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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13
PRESIDENTS FATHER
MARR|ES HIS NURSE

MONROE, Mich, Aug. 12.-Dr.
George T. Harding, seventy-six years
old, father of President Harding, was
married here Thursday to Miss Alice
Severns, fifty-two, by the Rev. Frank
T. Knowles, pastor of the Monroe
Presbyterian church. Miss Severns
has been a nurse in the office of Dr.
Harding, at Marion, for many years.
The couple drove here in an automo-
bile. obtained u marriage license and
went to the home of Mr.. Knowles,
where the ceremony was performed.
Plans of DR.. Harding to drive
quietly into this city and marry
Miss Severns went awry.
Though DR.. Harding paid extra
for the marriage license with the
understanding that it should be
kept from newspapers and should
not become known Immediately, the
word spread rapidly. When DR.. Har-
ding was approached by newspaper
men he would not either admit nor
deny that he was the father of
President Harding. At the end Of
the ceremony the Rev. Frank P.
Knowles, of the First Presbyterian
church, remarked to DR.. Harding
that people will take it that you
are the presidents father" DR..
Harding smiled broadly, but re-
manned silent.
The marriage rites were perform
ed in the Presbyterian manse. They
were witnessed only by friends of
Dr. Harding, also from Marion, who
drove to this city with the Har-
dings. They refused to give their
names.
Immediately after the ceremony
the Hardings started toward To
ledo in their automobile, in which
they had driven from Marion this
morning.
For many years DR.. Harding's
bride had been employed as his Of
flee nurse.
PRESIDENT APPARENTLY
SURPRISED BY NEWS
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ito all
appearances the marriage of DR..
George T. Harding. the presidents
father, took the White House COM
pletely by surprise. Those close to
the president received their first
news of the marriage through press
reports from Michigan, and after Mr..
Harding himself had been informed,
the only comment available was that
been received here.
The age of Miss Alice Severns,
whom DIR. Harding married, was
given as So. President Harding
therefore, is older than his new
stepmothe1. as his age Is SIS. Mrs.
Harding also is older tina nher step
mother-in-1aW.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13
Farm Loan Board
Considering New Issue

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The fed
eral farm sloan board is considering
a new bond issue of from $4,000, 900
to $50,000,000, with interest at about
IL per cent, it was disclosed to-
day at the treasury department A
bill authorizing the advance in inter-
est rate from to IL per cent was
enacted this week.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13
Railroad Presidents
Reject Wage Pleas

NEW YORK, Aug. IL. -Wage re-
quests presented week ago TO
eastern railroads by the four rail-
road brotherhoods and the switch
mems union were rejected by presi-
dents of the lines at conference
here today,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13
SHERIFF FO|LS MOB
IN DARING ATTEMPT
To SEIZE SUSPECTS

SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 12.-Writ-
ten confessions have been made by G.
o. Fox and Jesse Gappins, who were
rushed through the country last
night in an automobile from Augusta
to escape mob Infatuated over the
killing of William Braze1l, young
chauffeur and college student, ac-
cording to Sheriff Plunkett of Rich
mond county.
Fox and Gappins were placed in Jail
here early this morning. They were
brought from Augusta by Sheriff
Plunkett and two deputies. They
made the trip through the country by
automobile, presumably without incl
dent. They were removed from Au-
gusta because Of a report that a
mob was going there from Columbia
to get them.
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RESULTS Remarkable
SAYS new YORK MAN
Prominent Rochester Citi-
zen Tried Ten Years To
Get Relief, But Tanlac Is
Only Thing That Helped
Him.

