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THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 16, 1923 .
i WORK If M. SOLONS
I IN SESSION mto
Much Constructive Legislation
Proposed and Discussed in
Both Houses
J administered has broken down in
■ Georgia as it has broken down ev-
J ery other state,” said the exe-
R cutive. “The general property* tax
U is recognized as a failure by prac-
S tically every tax expert for a nun>
|| ber of reasons upon which there is
S generally unanimity of opinion. I
jt need here refer to only one—its
L failure to reach a rapidly increas-
B ing class of property, the intangi
| ble personal property—notes, ac
■Afounts, mortgages, bonds and oth
credits,
“Whatever may be said in its
A favor, it cannot be questioned that
Ls a large majority of the people* of
the state are opposed to the tax
‘g equalization law and it should be
» repealed, because its history for
J the past ten years clearly demin
strates that until repealed Ithere
will be no civic or political peace.
S harmony, or unity, among the peo
pie, state of mind, a nuhlic senti
>J p ent, so necessary to the construc-
'sjfc tive program of progress which bv
■ common imnulse of the pennle
seen's practically assured. The
| legislature will, of course, then
3 promptly turn its attention to the
$ enactment of a more satisfactory
$ substitute hefoer it completes the
f labors of the year.”
Tn his first, njessage to the! as
, semblv and in another special na
if ner, the governor again urged that
J his program be carried out. He
J submitted the tax system in onera-
W tion in other states for considera-
tion. North Carolina, South Car
"g olina, Kentucky and Virginia
g were especially mentioned.
■ methods to the attention of th|e
Although he called these tax
legislators, the governor did not
designate any one of them as his
favorite. Instead, he urged that
one of them, or a combinaljjon
best suited to the needs of the
state be adopted. In refusing to
point out one system as his favor
ite, the governor stated he did not
wish to put himself in the role of a
dictator and added he felt certain
J the lawmakers could find a solut' n
f to the tax problem from the sys
tem he had outlined.
Requests for an investigation of
| two state departments—the de
partment nf agriculture and the
highway department— occupied a
< large portion of the 1923 session.
The highway department inves
tigation was hold and resulted in
charges brought by Depresentative
McMichael, of Marion, that the di-
was guilty of mismanage-
inefficiency and wasteful of
funds not being sustained.
Mrl McMichael, the only member
of the legislative investigating com
mittee not agreeing to the rnaioritv
renort. filed a n.inoritv statement
in sunnort of his allegations against
th" department.
The inquiry this vear is the sec
ond held within three sessions of
.. the legislature as a result of
■ charges brought by Mr. McMichael.
L The investigation two years ago
also resulted in an exoneration of
the highway department.
Stewart began„his fight against
the agricultural department early
in the session.
Prohibition appeared as one ot
the principal subjects before the
7 assembly for the first time in the
■ past few years, but from the be
ginning it was realized /by Dr.
Craig Arnold, of Lumpkin, that his
measure to repeal the state dry
■ laws, thereby placing enforcement
of the Volstead act in Georgia
entirely upon the federal govern
ment, would not be passed. The
bill was reported unfavorably by
the house temperence committee,
but in speaking to a| point of per
sonal privilege Dr. Arnold who,
said he had never tasted whiskey in
his life, assailed the present en
forcement of the prohibition laws.
The purpose of his bill, he-as
serted, was not to prevent en
forcement of the laws, but to se
cure better enforcement by plac-
B ing the responsibility upon the
government. State and federal dry
agents, he charged, were not work
ing in co-operation. Fred Dis-
B muke , director of the federal
agents in the state, denied the
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Please read the little an
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R back of each ticket we send
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Lumpkin representative’s allega
tions.
Th senate adopted a resoultion
condemning the Arnold pleasure.
Although the house committee re
turned an adverse report and the
spoken sentitfjent of the house
members was against the bill, a
resoultion expressing confidence in
the integrity of Dr. Arnold and ex
pressing appreciation of his sin
cerity was adopted.
William Jennings Bryan was a
speaker before the legislature ear
ly in the session. Shortly after his
depature, a bill designed to pre
vent the teaching of Darwinism,
agnosticism and antheism as facts
in any Georgia institution receiv
ing financial assistance from the
state was introduced in the house.
The committee on education rec
ommended it for passage, but it
did not reach the calendar fbr
consideration during the closing
days of the session. Representa
tive Simpson, author of the meas
ure, said it was drawn in conform
ance with suggestions by Mr Bryan.
