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Organs, Buggies. Vol. XX.—B Pages. SETS DATE FOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. Commi sicner of Internal Reve nue Arranges for Additional Examinations in Georgia The News is in receipt of a let ter from Hon. Thomas M. Bell, in closing a letter f°r publication from Hon. W. H. Osborn. Inter nal Revenue Commissioner, and we take pleasure in giving it space for the intelligence it con tains. The letter follows: “Treasury Department, Wash ington, July 12, 1913. Hon. T M. Bell. M. C. House of Repre sentatives. Washington, D. C. Sdr: On June 24 1913, this Offijce requested the Civil Service Com mission additional examinations in the State of Georgia for the purpose of securing additional eligibles for appointments to po sitions in the internal revenue service. “I have been advised by the Commission that the examina tions requested will be held on August 16, 1913. at the follow ing places: Atlanta, Augusta Ma con, Columbus and Savannah, and that all applications for en trance to said examinations should be in the hands of the Civil Service Commission by Au gust 11. 1913, ‘As numerous inquiries have been made relative to appoint ments in the internal revenue ser vice. and as the commissions of „ : ?puty collectors of internal rev enue automatically expire with that of the collector by whom they were commsisioned and ap pointed, and it is possible that, many new collectors maynot elect to recommsision the old deputies, it is suggested that you give this information wide publicity, in view of the fact that all positions in the Internal revenue service are within the classified civil ser vice and appointment thereto is made from the eligible registers of the Civil Service Commission. “Respectfully, W. H. Osburn, Commissioner. Goes to U. S. Supreme Court Gov. Slaton has authorized At torney General Felder and Judge J. K. Hines, special attorney to the railroad commission, to take the necessary steps to have the case of the state against the lessees of the Western and Atlan tis railroad to enforce thru rates from Atlanta to Chattanooga, to the supreme court of the United States. Big Land Deal. Mr. M. J. Griffeth, head of the ohl reliable firm of Griffeth, Hill & Cos., left this morning for m Albany, to close up the big land deal whereby large holdings of himself, Bush and others are to b< transferred to other parties. This deal involves about $lB,OOO it is understood. Payment of three thousand dollars has already been made. Speaker Pro Tem McMieli.ael of Marion wants to chop off the per diem of members of the gen eral assembly and apply that amount to payment of teachers. wtuvu LIPSCOMB TAX BILL Amended by Committee Will Be Rsported to the House Thursday. Atlanta, Ga., July 22 —Commit- tee amendments to the Lipscomb bill provide for a state board of three tax equalizers, at salaries of $7 per diem, 2 1-2 cents travel ing expeness and limited to 50 days per year, with terms two four and six years and appoint ed by the governor. Such appoin tees shall be, for the term for which appointed and for two years thereafter. ineligible to hold any state county or munici pal office. Tire county boards, named by the superior court judges on rec ommendation of the £rand juries shall meet before June 22 of each year and the tax receiver shall turn over returns to them. They shall sit 20 days. If any per son is dissatisfied with his as sessment, he can appear before the state board within five days. If still dissatisfied an arbirta tion board of three disinterest ed persons w r ill hear evidence and render a final decision. The state board will consider only county matters as a whole and not individual returns. The comptroller general is to act as secretary of the state board and tax receivers as secretaries of the county boards. lit is believed that the bill can be reported to the house by Thursday. Celebration. There will be a celebration at Ebenezer in Gwinnett Saturday. Rev. 11. N. Rainey* of this city is on the program for an address, other speakers will also be pres ent. Everybody is invited to come and bring well filled bas kets. 1 * General News Notes. The grand encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows is in session at Athens. About 100 encampments are on hand. Senator Bacon* owing to press of business at the national capital was forced to decline the invita tion to address the Georgia leg islature. By a vote of 8 to 5, the senate committee on education Tuesday afternoon reported unfavorably on the Bush bill, requiring the Bible to be read in the public : schools. Concerted opposition has devel oped in congress to Postmaster- General Burleson s order re ducing parcel post rates and in creasing the maximum size of packages to be handled in the service. A resolution lias been introduc ed in the Georgia legislature to investigate the conduct of Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture. The res olution i sbas and on charges made by IT M. Blackburn, editor of the Southern Fancier-Farmer. Misses Ann a Cook and Mae Audrey Chandler, of Bishop, are the guest of Mrs. T. A. Maynard. Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, July 24, 1913. Optimism. “Cbeer up, old boy! Don’t dump your joy because the day is glum; pick out the best and dump the rest — let's hear you start to hum. When in a jam, don’t cuss and slam, but grin and wait it out; the joys love hope, it’s powerful dope, and puts the glooms to route. So don’t despair, turn down dull care and leave him to the mob. The sun ain’t dead, he’ll leave his bed, and soon be on the job.” SCOUTS GO TO CAMP About Twenty-Five Will Take Advantage of the Outing. Saturday morning about twen ty-five of Winder’s young Boy Scouts will leave for Toccoa for their summer’s outing. Scout master Quarterman and Former Scoutmaster Eden, who is now on the ground making arrange ment<s for the receptkn of the Beouts, will have charge of the pa|ys and a fine time is assured. The News is in receipt of the (following letter from Mr. Eden for publication: f “Editor News —Thorough ar rangements have been made for the initial of the camp in the center of Toccoa, facing the courthouse square, from