The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
GOVERNOR BROWN
 HAS HIS WORRIES
Appointment Of Adjutant-Gen-
 eraI Is Troublesome
BETWEEN TWO FACTIONS
State Militia Wants Scott Retained While Confederate Veterans Want Judge S. H. Harris
 Appointed.

I Atlanta, July Special )-Gover- nor Brown has taken no action look | ing to the appointment of an adjutant | general, nor is 1t known definitely when 1 he will do so.
 The situation is a peculiar one. The Confederate veterans of the state are anxious to see one of their number
 appointed. and particularly Judge S. Il, Harris of Carroll county, who served as adjutant general under Governor Ter
 rell, but was displaced by Governor Smith.
 The state militia Is anxious to see
 Adjt. Gen. A. J. Scott retained in the
 position. because he Is young and active man and fully awake to the con- dition and needs of the troops. In order to satisfy both elements there was a suggestion made some time ago that the position of adjutant general be given to Judge Harris and that General Scott be made his assist ant, but with full power to act The ob jection to this, it seems Is that it would create an office akin to a snecure, inasmuch as all the work is now being done by General Scott. It will be recalled that the Atlanta platform upon which Governor Brown was elected contained a distinct and emphatic pronouncement iagainst sine cures, and the governor also called at
 tention to this aspect of government
 in his first message to the legislature. If, therefore, an -adjutant general
 can do all the work, as is now the case how can he appoint both an ad-
 jutant general and an assistant without
 a sinecure?
 In view of the complex political sit
 uation which is presented in him, IL
 is said the governor is somewhat wor-
 red over the matter. He does not
 want to go counter to the wishes of
 the state troops, wherein harmony IS
 an important element in effective ser
 vice. nor does he wish to cross the
 wishes of the veterans who make
 strong claims upon the state
 It is understood that the governor
 proposes to let the situation rock along
 for week or two and when he gets
 an opportunity to give it careful con-
 sideration he will take it up and dis
 pose of it.
 The ministers of Atlanta are prepar-
 ing bill which they propose to have introduced in the present legislature, looking to an amendment to the mar riage laws of Georgia.
 They think it is now too easy for ap- plicants to secure marriage licenses, and that this is often the cause of unsatisfactory and unhappy marriages. The new measure will put consider able more responsibility upon the or dinary in issuing the license. It IS
 proposed to make applicants state whether or not they are divorced, and if so, why.
 The groom Is to be required to state his age. his parents age, his business and various and sundry facts which are specified about his previous life. Similar questions are to be asked of the bride-to-be She must give her age, parents age, names of parents, and if she is under age, she must produce proof of her parents consent. If either party mas been marrled pe- fore. this fact must be stated, and If divorced it must be shown where an upon what grounds. There are various other questions proposed tending to throw further restrictions around the procuring of marriage license. The moonshine business is on boom according to revenue officers making their headquarters here. The report for this district for the year ending June 80 will show the seizue of something | like 1000 illicit distilleries. or more than twice the number seized during the previous year.
 More moonshine whisky has been | seized. they state, than in any two years since the war. There is scarcely l a we'll concealed spot in all NoWh Geor- gia but hides its moonshine stilll they | say. and although they have broken up 1000 of them during the year there are probably 1000 more now just as busily at work
 The price of moonshine liquor has | gone up so great Is the demand for 1t | since prohibition became effective. | Where 1t used to sell for $1 gallon | it now brings $1 a quart, and the con- l sumers don't like the trust prices. Con- l sequently 1t has become considerably easier for the revenue officers to se- | cure evidence against the Illicit op- erators. The result Is they have their l hands full.
 A splendidly rigged up illicit still | was seized the other day right In At | lanta's city limits.
 Peach brandy has begun to run and | most of the revenue officers are or | now on another chase.