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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Positions Wanted

MIS-. HARRY II. CULLEN DESIRES
to make engagements TO dressmake at
customers homes by the day. For
appointments telephone 2O9-3. 4w6F
ny MAN AND WIFE IN SUMMER
camp. Both experienced. Man chauf-
feur, teamster or chores, wife waitress
or chambermaid. Address w. b.. 90
White ST., Hayerhill, Mass. 3w5F
DREssMAKING AND COAT MAX
ING done at ia North Ave. Mrs. Ida
Chapman. AVA
EXPERIENCED COOK WOULD LIKE
position In Skowfeefn or would cater
for banquets ut reasonable prices. Mrs.
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RFLE % GAUGE LONG


cost new about $1,000. Would sell for
$4.25. Perfect condition W. A.
tf45F
MY HOME PLACE ON NonRDGE-
teen room house, substantial construc-
ton, exceptionally modern in its con-
veniences. Handsomest location In
Kennebec Valley Large garage, two
stories Price $4,000. Roland t.
Patten. tf4D
6s-ACRE FARM, FOUR MILES FROM
Skowhegan. 20 acres maple, complete
maple syrup outfit. $50 apple trees In
good condition. cider mill; Horse. COW
erty. Mrs. Vital Bolduc or J. p. Thu
bodeau, Grocery Store, North ST., Show
hogan. Both Phones. tf41
WEATHER sTRIPs--HERE WE ARE
again for the thirtieth year with the
best protection against cold. which Is
ready to creep In around your doors
and windows +. NJ. Tinkham. 63 B'eh
St. SkowheFan. tf39
mAnN ,vUA LINEN WITH A R.A-
BIER printing stamp. Your name and
mail soc. independents Co. tao
OLIVER TYPEWRITER, GOOD
condition. Cash price SIS. Tndepend-
ent-Reporter Company. Skowhegan.
tf33
GUMMED TAPE IN ROLLS. WE
have gummed paper tape in rolls con-
venient for doing up packages and
required by the American Express
Company for use on certain containers.
This we have In three widths with
prices as follows. post paid: i inch per
roll, 45c; 2 inch per roll. e0c; inch
per roll, 75c. Liberal discount for
quantity orders. Independent Re-
porter Co tf32
COOLING TANK FOR GAsoLENE
engine. This is of the hollow or shall
low variety, the very latest thing to
use with a water cooling gasolene
engine. Has never been uncrated.
Would cost s25, will sell for $40. r. T.
Patten, Skowhegan. tf28
DICTATE YOUR LETTERS TO THE
Ediphone, the most recent and useful
of office devices. We are distributors
for Somerset County. Send for litera-
ture, or ask for demonstrations. Also
one used Ediphone outfit for sale at a
good trade. MISREPRESENTATION Co.
tf22
BULLETIN BOARD-VERY NEAT
and substantial construction. Just the
thing for sidewalk display. for retail
store or for making public announce
ments anywhere. Would cost $500 to
build: wiz sell for s1.75. r. I. Patten
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each. Il. .. Il. Fine Birds y. II.
Rowcn. Harmony. 3w3F
TWO YEAR OLD COLT, TROTTING
bred. Would exchange for IL good
COW. Fred Steele, X. ID. /. Madison
Maine. Farmers Phone 121-i0. Scion
Exchange. 3w3F
PUREBRED JERSEY BULL CALF
born Jan. list. Bert Buzzell, Show
hogan X + d 6. Farmers Phone 2-21
as tf3F
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS DIREC-
TORY, 1926 edition. Over 2300 pages.
Cost $1,000. VIII sell for 500 post
paid, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co. tfa
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FoUR FOOT SOFT WOOD MOSTLY
hpmiock. Price 81 a cord. Imme-
diate delivery. Telephone all orders
10 Lew-ia Brothers, Telephone 1862.
ONE CYPHERs INCUBATOR. go
egg capacity, s35; one Cyphers lncuba-
tor $50 egg capacity, $25. Both ma
chimes as good AZ new and complete In
every way. George a. innes, so Win
Ter 81. tf3
TWO CHANDELIERS AND GOOD
sized force pump. Good trade. Mar
garet NJ Chase. 81 North Avenue,
Skowhegan. tf2F
30 CORDS HARD STOVE wOoD sIe
a cord. Write me or call Farmers
Phone LIP. Scion Exchange. Edgar
Upper. Skowhegan X + ID 4. sw4F
MACHINE HEMsTITCHING, PICOT
edge, covered buttons, buttonholes, ac-
Gordon, knife and side plating. Or
ders promptly filled. Samples on re-
quest. Phyllis Tolman Morse, $50
Main St. Rock land. Sw2s
a WALNUT UPRIGHT HAISES
Piano, $C5. 80 Summer st. tf2
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Miscellaneous

