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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, HOT.
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GOV. TERRELL’S MESSAGE
IS STRONG APPEAL FOR
EDUCATION IN GEORGIA
Asks Prompt Pay
ment of Teachers
• Salaries.
MESSAGE IS READ
BEFORE ASSEMBLY
Equalization of Taxes Is
Urged by Retiring Chief
Executive.
Governor Joseph M. Terrell’* retiring
message was read In both branches ot
the general assembly Wednesday. It
marks the close of his administration
and outlines the work accomplished
while he was chief executive. The
message In full la as follows:
To the General Assembly:
It Is my happy privilege. In this, my
last message, to be able to congratu
late you, as I have your predecessors,
on the prosperity of the state and the
contentment of our people. Providence
has blessed us. Our laws are Just.
The knowledge that person and prop-
erty are secure has helped to enhance
values and stimulate new enterprises.
Georgia has a low tax rate, and her
credit Is high. Voluntary returns of
the taxpayers continue to swell the
digest and make easy the gathering of
funds needed for the expenses of gov
ernment; nor has this led to extrava.
gance, for the state departments and
public Institutions, though well sup
ported, have been economically admin,
lstered, and the people have not been
burdened with heavy taxation.
The last four yeara, as shown by the
voluntary returns of the cltisens, have
been the most prosperous years within
the state's history. Credit for this
condition la due to no one man, nor to
any one body of men. Our entire
country In the main has been pros
perous, and what has made Georgia
forge ahead of other states Is attrlbut.
able more largely to her splendid citi
zenship than to any other cause. The
fact that no legislation was enacted
during the last five sessions of the
general assembly that had a tendency
- to retard the advance of that prosper-
Ity is a record ot which your predeces.
sors may feel Justly proud. In 1902
the taxable values of the state as re.
turned to the comptroller general and
tax receivers were 9467,310,648. and In
1906 they were 6697,661,639, an In-
crease of 3160,220,893 tor the four years,
or an average of over 340.000.000 per
annum. The remarkable Increase was
not confined to any one class of prop-
erty, but to all classes, as will appear
from the following figures taken from
GOVERNOR JOSEPH M. TERRELL.
His message to the general assembly, upon the eve of his retirement,
it an appeal for the cause of the schools of Georgia.
that the governor has not made the
usual loan, and the treasurer has not
paid the teachers quite as much as was
paid last year. To have paid the teach-
ers ns much as was paid them In 1906,
would have necessitated the govern-
or's making a loan. I thought a short
delay In their payment preferable to
my borrowing mrney for my successor
to pay.
Taxation,
One of the most Important ques
tions that will demand consideration
nt your hands Is that of taxation, and
with It goes a question which I have
several times presented to the general
assembly In my annual message, viz.:
The equalization of tax returns. The
constitution requires that all taxation
shall be uniform upon the same class
of subjects and ad valorem on alt
property subject to be taxed Our
present laws upon the subject of tax
returns are substantially what they
ere over a century ago, and do not
.. - - i ic — . afford as ample machinery for enfolr-
*tna^jiomptj*oIler.^jgeiieraL ^ )n g the ad valorem requirement of the
— - «» ~ " constitution as the honest and con
showing the valuation of a number of
the chief Items of property:
Increase in Values.
Years. 1902.
Lands 9124.799,018
.Manufacturing. 23,494,373
Town and city
property .... 122,872,195
Horses and
cattle
Banking capi
tal
Household fur
niture, etc. .
Merchandise ..
Railroad, tele
graph and
t e 1 e p hone
com panics,
etc.
