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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
BY T. ALAN GOLDSBOROUGH.
L. 5. Representative From Mary
land, First District.

+ the many good
stories one hears,
perhaps my favor
lie IS this:
The archbishop
had preached a fine
sermon on the
beauties of married
life. Two old Irish
W o m e n W e 7 e
heard commenting
on the address aft
church.
lis a fine SER
mon his reverence
go
, 1923-08-03

attack wns more serious than the
general public eve realized and its
effects had not been entirely dissipat-
ed when the present trip was started
In June despite the five weeks vaca.
ton spent in Fqorida and Georgia In
March and early April.
HARDING SUBJECT
TO SUDDEN ATTACKS
The president, II was revealed, had
been subject to some attacks of alb
dominal pains n indigestion. and
there had for some time been evi-
dences of arterial ~sclerosis, enlarge
ment of the heart and defective &C.
tion Of the kidneys. The statement
then recited hat the executive had
suffered an acute gastro-intestinal at.
tack associated with abdominal pain
and fever on the return trip from
Alaska and told how he had insisted
on going through with his program in
Vancouver. B. c.. n week ago Thurs
day. and at Seattle. a week ago yes
terdny.
The statement then told Of tho can.
collation. of the proposed trip into the
Yosemite. OF his arrival here SundaS
morning and traced his varying con
dition during the week.
Most disturbing Of an Il said,
was the rapid and irregular breath
ing suggestive OF nrterlo-sclerosis OF
the brain vessels In the region of the
respiratory center"
Tho physicians reviewed the favor
able conditions existing Just prior to
the apoplectio attack and concluded by
saying:
He was resting comfortably in bed
and conversing with Mrs. Harding and
General Sawyer. when he died instan-
.taneousiy without q word or a groan."
BODY LIES IN
HOTEL ROOM.
SAN FRANCISCO, AUG. Soy
The Associated Press.SAs In life, so
Is President Harding in tho quiet
, 1923-08-03

dignity Of death. calm. composed and
Of peaceful mien.
In a gray-drnped room far above
San Francisco's busiest street, all
that is mortal Of Americas 2sth
president reposed today. Death IN
coming. had left no mark upon his
co~untenance. So suddenly, SO pain.
lessly. had the end come that his
face. but for its pallor. might have
been that OF q man in sleep-
But for he closing OF the eyelids
by loving fingers. It VA as It had
been q moment after the president.
pleased by what Mrs. Harding was
redaing to him. had said:
That's good. Go on. Read some
more"
The body Is ROBBED IN white. dress
ing for burial having been deferred
until late in the day. and lies upon
tho bed whore tho president made
his losing hight for health
The lace Is almost of Its natural
hue. The lips n slightly parted.
, 1923-08-03
CALVIN COOLIDGE TAKESOATH
AS NEWPRES|DENT Of COUNTRY

ernor and in 1920 v-ice-prssident es
the United States.
In the moro than 20 year. n.
gave to these duties his time IN.
almost exclusively devoted to In.
problems of public AFFAIR.". onIy
incidentally did he turn OF the law
although he always maintained an
Office with an associate at North.
ampton.
He was born in the Village Of Ply.
mouth, Vt. on July 4. 1877, Of
Puritan ancestors who came to this
country and settled in WATERFOWL.
Mass. in 1880.
He left the farm in 1891 for Am.
herst college and graduated with
honors In 1898. Immediately upon
leaving college he went to North.
ampton to study law and finally
settled there.
1t was Mr.. Cooiidgsns common
sense. his insight into Legislative
tactics and his mentality which
first attracted to him the attention
OF political leaders. Tho late sena,
tor w. Murray Crane. who was a
resident of Coolidge's congressional
district. was among the first 10
note these qualities, md he resolved
to utilize the first opportunity to
project Mr.. Coolidge into the ma
tional political arena
By hard work and steady pror.
ress Mr.. Coolidge continued his rise
until he could be considered for
high state office and then II was
that Senator Crane and other lead.
ers exerted their powers to have
him nominated for the lieutenant
governorship. He was elected In
the first campaign won by the re-
publicans in Massachusetts, for sew
eral years. due to the progressive
party split. Thereafter It was but
logical for him to succeed to the
governorship. an office which he
held for two terms and which he
left for the vice-presidency.
The dramatic events of the Bos-
ton police strike, In which the gov
n took a firm and u~nyteldinr
stand for law and order, focused
upon him in 1919 national attention
and made of him almost aver night
a national figure. For q while no
was talked Of prominently a. .
presidential possibility.
AS vice-president hs> became Q
regular attendant at the presidents
cabinet meetings. Q custom estab-
lished for the first time in his case.
Mr.. Coolidge married Miss Grace
Goodhue. whom he first met in
Northampton as q teacher. In 1905,
and they have two sons
, 1923-08-03

