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birth. He is the first city man to fill
the Executive chair since the term of
Gen. John b. Gordon. Southern SOL
der who took office just after the close
OF the civil war and who was elected
upon his war record.
Gov. Slaton is wealthy. Not only
mas ne amassed comfortable COM
petence from his law practice, but he
married the greatest heiress in
Georgia His wife is still called Miss
sally Fanny Grant" although they
have been married for fifteen years
and he Is her second husband. Her
first husband, Tom Cobb Jackson, died
soon after she married him.
Mrs Slaton is the great great
granddaughter OF Gen. James Jackson,
one OF the States early Governors and
United states Senator. A thorough
Georgian, Gen. Jackson resigned his
place In the United States Senate TO
become n member OF the Georgia Leg
islature for the purpose Of fighting the
so-called "Yazoo fraud" His was tho
time OF duelling and his activities IN
exposing the evils OF the project led
him into eight duels. He was wounded
in several Of them and finally died
from the effects Of his injuries. but not
until he had accomplished his purpose.
1t was Mrs Slaton's ambition that
her husband should become Governor
or her state. She has advised with
MN in every issue and to her Mr..
slaton attributes not small part of
his success, Their home, ABOUT Ave
m'ies from the centre Of Atlanta, on
feschtree road. is famous for its hos
pitaiity.
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HIGH PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL.

WASHINGTON. June N-April IA ths
month during whtch most Of the olive oil
IL produced in Soueh France, although
the finest qualities Of oil are only pressed
in May. The rsA0on for this . that
the olives which remain on tho trees
after the hrst picking are those which
are not quite maTured, ana the warm
spring rains have the effect Of Develop
ing a large and Juicy olive.
This spring. after the abundant fall
Of the olives during the winter months.
comparatively few olives remain on the
trees. but the climatic conditions have
been favorable 70 their development,
the consequence Of which 10 that the
quantity OF olive oil produced was
smaller than usual. while the quality
Of this years output 10 exceptionally
good.
Tho prices paid By manufacturers are
exceptionally high. ~ some districts
used to import large quantities Of olive
oil. especially from Italy and Spain, and
as now, due TO the present war. the
cenfral European countries have bought
all the available stock Of olive oil at
exceptionally high pricos and the i'm
port Of this commodity has nearly
ceased with the exception Of oils COM
ing from Tunis and Algeria. The olive
oil used was to q great extent the
imported oil. as II was sold. due to its
inferior quality. at q lower price than
the oil produced here, but now the con-
sumers Of olive oil are obliged to buy
tho oil 81 local production. the az.
eortation OF which 10 prohibited.
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TEST OF NEW RULES
/ OF ROYAL AUCTION
Answers to Two Questions
Raised illustrated by Games
Actually Played.
GUESSES ON CONUNDRUM

A. players get time to discuss and also
20 experiment with the game OF auction
under the new laws. two questions seem
TO present themselves more prominently
than others. and THE SuN has already
received number OF letters asking for
the probable answers
The first question Is, What convention
10 going to take the place OF the two
and three spade bids? The second Ia.
How will the fear of getting no second
opportunity to bid affect the players who
hold suits without the tops, which they
have been in the habit of passing up on
the first round?
The first question might he considered
as requiring two answers. depending
on what the player has been in the habit
OF regarding as a legitimate two spade
bid and the meaning the partner at
tached to IL. A large number persisted
to the last. in spite Of all that had been
said against IL. In bidding two spades
without any reference to the spade suit
itself, intending to show that they had
. sort Of a near no trumper. but were
afraid to bid It. preferring to let their
parners do a little guessing or take the
chance that the dealer did not feel
equal 70.
The weakness Of this declaration lies
In its ambiguity. The partner never
knew Just how good the dealers hand
was or where his strength lay. and the
Information TO the partner that the
dealer held q potential no trumper.
- II was called. frequently raised the
hopes Of the third hand to a point that
led him Just a little beyond the safety
huit. Here 10 q case In point. the hand
being one OF those played last winter
during the duplicate tournament at the
n LII ApkS
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USE OF GOOD FARM FREE.