90,832.187
sclentlous taxpayer Is entitled to re
ceive from the state. In this connee-
1906. lion I wish to reptat the following from
3169,465,040 my message of June 28, 1905: "The
29,817,251 state has advanced in every other par
tlcular, but In the matter of valuing
the mass of property for taxation and
In the machinery for Its collection we
26,102,836 37,620,245 adhere to this old law, which Is un-
suited to present condutons, and unjust
15,442,458 -4,397,965 to every honest taxpayer. The gen-
......... ........ eral assembly has from time to time
wisely amended ihe law so as to cow
24,104,841 33,467,540 new subjects for taxation, but left the
valuation of the property a matter al
most entirely In the discretion of the
taxpayer. He Is the Judge and the
Jury upon this great question which Is
of Interest to every citizen. The fairer
he Is, the more onerous his Individual
burden. This authority is not vested
In the citizen upon any other ques
tlon affecting his purse, whether It re
gards his dealing with the public, or
with his fellow man. In all other
cases he Is disqualified, both as Judge
nnd Juror.”
Agricultural 8ehools.
In accordance with the provisions of
the act of August 18, 1906, establishing
an agricultural and Industrial school
In each congressional district. I ap
pointed on the 22d day of September,
1906, a board of trustees thereof in
each district, and during the fall and
winter months, In connection with these
boards In their respective districts, lo
cated all the schools and received In
every Instance donations which clearly
demonstrate the enthusiasm and In
terest of the people In these schools.
The locations and donations being as
follows:
First District—Statesboro. Sixty
thousand dollars In cash: 300 acres of
land, electric lights, water and sewer
age.
Second District—Near Tlfton. Sixty
thousand dollsrs cash; 300 acres of
land, electric lights, water and sew
erage. . _
Third District—Amerlcus. Forty
thousand dollars cash: 300 acres of
land, water and sewerage.
Fourth District—Carrollton. Thir
ty thousand dollars cash; 275 acres of
land, lights nnd water.
Fifth District—Near Monroe. Thir
ty-one thousand dollars cash; 250
acres of land, lights snd water.
Sixth District—Harnesvllle. Fifty-
one thousand dollars cash; 300 acres
of land, lights and water.
Seventh District—McLand, near
Powder Springs, Cobb county. Aca
demic building and boys' dormitory,
according to architect's plan, twenty-
eight thousand dollars; 240 acres of
land.
Eighth District—Madison. Forty
thousand and live hundred dollars In
cash; 300 acres of land, lights and wa-
""Ninth District—Near Clarkesvllle.
Twenty-live thousand dollars cash; 300
acres of land. _
Tenth District—Near Sparta. For
ty-seven thousand dollars cash; 250
acres of land. _ _
Eleventh District—Douglas. Forty-
five thousand dollars cash; 300 acres of
land, lights, water and xewerage.
Aggregate 3830,000.
The aggregate of the donations la
about 3830.000. placing upon the lands
and other property the market value.
In presenting to the general assem
bly the Importance of these schools and
urging their establishment In my flrat
annual message. November 8, 1902, I
said that "The dlseussion of this mat
ter In various sections of the state has
convinced me that the Severn! coun
ties In which these schools may he lo
cated would donate sufficient lands nnd
suitable buildings for that purpose.”
The actual donations far exceeded
56,893,466
The largest percentage of Increase
appears In railroad and banking cap
ital. Tha former la due largely to the
franchise tax law of December 17. 1902,
and the latter to the great number of
new banka established In every section
of the atate.
With this growth In the property In
terests of the people there came a cor
responding enlargement of the demands
upon our public Institutions. Kotw-lth.
standing these demands were fully met
by Increased appropriations for main
tenance and new buildings, the tax rate
has been reduced from 36.30 on 1 the
thousand In 1902 lo 34.80 In 1906.
The returns for 1907 will not be fully
completed for more than a month, but
after conference with the comptroller
general, who la In receipt of advices
from various sections of tbs state, en
abling -him to make a comparison of
the returns with thoae of 1906, I feel
sure that the Increase for 1907 will be
fully aa much aa 340,000,000, the aver
age for the last four years.
Finance.
