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SETTLE CAPSTOL LOCATION
BY VOTE, ONCE AND FOR ALL
Even Those Opposed To Removal Are Anxious To See
The Agitation Ended In The Only Way Possible —
By A Vote Os The People.
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ATLANTA, GA —There wUI be
Introduced in the Georgia Leffis
lature a bill to bring the “Cap-
Koi Removal’* issue to a final con
clusion by submitting the qups
tion to a vote of the people at the
next gener; I election, as is pro
vided in an ordinance of the last
constitutional convention.
The measure has the support
both of high officials of the state
who are opposed to removal of the
capital from Atlanta and of those
who are in favor of its removal.
The purpose of the legislation is
to bring to a definite conclusion
an issue which has growing
over the state the past eight, or
ten years—to end it one way or
the other, in the only way it can
be definitely ended
Advocates nf the measure to
submit the question to tlje peo
ple for their verdict say that the
support already backing the leg- I
{station in both branches is in
excess of the required two-thirds
vote in each branch of the as
sembly, and that the hill will be
passed and gotten out of the way
of other big legislation somewhat
before the middle of the session
Some of the strongest men in the
state against moving the capitol
from Atlanta are hacking the bill
to submit it to the people, while
some of the strongest mon for its
• removal to Macon are, also, seek
ing to end the issue by popular I
vote.
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Atlanta, Ga.—The people of the state
of Georgia will finally settle, one wav
or the other, at the next general election,
the capitol removal issue.
It is to be definitely determined at that
time whether the capitol is to remain
in Atlanta and the necessary improve
ments and enlargements are to be made
here, or an adequate and fitting new
capitol building and governor’s mansion
are to be provided in Macon, in the cen
ter of the state.
The Georgia Legislature at this ses
sion will pass a bill, not as a great
many people have seemed to believe. t<»
“move the capitol,” but to submit the
question to a vote of the penpin for their
determination.
A canvass of the state, county by coun
ty, has just boon completed and it is
found that, generally speaking, the peopb
and the statesmen are of one mind nn
the subject: they are in accord with
the opinion expressed bv Governor Dor
sey some months ago: That the contin
ued unsettlement nf the “Qnnito! removal
issue” has become a bar and liam’ica>•
on the state’s business in mor*' ways
than one. and the time has come tn
“end the agitation” by putting it up tn
the people to render a final verdict at the
ballot box and bring the thing to a
close.
There are members of both houses
who will support the measure this y“ir
to submit the issue to a vote of the peo
ple, and who. when it is submitted, will
stand firmly in opposition to removal of
the capitol from the city of Atlanta
Among them am some who will return
to their homes and. In the campaign be-
Sj ,fore the people on the direct issue, will
seek to carrv their county against it
but they frankly occupy the position of
desiring the issue brought to Its final
end at the earliest possible time, and
admit their conviction that there is no
other, as well as no more proper or
conclusive, manner of ending it
Lav/ Says People Must Vote
Tn no few localities in the state It
has been found the belief exists that the
location of the State capitol is fixed by
the state constitution. Tn other iocall
lien _. though these have been found to
he but fe\y th“re Is entertained some
idea that the state legislature has the
authority to fix the location of th*- rapi
tnl. and has passed upon the question
Neither idea Is correct
The sole authority for future deter
minAtion of the question of the capitol.
pfter the adoption of the convention or
dinance has been by a vote of the peo
ple of the state
Tn the light of those facts, gentlemen
of both branches of the 1919-20 .legis
lature. representing both factions —those
desirous of placing the capitol in the
center of the state, and those opposed
to any change from the present location
—have announced thems—lv»s in favor
and support of the provision made by ‘ m
constitutional convention last hdd I .u\v
recognize. as does the present state ad
ministration. that the i- ■ t’e is one w m-.i
must, be speedily brought to a conclusion,
and they stand for making the required
legal arrangements to reach that con
clusion this year
State-wide political issues ordinarily
go directly to the people. without any
necessity for mooting h‘g"l technicality
This issue, however, is not. of the or
dinary variety. Its final settlement can
come through no other legal moans tn;m
action on the part of the state legisla
ture submitting it to a popular vote.
