's Club and simglar civic and
commercial bodies,
OPEN MINDS KEPT.
“I do not understand that the béard
voted against consolidation,” said
Councilman W. D. Hoffman, ex
officio member. “All of us except
Commissioner W. H. Terrell, who is
opposed to the plan, decided to keep
open minds until the joint contel;p&n(:e
considering the question makes its
report.
“It is true that Mr. Terrell wanted
a vote, but such a vote was not
taken. Superintendent Dykes recited
figures showing that Atlanta would
be the loser by merging the two sys
tems—but I would not oppose the
plan merely because the county
schools were going to get a littie
something out of it. Atlanta is about
eleven-twelfths of the county, any
way.”
“The newspaper story that the plan
was opposed is incorrect,” said Paul
L. Fleming, former president of the
board. “My mind is still open on the
consolidation. It was the decision of
the board to await action until the
joint conference reports again. My
position still is what I stated at the
conference last Monday. T am against
the plan unless it provides more
money for the schools. I don't see
that the plan does this. But my mind
is still open.”
TO BE MADE LEGAL.
It was decided at the Monday con
ference, at which four board members
weer present, that the legal difficul
ties pointed out by Mr. Terrell, who
offered the sole opposition, should be
met by the city ard county attor
neys. They were instructed to draft
an act for presentation to the Leg
islature creating a ‘single board of
five members for the city and county
and authorized to levy taxes and float
bonds for schools.
When the act is completed another
session is to be held. The confer
ence is composed of the city and
county boards of education, county
commissioners and the mayor. This
is the meeting mentioned by the
board members Saturday.
High School Is |
Finally Bought
The Commercial High School, which
was to have become homeless in July,
was permanently instalied Saturday
in its present building at 138 South
Pryor street. The Board of Educa
tion Friday accepted the offer of C.
P. Byrd, long pending, to sell the
four stocy structure for $150,000.
The beard will pay SIOO,OOO immer
diately from its appropriation of
$150,000 granted by council for a
building from the proceeds of the
emergency tax, It will pay the re
mainder ir annual installments of
SIO,OOO. ‘
Two stories, containing eight class
rooms, wili be added to the auditorium |
extension of the building, increasing
the school's capacity to 1,200, This
will cost about $50,000, consuming the
rest of the appropriation. The rent
paid until now will meet the pur
chase installments. |
Mrs. Arnie T. Wisa, prircipal, urged |
acceptance of the bid I¥riday after
noon. The board’'s action wae taken
in the belief it would Ye impossible to
erect a satisfactory building for $150,-
000 or even if this was possibls, to
have it coxppleted by tae opening of
the new term.
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‘Mrs. Taylor Injured
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| In Car Collision
. Mrs. J..F. Taylor and her child
were painfully injured Friday morn
ing when they were thrown out of
‘the truck of A. E. Pendergrast, which
‘was struck by the touring car of J.
Leonte of 122 Atlahta ayenue. The
‘accident happened at South Pryor
‘and Garnett streets.
. The mother and child were taken
to Grady Hospital, where they re
ceived medical attention. After an
lnvestigatlo‘ by the police, a charge
of reckless' driving was docketed
against Leonte.‘ ‘
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Supreme Court ‘Tips’
Blamed for Failure
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March, 13—~That the
troubles of New York-Chicago brok
erage house of Marcuse and Company
were brought about through an er
roneous tip that the Supreme Court
would decide that stock dividends of
corporations must pay on income tax
was one report circulated about La-
Sallee street today.
Liabilities of the firm are said to
exceed its assets by $400,000. Emil
Engstrom, Chicago office manager,
prophesied that creditors would not
receive oyer 50 cents on the dollar.
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Elks Will Entertain
With Dance in Home
Atlanta FElks Saturday evening
from 9 to 12 o'clock will entértain in
formally in their home with a dance.
Non-Elks may obtain cards from
members of the order who\will vouch
for them. Members may obtain cards
from the secretary.
Sunday afternoon the All-Elks’
Band will give its first concert in
the home at 2:30 o’clock. This will
be entirely an Elks' affair.
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Two Men Are Killed
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In Pistol Battle
BRISTOL, Tenn., Maréh 13.—Mil
lard and Jerry Hubbard, are dead and
Melvin Hubbard is seriously wnund-}
ed as the result of a pistol battle
‘nanr Norton, Va., according to lin
‘formation received here, Several
‘others are said to have participated
in the fight and feeling is reported
‘high among their families, all of
‘whom are said to be related. More
trouble is feared. .
