The evening times., 1902-07-23

retaTy OF the Interior he did q good
JOB IN bringing to the department Capt
L ". Barrett, of Dalton. Ga. man
who has become Il favorite. and has
proved one Of the most enrerprisiug and
entertaining men in the service The
-aDtain is al intelligent and pleasant
man. and is quite popular wherever
known
Captain Barrett. known as "Lank,
was born in Tennessee. but has been in
Georgia most of his life His father set
tied il the wiids Of Tennessee before
the Indians were cleared out. and the
young man was raised in the strenuous
times. He got limited education in a
school where the rod had slight yaCa-
tions, and he received many impress
sions- Young Barrett was an enterpris-
ing citizen as youth. and when eigh-
teen years Of age was elected captain OF
militia company. a position which ne
yet prizes above any of the several
places he has won He II several
Mexican war veterans in his company.
Captain Barrett was in the Ninth
Tennessee Volunteers OF the COnfed-
crate army, and made q good soldier
After the war he returned to Charles
ton. Tenn, for q short while, but he
settled in Dalton, Ga. Then came that
bitter fight OF the white people TO regain
the control Of affairs. and he took a
lively part. He was placed on the Dem
ocratiC ticket for q minor Office and
elected. against his wish Later he en-
tered the race for county treasurer and
was elected As treasurer he handled
the cOunty's money at an important pc
riod, when there were several enter
pr5ses OF large extent on foot. He
afterwaTd served as city clerk and as
treasurer OF the city Of Dalton. II 1884
he was appointed to q position in the
Interior Department
Captain Barrett has several children
One, B. B. Barrett, is q clerk in the
Census Office, and another, Miss Eleanor
Gordon Barrett, is q teacher in the En-
erson School Of Oratory, Boston. A son
Lank T Barrett, was member Of the
Second Georgia Regiment, and gave his
life for the country IN the Spanish
American war The young man was
buried with hCnors at Dalton
CAP tain Barrett is a shFeWd and kind
y critic, and some Of his letters 10 the
Dalton Argus" have attracted atten-
ton He has seen a great deal Of the
life OF the Capital, and he tells his Geor-
gia neighbors about IL in graphic style
The Society of Soldiers and Sailors Of
the Government Printing Office viii take
an outing on Saturday evening. The
members and their fal lliIies viii go on
trolley ride to Berwyn and Hyattsville.
At Hyattsville there viii be some exer-
eises and refreshments, and Corporal
Tanner viii make an address This So
ciety is one OF the most lourishing or
ganizations OF civil war veterans IN the
city.
Mr. Fenton Gall. examiner il arith-
metic and bookkeeping for the Civil
Service Commission. has gone TO his old
home in Ohio for short rest
NJ. Albert Thomson, of Florida, who
came TO the War Department several
years ago. and who has been transferred
10 the ONCE Of records and pensions, was
recently promoted by an order Of the
Secretary.
The United States Government has IN
sisted on thrusting greatness upon Ab-
raham Miller OF CUrveton. Ind. and he
has done the peculiar thing OF declining
job fourteen times. He has been
postmaster and has Deen trying 20 re-
sign
Finally. after nearly fourteen years
incumbency, he has been relieved, the
Government inauguratiag a rural route
that has replaced his services. Now
Miller watches the trains whizz by.
blissfully conscious that no more mail
sacks viii be kicked Of into his front
yavd
CuFveton consists CnIy OF the Miller
house The vicinity about il is thickIy
populated, and, IN order to serve the in
EaE -
idea OF establishing Z postof5ce there.
Il Is named because the Pennsylvania
railroad, about ten miles from Logans-
port. makes z bend at this point, direct
ly IN front OF Miller's house Thousands
Of people have walked through Curveton
without knowing that such a place ex-
listed NOtWithgt tauding this fact. Il IS
impossible 10 convince the world that
CurVetOn is not a large city. The name
and fame Of Miller have been spread
abroad. As postmaster Of that embryo
metropolis he became known not only in
official circles IN Washington, but 20
many in Chicago, Cincinnati and New
York
His feelings may be appreciated.
therefore, when he received 4 letter
from New York booking agency asking
for an open date" az the Curvetoa
opera house to present a Warm Time
ne letter went on 10 say that. as the
show would be in L0ganspOTt January /. /
the writer would be pleased 20 make 4
stand at Curveton the following night, /
provided Miller would guarantee a $3.50
house and accept 20 per cent of the I
gross receipts. Tae attraction was wa
ranted 70 throw CurvetOn into gpasms Of
Laughter, and as the company consisted /
OF eighteen high-class artists" It was /
Idle, the letter said, 20 think OF playing /
10 less than $3.50.
The only place IN Curveton which /
could, by any stretch OF Imagination, be 1
considered even a substitute for an /
opera house IS MilleT's barn. He has /
written the booking house to that effect. 1
saying that while he can not guarantee
the amount required. II the company (
will show there he viii have the hay
now cleaned out and viii accept 20 per /
cent Of the receipts, whatever that may
be. as his proportionate share.
Miller attained this prominence dur
ing the thirteen years that he was post
master at Curyeton- The iuxtaposition
OF the Pennsylvania curve 10 MIIler's
home suggested the propriety OF making