Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

The mex Legislature seems TO aF-
erage up pretty high in the quality Of
its membership.
The general impression is that il
is frst-cIass body Of mcB. and may
be looked upon 80 apt to acquit itself
well Of the important work there is
ahead
After both Houses are well under
way It will be found, so this writer
thinks. that the contests for the
Speakership OF the House and the
Presidency ot the Senate win leave
few If any scars.
The contests have been waged, In
the main. in a manly way, and the
results will be accepted unquestion-
ingly and uncomplainiEgly.
To be sure, there will be for time
little soreness here and there, and
maybe there will be a few who fail
to recover rapidly from thei- natural
" keen disappointments. but event
ually things will settle down TO
friendly basis and the work Of the
General Assembly liz sure to go for
ward in mutual respect and consid-
Grafton among the members
After all, only one man could win
the Presidency Of the Senate and only
one man could be Speaker. Expe-
rienced and able men have been
picked out to preside In both Houses.
The General Assembly viii make a
big hit with the people now, II It gets
right down to business, forgets the
preliminary battles, and enacts those
reforms the people are expecting, and
have been given the right to expect,
Of II.
Judge william Josiah Nunnally Of
Floyd, although he has been in At
lanta only a day or so, already is well
acquainted with half OF the Legis-
lature and Is making himself known
to the other half just as fast as
he can.
Not only is Judge Nunnally sure
to take high rank as a constructive
Legislator, but he is evidently going
to become immensely popular with
his colleagues He ig a fine fellow
all right and everybody seems TO
have found II out early in the game.
Tinsley Ragland Of Talbot, has his
trusty little snickersnee out for the
proposed new county of Warner.
Ragland lives IN Talbot, from which
section OF the new county is pro-
posed TO be taken, and he will not
listen. He says his county needs in
its business all the territory It now
has and that he win fight 'em to a
. u 10 HaF
anything shall be whacked from
grand old Talbot.
Believe Tinsley, there win be moth
ing doing in the county Of Warner
line this year.
Representative w. II. Conner OF
Spalding. proposes to introduce some
highly important legislation in the
present House.
For one thing, he proposes TO have
uniform school system over the
state and TO use the same books in
all public schools. He thinks that
the printing contract should be let
out to the lowest bidder, and that
the books shall be supplied TO the
pupils at the actual cost to the State.
ACCORDING 10 MI NOllilDl y al = "a .
ments the average cost Of text books
annually per pupil now is about $3.50;
and that, II his provision should be
| enacted, the price would be brought
down to about rs cents per pupil
which would effect a saving in Geor-
gia each year Of some 100000. In
his studies Of this question. Mr.. Con-
nor has learned that many other
| States in the United States are op-
| Grating identically the very law that
he proposes and that their expert
encs has been that a tremendous saw
ing was effected. Since these prin-
| ciples have been tried out in Spald-
| ing County, Mr. Conner thinks the
| State should give heed to them.
! In the State of Ohio, where this
| law Is in operation, the school book!
cost each pupil annually SO cents
! in Pennsylvania, 20 cents; in Mary.
land, GO cents; in Maine, IS cents.
Since this is the year when the
| State Board Of Education is to sigI
contracts for the public school books
| for another five years, and also sine,
| the board has determined not to sigI
any contract till after the Legisla
ture has passed. Mr.. Conner intend
to push his measure with all hi
| might, until It shall have been con