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"THE DARK HOUR"
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Restrict Law-Making in London
Local authorities In the metropoli
tan district of London are prohibited
trow making bylaws by a police act
•f nearly 70 years ago. All these die
♦Hets arc dealt with by the home ft’
No Tone in Early Plane
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WHEELED COUNTY UaCLE ALAMO, GA. June 30
Scheme to Abolish 99 Counties Bared
Representative HL B. M
; wards, “Economy” M
-1 vocate Seen As Spear
j head of Powerful Forces
! Fighting Funds For Coun
: ties
ATLANTA, ®a.—iSpocUU)—A po-
Utlcal Mr-aaw puule u now b«U*
put together Ln Georgia. Whoa
completed. It wlu reveal the full
picture oi a cleverly laid scheme
to forever abolish St ot tb e State’*
lt» couutles, eventually destroy the
purpose and effect of the county
unit primary system and, with de
struction of the county unit plan,
take away the political power now
held by the rural communities.
Success of tbe scheme depends
on ability ot the counties to get
more revenue from the state,
which is the emy agency that can
levy, distribute and diversity taxes
on a broad basis and raise enough
revenue to save the local com
munities from extinction.
Supporters of the homestead and
personal property tax exemptions
laws knew the counties would
suffer temporar.ly, but their aim
was to relieve real estate and per
sonal property ot local, as well as
States taxes. Intention was then
to follow this up with enactment
of a statewide tax that would be so
widely distributed that it would in
jure no one and send back to the
counties enough mcney to replace
their losses under tax exemptions
sc their public services would not
b e crippled
The Starvation Route
Apparently, those who seek con
solidation of smal counties and
eventual destruction of the county
unit political system feel that M
long as the legislature can be pre
vented from helping tbe counties
financially, brighter becomes the
Chance to wipe many of them out
01 existence. Tbue they believe,
consolidations will follow through
starvation and the strength ot die
-ural communities In state politics
-vlll be transferred gradually to
the cities.
Unfolding of the scheme has
been one ot me most intriguing
series of events that has caught
toe eyes of political observers in
many moons.
Wh v the last serslon ot the leg.
■rlature taied to finance the State
program ot public services, despite I
me overwhelming vote °f the peo
pie. to complete the program on
•hat sole issue has been the cause
i f much speculation ever since the
Legislature adjourned; that is.
.peculation among tl ose who or.
nlnarlly know the Ine and outs of
tne Legislature and the Inside
s.ory of its actions
Baffling Situation
The situation has been most
baffling to analyze. The State
•umlnistration fortes were able to
organize both Houses of the Leg
islature by the ejection of all offi
aers by an overwhelming vote and
tbe appointment ot strategic com.
ml tee chairmanships Why after
the victorious initial organization
or the Aseemoly the Assembly
should fall to follow through with
the administration, especially aftei
tbe program sought to be flnan
ced bad been endorsed three
times in succession by th e peopb
bas been hard to understand. Ami
then why in tbe face of the Legie
lature unanimously passing a re
elution. asking for the schools o
be kept open, they should fall '
pass financing measures has beer
bard to fathom.
I It now develops that th e policy
of tbe sudden appointment of the
Vconomy Committee was dictated
by representatives or largy corpor
mlons In Atlants, and tl^nt the 1».
«S<n behind the whole move t- "
point an Econony Commito
«>> lay the foundation for thr
••lidatfon of counties In the S'
• M to have only sixty cou
ba Georgia. Tbe move was so cl
arty covered until only subsea -
developments a r e enabling c
the keenest political observe
discover ft
It seems strange that a 1
while that two of the three '
papers who had backed the
wr for re-election, ana edl
eargea the completion of h
gpwm, should all if a sudd
their columns Into a cl« ।
•eonomy and devote larg>
■Sies to the work ot one Ie
••mmittee out of more tl
paunmittees of the leglslnt
The report of the econn
snlttee, in which they i
have helpless tbe con-
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I A RESOLUTION 1
I ?roposiri,j to toe qualified vot-.^^
e^s of the State o_f 7®<sr^ia ? __f.or I
fp-AiLLO.at_X_of__FeJ_oction*Jan^. - I
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tier, 1 of Article -XI of tlie- Cori^ --I
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I ctltutloh’ of Tebrria, consolidat- I
| In-' tre counties of tne_ State_ in«. ®
I r. i d:xoy ‘■counties; to provide . I
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of select^ no a county site ang. ,<■
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ments with their lessee from ex
emptions ana in which they recent
' mend against providing any new
>r additonai statewide revenue, it '
dopted will automatically force -
t ot business practically the <
no counties that the designing ,
■p has mind consolidating j
eliminating.
Change Their Tactics
ippears that the Atlanta news- ।
s and the large corporations
other large dallv papers in
d in the «neme at first
ht to push consolidation oi
\s at the last session of the
lure and then decided that
• better to withhold pushing
’ after the economy commit
id lay a better foundation
’’his conclusion is borne out
ig Into the files of the
f state's office and read
dn ion. with statewide
1 introduced by Rep-
11 B. Edwards, of
LOST-2 Sows.l black spotted!
polaud china, marked swallow
fork in right ear; weighs about;)
256 pounts; 1 black sow marked;!]
left ear drop over; weight abouti]
175 pounds; have been missing ।
about 4 weeks. Please notify C. <
M. Webster, Alamo, Ga., and <
receive reward for recovery ofh
same. ]
Montenegro I ost Independence
Although one of the principal ob
jects of the Allies in the World war ;
was to protect the rights of small i
nations, little Montenegro, which ;
fought so valiantly with the victors, i
lost its independence.—Collier’s
Wtiklf.
