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DEATH OF FEE
SYSTEM IS URGED
IMMEDIATE ACTION DEMANDED
TO GET SALARY BASIS IN
FULTON COUNTY
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
Atlanta. —Declaring that the host
legal minds were agreed that the sal
ary system could he substituted for
the fee system in Fulton county by
simple statutes and not necessarily by
constitutional amendment, the Fulton
county grand jury recently, in its reg
ular May presentments, demanded im
mediate action on the proposed change
and called to the present legislature
to act in accordance with the express
ed will of the voters of this county.
The grand jury went farther than
this In its presentments, however, and
called for a thorough survey of the At
lanta police department, the sheriff’s
office, the criminal courts and other
branches •of government affected by
crime in an effort to find out the
causes for increases in crime and prob
able remedies.
Other recommendations were: (1)
To have the county commissioners
publish each year the itemized ao
counts of receipts and disbursements
to show if there had been “illegal do
nations to clubs, campaigns, parades,
barbecues and conventions; (2) to
combine the offices of the City Tax
Collector and County Tax Collector,
City Tax Receiver and County Tax
Receiver, and (3) to discontinue the
fixing of sentences by juries.
In its recommendation as to the
salary system, the grand jury urged
that Immediate action be taken so
that the change could be In effect by
January 1. It was pointed out that
a number of legal authorities had
been questioned by the jury and that
all agreed that a survey of the condi
tions in the county was not necessary
and that the change should be made
effective at once.
“The argument that a constitutional
amendment is necessary for the
change is all bunk,” the grand jury
declared, “and the best legal minds
say that the change can be made by
simple statute. At the request of the
Jury, Reuben Arnold has already drawn
a bill for the change and we urge the
Fulton county representatives to get
behind the change so earnestly desir
ed by the people of this county."
The grand jury also asked all civic
organizations to lend their aid in the
fight for the salary system.
As to the increase in crime, espec
ially in automobile thefts, burglary
and bootlegging, the grand jury de
clared a survey should be made to see
where the cause lies and to find out
whether tin 1 police departments or the
court* are to blame.
It was pointed out that $1,000,000
a year is spent on the protection of
the county and it was to find out if
this money is being spent to the best
advanta e that the survey was asked.
This survey would take in the police
department, the sheriff’s office, the re
corder's court, municipal juvenile and
criminal courts, *and the industrial
farms.
In concluding its report the grand
jury paid high tribute to Solicitor
John Boykin itfcd his assistants, de
claring they had hail long experience
and unusual success.”
“They have served without fear or
favor." the grand jurors declared,
“and have met with great success in
their work.’’
Thcmasville Body Begins White Way
Thomasville.—Formal ceremonies of
installing the new white way of Thom
asville were held on Uroad street,
Stern Tittle, of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, wielding the hammer that
broke the pavement where the first
post will be placed. The white way
will take in the entire business sec
tion of Broad street, extending on
north to the Methodist church. It will
also take in the business part of Jack
son street to the Atlantic Coast Line
depot and parts of Madison street.
Several other improvements for Thom
asville are planned by members of
the Junior Chamber.
Huge Bridge Nears Completion
Savannah.—Announcement is made
that the work on the Savannah river
bridge here from Georgia to South
Carolina is 90 per cent completed, and
that it can be used before October 1
for travel between two states. Work
is progressing upon the final big swing
span.
Find Rum On Road
Rome—Workmen cutting grass on
the old Lindale road recently discover
ed five gallons of corn liquor hidden
in the grass.
Plans For Many Southern Merchants
Atlanta. —Reports from Lynchburg
Manufacturers and Wholesalers’ asso
ciation, made public by D. B. Ryland,
secretary, indicate that more mer
chants will visit Lynchburg this year
during buyers’ week, July 21-26, than
ever before. The large number of
merchants who have already signified
their intention to be present gives as
surance that this year will be a ban
ner occasion, he said. The elaborate
program which the association has ar
ranged for visiting merchants includes
a full day’s trip to Natural Bridge,
Va. All entertainment is without cost
to merchants, even admittance to the
theaters and soft drink privileges at
soda fountains. Those desiring to ar
range for hotel accommodations in ad
vance can have all details attended to
by addressing the secretary of the
Manufacturers and Wholesalers’ asso
ciation, Lynchburg, Va., it is an
nounced.
Encampment Plans Being Rushed
Atlanta.—Plans for the annual sum
mer encampment took precedence at
the last regular weekly meeting of of
cers of the 122d regiment, National
Guard. Col. Charles H. Cox, Lieut.
Col. Eugene Oberdorfer and others
pointed out the necessity for comple
tion by company commanders of all
minor details incident to leaving for
camp and stressed the importance of
taking every member of the regiment
to St. Simons Island on August 17. Re
ports of results in the last rifle com
petition on the Fort McPherson range
were very gratifying, the state team
selected to represent Georgia in the
national match at Camp Perry includ
ing many members of the 122d regi
ment.
