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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

width of the street or space upon which Il
faces. This makes it possible to put I'D very
high buildings facing parks or open spaces.
while making It impossible to build them on
narrow streets. where they do harm to the
public health.
We cannot pull down the existing skyscrap-
ers, but believe that It would be wise to tax
them in proportion 70 their height so that they
might be made to pay for the undue share of
air and sunlight which they take from their
neighbors.
The restriction Of skyscrapers by these
methods should have a good effect on the
general development OF the city At present
there Is an abnormal development along
Broadway and a few leading thoroughfares.
while districts few blocks away are entirely
neglected. II we checked the skyscrapers our
business men would be forced to give us q
more rational and well distributed development
OF the city.
Measures should be taken to make the lower
floors Of the existing skyscrapers as sanitary
as possible Something can be done to make
them healthful by giving them proper ventila.
ton and moisture at certain temperature
The air should be kept In motion An IDEAL
temperature Is So degrees. with sufficient mois
tura
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
How ! Won Success

ing to achieve some worthy ambition whether
the achievement carries material gain is beside
the question.
do not claim to have been successful par
ticnlarly as money maker although l always
have managed to keep the wolf rather well
away from the door.
Early in my life, however. | cherished an
ambition to be Commissioner of Agriculture of
Georgia.
set my youthful eyes upon that high goal
and / have won it.
1t was an honorable ambition 1t was In
line with my -work--farming. | have spent
many days working in my fields. thinking and
dreaming Of the future, when | should be Mt
the head Of the agricultural department Of
Georgia. serving well and helpfully my fellow
farmers.
During my terms of service in the State
Legislature, in both the Senate and the House,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

shine, and be not discouraged beyond relief, no
matter how dark the clouds for the present
lower"
What, after all is said and done, Is more
to the point than that old quotation IF at first
you don't succeed, try, try again"
That is commonplace. trite, some people will
say. The fact is, however, that it has served
to cheer many faint heart, and thus has in
sured many big victory that otherwise might
not have been won.
To succeed, to make success, 1t nearly al
ways is necessary to TRY, try again"
In order effectively to "try, try again." one
must keep his mind hopeful his heart cheerful,
and his friends possessed Of faith and conf
dence in him.
Wherefore, l say that of all things in my
life the thing that has helped me most has
been spirit of optimism always In working
order and guaranteed to stay put
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

James D. Price, several times qxmember of the
Legislature. both as Representative and Sen
atot, successful farmer, and present state Com
missioner of Agriculture attributes such meas
are OF success as he has GchjeCed to one thing
primari,y-a SeRsibIy optimistic disposition
81 hare Kept my faith in my fetloU man
strong" says Commissioner Price, "dnd find
that it has helped me more than dnBthtRg else
ia come back iCheR temporary failure or dis
appointment icdS my portion"
Answering the question, What ONE thing
has helped yoW more than all Others to succeSS|
propOunded bp the Sunday American, the Com
missioner said:
BY JAMES D. PRICE.
q UCCESS, | take it, does not necessarily
mean setting the world on fire.
~ Milton says truly
"They also serre ChO only stand and cGitt
To win success means, to my way of think
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

yet people have no idea how many letters he
gets on that subject.
"Of course, there is very great deal of in
justice in the world, and the ignorant are the
ones who suffer most. Not knowing where else
to go, perhaps many of these people come to
the Governor. He is man of deep and abid
ing sympathies. He wants to help everywhere
he can. And so he insists that | pay careful
attention to every communication he receives,
no matter how inconsequential it may seem to
me to be. But there is so much of the CORE
spondence that asks impossible. utterly impos-
sible things
"Once the Governor received letter from
a woman asking that her son, about to be
hanged be permitted instead to die the death
of SOLDIER as he had served in the militia
that is, that he be shot instead of sent to his
doom at the end of rope.
What could the Governor do about that, had
he really wanted to grant the request?
"Of course, much of the Governors mail con
State and national politics, and that"
And that was where Perry short -circuited
his line of talk and became as suavely silent
as a celestial diplomat!
The land that" to be sure too. is the thing
newspaper reporters, statesmen. real and near,
prophets and sons of prophets banker to hear
but the dumbness of the Sphinx is loquacity
run riot beside the dumbness of Perry concern
ing that section of the Executive mail.
Perry Governor Joseph NJ Browns pri-
vate secretary for two years before Governor
Slaton took the reins of government, and
by the end of the Brown administration the
relations between the two had grown extremely
intimate, both officially and personally.
Governor Brown inclines to give freely of his
personal friendship, anyway, to those persons
possessed of his official confidence. And at all
times he found Perry to be model of efficiency
discretion. and astuteness.
The former Governor made no concealment
whatever of his frequent reliance upon Perry
for accurate and preaching inside informa-
ton upon many subjects touching vitality the
public service of the State.
Little Joe" sometimes was mighty trying on
Perry's nerves, too, and once in particular he
came pretty getting his private secre-
tarys goat"
The Governor had determined to commute
the death sentence of negro in South Georgia
only one hour and two minutes before the time
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
He Is Jesse Perry, Private Secretary to Gov
ernor Slaton. He Knows Everything---Even
What Was in Little Joe Browns Famous
Letter to Hoke Smith, but He Won't TELL
BY JAMES B. NEvIN.

