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Vance At the Crackers’ Training Camp
Henry C. Vance, known to his friends as “Old Dollar
Bill,” sporting editor of The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday
American, is at Bay St. Louis, Miss., with the Atlanta
baseball club. Vance knows the game from the backstop
to the deep center fence and, withal, has the most unique
style on the entire circuit. Read his stories every day on
The Georgian'’s and American’'s double sport pages.
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Is More War Coming?
Beware Russo-Germania.
Pretty Euphemism, .
If You Had a andbank.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
There ig serious, threatening pos
sibility of more European war, in the
late news.
The German revolution was soon
begun, soon done. Chancellor Kapp
resigns, becoming plain Doctor Kapp.
He, or those that put him up, real
jzed rather late that it might be
dangerous to force German workmen
into an aliliance with Russian so
vietism. That would end the chances
of monarchy, which amounts to lit
tle; also property rights of a large
‘class, amounting to a great deal.
The allies don’t want any German-
Russian combination, and have made
that clear.
Once convince German workmen
and small property ownars that theh
case 1s hopeless, their nation per
. manently bankrupt, and you add Ger
man technical sk#il and direciing
¥ ability to ‘the Russian maelstrom.
JT.atest cables indicate that the Beriin
crowd is demanding soviet rule and
alllance with Russia,
Russia and Germany united against
the rest of Burope might mezke the
rvest of Europe worta lsss than 10
cents on sl. Tae [English, French
and Italians know it.
Mr. Obregon of Mexico says Mr
Carranza's government intends tw
make Mexico ‘“safe for Americans.”
More power to the kind intentien
_‘_But isn't the job of the Amerfcay
government to make Mexico safe for
Americans? England s able to malke
the whole world safe for an Eng
lishman.,
The wealth of euphemism is In
creased by the coroners decision de
claring that Ruth Randall killed
Captain Bleyer. Whoever wrote that
decision could have regported the
Thaw case for the Christian Herald
without losing a reader.
The murdered man was found in
bed with a bullet hole in his tempis
Ruth Randall, who comumitted suieide,
was lying beside him with a bullat
in her head. The verdict deseribes
the dead man as the lady’'s “intimate
frind and associate.” There’s re
fined English for you.
The Supreme Court says govern-
A ment can not tax stock dividends.
Congress plans to tax stock divi
t dends any how. A financier asks:
“Will Congress presume to override
the Supreme Court?”
It will, indeed. if it is a Congrwws
of men, not monkeys or puppets. The
business of Congress is to make laws
and to lay taxes.
The business of the Supreme Cnurt
is to say what laws are constitu
tional.
If you owned a sand bank, had
men and horses to work it. needed
gand to make eoncrete and the den'-
ers in sand sold you half what you
needed. charging vou two prices.
what would you do?
You would go into vour own eand
bank, dizg ont your sand, or your
neighhers would call yon an idiot.
What would you call Uncle Sam
whn needs oil for his navy, owns
y millions of acres econtaining oil, 1=
charzed doubla prire for what he
wants, can only get half what he
needs and does nothing about it?
. Not only does the government fafil
to drill, getting its own oil, its own
gasoline, filling its requirements and
protecting its citizens from extor
tion, but, as climax of idiocy, it
turns over the people's oil lands to
private cxnlolters. Fresently vyou
will be reading that those gentlemen
have doubled the price of gasoline
and oil, and can not spare what the
government needs. |
Tn say that a government as pow
ervfil] aa thia not protecting itself or
its citizens from extortion is idiotic
iz putting it mildly. |
The ¥French have just disonvernd!
‘new deposits of coal, badly needed |
in spite of the fact that France tooki
the hest w©oal mines from Germany.
Do you think France will turn over
these coal deposits to private indi
. viduals, that will say to the French
government, “We can’t supply vou?”
Not for a moment. The French zov- |
ernment {s no idiot, and the French
people would not stand the nonsense
that this Ameriean tmpublic endures.
Alleged Burglar to ‘
. oge
Resist Extradltwn‘
T. L. Scarborough, son of Sheriff
J. 8. Scarborough of Lee County. has
refused to return to South Carolina
with Deputy Sheriff E. W. Folsom,
who held a warrant from Bishopville,
8. C., sworn out by the boy's father,
charging him with burglary. Young
Scarborough will resist extradition.
According to Scarborough’'s state
ment, he was serving a five-year
¥ gentence when paroled, and he will
now have to complete his term. He
was arrested in Atlanta for idling
and loitering. Sheriff Scarborough
telephoned officials here that he
would pay a reward of SIOO for the
surrender of the boy to South Caro
lina authorities.
