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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-04
bills PROMISE TO
SMOTHER LEGISLATURE
Every Legislator Has Several
Or More Schemes

Atlanta, Ca, June 3.-The lawmake.
who comes up to Atlanta this summer
not hurdened with an armful of new
legislation, general or local, is going
to win some undying fame from the
present outlook.
If all that has and is appearing i'll
the papers about a bill for this, bill
for that, bill for the other, actually
develops this summer, there is going
to be such a deluge of measures in the
hopper as to make past records loob
tame
Several members are coming up with
bales of bills touching every imagina-
BILE thing. During his two years SER
vice in the senate, Col. William j
Harris was subjected to a good deal O.
good natured raillery about his large
number of bills.
Col. Harris did introduce quite few
Some got through and they were good
measures, too. Some fell by the way
side, and in the lot were good bills all
so. He admitted afterwards that he
held in reserve several others if an
emergency arose.
Some days ago, Jim Nevin, in the At
lanta Georgian, listed large number
of measures which he said Representa-
tive Sam Darlington, of Richmond, had
up his sleeve" for the coming ses-
sion.
Now Representative Slade, of Musco-
gee, a veteran in years and point OF
service, has prepared eight bills which
he will offer this summer. They cover
wide range of subjects, and are as
follows: Tax equalization; re-estab-
lishment of the dog tax measure, re-
pealed in effect last year; a just meas,
IRE of garnishment of wages; helping
the state university secure needed ap-
preparations; establish in the Georgia
code just what constitutes "colored
person, which the code doesn't do
now; re-introduce his character bin
as qualification for voting, measure
defeated last year; more and prompter
pay for teachers; amending the mill
tary law to place authority back in the
hands of civil authorities in times Of
riot.
Ed Wohlwender, of Muscogee, known
to fame as "The Flying Dutchman," is
coming along with sheaf of new bills.
making an armful for such a heftv
man as Wohlwender. Then, there are
many others with pet schemes. Gro
Yer Edmondson, with a constitutional
convention proposition; Ed Cole, of
Barlow, with tax on incomes, and
others too numerous to list.
1t is safe to say that if half the
measures are introduced and given
consideration proposed, then a 50-day
session won't more than get things
started. 1t will take an extra session
lasting through Christmas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-04
PRISON REFORM HAS
NUMBER OF FRIENDS
Vital Changes Tor The SyS.
TEN

Atlanta, Ca, June 3.-Jno Y. Smith,
representative from Fulton coun-
ty, has announced that he will be
strongly in favor of measure pro-
viding for the appointment of spec
ial commission by the Georgia Assem-
bly,, to go fully into the question of
improving the states antiquated penal
code and reforming prison conditions.
Mr.. Smith, whose extensive practice
in the criminal courts has brought
him directly in touch with the law and
operation, declare that there are many
vital changes, the necessity of which
cannot be questioned. He wants to
see the improvements and reforms
brought about in a thoroughly prac-
teal, common sense way.
q think that a commission should
be appointed" Mr. Smith says, and
given power to subpoena before it
such witnesses as shall be deemed
necessary. The commission should
take testimony as to the actual opera
ton of the present penal system. 1t
should go thoroughly into the penal
laws and the Georgia criminal code.
This commission should be instructed
and empowered to make a compre,
hensive and definite report, on which
a succeeding Legislature would be able
to base intelligent and practical
changes and reforms.
I'm the past few years, other states
have taken up with great advantage
the necessity of reforming antiquated
penal codes that were put in force
many years ago. To be abreast of the
times, Georgia will sooner or later
have to take the same steps, and the
sooner the better.
q shall be in favor of and shall
vote for the appointment of such u
commission, because l believe that
whatever reforms are made in Geor-
gia's penal system, should be made
conservatively and after full investi-
cation of the facts. l think the Prison
Association of Georgia is working
along exactly the right lines, by sug-
costing the appointment of such
commission.
81 am also in favor of the measure
designed to legaIize the suspension of
sentences by judges in appropriate
cases. The recent supreme court
decision has emphasized the fact that
no judge now has any right under the
law to suspend sentence, yet cases are
coming up continually and will con-
tinue to come up, where the interests
of justice can unquestionably be best
served by such suspensions. | am in
favor of throwing careful safeguards
around such power, and am inform
ed that the bill in which the Prison
Association is interested, does carry
safeguards that will protect the power
from abuse"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