r LIEUTENANT COLONEL JESSE G. PERRY,
IL Governor John NJ. Slatons private secre-
tary, is not exactly the custodian of the
Executive conscience, but he is the custodian
of most of the Executives State secrets.
Colonel Perry is, perhaps, the "red-headed-
est Private Secretary in captivity, and while
he is CORRESPONDENCE militant, he is discretion
personifed, nevertheless.
If Perry should tell all he knows-which he
never will, not being able to spare the time,
for one thing-the recital would be highly in
teresting, ticklishly thrilling, and altogether
delicious to the gossips and political wiseacres.
Perry knows about everything the Governor
knows, and lot of 1t he knows first.
1t is his daily duty to inspect the Executive
correspondence, and there is big batch of it
awaiting his arrival every morning.
1t concerns many things, and much of it runs
to amazing detail
Wherefore, Perry being disposed tempera-
mentally much after the fashion of other red
headed folks-among whom appear in history
such impassioned personages as Alexander the
Great, Queen Elizabeth, Thomas Jefferson.
TON" Watson, and so on-gathers many a
shock, many a laugh, and many spasms of big
disgust as the stack of mail grows steadily less
and less under the inspiration of his eagle eye
People come to the Governor of Georgia with
all sorts of requests and petitions.
Only last week his excellency received a let
ter from a woman away up in the mountains
of Northeast Georgia, complaining of her hus-
bands Ill treatment and asking for divorce:
gone wrong, and petitioning the Governor to
help find him another told of total crop fail,
ure, and consequent want in the family needing
quick relief; another asked pardon for red
handed murderer; another sought to interest
the Governor in gold mine scheme out West:
another set forth tale of woe aDent some
blasted political hopes coupled with outrageous
political treachery another inquired of the
Governor the best time to plant Irish potatoes;
another asked a loan of $3.50; and others were
strong on advice as to who should be appointed
to office yonder, and why it would be suicidal
not to appoint and there.
much of the Governors mail is genuinely
pathetic" said Perry recently at comes from
people who are well meaning, but totally igno-
rant of the Governors powers and limitations
What authority on the face of the earth, for
instance, has the Governor divorces? And
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orga Has the Redeadedest Sphinx Captvt

