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

IF this nation should get into
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 ] 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 near nation 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 l have desig-
mated nobody below his righteous
place-of the late Confederacy. These
men have actually smelled powder
and a lot of it. and so am entirey
serious about them.
Then there is General Joe Nash,
| our esteemed Adjutant General. He
doesn't look much like a 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 lot of service during
the late Spanish American unpleas-
antness, fighting sand-fiies in Flor
| ida and thereabout. Then there is
/ Colonel Goodloe Yancey He used to
command a real regiment of real hon
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
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 OF
| the Whitfield County Grand Jury, di-
rected to the Board of County Com
missioners. hasresuited in stirring up
the commissioners along the line OF
making an investigation relative to the
alleged wholesale lodging of the conf
mutation road tax Improved condi-
tfons are expected. to come OF the
action taken by. the board,
# The Grand Jury, after an lnVesu-
cation. failed to find where those sub
4 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
i than that done by the convict gang
could be found. This is 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
l tax or else a certain amount of work
on the public highways. All citizens
subject to road duty must pay this
tax or work it out on the roads.
A recent visit of Governor Slaton
10 a Greek restaurant in Atlanta for a
midday slice of pie and glass OF
n1ilk-not an infrequent occurrence,
by the way-has served to win him
a measure of unexpected fame
| throughout Georgia.
In some localities the Governor now
| Is looked upon evidently as an au-
| thority on restaurants, as he received
a letter day or so ago inclosing
money order for IS cents. asking him
If he would not please forward to
| the writer at once copy Of his rules
| on How to Run a Restaurant
Leonard, the executive porter, who
| sometimes is something OF q wag
| opined that the Governor is no ex-
! pert. on how to run a restaurant, but
that he has had considerable success