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Summerville, Ga., Feb. 11, 1909
Representative Bell has intro
duced in the house of represen
tatioe a bill to return to the state
of Georgia the money illegally
collected from cotton taxes dur
ing and just after the civil war-
Georgia's part of this amount,
which the supreme court lias
held was illegally uollected,
amounts to about §11,000,000.
Through the efforts of the Texas
State Farmers’ union a currency
bill will be introduced in the na
tional Congress to provide that
cotton certificates may be used
as basis for the issuance of bank
note currency, the same as may
now be done with government,
state and municipal bonds, as
well as. railroad bonds and other
commercial paper.
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An Atlanta dispatch says, “It
is practically certain that a
strong fight will be made at the
coming session of the general
assembly for a change to biennial
instead of annual sessions of the
legislature. Sentiment in favor
of such a change has almost
crystalized into a general demand
and it is believed that if a consti
tutional amendment providing
it were subruited to the people,
it would be approved overwhelm
ingly.”
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The despised cockleburr bids
fair to become a product of culti
vation. An experiment of mak
ing oil from the weed in a mill
erected for the purpose at Vidalia
La., is said to have proved very
successful, and the farmers in
that section have gone in for its
gathering on a large scale. The
promoters of the plan say the
future may develop a cockleburr
plantation in place of cotton.
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The revenue of the state for
1908 will show an increase of al
most a half million dollars over
1907, according to the report of
State Treasurer R. E. Park,
which is now being prepared.
The exact figures showing the in
carease in the revenue over 1907
are: For 1908, $5,388,278,16, for
1907, $5,814,764.83. The exact
increase is $574 508.33.
The law that tuxes a piece of
property and also the note for
the purchase money is unjust.
I’nder this law, it A buys a piece
of property from B for SI,OOO on
a credit, giving B his note, from
that time forward a tax must
be paid on both the property ami
the note. A pays the tax on the
property and B pays the tax on
the note. A does not own the
place until he pays for it. and tin
til he does pay for it is only in
control of it. That is a double
tax; the property that paid $5
taxes before the purchase by A
now pays $lO. Marietta Journal
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Our Lack of Prosperity.
All these prosperity leagues,
boomer clubs and industrial con
ventions mean that the people
generally are not getting along
well. Men making money do not
spend their time in planning bow
to make money.
Years ago Alexander II Ste
phens said that the rich were
getting richer and the poor poor
er. He was sharply criticised at
the time for making this state
ment, but we see for ourselves
how it is now.
The root of this trouble is in
the people th< mselves. They al
low their governmental expenses
to be unnecessarily and inordi
nately great. They support too
many other people in the shape
of public functionaries, they
meekly submit to the most ex
travagant appropriations, and
then groan over burdens they
imposed on themselves. They
are the w’orst taxed people in the
world, because they are the
most gullible or the most docile
people in the world.
Let us fa Georgia, for instance
At the hot census it had a white
populate n of some 1,200,000,
which population for all practical
purpose is the one that owns
property and bears the burden of
government.
It takes about $1,000,000,000
annually to operate the United
States government, and our
share of it is some $10,000,('00.
Our State government costs
about $1,800,000 annually. Our
county and municipal govern
ments, with the extra educational
taxes levied in various subdi
visions, amount to about the
same, making a grand aggregate
of some $20,000,000. Practically
it is the white adult males of
Georgia who bear the burden,
and these at the last census num
bered 277,496, Deduct the crimi
nal and afflicted classes, and you
have some 250,000 men assessed
SBO a year each for the support of
the multiplied forms of govern
ment under which they live. No
man escapes it. He may not walk
up to the tax office and pay it
visibly, but it comes out of him
all the same. We have $700,000.-
000 of property in Georgia, and
at our present rate of cost of
government in one single genera
tion it will go, and must be made
up, only to go again.
What happens in Georgia oc
curs elsewhere throughout the
country. The cost of government
is so great that prosperity cannot
co-exist with it. Our trouble is
not so much that we cannot make
a living, as that too much, far too
much, is taken away from what
we do make. Augusta Chronicle
The Hall county grand jury
has fouml true bills against W.