Atlanta Sells 105,000
Pounds of Candy
The A. A. Broger Department Store
of Baltimore completed the purchase
of 105,000 pounds of candy Wednes
day, which amounted to the entire
koldings of the Candy Sales Com
pany of this city. It is reported that
this is tle largest sale of candy ever
f made in Atlanta.
After being put under a second Ine
spection by experts, the candy will
be sent to Baltimore to be sold. It
is estimated that the total will
amount to four carloads.
POLK TAX SETTLEMENT.
C. B. Nettles, Polk County tax col
lector, made his final settlement of
1919 taxes Wednesday to the comp
troller general. Mr. Nettles was
charged with the collection of $37.-
165.22, of which only $726.44 were
charged off for insolvent, general and
poll taxes.
President Wilson's Policies Rap
ped by Feminine Speakers
at Roanoke.
(By Universal Service.)
ROANOKE, Va., March 18.—For
the first time in the State Republi
can convention, delegates in session
here were addressed by women. Pres
ident Wilson and his policies were
severely scored. Mrs. John South of
Frankfort, Ky., Mrs. Dexter Otey of
Lynchburg, Mrs. John T. Pratt of
New York, and Mrs. M. Caldwell of
Roanoke, addressed the convention.
All declared that the time has come
for women to take an active part in
the political affairs of the nation.
Mrs. South and Mrs. Pratt are dele
gates in their respective districts to
the national convenson.
WHAT THE PARTY STANDS FOR.
National Chairman Will H. Hays
was the speaker of the evening ses
sion and said the Republican party
stands for:
“Honesty, efficient and economic
business administration of the coun
try’s affairs.
“It stands for the development and
execution of a plan for the reduction
of taxes, with repeal ot taxes which
kill initiative, and the spreading of
war debt over a large number of
years.
“There shall be developed a better
relation between labor and capital,
with justi¢e to both and with justice
to the publie.
“There shall be an administration
of law and order everywhere in the
nation.
“The party shall measure its steps
forward by the new needs of the na
tion, with eyes always ahead but
with feet always on solid ground.
“The Republican party offers
women everything we offer the men.
The only just rule for a political
party is that the rights of participa
tion in the management of the par
ty's affairs must be and remain
equally sacred and sacredly equal.
The Republican women in the coun
try constitute one-half of the party's
membership.”
SHOULD MEET DISCONTENT. -
In closing his address, Hays said:
“Find the reason for the discon
tent, and meet it squarely; correct
the cause where there is a cause, and
mercilessly destroy the excuse where
it is an excuse only.”
The delegation instructed to vote
for Governor Lowden of Illinois for
President and Colonel Henry Ander
son of Richmond for vice president.
The delegates named are: Congress
man C. B. Siemp, Joseph Crupper,
H. L. Lawson and D. P. Groner; al
aternates: Mrs. M. M. Caldwell, J. B.
Kimberly, H. B. Crockett and B. B.
Wheeler.
A storm of protest greeted the
Lowden endorsement, many demand
ing an uninstructed delegation, but
the Slemp resolution prevaileq 314
to 194.
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Benefit Association
.
Of Rail Men Elects
Members of the local post of the
Benefit Association of Railway Em
ployees met Wednesday night at the
Red Men's Wigwam to elect officers
and chonse a name for the post. Tt
was agreed It should be known as
Atlanta Division No. 70. The fol
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled: J. S. Florence, president: J.
A. Smith, Luther Robinson and Roy
Felker, vice presidents; J. Lindborg,
secretary; A. B. Upshaw, guard. All
ars employees of the Southern Rail
road.
The lodge membership is 1,00. The
organization has recently been per
fected to promote good fellowship
and to care for the sick. It is be
lieved that the membership will be
greatly increased when other roads
offer their co-operation.
A smoker was held and committees
appointed to arrange permanent
meeting quarters and for a so
cial event in April
‘Tech Students to Hear
- . .
- Collier on Engineering
“Sales Engineering” will be the
subject of an address Thursday night
by W. R. Colller, general sales man
ager of the Georgia Rallway and
Power Company, before the studsnt
branch of the Amesecan Institute es
iElectrical Fngineers at Geargia Tecli.
Other. addresses for the near fu
ture, including one by R 8. King of
the experimental engineering depa.fl-i
‘ment, on “The Manufacture of Tron
and Steel,” and another by C E Ben
nett, special engineer for the (‘,eorgla‘
Railway and Power Company, on
‘“lehtning Arresters.”
