The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21

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| The Georgia Legislature has adjourned. Wig
orous and formidable movement for compulsory
education failed of its purpose this term. but
may succeed later. The same thing Is true of
movement for biennial rather than annual ses-
sons Of the legislature No action was taken on
| the proposed Constitutional Amendment author
ling Congress to levy income tax-possiby
because Georgia wishes TO exhaust this form OF
| taxation 70 provide State revenues. After wrest-
Ing long with the near-beer question, bin pass
/ ed prohibiting the sale Of near beer in towns OF
less than 25oO. and placing the license tax at 81
600 for Wholesale dealers and 5000 for retail
dealers. The increasing interest In public health
regulations found expression In laws recurring
the daily dsinfection OF railway coaches and re-
curing that supply OF antitoxin be kept on hand
In every county. aud every State should have laws
like these.
| year or ago. II will be remembered the
| Daughters Of the Coafederacy and the : c. V
decided to erect In The capital of each seeding
State memorial 20 the women Of the Confei-
eracy. The work was entrusted to a celebrated
/ Italian sculptor. but his design. when submitted
was promptly rejected as being entirely out of
I harmony with the spirit shown by the Southern
women. Now design by Miss Belle Kinney az
Nashville. Tenn. has been accepted hy several
States. and sill probably be reproduced IN each
OF the eleven capitals OF the south. Miss Kinney
In but twenty-five years old. and has already won
International reputation.
| Governor ]. Y Sanders. of Louisiana. speaking
before the Louisiana Good Roads Association last
week. declared that Louisiana convicts will De
used chiefly for road building and not farming
hereafter. This Is II should be The Nation
a. Government should construct National road.
connecting every stat. capital in the Union" says
| Governor Sanders, The States should construct
roads connecting every county-seat with every
other eounty-aeat"
| An innovation In judicial matters and a wise
one. comes from Oklahoma. The Criminal Court
OF Appeals declares that IL will reverse no case
merely upon a showing OF harmless error in the
trial" and The decision continues: The reversal
Of just convictions of the guilty upon purely tech
nlcal questions ~ the prime Of want OF con-
hdence in the courts and often results in
mob violence"
/ Mr.. Royal T. Cabell. formerly postmaster a,
Richmond Va. who succeeds Mr.. John G. capers
OF South Carolina United States Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue has "a big Job before him In
arranging for the collection OF the new per cent
Tar on the ne; income Of all corporations In the
United States Arrangements for the assessments
are To be completed January 1.t. and the taxes
paid July LIST Of each year
| Two we'll known Savannah doctors have been
arrested for giving presori ptoas for cocaine Co
caine iH not only ruinous physically but incite. IN
the most horrible crimes. and a vigorous campaign
against II should be carried in all parts OF the
South
Great interest Is manifested In the Lakes and
/ Gull Deep Waterway Convention 10 be held in
New Orleans October aSth. ssih and s0th The
! Improvement Of our waterways Ia the surest way
TO prevent extortionate railroad rates
CLIFFORD Pinchot warned the National Irrigation
Congress last week of a great trust that Is seeking
10 get control Of all the water powers OF Amer
| lea II Is high time for the peopls TO awake -
/ The seriousness OF this matter
For some months now Alabama has had State