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Newspaper Page Texti VOL. XXXII. ' FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, JULY 7,1922. NUMBER 51. LEGISLATIVE NEWS Review Of Doings Of General Assembly Gathered For Our Readers Atlanta.—Among the bills introduced . in the house is included one bill to abolish the fee system introduced by the Pulton delegation. In the house Representative Valen tino, of Chatham, called up for passage his bill limiting the hours women can work in factories to 54 house a week instead of 60 hours a week as now !■’ provided. An amendment to the bill was offered by Representative Moore, of Fulton, providing that the bill, if passed, become effective January 1, 1923, instead of immediately, as pro< vided at present. A resolution expressing gratification at the improvement in health shown by former President Woodrow Wilson was adopted unanimously. The resolu tion was introduced by Representative Hamilton, of Floyd, and is as follows: “Whereas, it having been communi cated to the legislature that the Hon, Woodrow Wilson continues to Jim prove in health following his attack three years ago, therefore “Be it resolved, that the Georgia legislature, in annual session assem bled, express gratification and its wish that Mr. Wilson may be spared to ses a full fruition of his efforts for in ternational peace and good will.” Shortly after the house session be gan Representative McMichael, of Mar ion, succeeded in obtaining the adop tion of a motion to take his measure relating to the minority report of the investigating committee on the state highway committee on the state high way department off the table and having it called up before the com: mittee of the whole house at an early date. Representative Beck, of Carroll, suc ceeded in obtaining the adoption of a resolution calling on the state highway department to furnish the house with a list of the number of miles of roads constructed by the department, to-i gether with the cost per mile of such roads. Representative Arnold, of Clay, post poned action on his resolution calling on the department of agriculture to fur nish tthe house with a list of the em ployees of the department, a synopsis of their duties, and a list of salaries and fees paid them. He said the de partment had furnished him with a list, but said the list was incomplete, as it did not contain the names of the oil inspectors. Mr. Clay said he had received a let ter from J. J. Brown enclosing the information he had asked, in part, and promising to furnish the remainder at a later date. In view of this fact, Mr. Arnold said there is no need for any hurry in the passage of his reso lution. An echo of the Berrien case, which recently stirred statehouse circles, was noted when a bill was introduced by the Clarke delegation asking for an appropriation of 44,000 to repay the counties which lost their school funds through the alleged embezzlement of Berrien. * * * In the senate the most important bill introduced provides for the estab lishment of an agricultural and me chanical college at Tifton, the meas ure being introduced by Senator Ellis. * * * At the meeting of the highways com mittee Mr. Watkins new plan was submitted after Representative Mann, of Glynn, had stated that it is im probable that the legislature will pass a bond issue carrying with it a total of more than $10,000,000 for good roads. Representative Mann said lie personally favored a larger amount but expressed the view that the mem bers of both houses are hardly in the humor now to pass a bill calling for more than $10,000,000 for good roads purposes. Substitution for the proposed good roads bonds issue of a plan whereby the state would be authoribed to issue non-interest-bearing discount notes for a period of three years beginning in 1923 and totalling $30,000^00, the notes to be paid or retired by bonds to be issued in 1926 was proposed to the joint senate and hous?, highways committee by Edgar Watkins, promi nent Atlanta lawyer. In addition Mr. Watkins proposed the levying of a tax on lubricating oils which he said would bring a revenue of $333,330 a year for three years, which could be used to pay interest charges and spiking funds in connection with the present income of the state from the sale of automobile license tags. Mr. Watkins’ plan was submitted to the committee for the first time and in order to study the situation further the committee agreed to hold S special meeting later to discuss the plan and also to hear statements on the situa tion from the chairman of the state S ighway department, the state high ly engineer and government engi- BANDITS ARE^ SCATTERED Information Tells Of Two Actions, Presumably Against Rebel Gen eral Gorovaze Washington.