the point is much of what he knows never viii
be told
There is tradition about the Capitol that
Perry really knows what was in the famous
and mysterious letter Joseph NJ. Brown penned
once upon time to Governor Hoke Smith
Asked point blank about that matter, Perry
who, unlike George Cherrytree Washington,
can tell one, but will not-sidesteps and lodges
the issue. He neither affrms nor denies.
There are folks In Georgia-partcularl
newspaper folks-who would give their good
right arms to know what was in that letter.
At BEST however there are not more than
three who know-The Good Lord Governor
Brown and Perry,
The first and the second will not tell, and
neither will Perry.
Being private secretary to a Governor is no
small job" says Perry, although like it. 1t
is interesting, for one thing-most interesting,
indeed, when it is most exacting.
81 have worked far into the night preparing
State papers under the direction Of the Cover
nor--for instance, the McNaughton case, under
Governor Slaton, and the Stripping case under
Governor Brown-but such work as that while
it taxes the physical makeup of a man, chal-
lenges his intelligence. 1t is decidedly well
worth while to listen to a Governor deliberately
deliver himself of forthcoming opinion when
you are in total ignorance Of what his conclu-
sions are to be-
81 have been made aware of Executive de
ais for In of 7
have had newspaper men ask me about thus
and so, when | knew any one of them would
give his eye teeth to know-but it is not per-
mitted to speak, of course, until the Cover
nor has given permission
by all Odds the most interesting power and
prerogative of the governorship is the power
of clemency. The power of life and death over
some poor dewitt is a tremendous response
bility, and it may be said to the credit Of Geor-
gia Governors generally, think. that 1t usually
has been exercised in the right direction, If |
may be permitted to say so.
But here is the sort of thing that gets the
best of me-" concluded Perry.
And then he exhibited letter. written in
pencil and rather badly spelled telling the Gov
ernor that a certain woman in South Georgia
had sent to Atlanta for new Switch" and
asking II the firm sent to was reliable"
The letter explained that the woman had
sent lock of her hair to the firm and if the
firm "no good" she at least wanted her
sample back" Presumably she had none to
spare.
Besides being Private Secretary, Perry rs
Military Secretary to the Governor who is
commander in-chief of the militia. That Is
how and why Perry gets his sure-enough, hon
est-to-goodness title of "Tieutenant Colonel"
The Legislature tackled that high and mighty
title onto Perry some two years ago, and au.
thorized him to wear a gorgeous uniform as
BETTING his rank thus established.
Perry wears this uniform now and then, and
when he does he looks the part moreover.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

just six minutes before the trap was scheduled
to be sprung
The intervening time was about the most ex
quisitely painful and exciting of Perry's YER.
satile experience, and when it all over and
he knew the committed man was on his way
down in South Georgia, his only comment was
that he didn't think Governor Brown ought to
steer him up against jobs of that strenuous per-
suasion, adding by way of conclusion, Suppose
I had fallen down on it?'
But the fact that he never falls down on it,
is khe wherefore of Perry.
II he "fel down" on things he wouldn't be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

Perry, and he wouldn't be passed along so reg
ularly from one statesman to another as a fit
and worthy Private Secretary.
He has served in his time consecutively Con
gresham james NJ. Griggs. Governor Joseph
NJ. Terrell. Acting Governor SIaton Governor
Brown, and now Governor Slaton.
To every trust he has been trueto every
emergency fully equal.
That is good deal to say, and it wouldn't
be said of Perry here if il were not fact.
Personally, the Governors Private Secretary
is one of the most conpanionable and engaging
Of men.
Officially he is weighted down with respon-
sibiities and secrets of State. These he keeps
inviolate within his own breast. What he
knows about the various statesmen he has
served, indisputably would fill many books, but
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26

set for the execution
The Governor having determined at the elev-
enth hour to press the button, he put it up to
Perry to do the rest
81 am afraid | can not get the message
through to the sheriff in time, Governor, and
-" began Perry.
Young man." said the Governor. do you
remember what the great Cardinal said, in the
bright lexicon of youth, there is no such word
as failY"
Il know, your excellency. bat an hour and
two minutes, and the scaffold already up?"
hesitated Perry
Young man." said the Governor again. las
Hamet-or somebody-says, but me no butts =
Get busy,
Perry got busy and he got the Communication
notice through in due and ancient form, but
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
Thy We Should Prohibit Skyscrapers to Stop tuberculosis
By S. Adolphus Knopf, NJ. Dbl

xu Professor of Medicine Department of Phthiso-ther
apy. New York Post Graduate Medical School.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
WOODS CHANCES IMPROVE.
lows Congressman May Hssd Congress
eional Committee.

lowa consressmsn May Hssd consres.
sienal Committee.
Washington, Aug. 9.-Prospects for
the election Of Representative Frank
Woods a. chairman Of the republican
congressional committee were greatly
improved yesterday when Representa-
tive Gardner, Of Massachusetts,. with
drew az q candidate In favor Of Mr..
Woods. Mr.. Gardner IL classed as a
moderate progressive republican. hav-
ing fought for changes in the house
rules, but not having Joined with the
house insurgents In all Of their battles
during the Cannon regime.
Mr.. Gardner in announcing his with
drawal, said in part;
"No other aspirant for the chairman
ship has yet announced himself. but 1t
is my intention to support the Hon.
Frank p. Woods. Of Iowa, II he is will
ing to accept the position. It has been
pointed out to mo by certain real
friends that at the present time the Bit
ter feeling towards me on the part Of
some Of Colonel Rooseve1t's supporters
10 not altogether gone, and therefore 1t
Is believed that my selection as chair
man would fail to further the harmony
which we seek. I can not deny that
there Is force in this objection to my
candidacy, aitho have always felt that
Colonel Roosevelt manifested q some
what too caustic animosity towards
mo-" ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
RECORD BREAKING HEAT.
Hot Wave More General Thruout coun
try Than Any limo This Year.

