The Post-search light. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1915-current, March 23, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textthe post-search light ,lume 7. NUMBER 48. BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1922. $1.50 PER ANNUM Tick Eradication Question Discussed by S. W. Freeman and Editor E. H. Griffin bridge, Ga., March 13, 1922. ® itor post Search-Light Bain- Gcargia. Zj have always seemed to want Jfair and have often advised me J; the same way. Now come and mreason together, ihsve always said that it was dis- as to whether the tick etionary — dication with the county commis- ’ „ enforcing the law or not. And er I said that if they refused or led to make a tax levy to pay for e dipping that it would die a nat al death. Your contention in print was that wa5 compulsory that it meant a indamus suit, and all other kinds a liatn-us if we failed to put the „• in operation. J Xhis was also the contention of the omfeioners as they never put jibing on record. You never see ything in print over any of their natures. guess they are thinking of the [fi “fools never rush in where Ils’ dare not tread." They, being jels—stay out. Igain I have been especially in- med by the gentlemen of the county nmissioners that every county in : state was now dipping their cat- and one of the men showed me a tor from Bahnsen, (I mean our erman dip boss,) informing us that they ceased to dip that he would once start some kind of a dam-us it and give them hell coming and ling until they began hell-hacking iuple and throwing away their mon- again. I believe that the latter was sent uni Cambridge and later events has lout proven my first delief. j There is one thing that I have never nderstand, and that was why our | Dmmissioners was so damned afraid | little German down here in eorgia when only a few years since e whipped hell out of the whole Ger- lan nation on the borders of their country. But le us keep the record straight, J be fair. As I have said before, you and le other gentlemen heretofore liam- I, said the law is compulsory and ust be enforced. That the seven agues of Egypt and all of the tor- ires and deviltries invented by the erman.s during the great war would our portion if it we didn’t bankrupt ! county tick killing. Before I forget it, I am going to you a high compliment, as a it nurse for our county commission s' Vou have developed into a fine dker and never ought to have been go dry. You have looked after babies to the best of your abil- Somc time since I met a gentle- an that had worked down in South d Southwest Georgia and during r conversation there was was some- ng said about tick eradication. He <1 I never saw a dipping vat below iwndes county, and the people down err don t know what tick eradiea- n means, ’ stunned to know that the nmissioners told me that dipping "- going on all over the state, I know that when the German tick s name was mentioned that the amiissiuners covered up their heads j a child <lo C -s when the mothci ] \ them that the booger man will j L ' them if they don’t go to sleep. , new you had often said that i as an act of the legislature and | not be ignored or nullified. I j ^ you had the best chance to ] 1 v information than any man I and that you never told us that, ca tur county was about ti)e only , ® y in the state tha tthe German M •‘red or fooled into throwing j a V its money. But the report down j got me curious, so 1 decided to I l,e, tigate. 'jY holloed the following letter ■ .' chairman of the couny com-, loners of Charlton county: | 'ttiemen: ' I kindly advise me by return t 1 -' ou have tried to eradicate oat. c tick and what do you think 1^0* possibiHty and advisibility of j h 50 ' ri the open range counties, i ,;ncl °sing stamped, self-ad- 1 SS f? e »velope for reply. > ours very truly, S. W. Freeman .ply S hays I got the following Folkston, Ga., March 9, }922. Mr. S. W. Freeman, Bainbridge, Ga. Dear sir: This refers to your favor of the sixth instant, beg to say that this county has not yet begun the eradica tion of cattle tick and we are not in position to give you the informa tion that you desire. Yours very truly, S. F. Mills, Chairman Holy smoke! I was shocked. Our commissioners had said that every county in the State was killing ticks. You have said that a county commis sioner could not nullify a State law. , They were scared into a fit because I the German had threatened to put some kind of a dam-us on our county, and here was a county in the State that hadn’t yet begun the eradication, and we had spent a hundred housand I dollars organizing and paid a regi- ! ment of border outlaws, nagged and Hellhacked our farmers and even i got our Judge to pawing up the dirt | like a bull on a elayroot. j Now ho ware you and the county commissioners going to explain this so us numb-skulls can understand it. I The commissioners ought not to have said that dipping was going on in every county unless it was true. You ought not to have said that a county commissioner could not nullify a State law if you knew they were doing it in a large part of the State and doing it the way I have often recommended. Refuse to pay fo r it and see how soon it will die. ' S. W. FREEMAN. Above we publish the letter of Mr. Freeman and the other letters that he sends and HERE we publish the LAWS OF GEORGIA as set down in the code and the reader may take his choice. If Charlton county has got by this law there is no record of it in the courts. I know one thing and that is if I was a county commissioner with this law on the statute books in front of me I would carry it out. The act of the legislature is here set ’ out as it is laid down and if any one sees how a board can set this aside | he is somewhat of a seer. So far as we are concerned we dont care whether j a cow is dipped or not. It is nothing | to us, but wp do hate to see a man continually harping about a thing he I knows he can’t help, nor any one else, i If Mr. Freeman wants to growl be- j cause the county commissioners won’t I disobey the law, let him growl as much as he desires. If he is an ad vocate of disobedience of the law that is his privilege. Would Mr. Freeman respect an officer that will disregard a law that is as plain as the nose on his face. Don’t he know that if men will violate one law they will another. Mr. Freeman is peeved at the law and peeved because the board will pot take any such chances as he wish es them to do. I don’t like everything that the board does, but I would give them credit for having more sense than to ipvolvc the county as this law povides in case of disobediance. When a man lets his anamositics against a set of men continually nag them about a matter beyond their jurisdic tion, it is unfair. If ns much time and hot air had been wasted frying to carry out this law ns has been trying to block it and dodge it, the thing would have been over a long time ago. We don’t like the law, but obedience to it would have been a great deal cheaper. CATTLE TICK-INFESTED, FOR ERADICATING. No. 397. An Act to prevent the shipment or movement of tick-infested cnttle into, within or through the State of Geor gia; to provide for statewide tick eradication throughout the State of Georgia; to provide for the expense of conducting the work in the several counties; to provide processes to com pel compliance by county officials with the provisions of this Act, and of or ders and regulations of the Georgia Department of Agriculture and of the State Veterinarian; to provide penal ties for the violation of this Act; and for other purposes. