Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05

| miss him sorely. But the greatest
| loss is sustained by the readers of
| The Telegraph. He has been, often
unknown to them, their surest source
| Of Information and fact.
| Postmaster J. Park Bowie by the
womanly grace OF Mrs Woodrow VIII
son, will take charge OF the Rome
Office on Tuesday next. When boys
and girls together. Mr.. Bowie and
Mrs Wilson used to make mud pies"
Mr.. Bowie lost an even 500, and
was delayed in going into office two
| weeks because of a stupid and clumsy
| mistake made In his commission when
It was first issued.
When his first commission arrived
1t was discovered that it had Rome
| down as being in Rome" County in
stead Of In Floyd" County, and it
| had to go back for correction. So eX-
acting are the red tape methods in
the Postoffice Department that it was
J two good weeks before the commits
/ sion got back, shaped up as IT should
be
| Postmaster Barclay. the efficient
! outgoing official, could not see where
he stood to shed unnecessary tears
| over the situation, however. as II
rounded up an even 800 for him that
he wasn't expecting to get!
Senator f. H. Elkins. Of the Fiji
teenth District. already has grown to
be one Of the best-known men in the
General Assembly.
He is democratic in his ways and
the dignity of Senator, while duly
| appreciated by him, does not sit too
heavily upon him. He is a good mix
er and makes friends easily.
Mr.. Elkins is a fine business man.
and is looked upon generally as safe
and sane In judgment, and as a man
whose word always Is as good as his
bond. He evidently is destined to
take high stand in the present Leg
islature.
Mr. Park. OF Liberty. objects to
Latin phrases in proposed bills and
resolutions.
When Mr.. Wright. Of Floyd sent a
resolution to the clerks desk the other
day. proposing that certain days to
be taken as vacation be declared dies
, non," Mr.. Park promptly objected
He said he didn't know what dies
non" meant, and he didn't propose to
: vote for something he didn't know
anything whatever about
Amid the chorus of noes" entered
: against Mr.. Wright's proposal, Mr.
r Parks was easily the most yOctferous
The present Legislature. by the
way. doesn't seem inclined to do any
thing calculated to run the Legislative
. session over its natural fifty days
limit,
Congressman Thomas w. Hardwick
1 of the Tenth District, is in Atlanta
L for a few days.
d Mr. Hardwick has announced his
g intention not TO be a candidate to sue
n coed himself He desires to enter &C
!. lively into the practice of law, and
feels that he can not well spare fur
| Their time to Congressional service
d The Congressman from the Tenth
/. has had ten years experience and
d In that time has risen to be one OF
4 the real influential men in the House
He is attentive to his duties. and
O has a particularly keen insight into
things. He is now a member OF the
/
, the highest evidence of his standing
i among his colleagues.
d HardWiCk still is a Young man. and
r. has many years Of usefulness ahead
=, Of him. II Is a matter of genuine
| regret to thousands of Georgians that
20 he has elected to retire at the end
z of his present term.
Next week VIII see the beginning OF
real legislative activity.
All the committees of the Senate
and House have been organized and
are ready for business. There is not
:, a committee OF Importance more
over. that hasn't already on hand a
more or less jam Of business. Be
- tween Monday and Saturday there
should be reported back to the House
a large number of bills with recon-
4 mendatiOns
! Representative Crawford Wheatley
: intends working his big Committee on
AppropTiG ,ions to a fragile. if neCeS-
, sary, in order to get the general APP
: preparations bill on its way to the
> Senate. But before starting them Ia
, work Mr. Wheatley proposes putting
| them in perfectly good humOr with
himself and the world in general by
O. dining them sumptuOuSly.
T He will give the committee an elab-
crate dinner Tuesday evening at the
CAPITAL City Club