Evening star., 1923-11-14
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

tnal lawyer In this town whose dear
old mother Is extremely proud of
the forensic eloquence of her son,
and one day a few years back when
he. as assistant district attorney, was
to make his final address to the jury
in a celebrated murder case, she slipped
down to court unbeknown to him
to listen to his speech.
Attempting to enter the rear door
of the courtroom, usually reserved
for lawyers, the dear old soul was
stopped by a bailiff who politely told
her that the entrance was for men,
bers of the bar only.
rs that sou exclaimed the vener-
able woman. 'Well, you just run
along and attend to your duties, Tor
I'll have you know I'm the mother
of the bari" and in she went.
A little group of far-westerners
were discussing William Gibbs Nc
Adoo's chances for the democratic
presidential nomination In the lobby
OF the New Willard hotel. Two were
from California, one from Nebraska
and one from Arizona. They had
about concluded that the former Sec
retary of the Treasury would make
runaway race of it, when Dr. j.
d. Henderson of Knoxville Tenn;
Association convention, attempted TO
cut in by mentioning Senator Under
woods name.
wrong pew, old-timer!" chirped the
Nebraskan, This special corner is re-
served for those whose states are out
and out for McAdoo."
rs that So" roared the Tennes-
seean. We'll, you just make gang
way, for I'll have. you know that
Knoxville. Tenn, sir, is the mother
of all McAdoo boomers! why, man.
sakes aliye don't you kn9w statea tea
Gated Gated him. loved him and held him
long before California, an ,:neS NeSraSha fba +
he lived? Yes, sir, / belong right IN
this corner, for not only Will Zen n-
nessee do all in her power to get MIN
which it will be, Knoxville and every
blessed town in the old state Will
give him majorities as never regis EiS
tered before; Yes, Yes ;! sir, ia In IN vent vo the
Tennesseean.
With more than 5000 Dixie doc doc
tors. representing every comInSHr coidp,r
wealth in the countrys mignies Ianii
southland, strewn about the ioohles . e ;
of all local hotels it woqid 1feStT Stein easy easy
picking, but the truth of the matter
is it's Just the REVERSE case on
water, water everywhere, out noo 80 a
drop to drink-for its entireiy o9.
~ he question TO use the old stand
by, "How's business? nor uoeS ~
feel overenthusiastic about uelntnS haS
into statistics regarding tne in n q
of broken limbs treated during rnd nd
past twelve months, as compares
With the same period IN lsEI, Z OF OF
whether the death rate In IeHas ma tbou. NJ.
the up or down grade, ana tne tnou u
SAND and one queries that might be
asked of the profession. ar,ee
southern physician that he's mlghtiiS
;Dfarestad in general conditions, both
noliticaI and economical, and by a
little shrewd manipulating, edmn niiNeu
with bit of diplomacy, the ioliow
ing opinions were CLEANED In the
ud Dr I Y Hunter, Ashboro. n. G.,
Hotel RaIeigh-''North Carolina, espe-
ciaIly in my section. has nothlng
much to complain of at present. Inc
town is too occupied with otheT
matters to think about poiitlcs.
suppose McAdoo has as much chance
any.
Dr Ike c. Knox. Vicksburg, Miss,
Willard fredericksburg is thrlV-
ing. Lumber dealers happy over
opening of new barge lne. Go'' IA
ri. Whitfield the best executive !he
old state has had in moons-an edu-
Gator and doing things all the time
Sorry our delegation was not larger
but short cotton crops preVentsea s- -,
greater turnout. We are here fairly
strnne' however. as President Leath-
ers is a Jackson man. My brother
Rush Knox, was elected attorney gen
eral of Mississippi last Tuesday'
Washington is q wonderful city.
DR.. c. Il. McNary, Kinston, \. G.,
Willard Hutel-"Just say that North
Carolina is going ahead IN Leaps seiI domn anu
nnd sample our thorouRhfareS
Haven't heard politics discussed
much--there is plenty of time"
DR.. J. A. Campbell, former mayor
of Beckley, w. Va, Willard Hotel
"Beckley in center of the finest btu
minous coal region in the world
Thriving town of 10000, growing
every day and promises to be the
biggest city between Roanoke and
Charleston. Coal bit off. owing to
overproduction. Truck gardeners and
cattle men happy. Republicans wait
ing to hear President Coolidge say
something. Democrats strong for
John W. Davis Washington is mag
nif1cent"
DR.. w. c. officer, Monterey. Tenn,
Hotel Raleigh-"Can think of nothing
but the wonders of your marvellous
city. Consider this the most sue
cessful convention ever held by our
association. The ideal place for a
conference. Tennessee naturally
fancies Mr.. McAdoo. President Cool
idge is well thought of by the re-
publicans. Excuse me, I'm off to see
more of the city.
DR. W. r. Dendy. Pelzer, S. c.. New
Ebbitt Hotel-"You may say all you
care to about South Carolina in gen
eral and PelZer in particular. provid-
ed it's good, for folks down our way
aren't the kind to pay much attention
to these new-fangled blues-no. sir!
Crops are good, general business is
all right and for the most our people
are happy. We havn't started to think
about national politics yet. Yes, re-
Dublicans in the State, and there are
one or two. think very highly of the
present chief executive. You're per-
fectly welcome, sir, l thank your'
DR.. J. F. Stoddard. also of Pelzer
& c., New Ebbitt Hotel-"Just mark
ditto. under what DR.. Dendy has said
and sign my name to it-don't men
zion it!'
Dr. w. c.. Wilson, Navasota, Tex.
Franklin Square Hotel-"Bumper corr
crops in our section, labor conditions
excellent, business so active that we
can't stop to think OF politics. Oil
struck thirteen miles from US last
week and only two and a half miles
from the Carlos railroad. which means
great boom for Navasota. 1 want tc
take my hat off to the parcel posi-
system. Living right in the midst OF
dairy product folks, get my butter
delivered from distance of 1872 miles
at approximately 2 cents pound
postage. We're but 5000 in Nava-
sofa today, but with that old oil well
spouting 40,000,000 cubic feet the frs
crack out of the box the figure.
might read $4,000 a month from now
N~ox raxa