That government founded on the enn
sent of those governed is the only firm
and substantial kind.
Why the Issue Needs to Be Settled
For ten years there has been constant
ly growing an agitation for removal of
the state capitol to a location nearer
the center of Georgia. At the time 01
Its origin it was treated lightly, ami
ten years ago was probably not an is
sue of st .to-wide Importance Devel
opment in that space of time of the
wonderful wilderness and wild-land south
ern portion of Georgia into the greatest
farming, trucking and fruit growing sec
tion of the south ast added such impe
tus to the desire for central location
of the state government that it attained
the scope of a big and broad , state issue
several years ago. Four years ago rep
resentatives of a majority of the coun
ties in the state committed themselves,
not to a movement to remove the capi
tol from Atlanta io Macon, but to the
proposition that this issue is of such
size and importance it. must be passed
upon and determined by the voting pop
ulation of Georgia as s whole.
The magnitude which it has, or al
ready had at that time, reached manifest
ed itself several years ago in the Geor
gia Legislawre when efforts wore made
to make disposition of the old and di
lapidated house used since 872 as a
“governor’s mansion.” a piece of prop, ,
ertv acquired by the state from Mr
John H. James, of Atlanta, at a cost •
1n that day of slo9,oor> worth of seven I
per cent Georgia bonds. "Cap;lol re
moval” prevented action then on the
ground that “the people must settle the
Issue by vote first.”
Subsequently, or about three rears ago.
efforts were made in the Log slature to
have the state purchase from the Jack
son estate real estate in juxtaposition to
the present capitol property, for the
purpose of erecting an annex building
In order that, the present building, then
overflowing, might he relieved to some
extent of the pressure upon Its increas
ing inadequacy. That effort met the j
same tate. “Capitol removal” prevented
action until the people should be allowed
to vote on the issue.
The effort to negotiate a sal* 1 of the
present mansion property and purchasei
more suitable property upon which to;
erect a new mansion suffered the same :
experience. They all have been blocked
by the “capitol removal issue.”
Must Have More Room
Neartv three years ago Governor Har
ris on his own ‘responsibility, and in or
d*-r to m?.ke room in the state capitol
for the new members of the state court
xf appeals rented, in the name of the
state, ami at a very substantial rental—
’ residence building
?he ,h< l, ca l> i ’° l in which to house
, r „ R .,-‘ a . HHhtary department. The con
un‘,l ,n t,le capitol had to be relieved
it At fi* Waß no other way to relievo
; n ‘ .i » time it was said this build-
", jR ’, affr,rd ample room for the
nthtaij department and several com
the .- rw ”l ,s for thp Legislature. (By
>rF^ y ’ rh " r ® ls no sueh thing in the
„ s ,, nt capitol as a legislative commit
t trv P 1 !? 1 a - n - v kind.) When the mill
,.‘ n i . PST:, b.ishnient moved in it required,
hulldin n^ 5V ÜBlns ‘’ the entire residence
t’ M| Or »i rccf * n tly. when the legislature cre
state department of archives,
’ .P n J, came to classify and re
?nund !* r £ cords of the state, it was
1,. , 'Partnumt had nowhere to
' , V H ' ro has had to be erected
ILA,® lobby on the ton floor of the
L h A.*"’ s eries of stalls and shelves
open* th, '* se records are stored in the
, J? 1 the Past few months the unsani-
P, •' and cooßcsted condition of the
under the capitol became such
. state health department, which
’; ni ’ scd there for years, had to
, . ' e provide a place for them
. on his own resnonsl
,i mother residence building
J ie Jack,' n > roperty which th ■ Legis
!H t o twice refused to buy—and
I s wriolly devoted to the use of this*
one department.
