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V ■ gmm r Ir KIHA-mi -VHimui . JJ nin- i mm »■ j... I 111’. A X iwv.v I A UJ^UAUXArt Ai\U iVJ'.YY®, V\ tU.VliSUiU , Ai'JMJi 10, I Ml EQUALIZED 1U MU BELIEF IF L OUISE WHITTAKER. 10 years old, whom experts at Bap tist Training School declare is proof that Bible can be made as interest,ii books is instilled irbil novel to girls if love of reading good > they are playing with dolls. PEIS Tl SEAT STATE'S STRESS St m .1 Need of Board To Readjust As sessments Urged By Many— Georgia Polittical Gossip. Wk } , % By JAMES B. NEVIN. The income of the State of Georgia to-day is approximately $6,500,000. And although that is more than double what it was fifteen years ago, it 0-till is barely sufficient to see the State through its necessities, and fur ther elevation of the tax rate is it of the question. What the State needs, in the opin ion of many observant men, is a board of tax equalizers a bo d that will make the dodgers pay their just share of the expense of running the State.* It is agreed that nobody pays too much tax—that Is to say, nobody p i - more than his Just share. On th* other hand, it is figured that practi ce ily everybody and everything that pays as much as $100 pays less than his or its Just share. • If the State had a board of tax equalisers. It Is thought that Its income might easily be jumped to $8,000,000 and more, and its tax rate lowered, in addition to that. Nothing really helpful has been done by the Legislature in years to remedy the annual embarrassment of the tftale treasury. The Governor, by constitutional amendment, mu been authoris'd to borrow in certain emergencies «s much as $500,000, in stead of $200,000 as heretofore, but that helps none in the long run, be cause th# money has to he paid back—FFter merely is robbed to pay Paul. Also certain corpora lions have been required to fray their taxes in the fu ture jit an earlier dale in the fa 1, but that helps Httle, too, as those !*#*■ turns will not h< >40 relieve the sit until Th<jf1^»ing author) tlponjk%he pecessit •qua I be.-rs. where b \ I <oi!* ett'4L may be it) 11 W Bidfr an tttr ffiHtf Ofineoe ® rd ^|jr iJL>rguc<3 he no TnioSriussm.M ‘Sttasury, if the St.at. tit got wh iat is justly , from the t^x payers. sufficient < are agreed »f a board of total of taxes creased and Augusta Chronicle has be* moved to .speculate w • ler Govt *iiir Slaton will send his first in* - 1 ajjtgc to the Legislature in the usual ! way or follow the Wilson lead arid do- j IWer it in person before dnt «*■ | •fen. rTlie chances are he will sen if m | the usual way. He has been • peat tri one house of the Georgia L< Tature and President of the other, and hi* probably would not risk bring “sassed back” in a joint session foi anything in this world. Three Widely Varying Methods Suggested to Perfect Tit-’e of Georgia Nominee. State Democratic Executive Commit- fee, will resign that honorable posi tion when he goes to Washington to accept th*' office of Director of j n Colonel Jaimes Hamilton Lewis, formerly of Georgia, now Senator* •Tect front Illinois, was the last Sen i- tcir of the United States to be elect- e& by «i State Legislature. Hereafter, all Senators will bo named by the people of the various States In direct election. In t’.e l itter office, Mr. Harris will \. to }■-. * i In th** National Capital tl enrtld net visit his home Stare to < ■ *'■ r tin* business of «• e<corn! - as he would like to, it might require. In th. eve.it of Chairman Harris’ sign >: lie v.uuld be succeeded H* W. S v.Yst, former Pres!-, nt of tin- State t'-mate, who is now po ( hair i in of the ('(211111111100. Teach Children Love Of Bible at Doll Age This Is Advice of Experts at Session Here of Baptist Training School. It * (V this month iff sale, and K.m, in con sul culvert U- Th*ee Georgians who went to Texas many yogis ago now figure most jgsomlnentlv in the politics of that sinnnoup iftatr, according to Benno Kay ton. a former Savannahan, no\\ a resident of San Antonio, who has come back to Georgia for a short visit after an absence of twenty- thr*e year*. * The thre* Georgians referred to are R. M. Johnson, editor of th** Houston Post and ad interim Senator, Governor Colquitt, and Clarence Dud ley, editor of the Fort Worth Record. £■ "Senator Johnson,” said Mr. Kay- ton. "was born and reared in Brooks County. He began his career there as a printer’s devil. He Is now re garded as one of the strong men of the West. Clarence Ousley was born at Ousley station. Lowndes County, near Valdosta. As editor of the Fori Worth Record he exerts a great deal of influence in the State*. Governor Colquitt was born and reared in Thomas County. He went to Texas about the time 1 did. He made his mark rapidly.” It seems pretty well settled that William J. Harris, Chairman of the there was not one the Echo, the Count sequence carried m merits whaTfvai The Echo .consoles itself for the loss of revenue vith the pleasing thought that the absence of* sheriff’s sales Indicates general prosperity throughout the county. The politicians of Northwest Geor gia already have