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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1923
THU CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARR OLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, GA.
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CONCERNING TAXES
Those who have the say about the
expenditure of tax moneys frequently
speak of the wastefulness of armies
and navies. They wish, ns does every
one else, that such national safeguards
were unnecessary and that the funds
needed for their maintenance might
be diverted to serve other purposes.
But as a rule they have very little to
say about our standing army of tax
collectors and spenders, which is more
than five times the size of our army
and navy combined. In this connect
ion the recent Tcport of the taxation
committee of the Michigan Hankers’
Association is particularly interesting.
The committee asserts that., in the
past fifteen years, more than 1,000,000
lows have been passed in the country
to control the lives and business ac
tivities of our people, and that one in
dividual in awelvo of our population
is supported by the taxpaying public
in one way or another. In the state
of Michigan, 50 per cent of the wealth
newly created every year goes to pay
for government—Btate, local or nation
al.
The United States government pays
ealaries to 700,000 civilians and the
several states have more than twice
that number on their payrolls. Add
their families and dependents and you
will understsand the surprising totnls
and the cost our our governmental
housekeeping.
Is it any wonder that tax-free se
curities are populur, and that so many
supposedly upright citizens are to be
suspected of forgetfulness in the mat
ter of their tax return? Is it any won
der that most business men hold up
their hands in horror at the thought of
government ownership or operation of
utilitiesf—Evansville, Ind., Courier.
BE GLAD OF LITE
HIGHWAY MURDERS
To be glad of life because it gives
you the chance to love and to work
and fo play and to look up at the
stars; to be satisfied with your possess
ions, 'but not contented will yourself
until you have made the best of them;
to despise nothing in the world cxcopt
falsehood and meanness, and to fear
nothing except cowardice; to bo gov
erned by your admiratiqos rather than
by your disgusts; to covet nothing that
is ymjr neighbor's except hLs kindness
of heart and gentleness of mannefs;
to think seldom of your enemios, of
ten of your friends, and every day of
Christ and to spend as much time ns
you can, with body and with spirit
in God’s out-of-doors-these are little
guide-posts on the foot path of pence.
- Henry Van Dyke.
One day last week, in one of the
northern counties of Georgia, two old
people, bent with age, slow of step,
and showing every evidcnco of poverty,
wended their way, afoot slowly down
the public, highway, expecting to spend
a happy Sunday with a son whom they
had not seen in mnuy months.
When only n short distance from the
humble home of the son, they were
overtaken by an automobile in wdiich
were riding two young men, cither
drunk or inspired by n spirit of rest
lessness and hellishness equally as bad
as drunkenness, and tho decrepit old
couple were run down, thrown many
feet, and left bleeding and dying by
the roadside, while the fiendish pair
continued their wild flight dow*i the
highway.
A few days later two little boys
brothers, wero ovcrt;iken by another
just such a pair of speed demons, near
Atlanta, «s they were delivering milk
for their mother, hauling it in a lit
tle toy wagon. These little boys were
run over, dragged some distance, and
one soon died in a hospital, while the
other still lingers between 1 ifo and
death, his little body fearfully muti
lated. This death machine Tan on a
short distance and was wrecked against
a telephone post.
Tho perpetrators of both these crimes
are now languished behind the bars,
and Oh. what a pity that their lives
cannot be required of them, to the end
that those innocent ones they so un
necessarily hurled into eternity might
bo restored to life and their usual
strength.
Under the laws of the land they arc
not murderers, but, we verily believe
in the sight of God they are murderers
of the worst type.
If we remember aright, the killing
of one. person by another, before it
can bo classed as murdeT, must be done
“with malice aforethought,” “deliber
ately,” “ Premcdiated,” etc.
Many a man hns, under the stress
of some grent injustice, cither real or
imaginary, done him by another, al
lowed this injustice to prey on his
mind, allowed his hatred to increase
until ho hns “deliberately’ and with
malice aforethought,” planned and ac
complished the death of his enemy.
While such a one is undoubtedly guil
ty of murder, and in tho interest of
society should be called to account and
required to pay the penalty for his
deed, ho might he pitied for the fact
that ho nllowed himself to be ovorcome
by his weakness.
