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Adams Answers Another Card
Written by A. S. Hardy for
Ernest Palmour.
As to one piece of “constructive
legislation” enacted by myself dur
ing my term of service, I beg to re
fer Mr. Palmour and Mr. Hardy to
House bill 327 passed by the House
and Senate on yesterday. This bill
passed by the House and Senate and
voted for by Palmour, passed the
Senate on yesterday by a vote of 30
for the bill and six against it and
means the expenditure of millions of
dollars in Hall County within the
next few months. Now deny these
facts, you little angels.
PLEASE NOW POINT TO ONE
THING DONE BY ERNEST PAL
MOUR.
It the bills as introduced and
pas-ed by myself in the Legislature
are had or “foolish,” why don’t you
publish some of them, so the people
can read?
Yes, atone time I thought 1 would
not run for the Senate. I dislike
to have to pepper anybody as I
have had to pepper Ernest Palmour
in this race for the Senate, but he
let Albert Hardy drag him into it
and now he must take his medicine.
I knew just what would happen if I
remained in the race. I knew Al
bert Hardy would take up the tight
and I knew what that meant. When
I was a boy and slipped off with
other boys to my father’s fish-pond
to go in washing, more than once do
I remember that conditions arose
which compelled me to get out of
the pond instantly. Now I hope
this expiaines this point. I believe
I owed it to myself to make the race
for the Senate and not be bluffed
ami bulldozed by A. S. Hardy.
Yes, it has been impossible for
me to vote on every measure pro
proposed by the Legislature. 1 have
been compelled to remain in the
Senate for a whole day at the time,
trying to pass my bills. I have been
compelled to come home and get
petitions signed in order to make
my colleagues keep their hands off
my bills, when they had the refer
endum clause attached. A legislator
who is active is compelled to leave
his seat, and with the load I have
to carry, 1 don’t see how I have
ever gotten a bill passed of any kind.
Did you ever try to (tarry a dead
man?
EVERY MAN in HALLCOUNTY
KNOWS ERNEST PALMOUR was
SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE to
OPPOSE MY BILLS. AND FOR
NO OTHER PURPOSE, AND HE
HAS ( ARRI ED OUT HIS IN
STRUCTIONS. HE WAS IN
DUCED TO RUN EOR THE LEG
ISLATURE BY THE MAN WHO
WANTED TO DEFEAT EVERY
EFFORT 1 MADE.
I WILL GIVE MR. PALMOUR a
NE W HAT 1 F H E WI L L ME ET
ME AT THE COURT HOUSE and
DISCUSS the ISSUES AS brought
OUT IN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR
THE SENATE, PUT THE HAT
AT THE PLACE WHERE HE
CLERKS. AND GIVE HIM THE
OPENING AND CONCLUSION.
NOW WE WILL SEE HOW
RIGHTEOUS IS HIS CAUSE.
Why don’t Palmour and Hardy
tell the people of one piece of im
portant legislation that I failed to
vote on? Don't you know if they
could do so, they would? Why don’t
thev tell you that Adams has voted
tor every prohibition measure ever
brought in tin* House for the last six
years? Why don’t they tell you that
Adams passed a bill to prohibit the
sale of “Near Beer’’ in Hall County
the first thing he did when he went
to the legislature? Why don’t they
tell you that Adams, by his legisla
tion, dias put Hall County on her
feet financially and by it caused
good roads to be built, good officers
to be chosen, and caused Hall county
to blossom and bloom like a rose?
Why. “Little Albert” can ride all
over Hall county in a day in his
new automobile now and electioneer
for “Little Joe.” Ain’t that sweet?
Ask S. B. Carter if Adams is a
vote dodger. He gave me a clean
deal in the legislature while serving
with me. We introduced bills to
gether. We passed bills together.
We worked together and agreed
about things. We did not work to
gether like a yoke of oxen. There
was no understanding of this sort
when we were elected. We voted
together on every bill, so far as I
know, and I voted first.
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS 1
HAVE HAD to FIGHTfor EVERY
INCH of GROUND in the HOUSE.
EVERY LOCAL BILL 1 HAVE
OFFERED HAS BEEN OPPOSED
IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE I
SENATE, by BOTH PALMOUR |
AND CHRISTOPHER. THEY;
DARE NOT DEN Y THIS. THEY
HAVE CARRIED HARDY AND
S. C. DUNLAP. SR.. TO ATLAN-i
TA MORE THAN ONCE I’o
FIGHT MY BILLS. AND HARDY
HAS BEE N W RITI NG L ETTERS 1
AND KEEPING the WIRES HOT
AT THIS SESSION.
My temperance record is again
referred to by Hardy for Palmour.
This is pathetic. Hardy writes the
cards for Ernest and Ernest has to
take the consequences. I ask Mr.