On account of the act directing the
transfer on April 1 of the sum ot
9400,000 from the general fund to the
school fund, it has been necessary for
a number of yeara for the governor to
borrow money to meet the required
expenditures. But for the change In
the time of meeting of the general
assembly this might not have been
necessary In 1903, or any subsequent
year. In llxlng the tax rate for 1908,
the governor and comptroller general
considered this usual mld-aummer de
ficit In the treasury, and were desirous
of Axing a rate which would produce
enough revenue, when added to the
other receipts, to cover this deAcIt, and
thereby end the necessity of making
an annual loan. We advised with the
attorney general as to the probability
of collecting the taxes due by the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany, and the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company, which the United
Slates supreme court had adjudged
they should pay, and as to probable
collection* on other pending tax cases,
and concluded that there was little
doubt of these taxes being collected
during the past winter, or certainly
during the following spring. We there
fore Axed the rate at 34.80 on tha
thousand, which, together with the
taxes referred to, would have raised
sufficient revenue for all purposes and
left a surplus of about 9200,000 In the
treasury. We were, however, disap
pointed In not collecting these taxes
as the United 8tales supreme court,
upon a motion to advance the cases,
would not aselgn the same for a hear
ing earlier than next October. But we
feel sure that these taxes will be col
lected during tha next year. A full
statement aa to these cases Is given
In the report of the attorney general,
which la herewith transmitted.
The revenue produced by the rate
of 34.so for 1906 leave* the treasury al
dufon d ~ 'in P 1906, IC wl5l 'tbe'exceptlon «hi''prophe"^ In every district mors
land was donated than the minimum
acreage prescribed by the law, and
cash sufficient to erect the necessary
school buildings, also on© dormitory,
and in several districts two dormi
tories and other buildings. Each
board of trustees has contracted for
the necessary buildings to begin the
school operations. and In every district
the school will open next January nnd
In one or two Instances before that
time. Every school building and dor
mitory contracted for will be construct
ed of brick and will be of the latest
and most Improved design. While the
location of these schools entailed far
more work upon the governor than
was first contemplated, yet It was a
labor of real pleasure and Joy to me,
as I was made to realize to the fullest
extent that the people of Georgia were
aroused to the Importance of agricul
tural and industrial education.
The act providing for these schools
Is virtually a contract between them
and the state to the effect that the net
fees arising from he Inspection of oils
and fertilizers nnd other similar In
spection fees, shall bo applied to these
schools equally. Under the Appropria
tion act for 1906 and 1907 about $29,-
000 of these fees are appropriated to
special purposes. These provisions
should be eliminated from future ap
propriation acts. In addition to the
foregoing. I recommend that the net
fees arising from the pure food in
spection law be likewise applied to
these schools. Should this be done, the
fund for each school will be from $7,-
ooo to $8,000 per annum, which will
meet the Immediate necessities as to
equipment and salaries. However,
should the schools open with students
sufficient to fill the capacity of the
academic building, other sources of In
come will be necessary.
High 8chools.
The constitution prescribes that the
general assembly may only appropriate
money for educational purposes to the
common schools and the University.
The common schools are restricted to
the elementary branches of nn English
education only. The gap between these
schools and the University can not be
supplied except by private schools or
local systems. The same reasons which
support the policy of the state In main
talnlng common schools and the Uni
verslty exist In favor of aiding schools
necessary for supplying this gap. Our
present system Is, therefore, fncom
plete, nnd can never be perfected until
the constitution Is amended so as to
authorise appropriations for high
hools.
uur present constitution Is not ns
liberal townrd education as was the
first constitution of the state, that of
777. That Instrument declared that
schools shall be erected In each coun
ty and supported at the general ex
pense of the state.” The legislature
was, therefore, free to enact such laws
nnd make such appropriations looking
the education of the children of the
state as were deemed wise and neces
sary. The constitution of 1877, fram
ed Just 100 years after our first con
8titution, prohibits appropriations ex
cept to a “system ot common schools
the education of children In the
elementary branches of an English
education only.” The debates In the
convention of 1877 between the advo
cates of the two views upon this ques
tion, discloses the fact that the argu
ments advanced by those favoring the
view which prevailed was not appff
cable to the present conditions li
Georgia. At that time the state was
Just recovering from the ravages of
the Civil war, and the evils of recon
struction. The state was poor, and her
credit somewhat Impaired on account
of persistent misrepresentations of
those unfriendly to her progress and
prosperity. AH taxation was, there
fore, grinding and burdensome,
was, no doubt, the wiser plan to show
to her creditors and to the taxpayers
that It was the policy of Georgia, as
fixed by her constitution, to be Just to
them before being generous even to
h*»r children. Conditions have changed.
