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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1023
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IS FAVOREB NO* US
IIIHIIIIB
Idol of South German Public,
He Is Called Peace Loving
Man
FASCISTI FAVORS PRINCE
Mc«archistic Papers Hail Him
As King and His Health Is
Widely Pledged
MUNICH, November 21. (By
Associated Press) —Former Crown
Prince Rupprecht is tne chief rea
son why there will not a? any hur
ried attempt to re-establish mon
archical rule in Bavaria while all
of the rest of the German republic
is still Under democratic rule.
All the Hitlers and Von Kahrs
who can be assembled in Munich
apparently cannot induce Rup
precht to make a trial for the re
storation of the Bavarian throne.
Ke has no desire to repeat the per
formance of his late ex-Emperor
Karl in Hungary.
Rupprecht is a loyal Witties- j
bach and would like to see the mon- I
ai'chy re-established in Bavaria if |
he thought there could be any perm :
anency to such a restoration.
But he has learned a lot about
European politics in the 54 years
of his life. He had a good record
in the war, and came through it
pretty well convinced that the days
of the Hohenzollerns were number
ed.
His first wife was a sister of the
present queen of Belgium. After i
her death he became engaged to
Princess Charlotte, of Luxemburg.
But that engagement was cancelleu
before she succeeded her deposed
sister as grand duchess. Rup
precht afterward married the
youngersister of Grand Duchess
Charlotte, the Princess Antonia.
But his experience in his mili
tary campaign in Belgium and
Luxemburg and the international
complications which speedily arose
when there was, a prospect that’ the
ex-crown prince of Bavaria was
likely to become the husband of the
ruling monarch of little Luxem
burg gave him a pretty definite
idea how the entente powers feel
about the restoration of deposed
Monarchs of the central powers to
their old strongholds.
Then Rupprecht, though a sol
dier, is actually a peace loving min.
He enjoys living quietly, and is/ not
at all fond of display and excite*
ment. Rupprecht is the idol of the
Bavarian public. Even the anti
mcnarchists have little to say
against him. There is no other
prince who can replace him in the
affections of the Bavarian people.
He has two sens, one o 4 21, and
another several years younger, and
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine
Those who are in a “run down" condi
tion will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease, it is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
internal Medicine, a Tonic, which assists
in improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Tomorrow Alright
Night’s Tonics — fresh air, a rood
sleep and an N? Tab t to make your I
days better.
Nature’s Remedy (hR Tablets)
exerts a beneficial influence on the
digestive and eliminative system—the
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Tonight —take an hR Tablet —its
action is so different you will be de
lightfully surprised.
for over
j it rH *i
fßkfW »R JUNtORS-Littl O hßa|j|
I fipHRZ the regular dose. fl
L Made of same ingredi- fl
enta, then ■
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TAX NOTICE
Registration books for the gen
eral election to be held December
12th are now open. Books close
Dec. Bth, 1923.
A. D. GATEWOOD, JR.,
11-9:12-8-23. Clerk and Treas.
Dicycles tor all the family—
Girls, Boys and Men. Veloci
pedes and roller skates, Go
Carts re-tired while you wait.
Compton’s Bicycle Shop
205 Cotton Ave.
International Live Stock
Exhibit
CHICAGO, ILLS
December 1-8 1923
On account of the above men
tioned exhibit, excursion tickets
will be on sale to the public No
vember 20 to December 2, 1923,
inclusive. Final limit December
11. Fare and one-half for the
round trip.
For total fares, schedules,
sleeping car resrvations, etc., apply
to H. C. White, Ticket Agent,
Americus, Ga.
Central of Georgia
Railway
•o
The Right Way
L YOUNG AQUATIC MARVEL
/ Ki
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12 X.
This young lady is Thyra Di
monts, a 12-year o’d New Oi
‘Jsnmh leans product, who holds s.ver
• sSK world’s records for girls in vai
°us distances. New Orleans 100 l
/Wr upon her as a future vomu
swimming champ.
several daughters. So the succes
sion is well-provided for and he can
afford to await developments with
patience.
Politicians sputter and threaten I
all over Bavaria. Ambitious ones I
who would like to head the cabinet! I
coder Kink Rupprecht. Monarch
ists papers always call him king.
He is hailed as king at political
meetings. His "health is drunk as
moarch of Bavaria the length and
breadth of the effervescent state
which has never been happy under
Prussian control.
Bavaria's unrest is not new. The
Hohenzollerns were not liked.
