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FAIRS IS PLANNED.
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e Counties Have Unpaid War
'amg That Will Take Several Years
¢ Excessive Taxes to Pay. Would
ake Commissioners Responsible.
LTLANTA Ga.—Finances of the
- qovernment, which are generally
| ledged to be in the worst mud
.. history of Georgia, with the
e exception of the muddle they
nto in the carpet bag regime of
pstruction, are not the only finan
-0 which the legislature will devote
wention at the present session.
nty finances, which are more
- ant 1o the individual taxpayer
ate finances, because the county
hects more tax than the state col
. will be substantially reorganized
he legislature passes a bill introduc
iv Representative Harper Hamil
and other members.
he bill is known as the county
wet bill, getting its name from the
nces of all counties in Georgia to
onducted on the budget system.
orobably the most important and
caching legislative proposal touch
countv finances in the past forty
v hill would require the ordinary,
v commissioner or county board
commissioners—whichever have
o¢ 0f the administration of coun-
Liairs—to make a budget at the
ot 0f cach vear showing how much
v they propose to expend that
“and for what purposes and the
of taxation which will be neces
-1o meet these expenditures, and
amount of outstanding and un
warrants on the county treasury, if
nd would require the pubilication
his budget for the information of
hrther than this the bill would
ire that expenditures in any year
| not exceed the revenue for that
and that all treasury warrants
| become due and* payable on the
wth of December unless, an car
date be specified on the face of
warrant, and would make the
ty commissioners or other admin
mve authorities personally respon
for the payment of any detcit
wng at the end of the year.
Business Men Back Bill.
pness men who have had bus
dealings with Georgia countics
bhacking Judge Hamiltorys.. biil.
ng them are contractors w’w have
highwavs under contracts, with
15, contractors. who have built
houses, dealers in numerous
of supplies who -have sold sup
to counties, manufacturers of jail
e principal complaint of the bus
concerns, contractors, etc., who
dealt with Georgia counties, -is
rrants for ‘future pay
ot be negotiated at the
s s 15 due, they say, to the
hat county warrants bear no due
and carry no interest. The statute
0t Georgia, it seems, authorized
ayment of interest on deferred
nts, but the courts have held to
ftrary. A county warrant is per-
Rood as an abstract proposition,
g to Judge Hamilton and oth
-0 have gone into the subject,
¢ 1t 15 backed by the -taxing
fof the county, which is backed
¢ power of the state, but when it
© handling county ‘warrants as
irete proposition, for bank dis
te rate in interest is ruinowus,
82
o hill proposes,” said Judge
WL, 1o prevent county authori-
M drawing warrants which they
‘Pay m the year’ when they are
L It applies to county authori
* same tule of conduct already
¢ 1o mdividuals in’ the matter
Mirawmg their bank balances.
[ 01 eorgia makes it a crime
© 4 theck without funds to pay
- Presented, 4nd makes' the
'c( tacte evidence of intent
r‘fo County Overdrafts.
o ot propose to make it a
Cithse tor county authorities
. Varrants wihich the county
; oilot pay wihen presented;
a hn the year when taxes
.Ut we do propose to make
Y and personally liable
~ Tdraits. I the state goes
© - Make 1t a erime for an in-
L. Sve a check which his
b - Pay tor lack of funds,
state should exact
E Norties a similar regard
E onesty and good bus-
' Intor that numerous coun-
F TR Ve . warrants -out
© agdnr Ir treasuries which
=y t taxpayers if the
P er ished. Tam inform
h m Georgia, if not
e b such an accumula
| rrants that it would
; excessive taxation
' a great deal about
reorganizating the
: which is all very
not lose sight of
ol s collected by the
: far more, taken in
g 1. [lan taxes collected by
F r words, from the
s t he is more con
: v m the finances
. about economy in
state. He is con
course, but more
L the other.”
e Ao
oG PINEAPPLE
~vE WORTH $4,500,000
o g for this vear
! Y 0 crates, valued
rt officials, whe
from 11, >9N recorded ship-
THE DAWSON NEWS
ALIEN.FARMERS HAVE
| DECREASED 13 PER CENT
Native Farmers Constitute 85 Per
| Cent of the Nation’s Tillers.