privilege was then vested in the fav-
ored few-the nObility-and these OF
course rode while all the rest of the
world walked To get in the way Of
the carriage of a noble was a heinous
offence. That such regulations have
been retained while the original cOndi-
lions on which they were founded no
longer endure, was not due to neglect
but to the application of common sense.
In this country we say the pede
strain has the right of way. And in
principle that theory is right. Some
eminent thinkers protest that a man
has the right to commit suicide if he
wants tO-but our laws make the at
tempt miSdemeanOr. The same rule
applies-or should appIy-to traffic
regulations We should protect the
careless, thOughtless pedestrian against
himself-by making it a misdemeanOr
10 violate the traffic regulations just
as II now IS for the driver of truck
or an automobile to do so.
Look at them crossing the street at
all points in the block and at all
angles! The traffic officer stops street
cars and automobiles to let them cross
and when he signals the vehicles to
proceed you Will see men, women and
children rushing across in front OF
motoring vehicles The pedestrian in
sists on his right to commit suicide
and dares the mOtOrist to thwart him
Why. if the much maligned mOtOrist
didn't exhibit the utmost care to COM
penSate the suicidal carelessness OF
pedestrians, there would be one humid
red accidents where there is now one"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26
Great Enthusiasm For Lincoln
Highway From Coast TO Coast

~ ETROIT, Mich, July 26.-Tre-
mendOus enthusiasm for the Lin
coin highway is indicated in the
middle west along the route which the
Indiana Automobile Manufact urers' as
ISOLATION Is taking to the Pacific coast
Carl G. Fisher, of indianapolis, vice
president OF the Lincoln Highway as
ISOLATION, who originated both the plan
for the Lincoln highway and The tour,
together with his two guests, former
mayor Charles A BOOkWalter, of In
dianapOlis, and c. E Branston, auto
mobile engineer Of London, England,
have been given receptions that prac-
tically amounted to OvatiOns by the
numerous state and local organizations
that have met the tourists. On every
side words of cheer, encourag cement
and support have been freely and VOL
UNFAIRLY offered for the Lincoln high
way and the red white and blue Coast
tO-cOast-The Lincoln Highway flage
on the different cars have attracted
great attention
From the reports of the touy for
warded to the national offices of the
Lincoln Highway association, in De-
trOit every commercial and social or
Sanization and every resident, farmer
or city man, has been Joyous in the eX-
pectation Of being on the Lincoln
highway. When the tourists were in
Kansas, governor Hodges accompanied
them across the state and made
speeches favOring the Lincoln high
way, as did Mr.. Fisher and mayor
BOOkwalter. Gov. Hodges expressed
himself as only fearful that Kansas
could not complete its link in the
Lincoln highway, a connected ocean
to-ocean roadway, built principally of
cement, before his term expired.
Colorado Enthusiastic.
At the Colorado state line represen-
tatives OF the Denver chamber of COM
merce were on hand to greet the trav-
elers and expressed just as much en-
thusiasm for the Lincoln highway as
the others, previously met.
Gov Ammons, Of Colorado, Joined the
reception committee at Colorado
Springs An enthusiastic meeting,
which had been preceded by an old
time tOrchlight and red fire parade,
was held in the evening, at which the
governor pledged his support to the
Lincoln highway and gave the assur-
ance of his associates and the state of
Colorado that Colorado would do its
full share. announcement of the sub
scriptiOns so far received for the Lin
coin highway were received with
cheers.
Colorado uses convict labor on its
state roads and it was Immediately de-
cided to use $500 of them the full
in building and improving. the
proposed Colorado section of the Lin
coin highway. A special meeting was
also called on Tuesday at which the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

was an utilization OF a number of diff
ferent resolutions all hOuing to pave
smooth way from the Atlantic to
the Paci--c. But since the change in
plan of the y O. T. O. o. H assOcla-
ton at its Kansas City meeting
couple of WOnthS ago, the SOcalled BOr-
dariaDd link has beeu left ont the
highWaymvn substituting the scenic
northern road for the historic one IN
the south
Following this marOonment, the crew
of the good ship BOrderland, led by
secretary Gray, of the Blsbee chamber
of commerce began laying plans for
getting off the island and once more
navigating the seas of highway
And the life raft was built IN this way
1t was proposed to form an assOcia-
ton right here in the states through
which the BOrderland route passes-an
aSSOcia ton whose first object would be
to be different from any of the Hurried
and presently moribund organizations
now in existence The new body would
refuse to bite off more than it could
Boosting the Route.
The agitation for the Tri-State BOr-
derland Route association was 1mmed1-
ateiy taken up One of the first things
put forward to assist the new aSs0cla-
ton was the proposal for an e PaSo
to Phoenix road race for next fair time,
a race that would meet the classic Re
publican Gun race over the western lap
of the Borderland from Los Angeles,
and thus mark with an 1ndellbie pen
ell the two lines of the highway con-
Verglng IN the capital city OF the STATE
of Arizona Some time before, the
Republican had been instrumental IN
running a mOtOrcade from Phoenix TO
Tucson along the state highway,
which in time will be a part Of the
route across the state
The Borderland Route association as
proposed does not contemplate the i'm
mediate smoothing of every bump IN
the road. the pavement Of the thou
sand or so of miles, electric lights and
starters at every curve, or palms and
shrubs along the wayside- It simply
proposes to agitate, in such ways as it
can. the question of expanding the
proper share of state and county money
on the one route, so that the worst Of
the washes. the bridges and sandy
spots can be repaired In the entire
length of the route as shown in the
ACCOMMODATING cut. there are no grades
to speak Of The only thing that can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

