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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 15, 1932.
EUGENE TALM ADGE WANTS
SIXTY-DAY SESSION OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Atlanta, Dec. 8.—Governor-elect!
Eugene Talmadge expresses the hope
that the General Assembly, when it
convenes January 9 for the special
ten-day session provided under the
constitutional amendment ratified in ,
the November election, will remain 1
for the regular session of 60 days ini-.
mediately following.
Mr. Talmadge said the pledges con
tained in the platform adopted at the
state convention this fall should be'
carried into effect at the earliest pos
sible moment. He said the members |
of the General Assembly subscribed
to these pledges in the adoption of
the platform by the democracy of
Georgia, and that it was to be expect- 1
ed that the platform promises would
be carried out without unnecessary
delay.
“Let’s do what we said we would |
and get it over with," he remarked.
He declined to indicate whether any
canvas had been made of the legisla-
tors to find out whether they favored
a continuous 70-day session.
INCREASE HIGHWAY BOARD
MEMBERS TO 10 PROVIDED IX j
PLAN BY SENATOR COURSON
A determined effort will be made to
increase the membership of the State
Highway Board from three to ten in
the forthcoming session of the Geor
gia legislature, it was stated Saturday
by Sewell Courson, of Soperton, mem
ber of the last state senate and joint
author of a measure to increase the
Highway Board that was defeated by
a close margin at the last session.
The bill offered by Senator Courson
and others at the last session was
defeated in the senate highways com
mittee by a vote of 9 to 8, but ap
proved by the house committee, 16 to
11. However, the house bill did not
reach a vote on the floor.
The bill provides that the Highwny
Board shall be made up of ten mem
bers, one from each Congressional
District,appointed by the governor for
a term ot two years and confirmed by
the senate. The chairman would be
elected by the board from its own
membership for a term of two years
and receive a salary of *5,000 and ex
penses. not to exceed $2,000 per an
num. Other members of the board are
•to receive $10 per day for the time
actually put in by them, and actual
traveling expenses .
A successor to the chairman would
bn chosen by the board for the unex
pired term and a successor to a mem
ber of the board would be appointed
by the governor for the unexpired
term.
PRESS INSTITUTE TO DISCUSS
RELATIONSHIP OF PUBLIC
OPINION TO NEWSPAPERS
Free Scholarship in Law School
For Deserving Young Men
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12.—Establish
ment of o2 free scholarships in the
Atianta Law School ioi deserving
farm boys of Georgia, the gilt cl
Hamilton Douglas, jr., Dean of the
institution, nas just been announced
at offices of the school in Atlanta.
There will be one scholarship in each
of the judicial circuits of the state
outside the Atlanta district, according
0 Mr. Douglas.
Judge C. Frank McLaughlin of the
Chattahoochee Circuit, hus been
asked to name the seholarship-holdej
of the Chattahoochee circuit.
While the scholarships are founded
principally for young men, women are
not barred, and will be permitted to
hold them as well as the men. The
cho-,.ce as to who will hold these
scholarships, Mr. Douglas has left en
tirely to the superior court judge of
each circuit. The only reservation he
has made in the award of them is
that they be given to persons that
otherwise would not be financially
able to acquire a legal education.
Each scholarship will be for one
year, the announcement said, but may
be renewed for the second and third
year, if the showing of the scholar
ship holder warrants the judge of the
circuit in reappointing him for the
succeeding year. Satisfactory comple
tion of the course will win for the
graduate a bachelor of laws (LL.B.)
degree and admission to the bar of
Georgia without examination by the
bar examiners.
1 The method of choosing the person
to whom the scholarship will be
award is left to the discretion of
the judge of each circuit, Mr. Doug
las believing that the judge is better
able to discern the qualities -of his
own constituents than he or the fac
ulty in Atlanta.
The first of the scholarship holders
will begin attendance at the beginning
of the 1933-34 term which opens in
October, 1933.
The Atlanta Law School was
founded in 1890 by the father of the
present Dean, Hamilton Douglas, Col.
