Newspaper Page Text
SETTLE CAFiTGL LOCATION '
BY VOTE, ONCEAND FOR ALL
Even Those Opposed To Removal Are Anxious To See
The Agitation Ended In The Only Way Possible—
By A Vote Of The People.
ATLANTA, GA.—There will be
introduced in the Georgia Legis
lature a bill to bring the “Cap
itol Removal” trail * to a final con
clusion by submitting the ques
tion to a vote of the people at the
next general election, as Is pro
vided in an ordinance of the last
constitutional convention.
The measure has the support
both of high officials of the state
who are opposed to removal of the
capitol from Aslanta and of those
who are In favor of its removal.
The purpose of the legislation Is
to bring to a definite conclusion
an Issue which has been growing
over the state the past eight or
ten years—to end it one way or
the oil er, in <he only way It can
be definitely ended.
Advocates of the measure to
submit the question to the peo
ple for their verdict say that the
support already backing the leg
islation in both branches is in
excess of the required two-thirds
vote in each i branch of the as
sembly, and that the bill will be
passed and rotten out of the way
of other big legislation somewhat
before the middle of the session.
Some of the strongest men in the
state against moving the capitol
from Atlanta are backing the bill
to submit it to the people, while
some of the strongest men for its
removal to Macon are, .also, seek
ing to end tho issue by popular
vote.
Atlanta, Ga. —The people of the state
of Georgia will finally settle, one way
or the other, at the next general election,
the capltol removal issue.
It is to bo definitely determined at that
time whether the capitol is to remain
in Atlanta and the necessary improve
ments and enlargements are to be made
here, or an adequate and fitting new
capitol building and governor’s mansion
are to be provided in Macon, in the cen
ter of the state.
The Georgia Legislature at this ses
sion will pass a bill, not as a great
many people have seemed to believe, to
"move the capitol,'’ but to submit the
question to a vote of the people for their
determination.
A canvass of the state, county by coun
ty, has just been completed and it is
found that, generally speaking, the people
and the statesmen are of one mind on
the subject; they are in accord with
the opinion expressed by Governor Dor
sey some months ago: That the contin
ued unsettiement of the “capitol removal
Issue" has become a bar and handicap
on the state's business in more ways
than one, and the time has come to
"end the agitation” by putting it up to
the peonl > to render a final verdict at the
ballot box, and bring the thing to a
close.
There arc members of both houses
who will subport the measure this year
to submit the issue to a vote of the peo
ple, and who, when it is submitted, will
s:; nd firmly in opposition to removal of
the capitol from the city of Atlanta.
Among them are some who will return
to their homes and, in the campaign be
fore the people on the direct issue, wall
seek to carry their county against it.
but they'frankly occupy the position of
desiring the' issue brought to its final
er.d at the earlies' possible time, and
itumit their completion that there is no
other, as well as no more proper or
conclusive, manner of ending it.
Law Says People Must Vote
In no few localities in the state it
has been found the belief exists that the
location of the slate capitol is fixed by
the state constitution. In other locali
ties though these have been found to
be but few there is entertained some
idea that the state legislature has the
authority to fix the location of the capi
tol. ami has passed upon the question.
Neither idea is correct.
The sole authority for future deter
mination of the question of the capitol,
after the adoption of the convention or
dinance has been by a vote of the peo
ple of the state.
In the light of these facts, gentlemen
of both branches of the 1919-20 Legis-'
lature, representing both factions —those
•desirous of placing the capitol In the
center of the state, and those opposed
to any change from the present location
—have announced themselves in favor
and support of the provision made by the
constitutional convention last held. They
recognize, as does the present state ad
ministration, that the issue is one which
must be speedily brought to a conclusion,
and they stand for making the required
legal arrangements to reach that con
clusion this year.
State-wide political issues ordinarily
go dir.'otly to the people, without any
necessity for meeting legal technicality.
This issue, however, is not of the or
dinary variety. Its final settlement can
come through no other legal means than
action on the part of the state legisla
ture submitting it to a popular vote.
That government founded on the con
sent of those governed Is the only firm
and substantial kind.
Why the issue Needs to Be Settled
For ten years there has been constant
ly growing an agitation for removal of
the state capitol to a location nearer
the center of Georgia. At the time of
its origin it was treated lightly, and
ten years ago was probably not an is
sue of state-wide importance. Devel
opment in that space of time of the
Wonderful wilderness and wild-land south
ern portion of Georgia into the greatest
farming, trucking and fruit growing sec
tion of the southeast added such impe
tus to the desire for central location
of the state government that It attained
the scope of a big and broad state Issue
several years ago. Four years ago rep
resentatives of a majority of the coun
ties in the state committed themselves,
not to a movement to remove the capi
tol from Atlanta to Macon, but to the
proposition that this issue is of such
size and importance it must be passed
upon and determined by the voting pop
ulation of Georgia as a whole.