DIR. WHITES NEW DIsCOvH
for growing hair on bald heads. i
using 1t and it is giving satisfied
II is growing me goos head Of
Jos. ID. Pooler, Jackman. gE'
THE NEW DISCOVERY--C0M
of you bald headed fellows and liz
unto me while | tell you about
Whites New Discovery. When
say it will grow hair, not take 1t a
me- they are telling no lies; that j
plainly see. There are, quite a
people that will not doubt my Y
when | say II Is the best that !
have heard to clean out dana
and make your hair grow and all
the state, we are sure it will go
Detroit. Michigan and in Wal1
Massachusetts. about this wonds1
discovery they have surely asked |
in Scion they have used II AMI
Waterville, Maine. IL everyone u
try it. DR.. White Is not to blame.
sent some out to Gardiner and tna
what they say: ITS the best stun
ever see to grow hair on bald hi
Now, if your scalp Is dirty ana y
hair Is getting thin, just send and
bottle and be sure to rub IL ill.,
YOU have your doubt that what wei
isn't true just go TO DR.. White ala]
will prove il TO you. He isn't az
to back it up and let you have \
Just take II from me. it's well w
your while. 1t is put up only ~
White in very neat bottles ana
will find the price right. | couN1
whole lot more but j haven't COY
space, so III tell you all about IT.
meet you face to face. DR.. D.
SkoWhcgan. W
ANYONE HAVING AN OLD Ai1
Register prior to 1S93-94 and
to sell. please write TO FrahKlla
Hall, Houlton, Z. o. Box 42S. "
ZIG BARGAINS IN FARMS. y
| ONE wishing To buy or sell. go III
other agents first, then come ang
what can do for you. l.. V WI
North Arson, Box 172. "1
TWO CHILDREN WANTED
board. Inquire Of Mrs. Chas. b
Skowhegan, r + ID o ton car ilhel
CAN ACCOMMODATES a FEW JtRa]
at my boarding house; speclai
open to public at all times wv
Markham, rs East Front st, SK0sI
gan. y. r. Phone 56-2l.
OLD CARPETS MADE INTO y
Carpents cleaned nj the old ~
store on Main street, opposite t.e
derson Mill Ben Horne. ~
WOULD EXCHANGE SEWING
/ CHIMES for equal value in stove N
A. l.. Whittemore, Manager
Sewing Machine Co. 172 Na'1l
Skowhegan.
"a. WARD, HIS BOOK" ] ~
loaned to someone an autograpn
of ~. Ward, His Book" by Don
| The volume is, of course, highF
by me. Would appreciate us
X. r. Patten.
IF You WISH A WEALTHY
paw nann e 0hi66 16w
WOULD YOU WRITE A wEbs
pretty girl? Stamped envelope
Lois Sproul, Cleveland, ONO.
HAT CLEANING AND SHOE
ING. Soft hats cleaned ana
equal to new. Hat panus put on
You wait. Sport and all coloreu
cleaned and polished. Shoe ass
specially. Peter Leakos, Shoe aa'
Cleaning Parlor, Water StreeE
ar. Station. Skowhegan.
SEND SHOES FOR REPAIREss
mail TO Kincaid's Shoe Hospital,
hogan. Still closing out laales
Full line mems work and dress
Lowest prices In town.
DEVELOPING, PRINTING "A
larging. For prompt service
scient work, send or take w"
to r.. C. Head a Co. SCION
finish desired.
TYPEWRFTNRe TO RENT
sale on the Installmeut plAn.
Sp,ith and other makes. Inosp
Reporter -.
SETH PHOTO sTUDIoI1
photo on Post Card. Tfnisnsr", ,I
you walt. Dsvelop;rg ano
High grade amateur WORK.
four hour service. Telepno"'
Skowhegan
sxv&ss igsnoS vVN
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Wanted-To Buy
Adds under this Asaa free u ss
spbscribers.