A portion of the state agricultural de-
P* r n . l had to be transferred from
.. . info the» basement of the
■H.iol building because of lack of other
o cornmodaHons and. when the state bu
-2" 1 , ~J l,,: ! , 'kcts was created rind offices
) required, it became necessary to
,1 aad t<‘« r out. one of the tol-
.• . <m tne first floor, overhaul that space
■u make of it an office for the state
•director.
there is not one legislative
mmittce room In the entire building,
I ’’’V* sufficient ro m for the appelate
i.'u'i i s ' r . ee !. n at least one Instance a
/ ,oor ’’ iC has had to be run in half
way down from the celling in one of the
rooms, in order to make it into two
rooms.
Why the Governor Says Settle It
Hiesf- are the conditions at the capitol
as they stand today
ni 9’i fCf ’on there is an even worse
of affairs. During the adminis
t ' Ot <*overnor Harris, and his oc
-7n y ?£ h« mansion, tts unsanitary
an dilapidated condition caused him to
' nfr f. om P ,a *nt to the Legislature, and
itort then was made to make other pro
b ” f tb e effort was stalled by
. 711 i ' cmoval’’ as an Issue to be
settled first.
L,in( winter, during Governor Dorsey’s
s of the mansion -he is still 11 v-
n i e b 7 au se the state provides no
) where else for him to live -physical and
1 ‘V conditions at the mansion grew
i'. The plastering fell from the
i n? i’ ’ 1P v ' ater Pipes froze and burst:
i mo house was uncomfortable and wholly
? unsatisfactory.
Tow.ird the end nf last year Governor
' rn; . iflp thG f,at statement
• tn.it the point was reached when “this
'■ i>i>itnl removal Issue must he settled
i on<- v. or the other ” He sMd. as he
has some repeated, that it has become
a handicap, and will remain so until
r i is voted on by the people and gotten
- out of the way: that it is standing in
t the way of development, repair and ex
r pansion of the state’s properties to meet
P’ es «*nK demands.
i While these are probably not his exact
- words, this Is the substance of his com
’ mtnt on the situatiop at that time, and
as it has been minted and repeated bv
< \ a ’ nc *'; an issue that must
• u* , h m U f bt to an end rt appears that
i t will keep coming up and getting in
» the way of every effort to do anything
r about the mansion or an annex to the
capitol until tho people have ended it
Iherefore, it ought to he submitted to
t P eo P’ e as quickly as possible, and
** . are . - c °i To move the capitol
, to Maron, let’s know it and go ahead
and build adequate facilities down there
It they are not going to move it, then
let them untie our hands and let’s go
t ahead and do the things that are neces
sary here.
It is not by any means to be taken for
granted, either, that the governor hasn •
a future interest in what tho people
of the state do on that score for in his
conversation on the subject, he has lel'i
no room for mistake as to his sentiment
and intention. He is an Atlantan and
(quite naturally is opposed to removal ol
the capitol from Atlanta; so much so
. that he has made it known when the vote
on it comes he will go to tho ballot box
. und register by his vote his desire that
. it remain here—hut he has been suf
; ficiently broad not to side-step the is
sue: he has been big enough to say clear
ly that he wants to see it settled, set
' i tied now.
Here Is What Is Needeu
As an outline of what the future con
. templates: There is to be a new man
sion somewhere in or ne r Atlanta, if
the people vote that way. It will likely
. be somewhere in the Druid Hills, and
will be a building comporting with the
dignity of a governor’s mansion. There
must be an annex building sufficiently
large to house the entire department of
' agriculture and its sub-branches; the
• board of health; the state military
department; the state geological depart
ment; the state department of archives
’ and possibly some of the other smaller
j departments. To provide that property
will have to be bought adjoining the pres
ent capitol. on the opposite side of the
’! street, the buildings now thereon will
. i have to be wrecked and a new structure
. must go up. When this is done the pres
. ent capitol needs and will have to have
1 no little rubbing up and repairing.
These are the necessities. 'They are
why the governor has taken the demo
cratic view he holds in respect to ter
; mlnation of the issue.
