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FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, JUNE 30, 1922.
NUMBER 50.
GOVERNOR HARDWICK’S
MESSAGE TOASSEMBLY
Summary of Address
Outlines Important
Recommendations.
Atlanta. June 29.—Governor Thomas
W. Hardwick’s message to the 1922
session of the General Assembly, de
livered in person at noon today is prob
ably one of the most non-political docu
ments of the kind ever presented to
an assembly by a governor. In It there
are no “issues." The paper deals
wholly with statecraft in a very serious
GOV. THOMAS W. HARDWICK.
FAYETTEVILLE
WOMAN’S CLUB
vein and may be properly divided un
der two distinct yet complete headings;
viz.: the fiscal affairs of the state, their
status; the insistent prayer for the cre
ation of a practical business policy in
handling the state s affairs.
The governor deals exhaustively
with the question of taxation, using
emphasis in the declaration that he
never has been and is not now willing
to tear down one piece of necessary
operating machinery until there has
been created something to function in
Its place. It is on that basis he deals
with the tax equalization law and the
subject of a substitute in the form of a
new system, of which he says: “i
propose that the state shall abandon
the field of property taxation on the ad
valorem basis," and, as the substitute
machinery which he offers, “in lieu
of the property tax for state purposes
and as a substitute for It, propose a
graduated Income tax."
Financially he shows that the state
faced, January 1, 1921, an actual de
ficit of 12,500,000 which would hare
been a deficit of 13,000,000 in Decem
ber of that year but for measures
adopted to prevent it. The state now
iqwes on “unpaid balances" on 1921
appropriations 363,740, for which re
quisitions will be pafd when they are
properly drawn. In connection with
the financial showing he draws atten
tion to the provision by law that one-
half of all the state's income, when it
exceeds 38,500,000, shall be set aside
for the public schools. To follow this
requirement, he shows, would make it
Impossible, by one-third, for the state
<to pay the appropriation as made and,
for well defined reasons he gives, the
recommendation is made that this
clause be repealed.
The Governor shows the total appro
priations made for 1921 were $10,886,-
884, and this total was cut down ta
89,462,317 for 1922, being a reduction
of 31,434,567.
The governor urges upon the legisla
ture a close investigation of every
board, bureau and commission and, un
der the stress of conditions, that “we
abolish every useless place, purge ev
ery pay-roll of every useless official. He
recommends the department of ar
chives and history be abolished; the
reduction of the railroad commission
from five to three members, the
abolition of the special attorney foi
the State Highway department, and, re
peating his own and Governor Dorsey’s
recommendations, that the state be re
lieved of being board-ridden, commis
sion-ridden and trustee-ridden.
The governor especially urges imme
diate establishment by the legislature
“a complete modern and up-to-date sys
tem in the operation of the state’s
fiscal affairs,” referring directly to
the need for an auditing system which,
he points out, should pass upon and ap
prove all items before they are paid,
and in connection therewith he
insists that the departmental and in
stitutional heads be required to make
up advance budgets and working plans
for each year. The auditing system,
he says, should be applied to the statp’s
collection as well as to its purchases
and payments, and that every cent col
lected for the state from any source or
any agent be turned into the state
treasury.
The governor urges the “enactment
of a real and rigid Australian Ballot
Law to be applicable to primary and
general elections alike, and to be
installed at every precinct in Georgia,”
and that this session of the General
Assembly submit to the people a con
stitutional amendment providing for
blenlal sessions of the Assembly.
In scope, the greater part of his
message is devoted to an explanation
of the ills under the present system ol
taxation, and the imperative need foi
reformation of that system, a system
which has made it possible for appro
priations to Increase gradually until
they exceed revenues, as he is with “se-
curlng a Just and equal distribution oil
The woman’s Club met on Monday
afternoon, June 26th. Mrs. J. A. Les
ter, Miss Annie Ruth Bearden, Mrs.
Fife and Miss Mattie Mae Lewis were
the hostesses entertaining at the home
of Mrs. Lester,. The spacious porch
was lavishly decorated in flowers and
flags heralding the coming of July
4th.
Report from standing committees
were submitted. Mrs. D. B. Blalock,
chairman of citizenship, called atten
tion to several bills of vital interest
to women, calling attention to the
high standing and influence in legis
lative circles of our representative,
Col. Culpepper. Mrs. Blalock made a
motion that the club request Col. Cul
pepper to support the mentioned bills,
The motion was carried.
Mrs. E. V. Jones, child welfare chair
man, reported that a number of gar
ments had been furnished a needy
family.
