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I MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
PASSED BY 1925 ASSEMBLY
Atlanta, Aug.24.—The first biennial legislative session of 60 days,
which came to a close at midnight Saturday night—according to official
clocks in the house and senate—was featured by passage of a number of
constructive measures and defeat of many that attracted state-wide atten¬
tion.
, The assembly started its session with recommendation of Governor
Clifford Walker for adoption of the following program: A complete tax re
nirm, the children's code commission bills, proposals for bond issues or
other methods of building the state system of permanent highways, the
•^tate port bill and others. His tax reform program included proposed con¬
stitutional amendments to empower the state to levy a classification tax
on intangible properties and an income tax.
Bills Passed
The following important
xvere adopted during the course of
session:
Repeal of the state inheritance
A bill providing for $4,000,000
to pay back pensions.
The Atlanta viaducts
This gives authority of the city
Atlanta to build two viaducts
the state-owned W. & A. railroad
j^ryor sponsored street and Central Fulton and avenue.
was by
county delegations.
The motor vehicle registration
title act by Senator Carl N. Guess.
The gasoline consumers’ bill,
signed to halt wholesale shipments
§ '"bootleg" gasoline which evades
ment of the state tax.
Billiard Room Regulations
A bill regulating operation of
Uic billiard rooms in the
Among other features, it makes
unlawful for any but an
citizen to operate a billiard room
(the state.
A bill authorizing manufacture
ethyl alcohol out of sawdust,
and other materials. Senator
■was the author, while
Mann was author of an identical
in the house, tabled when the
. measure passed frist.
r A bill to prohibit operation of
lic dance halls on Sundays.
sentative Marion Peacock, of
rens, was the author. .
A bill for inspection and
ization of all high schools in
' . state, under direction of the
' board of education. Senator
was author of this measure.
A bill authorizing advances
crops by executing bills of sale
the crops. Senators Moye and
■were joint authors.
Railroad Crossing Bill
A bill requiring motorists to
to a full stop before crossing
road grade crossings. The bill
vides for designation of each
as safe” or “unsafe, and makes
illegal to cross an “unsafe”
■without first coming to a full stop.
A bill making army reserve
cers eligible to hold civil office.
A bill establishing a state real
estate board to have authority
real estate agents in the larger cities.
A bill making the United States
naval store standards the standards
for this state.
Bar Negro Politicians
A bill intended to keep the negro
out of politics in Georgia particularly
intended to remove the negro out of
the republican party in this state.
' The forestry bill, creating a state
forestry board, so that the state may
get federal forestry funds.
A bill creating a commission to
purchase the present residence occu
pied by the governor as a permanent
governor’s mansion.
A permissive act allowing counties
to exempt new industries from taxa
tion for five years, This simply
makes a constitutional amendment to
this effect, ratified last year, effec¬
tive in counties which desire, without
having to pass special local bill.
Bill increasing state gasoline tax
to a total of four cents and appropri
ating the additional half-cent to the
^ighway department.
Ways of working out the old adage,
A fool and his money soon part”,
are becoming more numerous all the
time.
Every dog has his day and the cat
his night, and we poor human beings
try to sleep through it.
What we can’t understand is how
cows put the stoppers in milk bot¬
tles after filling them.
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Bills Defeated
■ Important measures which met de
cat either through actual vote, fail
ure in committees, tabling or failure
to Ket ; n t he calendar, were:
The income tax bills. In the house
their defeat was attributed chiefly
to a spjit in the ranks of the income
^ tax supporters themselves, on faction
'desiring to abolish the ad valorem
tax, while the other did not approve
l this. An attempt tb reach a compro
i m ise and bring another income tax
measure up for further consideration
failed when the rules committee vot
ed to keep it off the calendar.
The $15,000,000 bond issue for the
educational institutions, another pro
posal backed by the governor. This
was a senate bill and was killed
there, never coming before the house.
The highway bond issue plan, which
never came before the house, the bill
being defeated in senate committee.