Members of the senior class in the
departments of electrical and me
chanical engineering s Tech have
planned an inspection trip to ladus.
trial plants in Birminghum and ar
other to Tallulah Falls witkio the
next few weeks. ;
Theft of Ffteen Tons
Coal Charged to Negro
Raymond White, 19, negro, set out
to become a wholesale cealer fn coal
without troubling himself about the
usual formalities of bhnsginess ann
without even buying his stock, ac
cording to accusations Thursday by
the police. White was held at police
station.
Raymond is charged with seealing
fifteen tons of coal belonging to the
City Coal Company, 426 Marleita
street. MHe is a drayman by ordinary
occupation, and he was declared to
have unloaded the coal from a car in
the Georgia Railroad yards Wedues
day during the rain,
He was caught near the car with
some of the coal by Policemen MMsir
gan and Evans. He will be tried Fri
morning in Police Court.
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The News
SWAMPS AND 'GATORS
The Everglades, an Atlantan, and
an Alligator, All Combine to
Save This Column From
the German Revolution.
By VICTOR VICTOR.
One reason for the choice of today's
subject is an effort to dodge the Ger
man revolution. How far can one get
from that overshadowing element of
the day’'s news? Will alligators and
he Florida Everglades do? They
bave both been prominently in the
neéews within the past two days.
Monday, friends of the Atlanta en
gineer, J. B. McCrary, were alarmed
by a report that he had been lost in
the Everglades. Tuesday, Mr. Mec-
Crary himself sent a telegram dis
pelling their anxiety and explaining
that he and his Seminole Indian gulde
haA merely been caught by an un-
Aanticipated rush of “high water,” and
ware compelled to seek another exit
from the wilderness than that plan
ned.
To draw further attention .to this
unparalleled region, as well as to him
seif, one “Basco,” alligator citizen of
A:lanta, and proud native of tie
Everglades, died recently and ac
commodatingly under circumstances
of such pathos to his friends among
the children, that the climbed into the
exclusive “Column Two” of The Geor
g'an’s front page—one step, doubtless,
on his way to heaven!
THE EVERGLADES.
The Everglades, greatest home of
alllgators, and the only home eof croc
ediles in North America, are, truly,
an “unparalled region” for more im
portant reasons than their reptilla.
They are not, as most people {m
agine, either a typical, oversized,
fresh water swamp, like our own
Georgia Okefenokee, nor a great salt
marsh of the usual order. Except for
tbelr Innumerable islands the greater
part of the region is submerged; but
over it pours a constantly changing
flood of fresh water, moving from
Lake Okeechobee, in Southern Flori
da, to the sea.
| The lEverglades, which are about
100 miles long by 45 wide, are really
}the southern end of this lake. The
currents through the morass follow
an intricate labyrinth of deeper chan
nels, or ‘‘creeks.”
Except in the deepest parts, and in
the dry spots, the whole Is covered
with its own peculiar “saw-grass,”
sometimes growing to a height of ten
feet above the water, incomparably
dense, with blades as hard as bamboo,
and eutting-edged like a sharp saw,
Wild myrtle and other shrubbery add
to the impenetrability of the region.
The heart of the Everglades was &
secret to white men right up to the
beginning of the twentieth century.
Only the native Seminole Indians
possessed the prowess to solve the
mystery of its entangling labyrinth
‘of trickey currents.
But the region is remarkably fer
ltile and astonishingly temperate In
climate, and since 1906, the State of
Florida and the federal government
have been at work reclaiming it. To
day, nearly 1,000,000 of the total of not
quite 4,000,000 acres has been won
from the waters. ,
BASCO’'S RIGHT NAME.
But the Lord's strange creatures‘
are much more interesting than His
strange places, fascinating though]
these may be. Therefore, let the
Everglades glide, and now to the late“
lamented ‘%asco.”
| My fellow knight of the typewriter
‘who immortalized Basco's demise
stated that his name was “just plain‘
Basco.” 1 stand four-square upon
three . different encyclopedias and
deny that belittling allegation. His
name was ‘‘Basco Alligator Croco
dilia.”
“Crocodilia” is his secientific fam
ily name, derived from a Greek word!
signifying a lizard or newt, though
he really is not close kin to a lizard.
The Spaniards gave him his middle
name, likewice by relying too much
upon appearances, “Alligator” is
simply a slight corruption of the
Spanish “El Lagarto”—*“the lizard.”
Down in Brazil, where a smaller
brother of Basco's, the spectacled al
ligator is quite numerous, the peo
ple just ecall him “lagarto,” and the
real lizards, poor things, are called
something else. Arthur Brisbane is
right-—the big fellow is always taking
something away from the little one!