Georgia Is no longer poor; she Is not
only prosperous, but her credit 1$ sec
ond to none. The amendment placing
a limitation upon the tax rate guaran
tees to the citizen that no oppressive
rate can be levied. Hence the views
which dominated the convention and
which were referred to In those debates
by one of the ablest and most distin
guished members thereof aa “contract
ed notions,” should no longer fix the
policy of the state upon this Import
ant question. This amendment would
Is urgent. Prior to 1861, rural commu
nltles were considered the natural home
of high sc bools, and they existed li
nearly every county, and In many In
stances there were several. In a county,
bat now In rural communities they are
very scarce. In many of them the fact
that such schools once exbited Is an
clent history. Private enterprise is
search of an Investment promising
speedier return than private schools
rural communities. Public Interest
local taxation Is so feeble that the most
optimistic friends or education enter
tain only a slight hope that the smaller
or less wealthy of our rural counties
will ever adopt the provisions of the
form of .additional aid Is' furnished by
the state. The result Is that In those
counties nnd In thoafe communities
local jax law, unless an Incentive In the
where high schools ure most needed,
none now exist, and none will likely
exist until there Is a change In our
system.
If the general assembly should ad
here to the present policy of local sys
terns as the proper means to supply
these high schools, then the authority to
appropriate funds to aid the same
would he helpful toward securing the
establishment of the system In every
county in the state. If the general as
sembly should, as I think more advls
able, provide for a general high school
$ystem and place the same under. the
educational department along with the
common schools, or under a supervisory
commission, then this proposed amend
ment would be necessary. This general
system should not Include the local sys
tems now' of force, but give to every
county, city or town the option of en
terlng the same. I therefore recom
mend that the general assembly submit
to the people an amendment under
which appropriations may be made to
high schools.
Educational Institutions.
The Educational Conference of Busl
ness Men, which convened In the senate
chamber May 24, 1907, and which was
composed of fifty prominent business
selected by Hon. Samuel M. In
man, chairman of the Georgia ‘Educa
tional Business Men's Conference, from
the various congressional districts of
the state, marked the commencement of
new era In the interest which the
business men of the state will take In
general educational affairs. The reso
lutlons unanimously adopted by the
conference after thorough discussion
cover the fundamental needs of our ed
ucatlonal system and make the follow
ing recommendations, which I think are
not only deserving the approval of
business men, but of all the people,
progressive states of the union, and
would make her fundamental law more
completely harmonize with the true
sentiments nnd best Interests of the
people. I will not say that no other
state In the Union has a similar con
stitutional embrago upon education, but
after diligent search I have been un
able to find one with a like provision.
Need of Amendment.
The necessity tor such an amendment
viz.:
1. Larger funds.
2. The securing of trained and efll
dent teachers, and the payment to
them, regularly, of living salaries, at
least.
3. Better local and state supervision.
4. Vital connection between our ele
mentary schools and our higher instl
tutlons.
5. Proper support of the district agrl
cultural schools.
The last two propositions have been
heretofore discussed approvingly in this
message, and the first three I wish to
commend most heartily to your favor
able consideration.
Teachers' Safaris*.