This was a proposal for $70,000,000
in bonds. Two bills were passed,
I however, which will provide more
money for roads, one being the meas
ure increasing the gasoline tax to 4
cents, a half-cent increase, and the
other the bill to place the gasoline
tax levy on all consumers, including
wholesale purchasers who hitherto !
j have escaped by buying by the tank
'car outside of the state.
The Hughes county proposal, which
would have added to the state its '
1161st county.
Constitutional Convention
The constitutional convention pro-'
! posal, which met double defeat, a
house bill being adversely reported
jby committee and a senate bill meet
mg defeat on the floor of the upper j
house.
The session in the house was fea-'
tured by attacks on the department
of agriculture and its head, Commis
sioner J. J. Brown. The anti-Brown
faction charged that the department
was being used as a “political ma
chine” and, gaining strength as the
session progressed, they scored vie
’ after victory in their fight
tory
; against The climax the department. however, in the |
| defeat in the senate came Saturday of the
distillation test bill, which proposed
to reduce the number of oil inspec
tors operating under the department
from 186 to 6.
The state port bill.
The forestry contract bill, which
proposed to encourage timber crops
by granting favorable taxation rates,
The anti-pistol bill, a proposed
amendment to the constitution to au-,
thorize the legislature to regulate the
character of arms that may be borne,
The bill which sought to repeal the
J tobacco stamp tax, substituting a j 1
j dealers’ tax.
• The search and seizure bill. I
' A measure which sought to abolish
the Tenth District A. & M. schools, !
w j 1 j c j 1 f a ji e d to reach the house floor. |
Local Legislation.
A constitutional amendment to al
j low municipalities their local and legislation, counties to
pass own
i A bill requiring all peace officers
; in the state to wear badges in plain
| v j ew at all times while on duty.
The bill extending terms of the
' and members of the legisla¬
governor
ture to four years.
The measure to prohibit women
from working at night in industries.
A bill to create a series of highway
districts as bodies corporate. This
was twice defeated in the senate.
A bill proposing to increase the le
, gal speed limit for automobiles from
go to 40 miles an hour outside of in _
corporated towns and cities. i
The coal situation looks dark, but
there is no need of getting warmed
up about it until cold weather.
Hairs Catarrh
Medicine will do what w;
claim for it — j
rid your system of Catarrh or Deafnest
caused by Catarrh.
Sold by druggiits for over 40 years
F, T. CHENEY &. CO.. Toledo, Ohb,
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925.
No Reason For Decline
In Cotton Prices
The cotton market has
shown a tendency to go down
price in spite of the fact that
has been a tremendous
all over the cotton belt. The
heat, coupled with the drought,
caused estimates of a large yield
decline very materially, and it
us as being very peculiar that
market should be going down
it should be going up. The govern
ments condition report some two
months ago indicating 14,300,000
has long since been shattered and we
believe that 12,000,000 to 12,500,000
bales is all that can be expected.
There will be a ginners’ report issued
next Monday, which will undoubtedly
show the largest ginning in the his¬
tory of the South. However, cotton
is opening prematurely and three
fourths of the cotton that will be
raised in this section of the South, at
least, will open during the months of
August. Therefore, any decline in the
market resulting from a heavy gin¬
ners’ report should not be taken se¬
riously.
The Chronicle is not writing as an
expert on the market, but we base
our beliefs and opinions upon what
we read and what we hear from cot¬
ton men, and conservative estimates
place the total yield this year at not
over 12,500,000 bales, and some as
low as 12,000,000. Certainly it seems
to us that cotton should bring not
less than 25 cents per pound although
we would not be construed as advis¬
ing any one to hold cotton.
We do not believe that the short¬
age in the cotton crop is yet realized
to anything like its full extent. The
government’s statement some months
ago to the effect that 46,000,000 acres
were planted in cotton this year is
what has caused a large number of
people to figure that there would be
crop of 14,000,000 or more hales.
There are thousands and thousands
of acres of land in the upper portion
of Carolina and Georgia that will not
average a bale to ten acres and 15,
000,000 bales on 46,000,000 acres
would be just about one-third of a
bale to the acre over the belt and no
such average as this will be secured.
