Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-07-28
JUDGE JONES WATCH
DOG OF TREASURY
Intends There Shall Not Be
Any Deficiencies.

Atlanta, Ca, July 27.-Georgia has
a new watch dog Of the treasury" in
Iuuse '" +. Jones, chairman of the
mouse committee on appropriations.
Jones OF Meriwether-as the legisla-
lure boys all affectionately term him
is well known about the capital. as
ne VIII be throughout Georgia when
the news of the good work he is doing
gets to percolating through the state
as 1t surely will
wen, the first thing Jones did when
Speaker Holder put him at the head
OF the committee that hands out the
ple" was to get a good paddock on
the treasury, take his seat firmly on
the states strong box and serve no
tlce TO all who were looking for the
good things that there would be
nothing doing this year. And so it
mas been. There will be no gaping
oehclency in the exchequer at the
end of Governor Browns administra-
ton If Jones has any say about it-and
he will.
Really this legislature, thanks to
the appropriation chairman and the
men he has gathered about him, is
displaying more discrimination in it's
handling of the states finances than
any general assembly in recent years.
Those institutions of the state which
really need to be fostered, which have
made a good showing for themselves
and have proved that they were adj
ding to the strength and standing of
the state, have been literally treated.
But no frills, understand There will
be no money this year for institutions
OF problematical character, those
that have failed ''to make good" or
for special attorneys.
The State University, which asked
for only the moderate increase of
$4,000 in all of it's branches, will
probably get all it asks for Certainly
it will if the appropriation commit
tees say goes. 1t was shown in one
of the hearings this week that these
institutions, particularly the techno-
logical school and the state college of
agriculture, are actual money makers
and money savers for the state. The
agricultural college was able to show
where, through its work of investiga-
ton in cotton, it can net the state mil
lions of dollars annually.
Then there is the Industrial School
for Girls at Milledgeyille the only in
stitution of it's character in the state
This school had more than nine hun
dred applications from would-be stu
dents last year, and had to turn away
four hundred of them. This year,
with the money already arranged for
by the last legislature, which is a
very modest increase on the last ap-
preparation, they hope by a little
change in system to be able to take
care of all who apply. Right in this
connection good word ought to be
put in for Carl Vinson, the represen-
tative from Baldwin. Young Vinson
is serving his first term in the house,
but he has shown that he has the
facts and figures at his tongues end
so far as the institutions with which
his constituents are particularly con-
cerned go, and he has been able to
get practically everything he has gone
after
The fact is, that unless all signs lie
and this Legislature is not blocked on
all the good work it undertakes to do,
this will be a good year for schools.
The common schools will be well TAX
en- care of and certain changes will
be effected in their general manage
ment that will give Georgia a better
system than it has ever had in the
past