The alligator was formerly vers
common in almost all warm south
eastern fresh waters, from the lower
Savannah River around the coast to
the Rin Grande. In fact, the North
American alligator is known as the
“alligator Mississippiensis.” Besides
the “spectacled alligator,” he has, In}
Central and South American waters,
a much more important brother—-
this time slightly larger—known as
the ‘“Caiman,” who is hunted, like
Basco, for his valuable hide.
Central and Sciith American waters
likewise abound in true “crocodiles,”
though, as has been indicated, the
Everglades are the only place where
they are fonnd in the TTnited States.
IN RE HUMAN DINNERS.
There is not much difference he
tween crocodiles and alligators. The
crocodile’s head is narrow and comes
to a point, while the alligator's Is]
broad and blunt, There is likewise
some difference in the arrangement
of the teeth and hard ridges on the
back and tail. Beyond that, the maln
difference ¢ that the alligator 1s
heavy and clumsy, while the croco
dile is lighter and much more azile.}
Alligators are not as speedy on Jand
as they are reputed’to be. 1
Contrary to popular belief, neither
species in the Americas today will af-}
tack man unless cornered, though the
crocodile grows dangerous in cap
tivity. There have been exceptional
cases. but generally speaking. even
a child could go swimming in the
FEverglades with perfect safety. But
ns for a dog—well, it would proba
hlv be Fido's last swimming party!
Bnt there are genuinely . feroclone
man-eating crocodiles in the old
ATLANTI:A, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920
Plant Is Named When Gardener
Demands Some to Dose His
Mother-in-Law With.
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Horti
culturists here have made discovery
of the jpowers of the diffenbachia
picta, a tall slender plant, with spot
ted greyish green leaves, a Yyellow
bloom and an especially potent sap.
For half a century or more the
diffenbachia picta has flourished in
the government botanical gardens,
and no one has attempted to “Amer
icanize” its difficult name. A short
time ago, however, an examination
was made of its sap, and a dusky
hued laborer was persuaded to drink
a dram or so of it. The effect was
instantaneous.
He waved his arms wildly, jumped
around excitedly, but did not utter a
word. The director of the garden
was astonished at his silence, for all
the man did was to point at his ton
gue, and continue his fervid gesticu
lations. Nine days elapsed, yet the
laborer continuted mute. On the tenth
morning he appeared at work smil
ing happily.
“That sho' have done the trick,”
he said. “Can you bottle some of it
for me?”
“Why?” he was asked.
“Well, boss,” he responded, “my
mother-in-law is coming to my house,
and I want to put some of that juice
in her coffee when she ain’'t lookin’.
It'll keep her quiet for nine days.”
Whereupon the offieials of the gar
den christened the diffenbachia picta
the “mother-in-law” plant and it is
so known today.
Funeral for F. J. Davis
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Thursday Afternoon
~_ Funeral services for Frank J.
Davis, 44, of 543 Washington street,
~who died Tuesday night at a private
sanitarium, were to be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the chapel of Harry G. Poole, Rev.
Walter L. Loflin officiating. There
was an honorary escort of employees
and officials of the Texas Company.
The Masons had charge of the ser
vices at the grave in West View.
~ Mr. Davis came to Atlanta about
three months ago from Greenville, S.
(~ where he had been connected with
the Texas Company for eight years.
He was a member of the Masonie
Blue Lodge in Georgetown, S. C.;
commander of the Knights Templar
"Omar Temple Shrine of Greenville,
and a member of the Woodmen of
the World. He is survived by his
widow and two sons, Harold and Earl
Davis; two brothers, H. G. Davis of
Birmingham, Ala., and J. W. Davis
of Montreal, Canada.
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U. S. to Raze Cottages .
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On Sullivan’s Island
COLUMBIA, 8. C, March 18—
Governor Cooper has received a let
ter from Newton D. Baker, secretary
of 'war, saying the federal govern
ment finds it necessary to add eleven
acres to the military reservation on
Sullivan’s Island.
The island belongs to the govern
ment, but many people of the State
have leased lots and erected summer
homes thereon, The go®ernment will
reimburse the owners of these
homes.
The eleven-acre extension of the
reservation is necessary to keep
clear the range for observation from
the fire stations.
Cooper Street Baptist
.
Church Buys New Site
The Cooper Street Baptist C‘hurclfl
has purchased a lot at South Y’ryor‘
and Bass streets to erect a new and;
modernly designed church. The lot
was bought from the A. M. Moore|
estate and is 60 by 150 feet.
