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WfNDAY AH ERnOKmISB CANDIDATES OUftLIFY 111 BUTTS PBffl Entries Closed At Jackson With Many Running for Offices to Be Filled l JACKSON, June 28—Candidates who qualified by June 21, the time for entries to close a- fixed by the Butts County executive committee, | J. W. Wise, Fayetteville,. Rutherford, Forsyth, and "Ben J. kcwler, Macon, for Congress; Judge' G. Ogden Persons, Forsyth, Judge fc. jj. Reagin, McDonough, Willingham, Forsytl v and T. J. Brown, McDonou for ■dicitor general of the Flir ; circuit J. L Lyons and Miss Lu le Ahß , for representative from •Butts cnulty. mwirtsiiih BV MIEN] COUNCIL At a meeting of 'the Home Dem onstration Council of Sumter coun ty Saturday afteni ton at 4 o’clock in the offices of Miss Bonnie Park man, home economics Agent, off. cers were elected for service dur ing the term of 1924-25. These were Mrs. R. D. McNeil, New Era, president; Mrs. Thad Wise, Plains, nrst vice-president Mrs. J. J, Wil son, Leslie, Secretary; and Mrs. John Wise, Sumter treasurer. Those elected to servve on the executive board were Mrs. T. M. A. Finch, of Thalean; Mrs. W. H. Houston, of Pleasant Grove; Mrs. James Dozier, ' of Concord, and Mrs. Roy Emmet, of Shiloh. Retiring officers are Mrs. T. M. A. Finch, president; Mrs. R. E. Glenn, first vice-president; Mrs- W. H. Emmet, secretary, and Mrs. W. H. Houston, treasurer. When the Council was organized for active work about a year ago, a resolution 'was made and adopted that officers should be elected to serve only one year, at the expir ation of which time, new officers would be cho en in order to keep enthusiasm an 1 activity to the max imum. The < lection Saturday was in accordance with,' this ruling. Under the direcion of the retir ing officers, progress has been made, i uch splendid work having been a -coro-plished and many plans outlined for work for this year. TTm new jofficers er thusiast^Krgo^ 1 Hugp c arj^ e efforts of the retirinfg officers. HIGHWAY DEPT. REPORT MADE PUBLIC (Continued From Page One.) Federal aid is about the only source us revenue this Department will have for building state roads. De partment officials believe that the county aid has about exhausted ard that future progress with perman ent roads will have to be financed by the state. This gas tax, if put ipto a com mon fund 1 , would take care of the principal and interest of a $70,000,- 000 bond issue, paying it off in thir ty ears, the report states, and ap proximately $111,000,000 would ac crue during that time due to the in crease in consumption of gas and the greater revenue from the tax. This would enable the Department, not only to pave the entire State system and building bridges, but to fill in many necessary links that tire now omitted from the State Highway system. The $70,000,000 bond money could be handled,, by the present organization of the department, it is pointed out, and it is estimated that this would be put into hard surfaced roads within a period of seven years. Under the present plan Georgia would receive from the Federal Government, in this seven years, about $15,000,000, making a total of $85,000,000 which would build roads and bridges to the extent of 4,1000 miles during that time. During the year 1024 approxi mately 800 miles j of roads v ..making a iotal 2, port showST T# estimate cost of roads and bridMs for which have been provided plans made is $5, 2R020.50.i1.King a tvtal of s33,oWfc96.f£ir?F The amount received last year from the Motor Vehicle Fund was $2,099,179.09 and from the Gas Tax fund $261,505.26, it is report ted. In addition to this the state received from the federal Grovern ment $2,134,879.32 and $1,519,- 404.91 from the counties, making . a total, including interest on bank deposits, of $6,018,1'39.80. 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IK3M ML b -« MBm I OWE mPIW H v . a WMHt-.M y J WPORTIDNMFkr I BILLINTRODUCED Floyd County Representative Wants Fewer Senators and Representatives At Atlanta ATLANTA, June 30.—Repre sentative Lee Langley of Floyd county has introduced a bill in the house of the Georgia legislature having for its purpose amending thi: state constitution that would per mit reapportioning of membership in boh branches. “The legislative power of this state shall be vested 1 in a general as sembly which shall consist of a sen ate and house of representatives,» the amendment recites. “The sen ate shall consist of three times :’.s many members as the state has in he. house of representatives of the United States. Three senators are to be elected by the qualified voters of each congressional district. The house of representatives shall con sist of one hundred members, one to be elected by each assembly district to be determined as follows, the general assembly shall divide the. state into one hundred assembly dis tricts, each district containing as near as practicable a nequal num ber of inhabitants, according to the census of the United States. Said districts shall be co-terminus with county lines, unless a county con tains more than one assembly dis trict. After each census of the United States, the general assembly sembly districts in accordance with equalize the population of the as-' sembly disricts in accordance with the above provision of this constitu tion.’’ .... The measure / i posedjiniendni, o'. or rejee’on and if ratified, would be come a part of the constitution forthwith. two thi'rds Vote to DECIDE UHIFKMN plan having for its objeej. the un ion of the two great bodies in the North and the South, whether such proposed union be jurisdictional or connectional.” This resolution further stated: "We cannot abandon or compro iciee the principles of action upo: which we proceed to a separate or- j ganization in tne South, neverthe • less, cherishing a sincere desire to | maintain Christian union and 1 frat- I ernal intercourse with the church, North.” Fostered by efforts toward frat ernalism, which have gained increas ing momentum, the movement for union has steadily grown in favor with Methodists, both North and South. Movements leaning toward unification began in 1869. The past two quadrenniums have been characterized by definite attempts on the part of both branches to per feet some plan of unification which would be acceptable to all concern ed. The present plan is the cul mination of a long process of friendly advances largely the work of a Southern man, Judge H. H. White ,of Louisiana, it is stated. ’ The prevailing sentiment in the North appears to be that the plan of union when it is submitted to the round of annual conferences will meet a reception equally as favor able as that with which it was re ceived in the Northern General Conference, while in the South there apears grave doubt from many quarters that in the event the general conference approves the plan, the movement will fail to carry the necessary three-fourths vote in the annual conferences. Thus, sentiment in the South for unification has not, according to church leaders, gained the headway that has marked its sweep in the Northern territory, although the movement was first inaugurateed in the South. '1 he special session called to dis cuss this plan is the first special meeting of the conference ever held in the church. In the event of unification the united church largest body ■ ; 216 annual " r ers; 7,227,229 church members; • 54,188 Sunday schools; 7,484,446 i members of Sunds.y schools; 997,- 226 members of the Epworth League; 187 schools, collegesand universities; 3 gruat publishing houses and depositories and 63 for eign missions. The combined church would have flourishing missions in Africa, China, Japan, Korea, India, Philip pine Island, Denmark, Norway Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Jugo-Elava, Spain, Austria 1 Russia, Switzerland, South America r Mexico, Cuba, Czecho-Slovak.a, Poland, Manchuria and Siberia. A little sense will hide a a ignorance, T THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER * CONVENTION BALLOTS Continued From Page One.) SIXTH BALLOT— Underwood 42 McAdoo 443 Smith 258 Silzer 28 Cox Ralston 30 Glass 25 Balance scattering. EIGHTH BALLOT McAdoo ..444 Smith 274 Davis 57 Underewood 48 Cox 60 Glass 26 Ralston 30 Silzer 28 Balance scattering. FIFTH BALLOT BRINGS NO CHANGE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, June 30.—The fifth ballot brought no decision in the democratic na ■tional convention nor any change indicative of any result. The Smith and McAdoo forces are holding fast and making slow gains, picking up scattered votes here and there, and the field of the favorite son candidates is still jog ging alongside waiting for some body to be eliminated. The balloting was probably a lit tle slower in shaking down the situ ation than some leaders expected. Many of them had thought that five ballots would bring some in dication of which way things were going to break. On the fifth bal lot the two leaders stood: McAdoo 443 1-10; Smith 261.. David L Roswell, who is managing the fight for McAdoo, said everything is going all right. DELEGATES TODAY QUIET AND ORDERLY MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, June 30.—The democratic national convention found no candidate on its first and second ballots today. There was nothing notable m the voting on the first two ballots It was quiet and orderly and al most without feeling of tension that goes with the first test of strength in a national convention. The con. vention started voting without any recurrence of the disorders of Sat urday the klan issue, ar.d was to •■ ' a I sll CONSOLIDATION BILLS MCI ATTENTION (Continued From Page One) be reached at today’s session. The measure was to have been brought up Friday of last week but was sidetracked for the tobacco repeal proposal and debate on the railway crossing bill. The latter measure, designed to require all motorists to bring their machines to a full stop at all rail way crossings, very probably not b a reached for some time. It already has been passed by the senate at a previous session. It provoked considerable debate in the house be fore it was finally placed on the calendar for reconsideration at this session. The house refused to pass the measure last year. In debate so far, the bill has called forth charged of lobbying for big inter ests on many sides. Sentiment seems to be in favor of some meas ure to prevent grade crossing acci dents and consequent loss of hu man life or injury, but those who oppose >t, point