Mrs. Culpepper, library chairman,
reported several dollars collected in
fines and a few new books. Also
that home-made candy will be on sale
at the library on Saturday afternoons,
Mrs. Longino, chairman of commit
tee for raising money for school equip
ment reported that a lawn party will
be given some evening soon, the main
feature of which will be an out-door
play. This committee has taken the
agency of the California Perfume com
pany and asks for the patronge of the
people.
Miss Beauty Griggs spoke on the im
provements at cemetery and express
ed the thanks of the club to the mayor
and council and especially to Mr. Sam
Eastin who so kindly superintended
the work.
Mrs. C. L. Poote reported a splendid
bundle of garments sent Near East
Relief and asked the 'secretary to
read a letter of thanks from the state
office.
Mrs. Seawright called attention to
a lovely quilt which Mrs. McColl^
has made to be sold for the school
house fund. The quilt is on exhibition
at Dr. Seawright’s Drug store.
The club discussed the formation of
a music club. Mrs. Jones, Miss Irene
McCollum, Mrs. Carol Arnold. Mrs..-Mc-
Lucas, Miss Marylu Graham and Mrs.
L. C. Dickson were appointecf as com
mittee to organize the musicTclub.
Mrs. Hill Redwine gave, a 'splendid
report of the County Federation meet
ing at Br t ooks. She said that of all
club assemblies, she had ^attended
state, district, etc., she enjoyed this,
our count,y meeting, ,the most, and all
the other delegates agreed with her
in this statement. The County Fed
eration is to meet with the Fayette
ville club in October.
The club was delighted to add two
names to our roll of members, Miss
Kate Cousins and Mrs. J. T. McCol
lum.
Mrs. W. W. Allen was elected to the
office of librarian. The club is to be
congratulated in securing Mrs. Allen
because of her interest and love for
the club’s work.
An interesting program was. enjoyed
by all present.
Mrs. E. V. Jones sang a lovely solo
A lovely little patriotic sketch had
been arranged by Miss Mattie Mae
Lewis. Mrs. Longino, Miss Lewis, and
Miss Beauty Griggs’ presented our
flags, United States, Confederate and
Georgia. As the flags were presented,
their histories were given and our pa
triotic songs were played. Everyone
present felt that stirring of the heart,
both sad and glad, which the sight
of our beloved flags always brings.
Delightful music was rendered by
our orchestra. Mrs. L. C. Dickson,
Mrs. Hubert McLucas, Miss Irene Mc
Collum, Miss Marylu Graham, Mrs. E,
V. Jones and Miss Carol Arnold play
ed the different instruments.
After the program a delicious ice
course was served.
WHOLESALE WASTE
OF MONEY LAID TO
FARM DEPARTMENT
A. O. Blalock Charges
J. J. Brown With
Spending Public Funds
to Buy Off Opposition.
Too much money is being spent in
the state department of agriculture
uselessly and savings of hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year could be
made in that department, according to
A. O. Blalock, candidate for commis
sioner of agriculture, who issued a
statement Friday stating that he would
take steps to make these savings if
elected in his race against J. J. Brown,
commissioner of agriculture.
The statement of Mr. Blalock is one
of the first made in the race for com
missioner and it is reported in polit
ical circles that this fight will take on
much activity from now 'lintil the
primary on September 13.
An interesting development in the
race for commissioner of agriculture
came Friday with a statement of H.
B. Ralls, Jr., of Turner county, that
he will not enter the race for com
missioner but will continue to dis
charge the duties of his present office
as farm demonstration agent of Turner
county."
Blalock’s Statement.
Blalock’s
state-
History In a Nutshell.
A boy in a Welsh school essayed *•
write on Henry VIII, and a London
paper reports him as beginning thus:
“King Henry VIII was the greatest
widower that ever lived. He was
born at Anno Domino in the year 1066,
He had 510 wives besides children.
The first was beheaded and executed.
The second was revoked. She never
smiled again. Henry eight, was suc
ceeded on the throne by Mary Queen
of Scots, sometimes known as the
Lady of the Lake."
the present burdens of taxation," to
gether with the practice of “rigid econ
omy by drastic retrenchment, and in
his proposed taxing system he pro
vides for the collection of taxes quar
terly instead of annually.
On this subject matter he presents
not only his own views, but such views
as have been advanced to him and,
thereby, he “feels that I am only dis
charging my Constitutional duty to you
and to the public." He charges the
legislature, though, that, “if the present
taxing system of Georgia is to be
abolished, then it is your duty to pro
vide on efficient and adequate substi
tute.”