There are religious and tempera
mental diferenees which _ make it
impossible for Prussia and Bavaria
to like each other. Under present
conditions there are enough com
munists and extreme socialists to
make monarchical restoration ex
tremely hazardous. Also there
are enough of the eextreme liber
als end radicals to make it hazard
ous for the conservative elements
to have splits into divers factions.
The so-called Fascisiti elements
stand with Prince Rupprecht and
he stands with them. They have
no other candidate for the throne
try being a king on a little island
anil he is too canny a politician to
surrounded by an ocean of dem
ocracy and standing under the
shadow of unsettled reparations.
France has spared no efforts to
encourage monarchism or anything
elsp in Bavaria which might tend
to make the disruption of Germany
Many Bavarian leaders have been
attracted by propaganda for .an in
dependent Bavaria. But Rupprecht
very clearly does not forget the
German Empire did very well un
der the pirns outlined by Bis
marck, end is in no hurry to be the
first king to make an attempt to
smash up the German reich.
Why Put it Off?
"Do you have to see a doctor be
fore you get booze in this town?’*
“No, afterwards.” Harvard
Lampoon.
Transient (setting dowm his suit
case on depot platform)—Dda’t
they ever have Clean-Up Week in
this town?
B 1 int m
DR. S. F. STAPLETON
VETERINARIAN
Office in Chamber of Comiaercs
Phone 8
Residence Phone 171
FOR QUICK SERVICE AND
HEAVY HAULING PHONE 121
WOO! TEN TRANSFER CO.
Office in Amcricut Steam Laun
dry
SOUTH JACKSON STREET
SHOP |
EARLY
We Are Now
Displaying Our
Christmas Goods
Make your selection
early.
We have a wonderful
line of—
GIFTS
F or every member of the
family and all., your
friends.
Give them all Jewelry
—something that they
will always have and ap
preciate.
THOS. L. BELL
Jeweler and Optician
TAX NOTICE
City taxes are now due. Pay
early and avoid extia cost as ,
fi fas will po ilively be issued I
December Ist, 1923.
A. D G TEWOOD, JR.,
Clerk and
(To 12-1-23)
56 FOSTER MOTHERS
RAISE SCIENTIFIC BABY t
t
CORVALLIS, Orc., November 21. a
(By Associated Press) Row:n a
Roberts, aged eight months, will I I
have 56 young women as foster j
mothers before the present school I 1
year ends at Oregon Agricultural I J
College, for he is the living subject I 1
of experimentation in the prac-1
tice house,” Reared by science -
house last April, Rd wen Robtert 1
now weighs something over 17 1
pounds. The care and feeding of *
this baby are in the hands of girl j f
students, under the direction of | 1
Miss A. Grace Johnson, professor I 1
of household management.
Two groups of eight girls live in ‘
the practice house every schoil 1
term. They receive practical train
ing in every branch of household ac- 1
tivity. including that most impor- 1
tant one—raising a child.
GERMANS FAIL TO
BUY OLD WARSHIPS
'
' HAMBURG, November 21.—(8y
Associated Press).—America’s de
cision not to sell any cast-off war
ships to foreign buyers on the
ground that such action would
minimize war. has attracted much
attention in Europe. Several Ger
man firms made inquiries in Wash
ington concerning battleships which
were to be scrapped, as the vessels
were desired by them for the iron
and steel they contained.
About States government was
rrnounecd, it w-s learned here that
several battleships upon which con
struction began during the Czar's
I regime, but which never were com
; pleted, had been sold by the Soviet !
’ government to a British wrecking :
concern to be used as scrap'• einil
melted down. Word to this effect
i Came from Petrograd to German
i : hipping companies who were in
' (crested in- She deal, but whom, it
I annears, were out-bid by the Bri
tish.
Included in thi£ Russian sale'
| were 15 war ships and 5,000 loco- I
motives, some of which had ’ been
*he pryle of the Russian state rail
ways.in the days when the trans-
Siberian express was in its prime.
Miss Cayenne Anybody who
wants to be considered a hero
ought at least to be man enough
to dress himself.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival anJ Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The follow,ag schedule figures
üblished as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leave
12:01 am Cols-Chgo. 3:45 an
12:37 am Chgo-StL.-Atl 2:53 . ir.