to many “object ionable features.” It is considered certain in that numerous amend ments will be offered before the proposal is enacted into law. Interest in the senate centers >hout a tax reform program. There was indicatio nin that body that the act to repeal the tax equaliza tion law very probably would be favored for passage. However, a fight is expected to develop over the legislation to be substituted for the equalization bill. Senator Hambj of district has pending a resection tc create a joint house and senate com mittee to consider tax reform. The senate finance committee has held one meeting tq discuss possible re form measures and advisability of such a committee, but it adjourn ed without any action to allow of time to prepare amendments to Mr. Hamby’s resolution. Some senators are understood to to favor an income tax but at the same time, there appears to be considerable opposition to such leg change from the first. All native son dark horses stood solid through jut. The only change of interest was that Louisiana switched her 20 >rotes from Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, to Senatur Robinson, of Arkansas. relative position of McAdoo, . M.-rc uncliange 1 unfl - A ballot. islation. Discussion of the repeal is scheduled for Tuesday in the senate. Representative Row’e) of Rich mond county, has presented a pro posed amendment to the constitu tion authorizing the general assem bly to consolidate the offices of tax collector and tax receiver of counties and to abolish fees accru ing to officers of city, county and state. A similar measure has been placed before the senate by Pace of the Thirteenth district. CIGAR AND CIGARET TAX UNDER FIRE ATLANTA, June 30. —With tie'.’- oral important measures ready tor action this week, the State Legis lature convened today at 11 o’clock after a week-end recess. Chief among the ' measures ex pected to cause debate in the low er House is the bill to repeal the cigar and cigarette tax enacted at the last session. The proposal was introduced Friday by Representa tive Stanford, of Lowndes, and Jones, of Cook, and after two hours vigorous debate it was referred to the ways and means committee. It’s authors, however, served no tice that they would renew the fight on the floor of the House I next to have the measure referred to “a more friendly committee.” Supporters of the movement to repeal the tax declare that revenue from this source has been disap pointingly small, contending that tax administration of the law chiefly is to blame. They have an nounced their intention of seeking either to have the law repealed out right or ‘strengthened” by a sc ries of amendments. Another bill slated for consi.i that requiring all ve- make a complete stop at AH grade crossings. A motion to reconsider the bill, which was pass ed by the Senate last year, was passed Friday, reopening the ques tion. It was defeated in the House last year. Opponents of the pro posal charge that the measure is sponsored by the railroads, while supporters contend it is endorsed by civic organizations whose aim is to reduce the death and accident toll in grade crossing accidents. The bill providing for biennia; sessions of the Legislature, which passed the Senate last session and received strong recommendation hi Governor Ciitford Walker’s mes sage, is expected to come up soon. ’Hie Senate calendar contains no bills for immediate IA I II hut PAGE FIVE THOMPSON SUICIDES AFTER BEATING WIFE First Cut Throat With Knife and Then Went Into Barn and Hanged Himself SPARTANBURG, ’ June 28.—> Louis Thompson, 74, committed sui cide at his home near Swtzer, this county, after fatally wounding his wife by beating her with a shot gun. Thompson, who was a pros perous farmer, first cut his throat with a pocket knife and then went) to a barn and hanged himself with a rope. PEACH COUNTY MEN WIN OUT IN CONTEST PERRY, June 30. Houston I county’s primary election contest held here today was ended abruptly when after introduction of evidence had lasted more than four hours, Jerry Davis, a member of the Dem ocratic Executive Committee be fore which the trial was held moved to abandon the investigation and let the results stand as they were originally announced. The motion was not received unanimous ly, however, but carried by a vote • of fifteen to six. The contest was not the bitterly fought battle that observers expect ed .to see. Except for an occasional caustic remark there were no out ward evidence of any factions. Resulting irom the decision to drop the matter the so-called Peach County ticket will succeed to the offices sought in the contest. OLD NEGRO PASSES CENTURY AGE MARK MACON, July I.—“ Uncle” Phil Towns, one of the most unique and best loved negroes in middle Geor gia ceelbrated his hundredth birth, day on Wednesday, June. 25 and was remembered by friends far and wide. “Er ben promisin’ de white folks er long time ter let ’em knowed wen mer buff day comes an tank God hit come at lass, “Uncle” Phi Itold Judge Bridges Smith in announcing his birthday. i Uncle Phil was born in Richmond Virginia, i n!824 and moved to Macon when bought by George T. Towns, later governor of the state of Georgia. Governor Towns left Phil in Macon with the family whrni he moved to