.~ WASHINGTON, D. C.—The ‘num
ber of foreign born farmers in the
United States has decreased by 88,502,
or 13.2 per cent in the last ten years,
the census bureau announced today.
The decrease, which was 81,148 among
German-born farmers alone, was due,
© e said, to the large number re-
Nary ° = mative countries during
‘the W
Native white “ue. who number
‘ed 4917,305 in 1920, constituted 85
per cent of the nation’s tillers. The
remainder were divided as {follows:
Foreign-born white, 581,054; negroes,
26,257; Indians, 16,213; Japanese, 6,-
899; Chinese, 638.
The number of negro farmers in
creased 4.7 per cent during the de
cade. All but a little over 1 per cent
were found in the southern states.
PLAN TAX ON SOFT
DRINKS AND GASOLINE
DU BOSE ESTIMATES STATE
WOULD GET $3,500,000 A YEAR.
- ANNOUNCES DETAILS.
A plan to raise upwards of $3,500,-
000 a year by a tax on soft drinks and
gasoline is announced by Toombs Du-
Bose, member of the legislature irom
Clarke and chairman of the house
committee on appropriations and ways
and means. The plan, he said, has been
submitted to Governor Hardwick and
approved by him and will be introduc
ed as soon as the details can be work
ed out in a bill.
The Proposed Taxes.
The plan as worked out thus far is
as follows:
1. A tax of one cent per bottle on
all soft drinks except near beer, which
would yield an estimated yearly rev
enue of $2,023,600.
2. A tax of one cent per drink on
all soda fountain drinks served in
glasses, the tax to be the same on ev
ery drink regardless of price, which
would yield an estimated yearly rev
enue of $755,500.
3. A tax of one cent a ‘gallon on
gasoline, which would yield an esti
mated yearly revenue oi $BOO,OOO.
4. Total yearly revenue to be deriv
ed from these sources estimated to be
$3,579,600.
Consumer to Pay.
All the above taxes, explained Chair
man Dußose, would be levied on the
theory that manufacturers and dealers
would pass them on to the «consumers.
That is to say, gasoline could cost the
consumer one cent a gallon extra for
the state tax, bottled soft drinks would
cost one cent a bottle extra for the
state tax, and drinks in the glass would
cost one cent extra for the state tax,
regardless of the selling price of the
drink in the ‘glass.
Shades of Grandmas
Shocked as Women
Sat at the Ringside
Hoop-Skirted Damsels of Olden Days
Didn’t Do Such Things. Promi
nent Women Patrons of Fight.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—This has been
a week when people who wag their
heads over ‘fthe general awfulness of
modern woman have had plenty to
wag about. What our grandmothers
might think about it seems to have no
weight. Five thousand women held re
served seats dor ‘the Carpentier-Demp
sey fight. i
Not that this :is the first prize fight
which has attracted women. Reno had
its lady rooters, as did Havana, and
Madison Square Garden bulged last
winter with femiininity to the glory of
Anne Morgan and devastated France.
Rut this is the first open-air prize fight,
the first honest-to-goodness, rough and
ready, unchaperoned prize fight to cap
ture so, many wommen of so much pres
tige. When ladies like Mrs. William
Laimbeer and Nmrs. Nicholas ILong
‘worth are ringside patrons any bout
takes on the tints of a social event
There has been frem time to time
much talk about the lion and the lamb
lying down together. This is nothing
to the fraternizmg of the eight-ounce
glove and the powder puff.
BRITISH WOMAN SPENDER TO DAZZLE
NEW YORK WITH HER EXTRAVAGANCE
Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, Who Spent
$5,000,000 in Three Weeks, Will
Seek New Conquests Soon.
In the last few months a name hith
erto heard seldom, that of Mrs. Smith
Wilkinson, . h4s become known
throughout the world, thanks to her
matchless skill at spending money. She
has recently returned to her home in
Nottingham, England, from Paris,
where she spent $5,000,000 in tnree
weeks. She plans to dazzle New York
city in the winter and will arrive there
in the most palatial yacht which hap
pens to be on the market just before
she sails. A complete dressmaking es
tablishment, with 50 models, wiil be
installed aboard the yacht.