1:54 am Albany-J’ville 2:10 am
2:10 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 154 am
2:53 am Albany-J’ville 12:37 am
3:45 am Albany-Jville* 12:01 am
5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm
6:37 am Albany 7:21 pm
10:15 am Columbus 3:15 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atlanta 1:55 pm
1:55 pm Albany-Montgy 2:14 pm
7:21 am Macon-Atlanta 6:37 am
10:35 pm Albany-Montgy 5:14 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs
10:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5:15 pm
12:26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm
3:10 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm
5:15 im Kichland-Cols 10;05 am
'GIFTS THAT
LAST’
Diamonds, Watches,
Silverware
China and Cut Glass
Gifts For Birthdays
(Veddings and Anniversaries
Gifts For All Occasions
AMERICUS
JEWELRY CO.
( PHONE 229 (
Wallis Mott, Manager
MENMNTS FLOOD
HOUSE ON THESDH
Effort Made To Tack Many
New Tax Scheme Onto
Pending Legislation
(Continued F’rom Page 1)
incomes, not to exceed 5 per cent,
and includes a schedule of rates
ranging from 1 to 3 per cent. It
provides for exemptions of SI,OOO
ior sngle persons, $2,000 for mart
lied men and S4OO for each de
pendent. It also provides that ad
valorem taxes may be offset against
the amount of income tax to be
paid and vice versa. There is a
companion senate bill which pro
vides that, when the income tax
amendment is ratified, the state
rate on ad valorem property shall
be reduced from 5 to 3 mills.
The conrittee bill. No. 25 on the
house calendar, and known as the
W. R. Jones bill, provides for an
amendment to the constitution em
powering the legislature to impose
an income tax lor state purposes
not to exceed 5 per cent on net
incomes. , . . ,
The attitude of the administra
tion remains the same as it has
been explained by Governor Walker
; ,-er since the session began. He
sliii supports the recommendation*
of the tax commission, as being
the best available solution of the
tax problem, but stands tn the
attitude oI being always willing to
accept the opinion of a majority of
the general assembly as the best
orking compromise on all sugges
tions. He denier that my particu
lar bill or program is the "admin
istration bill,” or, vice versa, an
“anti-admiinstration bill.” He is
simply in the attitude of waiting
for thedecision of the legislators
as to what is fpr the best inter
ests of the state, with sufficient
conidenee in them to believe their
final plan will be the best possible
that can be worked out.
The house committee 6n general
agriculture number two held a
meeting Tuesday afternoon on the
bill introduced by Representative
DeLaperriers, of Jackson county, to
reduce the fertilizer tag tax from
thirty cents to fifteen cents a ton.
No action was taken w the meas
ure, however, the committee ad-
I journing to meet again subject to
I the call of the chair.
Would Reduce Fertilizer Tax
The department of agriculture is
opposing this bill on the ground
that it means the abolition of the
state bureau of markets by with
drawing from jt all financial sup
port.
The DeLaperriere bill provides
that the 15-cent tax on fertilizer
shall go 10 cents to the depar
ment and 5 cents to the state treas
ury for the general fund. The de
partment claims that it costs ap
proximately all of_Jhe 10 cents per
ton to make required fertilizer in
spections, which would mean that
there was nothing left for the sup
i port of the bureau of markets. It
j is further argued that the fertilizer
■ companies in fixing their price op.
! bag goods, do not add the Georgia
tax by itself but ‘ takes the taxes
imposed by a group of half a dozen
southeastern states, averages them
all. and adds the average to the
' price charged in all six states. Thus,
■ it is claimed, reduction of the tax
would not mean rn equal reduction
i in fertilizer cost to the Georgia
farmers, but would mean an imma
terial reduction, which farmers in
adjoining states would enjoy equal
ly, while the Georgia farmers
would be the ones to really pay for
the reduction by the loss of the bu
reau of markets and its work for
their benefit.
McMichael Criticized.
A stir was created Tuesday in
the House when Representative De
Laperriere rose to oppose a motion
to adjourn subject to the call of
the chair, on the ground that the
chairman of the committee, Repre
sentative McMichael, of Marion,
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
Phone 830
rrwrc FI I .IS
You Save the Difference
When Buying at
Bragg’s. Catch
That
Our Fresh Meats Will Save You
Money
BEEF ROAST
15c and 20c Lb
VEAL ROAST
20c and 25c Lb
PORK ROAST
20c and 25c Lb
GOOD FAT STEWING BEEF
8c and 10c Lb
BRISKET ROAST
12 l-2c and 15c Lb
Fat Live and Dressed Hens. Fry
ers and Fresh Eggs.
Lots of Pickles, Catsups and
Salad Dressings just received.
Buy a Whole Skinned Ham cheap.