But these speed ^emons who almost
daily snuff out the life of some inno
cent pnrty, against whom they have
no ill will, are, actuated by a spirit
which is worthy .of, as great condemna
tion as is even “malice aforethought.”
We nil pass thpm on the Toad often,
boi3trous, ' often drunk, rowdy, and
getting all the speed possible out of
their' .’ears, with utter disregard for
the lives or property of others. Yes
we say Urey -arcr rin reality, murderers
of a most henirros'type.
This levy has increase^ until the fig
v.res given out on such cases, if ob
tainable, would-■ donbtl.ess shock the
nation, and it seems: the-end is not yof.
And in practically every instance these
“accidents” are but tho natural re
sult 6f tho recklessness, carelessness
end fiendishness of the man at the
steering wheel.
Down with the highway murderers!
-The Covington News.
THE WET MOVEMENT STUCK IN
THE MUD
Well, the wets have made their bid
todny they are splashing around in
the mud about one hundred yurds from
the starting point.
These schemers against the constitu
tion thought that when St. A1 the
Blundersmith,' signed the repeler bill
all that was necessary was to whoop
and holler and hurrah; a scoro of other
wet states would quickly get into line;
the federal government and the people
would despair; the band would begin
to piny and the voters would hnng on
to everything from tho front seat to
the rear hub.
A1 signed jnullificationists prodded
Illinois and Wisconsin to “Get in
line,” a great blare and noise was
made in the wet newspapers to the
effect that A1 was just as good as in
tho White house.
What was tho result? Illinois Te
fused to repeal its dry laws, and so
did Wisconsin. The people in general
read the news about A1 and tho big
movement with bored contempt and
cold
told
and take off his Sunday clothes. |
Never before in political history hns j
a bid for leadership fallen flat with j
such a humiliating thud.
TUBERCULOSIS A PAYING
SANATORIUM IS INVESTMENT
FULL RIGHT NOW 1 Henry Ford was recently asked what
j kind of men he preferred ns workmen.
, mi He replied that he wanted HEALTHY
The State Tuberculosis Sanatorium _ , ... min
men. Being further questioned rela-
is full to its capacity, every bed filled t , ve to hj „ pre ference for managerial
and there is a large waiting list of positions, he informed his questioner
patiente who are Dadly in need of the that, all other qualifications being
treatment given there. | e Qu a >- he preferred strong, healthy, ro-
This institution which is kept full bu8t men ' j BrB
Here we find that the world s larg-
at all times, can take care of only 100
patients. There are at best estimate
30,000 tubercular persons, white and
black, in the State of Georgia today,
and the state furnishes only 100 bedB
to care for its tubercular*—at best
only 300 persons can be treated in each
year. No beds are furnished by Geor
gia for the care of negroes—even
though there are two or three times
as many negroes suffering with tuber-
i n
Pricftt of all (404)
CommoJitioa
r
est manufacturer In his most marvelous
success was quick to realize the value
of the health of the employees in his
large industrial plants.
It elands to sound reasoning that
health 1b an Invaluable asset to any
kind of business. We have but to ex
ercise our common sense to realize that
a man or woman who is on the job day
i after day renders to the employer a
far better service than one who is
culosis, and these negroes come into ,
direct contact with a very large ma- constantly away frop, work ^ account
jority of the white children. Chil- \ ot 8,ckne88 ” * ho - bel ^ a ‘ work.cam-
dren are especially subject to tuber- " ot adoQu^te y meet the demands of
culosis infection. To protect the white the P° B 1 in , ‘ 8 evef y P bafle 011 !M>
race from tuberculosis, there must be coun * 1 health.
