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DOINGS OVER GEORGIA The State at Large A weekly letter of news and comment exclusively to members of Georgia Newspaper Alliance. By JOHN W. HAMMOND Staff Writer, Georgia Newspaper Alliance Just a pargraph about this column. One editor friend expressed the opin ion that it was partisan. Not one line will ever be writen in the column of an intentional partisan nature When the news reflects something commendatory or informative of some particular person, it is written in that vein only. The reader is entitled to interesting information and it will be given. There is no purpose at any time to boost a friend or decry an enemy. Another expression of opinion has been that the column will be all right “if it doesn’t drift into propa ganda.” Here’s the answer: The writer doesn’t handle propaganda for anybody. If any matter believed to be of interest or information to the general reading public can be found it is offered for print as in formation. Such matter is written free, and if it comes in the category of “tainted publicity” there isn’t money enough to buy one line in this column or in the news column of any Georgia Newspaper Alliance newspaper, for that matter. When ever comment may be made on any news item included in the column, such comment is sincere and has no purpose of forming your conclusions for you. That’s your business and your individual right, exclusively. Form your own conclusions. * * * HIGHWAY CONTROVERSY— Settlement, for the time being at least, of the highway controversy by a verdict of the trial jury in Supe rior Court at Buchanan, which held Chairman J. J. Mangham is legally entitled to his seat, will probably find its way into the Supreme Court on appeal. If so there is reason to doubt the question involved—wheth er or not Captain Barnett has any legal title to that seat—will ever be finally adjudicated by the higher tribunal. The appeal probably would not reach the Supreme Court before October. Cases of that nature are seldom if ever decided within 90 days, and the Barnett term expires, under terms of the Act creating the Highway Board, the last of Decem ber. There is, therefore, the higri chance by the time the higher court could pass upon an appeal the con. troversy would become a moot ques tion. In the meantime, there had not, at this writing, been any further development in respect to the $lO,- 000,000 federal road fund being) released to the present Georgia au-| thorities. That matter, though, is ' most likely going to untangle itself about the time this is printed. The money belongs to the state of Geor gia, not to the federal government, and while there is a matter of prin ciple involved—whether this state should be treated as all the other states are treated—at the same time distribution of that fund is very much desired by the 75 per cent of counties in which it must be spent. There is still good ground to be lieve it will be forthcoming very shortly now. • * • PUBLIC HEALTH IN GEORGIA— Not only has the death rate in Georgia decreased but the births have increased as well, this state recently having won the distinction of be ing the only state in the union showing any gain in its annual birth rate. Echols county, by the way, had the honor in 1932 of having both the lowest death rate, 4 per 1,000 population, and the highest birth rate, 10.9 per 1,000 popu’ation. These and other significant facts were revealed in an interview with Robert F. Maddox following his elec tion as chairman of the newly or-; ganized Georgia State Board ofi Health, and in reports by Dr. T. F. 1 Abercrombie, state commissioner of health. j In 1932 there were 1,037 fewer deaths in Georgia than in 1931. 1 Mr. Maddox pointed to the large decrease in deaths from typhoid fe- i ver as remarkable and predicted still further decrease as the result of the use of vaccines. Typhoid fever deaths showed a decrease in 1932 . of 30 per cent from 1931. j The election of Mr. Maddox as ■ chairman of the State Board of ; Health when the new board was or ganized last week placed him in this : position for the second time in a long career of public service. He Cotton Administration Urged on President Roosevelt (By Georgia Newspaper Alliance) Atlanta, Ga.—Southern senators and representatives in Congress, disappointed with the failure of cot ton to maintain a price level in keeping with the aims of the na tional recovery program, will meet with President Roosevelt during the week to urge upon him the necessity 1 for reorganization of the agricul tural adjustment bureau. One of the most emphatic requests will be that the President designate i some outstanding figure in the South to act as administrator. They state that this man should be either a leader in the cotton textile indus ry or some well known business man enjoying the full confidence of the cotton belt and a man able to cope with the many problems which the South’s chief agricultural problem now faces. Many have expressed the opinion that Cully Cobb, of Atlanta, cotton representative in the agricultural ad justment administration, is not clothed with sufficient authority to be of the maximum assistance to the industry. was chairman of the old board at the time it was abolished and had been for years. He and R. C. Ellis, well known business and profession al leader of Americus, are the only laymen on the board, all other mem bers being dentists, doctors or drug gists. Mr. Maddox, who is past president of the American Bankers Associa