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<South is today confronted with the
topportunity of becoming the Empire
#State of America if she will but rec
‘o,;nlze and seize her ghance,
The mavor stressed the point
drought out by previous speakers
*that Georgia has a greater amount of
Amdeveloped water power than can
;bc' found in any other section of
“America, with the exception of Ni
«agara Falls. The way is open in this
*State, he declared, to place Georgia
“4n the frent -rank of States, adding
_millions to her population, billions to
“her wealth and more than trebling the
value of Georgia property.
' The convention adjourned late Tues
“day afternoon, after re-electing Mayor
M. W. Swift of Albany as president
.dnd Commissioner J. P, Jones of Co
“Jumbus as secretary-treasurer, and
‘electing Mayor James L. Key of At
“lanta to the newly created office of
‘yice president
? DORSEY 1S HONORED.
: { Honorary membership in the league
“was unanimoasly voted to Gov. Hugh
M. Dorsey, John J. Eagan and Marion
+M. Jackson, in recognition of their
“services during the past to the league.
« The by-laws of the league were
pnended to permit municipalites of
any population to affiliate with the
jeague and placing in the hands of the
executive board the task of selecting
+the time and place for the convention
in 1920.
. Representatives of the various mu
wicipalities who attended the conven
‘tion were as follows:
1 M. W. Tirt, Albany; A. C. Erwin,
+Athens; James L. Key and J. 1. May
.son, Atlanta; Archibald Blackshear,
Augusta; H. C. Brown, Austell; D. D
Gilmore, Baxley; M, H. Stephens,
“Bremen; W. R. Robinson, Carrollton;
J. C, Walker, Cedartown; A. (. Brown,
College Park; D. L. Parmer, Colum-+
bus; E. W. Fowler and R. W. Miller,
Oovington; W. E. King, Cuthbert; R.
R. Martin, Dawson; G. A. Tanner,
Douglas; Z. T. Dake, Douglasville;
‘W. B. Thompson, East Point; C. L.
28hepard, Fort Valley, Q. P. Latham
W. A, Palmour, C. N, Davie, Galnes
“wille; T. M. Zellar, Grantville; P.
M. Cleveland, Griffin;, George 8. Ma
lajer, Hampton; W, K. Watkins,
Jackson; J. B. Hutcheson, Joneshoro;
8. H. Dawson, LaGrange;, O. A. Nix
and 1. L. Oaken, Lawrenceville; J. M.
Rowell, Monroe; E. R. Morgan and
¢. R. Mundy, Rockmart; T. E. Fraf-
Jton, J. P. Jones and J. M. Vandiver,
‘Rome; H. M. Broadwell, Roswell; C.
«M. Guess, Stone Mountain; R. M,
+Strickland, Tallapoosa; R. M. Ward,
‘Warrington; K. A. Wajchart, Wash
dngton; B. J. Mayes, West Point; R.
‘H. Kimball and J. H. Maynard,
“Winder.
Macon to Send 1,000
: To Urge Removal
¢ MACON, July 9 —<Preparations had
‘been made by 1,000 Macon people to
s to Atlanta Thureday on a special
'f:l.ln to tauke part in a demonstration
dn behalf of the capital removal
‘measure. The irip to Atlanta, how
ever, was postponed today when it
became known that the bill would not
be voted ‘on until Wednesday or
Thursday of next week,
+ John A. Strayer, who is in charge
#f the crowd, says now that he ex
{:ct.u to get more than 1,000 people
» go to Atlanta., It is possible, he
says, that it will be necessary to
operate two special trains of ten cars
weach. It will be the largest number
of people that has ever left Macon at
ohe time,
« Mocre than 300 Macon boosters were
in Atlanta Tuesday. They returned
“Jate last night. Representatives of
the Capital Removal Association will
remain in Macon until after the bill
“comes up for a vote, Delegates re
turning to Macon had badges pinned
on the lapels of their coats with these
words:
“Let the people vote”
Capt. Ray Reaches U. S.
.