—Rebel forces were de feated and scattered by federal troops near the Aguada camp of the Cortez Oil company in the Tampico district of Mexico recently according to a mes sage received by the state department from Consul Shaw at Tampico. The latter said his information was based on a report he had received from oil company officials. There were two actions, the con sul said, in which five of six rebels were killed, three taken prisoners and 60 of their horses captured. The fed eral troops, he added, according to his advices were preparing to follow up the rout of the rebels while other fed eral troops he understood were coming int othe district. Mr. Shaw, in his message, which was filed recently, did not mention the name of the commander of the rebel forces, but if was assumed here it probably was General Gorozave who recently took several of the employees of the oil company priconers and seiz ed much destructible property of the concern as “security” for the payment of 15,000 pesos. The situation now was apparently well in hand by the troops of the Obregon government, the consul stated. The employees and property held by General Gorozave subsequently were released as were those seized later at the Pecera camp of La Coroba com pany in the same district. Consul Shaw reported that all the Americans thus seized were “no longer held” ut no detailed information has been re ceived to indicate just what had oc curred at the two camps. Bankhead Highway May Enter Mexico Birmingham, Ala.—J. A. Rountree, director-general of the Bankhead High way association, has just returned from Richmond and Washington, where he has been in the interest fo the Bank- head highway. He attended a meet ing of the executive committee of the board of directors at Richmond. It was well attended and full of interest. Reports were read from state and county highway officials showing that over 90 per cent of the Bankhead highway from Washington, D. C., to San Deigo, Cal., a distance of 3,690 miles, has been built, or has been con tracted for and is in course of con struction. Reject Hughes Proffer On Tacna-Arlca Washington.—Despite the present attitude of the Peruvian government hope had not been abandoned here that the Tacna-Arica compromise plan suggested by the United States would be accepted as the basis of agreement in the Chilean-Peruvian conference. South American press dispatches say ing the first decisions of the Lima foreign office had been for rejection of the American proposals were not de nied by the Peruvian delegates, but they emphasized that thus far they had received no final instructions one way or the other. Seek Administrator For Croker Estate New York.—Richard Croker has ap plied to Surrogate Cohalan to appoint a suitable person or trust company as administrator of the estate of his fa ther, Richard Croker, the former Tam many, chieftain, who died several weeks ago in Ireland. Since no will has been filed here, Cohalan said, he thought it to the best interests of the estate that an administrator be ap pointed immediately. The surrogate issued citations returnable September the nineteenth. Fayetteville Boys At Georgia Tech. TOP ROW—Busbin, Dorsey. BOTTOM—Fife, Edwards, Redwine. Greater Georgiy Tech. Atlanta, Ga., July 7.—The first step toward making the plan for a “Greater Geor gia Tech” a reality will be the construction of the new Carnegie Physics Building, at a cost of $225,000, according to announcement today of N: P. Pratt, acting president of Tech. Bids for the new building have been advertised and the contract will be awarded July 17. Construction will begin immediately after the award of the contract and the building will be completed by the first of next year. According to Mr. Pratt, $150,000 of the sum required for construction has been do nated by the Carnegie Foundation, and the remaining $75,000 required if or construction equipment will be taken from the $1,750,000 fund subscribed by people throughout Geor gia and the entire South in the Greater Georgia Tech campaign. FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVES Third Annual Picnic On June 30th at Ben nett’s Lake. Special Grand Jury To Probe Massacre Marion, Ill.—A special grand jury on July 10 will begin investigating the massacre of non-union men by union striking miners near Herrin, Circuit Judge Hartwell definitely announced. Excavation of the Southern Illinois Coal company’s strip mine, where the slain non-union men were employed, was begun recently, following rumors that a number of bodies were buried at the mine. The digging is under direction of Coroner McCown. Steamer Hits Reaf Off Newport, R. I. Newport, R. I.—The Fall River liner Providence hit a reef off Newport. Sev eral hundred passengers en route on steamer from New York to New Eng land points were aroused from sleep as the ship crashed upon the rocks at Dumplings on the Jamestown shore, Dumplings on the Jamestown shore. Herrick Uses Airplane In Campaign Memphis, Tenn. — Representative Manuel derrick, of the eighth Okla homa district, will hop off soon from Memphis for his airplane flight to Perry, Okla., where he will begin his campaign for re-election, making the trips from town to town in his plane. Representative Herrick said that with four candidates in the field against him, and only a month to make the campaign, he “wanted speed” and had decided on the airplane campaign as the quickest way to reach his constitu ent Bennet’s Lake was the scene of igaity and frolic last Friday, when all of Fayetteville closed its doors and wended its way to the third annual picnic, where amusements were en gaged in, frames, boating, bathing and fishing am* the inner man was abund antly provided with a most excellent fish dinner, fish everywhere on the tables, and after all had been served to their capacity there was fish to take home with you. The dinner course was one of the best ever attempted by the