We have heard a great deal about
what the Texas crop is going to be
and it is universally conceded that the
Texas crop is going to be short,
However, the most accurate evidence
as to the condition in Texas we have
is from an advertisement appearing
in the Atlanta Constitution of Thurs
day from M. II. Thomas and Corn
pany of Dallas, and the following is
a copy of it.
“Texas comprises one-third of the
cotton acreage of the entire cotton
belt. The past year seventy-five per
cent of Texas has had the worst
drouth of its history. The unusual
ly high temperature during the past
ten days has very materially reduced
the possibilities of over eighty per
cent of the state. We do not believe
that Texas will produce three million
bales of spinnable cotton. Fifty per
cent of Texas cotton has premature
ly opened with very short fiber. In
our forty years of business we never
have seen the world so universally
bearish. They expect a bearish bu
reau Monday which will enable them
to buy cotton on quick decline. Much
damage has been done since the bu
reau was made up and damage is
going on in some part of every state,
We advise ail mills to buy cotton re¬
gardless of the bureau. There will
be a demand for more cotton than
we produce.—M. H. THOMAS & CO.,
Dallas, Texas.
We have an idea that Thomas and
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
Why pay rent when you can buy
a home and pay for it like pay¬
ing rent, by the week or month.
One small payment cash.
1 have houses on the following
streets for sale:
2 houses and lots on Everett
Square.
4 houses and lots on Knoxville st.
2 houses and lots on Persons st.
2 houses and lots on N. Macon st.
1 house and lot on Green st.
4 houses and lots on Fairground st.
3 houses and lots in Oakland
Heights.
1 house and lot on East Main st.
3 vacant losts in Oakland Heights.
6 good farms near town.
I also have several houses and
lots in the colored sections of town
for sale.
If you have any property you
want to sell list it with me and I
will find you a buyer.
M. L. SHEATS
FOLKS YOU CAN DEPEND ON
Aren’t they a joy?
You know the kind we
folks you ean put your faith in
know, every time, that they
disappoint you.
There are plenty of the other
-more’s the pity. They are ready
promise anything, and often their
.
tentions are as good as
They will take a trip with you.
will help you put over an
dea i They can be counted on to
a certa ; n thing by a certain
They will make certain arrangements
to meet certain contingencies, and
forth and so on.
You feel that the matter,
ever it may happen to be, is settled.
You make your plans without mis¬
givings. You put yourself to a good
deal of trouble and maybe spend con
siderable money.
And at the last minute you find
that you have been leaning on a reed.
The fellow who was ready with fair
promises—whom you didn’t have to
beg or plead with—falls down ig
nominiously. He has a whole bagful
of excuses, and lie’s sorry to disap¬
point you, but he does it, just the
same. And the next time you meet
him he makes you think of a frosty
morning in late autumn. Yes, you
know the breed, don’t you ?
But it was of the folks you can
depend on that we were speaking.
The true-blue kind. The folks who
consider a promise sacred. The fel
lows who do not make promises as
a child blows bubbles, but who are
ready to put themselves to a good
deal of trouble in order to render a
service. And who, when they make
you a promise, can be counted on
without a single misgiving, with nev
er a hint of doubt about the promise
being kept.
Folks you can depend on!
Happily, there are a good many of
their breed, too, in the world, and
they keep lots of struggling mortals
from losing their faith in human na
ture.-—Albany Herald.
It may be all right to forgive your
enemies, but don’t neglect to impress
upon them the fact that it would not
be healthful to pull the same trick
again.
Grown people are blamed for the
way young folks act. Perhaps the
children had better teach them how
to act _
Company know what they are talking
about and it seems to us that the
farmers of the South have every rea
son to look forward to a better price
for cotton than now obtains. Certain
ly cotton under boll weevil conditions
should bring 25 cents per pound or
better. With the hazard that goes into
the making of cotton since the boll
weevil came, farmers in this section
of the South will be reluctant to
plant this crop with the prospect of
securing less.—Augusta Chronicle.
u MISS FORT VALLEY
AT NIAGARA FALLS!