WOODWORKING MACHINERY As
follows planer, moulder, bandsaW,
shaper. small sawdust blower. Give
make. size and price. Box All. Wat
erville. 2w6
on the North side of the river within
1N3 mile of the business section. \. r..
Phone 1902; Farmers Phone 36-22 a.
II. Cleveland. Madison Ave, Skowhe-
gan tf6F'
SECOND HAND PRINTING PRESS.
About SKIP or i2x15. Must be cheap
Box 81 y. \. Portland. 2WGF
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Mrs. f. T. Goodrich went to Water
vile yesterday afternoon called there
by the illness of her granddaughter,
Margaret Goodrich.
Misses Eleanor Halves and Rachel
Conant have returned to Colby Col
lege. Miss Halves guest was Mar
guerite Starbird Of Oxford.
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.
INLAND FISHERIES A. GAME

The Committee on Inland Fisheries
4 Game viii give II public hearing in
its rooms at the state House. in Au-
gusta. on
Z. NJ. on
No. ). An Act providing for a
yearly limit of one deer in all counties
OF the State. I've
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Found

DON OF BOLTS. OWNER MAY HAVE
same by paying cost OF this ad, In
dependent Reporter Co. 2w6
ny W. -. MOODY A YALE KEY
No. S905. owner may have same by
paying cost of this ad. Independents
Reporter co. tf3
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MALTESE AND WHITE Coon CAT
left home last Thursday. Answers to
name Of Toodles Reward If returned
to Stella Dinsmore, ~ Leayitt ST.
Skowhegan. lw6
TWO PAIRS BoYs' BLACK NIT
TENS Finder please leave at Leavitt
Street School or call 209-2. I've
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TEAMS TO HAUL 4 Ell

TEAMS TO HAUL 4 FIT. Lugas
on Il good two trip road. Will nav
per cord, men boarded for scoe
week. Stable rent free. +. \. Sttt7
land, New Portland. n. Il. Tel. 1-2. n
WOMAN TO DO HOUsEwonKl
family of three. y. Il. Phone III
George Weston, 345 Water st.
neutrality-suspicious. WHO vi
help with children. Elderly WOO
preferred. One looking for h
rather than high wages. Address
II. Boucher. Box SO, Skowhegan IN
WOMAN To TAKE CARE OF N
children. Inquire Post Office Dral
X, Madison. 2ws|
AUTO MECHANIC FOR 1929 M
son. Must be competent, eXperlen1
and familiar with medium priced ~
also the Ford and Chevrolet. 81
experience. age and wages wanted
application. Scion Garage, Kend
Cross, Prop, Scion. ri
WANTED A WOMAN TO DO HouJ
WORK and cook for q single man
4 few weeks in q country home. Oh
pay. Arson Skillings, Lexington. 3s)
THREE FIRST CLASS CHOPIN
{ II. M. Cullen, Skowhegan. y. E. Phi
209-3. tt3|
MAN WANTED At ONCE FOR Cn
ERAL farm work Harry NJ. cal
Skowhegan, n. h. Phone 209-3. n
A TABLE GIRL. ONE TH1
could room at home preferred. n
$500 a week. n. r. Phone 5tl
George Markham, rs East Front
Skowheean. AVID
MANUFACTURE OF PROTECT|
device approved by Underwriters
Insurance Commissioner wants wi
awake representative with auto:
sell property owners in rural territd
Large profits Oh small investml
Credit given TO reliable parties. VII
today for particulars and exclusive \
ritory to =. 4. Libby, lS5A Main STD
Waterville. 4v1
sTENOGRAPHER WHO IS OR vi
can become a proof reader and 4
assistant Address Courier Gal<
Rockland, Me. 3va
A GOOD MAN TO CUT LONG d
all winter job. Write L. w
ford, or call 22-12 Hartand New q
land Phone. tf
WOMAN FOR HOUSEWORK-l
George e. Sampson, Maple St., 81
hogan. til
SOMERSET HOSPITAL TRAIN
School for nurses. Course II moi
Apply to Supt. Nurses. Elm 50
Skowhegan.
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INLAND FIsHEnIEs AND GAME

The Committee on inland Fisheries
q Game Will give Il public hearing In
It's rooms at the state House. in Au-
gusta, on
1T = i, NJ. on
No. q. An Act to amend Section
rs Chapter 80, l.. l.. 1917, as amend
ed. relating to protection of deer. 1w6
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AM DIRECTED NY TIE

Court to sell the Joseph Shorty
house near French st. In order
to settle the Shorty state. This
is "A very desirable. two tenement
property both occupied and must
be sold for cash. Roy j.. Mars
ton. Administrator Estate OF JOS
eph Shorty. TIL
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nrrL.nnk EARM REDS.