Bills designed to reform the
state’s prison system were intro
duced in the house by Perryman,
of Talbot; Sutlive, of Chatham, and
Covington, of Colquitt, and in the
senate by Pace, of the thirteenth.
The measures did not reach ths
calendar, but Mr. Perryman served
notice that piey would be brought
up again next year.
Bennett, of Lodge, was unsuc-
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SAFETY LEGISLATION
Large Number Killed and In
jured During Year Is Cited in
Annual Assembly Report
ATLANTA, Aug. 16.—Calling
attention to the fact that 92 per
sons were killed and 1,480 injured
in steam railroad accidents in Geor
gia during 1922, the Georgia Pub
lic Service Commission , in its |
fiftieth annual report, again urges |
the Georgia General Assembly to |
i
cessful with his bill to restore the '
lash in Georgia prisons. charg-;
ed that prisoners were being tor-1
tured in different camps in the '
state since whipping had been abol- |
ished early this year by Governor
Hardwick. The prison commis
sion denied his allegations and took
the position that it did not wish
the lash restored. The bill failed I
to get committee approval.
The Ku Klux Klan figured in'
measures introduced in the house ;
and senate/ The measures were |
designed to cause all secret orders ■
to register a list of members with
clerks of superior courts of coun- |
ties in which they operated and j
to make the wearing of masks in j
public unlawful. The house judi
ciary committee approved the bill,
but the senate committee render
ed an adverse report, on a simi
lar easure.
Two new judicial circuits,J the
Piedmont and Griffin, were defeat
ed by the assembly. The proposed
Bleckley circuit was defeated in the
house,
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enact such legislation as will tend
to reduce grade crossing accidents
to a minimum.
“Under the law,” says the report,
which has just been submitted to
the state leeislature, “it is made
the duty of the Commission to rec
ommend from time to time, such
legislation as they may deem ad
visable. We have recommended
several times, without results, that
some law should be passed, look
ing to the elimination of the dang
erous grade crossings in this state,
and consider it so such vital impor
| tance that we again urge upon the
legislature to place the power in
I the hands of this Commission, to
i designate such crossings as should
;be done aday with, and to, appor
i tion the expense of such work as
[it deems just, between the railroad
: and county, or city affected or
i highway department . Something
I should be doncj to decrease thp
i heavy toll of life being caused al
most daily on these death traps.”
A measure designed to enact into
law the recommendations offered
, by the Public Service Commission
| was introduced in the Senate dur
ing the present session of the Gen
; oral Asesmbly, but it has not yet
| been passed.
I In addition to the number of
steam railroad accidents, the re-
Iport also calls attention to the num
ber of street railway accidents
i during 1922, when fifteen were
killed and 1,573 injured.
The report points out that the
statistics for 1922 show a gratify-'
ing decrease over those for 1921,
when 1,682 injuries and deaths re
sulted from, steam rajilroad acci
dents and 1,797 from street rail
way accidents.
It is of interest to note in the
report on steam railroad acci-
dents in 1922 that of the 92 pen
sons killed, only five were passen
gers and 23 were employes while
i 64 were listed as other persons.
■Nope of those killed in stret rail
|way accidents was neither passen-
I gers or an employe, according to
i the report.
Rylander Wins
Tournament
(Continued from Page 1.)
holes during the tournament, and
also one for the player making the
highest score on nine holes. Lewis
Ellis won the latter, while Peck
Rylander won the former, making
the nine holes in 26 strokes, which
is just one above par. This score
lowered the course record, which
had been' held by Walter Rylander
with a 37.
After playing this nine holes in
36 Peck Rylander followed with
a 40, which also gives him the rec
ord for 18 holes on this course.
Quite a gallery witnessed the
final playing yesterday afternoon,
and it was anybody’s match until
the last. There will not be another
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Phone "Seben-Fo’-Nine”
.chamiponship tournament until next
i year, but there will doubtless be a
I handicap tournament held during
' the fall.
There will also be a ladies cham
pionship tournament to be played
in October, and already this event is
creating considerable interest
among them.
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stove and electric lights
furnished at reasonable
prices. Pool kept in Fpsi
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of sheet music which we are
running at 10c per copy.
This is not old music, but
popular song hits.
Come in and select yours
before it is picked over-
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Jeweler and Optician