Hot Wave More General Thruout coun-
try Than Any limo This Year.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. s.-The hot wave
now prevailing is more general thruout
the country than at any time this sum-
mer. Intense heat prevailed in Kansas.
Missouri and Nebraska. the maximum
temperature for the day being reported
from Salina, Kan, where the merucry
mounted to 10 degrees Abilene re-
ported 100. Dodge City. 102. Kansas
City 102, Oklahoma City 100, Omaha
104 and st. Louis 100. Further south
temperatures were not so high. The
maximum for the day at New Orleans
was so. Raleigh Sc. Tamapa 92. Charles
ton 90, Corpus Christi ss Galveston ss.
Jacksonville % and Louisville 81.
On the Pacific coatt temperatures
were even more moderate. San Fran
cisco's maximum was 6S and Salt Lake
City repaorted 81.
In Chicago the temperature was "a
and in New York City. 80.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
In Jail for cashins Worthless Checks.
Snaaial- 70 Tirnaa-Rannhlican

In Jail for cast,ins Worthless Checks.
Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa City. Aug. 9-William Ander-
son. a young man from Cambridge.
was jaile here today, charged with
getting money under false pretenses.
He cashed several checks, drawn on a
Cambridge bank, which wired in re.
sponse to police inquiries. that Ander-
son had no funds there. In the mean
time, the man had been sent to Jail for
thirty days on the charge Of carrying
a concealed weapon, and he will be
tried on the more serious count later.
He cashed three checks here. one for
$40. and two for 81 each. He admitted
having performed similar feats with
bogus checks in other cities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

PAGE ONE.
TsIs0raphio Nsws,
Governor Sulzer Faces Impeachment
Crisis in Mexico Due Moy ~.
Washington Does Not Ely q Sebu6,
Kansas Towns Out OF
Great Northern Prep 3 4or Ions
Strike.
Copper Miners Rety = to Work.
Iowa's Red LisR Nv Held I'm
constitutional
,.>.,. PAGES s. Tw ? . THREE
Dicker.on's .ess Allays sus-
In the Byways.
Drouth Killing Shade Trees.
Renew Fight to Save Farms.
PAGE FOUR.
Editoriai: Il
In Place of the IN Cent Fare.
Dealing With Mob.
Try One Case at Time.
Topics Of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
Sunday Reading.
PAGE FIVE.
Iowa News:
VINO Is Backing TAX SUIT!
Athletic Park Gift to Ellsworth Col
lege.
PAGE SEVEN.
General News:
millionaire Turns Farmer.
Goes to Agricultural School.
PAGES SIX, EIGHT AND NINE.
Fourteen Year Old Boy Comes for
Fathers Body.
injured Salesman Slightly Better.
NJ. L. Smit, I.ather Injured.
County Grades Fifty Five Miles OF
Road.
Mrs. Joseph winchel Dies.
Local Comment.
General News OF City.
PAGE TEN.
N srIeets and General:
Heavy Selling Wipes Out Corn Ad-
vance.
Wheat Market Weak From Start.
Hog Prices Strong on Small Run.
Light Receipts Uphold Cattle Prices,
Shirt Sleeve Diplomacy on Trial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Gigantic Bog Oak Tree.

Twenty tons OF bog oak were re-.
Gently unearthed at Lanwrtyd Wells,
Wales. 1t measures 48 feet long with
diameter Of feet . inches. This
giant oak tree is by far the largest
which has been found within memory
on the peat land near Llanwrtyd. Por-
tions OF 1t have been exposed for come
years. but no one thought 1t OF such
dimensions and no interest was taken
In 1t until a few days ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

here. Many references are made BY
officials to the representations of Dip
lomats In Mexico in favor Of recogni-
tion, which Count Won Bermstorrf.
German ambassador to the United
States. unofficially brought to the at>
tention Of the United States. at WASH
ington some time ago.
It IL not believed here that Proyis-
ional President Heurta will oppose
John Lind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Preclsua aaa Salt

No existing sea salt is chemically
pure and perfect as 1t should be. for
then the precious. frail iodine. the best
thing Of all. would be In 1t. This sea
salt iodine, hyper. tonic for the blood.
was why old-time Jap doctors gave sea
moss or agaragar as spring tonic.
Pure sea salt would be hard to get
and keep whole and perfect. but. re-
gardless Of expense. 1t should be got
ten. as biologic food.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Not "sn.ks Ho,e.."

