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INCREASE SOME FUND
$2,225,000 in 1910; $2,500,-
000 in 1911.
DOINGS OF THE ASSEMBLY
$2,000 for Agricultural School*—These
Figures Agreed Upon By the Ap
propriations Committee.
Atlanta, Ga. —Georgia’s 1909 appro
priation of $2,225,000 for her public
schools will remain unchanged during
1910, bat according to a vote of the
appropriations committee of the house
this amount will be rais°d in 1911 to
$2,500,000. A stiff fight for the in
crease of the 1910 appropriation to
the $2,500,000 was made, but the sup
porters of this measure fell short by
a scant half dozen voters.
The session was the stormiest .vet
held.
The action of the committee in al
lowing the 1910 school appropriation
to remain unchanged, while raising
by $250,000 that of 1911, was in the
nature of a compromise, made witn
a view of reconciling those desiring
no raise and those who favored a
raise in 1910. Representative Parker
of Tolbert had introduced a bill pro
viding for no increase, while Repre
sentative Brinson of Decatur had
brought forward one raising the ap
propriations both of 'l9lO and 1911
to $2,500,000. It was then that Rep
resentative Ault of oik introduced
the bill, which was finally reported
favorably.
The committee also reported fa
vorably on a. bill appropriating $2,000
for each of the district agricultural
schools of the state, this amount to
be in excess of the proceeds of the
fertilizer tax.
Senator Slater’s bill providing for
biennial sessions of the general as
sembly was discussed at length in
the senate but the hour of adjourn
ment was reached before a vote was
taken.
Senator Slater stated that the only
staler now holding annual sessions
of the general assembly were Georgia,
New York, South Carolina, New Jer
sey and Massachusetts. These ses
sions, he said, lasted from 50 to
75 days, with an average of sixty
days, lie said the time of the legisla
ture was spent in triviality. The gen
eral assembly was being cartooned
by the press—frequently in a disre
spectful manner. The people were
crying for biennial sessions, - the
press demanded it and he thought the
matter should be placed before the
people to vote on.
Senator Gordy here introduced an
amendment making the sessions six
ty days, instead of fifty days.
Senator Slater accepted this
amendment.
Continuing, Senator Slater said the
economy of the administration of pub
lic affairs demanded biennial ses
sions. He thought the continual agi
tation of jtolitics would be put an
end to if sessions were held less fre
quently;
Senator Longley favored the bill.
The state was suffering from too
much legislation. The people were
tired of so many freak measures. If
the people got an opportunity the bill
would sweep tbe state. He really
favored four years Instead of two.
Senator McCurry spoke along sim
ilar lines in advocacy of the bill.
The bill was opposed by Senator
Burwell. He said that biennial ses
sions instead of remedying the evil
of frivolous legislation, would really
increase the evil—that every senator
and representative would have two
years in which to think up freak or
pet measures. Alabama had passed
a hill providing for sessions every
four years, and the governor had
been compelled to call extra sessions
every year. Pennsylvania was a
glaring example of the viciousness
of infrequent sessions.
Senator Jackson was vigorously an
tagonistic to the measure. He said
the state would not only not save
money, but would lose money by the
change.
General tax returns received from
thirty-seven counties, or just one
fourth the number in the state, show
a net gain over property valuations
of last year of $1,917,652, indicating
a total net gain on the digests of less
than ten millions for the entire state.
Twenty-five of these counties show
gains of $2,403,601 over 1908, while
twelve show losses of $485,409: It
would appear that one county out of
three is coming forward with a loss.
The returns from the larger coun
ties of the state, however, may serve
to bring up the general average.
Eight counties reported as follows:
Gains —Dodge, $29,029; Habersham,
$85,853; Rabun, $23,242; Schley, $12,-
823.
Losses —Pierce, $80,114; Glascock,
$2,261; Chattooga, $81,228; Webster,
$10,205.
Georgia may be the first state in
the union to approve the constitution
al amendment to authorize tbe natoa
al congress to adopt an income tax
law. A bill authorizing the submis
sion of such an amendment to the
federal constittution to the states,
has been passed by congress. Presi
dent Taft will within the next day
or two send out notices to this effect
to the various chief executives of the
states. As the legislature of Georgia
is now in session, this state may be
the first to ratify the amendment.
As soon as Governor Brown re
ceives the official notice from the
president he will submit it to the
general assembly. It will then be in
order to introduce a bill to ratify the
amendment.
SHIPPING JiEGRGIA SHEEP.
Wool Growers Have Found the Indus
try Profitable.