The magnitude wnich it has, ot al
ready had at that time, reached manifest
ed itself several years ago In the Geor
gia Legislature when efforts were made
to make disposition of the old and di
lapidated house used since 1872 as a
-‘governor's mansion,” a piece of prop
erty acquired by the state from Mr.
.Tolin H. James of Atlante, at a cost
in that day of JIOO.OOO worth of seven
per cent Georgia bonds. “Capitol re
moval" prevented action then on the
ground that “the 7 jple must settle the
issue by vote first.”
Subsequently, cr about three years ago,
efforts were made In the Legislature to
have the state purchase from the Jack
son estate real estate In Juxtaposition to
the present capitol property, for the
■cjirpose of ereclinfl _ajnpx bulletins
in three figures—a residence building
opposite the capitol In which to house
the state military department. The con
gestion in the capitol had to be relieved
and there was no other way to relieve
it. At the time it was said this build
ing would afford ample room for the
military department and several com
mittee rooms for the Legislature. (By
the way, there is no such thing in the
present capitol as a legislative commit
tee room of any kind.) When the mili
tary establishment moved in it required,
and is now using, the entire residence
building.
More recently, when the legislature cre
ated the state department of archives,
and the time came to classify and re
move the records of the state, it was
found the department had nowhere to
go, and there has had to be erected
in the lobby on the top floor of the
building a series of stalls and shelves
where these records are stored In the
open.
In the past few months the unsani
tary and congested condition of the
basement under the capitol became such
that the state health department, which
has been housed there for years, had to
.move. To provide a place for them
Governor Dorsey, on his own responsi
bility, rented another residence building
—the Jackson property which the Legis
lature had twice refused to buy—and
that is wholly devoted to the use of this
one department.
A portion of the state agricultural de
partment has had to be transferred from
the first floor into the basement of the
capitol building because of lack of other
accommodations and, when the state bu
reau of markets was created and offices
were required, it became necessary to
eliminate and tear out one of the toi
lets on the first floor, overhaul that space
and make of it an office for the state
director.
And still there is not one legislative
committee room in the entire building,
nor sufficient room for the appelate
courts, since in at least one instance a
blind flooring has had to be run in half
way down from the ceiling in one of the
rooms, In order to make it into two
rooms.
Why the Governor Says Settle It
These are the conditions at the capitol
as they stand today.
At the mansion there is an even worse
state of affairs. During the adminis
tration of Governor Harris, and his oc
cupancy of the mansion, its unsanitary
and dilapidated condition caused him to
make complaint to the Legislature, and
effort then was made to make other pro
visions, but the effort was stalled by
“capitol removal” as an issue to be
settled first.
Last winter, during Governor Dorsey’s
occupancy of the mansion—he is still liv
ing there because the state provides no
where else for him to live—physical and
sanitary conditions at the mansion grew
still worse. The plastering fell from the
walls, the water pipes froze and burst;
the house was uncomfortable and wholly
unsatisfactory.
Toward the end of last year Governor
Dorsey made the flat statement
that the point was reached when “this
capitol removal issue must be settled
one way or the other.” He said, as he
has since repeated, that it has become
a handicap, and will remain so until
it is voted on by the people and,gotten
out of the way; that it is standing in
the way of development, repair and ex
pansion of the state's properties to meet
the actual pressing demands.
While these are probably not his exact
words, this is the substance of his com
ment on the situation at that time, and
as it has been printed and repeated by
him since; "It is an issue that must
oe brought to an end. It appears that
it will keep coming up ami getting in
the way of every effort to do anything
about the mansion or an annex to the
capitol until the people have ended
Therefore, it ought to be submitted to
the people as quickly as possible, and
if they are going to move the capitol
to Macon, let’s know it and go ahead
and build adequate facilities down there.
If they are not going to move it, then
let them untie our hands and let’s go
ahead and do the things that are neces
sary here.”
