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THi: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. MAN 0, 1!HT
suit BOARD IS
Attention! Now It's /UUV rD|ri
Sandals for Girls Inlil iiIIlI
PROPOSED FIS
Of That Gay Paree! 1 M
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TAX EOUALIZING
Clarke County Representative to
Push Bill in Legislature.
Wide Demand for It.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Representative Frank A. Upieumb
of Clarita County will introduce early
In tile forthcoming session of the Leg
islature a bill providing for the crt*
Mob of a flfate Board of Tax Equal
izer*.
The neceealty for such a 'board hats
been dlecutecd favorably by tht* press j
of the State time and again, but to
far Bo serious effort lma been made to
frame the suggestion into « workable
law.
Mr. Lipscomb has made a study of
tax conditions in (feorgia, however,
aud has readied the conclusion mat |
the only practical and equitable -met h-
<■4 of Increasing the revenue of the
State, without elevating the tax rate
dwells within the creation of h tM\
equalising board.
The bill, It la understood, already
ha» been prepared by Mr. Lipscomb,
bqt before it is offered it will be
passed upon by one of the moat emi
nent authorities on statutory and con.
etituUppaJ Jaw within the State, and
such changes, if any, as he may sug
gest likely will be made in the meas
ure before it is ?
Mt. Lipscomb Is a new member of
th# Legislature. He is a young man,
around 35, and haa had some experi
ence In legislative and administrative
work on the City Council of Athens,
of which he was three times elected
a member, but his forthcoming term
in the House of Representatives will
be his first service in the broader flel j
of Htate politics.
He Is one of Athens leading busi
ness msn. a scion of an old and dis
tinguished Georgia family, an ex
tremely likeable sort of person, end If
•ure to taks a high stand 1n the Leg
islature from the day he 16 given the
noth of.a Representative
Mr. Lipscomb has other Important
legislative proposals to submit to the
General Assembly in due course of
time, but his bill to create a Board of
Tax Equalizers will be his pet project,
and the one he Is most deeply lnt#--
ested In.
There is no doubt whatever that the
bill will receive hearty and strong
nupiport from many members of In
fluence, and the prospect of the bill
becoming a law generally is .looked
upon as exceedingly bright.
Strong Lead Will be Gained
Over Your Rivals by Enter
ing Competition Early.
Former flh#rifT of McDuffie County,
the Honorable "Shade” Hawes, one of
the leading citizen* of Thomas iC.
Watson's well-known town of Thom
son, is. and for several days has been,
a visitor 1n Atlanta's delighted midst.
Mr. Hawes is credited with being
one of the very shrewdest political ob
servers in the ®tate, end moves hith
er and yon in most mysterious way
bis wonders t© perform. He has an
idea, however—really, it is an obsoj-
alon—that his home town of Thomson
1e possessed of more automobiles than
any other town of its size in the
world He claims that there are r»6
machines in Thomson, notwithstand
ing the fact that it has been disputed
there is Toom enough in Thomson for
even one-half so many.
One Irreverent person asked the
Sheriff if It was true that they had to
run the sewerage system in Thomson
atraight up in the air to keep it in
side the corporate limits—but the
SherlfT disdained pointedly to com
ment upon that
The old Greek fashion of dressing,
including draped skirts and waists,
long ago was taken up by the women
of Paris and from there carried
around the globe, has m>w reached
the feet
For to-day the elite of the FYench
women, who act the fashion for that
city of pretty and vivacious women
are wearing sandals!
The high heel shoe and the oft
painful by bent arch, has now been
"given the hook.” In their place has
been selected the old - ran monad san
dal, and it looks as if it haul come
to stay.
In fact, .so complete has been the
r.hanga of fashion in this respect
that several of the famous Parisian
stores, which cater particularly to
the fashionable class, have put in a
gre^tf stock of sandals.