Following is Mr.
ment;
Hundreds of inquiries have come to
me from all parts of Georgia as to re
forms I intend to make in the depart
ment of agriculture if elected commiis-
sioner. In response to these I take
this occasion to call attention to cer
tain matters which I consider of prime
importance.
Our present commissioner gives false
prophecies as to the values of our prod
uce. While our people are groaning
under taxation and are having their
farms sold under their feet, and at a
time when they should have the most
sympathetic co-operation, the entire
energies of the department of agricul
ture are being used to build and main
tain a political machine, the object of
which is the aggrandizement of in
dividuals rather than to serve the pur-
Instead of using the great resources
placed at his disposal for the benefit
of agriculture, or if not so used turn
ing it into the treasury of the state,
he employs hundreds of useless offic
ials. Huge sums of the people’s moneys
are paid to buy off opposition to the
commissioner and procure influence in
the general assembly; for instance, it
is common knowledge that a senator,
who, a year ago, was threatening to
become an opponent of the present
commissioner, is now drawing a salary
of $250 per month and expenses to
actively canvass the state in the inter
est of J. J. Brown
It is also common knowledge that
an officer of the general assembly,
who occupies a position which enables
him to count the votes cast upon the
commissioner’s measures, dr ( aws ’in
addition to the splendid sum which the
state allows him as such officer, $250
per month and a handsome expense
account from the funds in the hands
of the commissioner of agriculture. His
duties are to work for the re-election
of the commissioner and to serve his
interests in matter coming before the
general assembly in which the com
missioner is interested. It is also com
mon knowledge that the commissioner
allows magnificient expense accounts
to useless inspectors, while loafing at
the capitol. It is also common knowl
edge that the commissioner farms out
the patronage of his office to the peo
ple who will out of their unearned per
quisites repay the defalcations of the
commissioner’s appointees to useless
and unnecessary jobs and who collect
revenues, but do not turn them in.
Oil Inspectors.
Oil inspectors swarm the payroll, yet
oil inspection amounts to very little.
A great many inspectors are drawing
salaries for doing a very small amount
of work. The public ought to get real
oil inspection by competent inspectors
appointed by reason of their qualifica
tions instead of their political influ
ence. They ought to get it cheaper,
and will get it cheaper, under my ad
ministration.
Fertilizer inspectors also swarm the
payroll, yet fertilizer inspection like
wise amounts to very little. All fer
tilizers bought by our farmers ought
to be inspected, but under the present
system only a small percentage is in
spected. This work can be organized
in such a way as to inspect all fer
tilizers, and at the same time reduce
the cost of inspection at least three-
fourths. This would insure no hard
ship on the fertilizer manufacturers.
Oil inspection and fertilizer inspec
tion, as at present*organized, seems to
be for the purplose of creating a maxi
mum of political appointees and max
imum of sinecure salaries with a min
imum of protection for the public.
The market bureau of the depart
ment of agriculture costs entirely too
much money for the amount of service
it renders. Some individual producers
no doubt have felt the benefits of its
work, but thousands of others have
never been reached. The market bu
reau ought to be reorganized. Its
service ought to be so broad and con
structive that all producers and all
consumers will equally share in the
benefits. There has been no survey to
ascertain what crops can be proift-
ably produced and what others cannot,
but there has been enormous expendi
ture of public funds to expedite the
swapping of Shetland ponies for shot
guns and canary birds for settings of
eggs. A million such trivial transac
tions would not constructively benefit
the state. They do not remotely ap
proach the marketing problem.
Duplication Charged.
I can conceive of no reason why any
work should be duplicated by the dif
ferent agricultural agencies supported
by the state. We have a college of
agriculture fior ithe purpose of doing
certain lines of work; their work
should not be duplicated or handicap
ped by the department of agriculture.
There should be full co-operation be
tween the agriculture department and
the different institutions, and full un
derstanding as to the work each is to
do. Such co-operation would not only
be very beneficial to the state along
agricultural lines but would save many
thousands of dollars to the taxpayers
and bring about a spirit of harmony be
tween all institutions.
I am firmly convinced, from a care
ful inquiry, that there can be saved
in this department, by substituting
service in place of sinecures and eco
nomy in place of extravagance, not
less than $100,000 and probably as
much as $200,000 per year.
This money saved will substantially
relieve the drain upon the treasury
and substantially increase the public
benefits of the department’s work.
