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' nrun' \ r rr «rnDouv. *vn vius :r.xr ONLY RELIEF IF SHIES STB Need of Board To Readjust As sessments Urged By Many— Georgia Polittical Gossip. By JAMES B. NEVIN. The income of the Htate of Georgia to-day is approximately $6,500,000. And although that is more than double what It was fifteen years ago, It etill 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 boaiM trf tax equalizers a board tta: will make the dodgers pay their Just share of the expense of running the State. It is agreed that nobod.v pays toj much tax—that is to say, nobody pays more than his just share. On the OXherf hand, it is figured that practi cally everybody and everything that pays as much as $100 pays less than his or Its Just share. If tire State had a hoard of tax equalisers, it is thought that its income might easily be Jumped to $£000,000 and more, arid Its tax i t< fevered, in addition to that. ^Nothing really helpful has been 44ne by the Legislature in years to remedy the annual embarrassment of the State treasury. The Governor, bv conptlT4t!6nal amendment, ;iat been aiaM'irized to borrow lri certain cmergJvidies as much as $500,000, in stead of $200,000 as heretofore, but that helps none In the long run. be cause the money has to be paid hack PSter merely is robbed to pay Paul Also certafn corporations have been required to p»y their taxes in the fu ture at an -earlier date in the fa-1, hilt that helps little, too, as those r< uSrns will not be nearly sufficient to relieve the situation. I The thing authorities are agreed Upon is ■ the ; neeesMt > of a hoard of equalisers, \vhereh\ the total of taxes COJlei*ted^ may b< Increased and jgUl twnd#- an Increase n the rate tinner.•* • i •. In oth. i words, it. is argued that there x\ ill be no dm 1 worstssnunt In the Stale treasury, if the State only is enabl 'd to get what Is justly and truly it du<» from the tax payers. The Augusta Chronicle lias be. . moved to speculate u'u ; ■ : lover nor Slaton will send Ills first me- sage to the Legislature in tb us’iai way or follow the Wilson lea.; and d» liver it in person before a joint s“ slon. The chances are he will * ml It in the usual way. He has been -,>«■«!•. • j of one house of the Georgia I .*••-• fature and President of the other, he probably would not. risk bcim; “gassed hack" in a joint session for anything In this world. Colonel James FTR^siton Lewis formerly of Georgia, now Senator- eject from Illinois, was the last Sena tor of the United States to be elect ed by a State Legislature. Hereafter, all Senators will v named by the people of the varfou* States In direct election. Three Georgians who went to Tex Vi» many years ago now figure most prominently in the polities of tu.it enormous State, according to Bonnb Kayton. a former, Savannahan, now a resident of San Antonio, who has came 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 Pout and ad interim Senator, Governor Colquitt, and Clarence Ous- ley, editor of the Fort Worth Record. i “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 e- 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 Fort 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 nark rapidly." It seems pretty well settled that William J. Harris, Chairman of the L OUISE WHITTAKER, 10 year* old, whom experts at Bap- list Training School declare is proof that Bible can be made as interesting as novel to girls if love of reading good books is instilled while they are playing with dolls. PLANS Til SEAT T Three Widely Varying Methods Suggested to Perfect Title of Georgia Nominee. State Democratic Executive Commit tee. will resign that honorable posi tion when he goes to Washington to accept the office of Director of the* (tensus. In the latter office, Mr. Harris will have to i ;-i :e in the National Capital and could not visit hi® home S-tftte at s 111 to look after the business of the committer as he would like to," and t<» it might require. In the evi:i; f Chairman Harris’ resignation. In* would be succeeded by II. i. \v. S. \\ . xt, former Presi dent of the S.af <• Srpate, - who* 1s now vice chairman of the committee. In Oglethorpe County this month there was not one u*riff sale, and ■the Echo, the counts organ, in con sequence carried no legal advertfs- rnentH whntevci The Echo consoles itself for. the loss of r<*Vqiille with (In-* ph'Msiug thought that itpe absence of sheriff’s sales indicates general prosperity throughout the county. The politicians of North weft Geor gia already haw organized the new Chlekaaaiiga judicial ‘circuit, 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 se ll adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday newo- paper in the South. LAUNDRYMEN OF THREE STATES TO MEET HERE The Carolinas and -Georgia Laundry Association will meet l2i Atlanta April 2K to 30. Councilman C. D Knight, proprietor of the Piedmont Laundry, called on Mayor Woodward to-da> and invited him to' deliver the wel come address to the visitors. Mayor Woodward accepted. Varnish so Different ATLANTA MADE A Handy Varnish Applied With a Cloth Mending Liquid and Leather Glcss Old Furniture Made New. Varnish Your Mo at Night. Have New Car Next Mining. Teach Children Love Of Bible at Boll Age This Is Advice of Experts at Session Here of Baptist Training School. If,you want your little girl to find the Bible as interesting as she will later And 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 llouise Whittaker. She is able to boast of but ten years, but her tender age. however, does not prevent, her from really enjoying Bi bb’ 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 ik missing from the Sunday school. Her home is at XI) Avon Avenue, Oakland City. Another of the attractive delegates Is Miss Irene Lemke, of 362 East Georgia Avenue. Miss Lemke is very proud of her class of twelve tots out : t the Grant Park Baptist Chucrh and - endeavoring to add another seal to :< i diploma of merit by her attend- mee at the training school. The Sunday American goes every where nil 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. SWIFTEST TALKER IN THE HOUSE ASKS SPEED TRIAL WASHINGTON, April 16.