On the other hand, if the people vote
to move the capitol to Macon, then pro
vision must be made down there, in a
j manner satisfactory to the people of the
1 state, for the erection of a handsome
G(Yorgia marble state building sufficiently
large to meet all those requirements the
present capitol doesn’t meet now and for
the future, and a suitable mansion for
the governor will have to be provided
Those, however, are the things which
' the two factions will have to present
1 to the satisfaction of the people of the
state when the question is submitted
for a popular vote. It will be then that
the comparative advantages to the state
will have to be drawn and the business
trade with the people of Georgia will
‘ have to be made.
In middle and north Georgia there are
state officials who have been corisuit
led, met' familiar with the situation as 1
[it exists and with the status of the
state’s property here and the hopeless
ness of improving it until there is a
popular vote, who view the situation in
the identical light as does the governor
’■ —that the issue must be settled and the
handicap removed, one way or the other
.so that the state may move forward. ’
Only One Legislative Point
’ Insofar as the state legislature jg con
' cemed, there is bdt one point to be cov
' ered: Is there an issue involved?
' The highest constituted body in state
government has fixed the manner of
disposing of such an issue, when the
■’constitutional convention said by ordi
■ nance it must be settled by the people,
if in future (after the sitting of that
convention) the location of the capitol
ishould be brought into issue. The con
‘ J vention did not say, nor can the state leg
: islature say, that the capitol must be
’ 1 moved, or must stay where it is. The
j people of Georgia are sole judges of
1 ’ that. What they say at the next gen
eral election is the verdict under which
the stale must proceed. And then im
! proveinents and enlargements can go
on, or a new building can be provided.
I The measure submitting it to the
; people is expected to pass through the
• legislature before the middle of the ses
. sion has been reached.
adv;
Libel For Divorce
( Georgia, Miller County;
To Carey Franklin, greeting;
You are required to appear at the
: next term of the Superior Court of
Miller Comity’ to answer to the com
plaint of Sallie Franklin in an action
for divorce.
Witness the Honorable W. C. Wor
rill, Judge of said court. This Bth day
of July 1919.
J. E. Lane, clerk.
Sheriff Sales.
Georgia. Miller County:
Will be sold before the Court House
door in the City of Colquitt, said coun
ty. on the first Tuesday in Sept, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
One black horse about 4 years old.
with star in face. Said property sold
under and by virtue of a mortgage
- foreclosure, issued from the City Court
of said county, in favor of Wade and
Miller, against B. C. Middleton, and
found ,n the possession of W. E. Lane.
C. H. Kimbrel, Sheriff.
Georgia. Miller County:
Will be sold before the court house
door in said county within the legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesday in
Sept. 1919, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described property,
towit:
One Oldsmobile, 7 passenger automo
bile. Motor No. X 101516. Car No. 1368-
54.
Sold under and by virtue of a mort
gage foreclosure issued from the Su
perior Court of said County in favor of
the Southern Oldsmobile Co. against
Mrs. Annie Baker Executrix of the
Estate of Geo. D. Baker, deceased, and
found in her possession.
This August sth. 1919.
0. R. KIMBREL,
Sheriff.
Georgia, Miller County;
Will be sold before the court house
ddor of said county on the first Tuesday
in Sept, between the legal hours of
sale to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property to-wit:
One black mare mule about 12 years
old named Pet, same being the mule
bought by J. 1. Spooner of J. A, Sto
baugh. also five head of stock cattie not
marked. Said property sold under and
by virtue of an execution issued from
the city court of said county in favor of
J, A. Stobaugh against J. I. Spooner,
W. W. Mock, and J. V Bean.
Said property levied on as the pro
perty of J. V, Bean and found in his
possession. This the 4th day of Aug.
1919. Levy made by Jesse Gilbert,
and returned to me,
C. 11. Kimbrel, Sheriff.
Georgia, Miller County:
W ill be sold before the court house
door of said county on the firstTuesday
in Sept, the following described pro
perty to-wit;
One house and lot in the town of Boy
kin Georgia, same being the place
where C. F. Andrews now resides and
being on lot of land No. 64 in the 13th.
