Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-05
REGISTRATION AND PARTISAN. CRITICS.


of Georgia to register and he should do SO
without delay.
Under the new registration law, he do now and he
can do 90 at any time within the six months.
provision which enables him. early to register for
every held and which makes 1t
upon collector open his voters list at the same time
he opens his books be nothing else than an OF
opportunity register and darkening Oh counse on w
part of those oppose ceanut plan from motives OF
their own can make it appear otherwise
BY taking the initiative calling the attention Of the tax
PAYERS TO the opportunity open to them and VIII
remain open 10 them April have forestaed
any just complaint the general public not given due
notice all the sophy which may be brought 10 pear
criticism of the registration law affect this simple statement
of the facts.
Our advice to the whether farmers or city
residents is REGISTER NOW.
Having So all this tommyrot about something sinister
and meal tub be dismissed the idle clapap
that it injected into the hide the lack of any
REGISTER NOW and those who interested in
partisan advantage integrity of the ballot may be LETT
with mpunity to cloud the issue go,
Even when scrpturay assured that Ean was Iee
left suppose that they cut up MS 1000
should go without saying that while the tax
collector compelled at the time of opening his tax DOCKS 70
open the voters list and the opportunity to register hs
automatically afforded the citizen must not lose his as
intelligent human being As matter Oh course lie
signify desire register since that is what he probably came
for, as well to pay his taxes ~
honestly labOrs under mlsapprehenslon we
repeat what have said several times before that one o.
the of the election law that the woude
actually take the OATH and not merely sign the voters
list or any separate printed OATH =, -
election law be gathered from number OF SIaeneS
ranging all the from loose language to downright mrepr
sentation matters very material to the issue -, . ,
In one quarter instance told that there nothing
mandatory upon collector except that he shall certain
time tCLOSE his books yet the VERY FIRST MANDATE
OF THE collector shall OPEN his book or
books designated voters books. -,
compared with the assurance that white was BLACK
In quarter there enumeration OF the class Oh
people liable caught nappngafter six months OF
OppOrtunity-and among them we find;
The citizen who may overlook at
CITIZEN HAVING REACHED THE AGE LIMIT is
THE THE CITIZEN WHO POLL TAX.
Does this high authority really believe and wish the people
of Georgia believe that there limit after which
the taxpayer exempt from taxatiOnY
OF course from poll tax when he reaches the
age limit poll victim placed in special category
all by himself in the third section He separate and distinct
It looks like something sinister indeed the body
taxpayers told that there limit beyond which
But what worse still from two different quarters
the astonishing e0nteT0R a W MAN S1 HG Pa HIS
T II 2H5ssS ne does 50 ,Nn LIME ~ 49, ....,
motives prompt such unbushng Misrepresentation
as thaf "He do it when he his taxes says one
organ type and another makes the reckless
capital letters and both of them repeat it over and
And yet there scnla of truth in the bold face type
or the capital letters.
AS an attempt to mead the people it is the bodest and
most brazen performance have yet
The law simply the collector to give the tax
payer an opportunity register the time he his taxes
land will allowed register for said election unless
he paid all due by him at least SIX months before
the date of said general election"
There nothing earth prevent him from registering at
any time before April provided he pays OR HAS PRE-
If he wants to make two trips to do
what he might with it his privilege. What
nonsense it is to deny it!
The contention citizen has acquired privilege
is too reckless require contradiction He has acquired
the privilege registering during the remainder of this for
next years under the old law he could not
have registered years elections until
anything in section of volume of the
code hic contrOvers this substantial fact.
misrepresentation like these be circulated by
the enemies registration the had better be
his guard. indeed
he will do his duty, and register The Journal
urges need about the misrepresentation
of critics.