people VINO elected him that really
made him president. These wero
mere bulletin board events in q life
that never became embittered In
the background Of It all was a sweet
domestic influence, the guiding star
of Warren @. Harding's destiny. Mrs.
Harding made him president. It was
her counsel and her urge long years
ago before the Chicago convention
that made him presidential timber"
George q. Mccormick. who 20 years
ago entered the Star organization as
a reporter and today fills the manag-
Ing editors chair, saidi
"The world may never come to q
full and understanding appraisal Of
Mr.. Harding as a man; only those
who enjoyed the intimacy Of his asso-
citation for years can know that
"Mr. Harding's greatness lay In his
humility. He was always humble In
the sight of God He was lever
boastful. He was new servile.
Despising pretense and fattery he
was sincere in every word and deed.
Mr.. Harding v condemned
anyone; he was . booster. Loyalty
was an outstanding attribute with
, 1923-08-03

Calvin Coolidge. although by pro-
fession a lawyer. entered the public
service almost Immediately upon
leaving college.
First elected q member of tho
city council OF Northampton. Mass.
the city which had been his home
since he became a voter. he prog
ressed steadily upward through the
offices Of city solicitor, mayor. mem
bership In the house of representa-
tfves and OF the senate OF Massa-
chusetts. serving as president of
the latter body. and then as a lieu
tenant governor until elected gov
, 1923-08-03

worked with Mr.. EinrdinB at tho type
machine or helped him fashion d
torials or perhaps collect q bad 40
count, for there wasn't m activity
of the paper that he did not take part
in. recounted today as they sat with
sorrowful faces. in r newspaper
fashion the mile stones IN the life of
their beloved chief.
They told how he earned his first
dollar; of how he mads known his
esteem and love for tho associates
who helped him make" h Star and
made known many intimate things
which showed the character of the
late president. One of the men In the
editorial department said:
Destiny alone never reached out
for Warren @. Harding. Destiny in
his case had an ally in a woman-his
wife Mrs. Harding made her hus-
band president She blazed h way.
She had faith In his future She be-
lieved he had the making in him Of
a great man. She urged him on and
on. 1t was not n mere handful of
politicians who nominated him for
the presidency. 1t was not sven the
, 1923-08-03
MRS. HARDING
ATTENDED BY
NIGHT NURSE

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. s.-Mrs.
Harding, though bearing up well un-
der her grievous loss. had the SER
vices Of a nurse throughout the last
night. Wives Of cabinet officers who
accompanied the president on his
westward trip alternatsd - bar com
panions.
One Of these today said the courc
aseous help-mats Of the late exscu-
tive had stood the strain well but had
had little real rest. She emphasized,
however. that Mira Harding wa far
from collapse or hysteria and had
made no evidence OF emotion beyond
the expression Of her grief. natural
in the circumstances.
, 1923-08-03
Pioneer Resident
of Cheyenne Dead

CHEYENNE. Aus. s-Mrs. Marsa.
ret Shannon. pioneer resident OF
Cheyenne, died Wednesday afternoon.
less than "a hours after the death Of
her nephew's wife. Mrs. Frank Ca
hill. to whom she was greatly attach
ed. she had been in poo health for
several months and grief over Mrs.
cahin's passing precipitated . fatal
collapse. Mrs. Cahili. wife of q we'll.
known government empioye. died
Tuesday afternoon. after submitting
to an operation. Funeral services for
Mrs. Cahiil were held Thursday. Those
for Mrs. Shannon will be held Friday.
, 1923-08-03
KEEN OF
LOSS OF President IS
FELT AT MARION STAR

him. He lev forgot . friend. he
v failed to reward one. No mat
ter what others said. he never know
ingly turned down any n whose
loyalty had won his friendship
"A loyal American. whose soul
trembled at times for the future of
America, he nevertheless maintained
a steadfast faith In . patriotic Amer
lea. to save America in any crisis."
, 1923-08-03
Guard Instructor "
Returns to Fort