organised the ne.i Chickamuiiga, judicial circuit, an. Solicitor General Sam l 4 . Maddox i. v being boomed - for judge. All that is nettled now is for tin Legislature to get busy and rut if j the motion. If you have anything to soil adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. LAUNDRYMEN OF THREE STATES TO MEET HERE The Carollnas and Georgia Laundry Association will meet in Atlanta April 28 to 30. Councilman C. D. Knight, proprietor of the Piedmont Laundry, called on Mayor Woodward to-day and invited him to deliver the wel come address to the visitors. Mayor Woodward accepted. ■■■■■—iwi him msmmumm ATLANTA MADE I Varnish so Different Mending Liquid and Leather Gloss A Handy Varnish Applied With a Cloth Old Furniture Made New. Varnish Your Auto at Night Have New Car Next Morning. If you want your little girl to find the Bible as Interesting as she will later find society novels start her in earnest while she’s still playing with dolls. That’s the advice of experts at the fourth annual session of the At lanta Baptist Training School, who point with pride to the capabilities of little Miss Louise Whittaker. She is able to boast of but ten years, but her tender age. however, does not prevent her from really enjoying Bi ble reading—enjoying it, mind you. This week she’s bustling busily about trying to help around the sewing room and everywhere else that there may be work going on at the First Baptist Church where the sessions are being held. She attends the Oakland City Baptist Church and seldom is missing m the Sunday school. Her home is at n!» Avon Avenue, Oakland City. Another of the attractive delegates is .Miss Irene Lemke, of 362 East G 'orgia Avenue. Miss Lemke is very proud of her class of twelve tots out ! the Grant Bark Baptist Ohucrh and » inb avoring to add another seal to v 1 diploma of merit by her attend- ince at the training school. Th. Sunday American goes every- H. If where alt over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is "The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. Since Senator Bacon’s Immediate light to a seat on the floor of the. Senate has b**en tentatively ques- 1 on* d* in Washington, Georgia law yers have interested themselves pro foundly in the problem of just what effect the ratification of the popular election amendment to the Federal Constitution does have upon his stat us in tho Senate, and some astonish ing conclusions have been reached, varying widely in effect. The question of perfecting Senator Bacon’s title to a seat in the Senate is the primary proposition consid ered, since it is agreed that the State Democratic Executive Committee will not force him into another appeal to tho party for a nomination. Three Methods Suggested. There are three methods of perfect ing the Senator's title to his seat that have been suggested. First, it is held by some lawyers that since the Federal amendment has not yet been promulgated officially, and therefore Is not yet in effect, Gov ernor Brown might call the Legisla ture in extraordinary session at once and have it elect Bacon in the old way. Second, it is held that ^the Legisla ture, under the exact terms of the act proposing the Federal amendment, might authorize Governor Slaton to appoint a temporary successor to Sen ator Bacon, and postpone his election by the people, if It preferred to do so, until the next general State election two years hence. Third, that the Legislature might pa a an act immediately upon assem bling, calling an election for Senator and have the case passed upon before adjournment. While the calling of the Legislature in extraordinary session by Governor Brown now would be a more or less sensational way of perfecting Mr. Ba con’s title, it is contended that there could be no legal objection to it, and that the expense of it would be no more than the expense of holding a spe cial senatorial election later on. Authority for Election. The authority for the second meth od of procedure is found in the clause proposing the amendment, which reads: "When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of the State shall issue writs of election to till such vacancies; provided that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people All the vacancies by elec tion as tho Legislature directs.” Tho proposers of this suggestion hold that it would prove less expen sive to the State than either of the other two methods. The third method proposed would be about as expensive as a special session of tlie Legislature now, hut it still would leave the tentative ques tion of Senator Bacon’s immediate right to a seat in the Senate unan swered. The result aimed at in all of these propositions is the same, of course— that is. tHe perfecting of Senator Ba con's title to his seat. It is not with in the range of the remotely proba ble that he will have Democratic op position. If opposition should develop or his immediate title be challenged in Con gress, the question of perfecting his title and when and how would be come at once most acute, and it is this phase of the problem that has caused some Georgia lawyers