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28th WINNER: ¥ fim % Sever
* of Marietta, Ga. -
LIMERICK NO. 33
A froggie who lived in the park
Was jealous indeed of the lark. -
‘I really can't see
Why they don't applaud me
(esess sß2o4Ess SEsEeaEE HEENIINE wEsEEEslNllsessnssned
You may write your “‘best last line” of Limerick above this,
Name Bae e tes s e aseeatataestltets sttt treitenened
Street and NUMDOF.us:ciissctatsscssscssasssssnncey
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State ....eceiiiiicriisaiiiitiiitiisiiscsenas
All “best last lines” to Limerick No. 32 must be received
by noon Wednesday, March 17. Award will be announced
Friday, March 19.
In a dentist’s chair out at Mariet
ta Friday was Mrs. John . Boston.
She was having a nerve tickled, or
a filling put on or something or
other that hurt—well, you know, it
sure hurts!
And when the news of her winning
Limerick 28 came along by telephone,
a lot of that agony and pain disap
peared. Sure cure for aches and
pains, this winning a last line to, a
limerick!
Mrs. Boston, the wife of Attorney
John H. Boston, and residing at 407
Atlanta street, Marietta, got over
the best last line to Limerick 28.
-—for which she gets SSO in gold,
as soon as she can come to The
Georgian office, or, rather, when the
street cars get a-running.
Here's Mrs. Boston's winning limer
ick:
Say, isn't it really surprisin’
How some people go poetizin'?
They put in good licks
Writing gay limericks—
Just hoping to keep their “dough”
risin’,
Seven words for fifty dollars!
Sure cure for dental misery!
There’s another limerick today in
need of a last line, Can't you pro
duce the “best”?
There’s another fifty for the writer
of the best. \
(‘A LLAH Il EKBAR,” the
cry of the caller to pray
ers resounds through the city. The
Faithful kneel with their cyes lo
ward Mecca, that goal of the pil
g}im whose faith is Mohamed's.
At their backs the sun swims
down the horizon in a blaze of
glory, dusk comes, then night.
Luna, Queen of the night with her
attendant court of Stars appears,
and in greeting, sends a Spear of
Moonlight to break in splinters of
silver on the minarets of the city.
A master Weaver beholds these
things, and Lo! a Rug is inspired.
Chambcrlin-]ohnson-Dußose Co.
- The Rules. |
1. In the event of two or more persons
sending in the same “best last line” SSO
wi’l be awarded to each of such persons.
2. No one is barred from participating
except employees of The Atianta Geer
gian and their families, who are abso
lutely barred. No one may send {n more
than ome ‘“best last line” to each
Limerick.
S. The blank printed herewith Is for
the convexnlence of the readers and the
Editors,
4. Each Limerick + appearing in The 1
Atlap‘a Génrgian will nave a number,
and the “vear jast line” must be sent
in a seatew envelope, by mali, addressed
to “Aanta Georgian Limeriek Depart
ment.” On the outside ot each envelofi
comtaining the “hest last line”” must ‘
written or printed “Limerick Ne, —."
This Is most important. 5
b. All *best last lines’” must be re
celved by the Limerick Department by
12 o'clock mnoon, four days after publi
cation. Announcement of each award ‘
will be maze in The Atlanta Qeorglan
onc week after publication of each
Limerijc.
6. Any one once winning an award for
the *“‘hest last line” is eliminated from
further competition. "
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Washington Worried Over
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Difference in Egg Prices
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 13.—How
much are you paying for eggs? Just
across the Potomae, in Virginia,
farmers are having a hard time get
ting rid of freshly-laid eggs for 38
cents a dozen, Dr. H. R. Ashworth,
chief ingpector of the Washington
health department, reports.
However, in tha merkets here they
are still bringing from 60 to 70 cents.
Doctor Ashworth wants to know the
answer,
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-7] signs which come from generations of Artists and Poets,
2, glorious blends of color rivaling the beauties of Nature
| herself, this is the Rug from the Orient. More than a
mere flor covering, vet serving as aflor covering for more
generations than the ordinary carpet serves years, carrying
woven into its very warp and woof romance, adventure and the
lure of strange places. ;
Supplementing the great stock of Authentic Oriental
Ruges we always have at hand, a new shipment has been re
ceived, the largest shipment of Authentic Oriental Rugs ever
brought to the South. ‘
Every color, every size for every purpose is to be found
here now, and we extend to every one who is interested in
beautiful things, a cordial invitation to come and see this un
surpassed assemblage of Rugs into which has gone the years of
life, labor of love, the hopes and fears of the Near Kastern
Weaver. Right now is the proper time to purchase Oriental
Rugs. -Prices will never be lower, nor do we believe the supply
will gver again be so complete in size and eolor range.
Oriental Rug Section—Third Floor. ;
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(By International News Service.) |
WASHINGTON, March 13.—John |
P. White’'s minority report on the'
award® of President Wilson's coal]
commission was submitted to ihe |
President today. l
The report, it is understood, rec
mends an increase of approximately
36 per cent to the miners and for a
reduced working day.
White represented labor on the‘
commission and his report is in pro
test against the wage increase of 25
per cent recommended by Com-‘
missioners Robinson and Peale.