« From Overseas Service
. Capt. Smith W. Ray, formerly of
Jeffersonville, who has been for more
than a year in service in France with
the Forty-first Division, has landed
in New York, and will be home in a
few days.
Dr. Ray enlisted in December, 1917,
He was commissioned first lieuetnant
and who later promoted to captain.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ¢ o 9 A Clear Newspaper for Southern Homes .y WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919.
COMMITTEE SENDS BILL
ON CAPITAL TO HOUSE
| A
ithv pleasure of the Legislature to let
Ithom do it.
[ "The capitol always has been a sidq
jssue to Atlanta, Atlanta as a town
is so absorbing that when the legis
lators come here they éan not do their
work. [ don't and nobody else does.
1 believe that in justice to the people’
they should be allowed to vote
‘upon it."
’ Mayor Key was announced by
| Chairman l!ulg-q;n be the first speaker
for Atlanta, he mayor opened by
‘gtating that the ecitizens of Georgla
are as deeply interested in the ques
tion as are Macon and Atlanta, and
stated that he would not concede that
it 4s merely a fight between those
two places.
Mavor Key answered the argu
ments that Macon is the center of the
State by declaring that only geo
graphically is that true,
“The truth is that Atlanta is the
center of the State’s activities,” "he
said. “Our postoffice receipts are
more than Montgomery, Birmingham
and Mobile combined and almost
equal to all the rest of the State. The
bank clearings of Atlanta amount to
between $50,000,000 and $60,000,000 a
week, more than all the State. The
railroad nfanagement, travel and
transportation center is in this city.
I am giving these just to furnish an
idea of all the things that Atlanta is
the real center of,
. “There has been no good moral
[ redson why the capital should be
‘moved from Atlanta. The peoplc of
Atlanta are attached to the capitol
and all its departments,
FIRST CAPITOL HERE.
“The first capitol was put here in
1868. Atlanta gave $138,000 in bonds
for the erection of the new capitol,
but when this new building was about
to begin it was found that there was
a mortgage upon the old proper.y in
Milledgeville, 1t was on the copsld
eration that Atlanta would pay off
that debt that the Legislature agreed
to make her the permanent location
of the capitol. We paid $79,233 to
gettle that debt, and it was turned
over to the State free of charge. The
State sold the old property and the
money was put into the treasury.
Atlanta made the proposition that it
would give ten acres of land or the
site of the old City Hall, and it is that
gite that the present capitol of Geor
gia is now standing. Atlanta has kept
the faith.
“And now we are confronted with a
proposition to keep Atlanta’s money
and keep her land without any reim
bursement. If it were a fight between
individuals there is not a court of
equity in the world that would not
enjoin the proceedings.” A
In furthering the arguments ad
vanced by Atlanta advocates, Colanel
H. H. Dean stated that no city or
county can issue bonds or tax its
citizens for the purpose of bullding
a new capitol. He declared the is
suance of $1,000,000 in bonds, as pro
posed in the bill, would be unconsti
tutional and cited article 7, section 6,
paragraph 1 of the constitution of
1877, which says:
“Restrictions on counties and cities.
The General Assembly shall not au
thorize any county, municipality, eor
poration or political division of this
State to become a stockholder in any
company, corporation or association,
or to appropriate or to loan its credit
to any corporation, company, aBBO
- Institution or individual ex
cept for purely charitable purposes.
This restriction shall not operate to
prevent the support of schools by mu
nicipal corporations within their re
spective limits: Provided, that if any
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After that, the price will be e
10c each — and they will be m
good value even at ten cents. Nz " s
MEN'’S
We will sell the regular 10c grade for the next three days 6‘
at less than the same goods can be bought at wholesale today
This price is so low we will have to limit the amount any one customer can
buy—in order to protect ourselves against dealers. Other retailers can’t buy
these goods at this sale price at wholesale—and they will tell you so, if they are
not afraid to acknowledge our supremacy. .
These are perfeet handkerchiefs, clean, fresh, and new, made of a fine, soft-finish
material in full size and neatly hemstitched; they are all white and positively worth
10¢. Every one guaranteed, so buy the limit
Mail orders filled when accompanied by money order.