Floyd Prisoner Slashes Throat
Rome. —J. w. Bagley, prisoner at
the Floyd county chalngang camp, at
tempted to end his life recently when
he cut his throat from ear to ear with
a razor. He Is at a local hospital, and
In a very serious condition. Bagley
was sentenced recently to nine
months on the gang and when the sen
tence was given he asked Judge John
Bale to kill him, because he preferred
death to a sentence. Physicians state
that if Bagley had cut his throat lower
It would have meant instant death; as
it was he cut the root of his tongue. It
is thought that he will live.
10-Cent Quarrel Leads To Shooting
Atlanta. —One negro, Ed Moore, is
dead, and another, Will Bryan, is be
ing sought for the murder, as a re
sult of an argument over ten cents,
started while the two and some of
their friends were shooting dice at
Bryan’s home on Chappell street. Bry
an is said to have grown suddenly an
.gry in a dispute with Moore, pulling
out a pistol and shooting Moore three
or four times. One bullet struck Moore
in the head, and he died on the way
to a hospital.
Begin Junking Of Rome Railroad
Rome. —Scrapping of the Rome &
Northern railroad has begun under a
permit granted by the Interstate com
merce commission. Owners found it
impossible to continue operation. The
property was bought at a receiver’s
sale several months ago. Owners made
an effort to save it, but failed and
it was decided to scrap the road and
stop losses sustained in operation.
Weller and company, of Birmingham,
are purchasers. Present owners will
hold possession of the right of way.
Savannah Trade Breaks Record
Savannah.—Business of the port of
Savannah for the fiscal year ending
recently was greater than last year,
especially in exports, it was reported.
Receipts for the past 10 months in
customs have been about what they
were for 12 months preceding. The
value of exports for the past 10
months equaled the exports of the pre
ceding full 12-mOnth period about $50,-
000,000.
Harris Getting Things In Shape
Washington, D. C. —Senator W. J.
Harris is in Washington closing out
departmental matters and getting his
office in shape so that he can leave
for Georgia the latter part of the week.
Senator Walter F. George left recent
ly for his home at Vienna. Both of
the Georgia senators attended the
Democratic convention In New York
for several days.
Floyd County Road Improved
Rome.—According to motorists the
dirt road from Cloudland to Mentone
has improved greatly in the last two
weeks. The work, which was done re
cently and which made the road al
most impassable a few weeks ago. has
packed down and forms a good sur
face. they say.
Cotton Three Weeks Behind
Cleveland. —There will be no cotton
bolls in this section on the Fourth of
July, as is the usual case. Cotton is
at least three weeks behind this year,
owing to the late spring. Corn is also
late, hut roasting ears will be on the
market in two ’yeeks.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
DRIEF NEWS NOIES
WHAT HAB OCCURRED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN
TRY AND ABROAD
EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE
Gathered From All Parts Of The
Globe And Told In Bhort
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Foreign—
Borings are to be made at Hopewell
Cape by the department of public
works for the purpose of making tests
to the construction of the pro
poser*lant for the harnessing of the
tidal power of the Petitcodiac river.
General Pier Ruggero Piccio, head
of the Italian air service; Major Mer
canti, vice commissioner of aeronau
tics, and Lieutenant Locatelli, the
Italian act, have decided to organize
an airplane expedition to the North
Pole, under Loeatelli’s direction.
What is described as “a small, sub
versive movement” has broken out in
the state of Sao Paulo, according to
word received from Rio de Janerio.
The government is taking every pre
caution to prevent the spread of the
revolt, and officials predict that it
will be suppressed.
A. Stuart MacLaren, the British
aviator on a world flight around the
world, arrived at Hushimoto, Japan,
recently.
The seismographic observatory at
Rome recorded an earthquake shock
so violent that It put all the Instru
ments out of action temporarily. The
oscillation lasted one hour. The cen
ter of the shock was about 6,800 kilo
meters distant, probably in Turkestan
or India.
An Incident is reported from the
Italo-Jugo-Slav frontier in which two
Jugo-Slav customs officers were killed.
The church union bill to unite the
Presbyterian, Methodist and Congre
gational churches, passed the house of
commons and now goes to the senate
for ratification, according to word re
ceived from Ottawa.
Human bones found in a cave near
Toulouse, France, and taken to the
Geological laboratory of the univer
sity faculty of sciences, have been
identified as belonging to the Neolithic
age, dating more than 6,000 years ago.
Japan has accepted the invitation to
take part in the interallied conference
on reparation to be held in London, it
was announced by Reuter's recently.
Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator,
left Hongkong recently for Foochow
on his around-the-world flight.