Increased provision for the treatment ! Did >' ou ever 8t °P t0 tb,nk *
disapproval. Even Tom Taggert and'segregation of tubercular persons , f the ^ cent w °rld war men were selected
11 . , „ , ! I l0T the service of the country? It was
M that he might ns we go borne . ^ Sanator|um for tuberC ulosl8 has ! for , tbe sim P le reason that our ) country
„„„ , could succeed far better and more
quickly with an army of robust, able-
1. To treat.
2. To segregate.
3. To educate.
1. To treat those already the vic
tims of the Great White Plague—to
The Republican party is going to be
dry in the next enmpnign. The T)em
ocratic party is going to be drv in the ... . ,, ,
1 ; " h cure those that are curable—to allevi-
rext campaign. , ate t be Bu fferiifg of those not curable.
The south and west are not going
tc sit back and let the slums of eas
tern cities play the fool with the Dem
ocratic Party again. These sections of
the country aTO in a humor to demand
a little consideration and they are go
ing to get it or know tho reason
why,
We have no doubt flint the wets
will make other bids before the can
didates are nominated, but they will
only add to tlveir humiliation. It is a
safe prediction that both pnrties will
nopiinate patriots and gentlemen who
willistnnd for a square deal all nround
bodied men than it could with an army
composed of men drafted with no
thought of their physical fitness.
Health to an individual is in value |
to all worldly possessions second only i
to life itself. Without health a person
really does not and cannot get joy out i
2. To segregate those persons who °f life in full measure.
What can we do to possess thif
priceless asset? Can it be purchased 1
and, if so, what is the cost?
Our State has a department of Us
government whose duty it is to prevent |
disease and to protect the health of out
citizens. Our State Board of Health
I014TB161916 1917
Y OU have bean
able for many
years to get Good
year Tires at prices
below the average
commodity pries
level, as the above
chart shown. Yon
can get tham today
for 30% leas than
they cost ten years
ago. But you have
never been able to
get so nsuen quality
in a Goodyear Tire as
you get today in the
new Goodyear Cora.
This is a good time
to buy Goodyears.
Ai Goody—* Smrvicm Station
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Vf mend the mu Cm^mt
** Carda with the ^sraWii
Weather Tram* mnd ham4
them up with Btmndmrd
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THE SONG OF THE SOUTH
(By Arthur Stone, News Editor New Orleans Times
Picaune, and brother of Warner and E. P. Stone,
of Carrollton.)
Ii
are expectorating the germ of tuber
culosis—to present them from infect
ing others.
3. To educate patients how to take
care of themselves—to show them how
to prevent infecting other persons—to
ranke missionaries to carry the gospel
of good health and of hygiene to the is functioning most efficiently with its
relatives at home. j limited means. It is serving our clti-
In order that the Sanatorium may ' zens daily and reaching thou nds year
function in these three ways, the bed Suficient funds should be provided
capacity must he adequate. The Sana- 80 that this valuable eervk <• may be
torium at Alto is not inadequate, but j extended more fully to every individual
the size of the Sanatorium at Alto is ' in the state. Until we realize that it
inadequate. I is as important, and more so, to pro-
To correct this inadequacy, the tect ol,r health as to protect our crops
energetic and efficient enforcement of j Georgia State Board of Health has I an 4 animals, we need not expect to
constitutional law and no quarter tt I formulated the plan to build a larger! Progress as we should and as we are
nullifications. -Methodist Bulletin. and up-to-date Sanatorium to care for capable.
| at least 220 white persons, leaving the Here we have an investment yielding
present plant for the treatment of i Iar e e dividends. The cost is nominal
negro patients. 1 compared to the amount and quality of
_ , , . ~~ r ; This plan would require about $600,-1 service rendered. We would do well
It is important to give the individ 000 {Qr bulld , ng fund Tq flnance thlg ' to invest more, as every dollar Invest-
in our industrial and governmental sys , pro j ect j t ]B 8U g ge8ted b y the Board 1 ed returns us Its tenfold value In pre-
tem a feeling that his dignity and of Health, that the counties fumlBh j ventin 8 disease and protecUng our
self-respect, and, as far as possible, j either by public or private funds, one- health.
his initiative are preserved. If vVc , half the cost. For example, the cost | Health of our citizens Is to our State
give him a' sense that ho is being , Per bed for the proposed Sanatorium j a8 , va ! uabIe L an _ ass ° t _
consulted about matters within lib
GROUP THOUGHT
Ah! Backache Gone
Rub Lumbago Away
Rub Pain from back with small
trial Bottle of old
“St. Jacobs Oil.”
range of interact .xyo .conserve his self-
confidence and wo net in accordance
with modern democratic tendencies.