OLYMPIA. Wash. June "a com.
plete abstract OF every piece OF land
1 ever owned By the State in tho state
is being made In ,he off'ce OF Land Com
missioner Savidge with a view 10 COM
! pleting a thorough check OF all State
lands TO eliminate trcspasses and mis-
uses. Commissioner Savidge says the
/ discoveries OF trespasses and the col
lection OF delinquent rentals and the like
are more than paying the costs OF in
spectlon and recording
Numerous cases OF trespass OF vari-
Gus kinds have been uncovered and In
several instances the State has made
collections therefor. One special case
is cited. where a man has occupied a
half section OF State land In kitt!tas
county for more than eight years with
out paying a cent 10 the state or with
out the State even knowing that he
was occupying the land.
He has placed about $4,000 worth
OF improvements on IL, produced alfalfa
year after year on 100 acres OF II and
is farming about eighty acres TO oats
The discovery OF the trespass resulted
in his paying to the State $500 for
past rental and making formal appli-
cation to purchase Il at public auction.
burlnR the entlre elGnt years ne mas
escaped taxation because the land was
owned by the state and no record OF
Il was on the books OF the county as
SCISSOR as having been sold or leased.
Another case was discovered in Spo-
kane county where a man contracted
to purchase a school section having
something less than 900 feet Of
standing timber on H. He paid tho irst
instalment Of one-tenrh tho purchase
price and thereafter failed to pay either
principal or interest a. they fell duo
In the meantime. however. ne removed
the timber and was in the act Of allow
ing the land to revert to the State
through failure to pay rurther inStal-
ments when the inspectors discovered
the matter. The timber stumpaEe was
cruised and successful steps taken to
reimburse the State for the loss
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a soul among them will do me harm !
am going 20 sp.ak to them frcm IN,
vera aia and ' am sure tbey vii, gc
away without trouble. II NAV be thai
a word from me will make them dis
pcrse ard prevent possibIe b,oodsh.d a Z.
Friends tried to dissuade him. HIS
wife, Miss Sally Fanny Grant, as they
still call her with the Southern pro-
pens!ty for continuing the maiden
name OF woman even long years
otter she has married sat tight lIpped
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HENS. S.PRODUCB LESS
ASSEASON GOES ON
Competitors In Laying Contest
Begin to Fall OFF In
Production.
WYAND0TTES IN LEAD

0FoRAs, Oonn., 1uns Ss01As Asns b
thS laying contest q etpsfo hxSe NV
passed perhaps the seuith 0f psoauoeson
The best yield TO date Was In IL swsnty-
seventh week and ainoo thak time thl
weekly production has besn s1owfy fan
Ing of This a@rsss almost perfectly
with the records last year in which the
eighth week. after which time production
gradually dropped from more Shan 400
eggs per week to only ifttie mors than
1000 At the end Of tfss contest year. 4
little upward turn was taken . year $50
In the fortieth and forty-nrst wesks. Il
Is believed that this upward turn will
perhaps come earlier this ysar inAsnuch
as the summer green food for he hens 10
now being made use Of Il may bs re-
marked incidentally that the rape whidh
10 now ready for consumption was plane
I'd less than i've weeks ago,
All the hens In the contest taken to-
eether laid +.120 in the thirty-third
week. This ts ~ eges less than the pre-
cedins week but relatively IS more than
for the corresponding week last year A
Connecticut pen and . Massachusetts
pen. both White Leghosns owned by
Windsweep Farm OF Redd.ns Ridge and
place with IS eggs eadh. Branford
FARMS pen OF Leghorns was second
with a yield Of 81 eggs. while four pens,
namely. Storrs Stations experiments
LeGhorns. George NJ McMillans Lsg.
horns OF Springfield. Mo. william H
Lyons Leghorns from Levinna, N. Y,
and Branford Farms White RocM
from Groton. Conn, all tied for third
with 56 eggs each.
The Salmon Faverolle No. 90 Of E1f-
cott City. Md. mentioned two weeks ago
as having the best continuous score at
that time, has laid every day since. thus
bringing her record UP 10 50 eges in 80
days. This hen laid her nrst egg on
February 5. From that time up to the
end Of the thirty-third week, q period Of
1876 days she has laid l22 eeVs. or re-
markable average production OF 30 per
cent sustained for moro than four and
half months. Thus this hen has only
thirteen days to tie and fourteen to sur
pass the bes, continuous record made
four years ago by Barred Rock that
laid SO days without missing, The ten
leading pens 10 date follow:
Ed Cam. Hoghtor. near Preston.
England, white wysndottes. So. SIS
Tom Barron. Catfo-h near Preston,
England White wyandottes. ..,.' l.sos
", Rhode Island Re.,s =. -: 1890
white Leghorns, .,...:,..,,..,.,.' Lss2
white LeshoTn. -. ;,..... i,,e
u. heghorns .nt......,,,..,,,...,,.,.,,.., ,,.., i,.1s
James v. Thomas. Ballston Lake, ~.
Y, White Ieghorns. ..............i il3s
Pinecr.st Orchards. droton, Mssp..
Rhode Island Reds. LIS
Colonial Farm. Temple ". H, Rhode
Island Reds. s......,....,...,..... liza
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JAPANESE BANTAM HAS
ESTABLISHED FEATURE
Oddity Of Short Legs Causes
Steady Popularity Of
Little Fowls.