Hooper Alexander, Col. Blewett Lee
who is now general counsel for the
Illinois Central railroad, and Chas. A
Read, deceased. Many of the leading
lawyers and jurists of Georgia have
been graduated from this institution
in the course of its 42 years.
Its present faculty consists of some
of the outstanding lawyers oi ‘he
state. It includes, besides Mr. Doug
las, Mr. Alexander, Frank A. Hooper
Sr., Hanson Jones, C. C. Smith, Stone
Mountain solicitor general, E. E.
(Shorty) Andrews, W. O. Wilson,
Horace Russell, LeRoy F. Wynne,
Wm. E. Arnaud, R. E. L. Avary,
Chauncey Middlebrooks and Dr. Ran
dolph Smith.
New Chevrolet
to Be Seen Soon
Banker Tells of Labor Put in
by Members of Congress on
Mass of Technical Measures
The relationship of the press to
piiAU: opinion will be tne tneme oi
me hixui annual ucorgiu Cress insti
tute to be held Feb. 7 to 10 in con-
junction witu tne rimory University
min..On.o oi Cituemhip.
‘r ne press institute committee head
ed by managing huitor Marx Ethrjage >
oi tne Macon relegrapn, announced
Thursday tnat the subject and dates
had been approved at a meeting of the
committee Uec. 4.
Raymond B. Nixon, professor of
journalism at Emory, said that some
of America's greatest thinkers on
public affairs—editor, political leaders
and university professors, would take
part in the program. I
Speakers and topics of special in
terest, as far as possible, will be
grouped in the last two days of the
institute to permit editors of weekly
papers in, Georgia to attend by mov
ing their press time up to Wednes
day.
Sub-topics on the program include
“The Need for an Intelligent Leader
ship in Public Affairs,” “The Press
and International Relations,” “The
Press and Public Opinion on Problems
of Municipal, State and National
Government," “The Future of the
Democratic Party,” and “Public Opin
ion and Public Health.”
BIG MAIL ORDER
J'OILEU AT VALDOSTA
Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 8.—Postoffice
authorities believe that a gigantic
mail omer swindle was nipped at Val
dosta Thursday when James Powell,
alias James Howell, alias Jimmie
Harrell, was detained on a federal
•charge of using the mails to defraud.
Advertisements of holiday packages
of pecans at bargain prices by -ne
Meadow Brook ■ Farms, Valdosta,
were recently run in over 300 news
papers of the country and floods of
money orders, cash and checks came
in for packages of the nuts. At the
Bame time a Valdosta bank began
receiving checks from newspapers, as
many as 37 arriving a day, arawn
against an account which did not ex
ist.
The prompt return of the newspa
per checks caused post office inspec
tors to begin work so quickly that no
money orders were cashed and only
.small amounts of cash were delivered
thru the mais. More than two pouches
o mail addressed to the concern are
now held believed to contain in the
aggregate large sums of money.
Powell says that a man named C. A.
Rich employed him to assist in handl
ing the business and that he never
saw Rich before and has not seen him
recently. Officers are working on evi
dence they believe will lead to other
arrests.
The case was handled by post office
inspector R. A. Carlton, of Jackson
ville, who was assisted by Valdosta
■police.
Advertising space to the value of
more than $3,000 was obtained from
newspapers.
CENTRAL PRES. COMPARES
TAXES PAID BY RAILROADS
WITH THAT OF BUS LINES
That the railroads of Georgia paid
400 times as much ad valorem tax as
did the certificated motor common
carriers operating in competition
with them, is the assertion of Presi
dent H. D. Pollard of the Central of
Georgia in an illuminating statement
published elsewhere in this i.:sue of
Chevrolet’s new 1933 models will go
on public display, Saturday, Dec. 17,
it is announced Dy company officials.
Plans call for simultaneous showings
at all tne company's more than 1U,-
000 dealer showroums in the United
States.
For the building up of parts banks,
Chevrolet manufacturing operations
have been, under way since October,
with lull quotas of men now back at
work in the foundry and manufactur
ing plants. First public display of the
new cars will ailu the 36,000 members
of the sales organization to tnose
thousands already employed on the
new line.