Mrs. Wilkinson inherited more than
$5,000,000 from her first husband, and
since his death has been married to
two youngsters of excellent family who
might have been her sons. She is 58
years old. Her first husband died in
1906 and in 1910 she married Harold
Sutherns, 24 years old, who died in
1914,
The story of her last marriage, n
1920, to Edward Henry Smith Wilkin
con, is a romance in itseli. Fifteen
years ago she entered a charity ball in
Nottingham and a little boy ran up and
’kissed her. Fourteen years later she
became the bride of that boy.
Mrs. Wilkinson, short and plump,
wears diamonds like so many beads.
She uses them for teeth fillings and
N 0. 5. STOCKINGS
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
ANNOUNCES REFORM OF
POSTAL SAVINGS SYSTEM.
GOVERNMENT PROFITEERING.
Says Present Treatment of Depositors
Amounts Almost to Fraud. Interest
Will Be Raised to 3 Per Cent and
More Banks Opened.
SULLIVAN, Ind—A billion dol
lars which should be in circulation to
assist the coming industrial revival is
being hoarded in American stockings,
Will H. Hayes, postmaster general,
declared today in announcing plans for
revigion of the Postal Savings system
to make it more attractive to potential
depositors.
Through his reorganization plans
Mr. Hayes hopes to draw the hoarded
‘wealth of the country out of its hiding
\p]aces and into useful channels. The
present treatméht of depositors in the
Postal Savings banks, he said tonight
after conference with middle-western
\bankers. amounts “almost to fraud,”
while the government has profiteered
at the expense of the depositors to
the sum, in the last year alone; of
$1,720,000.
, Approved by Bankers.
His general plan of re-organization,
which will be submitted to congress,
has been approved by bankers of the
east and middle west at conferences in
Washington, New York, Terre Haute
and at his home here. Mr. Hayes as
sured the bankers that he had no in
tention of entering the postal savings
bank in competition with private sav-.
ings banks, but rather hopes to make
it a valuable feeder of established bank
ing institutions. While asking congress
to make the interest rate double the
average paid now, he pointed out it
would still be below the average puid
by the majority of savings banks.
Private banks are lot and cammot
hope to reach the vast hoarded wealth
which offers a particular field for pos
tal savings expansion, Mr. Hayes said.
He pointed out that 70 per cent of the
present 508,000 depositors are of for
eign extraction, and that they as well
as others of therr countrymen who are
accustomed to postal savings systems
abroad will trust no one but the U.
S. government.
To reach this field oi potentmal de
positors Mr. Haves plams the dellow
ing basic changes in the present postal
system:
Increase the interest from ‘two to
three per cent; payment of interest on
deposits held less tham one year; re
moval of the restriction agamst fiepos
itors under 10 yvears ©i age; provis
jons for joint and trust funds; estab
lishment of postal savings banks in
50,000 postoffices mstead of ‘the” pres
ent 6,300; compensation for Tourth
class postmasters on the basis ©f the
deposits they handle; re-deposit of the
funds m local banks with more ‘Hberal
fqualification rtules for such deposito
[rics; an enlarged board ci dmectors,
including a representative of the feder
al reserve bank and one or mare «ivil
| lans.
Lot of Business Sick.
“There ils a lot of busmness ‘in the
country that s really sick, still stag
gering tmder the shell-shock of war
and the debauch of extravagance,” Mr.
Hayes said, “but there is @ -good aleal
more that is merely mahngering. What
we need more than anything else’is the
common sense of conrage and «confi
dence. There ¥s, of course, ‘the great
est era of expansin and prosperity
ahead that the world 'has ever sseen.
Everyone knows this and the one ques
tion discussed is when it will start.
Well, it is tame to go owt amd meet it.
This we propose to help to «10.