Due to the location of the lot in
the heart of the residential section
of Southeastern Atlanta, it is con
sidered an ideal spot upon which to
erect a house of worship. It is with
in easy reach of four car lines and
the site for the building is elevated
on one of the most traveled sireets
of the city. |
Liles Won’t Run for ;
. .
Re-election in S. C.
COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 18.—A
dispatch from Orangeburg Bays
Junius T. Liles, lieutenant governor,
will not be in the race for re-elec
tion. His health is shattered.
Octaviug Cohen of Charleston has
‘announced his candidacy and J. IL.
Sherard of Anderson, former State
senator from that county, has been
mentioned as a candlidate,
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Techß.O T.C. Review
And Parade Postponed
The weekly review and parade of
the Tech R. O. T" C regiment at Grant
IMeld was postpwned Wednesday on
account of haa weather. The same
program will be given next Wednes
day at 4 o'clock at Grant Field. |
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world—mainly in India and the Malay
regions.
While still plentiful in the inner
swamps and inaccessible places, the
hunt for his hide has brought the
North American alligator face to face
with extermination. But the new
business of alligator farming, being
rapidly developed from Florida to
Southern California, promises to save
him from that tragedy. Anr, by
the way, no small part of its revenue
arises from the sale of young alli
gator as pets. The Bascos are now .
very common. |
Cheer Up!
By John Kendrick Bangs.
SAFE.
IF‘ through today I keep my
thinking clear,
Firm fixt upon life's sunlight
and its cheer,
And greet what wces I meet
upon the way .
With courage, and a smiling
mien and gay,
And trouble neither beg, nor
steal nor borrow,
I'll have no fear of what may be
tomorrow,
For ¢ven though tomorrow’s fate
be grief :
I'll have today
Stored safe away
As 'twere a garnered sheaf.
(Copyright, 1920, Atlanta Georgian.)
‘Adm|ral Declares Remarkable
Work Was Done Despite
Men Higher Up.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 18.—The
American navy made “splendid
achievements in the war, in spite of
delays, inaction and violation of mil
itary principles by the high *com
lamn din the first months of the war,"”
Admiral Sims declared today before
lthe Senate subcommittee investigat
ing his charges against the navy de
‘partment.
; “The allies themselves have repeat
' edly assured us of the vital services
'rendered by our navy and we of the
jnu\'y can take pride in the record
that we achieved,” Admiral Sims said.
“It seems to me that these achieve
ments of the navy should gain great
er importance in the public mina,
when it is realized they were accom
plished mnot because of an equal
amount of efficiency in the higher
command which directed them, but In
| spite of long delays, inaction and
lviolations of fundamental military
} principles by the high command. The
personnel of our navy afloat, in ac
complishing the mission assigned
them, had to struggle with the enemy,
and also endure the handicap of a
;vaccilating p.olicy of misdirection.”
i 25 Conversions at
| North Avenue Revival
Wednesaay night services of 11l
revival at the North Avenue Presby
terian Church were well atiended.
At the close of the sermon by Dr.
Trigg A. M. Thomas on “The Second
Coming of Christ—Tne Three Ap
pearings of Christ,” twenty-five or
more persons professed conversion,
Doctor Thomas will speak Thurs
day night on “The Feliow Who Got
Married.” At the midday prayer
meetings of the Billy Sunday Club on
the fourtn floor of the Gould Build
ing, near Five Points, Doctor Thomas
will deliver a fifteen minute sermon
each dav this week at 12:45 o'clock.
The public is invited, 4
Salvation Army Work
Praised by Pershing
Atlanta officers of the Salvation
Army Thursday received a wcopy of
the letter of Gen. Jonn J. Pershing,
commending the service to American
soldiers by the Salvaticn Army and
endorsing the second uome service
fund appeal scheduled for May 10 to
20, The letter, which was voluntary,
was written to Commander Evan
geline Booth, head of the organization |
in the United States, |
“Your organiaztion and its indivi
dual men and women workers, by the
excellence of their work and lhoir}
self sacrifice, endeared the Salva
tion Army to all thos divisions to
which they weer attached and spread
ite good name to every part of the
American Expeditionary Forces,”
General Pershing wrote, “My Dbest
wishes go with you for its future
success and progress.” |
Standard Oil Men Dine
At the Hotel Ansley
A get-together meeting was held
Wednesday night at the Hotel Ansley
by the employees of the Standard Oil
Company of Kentucky, who were
there to get acquainted and forget
business for a while, as explained by
R. B, Hodgson, who acted as master
‘of ceremonies, |
The meeting was featured by a
dinner and dance, followed by short
'addresses from officials of the Louis
ville and local offices. 'The guests of
honor weree Vice President S. W.