Palmour this question: Do you be
long to a LOCKER CLUB in Atlan
ta? If you state that you do, how
much did it cost you to join? Tell
the people whether or not you have
been in a LOCKER CLUB in At
lanta during this session, and how
often? I am the Chairman of the
Temperance Committee and have
never had a chance to vote on any
measure before it for consideration
by virtue of my’ position. I had
nothing to do with the defeat of the
Webb bill, and you know it.
My record as to the old soldiers
is all right. I was the only’ member
of the committee at this session who
voted to recommend the bill to pay
each of them $100.1)0 pension, regard
less of what amount of property
they’ had or returned for taxes.
I do not deny any vote ever cast
by me. I made mistakes, of course.
I have never claimed to be perfect,
but I do claim that I have been ac
tive. lam not a dead man.
I must admit that Palmour has
been in his seat during the two ses
sions of the House attended by’ him.
He has kept the leather upon which
he sat very hot. He has never
opened his mouth, he had no bills to
look after, he passed no bills, he
made no speeches on the floor of the
House, he did not address the
Speaker on any subject, he never
explained a vote, he never moved
the Previous Question, he never
moved that the Houst adjourn, he
never presided for the Speaker over
the deliberations of the House, and
over 1000 bills had been introduced
and I was hammering on him for
his do-nothing policy before he ever
introduced a bill. I am going to
frame the bill introduced by’ him
if it breaks the plan of salvation.
’’Dude” Palmour, “poor fellow.”
was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth and never had to work or
hustle, won’t even write his letters to
the people of his county. "Little
Albert” writes his letters, signs his
name and enters up the charges.
Won’t Ernest be suprised when he
gets back from Atlanta to-day and
sees The Gainesville news? Earnest
has been faithful over a few things,
for Albert would make him. ruler
over many things.
Ernest Palmour, through Hardy,
criticizes the working of a bill with
reference to taking judgments at the
first term of Hall City Court. Now,
a young lawyer that 1 have helped
feed since he was admitted, gave
Hardy this point, knowing that it
was not my fault the typographical
error appeared in the wording of the
bill when it was published. Ernest
Palmour is getting rather technical
on myjdlls. 1 will not be suprised
to see him goback to practicing law.
I really wonder why he ever quit.
I will not get him to assist me, how
ever, if in the future 1 I might wish to
draw a bill.
Ernest Palmour says the people
know how he stands on every ques
tion, and I want to ask how they
know it. He has never had a plat
form. The people would have to go
to Albert Hardy to ascertain how
he stands on any question, and I
dare him to deny it.
Very respectfully,
adv .1.0. ADAMS.
“The Perils of Pauline,’’
Series No. Id, will be shown at The
Alamo tomorrow.
Letters Uncalled For.
Remaining on hand in the Gaines
ville post-ottice for the week ended
August 10. 1914:
LA DIES:
Miss Nan J. Caldwell, Mrs. Lizzie
Cleveland, Miss Julia Davidson (2),
Miss Ella Gossett, Mrs. Mondie
Giten, Miss Louise McKnight, Miss
Minnie Ramsey, Miss Annie Smith,
Miss Susie Self. Miss Fossie Walker,
Miss Maggie Young.
GENTLEMEX:
H. F. Allen. J. H. Boyd. Rev. M. D.
Collins, G. P. Campbell. A. M.
Dickinson, Lee Decker. Lonnie Far
mer. J. V. Howell, W. W. Mitchell.
L. B. Mangrum, E. L. Presley. J. C.
Simmons, col., Hardy Strickland,
John Searles. B. B. Tanner, J. C.
Townsend.
Miscellaneous.
.1. C. Roe & Bro.
Persons calling for same should
say advertised, and give date. One
cent due on each letter.
Mrs. H. W. J. Ham. P. M.
The Annual Meeting
Os the Baptist Missionary Union of
Chattahoochee Association will meet
at Central church, Gainesville.
August 19th-20th. A large delega
| tion of women, young ladies, and
children are expected.
The evening services will be in
I charge of the G. W. A. Society of
I Central church.
I All cordially invited to attend
I these meetings.
I All-Day Singing
At Chestnut Mountain third Sun
day in August. Prof. Moore and
other good singers will be on hand.
Bring hooks and a Imsket of good
eating.
VITAL STATISTICS
BILL NOW A LAW
Measure Has Passed Both Houses Os
General Assembly and Awaits
Governor's Signature.
SANITARY BARBER SHOPS
Evans County Bill Amended and Goes
Back to the House to Be
Ratified.
--Atlanta.
Georgia was placed in the forefront
of the states when the house of rep
resentatives passed the vital statistics
law which provides for a complete
record of births and deaths within the
state. This bill has already been pass
ed by the senate and only awaits the
governor’s signature to become a law.