committee in charge and constituted of brunswick stew, fish, salads, pickles, chicken, bread, cakes and pies, with an abund ance of cold refreshing drinks. This annual picnic or fellowship gathering of Fayetteville’s citizens is truly a play day and participated in by both old and young alike, and its pleasure is looked forward to from one event to the other. All of the community wish to ex press their greatest appreciation to the civic committees who so magnifi cently perform their different duties that in the end furnish so much hap piness and joy, that we wish for them a continuance of office, and we long ingly look forward to the gathering of “23.” HARDWICK WILL BACK REPORT BY EXPERTS. FAYETTEVILLE CITY ELECTION For Mayor and Council to Be Held Wednes day, July 12th. An election for Mayor and Council for the next term, ordered to be held at the court house in the city of Fay etteville on Wednesday, July 12th. Polls to be opened at 8 o’clock a. m. and closed at 4 o’clock p. m. in accord ance with the , city charter. The fol lowing managers for the election were appointed: S. A. Burker, J. S. Thorn ton and J. C. Gilbert. (Signed) E. C. SEAWRIGHT. Mayor. There being no announcements at this time of possible candidates for any of the above offices, we can only announce rumors current {that there will be a woman’s ticket* in the field, embracing the offices of at least three positions of the council. \ An amendment is offered that a whole woman’s ticket be submitted, and we will make it unanimous. Let’s give Fayetteville a Woman Mayor and Council! The reports of Griffenhagen and boards, bureaus and commissions in Georgia, together with their recom mendations for changes which, they say, would save the state of Georgia more than $100,000 will be sent to the General Assembly Thursday with a special nyessage from Governor Hard wick, it was stated at the Governor’s office Thursday. I It also was said at the Governor’s office that the reports would be ac companied by evidence that the ex perts who investigated the Georgia departments came to Governor Hard wick with the very highest recom mendations from United States de partments, state officials and city of ficials in various sections of the coun try. Among the letters quoted will be one from Governor Cooper, of South Carolina, and Senator Neils Christen sen, of Buford, S. C., chairman of the comnrttee on consolidation and econ omy of the South Carolina Legisla ture. Will Back Experts. Governor Hardwick has said in answer to attacks on the experts that he considers the facts set forth ir. their reports as more important than the places where they get their mail, and it is predicted that the Governor will back up the reports vigorously, unless it can be shown that the re ports themselves are inaccurate. 0 he same experts whio worked in Georgia are said to have made in vestigations for the Congress of Ihe United States, the States of Illinois, Maryland and South Carolina, and the Cities of Philadelphia, Chicago, Balti more and Montreal. Prison Report. It also was stated Monday that Governor Hardwick will submit l|o the legislature Thursday the report of the Superior court judges who re cently investigated the state prison farm, together with their recommenda tions for changes at the farm. On Thursday or some, other day this week the Governor will send the Legislature a special message recom mending changes in the laws relating to the earnings of women, and another message asking for a change in the boundary line between Georgia and South Carolina to conform to a recent decision of the United States Supreme court. JULY THE FOURTH Fittingly Observed by Women’s Club of Woolsey. The Woman’s Club of Woolsey pre sented a splendid program to the citi zens of Fayette county and their friends at Woolsey on July Fourth. From the very beginning of the ex ercises the day was full of interest and inspiration, the general subjects discussed tending to inspire all with a new vision of - true citizenship, buy ing of home products being discussed and with much emphasis upon home production. Those who addressed the assemblage were R. P. Minter, president, of the county board of education; Prof. White, of the A. and M. school, of Barnesville; Chauncey L. Foote, editor of the Fayetteville News; Hon. A. O. Blalock, Fayette county candidate for agricultural commissioner; and Fer rell Sams, citizen of Woolsey, whose address embraced an earnest appeal for loyalty and fidelity to the right in all matters pertaining to civic rela tionship. At the . conclusion of the mass meet ing all proceeded to the village ceme tery. led by the veterans of ail wars, where a splendid floral offering was fittingly placed upon the tomb of An drew Wesley, a world war hero, and suitable remarks were made by Rev. W. E. Brown, of-Inman. Concluding the day’s program was a most excellent barbecue dinner, served in the large hall at the depot, the Woman’s Club furnishing the din ner, who were enabled to clear a nice sum for the home for girls at Tallu lah Falls, an institution owned and operated by the State Federation of Woman’s Clubs. COMMERCE BUREAU MANAGER IS NAMED BUIST IcUTHBERT GETSINGER NAMBO MANAGER OF SOUTH AJTLANTA DISTRICT STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State THE SPIRIT THAT WINS SPECAIL SERVICES AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH. Candy For Sale At The Library Pure home made i candy will be on sale every Saturday afternoon during Library hours, 2:30 to 3:30. Proceeds to be used for children’s books. The pastor will preach next Sun day morning on the UNIQUE theme: SOME LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE DEVIL. At the evening hour he will speak on BARRIERS PRAYED AWAY, a message related to the meetings at the two churches in Fayetteville. The church is very fortunate to have secured the services of REV. E. H. JENNINGS of Athens, Ga., to aid the pastor in the meetings to begin on the FOURTH SUNDAY IN JULY. It is hoped that the two meet ings will greatly bless the entire com munity. The cultivation of a fraternal spirit has much to do with the success of a local community. Where the population is limited the indifference or selfishness of a single individual exerts a depressing effect upon others, and this attitude of pes simism in time permeates the whole community. Men and women who real ly desire to advance the interests of themselves and their neighbors find it difficult to work to advantage when disaffected ones are continually throw ing a wet blanket over every new proj ect that is proposed. Investigation and discussion are both commendable and desirable, but pessimistic remarks and pulling back in the community harness are on a par with a balky horse. They render more or less futile the efforts of those who would push forward to ultimate achievement. A community of brothers working to gether in harmony is far better than one of opponents pulling in oppo site directions. Washington.—The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce announced that Buist Cuthbert Getsinger would be the first manager of the south At lanta District created by the bureau and that Mr. Getsinger would go to Atlanta soon to make arrangements for opening the branch. In making such arrangements manager Getsinger will co-operate with the Atlanta Cham ber of Commerce. The new office to be established at Atlanta will be the only district office fo the commerce bureau be tween Washington and New Orleans. When the appropriations bill providing for the department of commerce was pending Senator Harris obtained an appropriation for the expenses of the Atlanta office, which will be maintain ed for the development of foreign and domestic commerce in the south At lantic states. The bureau of foreign and domes tic commerce furnished Senator Harris with the following memorandum con cerning the experience and public ser vice of Mr. Getsinger: A native of South Carolina, grad uate of Furman university and George Washington university, employed for a number of years in office of treas urer of United States. Served as lieutenant in navy dur ing World war, commanding officer naval auxiliary reserve school in Chi cago, a training school for naval offic ers. Now assistant chief of western European division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Has spent considerable time in Geor- git visiting all the principal towns and cities of the state, making a study of economic conditions. Was assistant director of the first school furnishing an intensive course in foreign trade, held in the Pan Amer ica nunion building, Washington, D, C., in the summer of 1920. Organized and conducted similar courses, fall of 1920. in Atlanta and in Chattanooga in co-operation with the chamber of commerce and the Chattanooga Manufacturers associa tion. Has been appointed by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce as manager of their office to be opened in Atlanta soon, serving in the south eastern section of the United States VALUE OF REPORTS OF IN VESTIGATORS IS DECLARED NIL Atlanta.—In a statement quoting correspondence from South Carolina state officials, Commissioner of Agri culture J. J. Brown recently added an other chapter to the controversy over the administration of the department of agriculture, which was severely crit- icise,d in the report of the efficiency experts employed by Governor Hard wick to make a survey of the various state departments. Commissioner Brown made public letters from S. T. Carter, state treas urer of South Carolina, and Walter E. Duncan, comptroller-general of that state, in which it is declared that Messrs. Telford and Reber, the effici ency experts employed by Governor Hardwick, “are unworthy of confi dence.” Messrs. Telford and Reber recently completed a similar survey of the state departments in South Carolina, submitting their findings and recommendations to the legisla ture of that state. “Their recommendations are ridicu lous, their methods are contemptible,” says Mr. Duncan in his letter to Com missioner Brown. The letter from State- Treasurer Carter declared that “some of the suggested changes in several of the departments were so absurd that the whole thing was look ed upon as a huge joke.” Jackson Postmaster Takes Office Jackson.