tary G. A Martin, of the tours COM
mittee of the Ell PasO Automobile club,
will take a pathfinding car over the
route in a short time-some time IN
August or early in September
President c. B. Stevens and sec
rotary J. D. Bukey, of the club may
also make the trip. Later several cars
will be run over the route so that the
drivers can familiarize themselves with
the course. A number of the drivers
plan to make the trip more than once.
testing out their cars and the road.
To Fix Up the Road.
On the trip Mr.. Rinehart makes,
notes will be made Of the condition Of
road and the different communities
will be asked to repair any bad places
that may be found. Signs will be
placed along the road at danger points
10 warn the drivers.
The stipuIations Of the race compel
cars to finish in % hours With a ten
hour control at Douglas, this will leave
Is hours running time for the various
cars to cover q distance of 5S1 miles.
This is an average of about so miles
that cars must make on the entire run,
but this is not eXacting, as the course
is in such fine shape in many places
that the speed of a car will only be
limited by the ability of the machine
to get along" 1t is estimated that
the winning car will average over 20
miles an hour There are some few
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26
Successful Trip Over BOrderland BY BY
Route, Ell PasO to Los Angeles Dspsdsr

A LTHOUGH the roads are rough
n IN places and We had some ex-
= periences that were not alto
gether pleasing, the trip from FL Paso
to Los Angeles by automobile is not
bad-in fact I enjoyed it aIl-and be-
Iieve any lover of cross country driving
would be pleased with the trip.
We made the trip in my Hupmobile
'S2' all the way. I drove the car TO
Deming and Eddie Steffes drove from
Deming to Los Angeles
We left FL Paso Saturday, the 18th
in the morning, five minutes after four
o'clock, and would have made Douglas
easy that evening, but losing some
Of our baggage that we had tied on the
trunk rack out of Deming, We had TO
turn back from Lordsburg and drive
back 35 miles before we could find
anything and then we found only a
portion Of what we lost
After nightfall, we camped between
Lordsburg and Douglas, about 20 miles
out of LOrdsburg-
From Douglas to Tucson we made it
in d day, July IS, and camped out Oh
Tucson that night and made II TO
Phoenix next day, July 4 From Phoe-
nix we should have made IL to Yuma on
the 18th, but had very much tire
trouble in the hills and, in soft dirt
out of Dome Ariz-, about three miles,
we ran off Of an embankment- We mad
to lay up for the night.
Next morning July Is, Mr. SteffeS
walked back to Dome and got double
team to pull US out, and, after being
pulled out, we drove back to Dome,
ate a nice breakfast and had a strand
ed negro string band to play for US
We filled up with gasoline, oil and
water and by noon We made it 10
Yuma
Out Of Yuma we had nothing but
sand to CLAIMS, which I was told was
about so miles, took on more water
there and started for Mammoth, over
a road that was all sand, and the worst
kind One mile from Mammoth we
camped for the night, as we ran pretty
near out of water and the sand was so
bad that the tracks of cars showed
that most Of them take to the rail-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26
TREAT MOTOR CAR
WITH CONSIDERATION
>. }. LOngvveH Thinks KipIin='s Advice
To Tommy Atkins About Rifle Ap-
plies TO the Chauffeur.


