The Washington times., 1922-05-07
GEORG|ANS ARE
PROUD Of FAME
Of 5 BROTHERS
Men Of Harris Family All Prom
inent in Their Respective
Lines of Endeavor.

urally proud of the five Harris
brothers:
United States Senator William
julius Harris.
Mai. Gen. Peter Charles Harris,
who served in the highly lsuori-
Gus and responsible capacity Of
adjutant general during the world
war.
DR.. Searle Harris. distinguished
physician. medical authority. and
editor.
Prof. James Coffee Harris.
noted educator and author.
Mai. Hunter Harris, now sta
toned at Los Angeles. Gal.
-Four In Who's Who.
II Is not often that a United
States Senator has three brothers
breaking into the latest Who's
Who with him and another headed
straight toward II.
Senator Harris enjoys that dis
tinction. He Is q modest. unas-
suminE man. with delicious
southern drawl. He performs his
Senatorial duties quietly. but as
sluuOuoly. anu nv uocbH line W
talk about himself.
When he arises to address the
Senate, which is seldom. he Is lis
tened 10 attentively by his col
leagues. for he invariably has
something worth while to say.
All Are Democrats.
The Senator married Julia Knox
| Wheeler, daughter Of Gen. Joe"
Wheeler. OF civil and Spanish war
fame. He is. like his brothers.
( Southern Democrat. He won the
personal friendship OF President
Wilson during the latter's admin
istration and was in turn director
Of the census and a member OF the
Federal Trade Commission before
he entered the Senate.
| He was formerly Democratic
State chairman OF Georgia. and he
| IL the antithesis OF the school OF
! political thought represented by
Senator Tom" Watson, who Is,
strangely enough. his colleague.
1 He Is one OF the most active mem.
bers OF the Agricultural Bloc"
Studied at West Point.
General Harris started his event
| ful military career as a West
! Pointer. He was a first lieutenant
when he participated in the battle
OF san Juan Hill and the siege
Of Santiago de Cuba in 1898, and
I for gallantry under fire he was
brevetted captain.
With that rank he took part in
the military operations against the
Philip me insurgents in lsss-lso0.
Arsr further active service in
the Philippines in lsO5-07 he was
assigned To duty at the War De
partment. and for his efficient serv-
| ices as Adjutant General during the
war was awarded the Distinguished
| Service medal.
DR.. SearIe Harris also took part
in the World War. being commits
stoned a major OF the Medical Re
serve Corps IN 1917 and placed in
charge Of the gastro-intestinal
diseases in the army. diseases on
which he is a noted specialist. He
served overseas and Was secretary
OF the Research Committee OF the
American Red Cross in France.
Promoted to the rank OF lieu
tenant colonel In 1918 he was de-
tailed TO investigate food condi-
tions and nutri ionsl diseases in
Italy. Austria and Germany after
the armistiCe. He Joined President
! Wilson and his party In Italy IL
| January. 1919.
Formerly Was Editor.
Before the war he was physician
in-chief of the Mobile (Ala.l City
Hospital He was formerly editor.
in chief OF the Southern Medical
Journal. is still regular contrib
utor TO medical journals and is a
| member OF the American Medical
Editors Association.
Prof. James c. Harris started as
a school teacher when but n seven.
teen-year- boy and. by maintain
ing private school of his own.
paid his way through college.
Graduating from the University
OF Georgia. he founded boys
preparatory school at Marietta, Ga.
where he remained continuously for
twenty-four years. until the State
authorities asked him to undertake
special educational problems at the
Georgia School for the Deaf at
Cave Spring. He is now the su.
perintendent of that institution.
And, as for Major Harris, he is
in the army. thank you. and friends
say he is going to be general
some day