CHEYENNE. Aug. 3.-Ma3or Clyde
v. Simpson, United States army, who
has been instructor of the Wyoming
Nationai Guard during the last two
years. has been relieved from duty
here and ordered to Fort Leaven-
worth for instruction. Captain Thomas
Of Lander. Wyoming. will succeed Ma,
jor Simpson a National Guard In
structor for Wyoming.
, 1923-08-03
CONTINUED from Page one.l

Continued from Page One)
to some brain smboli. probably
apopiey.-
Mr.. coolidge's father, John c.
Coolidge. received the message short
ly before midnight and took It up
stairs. where he read 1t to the vice
president. who was in bed. Mr..
Coolidge quickly dressed in a suit of
black and came downstairs. followed
q moment later by Mrs. Coolidge.
Shocked by the news but %outwardly
showing his accustomed calm, he die
rated two brief statements to his sec
rotary and then distributed copies to
the newspaper men who had gathered
In h living OF the farmhouse.
His FIRST statement follows:
Reports have reached me. which 1
fear r correct. that President Hard
Ing Ia gone The world has lost a
great and good man. I mourn his
loss. He was my chief and my friend.
1t viii be my purpose to carry tut
the policies which he has begun for
tho service of the American people
and for meeting their responsibilities
wherever they may arise. For this
purpose I shall seek the cooperation
of all those who have been associated
with the president during his term OF
office. Those who have given their
efforts to assist him I wish to remain
in Office that they may assist me. 1
have faith that God will direct the
destinies OF our nation"
A little later Mr.. Coolidge made this
statement:
"It Ia my intention to remain hero
until I can secure the correct form
for the oath of office which will be
Administered to me by my father,
meet the necessary requirements. I
expect to cave for Washington dur
ing the day."
To Mira Harding the v~ice-president
and Mrs. Coolidge Joined in sending
the following telegram:
1--WE offer you our deepest gym
pathy. May God bless you Ind keep
you"
Mr.. Coolidge. who had come here
for a complete rest, had welcomed
the absence of q telephone from his
fathers homo and during the presi-
dents illness had walked several
times . day to the village store to re-
ceive over the telephone there the
latest word from San Francisco. But
with tho news OF the presidents
death. telephone company officials
Immediately set to work to give Mr..
Coolidge every possible facility for
communicating with Washington and
elsewhere and within an hour a tele-
phone had beer installed In the farm
house.
1t was through q telephone COM
munication with Washington that the
vice-president obtained the exact form
OF oath which the constitution re-
quires the president to take upon
assuming office. Then in hit pres
ence OF Mrs. Coolidge. Congressman
Porter H Dale and a little party of
friends and acquaintance, Mr.. Cool
idge quietly went through the sim
pie ceremony which made him presi-
dent. His father read by the light of
an oil lamp on the table tho impress
sive words of the oath of office:
ct do solemnly swear hat I viii
faithfully execute the office of presi-
dent Of the United States and I will
to the best of my ability preserve.
protect and defend the constitution of
the United States"
Mr.. Coolidge calmly and clearly re-
peated the words and added:
80 help me God"
The ceremony ended. the president
turned at once to preparations for his
journey to Washington.
, 1923-08-03
Big Haul Made
By JeWeL Thieves

NEW YORK, Aug. B. Diamonds
valued at $4,000 weer stolen from q
safe on the steamship Boswell of the
Iamport and Holt line. which arrived
from South America yesterday. it was
learned today,
, 1923-08-03
World Never Knew Harding as We Knew
Him, Say Employees of Newspapers
Who Worked With Late Editor .s5

MARION, Ohio. Aug. s-,(By The Associated Press).@
At the Marion Star news of the presidents death was receiv-
ed with sincere sorrow for it was here that Mr.. Harding spent
the best years of his life in the profession he most loved.
early in his Newspaper career. The Boys those who had
, 1923-08-03