Moultrie, Ga. —The evodus of sheep
froth Colquitt count3’ has set in again
for the summer, and the shipment of
a carload of sheep is almost a dally
occurrence. The wool growers, who
have made money off their sheep in
the past, have found them unprofita
ble of late owing to the fact that the
county is being settled up and the
range is depreciating. Dogs also
kill many of them, and last wiuter
’nndreds were killed by forest fires
which raged all over the range for
two or three weeks.
Five carloads have been shipped
recently from one community in Rob
inson district, and in every section
of the county the sheep owners are
coming together and selling despite
the fact that wool sold this year for
more than it has brought in a num
ber of years. The price being paid
for the sheep is $1.75 f. o. b. Moul
trie, or any point in the county.
TO HOLD SEA ISLAND COTTON.
Proposed to Build Big Warehouse in
Savannah.
Savannah, Ga. —For the purpose of
organizing in the interest of higher
and stabler prices for sea island cot
ton, the growers of this staple, to
the number of five hundred, met in
Savannah as the Farmers’ Union Sea
Island Cotton Growers’ association.
Before the delegates is the quetsion
of building a big warehouse in Sa
vannah that will be used to store
sea island cotton in the fight for bet
ter prices.
The convention of growers start
ed off in a muddle, because the
watches cf most of the farmers were
an hour slower than Savannah time.
Mayor Tiedeman represented the
city of Savannah in an address of
welcome to the farmers. President
Webb responded. The chief address
of the day was made by Colonel G.
Arthur Gordon ot Savannah. He
warned the growers against a wide
lange in sea island's prices.
TO GATHER STATISIICS.
Organize New Concern in New York
For Crop Reports.
New York City.—The organization
of a company to gather crop statis
tics in competition with the depart
ment of agriculture, has become pub
lic through the appearance of the
Mercantile Cotton Crop Reporting
company of New York, in the list of
new incorporations at Albany.
Its incorporators are given as Da
'flkl H. Miller, 82 Beaver street, New
York; L. L. Fleming, 25 Broad street,
and N. L. Carpenter, 21 William
street, Theodore H. Price will be
secretary of the company and Arthur
H. March, vice president of the cotton
exchange, may become president.
It is proposed by the company to
appoint correspondents in every coun
ty in the cotton belt. Reports will
be received from them about tho
time that the government report
comes in. The company will prob
ably take over the business cf Mrs.
Bertha Burch, who served for years
a-s assistant to C. C. Hyde, chief of
the bureau of statistics at Washing
ton.
ALBAN Y’SHRST BALE.
Deal Jackson Delivers Nine Days
Later Than Last Year.
Albany, Ga. —The first bale of cot
ton of the 1909 crop in Georgi was
marketed here. The bale was grown
by Deal Jackson, the Dougherty coun
ty negro who has held the distinc
tion of the first bale farmer for a
number of years. The cotton crop is
a little behind compared to that of
last year, the bale Jackson marketeu
being nine days later than last year.
The cotton classed as fully mid
dling and was purchased by the Inter
national Cotton company cf this city,
the price being 20 cents per pound.
The bale weighed 381 pounds and
was stored with A. W. Muse Co.
This cotton will be shipped to E. A.
Cutts & Co., at Savannah, who will
ship it at once to New York.
HOTELS FOR JHUNHERBOLT.
Modern Structure To Be Built At
the Resort.
Savannah, Ga.—Thunderbolt seems
fair to have two hotels in a short
time. They will be modern structures
and it is hoped to have them ready
for occupancy this winter. One will
be built by the estate of the late M.
J. DGyle and the other by Mrs. Ban
non. One will be at the northern
end of the resort and the other near
the southern end. Mrs. Bannon, who
has kept a small hotel at the resort
for many years, will build a modern
hotel on her property.
FAMOUS HOUSE BURNED.
The Summer Home of James Spald
ing Destroyed.
Brunswick, Ga. —The Retreat, a
summer home built in 1700 on SL
Simon’s Island by James Spalding,
was burned. Many distinguished char
acters, among them Aaron Burr and
Fanny Kemble, had visited the his
toric home. The house sad not been
habitable since the storm of 1898.
Although standing over two centuries,
the hewn oak timbers of the struc
ture were solid.
Two Held for Moonshfnfng.
Macon, Ga.—United States Com
missioner L. M. Erkin held Frank
Guill, a white farmer of Hanco ck
county, and Pierce Chatman, a col
ored farm hand, for alleged illicit
distilling. Deputy Marshal Frank
Riley captured them on a raid at
Guil's farm. Both were said to have
in their possession some of the pro
duct from the still. The plant was
destroyed.
News of thej.egislature.