Such a course produces better results
by releasing individual energies. Any
si-homo of employee representation
should he so conducted as to encour
age constructive contributions. Th^
wide-awnke executive will welcome the
opportunity through conferences with
organized committees of his employees
to . stimulate and make use of group
tlioHglit. --Sam A. Lewishon.
would be $2,500—the county supplying fltDess *« to our army and as health
$1,250 for each bed. 1 ot employees is to not only Mr. Ford,
The number of beds assigned to but 4° ° ur ever y ‘"duetry.
each county has been worked out on
WHAT IS GREATNESS?
).l;
Greatness, in the last analysis,-is
largoly bravery---courage in escaping
lrom old ideas and old standards and
respectable ways of doing things. This
is ono of the chief elements in what
we vaguely call capacity. If you do
not dare to differ from your associates
and teachers you will never be great
or your life sublime. You may he hap
pier as a result, or you may be miser
able. Each of us is great insofar as
we perceive and act on the infinite
possibilities which lie undiscovered and
unrecognized about us.---James Harvey
I? eh in son.
a basis of death from tuberculosis In
each county—one bed for every six
deaths In a county with 18 deaths—r
this would mean 3 beds at a cost to
the county of $3,760. The State, would
then be asked to match this fund with
an equal amount. ;
Wherever this -plan has been brought
to the attention of the counties and
their citizens, it has been received with
enthusiasm.
' Uqless some such n plan can be car
ried out,' the fight against tuberculosis
will not be successful. If every citi
zen would see the demand for this
larger Sanatorium: and would call it
to the attention of their Senators and
Representatives in the. next Assembly,
this plan would be passed favorably
and a great advance would be made
against a very rehl enemy to the pub
lic health of Georgia.
SERVICE
Ah I Pain is gonel
Quickly ?—‘Yes. Almost instuf re- .
lici from soreness, stiffness, lameness
and pain follows a gentle rubbing
with "St. Jacobs Oil."
Rub this soothing, penetrating oil
right on your painful back, and like
magic, relief comes. "St. Jacobs Oil"
is a harmless backache, lumbago and
sciatica remedy which never disap
points and doesn’t burn the skin. ,
Straighten up I Quit complaining! i
Stop those torturous “stitches.” In n
moment you will forget that you ever,
had a weak back, because it won’t hnrt
or be stiff or lame. Don’t suffer ! Get -
a small trial botle of old, honest
“St. Jacobs Oil" from your druggist
sow. and gtt this lasting relief.
There is only one way to estimate
the worth of any given thing, that is
the actual service it gives. Service
can only be estimated by the amount
of good it does to the largest number
of people and its effect on the popula
tion of the country that is covered by
the service rendered. It cannot be
told in cold cash, because ofter the
service rendered Is so important, far
reaching and of such character that
even, the individual would pay his Iasi
dollar for it and pledge all his future
prospects. “All that a man hath .will
he give for his life.” Service that
prolongs and saves life, that prevents
illness, that gives to the State health
and consequent happiness and prosper
ity, cannot be estimated in money, yei
in all truth it is purchasable. It iB
In a small measure being bought and
the goods delivered. More of the same
king of "goods” are ready for delivery, j
Money, however, is necessary to buy |
this "merchandise.’’ The State Board i
of Health can only function as it is
expanded; it can expand and enhance
THE LITTLE THINGS
Haste, Valor, rise! Uncrown thy head
Before these men who freely bled
To give me life. For, lo, the host
Of whom the gods might fitly boast,
Some wraith-like forms, some t^ill in flesh,
Athwart my far ken wheel afresh.
) I r -’
In arms the strength of these was' told.
In arms the hearts of these werg gold.
Lift up, my soul, in pride of race!
Through pride of birth, through native grace,
’Gainst mighty odds they gave their strength
And stretched their love the utmost length—
E’en to death’s door. The fray is spent. • iW- •"*
My pieed to them is sacrament. :0 ?