The Globe pays parcel post charges
Limit 6to a customer. None to dealers
189 WHITEHALL 'ST. ATLANTA.'
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municipal corporation shall offer to
the State any property for locating
or building a capitol and the State
accepts such offer, the corporation
may comply with such offer.”
CALLED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Colenel Dean then pointed out that
the bill as proposed provides for three
amendments to the constitution and
added that this, in itself, is uncon
stitutional, in that three clauses can
not be repealed under one provision
without direct gpecification, and that
in addition, the General Assembly,
under the act quoted above, would
not have the authority to order Bibb
County to issue bonds to pay for
building the capitol if that county
chose not to live up to its promise.
Colonel Dean was followed by Mr,
Pottle, who malintained the constitu
tion does not make Atlanta the capi
tal permanently, but provides that
she shall retain it until changed by
authority -of the Legislature and the
people,
“The people composing the consti
tutional convention had no right to
bind Georgia to retain Atlanta as the
permanent capital and if Atlanta paid
i"”' her money under that impression
ghe must have known that it was un
constitutional,” said Mr, Pottle.
“Atlanta has grown Llch and fat
from the people of the State, and it
is safe to say that she has got more
out of the capitol than it ever has
cost her,
“This is no war on Atlanta, but we
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—NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT
' FOR ANY PARTICULAR CIGARETTE
: ~lt may even make you like
your Pm a’gareae better
rmalnmin that the people of the State
have a right to say where the capi
}tul shall be, as it belongs to them,
And any ‘'munfeipality ‘that wants to
give property to the State for a cap
itol site has a perfect right to do so.
“The -State will not be out one
copper, if the present site of the
capitol is sold for $1,500,000 and that
money put on the State debt, she
can spend $5,000,000 more for the
building of a capitol and mansion, It
will not cost any mbre to the State
to move the capitol and have every
thing new than to attempt to make
repairs on the present structure,”
LOVEJOY SPEAKS.
Hatton Lovejoy: declared it. would
be unfair for the State to keep the
property given it by Atlanta and still
consider void the agreement under
which this city was given the capi
tal. Mr, Lovejoy pointed out that it
is much mofe convenient to come to
Atlanta than go to Macon.
Mr. Oglesby said that nine out of
every ten people that come to the
northern part of the State come to
Atlanta, and added that the east and
people all over Georgia are repre
sented here more than any other
| point.
R. B. Blagkburn admitted that the
Legislature has the right to submit
any question to the people that it
may see fit, but added that such ac
tion should not be taken without
careful consideration,
“It would be a vicious exercise of
legislative power for the Legislature
to submit to the people any such
question, There is no reason for the
change, excepting Macon's whim for
it. The issue may be dodged now, but
when the people vote it will be either
for or against Atlanta or Macon, and
llt will create a fuctional feeling and
infliet a wound that will require many
vears to heal. You will be answering
a whim when you submijt the ques
tion to a vote,
“You are preparing to take away
from Atlanta and the State something
that it took many years to consttuct,l
Are you willing to believe it is good
political policy for the people of
Georgia to be burdened with an ad
ditional tax of $5,000,000? 1 ask you
to vote down this measure that
threatens the peace of the State.”
GRICE IN REPLY.
Mr. Grice replied to Colonel Dean
by stating that it is not necessary
to speeify .all articles of the consti
tution that any bill seeks to amend.
“Giovernor Dorsey has said himself
that the State must build a new eap
itol and mansion, and the amount of
fered by Macon at least will give to
vou what you have now. The people
of the State want to vote on the
measure, .and it is nothing but right
that they be allowed to,
“Rifty-seven county papers were
asked how they stood on the question
and all but seven are in favor of
submitting it to a vote of the people.
The city of Macon has offered the
State sixteen acres of lahd, and bound
itself to vote $1,000,000 in bonds.
“Kventually the State is goiag to
erect a new building and a new man
sion. Why not now? And befere we
start about erecting them, the peo
ple should be given the right to say
where they want these new buildings
located.”