If the Georgia legislature incorpo
rates into the general tax bill all
the provisions introduced by members
it soon wil be nearly as hard to get
a drink of soda water in the state
as it is now to get a drink of whis
key. Face to face with deficit and
with salaries and bills unpaid, the
soion-3 are grubbing desperately to
find revenue producers. Since the
advent of prohibition, the soft drink
industry has become the biggest thing
in the state. Hence it offered the
easiest solution of the problem. Here
are some of the tax clauses already
passet; by the house: Five dollars a
year upon each faucet of a soda wa
ter fountain; five hundred dollars
per year for each manufacturer
of carbonated water; $25 per year
upon each bottling machine in the
stale; a revenue stamp costing 5
cents each for a gallon of syrup or
tincture or extract manufactured or
sold. All of these taxes are in addi
tion to the tax levied by the cities,
towns and villages in which the deal
er resides, and these towns have not
overlooked the soft drink dealers in
their plans for raising revenue. These
levies, too, are in addition to certain
specific taxes which have been direct
ed against certain big manufacturers
of well known bottled drinks. Sev
eral ambitious members say they
have measures being drawn which
will help to increase the funds. Con
servative members are alarmed, and
declare that unless the assembly
goes slow, it will cut off nearly all
the state’s revenue, instead of in
creasing it.
One of the first general bills of
interest and importance enacted by
the general assembly at this session
to be signed by Governor Brown is
that prohibiting the issuance of trad
ing stamps redeemable by a third
party, to which the governor has just
affixed his signature. This bill was
especially championed by the sena
tor and representatives from Rich
mond county. It does not prohibit a
retail merchant from issuing trading
stamps and rebate checks, redeema
ble in trade in his own store, but it
makes it unlawful for any merchant
to issue trading stamps for redemp
tion by a third party.
The Alexander prohibition bill
adopted as an amendment to Section
7 of the general tax act in the house
of representatives increases the li
cense tax on manufacturers and
wholesale dealers in near beer to sl,-
000 and the tax on retail dealers to
SSOO, payable quarterly. It further
places many additional restrictions
upon holders of such licenses.
Every dog has his day, but the
Georgia dog has had two days before
the general assembly. At the end
of it, the dog comes out with a tax
of $1 a year on his head, so far as
the house has a say about the matter.
Canines, coca cola and automobiles
strike the house as being particular
ly good subjects to bear special tax
es. There were few to say a good
word in behalf of the dog. It is es
timated that this tax will yield tho
state nearly $40,000 in revenue, or
result in the wholesale destruction
of dogs. Under the amendment to
the tax act, as adopted by tbe bouse,
every dog must be given in for tax
ation, and where this is not done and
the dog is sold for taxes, if the amount
bid does not equal the tax and fees,
the unlucky dog is to be killed. It
was first decided to make the delin
quent owmer guilty of a misdemeanor,
but this was stricken.
By a vote of 23 to 18 the senate
voted to remove from office Chairman
S. G. McLendon of the railroad com
mission.
By an amendment to the general
tax act the house of representatives
placed a tax of 10 cents per gallon
upon coca cola and other syrups used
in the manufacture and sale of soft
drinks in the state of Georgia.
The increase in the tax on corpora
tions and practically every other spe
cial tax increase recommended by the
ways and means committee, was
stricken by the house of representa
tives and the figures in the old act
restored. The corporation tax was
reduced, the maximum tax upon sl,-
000,000 corporations being made $100;
the tax on social clubs was reduced
from SI,OOO to SSOO, as in the old
law; the tax on loan agents was re
duced from SSO to $lO, and the tax
on cigarette dealers reduced from SSO
to $25. The increased tax on cigars
and tobacco dealers was also stricken,
as was the increased tax on sewing
machine agents. But the house soak
ed gypsy camps. In considering the
measure taxing itinerant dealers in
horses, mules and other live stock, it
provides that each individual mem
ber of a camp of gypsies coming Into
tha state should pay a tax of SSOO.
The effort of Dr. Hardman of Jack
son to have the house reconsider the
vote by which it had killed his auto
mobile* tax bill was unsuccessful
In support of an amendment to re
duce the tax on sewing machine com
panies from S3OO to S2OO, the same
figure as last year, Mr. Ellis of Bibb
declared this tax had been quadrupled
in recent years, and that it was un
necessarily high. The amendment
was adopted.
A new code for the state of Georgia
which has been demanded by law
yeis throughout the state was provid
ed for by the general judiciary com
mittee of tbe house of representa
tives when it adopted a bill to ac
cept the proposal of Judge John L.
Hopkins to furnish the state a code.
By the unanimous vote of the ways
and means committee, the bill of Mr.
Beazley of Lee to require mortgages,
reservations of title and security
deeds to be listed with the tax re
ceivers of the county in which the
propei ty is found, was tie! sated.
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