When Love bears arm?, I Love is bold,
His courage fashioned in God’s mould.
These are not weak, they are not old—
Their youth and strength I e’er enfold
Within my bosom warm. No whit
Is lost. Their courage, beacon lit
To rob of fear their darker nights,
Still guides my feet along the heights.
The heat of high deeds ne’er grows old
But warms new hearts to ventures bold.
Attention to detail is the secret of
success in every sphere of life;, and
little kindnesses, little acts of eonsid-
orateness, little appreciations, little
confidences, are all that most of us
■b are calk’d upon to perform, but they
j are all that are needed to keep the
5’ 1 friendship sweet. - Hugh Black.
1
The warm weather brings with it
the house fly. He has been accused
of much, and is guilty of all that lias
been charged against him and then
some. You should do your share in
getting rid, of this pest and menace
I to the public health and especially the yaIues o{ lands and business in pro-
| health of the babies j Portion to the amount appropriated by
I The fly does carry disease, is filthy ' the General Assembly. Dr. Abercrom-
and a general nuisance, so let’s do all' We ' Commissioner of Health, is waiting
we can to swat him early and late and and '° Bive a broader and
destroy his breeding places. 1 more intensive labor to his work if he
With the fly comes the usual sum-1 is Permitted to do so. Malaria control,
mer diseases, dvsenterv, diarrhoea and ; care and Prevention of Tuberculosis,
typhoid. The 'flv is ' responsible for I Hook Worm campaign ' venereaI d,s '
much of these. He is the carrier, and I eaEe education and control by free
as such is the cause of much illness. I trentment of the indigent, eradication
Screen against him and protect all ! of d, P h ther!a by administration ot
food, especially that eaten raw, and: Toxin-Antitoxin, infant mortality, su-
milk from contamination. Many deaths Peryision and advise to every expect-
ant mother and her child, life exten-
INDOLENCE
The above was written for and publishsed in the
Times Picaune.; New Origans, Wednesday April 11th,
1923, on the occasipn qf. the meeting of the Confed
erate Soldiers re-unioh; that place, at that time.
Of all the cankers of human happi
ness none corrodes with so sile.pt yet
so baleful an influence as indolence. It
is while we are young that the habit,
of industry is formed. If not then it
never is afterwards.--Thomas Jefferson.
When quite young I sot a goal where
I would retire: I have reached that
goal, and enjoyed every- Step of the
way. Now, to retire wouM J bS-misery..
Not that I want mOTe lfibney,'but to
step aside and give tip the activities sf
life has no charmB for me now. May
thje, LoM giwctiib' health and pep to
thi end.--William Petrie, * Wheeling,
Va.'
It’s the way a man sticks to a thing
that marks him - 'as a success ot a fail
ure. Many a fellow has won out at
the eleventh' hour just because' hf
wouldn’t-let gp. jl>6n’t be a jflwtter.
—Farrington. From W. W. Kemper
1 -Bremen, O.
of babies can be saved by the proper
handling of milk and proper disposal
of human excrement. So many of our
diseases come from taking into our
stomachs human excrement that it
does seem that we would install sani
tary closets and protect our food and
water BUBPiles—hut we are supposed
to be writing about the fly. SWAT
HIM—DO IT NOW.
sion service, adequate and complete
aid; fo the feeble minded and many
othpii things-that a good unhampered
Board of Health; ,.cap do. . Will the
mo^iey,:,to purchase this service to
huipapityi be forthcoming?
" Swimming hole
U’k'h 'the coming of hot weather
cones the opening of the swimming
.pet id'‘of the' toWUB and cities, and the.
•■.wathPliiol* of 'the country hoy. - The
■Che'season is fast approaching when
typhoid fever makes its appearance.
