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Governor Sets Up Dictatorship
and Takes Over State Treasury
Guural Hirraon and I I >-»
Hamilton Forced Old i—OC3I V—OmmefltS
tral William 3. Harrison were oust-
ed from their offices. Both had re-
fused to honor a warrant for $139-
000 which Governor Talmadge hrd
drawn c.n 1936 funds on favor of
i the State Board of Control which
, has charge of the eleemosynary in
stitutions. chief dt which is located
| at Milledgeville. The two official!
j had contended, that in the absence
{of a state appropriations bill, no 1936,1
icvenues could be removed
Comptroller General Harrison and
1 Tre.
of Office by Guardsmen.
The Atlanta constitution of Sun-
(By The Associated Pressi cay in a special column mentioned
„ . , the graduates of the class of 1911 of
! wuhout umfonns or bayonet,. E„.. ory College. .Among them were
Rational Guarcoinen earned cut M . c’trriK D. Bounell. who is now
, Governor Eugene Talmadges orders his home m m is city. He is
the week .mdS^eTrettsurerCearge,. r for Mr L N JordaB .
B. Hamilton and Comptroller Ger.- . , „ . , „
,..=t wn,i_ O „ ...„ ; lt>caI manager of the Chevrolet Auto-
mobile Co. He is making Milledge
ville a good citizen, and is quiet and
unassuming in his manner, and is
recognized as an efficient and pains- ■
taking bookkeeper. During their I
residence in this city, he and Mrs.'
Bonne!!, whe before her marriage'
s , was Miss Verdie Bingham, of At- j
* lanta. have made many friends here !
Among others cf the class mentioned ‘
Prof Geo S. Roach, former j
president of G. M. C
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.. . , pres.dent of G. M. C.. now dean cf I
«»JrT e r P \. H,hn “.a»«r>- Junior and Rev. H. H. Jones I
j fixed by law and contmume appro-, Hd „ r o{ ^ ^
pnations. They pointed to the state
constitutional provision which pro
vides no money can be withdrawn •
i except upon an appropriation fixed '^ le recent primary in Baldwin f
, by law. Governor Talmadge has con- county brought out few voters a< •
: stenly refused to call an extra ses- none lke candidates had opposi- i
sion of the general assembly to pass tion - A11 01 11,6 candidates nominat- !
an appropriations bill—something cd were Present office holders, with
which the 1935 legislature failed ta, 1 * 1 * exception of Mr. W. L. Harri-•
do before it adjourned. , : 5on - who was 8 candidate to succeed !
Into the offices vacated by Ham- i Sheriff W J ' Havmc - '• vho did “>*j
ilton and Harrison went two Tal- i offe - r for re-elecUon- A. new pace was '
madge appointees. G. B. Carraker ' vrit ' (n * n Politic of Baldwin,
of Atlanta as Comptroller General coun, - v - “
and J. B. (Tobe) Daniel of LaG’-ange The Pec*ple of Baldwin county g
as Treasurer. Observers quickly' deeply sympathise with Judge Jas
brought the $200,000 bond of Daniel B Park on account of the death of
into question. The company upon! k * 5 wife, which occurred Tuesday,
which it was written—the Western' February 18th. She was the life
Casualty and Surety Company o' companion of Judge Park for more
Fort Scott, Kan..—was capitalized■ the ' 1 hal * a century, and during
for only $750,000, they said and lhese years was an inspiration and
Hamilton pointed to a State law re- helpmeet to him. and tn**ir devotion
quiring that no surety company may to each other was manifested in a
write a bond for more than 10 per| marked degree. Her death, has come
cent of its capitalization. j a s a Rreat sorrow and bereavement
Upon taking office. Daniel found *° ^ ud ® e P'at'fc. who is held in the
the safe was locked and the timei^ 8 * 1 ” 1 esteem hr the /people
lock fixed for 80 hours—the maxi- throu * hout « Ocmulgee Circuit.
mum. He also found all desks and
cabinets locked. A locksmith was
brought in to open them.
As the week continued, echoes of
the removals sounded in various
quarters, with Hamilton and Harri
son contending they were removed
illegally and the Tamadge forces
lining up behind the new offices to
unscramble the financial affairs of
the Government under the chief ex
ecutive’s “Dictatorship’’ that began
Jan. 1.