Dyer, former oi binary and for
mer chairman of the board of
roads and revenues; I. F. Dun
ean and Jet! D. Whelchel, former
members of the board, for mal
practice in office.
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Ho Kw: V. V/as Found.
A cki ■■ m.iu while going to
church cm* S’ inlay morning lost a
pocketbook containing valuable pa
pers. After the service he made
known hi.- L' .s and saiJ that who
ever found the pocketbook and re
stored it to him would be well re
warded.
An old man immediately rose uu
at the ba k of the church and criea
out:
“It's found, sir!”
“Oh, t’ ink von, thank you, my
man!” said the clergyman. “Have
you got it virh you?”
“No, r.” nn-vered the man,
“but 1 coir- 1 that way myself after
von did. a: 1 it «a n’t there then.”
—London Answers.
Impatient.
“Well, if t! ain't the limit!”
mused the •'ostium as he came
down the sir's of a private resi
dence.
“What’s trouble?” queried
the pas.- ; .» . : <n, who had over
heard the po.-tmans noisy thought.
“W'r.v," explained the man in
gray, “the v omen in that house
says if I don’t come along earlier
she'l • ’ -s from some oth
•r carr; —Ch.caco News.
Milledgeville
Editor News: Your valuable
paper is a welcome guest in our
home, and if you will permit I (
would like to step in and say a
few words to my friends in old
Chattooga about Milledgeville
and its schools.
Milledgeville has a population
of near 9,000 and is located in
Baldwin county near the geo
graphical center of Geergia, and
is noted for its healthful climate,
good schools and churches and
other public institutions.
The sanitarium with 3,360 in
sane people within its walls is lo
cated near here. The Georgia re
formitory for young criminals,
and also the penitentiary togeth
er with the state farm is located
in Baldwin county.
But the school is what I wish to
speak of. The Georgia Normal
and Industrial school for girls
and young ladies, with an atten
dance of 525 girls from most
every county in Georgia and
from other states. It’s one of the
best institutions of learning in
the state. The Georgia military
college with over 500 students is
i fine school.
Any one wishing further infor
mation about the schools can get
a catalogue by writing the presi
dents, Prof. Reynolds of the G.
M. C , Prof. Parks of the G. N.
& I. C.
If this escapes the waste bas
ket I will tell the readers of the
News of my visit to south Geor
gia and its cheap lands,
L. S. Thacker
EDWARDS—TRESCARTES
A very pretty romance which
began in Texas culminated here
when Miss Callie Edwards, a
charming young lady of Teloga,
and Mr. Albert Trescartes, a ris
ing young man of Nevada, were
happily married Thursday, Feb.
4th, D. A. Hemphill officiating.
Miss Edwards became acquaint
ed with Mr. Trescartes in Texas
and when she, with her parents,
came to Georgia he set out for
the distance west to build a home
and fortune having smiled on
him he came to Georgia to wed
the girl of his choice, although so
far from each other they remain
ed true to their first love, and
this pretty romance was ended
when they were happily married
here. Such is the course of
true love.
Mr. Trescartes, with his bride,
left ofr their western home Sat
urday, Feb. 6th.
Mrs. Trescarte’s many friends
wish them joy, happiness and
success in their far western home
The News has just received a
big lot of new stationery. When
you need anything in job print
ing consult us.
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that may develop into pneumonia over
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Trouble In Store For John.
Mrs. Freende Why, what are
you crying about?
Mrs. Newwedde —Well, you know
Jahn is away from home for a week
on business.
“Yes.”
“He writes that he gets out my
photo and k-k-kisses it every day.”
“Well, that's surely nothing for
you to cry about.”
“Yes; it was just for a joke I
took my picture out of his bag be- ;
fore he started and put one of
m-m-mother’s in its place.”—Lon
don Scraps.
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Plan Projected to Make the Use of
Cotton More General.
Atlanta, Ga. —President Chas.
S. Barrett, of the National Farm
' ers’ Union appeals to members of
his organization to promote the
use of cotton by employing it
as bagging and clothing to as
great extent as practicable, in a
letter just issued.