One of the latest to testify regard
ing the powers Of Tanlac, the cele-
brated medicine which has been ac-
cOmplishing such remarkable results,
is James J. BeasIey, 102 Elmdorf
Avenue, Rochester, New York. Mr..
Beasley has been chief record keeper
for the Department of Water Works,
city of Rochester, for thirty years
and is well known and highly re
spected citizen. In referring TO the
remarkable recovery of his health by
the use of Tanlac, Mr.. Beasley said !:
have been trying for ten years
to find relief from case Of dys-
pepsia. Nothing ever helped me to
amount to anything until / got Tan
lac. This is Saying great deal, for
l did everything 1t seems that a man
could do to find relief OF course, |
was hardly ever sick enough to go to
bed and was most always able to
keep going, but just never felt
right. At times during those ten
years. my stomach would become
soar like vinegar. / would have an
uncomfortable bloated up feeling af-
ter eating that would last for hours
| suffered great deal from nausea
At times my heart would flutter and
paipitate and would become alarmed
over my condition. My nerves were
'on edge all the time, and | became
irritable, nervous and restless. had
no strength or energy to do anything
In fact / wasn't like myself at all
Even a week or two ago it was ali
effort for me to get out of my chail
and l felt as stiff and clumsy as ar
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
TesaIt of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita.
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one SO.
But hundreds Of women claim that DR..
klmer's Swamp Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be Just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions
Many send for a sample bottle TO see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
AGED CARDINAL PASSES AWAY
Final Summons Answered by Noted
Churchman,

Baltimore.-James Cardinal Gibbons,
archbishop of Baltimore and primate
Of the American Catholic church, died
at the arehepiscopal residence here,
March "a. after "a prolonged illness
which mainly affected his heart. He
was in his S5th year. The end came
peacefully at IL :33 o'clock.
Born in Baltimore, Md, of Irish par
ents, July II, 1884, James Gibbons
spent his youth in Ireland, but when
he was a lad of IA years his family
returned to America, settling in New
Orleans, where he acted as ''punctuaI
grocer's boy"
His ambition for the priesthood be-
gan in those early days. At u he
began preparations for his service in
the Roman Catholic church. Gradual,
ing with distinguished honor from his
toric st. Charles college in Maryland,
he pursued his studies at the seminary
of st. Sulpice and st Mary's univer-
sity in Baltimore. AT the outbreak of
the civil war he was ordained TO the
priesthood in Baltimore.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
French Birth Rate increases.

Vital statistics show that the birth
rate increased in France in 1920. At
Marseilles, for the first time in years,
the number of births greatly exceeded
the number of deaths. AT Chalon-sur-
Saone the total of births for the year
was $50 and that of deaths $50 only,
whereas the figures for 1919 had been,
births 400 and deaths 571. In Toulon
the number of births exceeded by 11S
that of deaths, something that has not
happened for thirty years. From Or
leans satisfactory figures have also
been communicated, and at Dieppe the
number of births exceeded by 80 per
cent the number of deaths.
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birthday.

Little Robert D., two and one-hah
years old, of Franklin, has ten-year-
old cousin, Gordon, who to his baby
mind, is the hero in all that takes
place, and whatever Gordie says OF
does is all right. Roberts mother had
been telling him about Christmas, and
why it was celebrated.
One evening after strenuous day
of play with the big cousin. when
mother put Robert to bed, she said;
"And why do we have Christmas,
Robert? Whose birthday is it?'
"Santa and Gordie's," promptly re-
piled the youngster. indianapolis
News.
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Foretold. :

The cub reporter was grinding out
a marriage notice. Finally he brought
1t up and laid it on the city editors
desk
"NIr. and Mrs. Blank announced to-
day the marriage of their daughter to
take place next Monday"
Huh" grunted the editor, "you
can't say they announced marriage
yet to take place"
Again the cub jabbed away at his
typewriter. And when he brought the
notice back this time it read:
"Mr. and Mrs. Blank predicted to-
day the marriage of their daughter
New York Evening Post
But no married man can understand
why bachelor should have need of a
rest cure.
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old work horse
1T is really remarkable what Tan
lac has accomplished in my case. 1t
has relieved me entirely of indiges-
ton, never have that distressing
feeling any more after eating, and /
feel perfectly fine in every way. l
will always feel grateful for what
this wonderful medicine has done for
me and l am only too glad to give it
my heartiest endorsement"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.-Adv.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

