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THE PEOPLE’S POPULAR PAPER AND OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CARROLL COUNTY
CARROLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, July 15 19o9 ~ ~~
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burned, lost or stolen, but ift you want to keep it
safely where it will always be ready for you when
needed, deposit it with us. A Bank account will
give you a better business standing in the com
munity and a prestige you may never have en
joyed before. If your name is not on our books,
we will be pleased to see it there,
CARROLLTON BANK.
J. T. BRADLEY. Pres C. H. STEWART, Vice-Pres.
H. fl. SPENCE, Cashier.
Interesting Meeting
The monthly meeting of the
Park Improvement Club was
held last Wednesday, Several
new members were enrolled aad
altogether the meeting was
very enthusiastic.
The motto adopted by the
Club is :“In essentials unity ; in
no-essentials liberty, in all
things charity.”
Among the interesting and in»
structive papers read was the
following suggestive article from
“The Ladies Home Journal.”
A GIRL HAD THE HAPPY
FORTUNE—although she knew it
not-to live in a certain small town.
The streets had run down until
they were dusty in diy weather,
and in wet weather they polka-
dotted the adventurous with yellow
mud. At night this girl would go out,
and looking at the rim of hills that
inclosed her and the sky which
seemed to shut down like a lid upon
her, her soul would beat helplessly
like the wing of a bird against the
bars of its cage. Ch, to escape! was
her cry: to escape into the great
wolrd, the world of action. Then,
with a sigh, she Jwould turn back,
go home, and read to her invalid
mother and see that her old grand
father was put to bed. Each night-
she would seek her room realizing
that the world and its attractions
were not for her. But yet she would
think and think, and so long as we
keep thinking hope is never dead.
Was there no outlet? was her
constant cry.
Cne day the thoughts of this girl
crystallized, and that was the
beginning. She could not write, but
she knew some one who could, and
very soon there appeared a news
paper article telling about the old
town. Then followed a magazine
article. The townpeople got interes
ted: strangers began dropping into
the town. Finally come the thought,
“How does our town look to these
folks?” The people all looked at
their own doorsteps, and that spring
some cleaning began. Holes in the
roads began to be noticed and tilled
in: unsightly spots in the town
which has been there for years
began to be seen for the first time.
“That thar sign doesn’t look right,
somehow,” said a farmer, and down
come that “billboard” and all the
rest in the town. The girl said. “Let
us get together.” That summer a
public picnic was held and the funds
raised repaired the main road Then
came the lawnparty, and the next
winter was punctuated with a fair
here, a tea-party there, and all the
social machinery that brings people
together naturally got into motion.
Two years rolled along, and the
folks who formerly said that time
dragged wondered,what had become
of the winters. Alleys were cleaned,
flower-gardens sprang up every
where, a band was organized and a
bandstand in the “Square” was
erected: a library followed, and
today, in five years, the little town
is known far and wide as -‘the
showplace of the county,” and a
happier, more active ,lot of towns!
folk, proud as peacocks of their
little town, one cannot find in a-
day's ride. And a because of a girl
“Let us get together” and see
what we can do for dear old Carroll
ton.
The singing at the Park last
Sunday afternoon was well at*
tended and much enjoyed. Such
services can not tail to be pro'
ductive ot much good, and we
earnestly hope they will be corn
tinued.
txquitite Patterns
in China and Glassware for dining room and bed
chamber are shown here in snch abandmee and variety
as to be well nigh bewildering. All the mire certainty
of your finding with a l'tttle pleasurable search just
what you want for your own home. But even if you
don’t buy at the moment don’t heritate to [do at least
the seeing part of selection. Welcome! Our prices
are refreshing to small purses.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
Petition Presented for Compulsory
School Attendance.
Atlanta, July 9—A petition, 205
feet long and bearing the signatures
of 5,000 Georgians, has been presen
ted to the general assembly.
The petition asks for the immedi
ate enactment of a compulsory
school attendance law for Georgia.
A duplicate of the bill has also
been introduced into the state sen
ate by Senator Morris, of Augusta,
and it. is expected that the question
of compulsory school attendance will
be pushed with the utmost vigor, and
become a leading issue of the pres
ent session.
Bar Malls to Exchanges.
By the vote of 75 to 31, the house
of representatives Thursday morning
passed the resolution of Mr. Vinson,
of Baldwin, calling upon senators
and congressmen to support the bills
now pending In congress to deny the
use of the malls to cotton exchanges
which carry on fictitious tradftig.
The resolution was passes by the
vote of 75 to 31.
The Prison Commission.
The first official step looking to the
abolition of the prison commission
was taken in the house of represen
tatives Thursday morning when Mr.
White, of Screven, introduced a bill
providing for the creation of a board
of control to supersede the present
commission.