TWENTY-FIVE WHITE LEcHORS
Pullets. SIX months old, some laying.
VIII exchange for fat fowl Harry
Nelson, ~ Pleasant St, Skowhe gan
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Help Wanted
FEMALE
HELL,
HOSPITAL

Graduate Nurses. Undergrad
ates, Pupil Nurses and attend
ants for Hospitals in Massacbn.
sets. Ayers Service Bureau
1s0 fremont ST, Boston. 1ws
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PAIR HORSES. AND % YEARS.
weight about 1900. clever and Will
work in woods or anywhere. Both
phones. Scion Lumber CO.. Scion. 4ws
DAVENPORT AND TWO CHAIRS
upholstered in green. figured plush.
Good condition. At very good bar
gain. Mrs. Loren Sanborn. % Water
street, Skowhegan. tf6
CLAPP EASTMAN REGENER ATIyE
Receiver Radio Set new $50 Sheep
lined coat new $3.50. 100 piece gold
band dinner set SIS. These and many
other bargains AT Parkmtn's Water
Street Store. 4Wo
GILFILLAN COLT AGE, EXTRA LOT.
furniture. motor hoat. Good shore
frontage East Madison side Lake Wes-
serunsctt. Peter pebe, Skowhegan.
Tel. $50 4w6
TEN RHODE ISLAND RED PULLETs
and handsome ,'ockerel. breeding pen
OF piirebred birds for $4,000 Drop In
Poultry Farm. bingham. 2w6F
YEAR OLD MARE. WEIGHS 1900
pounds. Sound Good worker, single
or double. Fred Haug. Skowhegan
j + ID 2. Sw6'
NINE ROOM HOUSE WITH EIEc-
TRIO lights on Free ST. Alison 1922
automobile Scripps Booth, passenger
St. Skowhegan. TIT
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR, $50 EGG
capacity. Only been used two matches.
Mrs Charles Reed. Skowhegan ~
Main St. Town. 3wbf
Loose Hay. PRICE sig PER TON.
FARMERS Phone f2-t-16. Scion Ex-
change Fred steele. Madison r r ID
/ 3wGs
RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELs.
single and double combs. Fine breed
ing stock $3.50 each +. o. Il. Must
be taken at once or order booked. Mrs.
Frank Padhaln. Madison II + ID 2.
3w6F
OUTLOOK FARM HEDS--t SENT
many orders of baby chicks into Som
erset County last year and refused
many more. / am now booking orders
for March, April and May. Send for
circular If you want some fine, rugged
chicks that will make good poultry
or great layers. Don't wait, rs or
dcrs are coming fast. Geo. II. French,
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To Let


FouR ROOM TENEMENT AT AS
Water st j. NJ. Little. Apply h. j.
Quincy, 1879 Water ST. 2w6
UPSTAIRS RENT. u ROOMS. NOD
ERN conveniences with good spring
water II. Ii. Stafford. 379 Water ST.
Skowhegan. tf6
SIN ROOM HOUSE MITH STABLE
on Malbon's Mills road. one mile from
Post Office. Good garden lot electric
lights. +. w Cronkhite, Skowhe"an
r f ID 7. tf6
FRONT ROOM WITH MODERN
conveniences. Opposite car barn
| Gentleman preferred. Mrs. f. j. Kim
ball. oSs Madison Ave. 1w6'
down STAIRS RENT. WESLEY l..
Watson, 81 North St, Skowhegan, y.
T.. Phone 247-2. Farmers Phone 29-11
TIA
ROOM WITH MODERN CONVENE
| ENCES. Mrs. y. l.. Bagley, 1872 Madi-
| son Ave. Skowhegan Telephone 81
| HOUSE AT MALBON's MILLS, WITH
| or without shed. Inquire of T.. q.
Bailey, Silver Mills, Me. it'll
TWO NICE DRIVING HORSES, TO
careful drivers only, or VIII drive out
| parties. Harry Nelson, ~ Pleasant
St. Skowhegan, \. h. Tel. 1862. tf50
OLIVER TYPEWRITER. GOOD CON-
dition, FIRST month. $500 Each month,
thereafter $500. Independent-Report
er Company, Skowhegan. tfS3
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FIRST QUALITY GREEN corn
wood. Beech, maple and yellow birch.
Market price. Harry NJ. Cullen Show
hogan u T. d .. y. T.. Tel 209-3 iWfF
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GANG EDGER-TABLE FORE