White's stronges! recommendations
are for reduced working howrs zmdl
on this issue strong pressure will be
brought to bear on the President.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, consulted with
White in drawing the report,
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Ten Group Meetings
Arranged by Chamber
Programs of group meetings to be
held by Chamber of Commerce mem
bers in the next ten* days were pre
pared at a session of the arrange
ments committee Friday afternoon.
Ten meetings are planned, the first to
be held Monday afternoon.
John M. Cooper, chairman, an
nounced the following appointments
as chairmen and vice chairmen of the
meetings: Monday afternoon, Benja
min D. Watkins, chairman; R. L.
Foreman and W. R. C. Smith, vice
chairmen. Tuesday, Charles D. At
kinson, chairman; Forrest Fisher and
7. H. Daniel, vice chairmen. Wed
nesday afternoon, G. E. Watts, chair
man; George W. Forrester, vice chair
man. Thursday afternoon, A. A Ja
meson, chairman; Bayne Gibson, and
Paul Jones, vice chairmen. Monday
of the following week, Hervey wW.
Laird, chairman; Henry Heinz, vice
chairman. Tuesday afternoon, W T
Candler, chairman; Buford Goodwin,
vice chairman.
Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin, Mrs. James
1. Dickey and Mrs. George Harring
ten will hold a conference Saturday
afternoon to perfect arrangements for
meetings of the woman members.
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Farmer Did His Share
Says New Secretary
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 13.—The
farmer is doing his part to reduce
the high cost of living, Secretary of
Agriculture Meredith declared here
Friday in a}:\ address before the
Merchants’ Association. “It seems
to me the farmer is doing his part
pretty well,” Secretary Meredith
gaid.”” The farm workers have in
creased in numbers from 5,900,000 in
1970 to 13,700 in 1919, and the pro
duection of each farm worker in
terms of leading cereals also has in
crewd.
“You know when the war broke
out we owed Europe some $500,000,-
000 and 1 have no doubt that you
were worrying. Yet in a single vear
the exports of farm products from
America increased by $600,000,000,
land then the balance was on the
other side of the ledger.”
] § i ' &
Salvation of Camp Gordon b¥
Congress will be made a campaign
slogan by Republicans in theirs
fight to win one or more congr
sional seats in Georgia this year, it
was made known Saturday by’
leaders.
It was revealed that Republicans®
on the congressional committge in=
vestigating army camps, voted to
retain Camp Gordon on the promise:
of Georgia Republican leaders thal 3;
the “greatest fight in the history -«&
the Republican party in the South,
wilk be made in Georgia this fall and
that local Republicans would con="
centrate their best efforts on ob="
taining Republican congressional
representation from Georgia. d%
The matter of saving Camp Gor«
don, it was made known by C. W,
McClure, chairman of theßwaysl anfi§
means committee of the Republican
party in Georgia, was lmid ‘befotu”?!
the Republicans on the congres
sional committee by Congressman C.
B. Slemp of Virginia, who is Re
publican committeeman from thut!{j
State and also is director for the
Southeast for the ways and means'
committee in raising a campaign
fund for the national campaign. f
A conference was said to have
been held by Congressman Slemp
with local Republican leaders some
time ago, when the Georgia situa
tion was thoroughly discussed, in
cluding the plans for a congressional
fight in this State, and the congress~
man pledged his efforts to save,
‘Camp Gordon,
While Congressman Slemp is nok
a member of the Congress Commit
tee on Army Camps, Mr. MecClurs
fsaid he took up the matter with the!
Republicans on the committee, with,
‘the result that Camp Gordoh wasi
saved.
~ Republican leaders indicated thes
Republican party might put ouEr
three candidates for Congress in
this State in the fifth, the seventh
and the ninth districts—and that the
‘saving of Camp Gordon might ba
urged in the interest of each Re«
' publican candidate. ' Chief interest
centered in the fifth district, which
‘emhraces Atlanta. Mr. MecClure
and other leaders said that.no can
‘didate had been centered on im
either of the prospective districts,
but that this might be done follow
ing the State Republican ;mventlon
in Atlanta Aprili 7. At any rate, it
was said, the candidates will be
groomed and put squarely in ths
race after the nomination of a presi=
dential candidate in Chicago in Juney
f
Palmer Supporters
.
Hold Meeting Here
Suporters of Attorney General Pal
mer were in Atlanta Saturday from
different parts of the State to organ
ize to boost the Palmer campaign for
the presidency in the primary April
20. A meeting was to be held in the
New Kimball at noon.
This meeting was called by John W,
Bennett of Waycross; Hollins N,
Randolph of Atlanta and Judge Moses
Wright of Rome. The name of At
torney General Palmer has tlready
been placed on the Georgia bdllot.
Authentic
RUGS
From
the
Orient
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