The postmaster general declared
that the hunsitreds of thousanis of pos
tal savmgs depositors,are practically
being deiraudled becaumst their certifi
cates specificalty state the 2 per cent
interest is paid on deposits, and do not
state that notwing is pard on deposits
held jess than one year. Because of
this svstem, he said, the average ‘in
terest paid on all money held was only
1% per cent.
to trim her stockings, New York city
is awaiting the adwent of thas femi
nine Monty Brewster with meore than
passing interest, and Fiith avenue jew
clers plan to greatly increase thenr
stocks of diamonds as soon 2s Mrs.
Smith Wilkinson leaves Britain’s
shores.
How Rich British Wo
man Gets Rid of Millions
Here is how Mrs. Smith Wilkin
son, of Nottingham, England, soon
to invade New York city, spent
$5.000,000 in a three-weeks spend
ing orgy in Paris:
Romanoff jeweled crown, once
prized trinket of the czars of Rus
sia, $3,300,000.
Shrewsbury heirloom pear Is,
$500,000. .
Gowns, $160,000.
Hats, $BO,OOO.
Loose diamonds (for trimming
hats and . decorating teeth), £500,-
000.
Re-upholstering automobiles $25,-
000.
Casual charities, $15,000.
Hotel bills, bets on horse races
and incidentals like the $50,000 fee
to Harry Pilcer for dancing lessons
were among her incidental expens-
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1921
Doctors Pity Harding
For 1,500 Handshakes
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Presi
dent Harding’s task in _having
shaken hands with more than fif
teen hundred persons during his re
ception to delegates to the Ameri
can Institute of Homeopathists’
convention aroused compassion
among the doctors at their closing
session today, and a resolution pro
posing that presidents hereafter be
relieved of that custom was intro
duced.
It was voted down, however,
speakers declaring the president
should be permitted -to attend to
his own business.
—_ |
GROWERS ARE VICTIMS OF}
NIGHT RIDERS’ RULE. CROPS
ROT IN THE FIELDS.
Twenty-seven night riders are serv
ing jail serftences, but the trials of the
Arkansas farmer are not ended. Many
rice growers face starvation. Their
1920 crops are rotting in the field or
being fed to cattle.
Rough rice has decreascd from $3.50
a bushel last autumn to 20 cents a
bushel at present. Polished rice that
sold at 25 cents a pound, sclls now
at four pounds for a quarter. There
is’ no market for 60,000,000 bushels
of Arkansas rice, the state’s second
most important crop.
Cotton Troubles.
Similar market conditions are iaced
by cotton growers, with night riding
added to their troubles. Tenants de
'manded two-thirds of the crop if they
furnished nothing but labor. If they
furnished teams and labor they de
imanded three-fourths of the crop.
Growers refused their demands. A
'group of tenants organized. They put
white robes on their horses. They
wore black stockings over their heads
with holes cut for noses and eyes and
the foot of the stockimg hanging over
itheir shoulders.
. Their password was “Blood’s Red.”
A pistol was held agaimst the chest of
‘cach man as he took the oath of al-
Jegiance. Penalty for breach of faith
or failure to execute orders was death
by beheading.
Barns, live stock, implements and
crops were burned. Property valued at
millions was lost.
The riders rode two abreast to ob
durate planters’ homes. They dragged
the planters frem their homes and
lwhippcd them. -
Marked for Death.
Four planters @i Craighead county
were marked for death because they
attempte to protect themselves with
firearms.
But disagreement within the organ
iz#tion over mfficting the death pen
alty finally led to the weakening of
the organization. DeWitt Garrett, cap
tain of the bamd, was indicted on 42
counts. He was xonvicted. Twenty-six
others confessed. Armed riders threat
ened to-storm the court house at Jones
boro and rescue ‘them. Special deputies
were sworn im for «the trial. After the
men were sentenced the court house
was burned dowmn.
So Arkansas cotton growers, dis
couraged by labor and market trombles
and rice growers reduced to poverty,
are turning to the raising of hogs, cat
tle and other products to rehabikitate
their fortunes.
A Fight for Property
Of Murdered Recluse
Starts m.Sumter Counity
Women Relatiwes of Bill Scarborough
Move to Get His Estate.
Bitter Fight Expected.