fication for anticipating q prompt re-
covery.
tSigned-
&C. e. Sawyer, NJ. D.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, NJ. d.
&C. NJ. Cooper. NJ. D.
~. T. Boone, NJ. d.
Hubert Work, NJ. D."
This was followed by a second bull
letin which made the fiat announce
ment tina death was due to apoplexy
and tina Mrs. Harding. General
Sawyer and the two nurses were In
J the room at the time.
A. P. REPRESENTATIVE
HEARD SUMMONS
One of the Associated Press repre-
sentatives, who have been on watch
yer since the president was brought
to San Francisco last Sunday morn
ing, heard Mrs. Harding's appeal for
the doctors, saw the secret service
man hurry down tho hall in search Of
DR.. Boone. and 7.2s o'clock sent a bull
letin travelling over h wires to all
parts of h country telling of the call
for the physicians and then followed
with bulletins giving more details OF
what vas occurring in the vicinity of
the presidential suite. Thus news
paper editors were aware Of some
thing impending fully 20 minutes be-
fore the announcement of death was
made.
When tho death announcement WINS
made. It was flashed to all parts of
the nation by the Associated Press by
telegraph and telephone, and to the
most distant parts of tho world by
cable and radio. Thus It was that
newspapers were on tho streets In
New York with announcement Of the
passing of tho republics chief before
It became at all generally known
about the hotel.
CABINET MEMBERS
HOLD MEETING
The announcement was followed
~momentarily by confusion in the
vicinity OF the presidential suite, but
soon the trained members of the exc
cutive staff took charge, the physi-
clans conferred and later issued their
detailed statement as to tho cause OF
death. and the cabinet members meet.
Ing together decided upon and sub
mitted to Mrs. Harding for approval
the plans for the return trip to Wash.
ington.
Messages were dispatched telling of
the sad news, to George b. Christian
Jr.-. the presidents secretary. who had
Como TO Los Angeles to speak for tho
president ut a Knights Templar meet.
ing. to tho other cabinet members, and
TO Calvin G. Coolidge. the vice-presi.
dent. who early today took the oath
of office at his home in Plvmnuth
vermont. and became the head Of the
nation.
The detailed statement by the physi.
clans described the changes in the
presidents physical condition, dating
from last spring when the president
following n long period of overwork
and great strain, was confined to his
bed with an attack of influenza This,
, 1923-08-03
The Nation Nouns Its Chief

Slow sobbing through space,
Sounding a Nations grief,
Stationed bells are ringing
The Nation mourns its Chief.
Flags droop In silent woe
Beneath sorrowful skies.
Softly a Nation weeps r.
AS its great Chieftain dies.
The roll Of muffled drums,
Throbbing with words unsaid,
Comes sorrowing through the night
The Nation mourns its dead.
Slow sobbing through space,
Sounding a Nations grief,
Sad-toned bells are ringing
The Nation mourns its Chief.
. E. RICHARD Sill
, 1923-08-03

discomfort and there was every 1usti-
fication for anticipating q prompt re-
, 1923-08-03
NAVAL AND MILITARY
HONORS ARE

PHYSICIANS AGREED
ON CAUSE OF DEATH
The five physicians who attended
tho president We're united in their de.
cisions as TO tho aus OF death. In
, 1923-08-03
OFFICIAL
ISSUED AT ISL T.. NJ.

1.-THE president died instsntaneously
and without warning and while con
versing with members OF his family at
1880. Death was apparently due to
some brain evolvement probably IN
apoplexy.
During the day he was free from
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-21
Relations Between Established Settlements and
Outlying Frontiers
By ]. t. ADAMS, in Revolutionary New England"

FrJHE relations between established settlements and their outlying
frontiers seem everywhere and in all periods to follow certain sim
III pie and welldefned lines. In the first place, the older settlement
has accumulated capita. seeking investment, whereas the frontier,
in spite of its natural resources, needs for their exploitation capital in the
form of money or credit The frontier, therefore, is always and every
where in debt to the old settlement, and this relation breeds all those feel
ings q debtor seems by nature to entertain toward his creditor.
As eontrasted with one another, the older settlement is always con-
sentative, the frontier always radical. This involves distrust on the part
of the former and irritation of various sorts upon that of the latter. The
East has therefore always feared and sought to check the political growth
of the West (as the terms may be used in this country, whether, depend
ing on the period, the Yves. lay a few miles o a thousand miles from the
coast. 1t has trembled fer its investments in the too rapid expansion that
the frontier always breeds. 1t has distrusted radical thought and has
feared above all else that economic expansion might increase political
power and transfer control to a section whose philosophy and outlook have
seemed revolutionary.
The main feeling of the frontier for the settlement may thus be de-
nominated as resentment, whereas that of the settlement for the frontier
is fear, the two human emotions that perhaps most initiate against cool
reasoning and mutual understanding.
There i a third element in this relationship. In the older settle
ments economic inequality results in dividing society into upper and lower
frontiersman than it has with the upper class of the settlement. Its lack
of capital and culture, a certain recklessnes derived from its hard strug"
gle for an uncertain living, its resentment against the class above it upon
which it is dependent for wages as the frontiersman is for capital, all tend
to unite it with the frontier and to align the two against the conservatives
of the settlement capitalist class. 9
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-21