tion, two weeks ago was elected chairman of the board of the First National Bank. He is chairman of the NRA drive in Atlanta and has long been a leader in public welfare endeavors. The report submitted to the new board by Dr. Abercrombie drew the praise of the new chairman. Among other things gratifying decrease ini malaria cases is shown. This is at tributed to a large extent to the fact that in two years (1931 and ’32) over 1,000 miles of drainage ditches were dug and 760 ponds covering 13,737 acres were drained. The fact that dentists and pharma cists, in addition to medical doctors, are now members of the board, brought from Mr. Maddox the pre diction that the board “will render increasingly valuable services to the people of Georgia in promoting bet ter health conditions and thereby greatly improve the happiness of our people and the economic wel fare of our state.” Members of the new board, in ad dition to Mr. Maddox and Mr. Ellis, are as follows: L. C. Allen, Hosch ton; C. K. Sharp, Arlington; M. M. McCord, Rome; T. C. Marshall, At lanta; Claude Rountree, Thomas iville; M. H. Yarn, Atlanta; R. F. Sullivan, Savannah; M. M. Head, Zebulon; W. A. Mulherin, Augusta; H. W. Clements, Adel; C. T. Thomp son, Millen, and A. R. Rozar, Macon. * * * WATCH FOR “SCREW WORM”— Dr. J. M. Sutton, the state veteri narian, is sending out a warning to live stock producers to be guarded in efforts to check a spread of what is known as “screw worm,” which he says has been causing some heavy losses. He advises immediate disposal, either by burning or burial, of all carcasses without delay. When any animal is found with an abrasion or cut the wound should be imme diately be treated with some form of fly repellent. ♦ » * RELIEF FOR ELECTRICITY USERS— Beginning with September 1, do mestic and commercial users of elec tric current started to get a part of the relief they have been looking for. Under an act of Congress the three per cent electricity tax which has heretofore been passed on to the consumer in his bill is now, by pro vision of law, to be paid by the elec tric companies. In this state, it is estimated, that will take $275,000 of the cost from off the shoulders of the consumers. The new Public Service Commission has issued a rule nisi to all electric generating companies to show cause the first part of November why other charges should not be reduced, and there is going to be a very gen eral interest in watching what the utilities’ answer to this rule will be. When it is heard a prime feature of the matter is going to be how far and how the state commission is going into that problem of fixing valuations on all these companies. Since the so-called “service charge” was done away with by the old com mission, the matter of utility valua tions has become the chief bone of contention. EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA WANT TO WIN SI,OOO A YEAR FOR LIFE? 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The contest, as it will be outlined in next Sunday’s American is one of the simplest ever conducted by a newspaper and the easiest to enter. No subscriptions will be required in order to qualify for a prize, no puz zles to work, word lists to build or anything else tedious or troublesome. . If you want to win SI,OOO a year for life, with all the possibilities of travel, education, pleasure, security from worry or unemployment that such an assured income will give, just see next Sunday’s Atlanta American for full information about the con test.—Advt. The Georgia Public Service Com mission has ordered a probe into the power rates of Georgia. Hearing is set for November 7th. TAX LEVY FOR 1933. GEORGIA—EarIy County: By C. L. Cook, J. P. Hudspeth, C. E. Martin, C. A. Tiner and T. G. Harvey, Jr., Board of County Com missioners of said county, sitting for county purposes: Ordered that TEN (10) MILLS on the dollar of the taxable property of said county, as shown by the digest for the year 1933, be, and the same is hereby levied, and is to be col lected by the Tax Commissioner of said county for the following pur poses, to-wit: 1. Three (3) mills on the dollar to pay the legal indebtedness due, past due or to become due during the year 1933. 2. Two (2) mills on the dollar for public buildings and bridges, repairs thereto, and other public improve ments. 3. One mill on the dollar to pay sheriffs and jailors such fees as may be due according to law. 4. One-half (.50) mill on the dol lar to pay the per diem compensation' of jurors. 5. One-fourth (.25) mill on the) dollar to pay bailiffs, non-resident i witnesses in criminal cases, fuel, > servant’s hire, stationery and all [ court expenses. 6. One-fourth (.25) of a mill on the dollar to pay the salary of the | judge of the City Court of Blakely. 