Coons and Auditor A. H. Monroe ot
Louisville. Short musical numbers
were given by Mrs. A. R. Tates, Mras,
G. H. Slayton and G. W, Wilson.
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Mayor of Savannan 1
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Wants Census Recount
SAVANNAIIL, Ga., March 18.—May
or Murry M. Stewart of Savannah has
written a letter to Charles G Ed-!‘
wards, president of the Board of
Trade. suggesting there be a recount |
in Savannah, as he understands thci
census here will give Savannah about
85,000 population. ‘
As soon as he received the mayor's
lester Mr, Edwards took up the mat-;
ter with the census supervisor of this
district, who replied he has author
izad no statement regarding the pop- |
vlation given by the census in the re- ‘
port. He said he did not know hlm-‘
self what population the census will |
give the city, and even if he did know}
he is prohibited by law from glvmg‘
it out.
City Planning Board Hears of
Success in Other Cities.
Chairman Grant Quits,
~ Urging Atlanta to establish a pub
lic market in tne central business
district and declaring that such a
market is not a competitor of estab
lished business enterprises but a
‘stimulator of greater trade, McFall
;Kerby Wednesday afternoon dis
-loussed before the city planning com
mission the advantages to be gained
by such a market. He said it would
lbenerit all classes. It would lead to
truck growing on a larger scale,
which means lower prices to consum
er and fair prices to producehr. He
said it had reduced the cost of living
in other cities and would do it in
Atlanta.
~ Mr. Kerby is a representative of
‘the Bureau of Markets of the United
States agricultural department,
The members of the commission
were surprised at receiving a letter
from Johp W. Grant, chairman of the
body, tendering his resignation from
the commission, for the reason tnat
he is leaving for Florida and because
thg¢ work promises to demand so
much: time that he feels unable to
undertake it. The resignation was
accepted with regret and the choice
of a successor referred to a commit
tee composed of A. J, Orme, Dan W.
Green and Dr. W, L. Gilbert.
Nr. Grant is the fourth member to
resign. The others were Mell R. Wil
kinson, Oscar Elsas and = Bernard
Suttler. ;
A. J. Orme, who some years ago
was chairman of the City Council's
Committee on Public Markets, re
piied to Mr, Kerbey's -recommenda
tion of a central market tWat such
an institution would be difficult to
locate because of the high prices of
real estate in the business district.
He believed it would cost $1,000,000
to establish such a market.
OTHER CITIES CITED.
Mr. Kerbey went into many de
tails of the movement in many
cities. : e
l “It is a benefit to all,” said Mr.
‘Kerbey. “The established markels
show a greater volume of business
folliwing the establishrhent of muni
lclpnuy directed bureaus of distribu
‘tion, and the farmers are influenced
to greater production.
~ “A public market is not@#f panacea
for the hight cost of living, but it is
‘natural that if we inspire the
farmers and truck growers to greater
production and also increase the
‘number of producers that a bounti
ful supply will have the effect of re
‘ducing prices, possibly not this year,
‘but next year. It has had that ef
fect in other cities,
‘ “Cities are . greatly concerned
about the health of its citizens, its
Ipollcing and other matters. But it
‘is just as important that cities
should be concerned in food supply.
Cities shoup adopt as a policy to
know all it can about food and its
distribution. |
~ “Prices may be unnnecessarily
‘high owing to lack of adequate pro
~duction nearby, forcing the food to
come by rail from distant localities.
That means much money goes out
of the municipality. But with a
public market and with the women’s
clubs operating, many difficulties
have been overcome. At first the
producers will not come readily toi
the market. But the ladies In other
cities have gone out out and can
vassed the nearby truck growers and
small farmers and requested them
to bring in anything they had to sell.
Once the farmer had met his trade
directly and received the cash it nl-‘
ways inspired him to raise more,
and his experience got his neifshbors
to do the same which soon placed
the public market in a position of
having a plentiful supply at lower
prices.
COMPLAINT MET.
“Now to meet the complaint of,
competitors of the city cutting in onl
their business, the statement is made
that with the farmers having !he!
extra money from the sale of prod
uce expend these funds for other
things thus balancing matters. i
Mr. Kerbey has illustrated slides
showing markets in other cities and
he stated he would be glad to show
them to any interested organization.
