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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. — m NORMAN INSTITUTE A Grammar School. High School on SOUTHERN ACCREDITED list. Two years College. Business College, AU Specials, Supervised Study, No Loafing, Girls Chap¬ eroned. All Conveniences, $28.00 per month or $84.00 per term. SUMMER SCHOOL JULY 27th. Fall term September 7th.-—Write for catalog. L. H. BROWNING, President, Norman Park, Georgia S 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, Q 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. 'GET VOTES BY DEALING WITH THESE FIRMS ■ E I Adams Tire, Battery & Mrs. M. T. Wise Georgia Grocery aiul 1 Filling Station Franklin Theatre Singletary’s Cash Market Copeland’s Pharmacy II y and Tea Room Fort Valley Motor Co. Georgia Agricultural Works I st i -SSS sr- >*' IK , i rs" Vi A W $ /i V/ k ^ ■ W mb ■X t v ‘v < I it Jk 2? & / - | ! You Can't Enjoy Life ' 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. 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