long story about IL. Ii he had that
chance 1t would make great differ
ence. The ordinary citizen will under
go anything, If he can sit around and
talk about 1t afterward.
''The first time we are up against
anything disagreeable always is the
worst. We can get used to anything,
and enjoy anything, if we have enough
of it. We are born optimists. my dear
Mrs. Jiggers, always looking around
for grain of comfort, and manufac-
turing one If there is none In sight.
"Tll never forget the first time
went to see the dentist on professional
business. / had been entertaining a
rip-snorting toothache for several days
The agony was so great that 1t would
take the pen of a Dante to do justice to
1t. Yet I couldn't muster up enough
courage to go to the dentists. I had
heard so many stories of the atrocious
suffering one undergoes at his han1s
that my warlike spirit faltered. But
finally the@man who occupied the room
next TO mine came to my apartment,
armed with large iron poker, and
said that I had kept him awake for
three nights, and the limit had been
reached. If didn't chase myself out
of the house and let him have night 4
rest he would proceed to make few
dents in my skull.
"Thus turned adrift into the tenn.
pest, the first man met was dentist,
and he simply forced me to his parlor,
He was friend of the family and
wouldn't take mo- for an answer.
"He had to carry me up the stairway
to his office, had become so weak in
the legs. supposed he would rend
me limb from limb, but he really was 8
painless dentist. In three or, perhaps,
four shakes he was holding before my
eyes the tooth which had caused all
the anguish, and / was enjoying solid
comfort once more.
"Since that experience look upon
the modern dentist as public bene'
factor, and my one regret is that
can't drop into his Office every day OF
two and have few teeth pulled. But
all my original teeth were extracted by
the painless process long ago, and the
lignum vitae teeth I am now wearing
are strangers to aches and pains.
"The first time man is married he
is so excited that he forgets the we'd
ding ring or the fee for the preacher
or some other essential. For days be-
| fore the event he is In such a fever
| that his friends have trouble holding
him down; and when at last the fateful
hour arrives he doesn't seem like re.
sponsible human being. always feel
sorry for young bridegroom, he looks
/ so ratified, and he has such strong
resemblance to total loss.
''But the next time he gets married
he is as cool and intrepid as though he
made practice of acquiring a bride
before tea every day, and IL he goes to
| the altar three or four times in the
| course of his useful career, marriage
seems to him no more interesting thar
receiving an automobile catalogue by
| mail.
| "And this Is true of everything, Mrs
Jiggers. A man even gets used TO q
family boarding house, where collec
tions are made strictly in advance
and, this being admi ted, no further
argument is necessary"
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LATEST ULTIMATUM
SENT TO GERMAN
FULL PAYMENT or SUM DE
MANDED BY THE ALLIES
MUST BE MADE.
Given Notice That Upon Failure
German Government 10 Turn Over
Twenty Billion Marks by
May I, Allies Will Act.

Paris.-The German government wa
notified by the allied reparations com
mission on March "A that the tota
amount of 2O,000,000,O00 gold mark.
due under Article 235 Of the peace
treaty must be paid by May / or addi
tionaI penalties will be inflicted upoT
Germany.
The commissions note said:
Replying to your letter, the repara y
tions commission has the honor to in
form you:
According to the treaty of Yer
sailles, the reparations commission
alone has the right to place yalua
tion on deliveries made by Germany
"The reparations commission Is
authorized to decide which among the
deliveries made may be deducted from
the 20,o00,000 gold marks referred to
in Article ,235.
There Is nothing in the treaty
which obliges the commission to hear
the German government on conditions
under which deliveries to make up the
20,0000O0,000 marks mentioned in
Article 235 should be made or APP
praised
Have Waited in Vain.
''The commission has waited as long
as possible, thinking the German gov
ernment would take the necessary
measures to fulfill it's obligations. 1t
now is persuaded such is not the case.
The commission demanded payment of
1,000,000,000 gold marks because of the
certainty that Germany possessed suf-
ficient funds to make immediate pay
ment.
"The commission did not fail to add
that after the 1000, 100000 gold marks
had been paid, it would be ready to
discuss any further propositions which
might be presented by the German gov
ernment before April /, with the view
partly substituting for gold and for
eign securities goods, merchandise or
the proceeds of foreign loan.
''We cannot agree with the German
government that in the event of the
20,000,000000 marks remaining unpaid
May 1. the balance may be settled by
the delivery of the German bonds pro-
vided for in paragraph II. The 20
| 000,000000 gold marks of Article 235
must be paid in cash, securities or tire
equivalent, and be used partly to de-
fray the cost of the armies of occupa-
ton and the revlctualing of Germany
n foodstuffs and raw materials, what
balance hainp left to no ODnIiad ia
reparations.
Germany Must Pay.
"The dispositions of annex 2, para
graph u, concerning new bonds, in no
way modify the obligation taken by
Germany to pay the 10000 600, 900
| marks gold under Article 235 In
any event, the total amount of 10000
100000 marks gold under Article 235
must be paid before May /. NonfuI-
| illment of this article would entail
| penalties.
"The above fact being stated, there
| results that the German government,
by replying negatively to the commits
SiOn's request that it execute the
stipulations of Article 235, and espe.
| cially by refusing to make the pay
ment of 1,000,0o0,000 marks gold due
| March %, must be considered in de-
fault of fulfilling it's obligations. Con-
| sequently, the commission has decided
Immediately to call the attention to
| such default of each of the interested
| powers.'
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Begin Right Now to
Conquer Your Rheumatism