GANG IsDG1R--TAbLE FORE
and aft of the machine. 1t will
edge up to inch stock Can
easily be operated by one man.
This ed6er was made in our own
shop from the old Hackett &c
Wltham pattern and we can sell
at IN attractive price. Somer-
set Machine Co, Skowhegan. til
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Is YOUR BABY ONE YEAR

old? Buy the child all en-
dowment life policy pay
able in 20 years and en-
courage saving. Drop me
a card and | will call. W.
il. Lanctot. Agent Metro
politan Life ms. Co.. Box
40, Skowhegan. iva
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STOVE WOOD SAWED ONE FOOT

STOVE WOOD SAWED ONE FOOT
long also junk wood same length de-
livercd anywhere in Skowhegan. Cut
In September. C. II. Whittemore
Skowhegan, II. f. d. No. Z. Farmers
Phone 1-3. 4W5F
USED SEWING MACHINES AS Low
a9 S. each. Get q new SINGER elcc-
trio machine. We also have Il COM
pletc stock OF cabinet aud regular
models Liberal allowance on your
old machine. Full line accessories.
Singer Sewing Machine Co., a. l.. Whit
| temorc, Mgr, 172 Water St., Skowhe-
}gan. t15l
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Advertisements In these columns not To exceed a,.
lines Inserted anee four times for Soc
with order. Each additional line sc. In conput..
lines, reckon average of words. Stamps taken
IL not paid in advance, 10e additional is charged
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EVerypOdy's Column
FouR FOOT SOFT wOOD MOSTLY
PAIR HORSES. : AND D YEARS,

+++@%>%*<%%** - ssss.
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cost new about 1000. Would sell 10
SAFE Perfect condition. W. A
Wndes, Care of Independent Reporter
tf45F
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single and double colnbs. Enc breed-
ing stock $3.50 each f. o. Il. Must
he taken at once or order hooked. Mrs
Frank Padham Madison II + ID 2.
3W6E'
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18
Financial Statement
OF State Of Florida

TALLAHASSEE Fla, Aug. 15.--
The state of Florida had a. cash bal
ance on hand July 81 of So, 665 ,34S. 46,
compared with $3,855. 474.79 on June
80, according to a balance sheet COM
piled by the state treasurer's depart
ment. Receipts for the month to-
tailed $988,790, against disbursements
of $1,178, 916.78.
Disbursements from the general
fund showed the largest outgo with
total for the month of $404729.O1,
while the receipts in that fund were
only $178,005.45. This left a ball
ance of $738, 608.25 at the close OF
July against 1865, 331.77 on June 30.
Among balances on hand in princi-
pal funds were the following:
One mill school tax, $140,5S0.1O;
pension tax funds, $501, 599.77; state
road tax, $247,144.12; state prison,
STAT, 52S.76; drainage bond, $lO7,-
895.61: drainage tax, $256,271.20; mo-
tor vehicle license county road fund,
S53,269.28; do. maintenance fund,
S64.355.95; do. expense fund, $685.
O54.S4; federal aid road fund, $780,
666. 20 gasoline inspection, $75,474,45;
state highway fund, $161, TAB; state
road license (gas). $101, 437.37; state
federal aid road fund, $15l, 4O4.17;
suspense account state road depart
ment, $346, 622.96.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18
Senator Mundy
Scores Colleagues
At Kiwanis Meet