Along the boulevards, women are
seen parading »< all hours, wearing
sandals fastened to their feet by
pretljly colored ribbon in a band
around their ankles.
Adherents of the new ntyle de
clare it of great benefit to the health
of the person wearing them
Suppleness and flexibility, modistes
argue, are the feature of women’s
dress of the present day
Nature’s Banner of
‘Votes for Women'
Anyone can nominate a contestant
for the pony outfits which the Geor
gian and American will give sway as
prizes.
This has been explained before, but
many people still ask, so it may be
well to state it again.
All that Is necessary is to send in a
nomination blank Parents, uncles,
aunts, friends, or even the contestant
may make the nomination, and the
result is the same —the name Is listed,
and 1,000 votes are credited to the
name
The call for books, used to make
a record of subscriptions and votes
and to furnish a reoelpt to tbo sub
scribers. shows that all are making
an early start One employee of the
Georgian and American finds the dis
tribution of these hooka to callers
takes a good deal of his time.
flu the contest is well under way.
The ponies, too, are here. The b#*t
ponies in the Tennessee biuegrass
section twelve of them—have been
purchased by an expert delegated to
the task by the Georgian and Ameri-
Eariy Start Counts.
Remember that an early atari
count* for much A big load over your
friends and acquaintances before
they are approached by the other
boys and girls.
Wouldn't you he disappointed to
have vour best friend nay:
‘Why, I’ve subscribed to the Geor
gian and American for a year and
have given the subscription to George,
r would have been glad to help you.
but I didn’t know you were in the
race, and George asked me fir**. - '
Think what a disappointment that
would be
The only way to avoid such dis
concerting replies in to be the early
bird yourself.
An early start, too, gives you ex
perience of a useful sort ahead of
the other contestant**, and the result
will be that when you have become
an adept at securing subscriptions,
your rivals w ill be floundering around
for a start.
Ho, by all means, if you have not
entered the race for one of the
twelve pony outfits by now. send in
your nomination blank right away.
If you have entered, be sure to get
tba necessary book at once, and get
buay
Some, you will find, already have
piled up an excellent total for a be
ginning.
And are you clipping the daily cou
pons in the Georgian and the Sun
day American? And are your friends
saving their* for you? They count
up rapidly if you can get several
friendw to help.
In charging a Floyd County Grand
Jury, Judge Moses Wright recently
expressed an opinion that should
prove of widespread interest In Geor
gia.
In giving his interpretation of the
present prohibition law, the jurist de
clared thst it "is illegal for one person
to order liquor for another ”
The Rome Judge bases hi» opinion
upon that section of tlie (’ode whicn
says that it shall be illegal to "con
tract to sell, take orders for or solicit
personally or by agent.”
As H result of his charge, a rigid
investigation of Rome's two locker
clubs is under way.
All the Georgia newspapers and all
the Georgia politicians are congratu
lating Editor Dick Grubb and renew
ing their good wishes to him that The
Darien Gazette has achieved its for
tieth birthday, and is as bright and
snappy to-day as when it was a met
journalistic kiddo.
"Old Dick" Grubb has been a labor
er in tbv newspaper vineyard many
moon*, and is generally beiovt >1
throughout the State. For years ids
weekly column of paragraphic com
ment upon men and tilings In Georgia
—-rarely other than kindly and aunny
tempered—has been looked forward
to by many.
Everybody will wish The Darien
Gazette many happy returns of th»
day, and its editor many years of
usefulness yet to come.
Mr*. Torbet Will Raise Nothing but
Flower* of Yellow Hue in
Her Garden.
CHICAGO, May 9.—Nature is the
latest ally to be lined up under the
banner of Vote* for Women" and
the suffragist garden is the means by
which it has been examined for the
cause. Mrs Lewis K Torhet an
nounced her plans for the brand new
publicity method.
"I intend to have my entire garden
at my summer home remodeled and
install nothing but flowers of a yellow
hue, the color of the American suffra
gists," she said.