If you are going to again rely
upon the liniment bottle to try to
rub your Rheumatism away, you
will be doomed again to nothing
but disappointment A disease
that can cause so much pain and
suffering is not on the surface of
the skin, and cannot be rubbed
away.
Many forms Of Rheumatism are
caused by a tiny disease germ in
the blood, and in such cases the
only logical treatment is to search
cut and remove these germs from
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Given Life Sentences

Seattle.-Louis Madsen, IS; Ward
Daniels, Is, and G. A. Brown, 20. were
tentenced to life imprisonment in the
state penitentiary for the killing of Pa
grolman Volney L. Stevens in a pistol
pattle here January IA.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

the blood.
For this purpose there is no more
satisfactory remedy than S.S.S.,
the fine old blood remedy that has
been in use for more than fifty
years, and has given such general
satisfaction for Rheumatism.
Begin taking S.S.S. today, and
if you will write q complete history
of your case, our medical director
win give you expert advice, with
out charge. Address Chief Medical
Director, 100 Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Murder Suspect Released.

Warsaw, Ind.-John Inyagnolia. be-.
lg held in connection with the death
{ Leroy Lovett, was released on
lursday following his testimony be-
re the grand jury, which began in
,estlgation of the case.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Rino Repartee.

'Ah shuah does pity you." said col
ored pugilist to his opponent as they
squared off. "Ah was bohn with box
in gloves on"
Maybe you was" retorted the 9TH
er; "and An reckons you'se going to
die de same way"
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Trout a cannibaI.

The trout is cannibalistic, feed
ing upon its own kind when necessity
compels, says the American Forestry
Magazine, and in numerous instances
when necessity does not compel.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

ant" observed the
star boarder. IF
a man died at reg
ular intervals, say
once a year, he'd
soon get used to
1t, and regard it
as part OF the
days work. A
man dies and
that's the end Of
him, so far as this
world is concern
ed. He has no
chance to come
back and bore his
friends with a
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

The newspaper editor who will stoop
so low to cover fallen opponent with
slanderous- and vituperative invective
is not fit to be in the society of men
who are trying to lift the profession to
higher and loftier standard of ethics.
Preston Qdaho) Citizen.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

The latest issue of the Utah En-
tension News Gays: Every lady in
Lehi has a FORM" Well, wellI Why
brag? We go EN- one better: Ever!
lady in Delta has form and a figger
-non-skid detachable type. - Delts
(Utahl Chronicle. ..a.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

Some Indiana high school girl grad
yates have agreed on commencement
gowns in organdy of quiet shade. If
Pcomplexions equally quiet can be man
aged, decided reform will have been
achieved.-Idaho Falls Qdaho) Times
Register.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Pretty Raw.