In my judgment it will be necessary
to reorganize the methods of the en
tire department, and to make many
changes in the personnel, in order to
give efficient, economical and busi
nesslike service. 1
CAMPERS AND
PICNICKERS
At Bennett’s Cake This
Week.
GREAT JULY 4 T H
CELEBRATIOl
FOR ATLANTA
Lakewood Park to be th;
Scene of Monster Patri
otic Demonstration.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MEETS ON IUNE 28
GOVERNOR HARDWICK SENDS HIS
MESSAGE TO PRINTER—WILL
DELIVER IT IN PERSON
With a program rich in varied at
tractions for their annual Independ
ence Day celebration, the officials of
Lakewood Park are anticipating one
of the greatest sporting events and
patriotic demonstrations ever held in
Atlanta.
Governor Thos. W. Hardwicl^, and
other prominent figures are on the
list of speakers for the morning pro
gram and the afternoon shall be given
over to racing and other forms of
amusement.
In addition to an excelent card of
horse racing, for which a large num
ber of fine southern horses have al
ready been shipped to the Lakewood
plant, Secretary R. M. Striplin, of the
fair association, has practically com
pleted arrangements for one of the big
gest automobile race meets ever held
on the famous Lakewood oval. Prac
tically all of the better known southern
pilots will be entered in these events.
A monster fireworks program has
been arranged for the night of the
fourth and a crew of special artists
and designers will be sent to Atlanta
from Chicago for the staging of this
spectacle.
All the regular midway attractions
at the park will be running full blast
on the holiday and a number of new
featur.es will be seen this year that
have not been in evidence heretofore.
The greatest crowd that has ever
attended a patriotic celebration at
Lakewood is expected this year and
reduced rates on all railroads will be
offered.
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
REPORT CRITICISES STATE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Declares Service Could Be Improved
And $200,000 Saved Yearly—Bu
reau Of Audits and Accounts
FAYETTE COUNTY
CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION
To Be Fittingly Observ
ed at Woolsey July 4th.
Barbecue and Basket
Dinner.
Fayette county furnishes grand op
portunities for camping out through
the hot months, where good fishing
and bathing can be enjoyed and good
wholesome healthful privileges can be
participated in.
Starrs, Winns and Bennetts Lakes
are magnificently,situated just a short
distance from Atlanta, and reached by
the roads through Fayetteville, which
is but twenty-five miles south of At
lanta.
Dr. Russell K. Smith, family^ and
party of young people from Epiphany
Church in Inman Park, were at Ben
nett’s during the last week. A new
community house will be built during
the present season for. Dr. Smith and
his party, who are regular annual
campers at the lake.
Dr. A. F. Nunn, pastor of Center
Street Methodist Church and the Sun
day school from that place, picniced at
Bennett’s Tuesday, driving from At
lanta in trucks. They were a happy
crowd.
A party from Newnan arrived at Ben
nett’s Tuesday for a camp occupying
the bungalows on the hills for their
headquarters, among them were:
Misses Alice McBride, Elizabeth Dar
den, Sara Bagley, Mary Stallings, Bes
sie Cole, - Sara Jane Gibson, Florine
Williams, Emily Arnold, Janett Mc-
Ritchie, Mrs. Harry Williams, and Mr.
Joel Stanford . *
WISE ANNOUNCES
FOR CONGRESS
From the Sixth District
to Succeed Himself,
Subject to the Demo
cratic Primary.
Fayette county organized in the
year 1821, and surveyed in 1822 and
1823, one hundred years ago, making
this the centennial year, the Woman’s
Club of Woolsey, are going to pro
mote a celebration to fittingly observe
the occasion. Woolsey is the i place.
Barbecue and basket dinners mingled
with .good speaking will be the attrac
tion. Fourth of July is the time and
everybody is invited.
A real fourth of July celebration and
community citizenship day will be ob
served, under the auspices of the
Woman’s Club. \
All Civil _War veterans, Spanish-
American War veterans and World
War veterans, are especially invited.
An interesting program will be
given, including four minute speeches
on “Made in Georgia Products,” and
“Citizenship.’’
Program begins promptly at 10:00
o’clock a. m.
fThe best dinner on earth for 40c.
Atlanta.—The annual fifty-day ses
sion of the Georgia legislature con
venes June 28, and Governor Hard
wick’s recommendations will be pre
sented in an address to be delivered
to the' senate and house in join ses
sion at noon.
Governor Hardwick finished his mes
sage the middle of last week and sent
it to the printer. Copies will be fur
nished the members of the house and
senate and the newspapers of the state.