He and his assistant, W, MacKenzie
Stevens, will remain in Atlanta the
remainder of the week conferring
with the county agents of the depart
ment of agriculture and making a
general survey of the public market
situation. |
Kugene R. Black said the commif
tee of which he is chairman and
which had the duty of drafting a re
port stating the definite objects qual
ifving the existence o fthe City Plan
rning Commission said his committee
would report later. John J. Eagan,
chairman on the committee on hous
ing and public welfare, reportea
pProgress,
J. H. Ewing urged the desirability
o fa fund of at least SIOO,OOO to carry
out the work of the commission. He
indicated that a paid secretary was
needed. Mr. Mcßurney, chairman of
the finance committee, replied that
the city, county and Chamber of
Commerce would make the necessary
grants of money whenever the funds
were needed, but that thus far no ac
tton calling for expenditures had been
taken. Mr, Orme also stated that the
matter of having a paid secretary was
being looked into. It was indicated
that the questions of finances would
be gone into at the next meeting and
an attempt would also be made to
define a policy for the planning com
mission, |
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Comics
NO. 207
Wilson Gets
Bunch Green
Carnations
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 18—
President Wilson was
somewhat annoyed Wednesday
because provisions had not been
made for him to recognize St.
Patrick’s Day.
Driving through the business
district the President noticed the
predominance of green decora
tions and asked why he had not
been given a touch of green for
his lapel. On his return to the
White House he was greeted
with a huge bouquet of green
carnations.
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IGompers to Address Legislature
| in New Jersey—Workers
‘ to Organize.
| (By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Pres
ident Gompers of the American Fed
eration of Labor will launch the na
tion wide campaign of organized la
bor against its foes in Congress on
Monday, when he wili address the
Legislature of New Jersey.
At the same time, mass meetings
of organized workers will be held all
over the country to endorse or con
demn the record of their national or
local representatives, and to agree on
tactics for the campaign.
Speakers within the labor move
ment, or sympathetic with it, are
being enlisted at the federation head
quarters here and will be sent (o
precede or follow political candidates
or organizers who have taken a de
cided anti-labor stand. President
Gompers himself will for a time fol
low Governor Allen of Kansas, who
{s now in New Jersey defending his
own propcsal for prohibiting strikes.
A statement issued by the Amer
ican Federation of Laber in connec
tion with the “national non-partisan
campaign,” said:
“On March 22, fixed as the date
for the nation wide organization of
local rcampaign committees, mass
meetings will be held in every State
in the Union and in every city and
town of importance.
“More than fifty central bodies,
however, have already held their
meetings and nominated campaign
committees.”
A canvass of the varicus subordi
nate locals affiliated with the fed
eration, the statement continues,
shows an “unusual respcnse to Pres
ident GGompers’' call ro labor to de
feat its foes.”
“The interest in this campaign,”
the statement concludec, “exceeds be
yond estimate interests in any of
our previous campaigns and points
to most effective work by the or
ganization which will follow the mass
meetings of March 22."
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Steps Taken to Relieve
Shorter Water Shortage
ROME, Ga., March 18.—Strenuous
efforts were made this week to re
lieve the water famine at Shorter
College, and as a result through the
work of the big pumping engine of
the fire department, the tank hold
ing 50,000 gallons was filled. The
pump was hitched to a plug near
the residence of George Watts in]
West Rome, 2,500 feet of hose were
laid and in four hours the ank was
filled. {
Owing to the height o fthe college |
above the city, and the unusual
consumption by fuclines, occasion
ally there is not sufficient water to
supply the daily need of the college.
Factory managers have been re
quested to use as little water as!
possible, and Manager King is plun-}
ning a new system of mains in an
effort to relieve the situation. 1
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Two Girls in Carolina
. .
Identify Assailants
COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 18—
James B. Wallace and Lee Bourne,
young white men arrested in Gireen -
wood Sunday on the charge of as- |
saulting two young white girls in
Abbeville, were released from the
State Penitentiary Wednesday after
the two young girls had declared
positively that -the boys were not
their assailants,
Simultaneously with the release
came the news that John Gossett
and Kenneth Gossett of Anderson,
had been arrested on the same
charge. Reports from Abbeville are
that the girls have identified the
Anderson boys. ‘
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River at West Point
Is Near Flood Stage
WEST POINT, Ga., March 18.—-
The Chattahoochee River at this
point had reached seventeen feet
Wednesday afternoon, and according
to reports from the weather bureau
at Atlanta, it is due to reach nine
teen feet Thursday morning, which
will lack about two feet of putting
the water in the streets of this city.
The pontoon bridge, the only
means of transportation for crossing
the river has been cut loose from its
abutments, to prevent it from being
covere. No serious damage is con
templated unless the river rises
above the nineteen foot mark,
LIGHTNING KILLS MAN.