The bill provides that the board of
control shall consist of Uie governor,
who shall act as chairman; the sec
retary of state, the attorney general
and the commissioner of agriculture.
The board shall have all the author
ity now conferred upon the prison
commission in granting of pardons
and the administration of all affairs
pertaining to the management of the
penitentiary system.
The board of control Is authorized
to provide for the election of a clerk,
supervisor of the penitentiary and a
secretary of pardons, their salaries
ranging from $1,800 to $3,000 per
year. Their duties are clearly set
out by the board. Bill shall become
Immediately effective after Its pas
sage by both branches of the gen
eral assembly.
To Use "Near Beer” Fund.
The committee on ways and means'
has voted to favorably report the bill
to make the proceeds from near beer
available for the general expenses of
the state.
The present session of the general
assembly has a burden of $430,000 to
face and must cut Its cloth according
ly, said Representative Reid, of
Campbell, chairman of the committee
on ways and means, in calling that
committee together Thursday after
noon.
After Impressing upon the mem
bers the serious and irksome nature
of their work, Mr. Reid showed that
some $70,000 of extraordinary re
ceipts came in last, year which could
not be counted upon this year. The
present legislature must in financing
the state make allowance for an ex
tra half million of dollars.
Revolutionize Criminal Procedure.
The house special judiciary com
mittee has voted to favorably report
a measure which will revolutionize
criminal procedure In Georgia. It
provides that the jury shall assess
the punishment within the limit of
the law as explained by the court. At
present the jury only declares the
guilt or Innocence of the accused,
while the judge pronounces sentence.
The bill was introducted by Mr. Lew
is, of Hancock.
Senate Passes First Bills,
Atlanta, July 10—The senate pass
ed its first bills Friday, the most Im
portant of which was, perhaps, that
by Senator McWilliams, of the thir
ty-fourth, authorizing county school
boards to borrow money, when the
necessity arises, for the purpose of
making prompt payment to the school
teachers. This bill was passed by
substitute offered by Senator Griffith,
of the thirty-eighth, the effect of
which was practically the same a»
the original bill.
“Georgia Day”
The senate also passed, without
adverse vote, the bill by Senator Sla
ton, of the thirty-fifth, providing for
the observance of February 12 in the
public schools of the state as "Geor
gia Day,” in commemoration of the
anniversary of the landing of Ogle
thorpe.
Brief Session Held.
Atlanta, July 12—The house of
representatives held only a brief
session on Saturday morning, and
aside from passing two local bills
affecting the city of Augusta, read
ing new bills and hills up for a sec
ond reading, transacted no business.
There was no session of the senate.
The two new bills passed were: A
bill to authorize the city council of
Augusta to secure by condemnation
proceedings lands needed for the ex
tension of the city's waterworks sys
tem. Also a hill to create a river
and canal commission for Augusta.
The fish and game committee helf
a session Immediately after the ad
journment of the house and organ
ized. Mr. Garltngton, of Richmond,
the chnirmnn, stated that an effort
would be made at the present sea
slon to secure a comprehensive game
and fish law for the state.
McClendon Investigation.
Atlanta, July 13—The principal
topics engaging the attention of the
legislature this week are the Mc
Clendon Investigation, which is be
ing considered by a joint committee,
and the discussion of the compulso
ry education bill before the commit
tee on education.
The first session of the McClendon
joint committee was consumed in the
reading of documentary evidence
bearing on the case, the message ol
Governor Hoke Smith discharging
the commissioner, and the written
statement of Mr. McClendon In hit-
own behalf.
The fight seems to have resolved
into a question of the legal right ot
the governor to discharge a railroad
commissioner elected by the people.
This la the Issue which the members
of the general assembly will first
solve.
If this legislature decides that the
governor lias the power of removal,
it Is said the friends of Mr. McClen
don will probably demand that Im
peachment proceedings be conducted
In due form. They will Insist, It Is
said, that if the charges against him
were serious enough to cause his re
moval, they were serious enough to
cause his Impeachment.
The house of representatives got
down to work In earnest Monday
morning, and adjourned after a ses
sion of an hour and ten minutes, du
ring which all business before It was
disposed of.
A number of bills were Introduced
and several local bills were passed.
Two or three genoral bills came up
for passoge, but were temporarily ta
bled in order that they may be per
fected.
The senate held a session of one
hour and a half Monday, the longest
yet.
Incidentally a small fight loomed
toward the fag end of the session,
when the Vinson resolution from the
house came up. This resolution pro
vides for requesting the members of
congress from this state to support
the bills forbidding the malls to the
New York and New Orleans Cotton
exchanges and the Chicago grain ex
exchange.