had known all along-that school
would close on Wednesday night and
they didn't have to come back until
Monday.
And then their watchful, fearful
waiting for the first snowflakes, and
Tom getting out his coaster and paint
ing the runners, and Alice and Ruth
going to the woods for bittersweet and
partridge berries and sprays of ever
green and decorating the mantel and
windows and archways, and then the
day before, when father killed and
dressed the chickens or turkey or
duck. And what a hurry and hustle
there was Of cleaning. baking, roast
ing and boiling, and how golden the
big kitchen was with the winter sun
glancing through the naples outside,
and how arm 1t was with tie big
owe sending out waves of warmth
and the odor Of baking pie, cake and
cookies.
And then the great day ltself-nO
need to call her brood that day, for
snow had come in the night and the
boys had risen with the fiery red win
ter s6S TO try out the sled before
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-21

and shining side of things that are
gone, and hence to repine for them.
To go back to the Bell family: Ruth,
the single damsel, glimpsed her par
ents' mood to the full and discussed
1t with her sister like this:
you'd think to hear mother rave
that she was supremacy happy when
we were all home, and sometimes 1t
makes me furious when | distinctly
recall how she fused and worried and
stewed around about one thing and
another-where in the world the money
for our winter underclothes was con
ing from, how much schoolbooks cost.
what in the world she would do with
Bob's bad temper and Toms lying and
my vanity and your craziness after the
boys. And many a time she made her
moan about how Overworked and
thankless he1 life was, and would the
time never come when she had a.
chance to rest and get a little peace?'
And that's that! If Mother and Fa-
ther Bell live to be eighty they will
look back upon their peaceful, serene,
quiet life together now as the best
of their days, and at one hundred they
would regard the days of eighty as
altogether desirable. .
If Thanksgiving does nothing else
for us, may it quicken our vision of
the glories of the present!
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-21
Scheme Which Regards War of Aggression as
an international Crime
By PROF. ]. W. GARNER, in Chicago Daily News.

have read with much interest the proposed treaty which has been
agreed upon by the disarmament commission of the League of Nations for
the organization of a system of mutual assistance among states as a
means of facilitating a reduction of ornaments.
The scheme which the commission proposes differs fundamentally
from all others of the past in that it is based on the sound principle that
any substantial reduction of ornaments must be preceded by the establish
ment of securities and safeguards that will render such reduction safe
and practicable. That is to say, it proceeds on the logical assumption that
reduction of ornaments should be the ultimate stage rather than the
initial process in the movement for safeguarding the general peace.
1t may be remarked that the proposed treaty introduces a new
principle into the law of nations by laying down the proposition that a
war Of aggression shall be regarded by the contracting parties as an
international crime" the commission Of which none of them will ever
be guilty. This is a new principle, because as the law Of nations now
stands, no war, not even a war Of aggression, is a crime or eve a VIOLA
ton Of international law.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-21
The Three Faults Most Commonly Charged
Against Our National Character
By DIR. A. T. HADLEY, in Current History Magazine.

The three faults most commonly charged against our national char
acter today are matermism, lawlessness and unwarranted self-asserion.
These three sets of charges are made with about equal frequency. When
We come to examine the evidence by which they are supported we shall find
that they stand upon very different bases.
Those who accuse US of materiaism charge us with a fault that is
common to the human race. They fail to prove that it is dishnciyely
American or that we are worse than our neighbors in this respect. Those
who aecuse us of lawle@ness can show that many of the things of which
they complain are distnctiyely American and that our record is not SO
good as we and our neighbors have a right to demand. l think we shall
find that these facts point to defects in our machinery of government
rather than our national character.
But those who make the charge of unwarranted sef-asserion seem
to me to be able to prove their allegation and to be rendering our nation
a real service in calling timely attention to a distinctive fault in Ameri-
can character which, if allowed to develop unchecked, may prove as dis
artrou ~ us as a somewhat different manifestation of the same fault has
already proved to Germany.