In an address Tuesday at the
weekly luncheon of the Atlanta III
wants club, State Senator William
Mundy, of Cedartown, declared the
state will never have peace and
prosperity until Atlanta quits en-
PERTAINING the legislators every year
up on capitol hill"
Senator Mundy said all burden
some tax measures are passed at OIL
year sessions, and declared the gen.
eral tax act now before the senate
for considerable is a fair example
of his contention.
He declared the legislature has
done nothing it was elected to do.
He said every man in it was elected
to pass a constructive tax law, a
biennial session bill, and a. measure
creating a state audit system. None
OF those measures have been passed,
but everything else has" he assert
ed
Rewriting to the topic of biennial
sessions the senator declared the
people Of the state should be educated
to the dangers confronting the state
by having the legislature meet every
year. He urged the Kiwanians to
boost the biennial session idea.
ut costs the state 100000 every
time the legislature meets" he de-
cIared, and added. that is more than
the state appropriates for mainte-
nance of the Georgia School of Tech
nology"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18
Macon Thrown Into
Panic BY Battle
Near Mercer Campus

MACON, Ga, Aug. 15.-iCtizens of
Macon were aroused from their sound
SAUNDERS early this morning by the
staccate reverberationS of an evident
gun battle in the vicinity of the Mer-
Ger University campus. Nervous and
excited as result of series of re
cent kidnapings and floggin in the
community, they hastily donned their
clothes, grabbed pistols, shotguns
and rifles and rushed to reinforce
the police.
But the police, too, had heard the
firing and Smelt the smoke of battle
from afar. Every available motor
cycle officer and reserve was rushed
to the vicinity from which the sound
of shots had emanated
The city was in a panic. Tee
phones tangled. Police headquarters
and newspaper offices were swamped
with thousand queries. Rumors
ran rife, and it was evident, Judging
from the terrific firing; that the
greatest battle since the Civil War
was in progress. But whether be-
tween kidnapers, bootleggers, high
wayman or Mexican bandits-nobody
seemed quite able OF say.
The battle" ended when police ar
rested A. e. Odum, the driver OF a
racing car. 1t was his car, with
broken muffler back firing with the
rapidity of a machine gun, which
had filled the night with choas and
confusion
Today, Odum languishes in the
city Jail, held under $1,000 bond and
charged with being drunk, driving
while intoxicated and violating the
muffler ordinance. Two male com
panlons also were arrested aud
charged with disorderly conduct
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18
MAGNETISM OF
A SURPRISE
MEETING
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Especial Wire Service to The Journal
(Convripht 1923l

Copyright, 1928.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ia man
of common sense, orderly thinking
and alertness Of mind--this was the
almost universal impression which
Calvin Coolidge gave the cabinet
members and scores of newspaper
correspondents who scrutinized mis-
personality in his first twenty-four
hours of active duty as president OF
the United States.
Explicit in his statements, adrolt
without being evasive, there came
from the new president such d.
rect exposition of his ideas as to
surprise even those who had sat at
the cabinet table with him for two
years and who thought they knew
their man. The surprise was a
pleasant one, for If Calvin Coolidge
keeps step with the impression he
made the first day he will indeed
have risen to the occasion and saved
the American people from the shock
of change in government atfalrs
which might have come with a per
son of different temperament and
impulse.
The new president is more like
Secretary of State Hughes in his
methods of handling the press than
anyone else, He sees not only the
question asked him but the possible
effect of a misunderstood answer
1t is not too early to predict that
however one may find reason to diff
fer with Calvin Coolidge's views in
the future, there will never be any
doubt of what his policy is or what
he means when he says something.
There wasn't a whole lot of infor-
nation in his first conference with
the cabinet or the press. Calvin
Coolidge was really being tested by
penetrating eyes. He didn't seem
conscious Of it but went about his
business with an ease and grace
that made it difficult to believe he
had not been in the job always. The
writer talked afterwards with mem
bers of the cabinet and congress.
The most interesting comment
heard was that Mr.. Coolidge seemed
livelier and more intense. He has
not become Roosevelt overnight
but there is a forcefulness. about the
quiet of Calvin Coolidge which was
unmistakeable.
Systematic to a Fault
The new president gave the cabi-
net more of a glimpse of the kind
of an executive he intends to be
than he did the press. He is syste-
matte to a fault. He does not in
tend to be bothered with detail. He
will give his cabinet officers all the