Dealer orders for the first consign
ment of 50,000 display cars have al
ready been placed, and many retail
orders have been reported placed
with daalers in all parts of the coun
try, according to H. J. Klingler, vice-
president and general sales manager.
He stated, however, that it was still
too early to attempt an estimate of
total retail orders now on hand, in
asmuch as his company’s policy has
been to receive field reports only at
ten day intervals, and those reports
cover only actual deliveries of cars to
consumers. He said, however, that a
poll of pre-anftouncement buying is
now being taken to determine the vol
ume of orders from retail purchasers,
already on hand.
A large number of dealers have al
ready pre-viewed the new line at the
General Motors proving ground at
Milford, groups from different parts
of the country having been here for a
regular all-day presentation program
presided over by Mr. Klingler daily
for the past ton days. Remaining
dealers will pre-view the cars shortly
at scheduled meetings held at zone
headquarters in key cities throughout
the country.
Interest engendered among thp
dealers by the Fisher “no-draft” ven
tilation, the increased wheelbase and
other new features is resulting in
what appears to be the largest ac
cumulation of pre-announcement or
ders yet experienced by his company,
Kiingler stated.
—
EXAMINATION FOR
POSTMASTERSHIP AT HOWARD
Applications for the position of
fourth class postmaster at Howard,
this county, will be received until Dec.
31st, 1932, by the civil service depart
ment, it was lamed here yesterday.
An examination for the position will
be held dt Columbus at a date to h<>
announced later. The position puy<
$663 a year.
Mat Every Wife Knows
A husband Is easier to live with
when the big mystery to him is how
such n wonderful woman could have
picked him ns a life mate, tnstend ot
why such n wonderful man as he Is
didn't have sense enough to buy a ring
for a woman who could appreciate hei
luck In getting him.—Cincinnati En
qulrer.
O UTLINING legislative procedure,
riobort V. Fleming, President Riggs
National Bonk. Washington D. C., gave
the recent convention of the American
Bankers Association a description of
the difficulties and problems confront
ing tho law-makers. Mr. Fleming sultl
In part:
"The most Important part of organi
zation of the two branches of congress ] the Herald.
Is election of standing committees. Mr. Pollard compares the ad va-
There are 34 standing committees in ■ lorem taxes paid by the railroads of
tho Senate and 46 in the House. These j Georgia w ,;th the advalorem taxes
are the workshops of Congress and the I ... , . „
real work of lawmaking ia done in P aid b ? the certificated motor com-
Committee Rooms. .earners who use the public high-
“The task of legislating for 124.000,- I ways to compete with the railroads
000 people Is a tremendous one. Of re- , for .business. He says:
cent years approximately 20.000 bills | “i n 1931 valorem taxes assessed
are introduced annually In the two . aR . a ; ns t the railroads in the state of
Houces. Only a small percentage bo- |G ja $3,893,313, while those
come law, but they must be weighed m a , \ .
committee, accepted or rejected, per- \ ot certificated motor common carriers
haps amended, reported out, and then 'were only 29,727. The railroads paid
considered on the floor. 1400 times as much ad valorem tax as
"Lawmaking involves about 99% of , their competitors, the trucks and
hard and unspectacular work and busses licensed to do business by the
about 1% of oratory. Few tasks op- Georgia Public Service Commission.
pear , C "' Moreover, the railroads use their own
actment of sound and satisfactory leg- < , , ’ ,, , , . ,
lslatton. F6w Individuals In any line n ffht-of-wjy, roadbed and tracks,
of activity work harder or longer hours . while the trucks and busses use tho
than the chairmen of the important public highways to carry on their
committees during a session, l have business.
great sympathy for the members of j Mr . p 0 n ar d points out that while in
Congress whose constituents expert addition to ad valorem taxes, the
undlv ded attention to every piece of , , , , . , . ’ .