The very foundation of our system Is
the common schools, hence these are
deserving of, and should receive, your
first consideration. Larger funds nnd
living salaries to teachers are absolute
essentials. Many counties acting wise
ly have taken advantage of the local
tax law enacted by the last general as
sembly and are now giving their chll
dren longer terms and the teachers
better salaries, and their schools are
having a much larger attendance than
previously. These counties, as well as
hose which have not adopted the local
tax law, should receive sufficient funds
from the state to operate the schools
five months each year, and to enable
them to pay the teachers fair salaries
with the same regularity with which
other officers are paid. In order to
meet the Increase In school population
tho first necessary step will be, com
mencing with 1908, to Increase the ap
propriation to the common school fund
at least $100,000 annually for two or
three years. This can be done without
raising the tax rate, provided the tax
returns of 1908 show approximately the
same increase as for the last several
years. The loss of the fertilizer and oil
fees to the common school fund Is an
additional reason for this Increased ap
proprlatlon.
One of the great evlli of our present
svstem is the falluro of the law to pro
vide for the prompt payment of the
teachers’ salaries when the same have
been earned and are due. Several
solutions have been suggested, but
as yet none has been enacted Into law.
One of two things Is necessary to rem
edy this evil. A surplus must be ac
cumulated In the treasury for the pur
pose of meeting the spring and sum
mer payments, and that surplus se
cured to such use by constitutional
emendment forbidding its application
c-.herwlse, or. the scholastic year must
be changed from the calendar year so
that It shall hereafter extend from
September 1 to August 31. The latter
plan has always appeared to me as
more practicable, and more In harmony
with what I consider the proper man
agement of governmental affairs. Tho
former, or any other plan that does
not change the scholastic year, Is ob
jectionable. If for no other reason, on
the ground that it Is contrary to sound
policy to create a surplus fund to be
held perpetually. In presenting this
question to your predecessors in my
message ot June 27, 1908, I stated:
“Such a change, after two years, would
practically settle the question of pay
ing the teacher.* their salaries when
due. The first eight months of next
5car might be made a special scholas
tic year, and have apportioned to It an
equitable share of the fund set apart
for 1907. f n addition to accomplish
ing the desired result of enabling school
officials to arrange for the prompt pay
ment of salaries when due, the plan
isuggested will harmonize the common
school system with that of the local
systems, and long-term schools and
•lieges throughout the state.”
8peclsl School Year.
I recommend that, the first eight
months of next year be constituted a
special school year, and that at least
two and one-half months' schools be
provided for by appropriating to the
support thereof the special taxes, con
vict hire and Ute Western and Atlantic
rental collected prior to September 1.
nnd in addition thereto such part of
the property tax appropriation as may
bo necessary. Any diminution in the
school fund for the year commencing
September 1, 1908, caused by appro
priation of propeity tax for the specla!
school year, should then be compen
sated by appropriating thereto an
equal amount of the money collected
on the railroad tax cases now pending
in the United States supreme court
The only objection to this plan is the
possibility of these collections not being
made by September, 1908. This ob
jection should not be deemed con
trolling, In view of the fact that your
body will again convene before that
oute, and should the collections not be
made by 'he time of your meeting
suitable legislation can be enacted to
meet the conditions.
The plan for state and county super.
Ulon of *>ur schools as proposed by
the resolutions adopted by U* State
Educational Association, at lta meet'
ing In April, 1907, aeema to be a well-
considered plan, and one that will place
Georgia In line with the most pro
gressive states of the Union. The
principal features of this plan are:
First, a professional state board of
education in lieu ot the present ex-
officio one, composed of state house
officers; second, efficient county super,
vision, and, third, a more complete
and better correlated school system
These are both practicable and desir
able. The resolutions of the Business
Men's Conference and of the Georgia
Teachers* Association are attached to
the report ot the state school commls
Moner, which Is herewith transmitted,
end I commend them and the valuable
suggestions and recommendations of
the coinml z* 4 ) ne\ to your earnest con
sideration.
The University and Branches.