The address is directed to all
the officers and members of the
union and begins with the reques
that at the next meeting all or
ganizations take action looking t<
wards the promotion of the move
ment. He trusts that everything
possible be done to widen the
use of cotton in every direction.
“The Farmers’ Union is on
record as being the first in the
field to work for such exten
sion of the use of the South’s
leading staple crop,” he says.
“Our work from year to year am
at our conventions has tend
ed to promote this idea. There
have been several indications ol
late that responsible organization
of the country are waking up to
the advantage of assisting us in
this regard, and we simply can
not afford to neglect the duty
of pushing this great movement
at this most propitious time.
“Activity is demanded of us
from the fact that source after
source, government department
after government department, as
sociation after association has tak
en steps looking to increasing the
consumption of cotton.
At your next meeting I urge
most earnestly that you request
the local and wholesale merchant
pou patronize to specify that all
commodities they handle in wrap
pers be enclosed in cotton. Os
course there will be some cases
where the substitution is not
praticcable. It is practical in
any number of instances where
no other coverings are used.
“The man from whom you buy
your sugar, your flour, your
meats, your clothing—the major
ity of the every day necessaries
of life—has it in his power to
help on this movement. He c, an
d i so by demanding that the man
ufacturers and jobbers and
wholesaler use cotton wrappings,
wherever possible. You patrom;.
him. Make him assist you. It
is to his interests no levs than
your own.
Visit such men personally,
through strong and influential
committees. You will never ac
complish anything unless you go
after the matter yourselves.
“Efforts, practical and per
sistent, in this direction, can in
erd ase the annual cansumption
of cotton hundreds of thousands
of bales. It can raise the price
a cent or the fractional part oi
a cent every year for good.
“1 draw your attention to the
fact that mills are already manu
facturing for the wrappings of
cotton bales in substitute for jute
“This matter is one of the mos
urgent now before the banners
Union. I believe that the public
ean be educated into the use of
cotton articles in such a fashion
as will ultimately double the pres
ent consumption of the staple.
The suggestions I have outlined
for immediate action will jimit*-*.;*
good beginnjag hi lhai'direction.
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Application for Administ r atioi
T whom it may concern:
S. 11. Johnson, having made ap
plication for permanent adminis- i
tration upon the estate of An an-1
da Johnson, late of said county
notice is hereby given that said ;
application will be heard at the;
regular term of the court of Or
i dinary for said county to be held
on the first Monday in March,
1909.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this Ist day of Febru-'
ary. 1909.
J. P. JOHNSTON. Ordinary. :
Literary Society
The Scab Wright Literary So
ciety met and organized on Sat
urday night, Feb. 6. After a
short talk by Mr. Walter Weaver
Mr. James Owings was elected
temporary chairman; Miss Myr
tle Crain, secretary. Then the
society went into business and
elected the following officers:
C. E. Doster, president; Claude
Palmer, vice president; Miss
Myrtle Crain, secretary.
After the election of officers
the society was named “The Sea
born Wright Literary Society of
Gore, Georgia.”
Trie following committees were
appointed:
The Subject Committee—Tom
Weaver, Miss Maude Crain, Jud
son McCollum.
The Rule and Regulation Com
mittee —Allen Satterfield, Will
McCollum, with the president
and vice president.
The Membership Committee —
T. M. Ballenger, Miss Ciessie
Owens, John McCollum.
Tom Weaver was elected Mar
shal. Then recitations by Will
Patrick and Henry Owings.
With an invitation to everybody
to meet with our society and
school next Saturdaj night at
seven o’clock, the society was
dismissed by Mr. Weaver.
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Soldier Balks Death Plot
It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civ
il war veteran, of Kemp, Texas,
that a plot existed between a
desperate lung trouble and the
grave to eause his death. “I
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that stuck to me, in spite of all
remedies, for years. My weight
ran down to 130 pounds. Then
1 began to use Dr. King’s New
Discovery, which restored my
health completely. I now weigh
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Final return limit March 10, 1909
Passengers must leave Washing
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