Eugene Black Sure
Removal Is Beaten '
Fugene R. Black of the cltizen‘s|
committee of Atlanta, leading the|
fight against capital removal, stated,
following the hearing Tuesday after
noon, that he is confident now that
the bill, as put up by Bibb's sympa
thizers, will be defeated on the 'floor
of both the House and Senate,
“We can now state absolutely to
the people of Georgla that the eapi
tal will not be moved,” saild Mr
Black, !
Our committee appreciates the
patient hearing given us by the
Senate and House committees and
the able manner in which the hear
ings were conducted by the chair
men of these two committees, We
feel that the speakers for Georgia
and Atlanta presented the argu
ments against the proposed bill in
an unanswerable manner and that
Georgia and Atlanta owe a debt of
gratitude for this service. The facts
presented by them for their State
made a deep impression upon the
audience and undoubtedly had a
fine effect upon the committees and
~ the large number of senators and
- representatives present,
; Upon those arguments we will
Men and Women—
in Atlanta and elsewhere who have good business judgment are join
ing the Lanham Cotton Cultivator Company and will be sharers in the
big success which is coming to that enterprise.
They have learned of the numerous Atlanta business men of
high standing, of reputation for sound business principles, who have
made substantial investments in this enterprise, and have made up
their minds to join their fortunes with them. It is not often that the
general public has such an opportunity to profit by the example and
judgment of successful men like these. It is easy for them to inquire
for themselves, too, for the “inside” of the company's affairs is open
to everyone. They can readily learn all there is to know, for every
thing is above-board.
Large investments are not required, for the stock of the Lanham
Cotton Cultivator Company is offered in blocks of ten shares at
$12.50 the share. :
" The investments already made give us assurance that the entire
stock issue would soon be sold even though we never used another
advertisement. But time is of the utmost importance to us now.
The financing of this company must be completed rapidly in order
that we may build our manufacturing plant and turn all our attention
to our real business—the manufacture and sale of the Lanham cotton
chopper-cultivator in time to put thousands into the cotton fields next
spring. _
' We are now making a decision on the choice of a manufacturing
site. Ground will be broken very soon. That is why we are pressing
the offer of this opportunity for an investment that gives every prom
ise of large returns.
The success which has met this company in the beginning of its
financing campaign has inspired the officers and stockholders with .
confidence, but it has not caused them to lose sight of their responsi
bility to their fellow-investors and the public. They realize that a very
great enterprise is in their hands and they are filled with the one desire
to carry it forward to the success which such a great work deserves.
Time, as we said is precious. Precious to us because we begin
building our factory very shortly and must have big money in hand
for big operations, precious to you if you are considering an invest
ment in this enterprise yet hesitating to make a decision. g
§ Thetime toact is—now! &
L otton Cultivator Compan,
anham Cotton Cultivator Company
EMPIRE BUILDING Phone lvy 3817 ATLANTA, GA.
OFFICERS
CALVIN TICHENOR H. W. BROWN W. J. WARD
President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer
DIRECTORS
H. W. BROWN ST. ELMO MASSENGALE
Vice President M. G. Hastings Co. President Massengale Advertising Agency
ERWIN C. CATTS JOHN W. STEWART
Mechanical Engineer Atlanta, Ga.
BERNARD C. BROYLES CALVIN TICHENOR
Sales Manager President
GEORGIAN DOLLAR DAY
Wednesday July 23
ingly base the case for Georgia and
Atlanta.
We are especially glad that no
personalities were engaged in by
either side. The high character of
the speakers on both sides was
guarantee in advance of a dignified
debate.
While we regret that the commit
tee by majority yotes approved the
bills we were pot surprised at this
action. Our information led us to
antleipate it. The substantial mi
norities in each committee show
that the arguments for Georgia and
Atlanta made inroads upon the vote
anticipated by our opponents. The
vote in the Senate and the House
will be distinctly disappointing to
Macon. ‘The bills will not receive
the necessary vote in either the
House or the Senate. Our strength
in both houses has grown eaech day
since the Legislature met and we
ecan now state absolutely to the
people of Georgia that their capital
will not be removed.
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day’s American for
Announcement of
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