The little brown man OF Nippon Ia A
wonder for taking nature by the nose
and leading her into WAYS she doesn't
want TO go naturally
lie grows trees which, after ffYeen
years, will measure less than two feet
nigh; fowls which have tails eighteen
'eet long and Japanese bantams with
their tails running m along their backs
toward the head and with legs but one
inch long, Hes been breeding them mi s
way so long thar they won't grow any
otter way, II Is this oddity that ac-
counts for the popularity Of the Japa-
nose htntams.
There are several varieties OF this 1T
Tie bantam, separated only by colors. In
shape they, are .dentically the same
u is very popular among the bantam
nHeeders of England, the United States
ana canada, ana every winter notable
specimens are exhibited at our poultry
shows Their oddity attracts consider
able attention from the laymen. and
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York, but in this Frank mat
ter am not Jack Slaton, but the Gov
ernor OF this State. People have told
me that II l interfere in the Frank
case I need never aspire to another
political office within the gift OF the
State in which I and my fathers were
born. and that efforts to resume the
practice Of law within its borders
would be futile. What have I to do
with either Of these? Jack Slaton will
take the consequences of acting as
Governor Of Georgia"
The action is characteristic Of the
man." said stephen l.. Snowdon, sec
retary of the New York Southern So
ciety, yesterday. "F'or myself I am
not expressing an opinion as TO
whether or not Frank was guilty.
Opinion Is divided upon that question:
but there is no doubt in the mind of
any Southerner with whom | have
talked that Gov. Slaton acted accord
ing to his best judgment"
Slaton is big man physically. He
stands n little over six feet tall, is
broad shouldered and weighs about 200
pounds. He Is an athlete, without a
pound OF superfiuous flesh on him.
Morally he has shown his courage a
number OF times. but never until the
mob moved on his home on Peachtree
road last Monday night was he called
upon to exhibit his physical courage.
These are my people" hs said Not
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WHITE MlNORCAS
LAYLARGEST EGGS
Ideal Fowl for Farms Special.
fHfng on Large White
Eggs.

