Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-12
HARRIS FAMILY
AMONG FOREMOST
Of ALL GE0RG|ANS
REMARKABLE CAREER AND SER
VICE GIVEN THEIR STATE BY
THREE BROTHERS In MANY CA.
PACITIES.
Bq W. S. GARD.

Georgia's history, state and national.
presents quite a gallery of illustrious
names, and just now when the strong
est appeal of the hour is call for men
and more men fired With a real pa
tr1otlc ferver, the time is ripe for the
recognition of new crop of heroes.
That Georgia will produce her share
IN this period of world war is as GER
tain as the final victory of the Allies
over the Beast of Berlin" Washing
ton comedies that when victory comes
and the boys return from the fields
OF France it will be the soldiers who
viii dominate the nation for many
years to come. If the flower of our
manhood is now DOMINIC the kahki,
Its destiny in the years succeeding
the victory over Germany.
Just now Georgia is the domicile of
a trio of brothers who are decidedly
prominent in governmental affairs in
war time Washington and a search
for parallel in this matter of a sin
gle family's service brings to light
0nlp one instance worth reciting.
strangely enough, this parallel links
the north and the south in it's anology,
for it is Indiana which attracted the
attention of official Washington and
the pens of the newspaper correspond
ents several years ago with the ex-
ploits of three brothers, quite similar
to the roll now being played by three
brothers from the state of Georgia. 1t
was the Lands trio from Hoosierdom
which flashed into no small degree
of fame fifteen or sixteen years ago
when Charles d. Lands and his broth
er Fred were serving in the House Of
Representatives in the same Con-
gress at the time when Judge Kene-
saw Lands, their elder brother, was
making his reputation as a federal
district judge. The latter is still on
the bench, but his two brothers have
retired to prifate life
Georgia finds its parallel in the
Harris family. General P. C. Harris
is now acting as assistant adjutant
general of the army and expects to
be sent to France very shortly. Major
Scale Harris, of the surgeon generals
department, is already in France and
VIM J. Harris is preparing to close
his work for the administration as
chairman of the Federal Trade Com
mission, an administrative branch Of
the government whose work has been
increasing by leaps and bounds within
the past year.
Like the Lands brothers, who came
from a little town in Indiana, the Har-
ris brothers grew up in a Georgia
village which made no pretentions to
being a city General P. c. Harris is
the soldier of the family He served
with distinction during the Spanish
American war and was especially men
toned by President Mckinley for gall
lantry in Cuba Adjutant General Nc
Cain says he is the best cutter of red
tape in his department General Har-
ris' son, Captain c. D. Harris, West
Pointer, is the youngest captain in
General Pershin's army who partici-
pated in the first battle fought in
France by American forces.
Major Scale Harris, a prominent
Georgia and Alabama physician. en-
listed as soon as war with Germany
was declared and was assigned to the
surgeon generals department. Gen
eral Gorgas called him to Washington,
and after a brief service here he was
sent to France, where he IS now en-
gagged in hfspital work and in caring
for the. American soldiers on the
western front
VIM. J. Harris, who has been very
close to the president throughout his
occupancy of the White House
sort of Colonel House of Georgia
came to Washington first as director Of
the Census Bureau, and while hold
inc this office also served for a time
as acting secretary of the Department
of Commere. When the Federal Trade
Commission was created by Congress,
he was named on the first board OF
commissioners by President Wilson
and has served through the period of
organization of that new administra-
tive branch of the government and for
the mast year or more has been its
chairman at a time when its power
and efficiency is just beginning to be
felt throughout the country in the
curbing of the trusts and in the ad-
iustment of national business prob
lens. His predecessor was E. n.
Hurley. who was called to the head