The university and all lta branches
have enjoyed a year of remarkable
growth. No better Investment has
ever been made by the atate than the
establishment of these institutions and
no wiser policy can be pursued than
ne of proper maintenance to enable
them to keep pace with the advance
ment and progress of tho state. After
u thorough Investigation, In my mes
sage of June 27, 1906, J recommended
the appropriation of $100,000 to tho
university to be used In buildings and
equipment necessary for the State
College ot Agriculture, also an appro
priatton to Install a heating plant In
the two dormitories then nearing com.
pletlon ut the State Normal School;
also an appropriation to construct a
new dormitory to relieve the crowded
condition ot the Girls' Normal and In
dustrial College; also an appropria
tion to the School of Technology to bo
used in equipping the new layman Hall
laboratory and in the purchase of
about seven acres of land to enlarge
thc campus; and also an appropriation
to the North Georgia Agricultural
College. The judgment of the general
assembly accorded with mine, and
these appropriations were made. All
these buildings are now' In process of
construction and most of them will be
dy for use at the opening of the
next term.
Need Equipment.
This additional equipment will not
only relieve the crowded condition, but
enlarge the sphere of usefulness of
these great Institutions. Their growth
And general expansion demands &n In
creased maintenance fund. The estab
lishment of the State College of Agri
culture, along the lines provided for In
the act ot 1908 appropriating the $ 100,-
000, will require at least $50,000 for
Its maintenance. A large share of this
should be met by a transfer of the
Morrill fund by the trustees of the
university to the School of Agriculture,
thereby requiring only $15,000 from the
state. This loss to the funds of the
university should be supplied and the
growth of this great educational Insti
tution be fully met by Increasing the
present maintenance fund at least $86,-
ooo. The State Normal School stands
in need of Improved heating plans for,
and repairs to, the old buildings, nnd
additional equipment for all the build
ings to the extent of $15,000 and an
Increased maintenance fund of $10,000
to meet the growth of the school. For
the same reason $10,000 should be
added to the maintenance fund of the
Girls' Normal and Industrial School
and $15,000 for the equipment of the
new buildings. The estimated budget
of expenditures of the School of Tech
nology for the next year amounts to
$92,300, and the Income of the school
for the last year, including the $56,000
appropriation by the state, was only
$76,000. This Income for the next year
can only be met by an Increased main
tenance fund. The deficit can be pre
vented In two ways. One by reduc
ing the raculty below the actual ne
cessities of the school, or by an addi
tion of $15,000 to the annual appro
priation. Tho latter course Is the only
one In keeping with the best Interests
of the state. Our mountain school, the
North Georgia Agricultural College, Is
as a city set upon a hill. Its contin
ued growth In attendance and strength
attests Its usefulness, and demands for
Its urgent needs an Increase of $5,000
to Its maintenance fund. The Indus
trial 8chool for Negroes, established
and maintained by the state at fiavon-
nah, is doing an Important work and
deserves liberal support at your hands
for maintenance and development.
After a full Investigation Into the
conditions of these Institutions, and a
careful consideration of their growth,
and the enlargement of the faculties
to meet the same. I feel that I wrfuld
fall short of my duty to the state were
I to fall to commend to you most ear
nestly these addtlonal appropriation"
They can be made without Increasing
the tax rate, should the Increase in the
tax returns of 1908 be one-half the av
erage of the last four years, and should
there be no Irtcrease. then by a levy
within the constitutional limitation,
College Endowments.
I have frequently urged upon the
general assembly the submission of a
constitutional amendment to the peo
pie, under which the legislature would
be authorised to relieve college endow
ments from taxation. Such a measure
would be Just and equitable. The In
stitutlons that w'ould be benefited by
this amendment are doing splendid
work In the upbuilding of the state,
and at least deserve this modicum of
recognition at your hands.
Monumsnts.
I beg to call your attention to the
fact that In pursuance of the act of
the last general assembly the monu
ment erected to the memory of Geor
gia's great patriot, soldier and states
man. General John B. Gordon, has been
completed And now stands within the
shadow of the capitol. A Just and de
serving tribute to him, apd an honor
to the state, It was Joyously welcomed
by the great heart of her people. A
similar provision having been made to
perpetuate the memory of Georgia’s
founder, proper steps are being taken
to erect a monument to James Ogle
thorpe upon the scenes of his labors.