legislation In which they may be inter- t / ucks u , nd busses °P erated for bll '°
Gsted. From my personal observation, ”° P a y license or tag taxes, mileage
they earnestly and conscientiously en- { and gasoline tax, that the tag and
deavor to do all that is humanly pos- gasoline tax are also paid by all mo-
s'ble. tor vehicles, including the private au-
Publlc Hearings tomobiles who make up the great ma-
"When a bill Is Introduced, referred to j or j ty 0 f motor vehicles,
committee and printed, the next step, | Commenting upon the disparity be-
if it is a measure of considerable im- ' ,f . -
portance, la to conduct a public hear- tw f n he ad y a, ? rem taxe . s of , tbe
ing. The committee makes an effort to : railroads and their competitors, Mr.
listen to anyone who cares to be heard Pollard cites the figures paid in Tay-
either for or against a measure, al- lor county in 1931. In that year':
though witnesses are frequently limit- j The railroads paid $4,733.03 in
ed as to time. Members of the Cabinet co ,nity taxes while trucks and busses
f. nd paid nothing; to our county school
tive departments of the Government - . ,, . .
usually testify on measures in which funds railroad taxes contributed $3,-
they are interested and furnish the 591.06, the trucks and busres nothing:
committee Information in executive . to the towns of our county the rail-
session or otherwise. In this way the road taxes contributed $244.46, trucks
Administration takes a prominent part and busses nothing; while state taxes
In shaping legislation. I in this county were $1,677.68 for the
“Due to pressure of work and the 1 , , _ ... M . , ,
fact that it Is impossible for members '.railroads and nothing for trucks and
of Congress to be technical experts on .busses, or*a total of $10,146.23 for
every subject of legislation, the coin- |the railroads as against |nothinp
whatever paid by the trucks and
busses,
mittees are inclined to give considera
tion to the merits of arguments pre
sented In testimony and the recoin- __________
mendatlons of the Cabinet und other GEORGIA BOYS NAMED
officials. It is therefore highly desir
able, both from the standpoint of Cop-
gress as well as those affected by pro
posed legislation, that the latter have
an opportunity to dlscuea frankly the
effects ot such legislation.
“We sometimes complain abolit the
.technicalities at: legislation, but!>yhen
we observe organized minorities oil
AS CANDIDATE FOR
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
Atlanta, Dec. 10.—Paul F. Brown,
Jr., of Atlanta, student at Davidson
college, N. C., and Hugh M. Dorsey,
Jr., of Atlanta, student at Emory uni
versity, Ga., were selected Friday as
. ... , . , . , i candidates from Georgia for Rhodes
deavorlng to force class legiatatloo scholarships. The district selection
through one House it Is a comfort to will be made later,
know such measures may be caught in | The two youths were selected from
the meshes of technical procedure in among 12 who were given individual
the other and there suffer wliat is interviews Friday by the state selec-
termed automatic asphyxiation.”' w tion committee. Nineteen Georgia
I boys have made application to the ex
amining committee.
METTER DOCTOR’S WIFE
KILLED BY TRAIN
Metter, Ga., Dep. 10.—Called-to the
scene an informed that a Central of
Georgia train had just killed a per
son, helping to drag out the decapi
tated and badly mangled body from
under the wheels of the train, only to
discover that the body was that of his
wife, was the tragic experience at
Metter of Dr. R. L. Kennedy.
Mrs. Kennedy was driving her se
dan automobile home around 6 o’clock
Friday. She was passing over a street
grade crossing in Metter when the
Duiblin-to-Dover train traveling about
45 miles per hour, crashed into her
car. The doors of the automobile were
tom off and her body pitched head
long under the wheels of the coaches.
Every car, except the last one on the
train, passed over her.
Dr. Kennedy was quickly notified
and ran to.the scene to lend assist
ance. When her head was recovered
it was then he discovered the victim
was- his wife.
Mrs. Kennedy, 26 years old, was a
popular resident of Metter and her
death has caused a shock in that com
munity. She was formerly Miss Mary
Mathis of Sandercville.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Reduced
Round Trip Fares
For
Christmas and New Year
Holidays
Throughtout the Southeast
Via
ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM AND
COAST RAILROAD
See Ticket Agent for
details
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
To All Whom It May Concern;
O. S. Cox having applied
to me for Permanent Letters of Ad
ministration upon the estate of Mns.