It is not by any means to be taken for
granted, either, that the governor hasn’t
a future Interest in what the people'
of the state do on that score for in his
conversation on the subject, he has left
no room for mistake as to his sentiment
and intention. He is an Atlantan and
quite naturally is opposed to removal of
the capitol from Atlanta; so much so
that he has made it known when the vote
on it comes he will go to the ballot box
and register by his vote his desire that
it remain here—but he has been suf
ficiently broad not to side-step the is
sue; he has been big enough to say clear
ly that he wants to see it settled; set
tled now.
Here Is What Is Needed
As an outline of what the future con
templates: There is to be a new man
sion somewhere in or near Atlanta. If
the people vote that way. It will likely
be somewhere in the Druid Hills, and'
will be a building comporting with the
dignity of a governor's mansion. There
must be an annex building sufficiently
large to house the entire department of
agriculture and its sub-branches; the
state board of health; the state military
department; the state geological depart
ment; the state department of archives,
and possibly some of the other smaller
departments. To provide that property
will have to be bought adjoining the pres
ent capitol. on the opposite side of the
street, the buildings now thereon will
have to be wrecked and a new structure
must go up. When this is done the pres
ent capitol needs and will have to have
no little rubbing up and repairing.
These are the necessities. They are
why the governor nas taken the demo
cratic view he holds in respect to ter
mination of the issue.
On the other hand, if the people vote
to move the capitol to Macon, then pro
vision must be made down there, in a
manner satisfactory to the people of the
state, for the erection of a handsome
Georgia marble state building sufficiently
large to meet all those requirements the
present capitol doesn’t meet now and for
the future, and a suitable mansion for
the governor will have to be provided.
Those, however, are the things which
the two factions will have to present
to the satisfaction of the people of the
state when the question is submitted
for a popular vote. It will be then that
the comparative advantages to the state
will have to be drawn and the business
trade with the people of Georgia will
have to be made.
In middle and north Georgia there are
state officials who have been consult
ed. men familiar wdlh the situation as
it exists and with the status of the
state's property here and the hopeless
ness of improving it until there is a
popular vote, who view the situation in
the identical light as does the governor
—that the issue must be settled and the
handicap removed, one way or the other,
so that the state may move forward.
Only One Legislative Point
! Insofar as the state legislature is con
cerned. there is but one point to be cov
ered, -s there, an issuf Gnyolyad?
henry county weekly, McDonough Georgia.
News in a Nutshell.
Curious tool
goosed a mule —
Laid out to cool.
Thin ice,
Scorned advice,
Paradise.
Gun, no load,
Shell explode,
Heavenly abode.
Fool afloat,
Rocked boat,
Wooden coat.
Wine and sherry,
Making merry,
Cemetery.
Ignored bells,
Flagman’s yells,
Immortels.
Liquor Whiff,
Single biff,
Now a stiff.
Silly kid,
Auto skid,
Glass lid.
Trained nurse,
Much worse,
Ride Hearse.
French fakir,
German baker
Undertaker.
Man tight,
Big fight,
Good night!
Kerosene,
Woman screamed,
Singed bean.
Aeroplane,
Doctor came,
• Results same.
He lied,
Girl cried,
Suicide.
Hopped freight,
Smashed pate,
Heavenly gate.
Myra Bolt,
Ezra Holt,
Family jolt,
38 Colt,
Funeral at 3.
Matrimony,
Testimony,
■Alimony,
No money.
—C. R. Vance.
Loss of Appetite.
As a general rule there is noth
ing serious about, a loss of appetite,
and if yon skip a meal or only eat
two meals a dav for a few days
you will soor. have a relish for yonr
meals when meal time comes.
Rear in mind that at least five
hours should always elapse between
meals so as to give the food ample
time to digest and the stomach a
period of rest before a second meal
is taken. Then if you eat no more
than ven errve and take a reasona
hie amount of outdoor exercise
every day you vvili not need to
worry about your appetite. When
the loss of appetite is caused by
constipation as is often the case,
that should be corrected at once.
A dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets
will do it. For sale by Horton
Drug Co.
There Is more Catarrh In this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
It Incurable. Catarrh Is a local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con
ditions and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re
ward Is offered for any case that Hall’s’
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
rrr oriTSr TTiat the present bunding," then
overflowing, might be relieved to some
extent of the pressure upon its increas
ing inadequacy. That effort met the
same fate. "Capitol removal” prevented
action until the people should be allowed
to vote on the Issue.
The effort to negotiate a sale of the
present mansion property and purchase
more suitable property upon which to
erect a new mansion suffered the same
experience. They all have been blocked
by the “capltoi removal Issue."