Thus has been Inaugurated a policy
that surely should live. Tho memory
of those who devoted their lives to
their country should not perish from
the earth, but should live forever |n the
hearts of the people for whom they
labored and lived. Many are the
names of her sons that are entitled to
a place In Georgia’s “Hall of Fame.”
They were the peers of any of those
her sister states have given to our
country. Their Images should live In
imperishable bronze and marble, elo
quently speaking the gratitude of those
who come after them.
Weights and Measures.
The general assembly at the last ses
sion appropriated $2,000 to be used in
purchasing standards of weights and
measures to be supplied to the new'
counties and such other counties as
had never received them. I purchased
fifteen sets at $100 each and furnished
one set to each of the new counties
and to Rockdale and Coffee. The re
maining four sets I have deposited with
the secretary of state for distribution
to such other counties a* may hereafter
make proper showing to obtain them.
r convention of rnp-
renentfttlves from nil the state* to lie luunetl
by the governor for the purpose of consider*
fug the mutter of weight* am! measures.
!teeming this mutter of sufflelent Impor*
tnnee. I appoint*! Hon. Philip Cook. so4Te.
tar)r ot state, s delegate to the couventtou,
Estate
The Dear Old
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—not to speak of the superior workmanship in theses
stoves which doubly insures their durability. They,
Climax also has a reputation of reducing gas bills^
nearly one-half. Come and let us demonstrate a lit-*
tie to you. «/-1? * y>- - ^j£
Blue Flame
Many people have not the gas conveniences,, and -to i
these we can offer the best blue flame oil stove in ihe J
country, and we guarantee every one we selL Price j
from v,
$4.50 to $9.00
according to size.
King Hardware Co.
53 Peachtree St
87 Whitehall St.
■ vuiuimo. .,, reromraMda
tlon. to jrour lavnrslile eoMldtratlou.
Trained Nur»e«.
There will !>« presented to 3011 « measure
providing for s .Into board for tbo examina
tion of trained ntiraea. It It th# policy of
our atate to have auch lioarde for aver/ pro-
foaaton. Kfflrlent care of tlia sick by thoae
specially trained for nurelng baa erown1 Into
n profeaalon. The public, us wen aa thnee
engaged In this uarful mirk who bave beou
properly trained, should ho protected
11 gainst Inefficient and Incompetent persona
uho offer their sorrlcrs aa trained nurses.
I therefore commend Ibis measure aa wor
thy of careful consideration and favorable
action it your bands.
Pen.lona,
By reference to tho report of the penilon
ciunmlMloner It will be seen th.t the .urn
of I4L6M I. neces.ary to complete tba pay
ment for 1907 of th. approved pension claims
of file In hi. office. By far thagreater part
of this amount Is due upon tha claima or
Indigent soldiers who. by reason Of PO»«ty
and old age. ar. entirely dependent upon
Ihe generosity of a grateful ••*t''. and ln
behalf of these old boroee I »«k that their
claims, which I believe to be a Mbred obli
gation of the atate. receive yoor Immediate
atteutlou.
Publlo Institutions.
The public institutions of tho stats, vis:
The Stats Sanitarium, the School for the
l>e«f, the Academy for the Blind, th# Sob
dters' Home, and tba Stats BeformstMT.
are Institutions in which every cltlsen of
i ieorgl* feel* a pardonable pride. New
building* and substantial Improvement*
have been mad# St all of them daring the
the demands of a growing and prosperous
state.
Official Reports.
You will have before yoo the following
official report*:
Secretary of state, comptroller-general,
state treasurer, attorney-general, atate
school commissioner, adjutant-general, com
missioner of agriculture, atate board of
h«*nlth, railroad comuilMlon, prison coramls-
alon, iMMiston commissioner, geologist, libra
rian, compiler of records, keeper of public
buildings and ground*, roster commission,
nnd such other departments aa are required
by law to, submit Hiutuni reports; also the
reports of the public and educational Insti
tution* of the state, the report of the lnrnrd
of lady visitors to the Girls' Normal and In
dustrial College, the reports of the hoard of
visitors to the Htate 1 nlveralty, tho Acad
emy for the Illlnd, and the Hcliool for the
I have carefully examined moat of these
reports and And them to contain valuable In
formation and recommendations W'hlch merit
your attontlon. Theae reports attest the
fact that the public servant* In charge of
these department* and Institutions are ef
ficient and faithful, nnd I trust that the
recommendations contained therein will re
ceive your favorable consideration.