Sliced Bacon 35c Lb. 3 Lbs.,
SI.OO. We have it. You save it.
Hog Casings 50c Lb.
BRAGG’S
MARKET
HAVE LUNCH
With Us
Sandwiches, Hot Chocolate,
Tomato Bouillion, Hot Cof
fee, all hours during the day,
at
Americus Drug Co.
was antagonistic to his measure. He ,
I said he did not mean this person-
I ally. The motion, however, car
ried and it is understood the com
mittee will again take up consid
eration of the bill Wednesday.
When the income tax subject
comes before the house today the
Bussey bill will probably be the
first to be debated. This is because
i jt has been proposed as a substi
' tute for the Lankford bill, which
I has the first call on the calendar.
• The Bussey bill was the last sub-
I stitute offered to the Lankford
i measure, therefore, under the rules
would be taken up first.
Among other substitutes and
amendments offered to the Lank
ford bill was one by Elders, of Tatt
nall, in the form of a substitute
income tax bill exempting proper
ty from state ad valorem taxation.
Sales Tax Proposed.
Representative Fowler, of Bibb,
offers a stubstitute providing a sales
tax as a state source of revenue.
Representative Rowe, of Rich
mond, has a substitute classifica
tion tax measure.
Representative Mann, of Glynn,
presents an amendment to reduce
the ad valorem tax rate from five
. to four mills, instead of from five
! to three, as in the Lankford meas
ure.
Lindsay, of
Wilkes, has an amendment which
would make the exemption for mar
ried men $5,000 instead of $2,500.
New bills introduced in the house
Tuesday' included a statutory in
come tax measure ofered by Rep
resentative Ellis, of Tift. His bill
is based upon the belief that a
constitutional amendment is not
lecessary to impose a state income
ax. It provides full details for the
collection and enforcement of the
tax, placing the responsibility in
lhe office of the comptroller gen
eral.
Representative Covington, of Col
quitt, introduced a bill which would
amend the act creating the state
public service commission so that
the fees paid by public utility com
panies would not be used for the
maintenance of the commisison, but
providing an appropriation of $50,-
000 from the state treasury for that
purpose.
PRINCIPAL SECTIONS OF
THE BUSSEY BILL
ATLANTA, Nov. 21.—(8y the
Associated Press.)—The principal
section of the Bussey segregation
tax bill, offered as a substitute for
the Lankford income tax measure
in the Georgia house of represen
tatives, are as follows:
“Be and it is hereby 1 enacted by
the general assembly of Georgia,
that said general assembly of Geor
gia propose, and does hereby pro
pose, to the people of Georgia that
Article Seven of the constitution of
Georgia, be amended by inserting
between Section Two and Section
Three of. said Article Seven, a hew
section to be designated as “Sec
tion 2-A,” and to be in form and
substance, as follows, to-wit:
Section 2-A. “Paragraph 1. On
and after January 1, 1925, proper
ty pow required to be returned for
taxation to the tax-receivers ‘of
the various counties of the state,
or which may hereafter be requir
by the general assembly to be
so returned, shall be subject to ad
valorem taxation rnl’t by counties
and municipalities of the state, and
shall not be subject to ad'valorem.
taxation by the state.
“Paragraph 2. On and after Jan
uary 1, 1925, property and fran
chises now required to be return
ed so rtaxation to the comptroller
general of Georgia, or which may
hereafter be required "by the gen-
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Phone 185
Representing the
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B Black, Tan, White, Ox-blood, Brown *
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era! assembly, to be so returned,
shall be subject to taxation as fol
lows:
“(a) The real estate, including
ways and structures of such tax- i
payers shall be taxed ad valorem
by the state, counties, rnd other
sub-divisions and municipalities >f
the state in the manner and meth
od as heretofore, until changed by
the general assembly.
“(b) All other property of such
tax-payers shall be taxed by state
< t u. and ad valorem at a rate not
in excess of two (2) per centum
upon the fair tax value thereof.
“(c) The franchise of such tax
payers shall be taxed by the state
inly and ad valorem at a rate not
of four (4) per centum upon their
gross receipts, which shall be in
lieu of all other income taxes. The
general assembly may fix different
rates upon the gros receipts of
the several classes of such tax-pay-
ers.
“(d) The ‘other property’ and
'franchises’ referred to in sub-para
graphs ‘b’ and ‘a’ above shall re
main subject to taxation by local
taxing units of the state for the
purpose of paying the bonded debt
and interest thereon of such local
units outstanding at the date of
•adontion thereof. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to re
lease any company from payment
of any sum agreed or required for
any special privilege or franchise
granted by any municipal authority
of this state.