Wnes Mfnoroas have been develo,,t
nom spores or albinos Of the h.a 4
vAf7ee1. and a. layers Of large W a
e9Is ana in other characteristics eGg1.
tnear black cousins They are n--.
striking fowls. their pure white p !.
mage. ssss. beak and earlobes cont. .,.
INF stIungfy Win the brilliant re-! Il,
ther large combs and wattles. n OBJ.
male the comb shouid be heavy, ne...v
oefrated and stiffly erect. In the sern a
the comb 10 thinner and folds, hang
sver ono SIDE Of the head
These fowls, together With their ~. Z
sisters. hold tho record for the p-o!..-.
ton of the largest whits eggs. and d,
hrst glance, on account OF their So.
nles ~ to . pounds: females -, .
va pounds-would appear TO p.
ideal fowl for stocking an egg farm 8 =.
eia-izins on extra large white ecr. O.
fancy trade. In theory this 4. god n
practice innpossibhe. The White MA
10 not q rugged fowl. II cannot he ~ ..i
In thousands a. successfully as the T.s,
horns.
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account "A" and the other is per cent
to the old account "B." Likewise tc
transfer rs per cent. OF the old account
"B" to the new account "B" and the
other rs per cent. to tho old account
"A" The result OF one transfer ID
shown below.
Old account "A" Old account .spr'
sSS5,5OO ss5Ib0O
s163.s25 remainder @132.s25 remainder
90 y. c. OF t5 p. c. OF
1854. .5O0), &c Sss5,5OO). &c.
New account "A" New account "B''
s152,6I5 si90,S75
10 y. c. or t1j p. c. OF
SsS5. 5000, &c ss5t.5OO). &C
The original amounts Of 1855. 500 and
s654. 500 have been wiped out. but In
their stead are amounts OF sls3,s2b
and S132s25. for which the same opera =
ton must be repeated. and so on until
the remaindcrs are neglible. at which
time the old accounts will have been
completely transferred TO the new
The problem is % determine what
amounts should appear under the new
accounts a. and "B." Of course this
can be done by the tedious process OF
successive transfers. hut there is n
method OF doing II all in one operation.
Now az second part OF the prob
lem. leaving the transfer percentage for
~ nj So per cent. what transfer per-
centage shall we use for "B" worked out
to four places In order that the amounts
transferred to the new accounts shall he
exactly the same az originally. SsS5.500
and $65t.500o
As will readily he seen this ia not so
much a problem for the bookkeeper as
for the mathematician. so that those
who pride themselves on their skill In
that line can tackle Il.
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in the hope that his partners outside
tricks were in that suit
When b gets up to four royals Y has
q safe double II he can trust his partner
FOR trick anywhere. as Y should make
trick In one OF the red suits and two
,rumps.
None Of the guesses sen, In approa ches
the actual distribution Of the oards
closely enough TO justify picking any
as entitled to the prize. so the offer must
be Withdrawn in order to add a little b..
OF information which may serve a.
key to the true situation.
A redoub!ed the four royals. It will
be remembered. and the and was PLAYED
at that declaration, with z TO lead. The
contract was set FOR one trick. That
is and q made four tricks out Of the
thirteen.
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Clubs are trumps and 2 is In tho lead.
! and want all six tricks against any
defence.
! The solution Ia for Y to lead tho king
! or clubs. so as TO deprive A OF the power
to run the hearts. rs next lead is the
Jack OF hearts. upon which AZ best dis
| card 10 a small spade. and VS. Is the
diamond.
follows up this attack with the ten
OF spades. which A must cover, or the
King and ten will make separately and
solve the problem a once. Y wins with
the king and leads his remaining trump
A. this point 1t would appear that some
solvers are right in suggesting that this
might have been no trumper, as Y ana
do not run anything with their
trumps but no trumper would allow
a dual opening
On the fourth trick. when leads the
trump. h must unguard one OF the rel
suits. and as A still has the diamonds
stopped. may let go one OF that suit
Although u has to discard ahead OF A,
II is easily seen that he must keep two
diamonds. because II A also keeps two
of that suit. Y will make q trick with
the four OF spades.
II elects to keep both his diamonds.
30 that can keep spade. then z
sheds diamond and keeps the heart.
getting In with the queen OF diamonds
to make the last trick with the three
Of hearts
Correct solutions from:
f. NJ. Frost. Charles H Piatt, J. B.
Morse, Charles VI. Root. J. w. WORTH.
A. !. Strasburger. Walker McMartin. d
a. w. l.. s. Hart. Jr.. George b Glover.
VI. w. Jacobs, Jr.. Frederic Pyle, d.
Ferry. Keystone. II. X. Thaw. r. c. NJ,
Henry Andersen. o. H. Boston, Lillian
Bennett Weller. W. p. W, Ivan Rudi-
silh and f. B. Phillips.
Here is little ending from actual
play that illustrates,a position in which
many tricks are lost for want Of q little
foresight on the part OF the one that Is
playing the combined hands
BRIDGE PROPirM No aaS
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wiz Camas Kills 200 sheep.

Troy. Mon. June 3s.-Death camas
and lupine grass have made their ap-
pearance at Warland. small station
east Of here on tho Great Northern. whore
$500 sheep belonging to Coulter 4 Co. OF
Ellensburg, Wash, were shipped TO Craze
over 200 sheep are dead to date and hun
dreds are lying on the ground diving
with no hope for their recovery Medi-
cal aid is being rushed from Libby TO try
to rescue the remaining sheep
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German Prisoners May Work.