"1 will have marigolds, daisies,
roses, sunflowers, Japanese gold lilios,
chrysanthemums, buttercups and ev
ery yellow flower that will grow and
wave for the ('ause of women’s suf
frage
"But 1 wont have anything with
tlie English militant suffragist colors
violet and green "
Representative-elect \Y H Connor,'
of Spalding County, will introdu -
two Interesting local bill* in the Gen
eral Assembly soon after it onvem -
The first 1s one to provide for tin
elation of the Griffin City Education;
RoaM by the people, rather than by
the Council, a* has been the cuatom
In the past, and the other is to ame:
the charter of Griffin so that ward j
primaries will be abolished and tin
eld plan of general elections be re
turned.
Four year* ago the Legislature
changed the charter, at the request of
Council, providing for ward primal
tea; but the system has not proved
Satisfactory to a great portion of t
voters. It is desired by citizens that a
voter be allowed to < a*t his ballot fn
Aldermen, regardless of which ward
he may reside In.
This local legislation in Griffin will
be interesting to many cities in Oeor-
gia that have operated for a good I
many years under the very same dis
advantages that Griffin is undertak
ing to get away from, and it may b<*
that Representative Connor's bill wi
suggest many another of a slmiL
sort from other citiys in the State.
Railroad Y. M. C. A.
Wins 300 Members
Thirty-Day Campaign Ends Friday
Night—Three Team Leaders
to Get Busy.
Three hundred new members have
been added to the Railroad Y. M. C. \.
In the 30-day membership campaign
which will end Friday night with a
jollification at the club rooms, 31 1-2
West Alabama Street.
The lenders of the three competing
teams, who will be awarded prizes, arc
J. W. Whittaker, yard master of th<>
Southern Railway; L. M. Hunter, fir* -
man. Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railway, ana W. T Hamilton,
yard foreman of the Atlanta Join:
Terminal Company.
Two little
minutes-
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Spend two little min
utes a day now and
avoid years of regret
later. Spend it with
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Church Programs, Engagement An
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WEDDING Invitations fur
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The flavor is
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Best Pap.r— Work Guaranteed.
Special Rates on Large Orders.
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Representative William H Burwel
of Hancock County, i* spending a ft- \
day* in Atlanta. While here he tui.
ferred with several of his friend
about his spea’/ership race. He feel
Jteaure'i of election on the first baih
SoU
Everywhere
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When You Want Our Solic
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and Price List Kindly Phone
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Atlanta, Ga.
THE PONY CONTEST
JUST STARTING
This Is a Good Time To Enter
Timid boy and girl contestants are asking us, every day, if it
is too late to enter this contest for free Shetland pony outfits.
Our answer is that now is the right time. The “too late” period
will be here before we realize it, though, and every boy and girl
who wants to compete for one of these splendid outfits is urged
to send in a nomination blank bv to-day’s mail.
WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO OWN THIS OUTFIT?
And wouldn’t your enjoyment from its use be doubled if your own efforts had
earned it for you? Certainly! And this delight is ahead for the winners in this
great contest. Why not send your nomination blank to-day, and make an effort
to be among the winners?
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This Nomination Blank
Starts You With A
I nominate, as a candidate in The Hearst’s Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian Pony Outfit Contest:
Name
Address
Thousand Votes
Nominated by
Address
GOOD FOR 1,000 VOTES
Only one nomination blank can be voted for any contestant.
Subscription blanks and printed instructions for the use of contestants are now ready. Sent anywhere on request.
To-day’s Vote Coupons appear on Page Two of this newspaper—Ask your
friends to save the Vote Coupons for you. They will be found in The Georgian
every week day and in every issue of Hearst’s Sunday American.
Address all inquiries, nomination blanks, vote coupons, etc., to
PONY CONTEST EDITOR
Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian
20 East Alabama St. ATLANTA, GA.