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i wiTiwn a i LHimmn, PIANOS, Organs, Buggies. Vol. XX.—B Pages. BROWN’S MESSAGE TO GEORGIA SOLONS Retiring Governor Reviews Affairs of State. ANNUAL MESSAGE TO ASSEMBLE Governor Dwells * Upon Compulsory Arkitrsakm, Labor Con dition and the Strike Troubles of A Few Months Ago in State. Atlanta, Ga., June 25>, 1913. To the General Assembly: Upon your assumption of the re sponsibilities of legislation for the welfare of the people of this great commonwealth, I extend to you a cor dial greeting, with the heartfelt hope that our Almighty Guide will lead your minds into the channels of wis dom and deliberation. I cannot doubt that the people have shown careful discernment in the choice of members of both of your houses, hence it is with confidence that I lay before you the views which I deem worthy your consideration, recommending their en actment into laws which I believe will enhance the well being of the state These views affecting the proper ruse of the ballot —the freeman’s in herited right—the safety of, person from disease and casualty, the eco nomical, but judicious, expenditure of the people’s money and the equitable levying of taxes for collecting the same, and other matters are such as experience and observation in the ex ecutive office have convinced me are /necessary for the protection of the people and their progress on orderly lines. Registration Laws. First for consideration, I call your to the serious defects and unnecessary barriers in the registra lion law now upon the statute book. The requirement that the registration lists shall be closed six months in ad vance of regular elections is more drastic than that in any other state in the union, and imposes unnecessary hardships upon the country people of this state. The same barrier to fran chise rights for the choice of state and .county officers prevails in only a less against the voters in the cities. Yet, in vne.r munic.pal elect ons, tne latter are allowed as short a time as they desire* for registration. With some of them this limit is less than .thirty days. Hence, I earnestly rec ommend that your honorable bodies make such changes in the registration Jaws as will protect all voters alike in their proper rights for exercising the franchise. Building of Public Highways. The building of good roads is un doubtedly one of the main factors in the marked progress the state has made in material development during the past four years. Yet, as this .progress is mostly due to the use of the state’s convicts, the state has the right to require such handling of the rcorwicts as will generally benefit all the' people while increasing the facili t:ee <of the several counties. 1 recommend that the office of com missioner of public highways be <*s labliahed, and that it be filled with an •experienced civil enginer, at a salary .and travelling expense, etc., to be fixed Jby Jaw. Doyubje-Tracking Railroads. The increasing population and ex panding commerce of the state of Georgia have now reached the pjint where the people’s needs.will soon de mand that the main lines of the lead ing railroads .of the state be double tracked. Thi* is required for the ■greater safety <wf the millions of pas sengers and the enormous amounts of freight transported. The single tracks .of some roads are now becoming al most inadequate to modern require ments. With the double tracks not only would life and property be bet ter protected, but speed, comfort and practically all advantages would be materially enhanced. Stale Auditor. I respectfully call your attention to the great need of an up-to-date sys tem of auditing accounts, and reeom mend that you establish the office of state auditor with such clerical force as is found needful. I am confident that an auditing department, with the authority to supervise all expendi tures, would save many times its cost path year. Farm Credit System. The farm credit system which has wj t wittier wrought such extraordinary results for good to the dwellers upon the farms in Germany and some other Eu ropean countries has attracted wide attention within the past twelve months in this country. That our people may have direct information upon this subject, I rec ommend that your honorable bodies appoint a joint committee to whom shall be added about three or five oth er citizens of Georgia to be named by the governor, for the purpose of se curing and placing before our people the most available plan of securing for our fanners at the lowest rates of interest such money as they may need for the conduct of their affairs Inheritance Tax. 1 desire to here repeat the sug gestion I made to your predecessors in 1909, viz.: Over three-fourths of the states now have laws p-oviding for an inheritance tax. A proposition to impose a na tional inher tance tax has lately been presented to congress, and practically the only argument brought against the measure was te the effect that in heritances were properly subjects foi state taxation, and that a majority of the states now imposed such a tax. TJie policy of modern government is opposed to the accumulation of vast estates, so hedged about by legal tech nicalities and safeguards as to escape their equitable burden of taxation. Ir the enlightened view of the leading publicists and economists of our times no sound exists why inheri tances should not be subject to taxa tion. Near Beer Tax. The law providing for the collection of a license tax for the sale of near beer is so drawn that the payment of this tax has been delayed or evaded by very many dealers. To prevent excuses for delay in pay ing this tax