In this message, which the governor
plans to deliver in person, he will
touch on the matters of leading import
ance. Other special matters will be
presented from time to time in special
messages.
Fiscal affairs of the state, it is un
derstood, will constitute one of the sub
divisions of the governor’s message.
He will show, he stated that all cur
rent debts are paid, that there is a
small balance in the treasury, and that
the.state’s revenue remaining to be
collected this year will be sufficient
to pay the remainder of this year’s
appropriations. The treasury balance
Is not, the governor stated, large
enough to invite or justify the making
of deficiency appropriations.
The taxation question In all of its
phases will form another feature of
the message. The governor will set
forth at length and in detail his rea
sons for advocating a state income tax
as a means of obtaining revenue from
invisible property. He will present
figures showing that less than 5 per
cent of the state’s ad valorem revenue
is paid by invisible property, while vis
ible and tangible property, which can
not escape the eFe or the tax-gatherer
pays more than 94 per cent.
Governor Hardwick will urge with
great emphasis the establishment of
a system of auditing and accounting
for all state departments, institutions
and agencies. In this connection he
will call attention to the report of
efficiency engineers who have recently
made a survey of a portion of the
state government. They assert that a
department of auditing and accounting
would save the state during the re
mainder of this year and next year
not less than $200,000, and that the
saving might run as high as $500,000
in that length of time. The governor
will urge legislation requiring all de
partments, institutions and agencies
to submit to legislature, before appro
priations are given them, budgets
showing the amounts they propose to
expend, the results they expect to ac
complish, the salaries they expect to
pay, etc., and will urge the making
of all appropriations in itemized form,
with the requirement that all expendi
tures coincide therewith, except in
special cases where transfers of funds
from one account to another are shown
to he necessary.
Atlanta.—That a bureau of audits
and accounts, in charge of a capable
chief with an adequate staff of assist
ants, would save the state of Georgia
from $200,000 to $500,000 during the
remainder of this year and next year,
and that from $100,000 to $200,-
000 can be saved in the depart
ment of agriculture alone by substitut
ing methods of economy and efficiency,
are sensational assertions contained
in the report of Fred Telford and Hugh
J. Reber, efficiency engineers of Griff-
enhagen and Associates, Ltd., of Chi
cago, which they presented last week
to Governor Hardwick and which ha
made public.
The report arraigns the whole state
system of appropriating and disbursing
funds as out-of-date, inefficient, waste
ful and extravagant. It calls atten
tion to the fact that few departments
or institutions plan their work in ad
vance or submit budgets, and the
further fact that no requisitions for
payment of money out of the treasury
are adequately audited. It scores the
system of making appropriations in
lump sums and allowing them expend
ed almost in any manner and for any
purposes the departments and institu
tions see fit.
Automobile Plunges Through Bridge
Austell.—Shortly after a truck, having
as passengers a number of small chil
dren on a straw ride passed safely
over a bridge over Sweetwater creek
near here an automobile of John Mor
ris, Route 2, Austell, broke through the
flooring of the bridge and fell twenty
feet to the muddy bank of the stream
below. Although efforts have been
made to find the cause of the colic pse
of the brdige, it is still undetermined.
The car landed on end, with the mo
tor in air, still running and the wheels
revolving in the soft mud. Mr. Mor
ris and a passenger, Jim Todd, of Li-
thia Springs, scrambled out of the car,
unhurt, but frightened and shaken, Mr.
Morris says. hTe bridge broke after
the car’s whole weight had been placed
upon it. The road was closed on ac
count of the accident, and all traffic
was detoured several miles until the
bridge can be repaired.
HALF HOLIDAY FOR
SUMMER MONTHS
TO THE VOTERS OF THE SIXTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:
I hereby announce my candidadcy for
the Democratic nomination for the
69th Congress, subject to the rules of
the Democratic Executive committee
of said district governing the primary
election.
I appreciate the support given me
heretofore, and if again honored by
you, as your representative I will en
deavor to serve your interest in legis
lative, as well as other matters.
Thanking you in advance for your
interest in my behalf, I am,
Very respectfully, J. W. WISE.
Fayetteville, Ga., June 29, 1922.
Merchants to Close Wed
nesday Afternoons.
The mid-week half holiday for the
summer season will be in vogue on
and after Wednesday, June 28th, un
til September 1st.
Wednesday afternoon will be spent
recreating at the lakes where fishing
and bathing will be enjoyed by the
merchants and employes together with
their families through the hot season.