Must Have More Room
Nearly three years ago Governor Har
ris, on his own responsibility, and in or
der to make room in the state capitdl
for the new members of the state court
of appeals rented, in the ns me of tho
state, and at a very substantial rental—
Net Contents 15 Fluid Drachnj
- / >, r , s ',/u " cSj .\ 7S m 3 > me <5 7>«- .vr. T
7 -O *3 7,, boen Ji um ore rt-pouKo. , o nte m n r rit i. p.o rf « r, t
/ trtorp nets n et e ni m ii-m - ,vAO k .vaiicotica h ,• < cita n vrii.o i> i- san.u.-i !•;. c tr»r>
' rcmiUiour//pa..dpria.i.i dc Vfnlr.; c ,t iairhca.f cbjyc s intermit c nte M. I ALXV» PE SOMM!
-e cfiMo-na .'niVini irt. - G&rs&Vt&j&tS fSF.W OHK .
•es*' %
—
ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT. ;
\' AVe^elnblc PrcparationforAs ;
by Rcgula^
t i ng t he S tomachs andßowclso
Tm FAN*S#£HILDBEjU
Thereby Promoting Digestion .
Cheerfulness andßcst.Contains,
neither Opium. Morphine nor,
Mineral. Not Narcotic
Jimpc^mdDrSAMLUPlTaiEß
Pumpkin Seed V
ALx Senna 1
JkehiUe Salts
Anise Seed
peppermint *
Ipfu rbonnte Sci S
Warm Sad
Clarified Sugar
ftTnfer.jrren flavor ’
A helpful Remedy for
Constipation and Diarrhoea,
and Feverishness ana
Loss OF Sleep
resulting iherefronTinm^^
facsimile Signature. 0 * |
The Centaur C ompank |
\'DV f VORKf-^j
*At di«ontits old _
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
• *6711 Feat Mijb *
Tbehifcbest Mountain ii? Eastern America
(20 Miles tast of Asheville)
Many Attractive Resorts it? the Mountains
of Western Aortb<£arolina
Average Elevation 2500 Ft. A hove Sea Level,
Insures Healthful and Delightful SommerClimate
ASHEVILLE-HEfIDERSOAVILLE-HIGHLAND LAKE*
BREVARD* BLACK MOUATAIA * WAYAESVILLE •
LAKE JUAALUSKA'TRYOA -SALUDA-FLAT ROCK, r
KANUGA LAKE* BLOWING ROCK'LIfIVILLE'
TATE SPRIAG.TEAA.’SIGAALMOUNTAIN,TEAN.
OneHundredTbousand or More Visitors £o to these
EvetySun?mer Because of the Delightful SmiwdlmlE
« ‘Good Hotels and Boarding Houses
FARES'
VACATION C6OTW J£j|&f?!P ULES
• " AAP SERVICE' ’ •
LAND United States Railroad Administration,
Director General of Railroads.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD LINES
It’s a disgrace for towns and
villages to burn leaves. One ton
of dry leaves is worth one fourth
ton of 82 2 fertilizer. See that
all are put on farms and gardens-
Progressive Farmer.
Keep your subscription right.
CTie Tilghesr conSTTTuTed TR>!Ty in stffte
government has fixed the manner of
disposing of such an issue, when the
constitutional convention said by ordi
nance it must be settled by the people,
if in future (after the sitting of that
convention) the location of the capitol
should be brought into issue. The con
vention did not say, nor can the state leg
islature say, that the capitol must be
moved, or must stay where it is. The
people of Georgia are sole judges ol
that. What they say pt the next gen
eral election is the verdict under which
the state must proceed. And then im
provements and enlargements can go
on, or a new building can be provided.
The measure submitting it to the
people Is expected to pass through the
legislature before the middle Of th* M -
sioa has been reached.
f9oo Drops
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always /, v
Bears the /%$
Signature^yjJp
(\ Jr In
it/ s 8
\J» For Over
Thirty Y^ars
TMC CENTAUR COM PAN Y. NEW YORK CITY.
“Don’t you want to hear about
about Tom, Tom, the pioer’s son?”
“No, too busy. I belong to a
pig club mvself and it’s time to
feed the stock.”
He Was Almost Past Going.
“I suffered with kidney trouble
for three years,” writes D. Bell,
St. James City, Fla., “and for the
past six months I have been al
most past going. 1 couldn’t stoop
down and when I would lie down
I could hardly get up. I began
taking Foley Kidney Pills, and
before using two bottles my pains
were all gone.” They are prompt
in action and quick to relieve
backache, rheumatic pains, stiff,
swollen joints and sore muscles!
The McDonough Drug Co.