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of tho State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the movement of cattle infested with the cnttle fever tick (irurgnropus nnnul- atus) into, within or through the State of Georgia at any time or for any purpose, except us hereinafter provided, shall be and the snmc is hereby prohibited. Section 2. Be it further enacted that on or before the first day of April, 1919, the ordinary, county commis sioners or officers in ehnrge of the county nflfuirs in each and every coun ty where tick) eradication, has not been completed shall construct such number of dipping vats ns may be fixed by the Stnto Veterinarian, or his authority, and provide the proper chemicals und other materials nee- Spring uiiiiiuiuuuiimiuiuiiiiu uiimiimiiimiinim Winter, with all its dreariness, is a thing of the pa&. SPRING, when everything is fresh, and pretty, and NEW, is here to stay. Keep pace with the seasons; discard the old. Put on a brand new \ suit of Hart Schaffner & Marx FINE CLOTHES We have all the latest models in all the latest weaves. Suits with extra knickers for golf players Complete line Spring Shoes Made by Leonard, Shaw & Dean SHIRTS, in staple and fancy patterns, with or without collars. Full line, in all shapes, of the celebrated Van Heusen Collars EVERYTHING NEW FOR SPRING Drop in and Look Over Our Lines Fields & Fields Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes BROAD STREET BAINBRIDGE, GA. essary to be used in the systematic work of tick eradication in such coun ties, which shall begin on said date or such subsequent date as may be fixe, by the State Veterinarian, with the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture. If the ordinary, county commissioners or officials in charge of county affairs of any county shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this Act on or be fore the first day of April, 1919, the State Veterinarian shall apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for writ of madamus, or shall institute other legal proceedings as may he necessary and proper to compel such I official to comply with the provisions of this Act. | Section 3. Be it further enacted, , That the several counties shall pro- j vide and pay the salaries of the nec- I essary number of locnl county inspect ors, or agents, to assist in this work, who shall be appointed by the county I officials in charge of county affairs. ■ subject to the approval of the State Veterinarian, and commissioned by him; the salaries of said inspectors | shull be filled by the county authorit ies, and shall be sufficient to insurfc the employment of competent men. The State Veterinarian shall be em powered to employ ot least one State Inspector, whose duty it shall be to inspect the work of the county in spectors, or to do any special work, at any time and place when directed by the State-Veterinarian, and who shall be paid for the work of tick eradication. Section 4. Be it further enacted. That cuttle, horses or mules infected with cattle ticks, or exposed to tiek infestation, the owner or owners of which, after thirty days written notice from a local or State inspector, shall ftiil or refuse to clip such animals re gularly every fourteen days in a val properly charged with arsenical solu tion, as recommended by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, under the supervision of the local in spector In charge of tiek eradication, shall b< placed in quarantine and dip ped and eared for at the expense of the owner by tjie local inspector. Quarantine and dipping notice for cattle, horses or mules, the owner or owners of which eunnot be found, shall be served by posting copy of such, no tice in not less than three public places within the county, one of which shall be at the county court house. Sucb posting of quarantine notice Bhall b» due and legal notice. It shall 4*;th« duty of the sheriff of any county in which the work of tick eradication is in progress to render said inspec tor any assistance necessary in the enforcement of this Act. Any ex pense incurred in tbc enforcement of this provision Hhall he constituted a lien upon any animals so quaran tined; and should the owner fail or refuse to pay said expense after thro, days’ notice, the animals shull b». disposed of as provided by Section 2034 of the Civil Code of Georgia, so far as said section refers to u„- ve^tisement and other proceeding* to sell. The proceeds of said sale sliall be applied to the payment if legal coHs, including the expense 6f ad vertising, feed and expense of quaran tine and dipping or disinfecting saM animals, and the balance shall be puid to the owner, if known, and if un known, shall, at the expiration of nine ty days from the date of sale, W.no legal claim has been established to same, be applied and paid into the tick eradication fund of the county^ provided further, that the lien therein created shull be superior to all liens except liens for taxes. Section ft. Be if further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Thut any person moving any cattle, infested with fever ticks into or within or ‘.hrough uny county of this State, ex cept upon his own premises for the purpose of slaughter, or for tbe pur pose of tuking same to a vat for the purpose or dipping, and any inspect or who shall knowingly permit any cattle, horses or mules to be kept in the territory for which be shall be appointed, or any person who shall own or keep any cattle, horses or mules infected with fever ticks in any county of this State, after notice, as provided in Section 4 of the Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided in See- Continued on last page , 2nd section.

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The Post-search light. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1915-current, March 23, 1922, Image 1