AMERICUS, Ga.—A fight for pos
session of the esgate leit by Bill Scar
borough, rich recluse found murdered
'here two months ago, began Tuesday
in the Sumter comnt of ordinary. Heirs
‘asking portions of the estaté are Mms.
t.Morgan Stevens of . Americus, and Mrs.
‘Hamp Stevens, of Ellaville, who are
\d‘aughtcrs of Scarbarpugh’s aunt; Sa
ney E. Scarborough, of Anniston, Alz.,
am uncle, and Mrs. G. B. Weinman, oi
Macon, a cousin. NMrs. Weinman's
claim to a share in the estate has not
been admitted by the other heirs, and
a lvely fight is in pmospect.
Faght for possessiom of the estate
began with the apphcation of Mrs.
Morgan Stevens {for zppointment as
permanent administrator. Mrs. Wein
man, whose claim is heing disputed,
asserts .that she was bom in Americus
in 1867, being a daughter of Luke
Hames, who is well remwembered by
the older residents here. : :
~ The value of the estate has been
placed after investigation ut approxi
mately $20,000. It consists of $5,000
fsund on deposit in the Plamgers’ Bank
of Americus, a number of negro hous
'es here, and some farm land. A hoard
of diamonds, known to have been pos
sessed by the old recluse shottly be
fore his death, have never been found.
i
%RICHLAND HOME BURNS
| AS FAMILY LOOKS ON
|With Difficulty Mrs. Smith Was Pre
| wvented From Entering Building.
i RICHLAND, Ga—The home of
| Mrs. Green Smith, near here, was
{burned a day or two ago.
{ The building was totally destroyed
lmgcther with all of the clothing, tur-
Initure and household belongings con
%zaine(l therein. Mrs. Smith and her
{two children were engaged in picking
{bgrries when the fire was_discovered,
land it was only with difficulty that
|neighbors restrained her from entering
%the burning structure just as the roof
|gave in. i
THE FORDNEY BILL APPEARS
AS THE REPUBLICAN PLAN
TO RAISE §5700,000,000.
Proposed Duties in New Bill About
Equai to Those of Payne-Aldrich
Law. Lumber Promises to Be Bone
Of Contention. New Argument.
The periodic battle of the tariff is
about to begin in Washington. The
administration’s permanent tariff bill
has made its bow in the lower house
of congress and is now ready to be
praised by its friends, the republicans,
and damued by its cnemies, the demo
crats. The wordy war over protection
versus free trade, waged in the marble
halls of the capitol with every change
of administration, is to be the press
diet from Washington for the next two
or three months. Denunciations, lauda
tion, recriminations and praise will
abound for a season. Legislators may
evenn shake their fists at each other
over a “gross injustice to a defenseless
constituency,” but in the end the bill
will pass because the republicans will
have it so, and the country will again
be deriving the blesses, or the curses,
of a protective tariff for its industries.
Big Revenue Is Promised.
The ways.and means committee of
the lower house, which prepared the
measure, makes the unofhcial estinate
that the duties under the new law inay
reach as high as $700,000,000 a year
Chairman Fordney says they are cer
tain to exceed $500,000,000 a year. The
last high protective tariff, the Payne-
Aldrich law, yielded about $300,000,-
000 a year.
The average rate of the tariff bill
now in congress is between 18 and 20
per cent, according to Chairman Ford
ney, as against 18.55 per cent under
the Aldrich law and 6 per cent under
the Underwood law ‘passed by the
democrats.
Republicans i defending the bill
have developed the new argument that
the revenue from the proposed tariff
will mean lower taxation, yielding as
Pt does more than a half billion dol
lars a year. But the stock arguments
continue to be the redemption of cam
paign pledges, the development of
American industries, and the protec
;tion of American workmen against the
cheaper labor of Europe.
. Democrats, in attacking the meas
‘ure, declare it was framed with an eye
|to the profits of “vested interests” and
| maintain that it will cost every man,
| woman and child in the United States
Is2o a vear and add at [east $2,000,000,-
‘00() to the already high cost of living.
Lumber to Be the “Schedule K.”
Lumber promises to be the bone of
clntention in the Fordney tariff bill,
just as wool was in the Payne-Aldrich
law. If there is another “Schedule K"
battle at the present session it will be
fought. not on wool-—rates on which
have not called forth much criticism
so far—but on whether rough lumber
and shingles should be placed on the
free list, together with dressed lumber.
