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vui-ft mi-v miiA-ni i \m/\km r; • I tel II h % i'i* ► l ill'i A l i / i mm t r„i_muri.A .n X- vUNi.1 A lb \T5% ONLY BELIEF OF STATE'S STRESS Need of Board To Readjust As sessments Urged By Many— Georgia Polittical Gossip. • 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 still is barely sufficient to see the IState through its necessities, and fur ther elevation of the tax rate is out ©f the question. What the State needs, in the opin ion of many observant men, a board of tax equalizers—a board 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 a more than his Just share. On the other hand, it is figured that practi cally everybody and everything that pays as much as $100 pays less than hi* or its just share. If the State had a board of tax <*quaHzers, it is thought that its income might easily be Jumped to I8,^00,000 and more, and its tax pate lowered, in addition to that. Nothing really helpful has been dc»ne by the Legislature in years to remedy the annual embarrassment of the State treasury. The Governor, by—conditional amendment, nn been aulljp wed to borrow in certain ♦•xifl&rgen* ksjas much as $500,000, in- etefd of IJflo.OOO as heretofore, but that helps none in the long run. 'X*- cdStse the money has to be paid bjjjffii—Peki merely is robbed to pay Raul ' JHso certain corporations have been required to pay their taxes in th< fu ture at an earliei date in the fad, bltC that help*' little, too,ns those re- iU£P s will not l»< marly sufficient tgzyelleve the sit ua ' ■« n rxhc* thing authorities are agreed Ug?n is^*|he nee* ,-dt\ of a board of equalizer^' wiiV-r* .»y i total of tnv.s <a£U-lied piay h increased and rend<ry an increase in thie rat* u an *•(•«'.-.*• ». In other wacds. it Jp argued that there will b£~*io 4inr»:t,rr«ssm.ui: in the State tre*suryjnf tne State oniv is enahh- l to get what is Justly and truly its due from the tax payers. *pm Augusta Chronicle has t>» 1 njjSyed to speculate wheth* i Govt nor Slaton will send his first me - to the'Legislature in the usual wgg or follow the Wilson lead and de ltas’ it in person before a joint son sibn The chances are he will sen i if .a the usual way. He has been ». it. ©f one house of the Georgia 1 » a 3atu r <* and President of the other, am. thsr: probably would not risk beia; “iSUised bark” In a joint session for any-thing in this world. Colon*! James Hamilton Lewi?, formerly of Georgia, now Senator- elect from Illinois, was the last Sen i- tol* of th<- united State* to be elect ed by a State Legislature. Hereafter, all Senators will be named by the people of the various Stales in direct election. Three Georgians who went to Texas many years ago now figure most prominently in the politics of that enormous State, according to Benno Kayton. a iormer Savannahan. now a resident of San Antonio, who has coma back to Georgia for a short visit after an absence of twenty- three years. The three Georgians referred to are R. M. Johnson, editor of the Houston Tost and ad interim Senator, Governor Colquitt, and Clarence Ohs- 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 Oueley was born at Ousley station. Lowndes County, near Valdosta. As editor of the For; 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 I did. He made his mark rapidly.” It seems pretty well settled that William J. Harris. Chairman of the L ouise whi tist Trainin_ made as interesting books is instilled wF rAKER, 10 years old, whom experts at Bap- School declare is proof that Bible can be as novel to girls if love of reading good hey are playing with dolls. E PEIS TO SEAT Three Widely Varying Methods Suggested to Perfect Title of Georgia Nominee. State Democratic Executive Commit- (*, will resign that honorable posi tion when he goes to Washington to accept the office of Direc tor of the Census. In the latter office, Mr. Harris will have to r m o in the National Capital ynd rouId not visit his home* State .it V. ’ll to look after the business of the te uurilttjee . s he. would li'qe to, and jis it might n quire. In tiu* evcui of Chairman Harris’ resignation, In* v.nuld be succeeded by Hoi. W F West, former Presi dent of toe State Senate, who* is now vice chairman of the committee. In Oglethorpe County this monrh there was not one sheriff sale, ami the Echo, the count:- organ, in con sequence calTle^ no legal advertis- monts whato.yei Tho Echo consoles Ui if for the loss of ivveniH' with the pfauffitig thought that the absence of sheriff's sales indicates general prosperity throughout the county. The politicians of Northwest Geor gia already have organized the new Chickamaitga judicial clreuitf .and Solicitor General Sam P. Maddox is being boomed for judge. All that is needed now is for the Legislature to get busy and ratify the motion. If you have anything to seil 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 Carolina# and Georgia Laundry Association will meet in Atlanta April 2X 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. Teach Children Love Of Bible at Doll Age This Is Advice of Experts at Session Here of Baptist Training School. Varnish so Different ATLANTA MADE A Handy Varnish Applied Willi a Cloth Old Furniture Made New. Varnish Your Auto at Night. Have New Car Next Morning. Water-Proof Dust-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. Office 702 Forsyth Bldg. Laboratories 91 Piedmont Ave. Phone Ivy 3131. Heat-Proof $5 ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS DR.E.G. GRIFFIN'S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS BEST WORK AT LOWEST PRICES All Work Guaranteed. Hours 8 to 6- Phi 24 1 , Whitehall S 06-Sundays 9-1 irown & Allens 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 stijl 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 hustling 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 from the Sunday school. Her home is at KH Avon Avenue, Oakland City. Vnothei of the attractive delegates is Miss Irene Lemke, of 362 Fast Georgia Avenue. Miss Lemke is very proud of her class of twelve tots out M the Grant Park Baptist Chucrh and < endeavoring to add another seal to : r diploma of merit by her attend ance at the training school. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anythin to sell The Sunday Amer ican ic ‘The Market Place of the South. ’ The Sunday Americrn is the best advertising medium. SWIFTEST TALKER IN THE HOUSE ASKS SPEED TRIAL WASHINGTON, April 16.—Repre- -ent'.ulvo Herman Metz, of New York, believed to be the champion h "h-spoed talker of the House, came on! to-day i\ itti a challenge to the , ttieial stenournpheni of that body that th»v "could not take him.” He travels at the rate of 250 words a minute, which even Speaker Clark concedes Is "some sliced." Representative Murray, of Massa chusetts, and Representative Martin, of South Dakota, are now the high- - peed artists of I 've House, with 225 words a minute. JOS. E. REEVES ON TRIAL FOR P0ST0FFICE THEFT Joseph E Reeves, who has obtained two postponements* of his trial on the charge of embezzling postotflee funds, was finally put on trial to-day in the Federal Court. Reeves escaped the first trial be cause tin wrong name had been used in the indictment against him. and the second due to the absence of wit nesses. in his defense Reeves* charges that the $1,000 alleged to have been stolen was taken by his assistant in the postoffice at Vaughn, Spalding County. FORCED TO PAY FARE FOR CHILD: SUES FOR $25,000 The refusal of a railroad conductor to transport free of charge a child under 5 years damaged them to the amount of $2'.,000, according to M. R- Barfield and his wife, Sarah J. Bar- field. They filed suit in Superior Court against the Southern Railway Com pany. alleging that last December, while on route from Spartanburg. S. c.. to Atlanta, they were forced to pay fare of a child under five years Since Senator Bacon’# immediate right to a seat on the floor of the Senate has been tentatively ques tioned 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 the 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 sjnee 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 pass 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 th** 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 fill such vacancies; provided that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by elec tion as the Legislature directs.” The proposers of this suggestion hold that it would prove less expen slve to the State than either of the other two methods. The third method proposed would be about as expensive as a special session of the Legislature now, but 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 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 rifled that there Is no law to punish the chameleon Dial «o 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 tragic 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 he in voked on the chameleon if it were possible to handle it at all. But both Recorder Pro Tern 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 the 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, will be 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 otflees will be located at Jacksonv ills. Used Mails to Pass Bad Checks, Charge Vienna, Ga.. Merchant Got Goods Be fore Fraud Was Detected, Inspecotr Alleges. Pa swing bogus checks by means of the United States mails got M. C. Mitchell, of Vienna, Ga., in jail, ac cording to a report «>f his arrest to day by Inspector McKew to Postoflico 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 Postoffice 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 eases and write to Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., for additional evidence. For sale by all of Jacobs' Drug Stores. l\ \ ew the Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads Tho Sunday American. VOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! Dobbs & Co., tbe Fifth Avc. Hatters, bave recently introduced this 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 Co. s Hats in Atlanta. Silks $8. O peras $8 C 1 o u d-S t a n f ord Co. E STODDARDIZE tm Fence Law Great Aid in Eradicat ing Disease Spread Mostly by Straying Razorbacks, 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 I herds from this disease. “In counties where there is a fence law,” :-'ays*Dr. Bahnson, “the disease is not as bad as it has been. It oon- tinueq to be bad 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 1 disease no longer is heavy, for the owners of good grades of hogs are wiping U out. The deaths are among razorbacks, the 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 there has been a decrease instead of an increase. "CASCARETS” THE BEST LAXATIVE Thoroughly cleanses your liver and bowels while you sleep. 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 and. 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. For Grand Opera! W OMEN should have their Evening Gowns, Wraps, etc., STODDARDIZED—because STODDARD- IZING is the scieutific process of Dry Cleaning which brings perfect results—and NEVER injures the fabric! Men. too, should have their clothes STODDARDIZED— for the same reason. A Wagon for a Phone Call We pD' CharsfK (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of 12 or more. p mm I 12b Peachtree Street Dixie's Greatest Dry Stoddard MiJnt'a’phone 43 Cleaner and Deyr FvjuVWlWiW For Thursday and Friday. % Pumps and Oxfords • 2 At A Special Reduced Price $2-95 Over 1.000 pairs, 47 dis- ( 3 tinct styles, up-to-the- SjJ minute in every respect. Former prices $4 and $'> the pair This lot represents the cream of an immense purchase dg made by our Boston office. 5 Black Suede, Patent, Gun-Metal and Tan Calf. % Pumps, Colonials and Oxfords 5 1 Opera^ SUppefS Every pair of our $ 4 Satin Evening Slip pers reduced to $2.95 Thursday and Fri day. All colors and sizes In stock now. 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 widths in each style. The u sual Charge, Refund, Exchange and 0. O. D. courtesies prevail. Please remem ber that this special price is for Thursday and Friday only. Every pair guar anteed In every respect. M. Rich & Bros. Co “ A Department of Famous Shoes.” for the Want Ad” Man i Speedy Cartercar a Dollar for You Read the “Want Ad ” Section of the Georgian. If your name is found, mark the paper and be ready when the “Want Ad” man calls next morning. Sample “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 safe 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. Georgians “Want Ad” Man 1 ravels in a Speedy “Cartercar” Roadster. Be on the Alert and Get Your Dollar.