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Representative Grittin’s State
School Book Central State De
pository Growing in Popularity
The Bill Introduced by the Decatur County Man is
Still Being Pushed and will not be Smothered.
The following clipping trom
an account of the meeting of the
School Board of the state will be
of interest to the people of this
county for the reason that at the
last session of the House of Re
presentatives. E. H. Griffin of
Decatur county introduced a bill
providing for the establishment
of a State Central School Book
Depository and ninety-odd of ther
county school commissioners in
the state wrote a favorable re
sponse to the bill in being called
on for their support of the
measure by the Decatur county
representative.
The bill was not carried as the
committee of education did not
see fit to recommend its passage.
The Decatur Representative was
not quite a match for the dozen
or more representatives of the
big book concerns that do busi
ness in the state that appeared
before the committee.
It will be noted with pleasure i
that the educators of the state
have taken up the Decatur man’s
idea and will try and see it along
to its passage. The bill is now
sleeping in the committee room
and with as powerful a influence
hehind it as was against it and
it will! possibly pass. The pro
visions of the bill offer great ad
vantages to the school children
of the state and the mere fact
that all the representatives of
the big book concerns were all
there to fight the hearing of the
bill convinces many people aside
from the author of the bill that
it is a good lone and one that
will benefit the people.
The following statement will
show how far along the agita
tion in favor of this bill has
gotton. If the State School Board
will get behind the “Griffin Bill’’
and hold up the hands of the
Decatur Representative this bill
will cover the entire needs of the
people in this direction.
Atlanta, April 10—At a meet
ing of the State Boaad of Educa
tion a resolution was introduced
by W, E. Steed of Butler, in
Taylor county, calling for the
establishment of a joint central
school book depository for the
state, with a veiw of making
school books more readilv avail
able in all parts of the state,
and to reducing the cost.
This resolution was the sub
ject of lengthy debates at the
meeting and was finally tabled
until the July meeting, when it
will be taken up for considera
tion. In the meantime Superin
tendent M. L. Brittain is author
ized to submit the resolution to
Attorney General Walker and
ask an opinion as to the legality
of its provisions.
The resolution carries the pro
vision that the Governor shall
appoint a committee of three
members to decide upon the
location of such a depository,
and this connection the city ot
Macon was mentioned as a pos
sible favorable location.
The further provision is made
is made in the resolution that the
manager of such a depository
shall not be connected in any
way with any book concern and
that his pay shall he from com
missions for the sale of school
books.
AN OHIO MAN'S OPINION
OF OUR COUNTY ROADS
E. H. Griffin,
Editor, The Post-Searchlight,
! Bainbridge, Georgia.
| Dear Sir:—In my drive from
Massillon, Ohio, to Bainbridge.
I did not have any roads as good,
generally speaking, as those of
Georgia. South Carolina has
some fine roads, and also in
North Georgia. North Carolina
has the reputation north of
Mason-Dixion, but believe me,
Georgia has the roads. In regard
■ to this I will say that Northern
Georgia, with some few excep
tions has no roads to brag on
and outside ot the boulevards
the roads in and about your
State Capital are rotten. Barring
toll pike at 3 cents a mile Virgin-
I ia roads are a farce.
I drove over every one of your
roads in Decatur County during
your contest. Without doubt,
Decatur county posesses the
FINEST ROADS IN GEORGIA,
and absolutely the finest dirt
roads I have found anywhere in
ten years driving over American
highways in 32 states. I feel I
owe a word of thanks and appre
ciation to your master road
builder, whoever he may be.
Pennsylvania has some fine roads
but how would citizens like pay
ing $22,500 per mile? fiAnd at
that, these roads are harder on
machines than Decatur’s nature
made roads.
Yours,
Lyman h. Tucker.
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Grocer.
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Policy. E. J. Perry.
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Alba
ny, Ga.
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