The fight in the way and means com
mittee over the Immber schedules was
bitter, the original proposal being to
place a heavy doty on all lumber as
a retaliatory measure against Canadian
import duties. Tkis, however, was final
ly defeated, mamly by reason of the
argument that such a duty would add
from $3OO to $5OO to the cost of build
ing an ordinary home.
The house leaders hope to fmish de
bate on the Fardney bill, pass it and
send it to the senate by the end of
the month, bt 1t s doubtful if such
a schedule can be kept. The demo
crats are certazn to fight the removal
of so many articles from the free list
of the Underwood law, while the re
publicans are istent on Testricting this
feature of the proposed new law to
print paper, waod pulp, leather, har
ness and agriculttural implements.
’ e 4
"Gator ‘Gets Life Job
~ As Congressional Mascot
| e
Is Lord of the Large Lily Pond in the
Courtyard of the House.
WASHINGTOX, D. C.—Not té be
outdone by the dhief executive m the
Imatlvr of mascots congress has taken
up the fad, and now 'has a pet with
'whom Laddie Boy, President Hard
ing’s Airedale, must share the admira
wion and popularity that goes with his
exalted place in the anumal world.
Congress’s mascot is an alhgator,
with as rough a hide and as sudden a
snap to its long jaws as any of its
fellows in their native waters off the
Florida keys. 7 ‘ |
“George”’—the name it seems to have
acquired, dlthough no one on Capitol
H#l admits having had anyvthing to
do with the christening—carries on his
sleepry existence as I()rd/n' the large
lily pond in the court ‘yvard of the
house of representatives office build
ing across the street from the capitol.
His smportance has grown with such
leaps, or rather “splashes,” since his
recent eniry into the national legisla
ture that he already has acquired a
distinction that may well arouse the
envy of Laddie Boy. While the most
favored of dogs may relinquish his
occupancy of the white house with
his master in four—or eight—years
George’s place is secure for life. Under
a gentleman’s agreement betwéen the
two great parties he is to be the one
exception and continue as chief mas
cot of congress, no matter what party
is in power.
George’s daily routine is anything
but complicated. Except for a few
pleasant interruptions he spends the
long, hot hours of the Washington
summer in the shade and cool of the
waters under the lily pads. This mo
notony is broken generally in the
mornings and late afternoons, when
members of the house pay the-ir re
spects in the form of bits of focd toss
ed into the pond.
36 LYNCHINGS OVER THE
COUNTRY IN SIX MONTHS
Tyenty-four More Than Same Period
Last Year, Tuskegee Says.
TUSKEGEE, Ala.—Lynchings in
the United States during the first six
months of the year totaled thirty-six,
or twenty-four more than the number
recorded during the same period in
1920, according to a report issued to
day by the department of records and
research of Tuskegee Institute.
Lynchings so far this year have in
cluded two white men and thirty-four
negroes, two of the latter being wo
men, the report said. Eleven of those
put to death were charged with as
sault.
Mississippi led the states with ten
lynchings, while Georgia recorded
nine, Florida and Arkansas four each,
Louisiana and North Carolina two
each, and Alabama, Kentucky, Mis
sissippi, South Carolina and Tennes
see one each.
PROTEST AGAINST PROHIBI
TION MADE BY THOUSANDS.
300 ORGANIZATIONS. 1
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A great manyi
New Yorkers let the world know on!
July Fourth that they bear no love for
the eighteenth amendment, |
Several thousand of them raised a
terrible thirst tramping up Fifth ave
nue in an anti-prohibition demonstra
tion and others packed the sidewalks
for more than two miles to cheer them.
It was called a wet parade, and it
was wet-soaking, wet with perspira-.
tion. : |
The afternoon was one of the hot
test of the year, a scorching sun shin
ing down through a humid atmosphere
that carried scarcely a whiff of breeze.
