Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

II tnlS nation ShOuiu get INTO u
war with Mexico" said a veteran
Capitol attache to-day, "a fine and
dandy board of strategy could be
formed right inside this building"
Don't mention my name, please, in
discussing this matter but l will now
call your attention to some of the
military highbrows and experts who
might be depended upon to tell Uncle
Sam exactly what to do why, and
when, in the event of trouble with
the Incarnation south of the Rio
Grande.
"In the first place, there are Gen
eral w A. Wright. Captain Tip Har-
rison, and Coloney Lindsay hope to
| the Lord am getting their titles
right, or at least that | have desig-
| mated nobody below his righteous
place--of the late Confederacy. These
men have actually smelled powder
and lot of it. and so | am entire )
serious about them.
Then there is General Joe Nash,
our esteemed Adjutant General. lie
doesn't look much like fighting man,
but he may be. If he would train his
mustache a la Emperor Bill he
might do so to scare Mexicans, any
way. He saw a lot of service during
the late Spanish American unpleas-
antness, fighting sand-f1ies in Flor
| ida and thereabout. Then there rs
| Colonel Goodloe Yancey. He used to
| command a real regiment of real nom
est to goodness Georgia soldiers.
With the able assistance of Majah
Bob Gardner, Of the Prison Commits
sion. am satisfied Colonel Yancey
| could run a war successfully against
Mexico, with one hand tied behind
his back.
I'm addition to these experts, there
are Colonel Phil Cook, General jim
Price, Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Perry
and Private Murphy Gambler.
"Why, we could gather together a
board of strategy from among these
warriors guaranteed to bring Mexico
| to her senses at once.
! 1--WE could, if we had to! These
experts fight the war with Mexico
every day. anyway. as the matter now
| stands. Suppose they had real
chance"
Some recent recommendations oil
the whitfield County Grand Jury dl-
rected to the Board of County Com
missioners. has resulted in stirring up
the commissioners along the line OF
making an investigation relative to the
alleged wholesale lodging of the com
mutation road tax Improved condi-
tfons are, expected to come OF the
1 action taken by the beard
4 The Grand Jury, after an inVesti-
cation. failed to find where those sub
1 iect to road duty or due to pay the
road tax had done either The jury
stated that no evidence of any WORK
done on the public highways other
/ than that done by the convict gang
could be found. This is a condition
| common enough all over Georgia
The employing of the convicts IN
no wav changed the county road laws,
which call for the payment of a road
tax or else a certain. amount of work
on the public highways. All citizens
subject to road duty must pay TINS
tax or work it out on the roads.
I
A recent visit of Governor Slaton
TO q Greek restaurant in Atlanta for
midday slice of pie and a glass OF
milk-not an infrequent occurrence,
bv the way-has served to win him
q measure OF unexpected fame
throughout Georgia.
In some localities the Governor now
is looked upon evidently as an au-
| thoritv on restaurants as he received
a letter a day or so ago inclosing a
money order for rs cents asking him
If he would not please forward to
| the writer at once a copy of his rules
| on How to Run a Restaurant!
Leonard, the executive porter, who
sometimes is something Of wag,
| opined that the Governor is no ex-
| pert on how to run a restaurant, but
that he has had considerable success