7. One-half (.50) mill on the dol lar to pay for the support of the poor. 8. Two and one-half (2.50) mills on the dollar to meet the expense of the county in maintaining, repairing and opening up the public roads of the county. In addition to the above and foregoing tax, upon the recommen dation of the Board of Education of said county, there is levied upon all of the taxable property in said count” except that located within the corporate limits of the city of Blakely, a tax of five (5) mills on the dollar for the purpose of main taining the public schools of said county. There is also levied on all of the property in each of the following named school districts of said coun ty, for the •'uroose of supplementing the funds received from the state public school fund allotted to the public schools of said named dis tricts, and for the payment of the bonded indebtedness of said named school districts, the levy in each instance being made upon the rec ommendation of the school trustees of the respective districts, the num ber of mills on the dollar stated op posite the names of the respective school districts hereinafter specified, to-wit: Name of No. Mills No. Mills School on Dollar on Dollar for District for Mainte- Bonded In- tenance debtedness Jakin 4 5 Colomokee 2 6 Liberty Hill 3 5 Rowena 3 7 New Hope 3 7 Rock Hill 3 7 Springfield 2.50 8.50 Damascus 4 6 Union 2 8 Arlington 4 5 Cedar Springs 4 The above and foregoing done in a session held for county purposes, I this sth day of September, 1933. C. L. COOK, C. A. TINER, T. G. HARVEY, JR.. J. P. HUDSPETH, C. E. MARTIN. Board of County Commissioners ; of Early County. Brevities in The News Odds and Ends Found Here and There Atlanta, Ga.—John R. Brice, grand old man of Gainesville, Confederate veteran and for three score years a member of the Gainesville city council, celebrated his 92nd birth day last Friday. . . . Governor Tal madge states the cotton sale ban be ing attempted in North and South Carolina wouldn’t have worked in Georgia because Georgia’s crop isn’t large enough to give the buyers much worry. . . . Bishop Warren A. Candler of the Methodist Episcopal church will automatically be retired at the general conference of the church at Jackson, Miss., in October. . . . During August, 40 people met death in Georgia in automobile acci dents. . . . Twenty-two alleged par ticipants were arrested in a raid on an Atlanta pool room where a spin ning roulette wheel was said to be the center of attraction. . . . Farm ers of Pickens and Dawson counties are complaining that deer are so plentiful in that section that they are destroying the crops. . . . Col quitt farmers, with their tobacco crop out of the way, are rushing their cotton harvest. . . Liberty Bap tist church, Gainesville, will cele brate its 100 th anniversary next Sunday. . . . The thud of the pigskin is heard on the athletic fields of Georgia’s colleges this week. . . Up on advice of the chief of police, R. L. Asbell, Atlanta merchant, got a watchdog to guard his store. Now he is buying a burglar alarm. Burg lars entered his store, carried off practically all of his stock —and the bulldog. . . . Because only 4,000 of Atlanta’s 35,000 dogs have been in-; oculated this year, and as cases of ■ rabies have increased 25 per cent over the state, Atlanta club ■women are urging all dog owners to have their pets inoculated. . . . Atlanta policeman Charlie Hajors has asked city council to buy him a new shirt to replace the one an unruly Negro slashed off his back when he at tempted to arrest him. Carol Lombard and Randolph Scott in “SUPERNATURAL,” is the attraction at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Friday. WSB, radio broadcasting station of; the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga., will become a 50,000-watt station next Saturday. The National Broad casting Co. will give a nation wide christening program. Annual Fall Bargain Oller The Macon Telegraph Daily and Sunday—For One Full Year S4-4’ (By Mail Only) or Three Yearly Subscriptions, New or Renewal, only $12.00. This Special Rate and Special Club Offer Expires November 25, 1933. Subscribe or Organize a Club Today As we reserve the right to withdraw this offer any time before Novem ber 25, 1933. Send your subscription today! SUBSCRIPTION BLANK The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Enclosed find $4.49 for which enter my subscription to The Macon Telegraph, Daily and Sunday, for one full year. Name T own_ Georgia R. F. D. Number Box Number (This Special Rate does not apply outside of Georgia) A severe tropical hurricane bat i tered Havana and northern Cuba Friday, causing many deaths and an immense amount of property j damage. The trial jury at Buchanan, Ga., awarded a verdict saying that Gov ernor Talmadge was in his legal rights in ousting the old highway 1 commissioners. The case will be appealed. The national convention of the young Democrats of America was held in Kansas City last week. The governors of North and South Carolina have declared to-j bacco marketing holidays. The 34th encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars was held in Mil waukee the past week. NOTICE— The public is hereby warned against hunting or trespass ing in any manner on the Wade lands which I have rented. T. H. DAVENPORT. 7-2 t ROOMS FOR RENT— See MISS SALLIE STRICKLAND. CITATION GEORGIA—EarIy County: To all whom it may concern: J. W. Goings, as administrator of the estate of S. T. Goings, deceased, having applied to me by petition for leave to sell the real estate of said deceased, this is to notify the cred itors and kindred that said applica tion will be passed upon at the Oc tober term, 1933, of the court of Ordinary of said county, and that unless cause is shown to the con trary said leave will be granted. This September 4th, 1933. D. C. MORGAN, Ordinary. Use This Laxative made from plants Thedford’s Black-Dbauoht is made from plants that grow in the ground, like the garden vegetables you eat at every meal. NATURE] has put Into these plants an active medicine that stimulates the bowels to act Just as Nature put the ma terials that sustain your body into the vegetable foods you eat. 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