Mayor Hylan smiled and sweltered
in the seat of honor in the reviewing
stand at Madison Square. |
Each group greeted him with com
mentary outbursts as they passed
by.
yThc native-born addressed . him
blatantly and intimately, and every
now and then somebody would loudly
inquire if his honor didn’t long for a
schooner of lager on such a hot day.
The foreign-born, and they made up
a big percentage of this demonstra
tion against dryness-always, address
ed the mayor by his title, or as “Mis
ter Hylan.” Some of the marchers
bore banners which called on all to
witness “the outrage on personal lib
erty” against which they perspired in
protest, %
Women and Children March.
Not a few women and children par
ticipated in the parade. They were so
’out-numhered by the masculine march
'crs. however, that it seemed manifest
that the male of the species is more
Ithirsty htan his mate. Everybody in
the line had an American flag, and
many wore miniature liquor bottles
approptiately inscribed and pinned to
their lapels.
+There were more than 300 organi
zations in line, those in charge an
}nounn'd. Bands played and banners
by the hundred mingled the serious
sentiments of the thirsty with the
lighter view of people on the water
wagon. These placards, in a manner
speaking, put the kick into the parade.
One placard read: “Prohibition took
the sunshine from our homes and put
the moonshine in.” Another said:
“Russia went dry in 1919 and mad in
lgffl" How rational do you feel your
self.
A third declared: “Four million sol
diers fought for liberty and were re
warded with prohibition. How come?”
The serious signs asked everybody
to notice what alcoholic aridity had
done to the American marine.
They suggested Bible reading as a
means of learning who made wine
from water that the wedding feast
might be merry, and the Biblical line,
“Use a little wine for thy stomach’s
sake,” was also quoted. There were
pictures of the last supper and of the
| Goddess of Liberty shorn of her prosit
like pose by shackles that bound her
arms together.
Some of the banners urged people to
take the parade and the sentiment it
[n-prcscmod with seriousness, explain
‘ing that the marchers wanted the
eighteenth amendment repealed ‘and
the Volstead act “liberalized,” and
furthermore, that they were going to
fight for the cause.
When the parade ended participants
and spectators, hot and dry throated,
poured into every available soda foun
tian to quench their collective thirst
with soft drinks.
!Glant Still Discovered;
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| $75,000 Stock Seizea
May Be Necessary to Dynamite the
House to Destroy Plant.
CHICAGO.—A giant still, worth
$25,000, and so large that it may be
necessary to dynamite the house in
which it is located to destroy it, was
discovered today by police, and was
confiscated by the federal authorities.
The still, believed to be the largest
in the country, had vats in the base
ment of the house that measured 14
by 18 feet and are six feet deep, while
the coils ran through the entire house.
~ Wines, alcohol, mash and “moon
shine” said to be worth $75,000 were
iound in the house and destroyed.
No one was at the house and no ar
rests have been made.
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GEORGIA PAID $36,791,003
U. S. TAXES IN A YEAR
Income and Profits Tax for Federal
Year Figures Also Given. |
Georgia's income and profits tax for
the fiscal year 1921 was $28,771,925.20
and miscellaneous taxes were $8,019.-
077.88, making a total of $36,791,003.08
paid to the government during the
year, according to a statement issued
irom the office of the commissioner of
internal revenue. z
BUY AT HOME
AND HELP
DAWSON PROSPER.
VOL. 39.—N0. 45
HARDWICK ASKS TAX -
GOVERNOR SPEAKS IN PER
SON TO LEGISLATORS AND
SUGGESTS CHANGES.
URGES PRUNING OF EXPENSES -
Would Abolish Several Offices, and
Favors an Income Tax. Would Also
Collect Poll Tax From Women. He
Analyzes State Finances.
ATLANTA, Ga—A graduated tax
by the state upon incomes in lieu of
all ad valorem taxation by the state
was recommended to the general as
sembly by Governor Thos. W. Hard
wick in' a message delivered by him
in person to the house and senat? in
joint session. . .
In recommending a state income tax
as a substitute for ad valorem taxa- .
tion by the state Governor Hardwick
declared he was forced to that conclu
sion by the complete breakdown of the
ad valorem system, not only in Geor
gia but in other states which have tried
it. In this he agreed withr the special
tax commission who submitted their
report to the legislature in 1919. They
recommended an income tax to supple
ment the ad valorem tax, but recom
mended a complete reorganization of
the processes of ad valorem taxation.
