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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. Take care of your pigs and calves by using Blatchfords Pig and Calf feed, a mother not nee- cessary. For sale by Ralph R. Belcher, the Wholesale Grocer. I Insure Automobiles—Liberal Policy. E. J. Perry. r Alba ny, Ga. Joiner, Barnes & W ebb | Albany, Ga.l sp irir igO pent ng Sale Suits, Dresses, Coats, Skirts, Waists and! all Ready-to-wear for Misses and Women! is the big Albany attraction in Albany. Scores of out-of-town customers are flocking our store daily and this is your invitation to visit us and! view the lovely new spring wearables. 200 New Coat Suits at $15 $17-50 and $22.50 (PLENTY OF BLUES) Wooltex Suits $25 $27.50 and $30 Lovely Silk Dresses $15 and up Dorothy Dodd Slippers $3.50 $4 and $4.25 ALLTHAT’SNEWIN DRESS GOODS~AND TRIMMINGS Send Us Your Mail Orders Joiner, Barnes & Webb The Store That Sells Wooltex Albany, Georgia. Haddons Easter Display Ready Our Splendid Easter Line of Millinery, Dress Goods and all things for the Ladies is now on display and they can find just what they want At The Headquarters and the good dressers of this section. Our buyer has used great caution and will take great pleasure in convincing you that you have to be with us on this occasion to get the very be& ideas. Listen: Don’t Forget * to take the time to look them over as we have received some splendid novelties since the opening a few weeks back. To have an enjoyable Easter season just drop in and let us dress you up. You will be as attractively gowned as any in the section. The Ladies Store H ADDON’S The Ladies Store