Typhoid comeB from a specific germ
being thrown off from the body ,W ^'ipf >the„«zeqks. is often polluted
one who has had tvphoid and who is ^ bt Ispjien taken in the mouth
known as a "carrier.” qc^lden^jO^ypurposely, and unless
You can -protect yourself and loved',^P^periy tajeen care of and safeguard-
ones by using the free typhoid vaccine * d 'fnere is lhore danger in the public
furnished by the State Board of' BwimminK pools aDd rented bathln 8
Health. It protects vou for at least su | tB - Pools and public bath houses
three years, and rio one Should neglect 8hou,d b « supervised by tho Health
Its use: Summer and fall are the officer - Tbe statp Board of Health
danger-periods., so now 5s the time to in lts department of Sanitary Engi-
«cp tv,p ■nrpvpntfvo i veering will be glad to, advise with
preventive. ^ ^ ^
| of swimming pools.
The privilege of living in a commun
ity where the public health, safety afd j j n arranging and .thipklpg of .new
comfort are properly looked alter and legislation for 1923. we hope that our
safeguarded, carries with also the legislature will give to our State Boat’d
resnonsiWittv of doing your full share 0 f Health most liberally,
towards maintaining such conditions, rift.-. ’ '
A VERY DESIRABLE TRACT OI?
LAND A t BOWDOU FOR SAXE
Will he sold, at an early date a tract . ’
of land located in. the town of Bow- .j
don bolonging to tho estate of EL
M. Lovvorn, deceased. Said tract, con-.
tains more than 200 acres and nbt a ;
niore desirable piece of property can ]
bo found in Carroll County. Almost':
100 acres in cultivation and 75 acreB
in original woods. Approximately one j
milo of street frontago with beautiful ‘J
building siteB. Larger part within the
incorporate limits of the town of Bow- )
don. One-half milo from the public \
school and Jess than a mile from the,
Bowdon Normal-4 Industrial College, ai ’
branch of the State,’ University. Can 1
.be subdivided so a»J to have runuhtg c
y,ater in each division. .
Under terms of will cun ho soldi I
at private sale. NnW .°J? cn f° T inspec* i
tion and bidB.
For further information communicate
with Bpyd A. Lovvorn, executor, -La*-
Grange} Ga. 9pug-4t : c
In the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District of
Georgia. Northern Division. — In
Bankruptcy.
In the matter of Hiruin C. Smith
Bankrupt No. 9232.
To the Creditors of the said Bankrupt
of Roopville in the eounty of Carroll
said District:
Notice is hereby given that on tho
19 day of .Ta-ly 1933, the said Hiram
C. Smith was duly adjudicated bank
rupt; and that the first meeting of
the creditors of the said bankrupt will
he held at the office of the Refereo in
Carrollton, Ga., at the hour of 9 o’clock
A. M., on the 18 day of Aug. 1923, at
which time the creditors of the said
bankrupt may attend, prove their
claims, examine the bankrupt, elect a
trusteo and transact suchc other busi
ness as may properly come before' such' '
meeting. > • -yi
At Carrollton, Ga., this the 7 dav of
Aug. 1923.
EUGENE SPRADI^N, ..
RefeTee in Bankruptcy. - I. ,
In the District Court of the United ij
States for the Northern District of
Georgia. Northern Division. '
Bankruptcy. “ i
In the Matter of Steed ft PentecostjjJii . j
partnership composed bfqiSbbert fiee.-.'l
Stetjd & G, E. Pentecost, Bankriujts '. I
No. 9248.
To the Creditors of tho said Bankrupt*, 1 !
of Roopville,. in the County of Cnr- ; ;
roll, said District: * v-l
Notice is hereby- given that on tfie U
26th day of July, 1923,.the. said Steed ;,
& Pentecost was duly adjudicated b&nfcr
rupt; and that the first meeting ofirtjwr ..
creditors of .the said bankrupts willofee :
1 held at the office of tho Referee in Oar-
I rollton, Ga.yat the hour of 9 o’clock^ , i
| A. M., oii l tHfe llth day of- August, 1923,
! at which time the creditors of the skid' I
; hankrupts may attend, prove their
1 claims; examine the bankrupts-, eleit a
trustee and transact such other husinegs v
as may properly eome before such meet
ing. "• ■ i c • 5 a
j- . spJiA'ifet»,:
I. • fr* Bankramcy.