in future, I recommend that you place the duty of its collec tion upon some of the county officers with proper compensation therefor and also provide adequate penalties for failure to make prompt payment. Bank Examiners. The great increase in the number of state banks has rendered it physi cally impossible for examiners to adequately perform the work required by law. Under the present system two exam iners are required to audit correctly the accounts of almost seven hundred banks semi-annually within this state. Hence, through no physical fault of the bank examiners those of the pub lic who make their deposits in state banks have no assurance that all the banks are in a sound condit'on. It is, therefore, imperatively necessary that the number of bank examiners be suf ficiently increased to meet the de mands for the proper protection of those who place their money in state banks. Vital Statistics. Nothing is of more importance to a .state than the preservation of good health for its inhabitants. The vital statistics of Georgia are so incom jxlete as to really furnish us with no reliable information. I, therefore, rec ommend the enactment of laws requir ing physicians to report all births and deaths coming under their purview. The birth statistics, of course, should show fex and race. The death statis tics should show the disease, or com plaint, *f which each person died. If these statistics were kept fully and definitely, we could within a few years ascertain what diseases were most prevaJent in the various counties of the state, and in that way could be gu'ded in taking steps toward alle viating the trouble to some extent. Historical Records. Work on the Colonial Records and <on that -povtioiu of the records which include the rosters of Georgia troops during the year 1861-65 is being well done; hut I respectfully suggest that Georgia ha 6 much history not covered Jay the two period* indicated. The state should see that her his tory from the foundation of the colony of Georgia by Oglethorpe to the pres ent time is officially written. Her people are entitled to know what has ■been done by Georgians throughout the whole period of the state's his tory. Georgia is amply able to per petuate her records in definite form. Hence, I recommend that the office of compiler of colonial records be per petuated for such length of time as will ensure the proper writing of the •state’s history from the date reached by the present compilation until the date when such work shall have reach ed the then contemporary period. The expense of future work can be (Continued on Page 8) Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, June 26th, 1913. STRUCK BY SANDBAG. Smoker of Cigarettes Finds Habit Is Cured. Atlanta. Ga., June 26. A blow on the forehead, delivered last night by a sandbag in the hand Oj a highwayman, has deprived W. W. Christian of the cigarette hab it, greatly puzzling the Grady hos pital surgeons as a result. : An*' inveterate smoker before the assault, he left the hospital shortly before midnight without the slightest taste for tobacco, and in the hope that the change would he permanent, he left a package of cigarettes with the hospital night clerk. Christian is a cabinet maker and lives at 16 Larkin street. Shortly after dark as he crossed Tattnall Street at Stonewall, tw< men approched him. Both were white. The youngest asked for a cigarette. As Christian reached ii his pocket for the package the second robber struck him in the temple with a sandbag, t The robbers got sl4 and a pocket knife. Christian said to the police that if he had really been cured of the cigarette habit lie considered the money well spent. CITY COURT NOTICE. The regular session of the City Court of Jefferson will convene on Monday morning, July, 7th, 1913, at nine o’clock and immedi ately the call of the Civil Calen der will be had. This calender has been fixed and is published for the convenience of all con cerned and the call of the cases will be in accordance with the fixed calendar. All jail eases on the criminal calendar will be called early in the term. Demand cases will be called on the criminal calendar. The appearenee docket will be called on Tuesday morning. All criminal eases in which there are no demands and where the defendants are not in jail will he called at the time fix ed by the court for the criminal calendar during the latter part ofi July or which the public will take notice through the press. This arrangement of the Court's business is made so as to relieve the farmers and their hands from the necessity of at tending the court during the bu.sj season. The civil calendar does not require many farmers or field hands and the amount of civil business ripe for trial makes the holding of the court for this reason. Let all jurors, parties and wit nesses take notice of this order of business and govern them selves accordingly. G. A. Johns, Jiidge City Couurt of Jefferson All Heavyweights. In the combined weight of Win L. Collier, Benj. 11. Collier and Berry T. Collier, 3 members who Weigh 72b pounds, Georgia lays claim to having the heftiest fam ily for its number in existence. Perry T. weighs 263, and Ben 250. Win. who is the runt of tin* family and whose growth was stunted in Ids youth, being only 6 feet tall, tips the beam at 213 pounds. This week they are vis iting their sister. Mrs. Lou Pen dergrass in Jackson County. Miss Hellen Martin, who has been the guest of Miss Blanche Smith has returned to her home in Atlanta. DEATH OF H. A. HARDIGREE Prominent Jackson County Far mer Dies Saturday Evening. After an illness lasting sever al weeks, Mr. 11. A. Hardigree