oWAsHINoroN.' June 70 The 'Gern a,
ana Austrian pr!soDers OF war IN Jara1
Are to b offered chances Of OBTAIN, Z
empioyment In some OF tho lines in VIII. l
ehV arS atnSsd II they arc % .no,,nci
n 10 siven out ehat amons tho an.u
prisoners in japan there are "a brew.
srs. 20 saussEs makers, 100 Joiner. IS
electricians. % bakers. az makers s.!
seroplans parts. ~ leather dressers apd
any Of thess prisonsrs have 70 an,,y
to the local prefccturai authorities W
whom AL necessary Arrangements wi.
be MADE.
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Those who 60. one or more OF thes,
variations but not the trunk play wer.
A. 7. Campbell, j. b Morse. F. p. Ian.
den. ID. A. W.. L. s. Hart. Jr.. william
n. Clarke. c. f. CoriIss. John Ryan
George Sundholm. J. J. F. Bronx, J
II. Noremac and c J. Chandler.
So far. there II only one more name
to be added to those already published
as having solved No 33o. and that Is
''Nareik." In the printed solution las,
week the key move was q typographical
error. as II should have been 22-25, In
stead OF ?e-l7. but the fourth move
OF white clearly shows that the man
was on rs and not on II.
As there are 80 many members of
The Sun Checker Club who are at the
exposition this month. or at other places
out Of reach Of prompt replies to these
problems. the hono- list for correct
solutions will be suspended a. usual for
this series Of ten. and will start to give
credits again with No. 341.
Here 10 a problem sent In by q mem.
Der OF THE Sun Checker Club. VINO says
II kept him guessing for more than q
week. and he was so tickled with the
neatness Of the solution when he found
Il that he thinks It will equally amuss
other members Of the club II they can
work II out
PRoBLsM NO. SsS cHscxms
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an ACCOUNI1N0 ruODLUn.
Here Is . peculiar situation that came
up In New York business house the
other day and caused considerable dis
cusslon. the ultimate result being not
exactly satisfactory to the parties con-
csrnsd. none Of whom Was quite sure
that II was altogether correct. In order
to get what might be called . little
outside advice on the subject the matter
II submitted to the crack bookkeepers
and accountants who read The SUN
A company was about to make q
change in It's accounting system which
would involve wip!ng out some OF tho old
accounts and opening new ones in their
stead Two Of the old expense accounts
are account a." Sss5.500. and account
n" $654,5oo. These are to be trans
ferred to new accounts "A" and "B" and
the old accounts wiped out.
II was found, however. that each Of
the old accounts included amounts that
should have been charged to the other,
and to correct this II was decided in
making the transfer to transfer IS per
cent. OF the old account "A" to the new
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The plans above show the construo30n
OF an economical water system that y
sanitary, easy to construct and adaptable
to any poultry house. Tho water u
stored in the barrel which 10 connected
with the source OF supply BY . fed
pipe. A hand force pump or q pump
driven by small engine may Be used
In filling the barrel. Near the bottom
OF the barrel 10 q spigot With which
the how Of water IL regulated.
The spigot delivers the water INTO .
trough made from q gaivaniseA savuo-
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waste. and II u covered Win . wfU
grid 20 that the fowls cannot drink 6rum
It. No cleaning OF any kind 10 required
for this apparatus, since II IL impossible
for the birds to contaminate it Il n
the nearest approach TO IN absolutely
practical sanitary water supply that I
know Of. and has but ono dlAdvantAgV
1T will not operate IN q freezing tenn
perature.
CopSvt0ht. 1915.
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/ Trough nA 1ASesnad - o. .WuA q a.
building - ahovn In DE- dFowfnr Al
ths isft. AbovS this trough = q oosI
which prsvsnts ths fovis from sett,s
into the waesr with tAs1r nss bui
enAbbeD tham % drink For 60. "a
cleaning ths trough ehis board 10 hinr,S
a. shown
An oysr00v p1ps h arranvsd - sho~
IN ehs diagram b Shs y400t apA . 1rrts
pips = added 70 permit drawanr al ~
waeeP whO thaN - danGsr q fresssnS
N S6s cu1daDe nAgnAa
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
Opportunity for Coup at Bridge
illustrated by an Tn
known Composer.
QUESTION OF ACCOUNTING

Bridge problem No 331. the composer
OF which Ia unknown, Is built on the
familiar lines OF getting the opponents
into a position in which they will be
obliged to unguard one or other Of two
suits. Opportunities for this coup con-
tlnually arise in actual play. but are
seldom taken advantage OF. Here is tho
distribution:
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0x J 10 SIS
"a.
90 Jxs
Ill.,. Fl ::::-:::...
Y5$';'.'.;...

This 10 not very complimentary to the
dealers original bid nor does II account
for rs pursuing the suit for four rounds,
with four honors against him in trumps
and six losing cards in the plain suits
Leaving that aside. why does not bid
tho hearts on the first round when A
passes? II We pass over these pre-
liminary difficulties. II is easy TO see why
Il might push the royals on the strengt n
OF his ability 10 ruff the diamonds. and
that might bid the hearts at the end.
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White

White to play and win.
The distribution OF piecss 10: Black
men on T. 8. IL and 49, kings on 2 and
81 White men on 10. -, - ana u ;
kings on and 10.
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y Q 3
= 4 10 D 8
0 7 Z 3 q
. 4 K 2

dealt Under the old system he
would have bid two spades TO show
the two sure tricks in the short suit
and one outside, Under the new count
he bid club Whether mis- bid would
nave peen MADE at tho majority OF tables
In . duplicate game ia very douht,ul
Having four honors in one hand. two
suiter, and ability TO ruff the adverse
suit. shouted in hearts. bidding two
Z shouted In no trumps, bidding ,hr.s
The inference from vs. cards /, ,bs,
2 cannot hold two club Tricks, therefore