“Paragraph ?>. The general as
sembly for state purposes may tax
net incomes, to be defined by the
general assembly, from whatever
ources derived. The rate thereof
upon individuals shall not exceed
one (1) per centum upon the first
twenty-five hundred dollars of taxa
ble income; nor exceed two (2) per
centum upon the next five thousand
dollars of taxable income; nor ex
ceed three (3) per centum upon
the remainder of taxable income.
The rate thereof upon corporations
and associations similar to corpora
tions (not partnerships) shall <not
exceed two (2) per centum upon
the first three thousand dollars of
taxable income; nor exceed three
(3) per centum upon the next five
thousand dollars of taxable income;
nor exceed five (5) per centum
upon the remainder of taxable in
come.
i "In computing net incomes the
■ following exempticns shall be al
lowed:
The first SIOOO income of unmar
ried persons.
The first $2,500 income of mar
ried persons.
The sum of S4OO for each de
penedent of single or married per
- sqns.
• The first S2OOO ncome of cor
, poraticns and associations similar to
, cornorations.
, Such other exemptions as may
I
Make Your Xmas
Selections Now
You may call, make your purchases for Christmas
new, pay one-fourth down and the balance by the
week. , i , a’ dtt ’
Dolls By The Hundreds
Be sure to see our Horseman Dolls, made by the
oldest manufacturer in the United States. They are
the Dolls that improve each year.
Tea Sets of Aluminum, China and Tin.
Games, Rubber Balls, Footballs.
Wicker and Wood Doll Carriages
Iron and Coaster Wagons and Velocipedes
■
Hightower’s |Toyland and
Gift Shop
PLANT ANOTHER SHRUB
We have ordered more than 500 Flowering Shrubs and Ever
greens, : ueh as Abelia, Althea, Double Red and White Barberry
Deutzia, Forsythia, Hydrangea, Spirea, Pink and White Ligus
trum, Ibata Atnoor River Prive Arbcr Vitae. We can sell you
for less than the mail order houses. Let us know your wants.
THOMAS FLORAL COMPANY
Day Phone 490 110 Lamar St. Night Phone 876
SAV IT WITH FLOWERS.
PAGE FIVE
be provided by the general assemb
ly; and which may include all or
any part of the income derived
from the tillage of the soil, or ag
ricultural pursuits, or from real
estate which has paid its due pro
portion of ad valorem taxes to nil
taxing units. ■ ./ '
Paragraph 4. The state may
tax the capital stock of corpora
tions and the transfers thereof for
state purposes. And except *s
herein and elsewhere in the consti
tution expressly abridged the state
may tax persons or subjects as tho
general assembly may fix.
rar igraph 5. The state’s right
) to tax persons or subjects of tax
! ation :n time of war. insurrection,
invasion or other similar emergency
I shall remain unrestricted and un-
I limited. • : •:!
Paragraph 6. This amendment
being the last expressien of tho
people of Georgia on the subject
matter hereof shall be construed to
prevail over any previous provisions
of the constitution which may be
found in conflict with this amend
ment; or any part thereof.”
TWO MEN KILLED IN
STEAMER EXPLOSION
MORGANTOWN, W. Va„ Nov. "
21—Two men were killed and two
others narrowly escaped injury
when the steamer Marice, of tjie
McClain Sand company, Point Ma
rion, Pa., exploded in the Monon
gahela river, eight miles south of ,
here late today. The victims were ”
Reuben Wishart. 40, captain of
East Millsboro, Pa., and Mack New
comer, engineer, of Point Marion,
Pa. The steamer was destroyed.
GRAND JURY FAILS TO
RETURN tNDfCTMENTS
JONESBORO, November 21—No ’
indictments were returned today
by the Clayton county grand jury
in ccnnection with the killing of •
W. F. Grant, night telephone ope
rator for the Southern rainlroad, at
Ellenwood, who was found shot to
death on the night of September
6. The grrnd jury investigated the
matter for two days, adjourning
last night.
MANY BRITISH lOYS
SHIPPED TO UNITED STATES
LONDON, November 21.—There
will be plenty of British toys on the i
market this Christmas. Most of
them, of course, will be brought up
by Britains. But a good many will
<be exported. Quite a few proba
bly will go to the United States, the
manufacturers declare.
Iceland has neither trees nor
railroads.
England and America have been
polo rivals since 1868.