There, she will spend the day; she will see the Canadian and American Falls, the
Whirlpool, the Rapids, and leaving, ivill have a ride on the Scenic Gorge Route,
sail down the Niagara river, across Lake Ontario to Toronto, Canada.
“Miss Fort Valley” ivill visit, on her Wonderful Two Weeks Tour - New York,
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Washington, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Savannah, and 1
other points. She ivill have the trip of her lifetime with all expenses paid. YOU
CAN TAKE THIS TOUR.
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Filling Station
Franklin Theatre Singletary’s Cash Market
Copeland’s Pharmacy II y
and Tea Room Fort Valley Motor Co. Georgia Agricultural Works
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You Can't Enjoy Life
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With Poor Sight!
j W ALKING, TALKING, writing or reading—hardly a movement
is made without involving the eyes.
If your eyes are weak you cannot grasp the full printed mean¬
ing—the type blurs. You cannot enjoy nature if you cannot see it
clearly, You cannot write intelligently if you are unable to read
what is written. Poor eyes limit your activities.
But why should they?
When a minute or two is all you need for an examination—
correct glasses will do the rest.
N. HAUSER
Jeweler and Optician
FORT VALLEY, GA.
SOUTH GEORGIA
MARKETED IN
Baxley, Ga.—The South
truck driver is feeding the
| truckgrower this summer with
products of the poultry yards,
dens and fields of this section,
j When the Delaware and
| truckers first began to haul
stuffs b Y truck to big city
widening their outlets and cutting
transportation costs, the isolated
farmers of South Georgia did not
dream that the day would soon come
when produce buyers would come to
I their gates and buy foodstuffs to be
hauled several hundred miles by
truck to feed Florida cities that were
then little more than large towns.
Truck operators in Appling
can load up in the late afternoon and
i by early morning be far down in
Florida in the territory where pro¬
duction has ceased for the season and
the housewife is working the can¬
°P ener overtime. Anything edible
that will stand the long haul is handl
ed at a profit, and the outflow is so
great that local markets are get
ting little from the farms this sum
mer.
| The reaction of tourists to the part
southeast Georgia plays in feeding
Florida is causing the Appling Coun-
1 ty Chamber of Commerce to erect at
the P> ne y Bluff crossing of the Alta
,
’ maha river, where more than 200 cars
cross daily in the rush season, the
largest billboard in this section with
this wording: “This was Florida.
Spain claimed to this bank of the
r ' ver years ago. It is now Ap
P>>ng county, Georgia; climaticially
! similar to 65 per cent of Florida; ag
j ' riciturally Florida. Buy superior farm to 75 here per and cent feed of
a
Florida eight months of the year.
j general The land farming; is better and live cheaper stock, dairy for
for
aad poultry farming; for pecan, sat
( suma, Jap persimmon, fig, blueberry
and pear orchards; for grape vine¬
yards, for bright tobacco, cotton,
corn, cane, potatoes and all staple
crops.
This sign is frankly designed to
flag the southbound Florida traffic
and make prospectors that Florida'
has shaken loose from their northern ,
moorings pay close attention to the
territory between the Altamaha and j
St. Marys rivers. It will be backed up j
by the “green streak” campaign of j
the same organization which will re-1
in a green crop all winter on i
all the roa dside fields through the
co untry abuting on the touring routes.
Many farmers who have been im
pressed with the importance of dress
i ing up the county’s show windows,
their roadside fields, will also , set
Satsuma oranges and Jap persim
mons on their road frontages this
winter.
Observe carefully what pleases or
displeases you in others and be per¬
suaded that, generally speaking, the
same things will please or displease
them in you.
More taxes go for war than for Most men who imagine they are
any other purpose, and still no army, very busy could double their output
navy or air fleet is powerful enough without causing any great comment.
to annihilate an idea. T, 20, 1925.
Political uncertainty and pessimis¬ Take out all the screens and tell
tic predictions can not hurt business the ice man not to leave ice for a
unless business allows them to. week. You’ll get the same kick out
of it as you would going camping.
Means of removing the bark from
dogs is proposed, which would seem
useless since barking dogs never bite,
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