Crown Prince Humbert sailed from
Naples for his visit to South America
on board the armored cruiser San
Giorgia. Brazil. Uruguay and Argen
tine will be visited.
A resolution presented by M. Belle
garde, Haitian minister to France, to
the political committee of the federa
tion of the League of Nations socie
ties, sitting in Lyons, France, demand
ing the withdrawal of American ma
rines from Haiti, was defeated.
Washington—
Appointment of Dr. C. W. Lairson as
chief of the new bureau of dairying of
the department of agriculture created
under an act of the last session of con
gress was announced by Secretary
Wallace.
Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the pres
ident, was decribed as “very low’ 1
after a consultation of physicians. It
was admitted the 16-year-old boy was
losing ground in his battle against
septic poison, which had ravaged his
body for four days.
An earthquake shock of moderate
intensity, lasting for nearly an hour
occurred about 2,200 miles south of
Washington, was reported by Father
Tondorf, of the Georgetown university
observatory.
Compulsory education, if necessary,
controlled by the states under the
guidance of the federal government,
was advocated by President Coolidge,
speaking before 10.000 delegates of the
National Education association at the
concluding session of their annual con
vention at Washington.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
and J. G. Pace, of Pensacola, Fla.,
chairman of the newly-designated
naval stores commission which is to
| visit France and Spain to study the
naval stores industry, have Just con
cluded a conference on the mission.
Existence of an united opposition to
further development of American pub
lic schools, led by “tax dodgers, heart
less rich, big interests and an arro
gant aristocracy, was asserted by J. W.
Crabtree, secretary of the National
Education association, before a general
meeting of the association's conven
tion at Washington. Many leaders in
education during the past year, he
said, had felt the force of well-organ
ized attacks.
Alvey A. Adee, second assistant sec
retary of state and patriarch of the
American diplomatic service, died at
his home in Washington.
The comptroller cf the currency is
sued a call for the condition of all
national banks at the close of business
on Monday, June 30.
In a telegram of sympathy sent to
Governor Donehey of Ohio, President
Coolidge offered the services of the
federal government in relieving the
distress brought about by the recent
holocaust.
A rather severe earthquake, estimat
ed to be five thousand miles south
of Washington, was registered the
other morning at the Georgetown (D.
C.) university observatory.
Domestic—
Southern Methodists in special gen
eral conference at Chattanoga, Tenn.,
voted overwhelmingly to accept the
proposed plan for unification with the
Methodist Episcopal church devised by
a joint commission of the two organiza
tions and adopted by the northern
general conference recently in Spring
field, Mass.
Senator Robert M. La Follette for
mally announced himself as an inde
pendent presidential candidate in a
letter read to the Progressive conven
tion at Cleveland.
Gabe Joseph, of De Ridder, La., was
killed and several others, including a
young woman, were injured when
Southern Pacific local freight, No. 58,
crushed into an automobile on the La
Casine crossing at Rice.
Mrs. Harold Hopkins, aged 20, of
Tweed, Ontario, Canada, was drowned
recently when an automobile In which
she was riding plunged into the Ten
nessee river at Rankin’s ferry, twenty
miles west of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Interest in the kidnapers again was
revived at Chicago when a newspaper
published a story that Mrs. Ruth
Hanna McCormick, wife of Senator
Medill McCormick, received a letter
demanding $5,000 or her S-year-old son,
John, would be kidnaped.
Miss Alice Astor, sister of Vincent
Astor, and daughter of Lady Ribbes
dale and the late John Jacob Astor,
is engaged to marry Prince Obolensky
Neledinsky-Meletzky, says a London
dispatch to the New York Times.
The incorporation was announced of
the American Radio corporation under
the laws of Delaware, with a capital
ization of $10,000,000. Warren S.
Stone, of Cleveland, is chairman of
the board and Lewis J. Selznick, of
New York, is president.
Nine engineer boats, laid up since
high water, will be put into service
and 500 men will be employed on con
struction of guide walls embodied on
In a half million dollar project on the
Alabama and Tom Bigbee rivers, ac
cording to announcement from the
office of Major Earl North, United
States district engineer, of Mobile, Ala.
The bodies of five boys, members of
The Baltimore Evening Sun’s news
boys’ band, and that of a negro were
found on the hulk of the bay steamer
Three Rivers when the remains of the
vessel, which was burned to the water
line in Chesapeake bay were towed
into Baltimore.
Two members of the Lower Merion
township police were shot and serious
ly wounded recently when they at
tempted to disperce several hundred
white-garbed men surrounding a fiery
cross on the outskirts of Ardmore, a
suburb of Philadelphia. The police
men, Albert Miller and Charles Roy,
had been summoned to the scene by a
negro who expressed fear that he
might be attacked.
George Graham Rice, stockbroker,
who was sentenced to three years in
Sing Sing in 1922 for grand larceny in
stock transactions, has been granted
anew trial by the appellate division
of the supreme court.