COLUMBIA, 8. C.,, March 18 —C,
A. Murray of Columbia was Kkilled
by lightning early Thursday.
SECOND
NEWS
SECTION
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Cardinal Logue Sees End of
Peace if Authorities Con
tinue Policy.
By CARDINAL LOGUE,
Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
(Special to Universal Service,)
DUBLIN, March 18.—Not within
}living memory can one find in Ire
land such calamitous conditions as
exist at present.
There is drastic repression on one
side, retaliation on the other; a rigid
‘military regime rivaling in severity
‘even that of other countries under
the most pitiless autocratic govern
ment; vindictive sentences out of all
proportion to the alleged transgres
!sions, lettres de cachet, or arbi
trary arrests, more frequently than
in pre-Revolutionary France; de-~
portations such. as raised a world
icry against the Germans when in
military occupation of Belgium.
REASON FOR DISORDER.
These and similar acts of power
could not fail to create exasperation,
recklessness, despair and general
disorder. On the other side retalia
tion, lawlessness and crime, such as
any man guided by God's law must
regret and reprobate, And I am
certain that they are reprobated by
the great body of our Catholic peo
ple, whatever their political views.
It would be an injustice to tax a
whole people, who have been hab
itually peaceful, and strictly ob
pervant of the divine precepts, with
the acts of a few irresponsible, des
perate hotheads, probably the emis
saries or dupes of secret societies,
If some of the recent ill judged
acts of the authorities are persisted
in I fear that peace will not long
continue. ¥or example, in one of our
towns a sudden swoop was made by
the police and soldiers. In the
small hours of the morning they
dragged a number of people from
their beds, without charge alleged or
cause assigned, and swept them into
captivity. Later the troops were
marched through the streets in all
the panoply of war, with no visible
object.
One can not believe that these dis
plays were resorted to for the pur
pose of creating irritation and pre
voking disorder; but whatever the
intention, they would certainly have
‘that effect and are therefore injudi
cious and imprudent. The people
thus treated may have political
views which may be right
or wrong, moderate or extreme; but
while they remain mere views, re
sulting in no overt act of outrage
or disorder, it is a very mistaken
policy to stir them into action,
IS PLAIN INJUSTICE.
It is, moreover, a plain injustice.
Most of these young people are nec
essary for the support of their fam
ilies; many for the spring work
which is so much needed, when the
highest authorities declare that there
is not enough food to feed the world
and that without the most extended
and energetic production starvation
is ineyitable.
Better, therefore while they com
mit no fault beyond the meer ex
pression of political views, to leave
them at dead of night and send them
the mat dead of night and send them
to waste their time, energies and
health in English prisons.
But these trials should be borne
by the people in a Chritsian spirit,
with patience and resignation to the
Divine Will However, oppressive
and intolerable their grievances may
appear, they can not justify crimes
which are in conflict with God's law.
This state of things can not last
or stand the light of modern public
opinion. Foce can never be a sub
stitute forY good government.
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Evans Will Hear Suit
On Reserve Bank Rule
The suit of the Georgia Country
Bankers’ Association to enjoin en
forcement of the “par ciearance” or
der of the Federal Reserve Bank,
recently transfered by Judge W. D.
Ellis fom the Fulton Superior Coart
to the United States District Court,
has been set for hearing April 23,
before Judge Beverly D. Kvans eof
the Southern district Federal Court
lof Savannah, Judge Sibley of the
Northern district having disqualified
himself on account of owning stock
in State banks involved.
The Country Bankers’ Association
"has moved to remand the case back
'to the State courts, and this will
}he the lirst point argued.
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Mrs. Jennie Duke Dies;
. . .
To Be Buried in Winder
News of the death of Mrs. Jennie
D. Duke in Athens, Ga., Wednesday
‘urtornoon will be received with re
gret by a large circle of friends in
Atlanta, where Mrs. Duke was wide
ly known.
For a number of years Mrs. Duke
had made her home in Atlanta, until
her removal to Athens three years
ago. Funeral services, conducted by
Dr. L. O Yricker will be held in
Athens today, and the Interment will
he at the family plot at Winder, Ga.
Mrs. Duke, who had reached the
age of 70 years, is survived by her
two daughters, Mis, O. L. Dabney
and Mrs. Ralph J. Brown of Atlanta.
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Citizens’ T.eague of ;
.
West End Will Meet
The Citizens' League of West End
will meet Thursday night at 7 o'clock
at the Lee Street School. Establish
ment of a community newspaper will
be discussed.
A committee was appointed at a
previous meeting to investigate the
Battle Hill School, which was de
clared a fire trap. A report from this
committee will be heard.