Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-01

em Mntn Of t Ssnf0 Gniver gffyeSS OF
| Minnesota. who was in Washington a
day or SO ago, attending the conVen-
ton of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, died unexpectedly at
| the home of Senator Nelson, Mime
| sofa, where she was a guest. Miss
! Sanford was one of the leading Wom-
! en- educators of the country. She was
born at Old Saybrook, Conn, eighty
three years ago and was president OF
history at SWarthmore college from
| 1871 to 1880.
| The Samoset mills. of Talladega,
Ala, controlled by New England man
| ufacturers, are to have improvements
costing $1,000,000. This will add to
the cloth production of the company's
Highland City and Chinnabee plants.
This includes a two-story 300X132
foot weaving mill to be equipped
ing cotton cloth. There will be
| plant for dyeing cotton products.
Other structures will include 100 cot
tages for mill operatives.
Two bills, designed to bar the
Socialist party of America, as now
constituted from the official election
ballot, were passed by the assem-
bly, at Albany. N. Y. The votes on
each was eighty-three to ,fifty-six.
over opposition of the two party
leaders, Simon L. Adler, Republican,
and Charles d. Donohue, Democrat
One OF. the bills sets up a series
of qualifications fer members of the
legislature and other public offices
and provides for their disbarmenr
| from such office on conviction of
| failure to meet the qualifications.
Advance designations of candidates
for member Of assembly is one or
the chief Disqualification Another
disqualification is support and ad-
vocacy of principles, doctrines and
policies which might violate the con-
stitution of the United States or the
state of New York.
The other measures gives the at
torney general tile right to petition
the third appellate division of the
supreme court for proceedings to
determine if a political organization
does advocate policies and doc
trines which if carried into eff
feet would violate the constitution
and further provides that if such
political party is found to advocate
such principles or policies it must
be barred from the ballot.
Chicago aldermen unanimously ap-
proved a plan for converting the
$l,00O,O00 municipal pier into a huge
summer hotel during the Republican
national convention. The pier extends
mile into Lake Michigan. From
$4,000 to 10000 persons could be &C
commodated for indoor or outdoor
sleeping.
Threatened profiteering during the
convention gave rise to the sugges-
ton for the use of the pier.
According 20 information given
out at Washington, Assistant Attor-
ney General Howard Figg, in charge
M win
the department. of justice, had two
| long secret sessions with a score of
sugar retinc:s recently With prac-
tically the entire nation short OF
greater extent than in the case or
any FOOD commodity, the results
of the conference were not made
known.
REQUESTS for information from the
department on the ground that the
people were vitality interested in the
subject OF sugar, were met with the
statement that something of public
interest may develop shortly.
Sugar men who attended the con-
10 say it was the understanding OF
those who attended that Mr.. Figg
would give out any statement, it was
thought proper to make.
According 30 a statement made in
returned from Central Africa. In gil
ing an account of his travels there.
said the increased cost of living In
the district he visited was reflected
in the highest price for wives paid
by the natives.
Whereas a fine, sixteen-hands-hish
wife cost four spearheads in Pre-
war days, she now costs eight spear
heads, Lord DeWar said, and in the
cattle districts the price of wife
at present is eight cows, instead or
four.
General john j. Pershing will
traverse the Panama canal in a SUBJ
marine chaser. the Panama canal
military authorities have announced.
His trip will be the beginning or
a detailed program which has been
arranged for his stay of six days
on the isthmus.
Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre, president
of Panama, will give a dinner in
honor of General Pershing, the de-
partment commander a reception and
the Shriners Of the Masonic organi-
Mat5on an entertainment and ba!i-
quet.