Work has started on the Southern
railway’s new $2,000,000 yards and
shops at Caswell, a few miles each of
the city, It was announced by a repre
sentative of the Foundation company
of New York, which has the contract.
In addition to the yards with many
miles of track, icing and cooling sta
tions, there will be a round house with
100 engines’ capacity, auxiliary shops
and a great freight storage warehouse.
There were only five lynchings in
the United States for the first six
months this year, "the lowest for the
first six months of any of the 40 years
during which the record has been
kept.” it was announced by’ the depart
ment of records and research of Tuske
gee institute, Ala.
The six members of the family of
Howard Price, 64. were found shot to
death in their farm home near Avon.
Mo. Price killed his wife, four small
daughters and then himself, authori
ties believe. His motive is unknown.
Capt. Adam Truello, aviator, and his
mechanic. Corporal Boyd Copeland, of
Norton Field, Columbus, Ohio, were
killed at Nashville, Tenn., the other
morning when their airplane burned
on Rockwood Field.
legislative news
What Our Lawmakers Are
Doing At The
Capital
Atlanta. Favorable action
-a;.en on a 1 i.l increasing the sah™
meeting of the house committee l
mines and mining. The bill
has the approval of the state’
ical board, was introduced in
house by Representative Craig a.
nold of . Lumpkin. It provides £
assistant state geologists mav receive
a maximum salary of $2,500 a year
instead of the $2,000 maximum at
present. 1
Dr. S. W. McCallie, state geologist
appeared before the committee and ex
plained that the geological surveys of
the state were endangered because it
was impossible to employ capable men
at the salary allowed. Seven trained
men had applied for the position this
year, he said, but all had withdrawn
their applications upon learning of the
slim salary attached.
The bill does not carry any addition
al appropriation, this not being neces
sary. All that Is asked is the author
ity to pay the higher salary out of
the department’s appropriation already
voted.
• The committee voted unanimously
to report the measure back to the
house favorably.
The house of representatives is ex
pected to pass upon the “motor bus
bill,” at an early date, which would
place supervision of motor bus liuea
in the state under the public service
commission, classing these vehicles as
“common carriers.”
In commenting upon this measure,
which already has passed the senate,
A. 8. Anderson, of Millen. secretary
of the Georgia Automobile Transpor
tation association, recently gave rea
sons why the bill should be passed.
The bill pending In the house, which
Is Senate Bill 40, provides for all of
the highly necessary conditions of
service and Is squarely in accord with
the most enlightened business meth
ods, said Mr. Anderson.
Mr. Anderson refuted charges, made
recently, that this bill was not written
primarily for the Interest of the pub
lic. "It will put this form of the trans
portation business on a regular, estab
lished, fair basis,” he said. “It will
bring about a condition in which the
busses may operate profitably and reg
ularly, without injurious competition,
and it will give the public the service
to which it is entitled. At the same
time it will provide reasonable fares
and adequate compensation in case of
accident.”
Mr. Anderson pointed out that there
is now no regulation or supervision of
any character over the bus lines and,
with the growing popularity of this
means of travel, the public, he declar
ed, is entitled to protection which Is
now totally lacking.
The bill was originated by his asso
ciation, said Mr. Andrson, with the
object of bringing about stable condi
tions in the industry so that it may
expand and prosper.
“It seems to me,” he oonclumt .
“significant that the opposition to this
measure comes from the same organ
ization which fought bitterly m At
lanta against jitney busses being
quired to post a small bond of
for indemnification of persons injured
in jitney bus accidents in this e. >
New bills introduced in senate
wcrG *
By Davis, of the 42nd— Empowering
cities and towns in the state of '
gia to provide supervised repeat
systems. Referred to commit
municipal government. . . the
By Gllll6, of the ISth-To .
office of county treasurer of
county. Referred to county an
ty matters committee and
By Phillips, of the ISth "o
section 4413 of the civil co e
relative to torts committed - ary
child. Referred to general j
committee No. 2. 44a
By Phillips—To amend sect w
of the civil code of 1910. re_
compensation for clerk on valedatio
of bonds by county. Referred to gen
era! judiciary committee No. . -
By Phillips—To make offic ■
agents of corporations * nco ®£ and to
testify in certain cases. 2
general Judiciary commltte -
By Phillips—To amend d0
graph lof section 5858 of t & indor9e e
of Georgia of 1910, relam _ e an lnsa ne
testifying in a case agai°s half .
or deceased person in co ®init-
Referred to general Judiclan
tee No. 2.
New bills introduced in ’-b 0 3
were: . _ 0 ; Mc-
By Representative ' of arr iv-
Duffle—To provide a meth -
ing at value of farm lands,
agricultural No. 2. podge
By Representative Miner
and others-To appropriate M - f
supply a deficiency In
Georgia Tech. Appropriation