Waiter-Was the dinner cooked 70
suit you, sir2
Diner-Yes. all but the bill. Just
take that back and boil It down lit
tie.
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THE FIRST TIME

eST CONFESS that the thought of
y death always raises goosefesh on
me- said the melancholy boarder.
"The only comfort is that man dies
hut once"
"Thats what makes it so unpleas-
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

We are beginning to wonder if our
friend the congressman is going to
run for reelection. The customary
package of garden seeds has moi
shown up.-Vernal (Utah) Express.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

Somehow or other, there appear to
be- certain factions in Cuba not at all
willing to concede that the recent
presidential election there was any
thing in the nature of an actual land.
slide, as regards Cuban public opin.
ton.-Butte (Mont) Miner.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

Mccall will soon be an appendices
town. Except the Missourians. And
they were born without any.--NIcCalI
Idaho) Star
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

A good many people have borrowed
money with which to pay their in
come taxes. 1t is good for the small
man to know that the interest on these
loans will be exempt from income taxes
next year.-Fallon (Nev.) Standard.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
He Did.

''Don't you. think Absolutely is an
0verWorked word?" .s-
absolutely I'-Boston Transcript.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

The man who gets mad at what the
newspaper says about him should re-
turn thanks three times day for what
the newspaper knew about him and
suppressed. (Idaho) Times
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

To be thoroughly aristocratie {
suitcase should look well travelled.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

oh, baby! As we go to press we are
interrupted by the laughter, smiles and
cigars of Sirl Davis, who calls out
Its boy, fellers, it's a boy."-Kays-
vile (Utah) Reflex.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

When person finds that he does not
tit in with certain circle of acquaint-
ance the wise thing to do is to fit out
again. A proper adjustment can al
ways be found elsewhere. - Price
(Utah) Sun. ..
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

1t is said to be Henry Ford's ambi-
tion to furnish every family in the
United States with an automobile.
Good! We're in receptive mood,
Henry. Send us a Packard.-Logan
(Utah) Journal.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

We were all young once and our
parents and their associates were at
times very much exercised for fear
that we would not come through all
right and much of their fears were
groundless because we were safe in
not knowing as much cussedness as
our parents and their associates feared
we did.-Caldwell (Idaho) News.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

We can't understand why eggs
should be so high when they've fixed it
so people can't have egg-nogg any
more.-Mammoth (Utah) Record.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01
Inter ! Mountain
Editorial Hilites
Selected for Western Newspaper Union
Service by r. A. G. and C. B. w.

A conscientious objectorn has no
business getting married McCammon
Qdaho) News
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

Still, the time is not far away when
Idaho wooden mills will care for her
wool. when she will export butter
and cheese instead of shipping bulky
and cheap hay, when Idaho timber
will be converted into furnfture-in
Idaho. And high freight rates will
help to speed that day.-Caldwell
(Idaho) Tribune.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

The country needs every dollar Of
production and increased wealth pos.
sible. 1t needs the work of every man
and every man needs the wages he can
get. 1t is time when conditions are
SO uncertain no man can tell what the
next day or week may bring forth. 1t
is not a time for strikes, lockouts or
any other hot-headed procedure. 1t is,
above all, time for men to get to-
gether as men-as Americans first
and calmly discuss their differences
with real desire for settlement, not
for trouble-Ely (Nev.) Times.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

Farmers sell wheat at less than d
dollar a bushel and buy it back again
as breakfast food in fancy packages at
S25 bushel, and the same is true Of
corn. They sell hogs at fifteen cents
a pound and buy them back at sixty
cents as bacon: not because they have
to, but because they want to.-Brig.
ham City (Utah) Journal.
The Meridian times., 1921-04-01

Utah's legislature recently staged its
fourth fist fight. The latest bout, as
our sport editor would put it, was
pulled off between the city attorney
(elected to enforce laws) of Salt Lake
City, and member of the legislature
elected to make laws). The Utah
legislature fighters quickly would de
nounce fist fighting among the people
they represent, and loudly would they
demand punishment. - Twin Falls
(Idaho) Times.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-27

and that there is no unusual drag,
to overload the engine, when highgear
is engaged.
r. III. S. asks: Why do some We
hicle engines run at higher speed ana
develop more power than others of the
same bore and stroke? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of high
and low speed engines?
Answer: The faster an engine runs,
the more explosions 1t Is making per
minute and the more fuel is being con-
verted into power. Assuming that its
valves are large enough and that its
moving parts are sufficiently light and
well balanced the horsepower of n
given engine increases almost directly
with its speed, thru a wide range. By