—W. M. Redman has re ceived his commission as postmaster at Jackson and assumed the duties of the office recently, the beginning of the fiscal year in the postoffice de partment. He was recently nominated out of a field of nine candidates and an eligible list of three applicants, and the nomination was confirmed by the senate. The commission was re ceived recently. Mr. Redman, suc ceeds Miss Bessie Waldrop, who has held the appointment for the past four years. Miss Waldrop has been elected as a member of the faculty of the Jackson public schools, a position she held before assuming the duties as postmaster. The local postoffice is in the second class and pays a salary of $2,300 per year. Snap Judgment Unreliable. To be right most of the time you must aim to be right all of the time. That means constant effort to under stand encli problem that comes up. Snap judgment Is like shooting in th* dark. It generally misses the mark. L. G. Neal Urges Diversified Farming Tybee.—One of the leading features of the convention of the cottonseed crushers’ association, which adjourned its annual convention here recently was the annual address of L. G. Neal, re/ ring president, in which he recom mended a cropping program that con templates a reasonable acreage of cot ton. highly fertilized, and a substantial acreage to peanuts and soya beans as additional money crops. He stated that the interests of the farmers and oil bills are inseparable, and that the crushing business must succeed in order that a market will be available for the farmers’ seed and peanuts. He advised the members to encourage and assist the farmers in every way pos sible. He also advised caution and economy not only in industry, but in affairs of state a swell, in order that business may be fully restored as speedily as possible. , Mexican Cotton Crop Will Be Short Mexico City, Mex.—Reports from cotton-growing district, especially from the Laguna region where the greater part of the crop is produced, indicate that there will be a shortage of nor mal production this year of almost 100,000 bales. The poor harvest is due to continued droughts. Magistrate Frees Dr. Saggus Washington. —Dr. J. G. Saggus, charged with the murder of his first wife and neighbor, Charles W. Will- banks, was freed at a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Harry Smith. A motion by the state for a new hearing was overruled by Magis trate Smith. Dr. Saggus was discharg ed from custody, after spending an even dozen days in the Wilkes county jail, following charges by a coroner’s jury. Solicitor General Marion Felts stated after the hearing that the state would order immediately a reexamina tion of the viscera of Mrs. Mary Wal ker Saggus and Charles W. Willbanks, for whose death a coroner’s jury said Dr. Saggus was responsible. He said that the state was not through with the case, but would present new wit nesses and additional testimony be fore the grand jury which meets in August. R. E. Walker, brother of the dead Airs. Saggue, said that he was not satisfied with the judgment as ren dered, and would stand by the state in the proposed future prosecution of the case. Atlantians Invited To View Mars Atlanta.—Very likely you have been reading about the planet Mars from time to time lately, because this is the season, which comes only once in so often, when the red planet named for the God of War is nearest the earth, in fact, on June 18, Mars was nearer the earth than it had been In some years, and though now receding still will be comparatively close for a couple of weeks longer. There is in Atlanta at least one very good tele scopic observatory maintained by an amateur astronomer—S. Lynn Rhorer, at his home. And Mr. Rhorer, in terested in his own observations of the planet these nights, and with a number of friends also interested, has an idea that others in the city might like to take a look at the planet through a good telescope before it recedes so far as to become relative ly inconspicuous. The telescope has a fine and one-half-inch object glass, and under favorable conditions can at tain a magnification of 500 diametera Automobile Runs Into 8-Foot Lake Atlanta.—Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cook, aged 69 years, sister of Howard Geld- ert, prominent Atlanta insurance man, was drowned and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Cook Aldrick, came near a sim ilar fate recently when the automobile in which they were riding plunged into the lake at the East Lake Country club. Mr. Aldrich, who was driving the automobile, a closed machine, stated that she lost control of the steering gear directly in front of the clubhouse, a distance of about 1 75 yards from the point where the auto mobile plunged into the lake. Before she could stop the engine or use the emergency brakes the automobile ca reened from the driveway and went over an embankment, ..striking the water on its side. Gideons Planning For Meeting Atlanta.—Elaborate preparations are being made for the convention of the Gideons to be held in Atlanta July 20- 23, with delegates in attendance from all parts of the United States, and a glance at the personnel of the new committe on transportation, just an nounced, indicates how wide-spread is the following that will come to the Gate City. I. L. Aaker, Minneapolis- Charles A. Bull, St. Louis; W. o’ Jewell, Denver; S. S. Williams, Cleve land; Hough Mulholland, Pittsburg; Charles W. Emery, Philadelphia; B. C. Paxton, Dallas, and A. B. T. Moore, chairman, Chicago. This will be the twenty-third annual convention of the Gideons.

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The Fayetteville news. (Fayetteville, Ga.) 18??-????, July 07, 1922, Image 1