There has been perhaps no other bill
introduced into the 1914 session of the
legislature that has created such in
tense interest as has the vital statis
tics bill.
Strict Record of Births and Deaths.
According to the provisions of this
bill, a strict record will be kept of the
births and deaths in Georgia. The
work of accumulating these records
will be under the direction of the
state board of health, assisted by the
state health officers to be appointed
and deputies in each county who will
also be appointed.
State Board to Compile Record.
The midwives and doctors through
out the state will be required, accord
ing to law, to report the births, while
the deaths will be reported by the un
dertakers and coroners. These reports
shall be made to the justices of peace
and magistrates in the counties who,
in turn, will forward them to the
state board of health at the capitol in
Atlanta. Senator Elkins of the Six
teenth district was the author of the
bill.
Four-Year Term for County Officers.
A bill which provides that the term
of office for all county officials be four
instead of two years was passed by
the house. It was previously passed
by the senate and now goes to the
governor for his signature. This bill
requires a constitutional amendment
and must be voted on by the people
before it can become a law.
Endowment Exemption Bill Killed.
After a spirited debate in which
every phase of the issue was discuss
ed at some length, the house defeated
the senate bill which would exempt
from taxation the endowment funds
of universities and academies when
the funds are not invested in real es
tate. The bill was defeated by a
vote of 100 to 44.
Invited to Good Roads Congress.
Charles J. Haden extended to the
members of the lower house an invi
tation to attend the American Good
Roads Congress in Atlanta, November
9-16. The invitation was accepted by
a unanimous vote.
Evans County Bill Passed.
The senate has passed a bill creat
ing the new county of Evans. The
bill was amended so as to reduce the
area from Bullock county from 90
square miles to 60 square miles. The
amended bill now goes back to the
house. The new county of Evans will
be taken from the counties of Bulloch
and Tattnall with Claxton as the coun
ty seat. It will have approximately
$2,000,000 taxable property. This
county along with Barrow, Bacon and
Candler, if ratified by the voters of the
state in the fall election, will give to
Georgia 152 counties.
Public Health Bill Passed.
Another important bill which has
been passed by this session of the
general assembly and which now only
awaits the governor’s signature to be
come a law, is the public health bill.
This bill was introduced by Represen
tative Ellis. It was recently passed
by the senate.
Creates State Health Board.
This bill provides for the creating
of a state board of health, also county
board of health and sanitary districts
and district commissioner of health.
The state board of health shall con
sist of 15 members, three of whom
shall be the secretary of the state
board of health, the state school su
perintendent and the state veterinari
an, and 12, who shall be appointed
from each congressional district. The
present members of the state board
of health will serve until the expira
tion of their term before this act goes
into effect.
Boards of Health in Counties.
The county boards of health which
will be created by this bill will con
sist of three members, the superin
tendent of schools, the chairman of the
boards of roads and revenues of the
county and a physician.
Mediation Bill Passed.
War crept into one of the sessions
of the legislature during the past week
when Representative J. O. Adams of
Hall county, in an address before the
house, gave warning that every appro-
Legislature Entertained.
Atlanta. —That the interests of Geor
gia and the interests of Atlanta are
linked together, and that Atlanta
stands ready to co-operate with the
legislature in every undertaking for
Georgia's good, and wants the legis
lature to co-operate in every under
taking for Atlanta’s good, was the
keynote of the dinner given by the
Atlanta chamber of commerce to the
members of the legislature at the
Druid Hills Golf Club. Both the house
and the senate were represented by a
large number of their members, '
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priation brought before the house
would be bitterly fought. He stated
that he believed that the school teach
ers and old soldiers should be paid
before money should be apportioned
for other purposes. He also urged the
strictest economy be practiced, as the
war in Europe might make every dol
lar in the state needed next year.
Fullbright Endorsed for Job.
Because it was stated that the de
partment of justice in Washington was
experiencing trouble in appointing a
United States district attorney for the
southern district of Georgia, the house
of representatives by a unanimous
vote adopted a resolution recommend
ing the name of Representative H. J.
Fullribght of Burke.
Bills Passed by Senate.
The following bills were passed in
the senate:
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery—To
create a board of commissioners of
roads and revenues for Montgomery
county.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery—To
repeal an act to create a board of com
missioners for Montgomery county.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Cochran
of Fulton —To fix the salaries of all
bailiffs of the city courts of all cities
of more than 150,000 population at
$135 a month.
By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and
Cochran of Fulton —To raise the sala
ries of special bailiffs from SIOO to
$125 a month in Fulton county.
By Senator Bush of the Eighth—To
create a system of parole- or condi
tional pardons for persons convicted
of crime.