Much good will be realized by this
means where the whole family togeth
er with their friends can have their
evening picnics and fish frys out at
the different resorts, and by this
means the hot summer will lose its ter
rors and be enjoyed by all.
The following merchants have al
ready signed the half holiday petition:
Blalock Trading Company.
Bank of Fayetteville.
J. H. Stephens.
G. aiicf G. Hardware Company.
Blalock, Harrell and Smith Co.
W. N. Bearden.
W. C. Vollenweider.
Brown and Company.
Fife Mercantile Company.
Redwine Brothers Company.
J. A. Lester and Company.
W. B. Hollingsworth.
A. Rosenbloom.
Jno. M. Jackson Company.
J. E. Travis and Company.
J. W. Kitchens and Company.
Jeff D. Brown.
Peachtree Road Growth Is Seen
Atlanta. — Wonderful developments
in the Peachtree road section of At
lanta, which will be of vast importance
in the upbuilding of Atlanta are pre
dicted by James L. Logan, one of the
most prominent real estate men in
Atlanta and well-known as an author
ity on this class of development. Mr.
Logan refers to the survey made by H,
M. Keys, of the Southern Belle Tele
phone company, who has prepared a
forecast of the future growth of Atlan
to. Mr. Keys is quoted as stating that
a large portion of Atlanta’s expansion
will come through the development of
the territory lying along Peachtree
road and that section of Atlanta.
Ticks Eliminated In Worth County
Sylvester.—The board of commis
6ioners of Worth county have been ad
vised by Dr. J. W. Hindman, who has
charge of the cattle dipping in this
county, that Worth county will be pro
nouneed tick-free on the first day of
July, and that no more cattle dipping
will be required in this county. About
90 vats were operated last and about
five so far this year, the people of
the county as a whole have co-operated
in the work.
Accidental Wound Proves Fatal
Commerce.—W. M. Jacks, of near
Jefferson, died from an accidental gun
shot. He was seated on his veranda
about daylight, watching for a mink
that had been destroying his little
chickens, when, in some unknown man
ner, the gun discharged, the entire load
plowing its way through his body, pro
ducing instant death. Mr. Jacks was
44 years of age, and leaves a wife and
nine children.
Whisky Cache Found In Vault
Savannah.—Federal officers believe
that they have forged another link in
the chain of evidence to show the exis
tence of a great "whisky ring” operat
ing in Savannah and envirous. They
found several thousand quarts of fine
bonded liquors on the Rickingham
farms, several miles out of the city.
The cache was found in a concrete
vault constructed underground and
skillfully concealed. The vault is sim
ilar to two others found near the asme
locality several months ago. Chief R.
Q. Merrick, Grover C. Edmondson and
other officers of the enforcement
squad, raided the place.
Physicians Meets At Warm Springs
Atlanta.—The twenty-second annual
session of the Chattahoochee Valley
Medical association will be held at
Warm Springs, Ga., July 11 and 12.
Officers of the association are Dr. F.
K. Boland, Atlanta, president; Dr.
Frank Norman, Greenville, Ga., and
Dr. Marcus Skinner, Selma, Ala., vice
presidents; Dr. Marion Benson, Atlan
ta, chairman of the program commit
tee; and Dr. E. C. Thrash, Atlanta,
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee. Dr. W. J. Love, og Opelika,
Ala., founder of the organization, has
been secretary ever since the organiza
tion of the body.
Asks Merchants To Buy Georgia Goock
Atlanta.—Co-operating in the move
ment recently launched by the Atlanta
Women’s Club to boost the sale of
Georgia products throughout the state,
the Retail Merchants’ Association thru
Colonel F. J. Paxon, chairman of the
committee on public relations and pro-
motion, has addressed a letter to its
members, requesting that they give
preference to Georgia products in mak
ing purchases.
Extra U. S. Judge Stricken From BUI
Washington, D. C.—The deadlok on
the bill to create a score or more ol
federal judges was broken by agree
ment of the senate and house conferees
to give an additional federal judge to
New Jersey, New Mexico, eastern
Illinois district and the middle Ten
nessee districts. The senate provision
for an additional judge for Georgia
was stricken from the bill.
Heat Kills Animals.
Sylvester.—Reports from over Worth
county indicate that 18 mules or horses ' '
died from the severe heat, and many
more reported sick from the same
cause. It is reported that two mad
dogs have been killed in Sylvester with
in the past few days, and as a precau
tion, the mayor has issued an order
forbiddiug any dog on the streets un
less muzzled.
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