died at his home in (’handler’s district Saturday evening about 8 o’clock. Mr. Hardigree had been in declining health for more than two years, hut it was only about six 'weeks ago when seri ous symptom developed and his friends became alarmed about his condition. He was about 55 years of age. He married Miss Virginia Segars, a sister of Messrs. John A. ami H. Segars and of Mrs. J. M. Haynie and Mrs. G. W. Ham mond. He was a substantial farmer, and believed in raising the things on the farm to sustain the farm. He prided in raising fine corn, and was always at the forefront in agricultural contests in this section. His remains were buried at Old Pentecost church Sunday af ternoon, a large crowd attending the funeral and witnessing the interment. Rev. J. W. Bailey preached the funeral and conduct ed the burial service. Besides his wife, he leaves nine children and many relatives to grieve for his going away. GOOD GAME OF BALL Monroe Defeats Winder Athletics in a Hotly Contested Game. The Athletic Park drew a pret ty good crowd to see the First game on the local diamond this year in which the Athletics were participants. It was ;l spirited game and the result was in doubt until the fi nal inning had been played. Monroe was the opposing team and came off the diamond victors the score being three to on<*. Tile feature of the game was the pitching of Wood for the lo cals. Motion For New Trial. Atlanta, Ga,, June 26. ’l’ll' state’s motion for anew trial in the Tallulah Falls land suit comes up next wfeek in Gainesville be fore Judge Jones. This motion which was desired by the Geor gia Railway and Power Company, as well as by the state, simply means that the case will go up to the supreme court and that the original verdict will settle for all time the question of the Power company’s title to the land. Upon denial of anew trial by Judge Jones, the question will immediately pass to the supreme court. The outcome is consider ed certain, and work is being pushed forward as rapidly as pos sible. The tunnel will he entirely finished within the next few w*eeks. and the oower house will be completed sometime next August. The dam which is al ready completed, will be closed as soon as the power company is ready to receive the water, and at least one unit creating 17,000 horse power will lx* set in imme diate operation. Tin* entire five units aggregating 85,000 horse power, will be utilized as soon as tin* demand requires. About 500 men are a t work at Tallulah. Burwell and Andersen Win W. N. Burwell of Hancock was elected speaker of the house of representatives yesterday. Ran dolph Anderson was chosen pres ident of the senate. —the— SHINGLEMAN. 8 Pages.—No. 11 MRS. MARY HARRIS ARMOUR Pleases Winder Audience at Christian Church Wednes day Evening:. * , Mrs. Mary Harris Armour spoke to about 300 people at the Christian church Wednesday ev ening, her temperance lecture, “A Saloonless Nation in 1920 ai*i Why,” evoking the warm est praise from her many admir ers. i Mrs. Armour predicted the eli mination of the whisky traffic first. Because it is opposed to century science and progress. Second, because she says a growing public sentiment is de manding temperance legislation. Third, because a common sense understanding of the harm wrought *-y intoxicants is forcing men and women to approve the temperance movement.. Mrs. Armour said that Georgia does not need new whisky laws so much as she needs a proper interpretation and administration of the Jaws. TWO DEATHS IN STATHAMi Mr3. Boland and Mrs. Cogburn Depaxt for Life Eternal (By E. and G.) Friday, June 13th, when the death angel called the sweet spir it of Mrs. Boland to her home eternal there was sadness among her host of friends and her loved ones reeeived # shock, and sustained a loss, which was keen ly felt by all. Her life was cue of those quiet patient, faithful lives that is felt by all who come under its in fluence. She was devoted to flu* church and lug* greatest joy was derived from serving the •church in the various depart ments which reeeived tin* touch of her gentle hand. While the sorrowing husband and loved ones miss her and feel keenly her abs-nce, yet they have /the consolation that she is at rest with her two angel babies— on* having preceded her to heav en a few years ami tin* other only a few hours. We command her husband and loved ones to llim who is able to comfort and sustain in an hour of sadness, and one day He '..i1l gather tin* loved ones to himself and then will broken ties be unit ed forever. While our sorrow was yet new tin* atngel of death came to us again and took away Mrs. Cog burn. Only God can know the depth of the flood of grief that swe pt over the soul of her hus band, parents and loved tines when her beautiful life came to an end in its noon hour, hut “the young can die and the old must.” Mrs. Oogburn was loved by all who knew ber-and many are the friends who will miss that beau tiful cheerful face, Praise God for the hope that some tiny we shall see her, some day little five-year-old Willie and little seven-months old baby girl wtiorn she left will lx* clasped in “mamma’s” arms again. Her remains were carried to her childhood home in Cherokee county and tenderly laid to rest by her loved ones. In Fine Trim News from St. Simon’s where tin* Winder soldier laddies are in camp is to tin* effect that they are enjoying themselves and are in the b/st of health. Cos. 11. is one of the best in the state and Winder is proud of them as a company and is pruod of them as individual citizens. They are fine young men and can always be depended upon to deport them selves in a gentlemanly manner.