M.P. Williams, late of said county,de
ceased, this is to cite all and singular
the next of kin and creditors of the
said deceased, that said application
will be heard be.'ore me at tne regu
lar January term, 1933, of Court of
Ordinary of Taylor County.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature this 7th day of December,
1932.
L. T. PEED, Ordinary.
FOR DISMISSION
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Ernest Cleveland, administrator of
estate of William C. Cleveland
deceased, represents to the Court
in his petition duly filed and
entered on record, that he has
fully administered said estate. This is
therefore, to cite all persons concern
ed kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can why said ad
ministrator should not be discharged
from his administration and receive
letters of dismission on the first
Monday in Jnm'arv 193,3.
L. T. PEED, Ordinary.
Birds Not Related
In spite of their similarity In appeal'
once and habits, the night-hawk and
the whippoorwill are two distinct spe
cies of birds. The night-hawk, Chor-
defies vlrginlanus, lias no call and
appears chiefly at sunset, while the
whippoorwill, Antrostomus vociferous,
whose peculiar call Is so well known,
likes to flv lifter dusk
^ DON’T
Get up
At Night
It you are one ot the million* who muit
get up several times a night, your trouble
is probably due to an irritation ot the blad
der. Just try taking Gold Medal Haarlem
Oil Capsules. During 237 years this fine,
old preparation has helped millions. Why
not you? Insist on gulp uhual. 86c & 76c.
GOLD MEDAL
HAARLEM OIL CAPSULES
Timber Lease Wanted
Will pay liberal price for lease on all long-
leaf pines in Taylor county suitable for and to be
operated tor turpentine purpose. Apply to J. S
Green, Butler, Ga.
Butler Naval Stores Co.
The Truth About Railroad and Truch-Bus Taxes
CENTRAL
GEORGIA
In 11931 the "ad valorem" taxes assessed against the
railroads in the State of Georgia Were $3,893,313, while those
■of sertificat motor common carriers were only $9,727. The
railroads paid 400 times as much ad valorem tax as their com
petitors, the trucks and busses licensed to do business by the
Georgia Puplic Service Commission. Moreover, the railroads
use their own right-of-way, roadbed and tracks, while the
trucks and buses use the public highways to carry on their
business.
In addition to ad valorem taxes, trucks and busses ope
rated for hire pay license or tag taxes, mileage and gasoline
tax. Tag and gasoline taxes are of course paid by all motor
vehicles, including the private automobile. But the tax con
tributions of trucks and busses fall far short of covering total
highway expenditures. Indeed all motor vehicles combined
(private vehicles included) contribute only about one-third of
the total annual cost of the highways !n the United States, ex
clusive of city streets. The remainder falls upon property
owners and other taxpayers, directly or through bond issues.
The disparity between the ad valorem taxes of the rail
roads and of their competitors, the certificated busses and
trucks, is illustrated by Taylor county, where in 1931 the total
paid by the railroads was $10,146.23, by the trucks and
busses nothing.
Those payments were divided as follows:
County Cities
State County Schools & Town
Railroads ... $1,577.68 $4,733.03 $3,591.06 $244.46
Trucks & Buses 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
H. D. POLLARD.
President and General Manager.
Savannah, Ga., December 13, 1932.
ALL, ABOARD
for a MerryCChristmas
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
To AH Points on
Central of Georgia Railway
And points on other lines.
ONE FARE plus 25c for round trip
Dec. 23 to 26, inc. Return Limit Dec. 27, 1933.
Dec. 30-31, Jan. 1-2. Return Limit Jan. 3, 1932
ONE FARE plus 1-3 for round trip.
Dec. 14 to 25, inc. Return Limit Jan. 9, 1933
Children Half Fare. Baggage Checked.
Stop Overs Permitted.
Reduced Round Trip Pullman Rates.
Ask Ticket Agent or Representative for total fares
Pullman reservations, schedules, etc.
Central of Georgia Railway