Bist, of Miller county, Ga. Levied on
under and by virtue of a City Court
fifain favor of the First National Bank
of Colquitt and against the said C. F.
Andrews.
This the Ist day of August, 1919.
C. H. Kimbrel, Sheriff.
For Tax Collector.
To the voters of Miller County:
1 take this method of placing
my candidacy for the office of tax
collector before the qualified voters
of Miller county, subject to the
democratic! primary to be held
next year. If elr cted 1 promise t<
faithfully discharge the duties of
this important office to the very
best of my ability. Your support
and influence will certainly be ap
pneiated.
Faithfully yours,
G. W. COOK.
For Sheriff.
To the voters of Miller County:
1 hereby annonn''e myself as a
candidate for the oflice of sheriff
e
f of Miller county, subject to the
. democratic primary to be held
it next year. If elected I promise to
faithfully discharge the duties of
the office without fear, favor or
affection to any person, whatsoever.
1 will appreciate your support and
influence.
Sincerely yours,
J A. PH ILLIPS.
For Tax Receiver.
- To the voters of Miller county:
I‘hereby announce myself a can-,
didate for the office of ta:. receiver
l subject tjo the action of the Demo
e cfafic white primary.
t It may be a little premature to
1 make my announcement nt such
1 an early date, but 1 feel that I
’ should let the people know my in
’ tentions, that they may have sulli
cient time to give a full and com-.
e plete thought to my claim.
I As the most, of the citizens know.
i I wes born and raised in thi
r county, my parents died when 1
’ quite young, I am, at this time,
having to support and raise some
of my brother’s, B. B. Roberts’,
cbildien
I also feel that lam fully cont-
- potent to take care of the office and
1 its interests to the people, and if
f you will give me your support,and
t*
elect me, you will never have occn
aion to regret it.
Yours to serve,
■ ' J. GORDON ROBERTS.
Community News.
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y
f We are yet having some very
1 bad weather. Nothing these doe
days except rain. We’d appreci
s
ate a few days of sun shine, I
. think the farmers would be es
t pecially glad.
1
, There wasn’t so many young
r folks out riding Sunday afternooi
• I think the rain was ahead of them
Air. and Mrs. W. M, Hayes and
< children spent Sunday with then
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
’ Knight.
Mr. Dostor Hayes spent Frioax
night with hie friend Mr. Gordoi
AicGlutnory.
’ Messrs Tom and Howard Hayts
gave their best girls a call Sunday
Mrs. W. M. Lfayes visited Mrs
■ W. D McGlamory Suud y.
1
xMr. Dread Hayes who has been
j out near Jakin visiting his broth
l er has returned and reports a pleas
‘ ant time.
Mr. W. D. McGlamory and
daughter, Mattie, attended services
at Oak Grove church Sunday, and
the pastor accompanied t'lem
home.
The Union Meeting will begin
at Cedar Springs Free ill Bap
list church the last Friday in this
. month and will last until Sunday
Dinner on the ground Saturday
! and Baptizing Sunday morning at
, 9;30. Every body is invited.
“Snow Ball.”
G 66 cures headaches, billions
ness, loss of appetite, or that tireo I
aching feeling, due to malaria wr
colds. Fine tonic.
FOLEY KIDNEY PHIS
*OB BACKACHE KIDNEYS ANO BLAU BE*
“HIDES WANTED.”
Green Hides, 25c>. per pound. Dry salt
‘ and flint hides also bought at highest
cash price.
! 1 . .
I. B. JONES,
at Pate’s Store Colquitt, Georgia.
NOTICE
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We have just received a complete
Line
Ford Parts
As An Accommadation To
Ford Owners.
Remember V/c Carry the Most
Complete Line of Tires and
Tubes and Accessories
In Town
Anything you want for your car
We have it. If not, we will
Be pleased to get it for
You.
CALL ON US.
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