Senator Burwell opposed the reso
lution on the ground that it would
tend to destroy the only market the
farmers have for cotton. The reso
lution was finally referred to the ag
ricultural committee.
Chairman Burwell, of the rules
committee, reported several amend
ments to the senate rules for 1909-10.
There were several new rules Inter
polated, mainly tending to prevent
filibustering and dilatory tactics. All
were adopted.
Bureau of Labor.
Atlanta, July 14.—A bureau of la
bor for the state of Georgia Is pro
vided for in a bill introduced in the
house of representatives on Tuesday.
The measure Is framed In accordance
with the demand of Governor Brown
in the last campaign and the platform
declaration of the convention which
nominated him for governor. The
commissioner of this department is
directed to look Into all strikes and
lockouts and to pay particular atten
tion in investigations to the operations
of laws protecting women and child
labor.
Bill Was Voted Down.
The house of representatives Tues
day voted down the bill to increase
the salaries of the stenographers to
the justices of the supreme court ot
Georgia. The bill, therefore, goes the
way of the bill to Increase the salaries
of judges of the court of appeals.
Sensational Testimony.
One of the most sensational devel
opments of the testimony In the hear
ing before the legislative joint com
mittee which Is Investigating the
charges against Chairman S. G. Mc
Lendon of the railroad commission,
came out Tuesday when President A.
F. Daley, of the Wrightsville and Ten-
nille railroad, testified that Judge
James K. Hines, special attorney for
the railroad commission, had offered
to sell the Wrightsville and TennlHe
bonds after Chairman McLendon had
failed to find a market for them, pro
vided, it is said, he was paid a fee
of $1,000.
Charges Against Smith.
Another Interesting and sensational
development at the morning session
was the charge made by Chairman
McLendon, which he brought out by
questions directed to Judge Hines,
then on the stand, that Governor
Smith had been derelict in his duty
as governor, when he failed under the
We invite our friends and
customers to call and [see us in
our new banking home.
We will take pleasure in
showing you through.
L. C. MANDEVILLE, Prest,
E. G. KRAMER, Vice-Prest.
E. B. BRODNAX, Cashier.
CHAS. A. LYLE, Asst. Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF CARROLLTON,
Capital and Surplus $200,000
Candler law to enforce circuits 316
317 and 318, making reductions <n the
local rates of freight on the Central
of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line and
the Southern railway.
The Cotton Tax.
The senate passed a resolution by
Senator Calloway, of the twenty-ninth,
providing that In the event the cotton
tax is recovered from the United
States government, it shall be distrib
uted to the survivors of the confeder
acy and their widows.
Privacy In Execution*.
Senator McCurry introduced a bill
providing for a greater degree of pri
vacy in the matter of legal executions.
The measure provides that courts
shall not. set a definite date for exe
cutions to take place, but shall merely
specify the week during which t.he
condemned shall be executed, the ob
ject being to prevent any display of
maudlin sentiment- and to suppress
any public meetings which executions
call forth. It Is understood the bill
Will have strong support.
Garrett Reunion.
On next Wednesday July 2ist
will be the date for the Garrett
reunion.
Let all of the relations and
friends come out and let us have
a good time- It does not come
but once a year and it looks
like any of us could lay aside
everything and take one holiday
in a year, we will meet at Bethel
Camp Ground next Wednesday
so come one and all.
John II. Garrett
Summer School.
Beginning July 12th, Mrs. E.
B, Meadows will receive pupils
at the following rates •
Three lessons per week of
one hour each—$1.50 per month
In classes of five in one study
1.00 per month. No class larger
that five will be taken. No pu
pils will be taken in the after
noon.
Stockholders Meeting
The annual stockholder* meet*
ing of the Mandeville Mills was
held Wednesday the 14th at the
office of the company at 10
o’clock.
The regular routine of busi
ness was dispatched, and a divu
dend was declared. All the old
officers and directors were re
elected.
Interesting addresses were
made by President L. C. Man-
deville and Vice-President J. A.
Aycock.
, After the adjournment the
crowd assembled at the Mande*
ville park where they were
guests of the company’s presi<
deut at a ’cue.
Market
(wholesale)
W. D. Bass & Son, weekly
market report, Thursday morn«
ing
Butter 12c
Cotton u | c
Bees Wax 22c lb
Eggs 14c doz
Hens 10 per pound
Friars, 14c lb
Roosters, plentiful dull 20c
Guineas, plentiful dull 20c
Ducks Pekin 20c
DucksPuddle 17c
Geese 40c
Corn 100 bu
Sweet Potatoes 90 bu
Irish Potatoes 1 00
Cane seed 1 1-2 lb
Hides, Green 6c lb
Hides Green salt 8c lb
Dry Salt uclb
Hides Dry Flint 12 c lb
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