.Lowndes county. A photostatic |
| reproduction of the original resolu- I
tion and the report of the commit- j
I tee on It, herewith Presented j
| speaks for Itself, it will be noted
thht from the scratched changes
o n th 0 back of the. resolution that
j when it was first Introduced it
was referred to the committee on
constitutional amendments, but Mr.
[ Edwards, evidently afraid to risk
an open hearing l n that commit
tee. by some means had the refer
ence of the resolution changed and.
instead of being referred to the
। Constitutional Amendments Com
mittee, it was referred to the com
mittee of the State of the Republic,
of which Mr. Edwards himself was
chairman It will be anted th; t the
i number oi the resolution has llke
, wise been scratched and changed.
evidently to suit the purpose -f
i getting the resolution away from
the Constitutional Amendments
’ Committee and into the hands of
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the committee on tbe State es the
Republic. [
Edwards’ Faat Work
The fast work with which Mr.
Edwards introduced the resolution
got It away trona the Constitution; I
Amendments Committee and into
the hands of himself, as chairman
of the State ot the Republic Com
mittee, and reported out by him
self, as chairman of the State ot
the Republic Committee, is most
interesting. It will be noted it was
introduced and read ln the house
on March 14, 1939; and that Mr.
Edwards, as chairman of the com
mittee, passing on his own resolu
tion to do away with these coun
ties, had the resolution read the
second time on March 15, 1939. In
two days he had the resolution
introduced, changed from ths |
Constitutional Amendments Com- .
mlttee to his own committee, re- I
numbered, reported out by his own
committee, and r eaa the second
time In preparation for a third
reading any day thereafter and
ripe for passage any day there
after.
While this was fast work and
taking snap judgment on these
counties because certainly, with
the resolution introduced and ths
same day passed ou t by Mr- Ed
wards. as chairman of his own
committee, there was not any op
portunity afforded the counties to
object, evidently the large dallies. 1
the Atlanta Junior Chamber of
Commerce and the big corporations i
were afraid to tackle passing the
resolution until the economy tem- |
mlttee had laid a better foundation
for ft by lea- ing the counties help- ।
less.
It Is Interesting, as a subsequent i
event, to note that the same Rep
reaortative Edwards, who introduc
ed the resolution to consolidate and j
eliminate al! of the counties except !
sixty. Is now being used as the
spearhead forth» fight to ndopt
the economy committee's report
and ogainst additional or new taxes
with which to take care -f these
county governments and flnancs
the state program.
Unfolds Vividly
The whole scheme unfolds so
vividly In the light of these subse- '
quent events that It is easy to un- ■
derstand whv the powerful forces i
of many of the large dallv papers,
the big corporations at d the Junior
Chamber of Commerce ano their
allied interests, could with the
-nrcf-tlly camouflaged design, tin
der the guise of economy and the .
appointment of an economy com
mittee. hrin- about a repudiation j
by the legislature of the expressed
will of the people to complete the 1
"fate program and to fake care ot I
the "ountv governments It Is now .
easy t o understand how those
powerful Influences wm-e able to
bring about a repudiation of Its
own resolution unnnlmo'-s 1 y passed
to ask that tl o schools be kept
open. Special Interests and In
fluences powerful enough tn -ause
the legislature to repudiate Its own
unanimously adopted resolution t
finance the program. Influence*
with the skill and cunn'ng to de
sign so carefully laid nlrts as th*
so-called move and the economy >
committee are not to be treated •
lightly. Influences powerful enough t
to put Representative Edwards In |
such high gear in the handllnc °f a [
resolution to abolish the counties, t
that resulted In the 'ast-footed I
work above mentioned, are not to f
’’o treated lightly. k
Backed By Riche*
In this connection, k is Interest- r
ing to note that the brother cohort F
of Representaive Edwards in th* |<
legislature In f'gbting measures f
| that would help the counties and f,
the schools la Representative Lov- j
ett of Laurens county, millionair* J
1 road contractor. R-.cbes, and power ;
I that accompanies riches, are back
lof this movement, with tbe chief '
' movers counting heavily on their i
ability to misinform tbe people, «
put them to sleep with sweet song* 1
! of economy and tool them into be- I
lieving that taxes hurt the poor j
man who. as a matter ot truth. ;
benefits mor e than anyone by kT A ।
schools. fre e school books, up-to. J
date health measures, pensions for 1
, the old people and dependent chll- £
' dren, not to mention many other
public services. i|
If the people .n tbe small coun- £
> ties can be made to sleep yet aif
> little while longer, this axttlve and I
alert group, backed by million*, i
, will have put through their scheme J
f to freeze out starve out the -oun- j
1 ties and force them to commit po- A
I Utica, suicide by reason of lack ot G,
f revenue t