Laws Enacted.
I deem It not Inappropriate In this, my
laat mesaage, to express my nppreelotlon of
fact that your predeecssora. In response
... recommendstlooa made in my previous
messages, have enacted, among others, laws
to tax the franchise of rallrond*. to limit
the rate of taxation on property by consti
tutional amendment, to levy a specific busi
ness tax on corporation*, to provide a better
system of local taxation for common schools,
extending the same by constitutional amend
ment to militia district*; for the relief of
the supreme court In the crentlou ot the
* *—*— new cc—
coll V*
tlon ’of $ld6.0tk) for kuhTlnga'and cqtApniei.i.
and to establish nn agricultural and Indus
trial high school |n each congressional dis
trict of the state.
In addition to the ordinary subject* of
legislation which have heretofore received
the attention of the general assembly, your
Immediate predecessors passed a numtwr of
Importnnt statutes Intended to benefit nnd
safeguard the public. These acts seem to
have given general satisfaction to the |»eo-
pie, nnd the report* so far received Indicate
that they are accomplishing the good re
sults Intended without detriment to any
legitimate right of persou or property.
rlaa; thoae which guard the poverty of th«
borrower from the extortion of the lender;
those which are Intended to prevent adulter
ation of food snd medicine.
The law to prevent speculation lo futures
promises the happiest results, both to the
Individual and to tha public at large, fur
this state protects the speculator against
himself ant) at tho same time retains within
the state thousands that once flowed Into
the coffers of foreign brokers without re
turning anything of value.
For the confidence reposed in me by the
neopio of Georgia in twice electing me to
this high offlco, and for the cordial support
which they have given me during the many
yeara in which I hare served my native
state, I am profoundly grateful.
J, M. TERRELL, Governor.
Your car far* will pay for a bicycle
and In ssreral months you will have
somethin* to show for your money. .We
sen the bast grade bicycles on easy
monthly payments.
A2 Department, Alexander-Elyas Co,
The Uncle Sam Label on
a loaf of bread means full
weight and full quality,
BIG AUCTION GALE *
OF LOTS T
W. A. Footer, agent, will holikcne of
th, largeat auction oolet of thufaeason
Thursday, Tun, 27, at S p. DL This
announcement will bo espcalally at
tractive to Investment or homo-seek-
er* on account of tho dostrabls loca
tion of thesa Iota, which ora a subdi
vision of tho C. G. Hanna property on
East Fair street, Whltetord avenue and
the Blue Line to Decatur and Eos-.
Lake car line, being 2 1-4 miles from
Atlanta'* bualness center and 15 min
utes' ride on the can.
One of th, attractive features of
property bought at auction la that di
ve reified ownership enhance* the valua
of real eatate.
It Is also announced that the** lots,
which will be cold to the highest bid
der, will be aold on eaey terms.
After the sala 360 :n gold will bo
distributed.
Those Interested may taka th* care
at the corner of South Pryor and East
Alabama streets, marked Decatur or
East Lake, for the Bate.
J. W. Ferguson, the well-know*
auctioneer, will be In charge.
EXPECT BOIFFEUILLET ~
TO BE RE-ELECTED.
Special to The Georgian.
hfaron. Go., June 34.—Hon. John T.
Botreulllet, of Macon, will no doubt be
re-elected clerk ot the house ot rep
resentatives when that body meets In
Atlantn today. It Is understood that
Mr. Bolfeulllet will have no opposition.
He ha* held the place for nearly ter
years.
CASTOR IA
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