—Repre sentative Herman Metz, of New York, believed to be the champion ! igl: spm] talker of the House, game 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 lije House, with 225 words a minute. JOS. E, REEVES ON TRIAL FOR POSTOFFICE THEFT Joseph E. Reeves, who has obtained two postponement** of his trial on the * barge of embezzling postoffice funds, was finally put on trial to-day in the Federal Court. U< eves escaped the first trial be- * ails the wrong name had been used in the indictment against him, and ihe second due to the absence of wit nesses. In his defense Reeve** charges that the $1,000 alleged to have been stolen was taken by his assistant in <!• pnstnffice at Vaughn, Spalding County. Bine** Senator Bacon’s Immediate right to ;i 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 ••atifbatlon of the popular ele< lion amendment to the Federal Constitution does have upon his stat us in tb** 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 tho primary proposition consid ered, since it is agreed that the State Democratic Executive Committee will not force him into another appeal to the 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 henc/5. Third, that the Legislature might pass an act immediately upon assem bling. calling an election for Senator and have the ease passed upon before adjournment. While the calling of the Legislature in extraordinary session by Governor Brown now would be a more or less sensational w ay 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 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 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 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 ruled 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 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 mucli of him in The Georgian, that the ex treme penalty of tne law #ould be 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 hJfo came to the court to day that some kind of memorial be planned for the late "Pete." STODDARDIZE E, 13 CLAIM For Grand Opera! 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, alii 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 hel.d 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. Fence Law Great Aid in Eradicat ing Disease Spread Mostly by Straying Razorbacks. Hog cholera, while not yel com pletely under control, is decreasing, says Dr P. F. Bahnson, State Vct- ernurian, commenting upon the Fed eral report of losses in Georgia swine herds from this disease. "In coutiti* - where there is a fe nce law," Mays Dr. Bahnson. "the disease is not as 1». <3 as it has beep. It con tinue*? to be bud in the open range counties, where the hogs are allowed to stray at will, and spread the dis ease broadcast, for you know a sU'k 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, 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. Used Mails to Pass Bad Checks, Charge Vienna. Ga., Merchant Got Goods Be fore Fraud Was Detected, Inspecotr Alleges. Passing, bogus checks by means of the United 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 Postofflce 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 lie had no funds. He succeeded several times in getting th" 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. "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 w’hich is producing the misery. A lOeent bgx means health, happiness and a clear head for months. No more ‘days of gloom anil distress if you will take a Casearet 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., s, W OMEN should have their Evening Gown*, Wraps, etc., STODDARDIZED—because STODDARD- IZ1NG 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 reason. A Hu gun for a Phone Call We pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of $2 or mors. ry. f 126 Ptachtret Street Dixie's Greatest Stoddard %»ns£S2 ci„n«r j Deyr For Thursday and Friday. S Pumps and Oxfords 2 At A Special Reduced Price Over 1,000 pairs, 47 dis tinct styles, up-to-the- minute in every respect.' Former prices $4 and $5 the pair 3S J* 5? £ This lot represents the cream of an immense purchase made by our Boston office. Black Suede, Patent, Gun-Metal and Tan Calf. £ Pumps, Colonials and Oxfords 8pera d SlippCTS Every pair of our $ 4 Safin Evening Slip pers reduced to $2.95 Thursday and Fri day. All color* and sizes stock now. in Cuban heels Pom P o n to match color. Also, any $5 Evening S 1 1 p- per will be sold for $3.95. Practically all sizes and widths in each style. Then mat Charge, Refund, Exchange and C. O. D. courtesies prevail. Please remem ber that thta special price ll for Thursday and Friday only. Every pair guar anteed In every respect. M. Rich & Bros. Co. "A Department of Famous Shoes.’ Some Folks 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 w r rite to Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., for additional evidence. For sale by all . of Jacobs’ Drug Stores. iHr \ : f m \ } ©The f is© New Silk Dobbs Co., tbe Fifth Avc. Hatters, have 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. Wc are exclusive agents for Dobbs & Co. s Hats in Atlanta. Still “put a sign in the window” when they have Rooms to Rent or Want Boarders, but the number of such people is constantly diminishing. In these modern times, when there are Rooms to rent or Boarders wanted, in hundreds of Atlanta Homes, the Want Ad columns of THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN are used. The “Fur nished Rooms For Rent,” “Rooms For Rent” and “Boarders Wanted” columns of The Georgian offer the best way to bring together those in search of the above.