to delve so deeply into the situation, with the astonishing variety of opinion pro duced. Pete’s' Devourer Is Beyond Pale of Law j Recorder Broyles Seeks in Vain for Statute Justifying Punishment for Chameleon. In response to numerous Inquiries from “sympathetic” citizens, who have written letters of “condolence” to both Recorder Nash Broyles and The Georgian, the Recorder to-day luled that there is no law to punish the chameleon that so pitilessly swal lowed "Pete,” the court room fly and the Recorder’s official pet. Judge Broyles said: "I wish to state publicly through The Georgian to all of those who have expressed sympathy over the tragi* fate of my pet fly. ‘Pete,’ that there is no legal way in which this crime can be punished. I wish to assure these solicitous friends, who had come to love ‘Pete’ by seeing so much of him in The Georgian, that the ex treme penalty of the law would be in voked on the chameleon if it were possible to handle it at all. But both Recorder Pro Tem Preston and my self have sought in vain through the statutes—even the Federal laws. Nothing can be done.” The Georgian is in receipt of a let ter to-day, signed “Subscriber,” in which a strong plea is made for the punishment of the chameleon. The suggestion also came to the court to day that some kind of memorial be planned for th© late “Pete.” S. A. L. to Improve ' Its Savannah Line Double-Tracking From Cayce, S. C., to Jacksonville, Fla., 314 Miles, Authorized. RICHMOND, VA., April 16.—Pro vision for double-tracking the South Carolina division which extends from Cayce, near Columbia, to Jackson ville, by way of Savannah, a distance of 314 miles, is contained in the an nual budget of the Seaboard Air Line, Just announced. The total amount appropriated for improvements is $2,- 500,000. It is estimated that fully one-half of this, if not more, »vill he necessary to double-track the South Carolina division. Among other contemplated im provements are additional phosphate elevators at Tampa and Fernandina, Florida. President Harahan announces that a conference of officials will be held next week in connection with the pro posed removal of the general offices from Portsmouth. One report has It that the offices will be located at Jacksonville. Used Mails to Pass Bad Checks, Charge Vienna, Ga., Merchant Got Goods Be fore Fraud Was Detected. Inspecotr Alleges. Pa-’Hing bogus* checks by means of the Uriited States mails got. M. C. Mitchell, of Vienna, Ga., in jail, ac cording to a report of his arrest to day by Inspector McKew to PostofBco Inspector Sutton. The official report says Mitchell contracted the habit of sending for large shipments of goods from mer chants in other States, and accom panied the order with a check on a bank in which he had no funds. He succeeded several times in getting the merchandise before the check was put through for collection. Complaint made to the Postofflce Department, however, caused his arrest, on the charge of using the mails to defraud. Eckman’s Alterative FOR THE THROAT AND LUNGS Eckman’s Alterative is effective in Bronchitis, Asthma, Hay Fever, Throat and Lung Troubles, and in upbuilding the system. Does not contain poisons, opiates or habit forming drugs. For sale by all lead ing druggists. Ask for booklet of cured cases and write to Eckman Laboratory. Philadelphia, Pa., for additional evidence. For sale by all of Jacobs’ Drug Stores. SWIFTEST TALKER IN THE HOUSE ASKS SPEED TRIAL Water-Proof Dust-Proof Heat-Proof No brush marks. Dries hard in five hours. Leaves a smooth glass-like surface. Why pay a painter when you can varnish just as good? Telephone for Demonstration. The Amber Chemical Co. WASHINGTON. April 16.—Repre sentative Herman Metz, of New York, believed to he the champion high-sperd talker of th** House, came out to-day with a challenge to the official stenographers of that body that thev “could not take him.” * He travels at the rate of 250 words a minute, which even Speaker Clark concedes is "some speed.” Representative Murray, of Massa chusetts. and Representative Martin, of South Dakota, are now the high speed artists of t'v ( ' House, \v*Uh 225 words a minute. JOS. E. REEVES ON TRIAL FOR POSTOFFICE THEFT ■ph K Reeves, who has obtained ;>stponement.y of his trial on th** » of embezzling postoffice funds, nally put on trial to-day in the il Court. e©v* scaped the first trial be- iiise the wrong name had been used the indictment against him, and the *cond due to the absence of wit- ssvs. In his. defense Reeves* charges iat the $1,000 alleged to have been olen was taken by his assistant in 10 postotfiee at Vaughn, Spalding Tty. Office 702 Forsyth Bldg. Laboratories 91 Piedmont Ave. Phone Ivy 3131. i FORCED TO PAY FARE FOR CHILD; SUES FOR $25,000 ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS DR.E.G. GRIFFIN’S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS BEST WORK AT LOWEST PRICES All Work Guaranteed. Hours 8 to 6- Ph 24 , Whitehall S The » tr; rider ou arfii refusal of a railroad conductor \nsport free of charge a child 5 year* damaged them to the nt of $25.