They declared that the ad valorem
tax as now administered in Georgia is
an absolute failure. Agreeing with
them on this proposition «« Governor
Hardwick recommended that the state
government depart from the field of
ad valorem taxation, leave that field to
the counties and . municipalities, and
support itself by, a graduated tax upon
incomes. i
He declared that the state income
tax would be cheaper and easier to col
lect, would produce greater revenue
with less hardship, would bear equally
upon all citizens and would be the
means of obtaining revenue from in
visible and intangible property, which
now is escaping state taxation aimost
entirely.
Calling attention to the “swarms of
boards” created in recent years the
governogsays he is of the opinion that
many of them are not really essential
to the proper conduct of the state and
could be abolished easily in ‘“hard
times like these.”
~ In addition to a state income tax,
Governor Hardwick recommended a
Lgasolinc sales tax, a poll tax for wo
men, increase in the gross sales tax of
soft drink syrup manufacturers, abo
lition of “useless” boards and commis
sions, consolidation of the whole educa
tional system under one board of re
gents to supervise the University of
Ggorgia and its branches and the col
leges and common schools, consolida
tion of all eleemosnynary and charita
ble institutions under one board of
management, abolition of the depart
'ment of archives and history and trans
fer of this work to the state library,
and a careful examinzcon of the ex
penditures of all departments.
Analyzes State’s Finances.
| Leading up to his recommendation
lof an income tax, Governor Hardwick
[prescmvd a complete analysis of the
‘statc’s finances as they stand at pres
‘t'nt. The situation is extremely grave
and must be handled frankly and fear
lessly, he declared, to save the state
ffom practical bankruptcy insofar as
revenue is concerned, '
He showed that 1921 revenue will
be only $8,822,645, and that the 1921
ldcficit will be $2,181,982. This on top
of the 1920 deficit will produce a to
‘tal deficit of $3,547,421.
| *“What can we do to strike a bal
lance?” the governor asked, Answering
the question, he urged:
1. That unexpended appropriations
be cut to the bone. .
2. That additional special taxes be
levied and collected this year, among
‘these a tax of one cent a gallon retail
on sales of gasoline, which he estimated
iwould produce $800,000; a poll tax for
women, which he estimated would pro
lduce from $250,000 to $300,000; an in
crease of the gross sales tax on manu
|faciurers of soft drink syrups.
{ 3. That the rental of the Western
'x‘\ Atlantic railroad, $450,000 a year, be
[ml;dcd for a temporary loan to extin
guish the deficit. e
Future Financial Policy. @ '
As to the future financial poliey
which the legislature should follow,
pending the establishment of a state
'"“T(’m'-‘ tax, which he did not believe
could be put in operation until 1924,
i(,ovcrnor Hardwick recommended:
1. That all appropriations be HReld
strictly down to the limit of actual rev
enue,
2. That useless boards and commis
sions be abolished, among these the
boards of trustees in charge of the
}University of Georgia and its branches
jand the district agricultural schools,
Inumbcring nearly 300 members, and
ithat the whole educational system be
Iput under one board of regents, who
would supervise the university and its
branches, the district agricultural
' schools and the common schools, mak
ing one cohesive and co-ordinated sys
tem of education, and instituting large:
economies in the matter of purchasing
supplies, equipment, etc.
' 3. That eleemosynary and charitable
institutions of the state be placed un
‘der one single board, which would be
lable to co-ordinate their work, save
large sums of money in purchasing
supplies and otherwise effect econo
‘mies. .
4. That expenditures in every de
partment be subjected to a careful
analysis to ascertain if reductions can
be made in any appropriations. -
Also, he recommended in conclusion,
the enactment of a law requiring aili
elections to be held under the Austra
lian secret ballot system.
WOMAN, 84, GETS DIVORCE.
OKLAHOMA CITY.—Mrs. Matilda
Foss, 84, was granted a divorce from
John Foss, 75. They were married in
18651.( ’l;ier plea was that Foss “wouldn’t
work. $ ok e