FUNDS ROLL IN—
Shortly after the new officials
took office more than half a mil
lion dollars sped into the treasury,
chiefly from Paul Doyal of the State
Revenue Commission who turned in
$460,000. it was learned that Hamil
ton had placed all money held by i
him as State Treasure in an Atlanta j WALTERS DIES AT
bank and put all bonds held as se- J HOSPITAL HERE
curity in the Federal Reserve Bank.
Up to and durine the period of Mr ’ John B1<,dsoe Walters, form-
the ousters the Governor maintained erly °* Lancasler and Cho™n. S. C.,
the silence as to his course and died al a local hos P itaI Sunday
morning.
Mr. Walters was for many years
in the mercantile business in Cheron
and in recent years was general
sales manager for the Cudahy Pack
ing Co. He was a member of the
Methodist church. Masons. Knights
of Pythias and Wodmen of the
World. Funeral services were held
at Moore'# Funeral Home on Monday
in Grif-
Judge and Mrs. B. C. Ward will
l Saturday, Feb., 29th, pass the
sixtieth anniversary of their mar- 1
mriage. They are descendants of
Butts and Jasper counties prominent
ami bellum families, and came here
from Butts county a number of years
ago. Judge'Ward is the only sur-
iving Confederate Veteran, and one
of the three livirg members of
Camp George Dries. He is Justice
of the Peace of the 3,0th District,
and is active in the -ifiTairs of the
county. The Union-Recorder joins
the many friends in extending con
gratulations. and best wishes that
their remaining years may be filled
with the richest blessings of a kind
and benevolent providence.
reasons that has marked his “Dicta
torship" from the beginning. First
■ indication of his intentions came
|with a proclamation in which he at
tempted to revive balances trimmed
| off the appropriations of 1932. 1933.
j 1934 and 1935 by the Revenue Com-
and ordered funds for the
departments this year should not ex
ceed the 1935 appropriations. It was,
at that point that the treasurer and rriorn * n ^ and interment was
comptroller General defied him.
Under the Georgia law the Gov-
mav remove the Treasurer and
Comptroller General under certain
and state his reasons
such removal to the next Gen
era! Assembly.
HATCHED IN WASHINGTON—
Governor Talmadge later charged
the plan rot to pass a
tions bill was “Hatched
ton" two weeks before
Legislature adjourned.
Talmadge. added was to “force and
session." He said
pointed committee from the house
a trip to Washington at the
time.
Mr. Walters is survived by his
wife. who was Miss Mvrtis West, of .
Milledgeville and a son. W. B. Walt- !
ers. of Jamestown, N. Dak
CONSULTS SOIJC ITOR—
Late last week, as the ouster of
Hamilton was brewing, that official
held conferences with Solicitor Gen
eral Boykin of the Atlanta circuit
of Superior Court, during which it
was reported he asked legal action
against commissioner of agriculturi
Tom Linder ard Charles Stewart
Naval Stores Inspector, for withold
mg funds from the treasury—thi
^ame funds, observers said, as wen
■ater turned in to the Talmadge ap
pointees.
> illness with flu. Rev. W.
pproprja- r yy.-dd v . as una b] e to p reac h at
h io« i ntpelur and Hardwick °n last
mt .. Sunday and Mr. Joe Moore preach-
plan ’ ed at these services for him.
Mr Moore’s talks were greatly en
joyed by large congregations at
both churches. Rev. Budd will fill
his regular appointments <m next
Sunday.
FOR SALE—Ixit and gin fertilizer.
Special price for tlie whole lot—
('handlers Ginnery.
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MACK TUCKER INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Mr Mack Tucker, student at the
University of Georgia and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harper Tucker, who
make their home near this city, was
pairtfuRy injured Sunday night
\hen the car in which he was riding
ivertuiTied near Athens.
Mr Tucker had been at home for
he week-cru and was returning to
Athens with a number cf frienc%
when the .'.indent happened. Eugene
Barr.es. Decatur Oa. youth who
driving, was killed.
ar.d Mrs. Tucker went to
ns Monday morning. Their son
Plow from
Plr'» Hdw. Co. «> „l| only ..nuto, Irh. v X bnUS “ s
t ...kk ,na ' Mld t-is condition was not
serious.
order issued by Gov. Talrra
(Associated Press Phcto)
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