* oo. according to M R. *M and his wife. Sarah J. Bar- yi Fence Law Great Aid in Eradicat ing Disease Spread Mostly by Straying Razorbacks. STODDARDIZE For Grand Opera! Hog cholera, while not yet ' com pletely under control, is decreasing, says Dr. P. F. Bahnson, State Vet- ernarian, commenting upon the Fed eral report of losses* in Georgia swine herds from this disease. "In counties .where then* is a fence law,” says Dr. Bahnson, “the disease is not as had as it has been. It con- tinues to be had in the open range counties, where the hogs are allowed to stray at will, and spread the dis ease broadcast, for you know a sick hog never stays at home. "The money loss from this* disease no longer is heavy, for the owners of good grades of hogs are w iping it out. The deaths are among razorbacks, tho kind you have to run down with dogs or shoot when you want them. And razorback hogs probably are worth on an average less than $1.50 apiece.” The Federal report, issued yester day. placed the losses in Georgia at about 165 per 1.000 head, an increase over last year. Dr. Bahnson believes W OMEN should have their Evening Gowns, Wraps, etc, STODDARDIZED—because STODDARD- IZING is the scientific process of Dry Cleaning which brings perfect results—and NEVER injures the fabric! Men, too, should have their clothes STODDARDIZED— for the same reasou. .1 Wagon for a Phone Call We J.ay Charge* (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of 12 or more. p j j * 126 Peachtree Street Dixie's Greatest Dry Stoddard Tg£ZS£*$ Cleaner and Deyr For Thursday and Friday. i Pumps and Oxfords A At A Special Reduced Price there has been a decrease instead of an increase "CASCMIETS" THE BEST LAXATIVE Thoroughly cleanses your liver ; and bowels while you sleep. IJ* Over 1,000 pairs, 47 dis- ^ tinct, styles, up-to-the- 3 a* minute in every respect. Former prices $4 and $5 2J5 the pair No odds how bad your liver, stomach or bowels, how much your head aches, how miserable and uncomfortable you are from constipation, indigestion, bilious ness and sluggish intestines—you always get the desired results with Cascarets and quickly, too. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowels make you miserable. Take Cascarets to-night; put an end to the headache, biliousness, dizziness, nervousness, sick, sour, gassy stomach, backache and all other distress; cleanse your in side organs of all the bile, gases and constipated matter which is producing the misery. A lOcent box means health, happiness and a clear head for months.. No more days of gloom am? distress if you will take a Cascaret now and then. All drug gists sell Cascarets. Don't for get the children—their little in sides need a good, gentle. cleans ing, too. 95 This lot represents the cream of an immenseTpurchase ^ made by our Boston office. „ . g Black Suede, Patent, Gun-Metal and Tan Calf. jf Pumps, Colonials and Oxford* S £ % Slippers ’3* Grand Opera Every pair of our $ 4 Satin Evening Slip pers reduced to $2.95 Thursday and Fri day. All colors 3 1 w M W 3 1 and sizes stock now. in Cuban heels Pom P o n to match color. Also, any $5 Evening S 1 i p- per will be sold for $3.95. Practically all sizes and width* in each style. The usual Charge, Refund, Exchange and C. O. D. courtesies prevail. „ Please remem ber that tht* special price la for Thursday and Friday only. Every pair guar anteed in every respect. M. Rich & Bros. Co. J/AkJkf** “A Department of Famous Shoes.” ©TMc»iSC A New Silk Dobbs & Co., tbe Fifth Avc. Hatters, bave recently introduced tbis silk bat. It's new, distinctive and different, pos sessing original lines and a style quite agreeable witb tbe fashion in France. We are exclusive agents for Dobbs y Co. s Hats in Atlanta. ?ain y filed suit in Superior Court j st the Southern Railway Coin- alleging that last December. • n route from Spartanburg, S. Atlanta, they were forced to pay ire of a child under five years me M. 1708-Sundays 9-1 Over Brown A Allens Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads S The Sunday American. YOUR ad- ■ vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! Silks $8. Operas $8 Cl o u d-St a n ford C o. OUT! / 4u Sr / i for the Want Ad” Man in Speedy Cartercar He Has a Dollar for You Read the “Want Ad * ’Section of the Georgian. If your name is found, mark the paper and be Want Ad ” man calls next ready when the morning (e Samp e “Want Ads” as They Appear HELP WANTED HELP of every description is furnished through these columns; the wise ones use them in seeking help for office, store, shop or home. If Mrs. John Smith, 137 Highland Avenue, finds this “ad" and has the same marked when the “Want Ad" man calls to-morrow morning he will present her with One Dollar. HOUSES FOR SALE HOUSES and lots are advertised for sale in these columns at very attrac tive prices: the opportunity to buy your own home is here. If Mrs. George Brown, of 366 Capitol Avenue, finds this “ad” and has same marked when the "Want Ad” man calls to-morrow morn ing he will present her with One Dollar. Georgian’s “ Want Ad” Man 1 ravels in a Speedy (( Cartercar” Roadster. Be on the Alert and Get Your Dollar. n- *