Satur day afternoon to Monday morn ing, in order that the young peo ple may meet the Toccoa folks and go to church and Sunday school Sunday. The people here are looking forward to the com ing of the Scouts with great an ticipation and expect to give a hearty welcome. The hours spent in Toccoa will be running over with unalloyed enjoyment. “Monday morning we are to pull up stakes and go out to Hon J. D. Prather’s famous country home, seven miles from Toccoa, hard by mountains, within a few hundred yards of Tugalo riv er, about ten miles from Tallu lah. amidst almost ideal surround ings for shade, fishing, ba*hinrr. protection, conveniences and plea ure. A phone is handy, a fine auto road with. Toccoa only twen ty minutes away, and people al ready planning to ride out fre quently and visit the camp. W e are to give an exhibi tion and reeita] of Boy Scouts and Camp Fire activities and prin ciples for Toccoa s benefit and help place these organizations there. Hikes are to be had to Toccoa Falls, Currahee Mountain Tallulah, Shut-In and other places. The writer is building high hopes on the parents permit ting every Boy Scout and Camp Fire Girl to come, and we invite you here and now to run up by auto or train and visit us any. day. “Fraternally., “J. Fred Eden, Jr.” Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Smith had as their guests Friday, Mr. and Mrs. James Mobley, Mr. and Mrs. James Wyley and Miss Maud Mobley, of Social Circle. GIRL BRIDE Shoots Husband to Prevent De sertion, She Says. Gainesville, Ga., July 23—Phy sicians today entertain hope for th.e recovery of Tom Wood, a baseball player, Avho was shot Sunday night by bis nineteen vear old girl bride, who is held under the charge of assault with intent to murder. The young woman declares that she shot Wood because she fear ed he would desert her. McCUTCHEON HEAD OF WEEKLY EDITORS. Lagrange, July 23. —The twen ty-seventh annual convention of the Georgia Weekly Press associ ation came to a close this morn ing at 11:30. Subjects of inter est to the association were dis cussed, new resolutions made and old resolutions amended. The nomination and election of officers was. held. Those elected were: President— P. T. MeCutcheon, Franklin. Vice President —J. C. McAu liff, Milledgeville. 2nd. Vice Pres. —J. A. Perry, Lagrange. Cor. Sec. —H. M. Stanley, Dub lin, re-elected. Rec. Sec. —C. E. But ler. ) Treas. —J. J. Howell, Cuthbert. The attendance that gathered at the morning session of the con vention was the largest in the history of the association. July Ccttcn Off. New Orleans, July 23'—The price of old crop cotton suffered th reesult of selling out of hold ers of long contracts. In the trading before noon July dropped 30 points, and August dropped 25 This wade the break in July 75 points, or nearly $4 a bale. The market opened steady,with no signs of weakness, hut soon af the call, both July and August were sold heavily and prices fell off under the pressure. At the lowest of the morning July stood at 11.70 and August at 11}.69, thus fulfilling the bearish prediction. l that August would sell under Ju ly. Social News Nets. Miss Sarah Mays, of Social Circle and Miss Lucy Finger of Gainesville are visiting Miss An nette Qullian this week. Little Montine Robinson, has r<yturned home, after a pleasant week spent at her uncle’s, John A. Robinson, R. F. D. 23. Little Ruby Woodruff, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wood ruff who are visiting in Nor eross, Ga for the summer. Miss Reunite Woodruff has re 'turned home after spending several days with her Unde, Mr. W. 11. Perry, of Oglethrope Coun ty. Mrs. W. J. Timms and Mrs. W. B. Osborn, of Atlanta, spent several days here this week as the guests of Mrs. Georgia Ilar rk , ' > t SHINGLEMAN. 8 Pages.—No. 15 DEMOCRATS UPHELD ON ON EVERY TEST VOTE Senate Takes Plunge Into The Tariff Bill Washington, D. C., July 23 The senate took its first plunge into the intricacies of the Un derwood-Simmon.s tariff revision bill today. At the end of a day of hard work only a few para graphs of the voluminous meas ure had been completed when ad* journraent was reached tonight. On very test vote throughout the day democratic leaders were upheld, in some cases receiving the support of republicans align ed with the progressive element. Detailed consideration of the bill began unexpectedly when it was found no republican sen ators were ready to deliver speeches. Chairman Simmons urged that the senate lose no time in pushing the measure to a vote, and with the consent of the republicans, the reading of the bill, line by line was begun. Tests of strength came upon a number of relatively unimport ant issues, embraced in duties up on chemicals and drugs. The der ocratic ranks held solidly upon each vote. BARROW COUNTY BILL Defeated in Senate —Vote 25 to 17—Two Not Voting. The bill creating the county 'of Barrow from territory from Wal ton, GwjjineU and Jackson was temporarily defeated this morn ing in the senate. Being a constitutional amend ment it reqired 30 votes to secure passage. Reconsideration is certain, as a majority controls. In this event the bill will go to the heet of the senate calendar and would not be reached again this session We have been fought hard, some fighting on conviction and from pure motives. Others have fought us from selfish interest and still others for revenge and political hatred. This time at least these political dead ones have fought us in the open and we have more respect for them since seeing them in an altogether new role. Prohibition Measure.. The famous Webb bill de signed to stop shipments of li quor into dry states from wet ones—and in which bill there was found a weakness amounting to nullification —has been made to fit Georgia by the legislature which passed a measure yester day which is the strongest yet proposed. , Senator Baccn’s Vote. , ‘ Senator A. O. Bacon received votes for United Spates sen ator in the special election held )n July loth. —the first elec.ion under the change in the federal law. Goes To Philadelphia. Mr. 0. N. Patrick, brother-in law of Dr. L. W. Hodges, leaves ‘his week for Philadelphia, where he goes to take a post-graduate course in optometry. j m