By Mr. Middleton of Dade —To cre
ate a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for Dade county.
By Mr. Tift of Ellis —To create coun
ty boards of health.
By Mr. Crawley of Ware —To relieve
M. J. Dolan and J. W. Seals of Ware
from paying S2OO on a forfeited bond
signed by them.
By Mr. Hammock of Randolph—<To
appropriate $15,000 to state depart
ment of entomology for the extermina
tion of black root and the prevention
of the boll weevil.
Bills Passed by House.
The following senate bills were
passed by the house:
To make the trustees of the South
Georgia Normal college, at Valdosta,
ex-officio members of the board of trus
tees of the state university. United
States Senator West is president of
the board of trustees of the South
Georgia Normal college.
Senate Passes Barber Bill.
Looking to the protection against
contagious or infectious diseases con
tracted in barber shops, the bill of
Representatives Blackburn, Smith and
Cochran regulating the operation of
barbers in this state was passed by the
senate.
An attempt by Senator Peyton to
amend the bill so as to make it apply
to cities with less than 5,000 population
was lost by a vote of 17 to 10 and the
bill now needs only the signature of
the governor before becoming a law.
This measure has the endorsement
of the Traveling Men’s associations of
the state, the medical fraternity, the
state board of health and a great num
ber of the barbers of Georgia.
Sanitary Barber Shops.
The bill provides for regulations in
the interest of the public health of
sanitary conditions in barber shops;
for competency and efficiency of those
engaged in the occupation; a board
of examiners of three to be appointed
by the governor, the registration of
all barbers in Georgia in cities of five
thousand or more inhabitants; the is
suance of licenses without examination
to all barbers who have been engaged
in the barber business at least three
years on the passage of this act; the
withholding of licenses to applicants
who are themselves afflicted with con
tagious or infectious diseases, and the
maintenance of the board out of the
funds arising from the provisions of
the bill and without cost to the state.
Protects Paint Purchasers.
Protecting the purchasers of paint in
this state, the bill of Senator G. Y.
Harrell, providing for the regulation of
the sale of paint passed the senate.
This bill, passed by substitute of the
author, stipulates that whenever paint
contains more than 10 per cent, of in
ert material or more than 4 per cent,
of water it shall be considered as im
pure paint and shall have marked on
the can “mixed paint.”
To Pay Bonded Indebtedness.
A bill authorizing the issuance of $3,-
679,000 of bonds by the state for the
payment of the bonded indebtedness of
Georgia, due July 1, 1915, was passed
by the senate without opposition.
Amending an act creating in the
treasury department of the state a
bank bureau, the bill of Mr. Redwine,
of Fayette, which passed the house last
session, was carried in the senate. This
bill provides for the following fees for
the examination of banks by state
bank examiners:
Capital of less than $25,000 . .$ 12.50
$25,000 to $50,000 ...... 15.00
$50,000 to $75,000 20.00
$75,000 to SIOO,OOO 25 00
SIOO,OOO to $200,000 . . . 60 00
$200,000 to $500,000 100.00
More than $500,000 125.00
Methodist School Opening.
Atlanta. —The work of founding the
Methodist university in Atlanta is go
ing forward as rapidly as so great an
enterprise can move, and it is pro
gressing most smoothly and harmo
niously. The executive committee of
the educational commission charged
with founding the institution has just
held a meeting at which it was defi
nitely settled that the school of theol
ogy would be opened on September 23
in the commodious rooms of the Wes
ley memorial building.
Alamo Theater
TODAY
' MISS BARBARA TENNANT in “Snow Drift"
In 2 Parts. A Story of Adventure in the Northwest.
“THE GIRL IN PANTS”
“HER NEW HAT”
Comedies—Crystal
Tomorrow
“THE PERILS OF PAULINE” Series No. 10
“THE CRASH”
Spectacular Comedy—Sterling
■
Saturday
Miss Florence Lawrence in “Her Ragged Knight”
Comedy-Drama—Victor
“COLLEGE DAYS”
Comedy—Nestor.
COMING SOON
“The Great Universal Mystery”
The cast includes King Baggot, Florence Lawrence,
Warren Kerrigan, Ford Sterling,
And all Universal leading Actors
EXCURSION
TO
ATLANTA
Saturday, Aug. 29th
Round-Trip Fare from
$1 Gainesville $1
Special Train will leave
Gainesville 11.40 a. m; ar
riving Atlanta 1.25 p. m.
...Via...
Southern Railway
Premier Carrier of the South
Tickets will be good on any regular
trains, excepting 58, up to and including
Monday, August 51st, 191 k.
For further information call on agents
or address—
J. C. BEAM, AGPA. R. L BAYLOR, DPA.r
Atlanta, Georgia
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