The holes commonly seen in the
fields are not snake holes," though
commonly called such. They are made
by field mice. shrews and moles. often
by the larger insects. and 1t is very
seldom that snakes even take refuge
In them. Few snakes actually dig
holes. They burrow In soft ground
the subterraneous species; but these
live. AZ rule, In soft. yielding SOIL
St. Nicholas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
saenssrbund Elects Officers.

SpeCfaI 70 IIWeS 1sePuU11CaH'
Dubuque. Aug. 9.-The Mississippi
valley division Of the Saengerbund Of
the northwest in the nrst annual con-
vention here closed today. elected the
following officers for the ensuing year.
and awarded Cedar Rapids the 1914
meeting: President. Prof. Paul A.
walz. Dubuque: vice president, John
wunder, Davenport; secretary. E. A..
LunRwitx, Dubuque; treasurer. Henry
Heinz. Muscatine: librarian. r. C.
Hadler, Freport. Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
AaaEsrEo FoR OLD CRIME.

Man Aold IN Florida for Murder Of
Five psssons Seventeen Years Ago.
Tampa. Fla. Aug. "a man giving
his name as w. T. Blackerby is under
arrest at Kissimee, charged with the
murder Of his wife and four other per-
sons in Santa Clara, Cal, seventeen
years ago. He will be held until CAL
ifornta officials are sent for him.
Blackerby denies he Is Dunham. the
man wanted In California. The officer
who arrested him says he admitted
killing two men there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
MANY VILLAGES IN DRourA.
STRICKEN SOUTHWEST RE.
soRTTo WATER TRAINS.
TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM
! % TO ITO DEGREES
Kansas Worst sufferer. and Winter
Fssd for Livestock 10 Geins 70 Bs
Great Problsn,- Good. Rain Falls in
Eastern Nsbrasks, Extending From
NarfeIk 70 Sioux city-hot in Iowa.

Kansas City. Aug. 9.-Reports of
suffering from heat and drouth in Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Oklahoma reached
here In great numbers today. Not only
the farming districts. but cities and
towns ovver the three states. and es-
pecially in Kansas. are harassed for
want OF water :, Small towns are
shipping in their water by freight. La
mentstions f9r burnt crops come from
all sections. and in some of the dis
tricts hardest hit the impossibility of
laying by winters feed for livestock
promises to prolonst the suffering.
Indications w1rSS today that yester-
days maximum temperature, ranRin.
from % to LAG, would be equalled be-
fore niGhtfalk
In Kansas all August records have
been broken by the length and severity
the present heat WGSe. At Clay
Center. where sIle. me1cury climbed ,tc
no yesterday, tho maximum tempera-
1ture HIS been above 100 for eight con-
secutive days. and for five days a like
temperaturesllas been general over the
state. At Junction City. Salina, and
Manhattan thermometers registered
10S yesterday and Concordia, Great
Bend. and Abilene, 107.
Hot Winds and Dust Storms.
Hot winds are general and dust
storms were reported from many Sec
tions. 4
The seriousness of the feed situation
in Kansas is' shown by the action OF
the state board of agriculture in print
Ing for distribution $4,000 pamphlets
lnstructing farmers how to construct
pit silos 50 all available feed may be
conserved.
In many parts Of Kansas the pas
lures have been destroyed and far
mers are shipping their cattle to other
states. Farmers have begun to cut
late corn in order that it may be used
for fodder.
Governors Encourage Farmers.
Governor Hodges and E. e. Coburn,
secretary of the state board Of agricul-
ture issued statements urging farmers
to keep a good grip on their cour-
age" and not to sacrifice any of their
lutely necessary.
In Missouri and Oklahoma tempera-
lures ranged from SO degrees to los. In
central Missouri. where 104 was regis
tered. hot winds prevailed.
The maximum temperature in this
city was 1912. Thousands OF persons
here have sleeping porches,but hun
dreds Of others arc sleeping In front
yards and in parks on account Of the
heat at night.