In one of his most famous poems
RUdyard Kipling gives his friend
Tommy Atkins" some sound advice on
the care and treatment of his rifle.
shes human as you are: Just treater
as SIGH and she'll fight for the young
British soldier" he tells the recruit.
The same advice might well be given
to many motorists, both beginners and
seasoned veterans, in the opinion of J.
J. Longwell, local automobile dealer
Mr. Longwen points out that an
automobile will balk and sulk and per-
hapS refuse to work at all under in
human treatment, just the same as a
person would do under like circum
stances. He warns a driver that the
only way to get best results from his
car Is to treat it as a sensitive piece
of machinery should be treated.
No one would expect a human to
do his work cheerfully and well if he
was beaten and abused, nor a high
strung, metlesOme horse to perform as
well if ii were started out with a lash
of the whip says Mr.. Longwen A
motor car driver should be just as con-
siderate of his vehicle, though many
drivers do not seem to realize this.
They start the car by throwing in the
nigh speed gear, and then crOWding all
the power on the motor. While a we'll
made car will stand up under this
treatment for a time, the highest
priced machinery in the world cannot
long work perfectly when thus used.
If more people treated their cars more
nearly like human beings there would
be an appreciable falling off in repair
and replacement bills"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

number of contributors certificates to
be taken by Denver business men was
settled on. On this tour Mr.. Fisher
has been consulting not only with Off
GERS of automobile clubs but with
chamber of commerce OrganiZa lions in
the principal cities with governors.
mayors, COCncilmen, aldermen. super
FlSOfS ana county road Superlntend-
entS as well as the farmers, merchants
and business men, all Of whom the
Lincoln highway will directly benefit
AT each point arrangements have been
maze 10 sell the contributors certifi-
Gates In the Lincoln highway which
are IS each These subscriptions to-
wards the establishment of the Lincoln
highway are sent to the national Of
fees in Detroit and promptly &C
knOWledged-
The tourists this week are travelling
between Denver and Salt Lake Citv
and next SUnUGy start on the last lap
OF the journey TO the Golden Gate. Ev-
eryOne reports that the trip. despite
few DAYS of bad weather, has been de-
Ightful. They delare that when the
Lincoln highway Is completed. a Jour
ney across the continent will be al
most as simple as a weekend into the
country from the city
Auto Manufacturers Give SuDpOrt
Great support to the Lincoln high
way IS being given by the automobile
and allied interests, although the ben
ef1us from the highway which will come
10 them are not nearly as great as to
many others.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber COM
pany has come forward with a sub
scription of $4,000 for the cause. the
Packard Motor Car company. S15O.OOO,
the Willys-OverlaRd company, S15O,OOO,
Hudson Motor Car company. 100000,
Prest-O-Lite company 100000 and the
Remy Electric company. $4,000.
The Packard company is now send
ing to the owners of Packard cars its
house magazine. which contains a three
page illustrated article entitled Set
ting Guide Posts for the Lincoln Way"
1t is encouraging to Carl Fisher and
other sponsors for the Lincoln high
way to find such cooperation on the
part Of those industries who will not
particularly benefit financially from
the project, but who rather are help
ing the Lincoln highway because the
patriotism of the project to erect a
suitable and permanent memorial to
Abraham Lincoln that will be of bene-
fit to all the people. appeals to them
Carl Fishers splendid dream is on
the way to fulfiliment." says the ar
ucle. Months of planning and virile
effort have given this project the sub
stantial backing that assures perma-
nent success. With the formal launch
ing Of the Lincoln Highway assOcia-
ton, the evolution of the trans-cOnti-
mental road may be said to have be-
gun
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

road track. I would not take chances
in getting run down by train so we
kept on in the sand. We reached
Mammoth station early in the morning
of July II, filled up with water and
started across the wash for Brawley.
The sand in the wash was bad, but a
good deal of brush had been thrown in
the road and we made it easily.
The worst was after getting out OF
the wash. when We had TO drive across
an irrigation ditch which was about
fifteen feet wide and a foot and half
deep with quick sand in the bottom,
and no bridge There were 2 couple
of planks, broken in the middle; We
fixed them up and started across, but
they broke and down We went. The
engine stopped and had to jump in and
crank her; then one more jump and We
were out.
From BrawIey we encountered more
sand and rocks and mountains. We
made over half Of the mountains, which
they say are about two miles high and
camped in the mountains on the road
at place by the name of Cottonwood,
IS miles out of San Diego.
July IS, We started early for San
Diego and reached there by 1870 a. m,
stayed in San Diego about four hours
and made it to Los Angeles by five
p. m
We had Lee ''puncture proof tires
on the rear, which were good and If
we had used them on the front, We
would have made the trip in less than
four and half days.
The weather was fine and We had
no mud nor rain. The hottest We eX-
perienced was from FL Paso to Lords
burg.
The little engine worked fine. We
had no trouble at all and The caTbu-
rotor worked the same in the high al
titude as in the low country, so we did
not have to bother with it
Now we are enjoying the roads of
California from one beach to another.
We made three round trips from Los
Angeles TO Venice Saturday with some
of my friends
7 enjoyed the trip from Ell Paso to
here and an doing some boosting for
the route as our FL Paso banner hangs
from the little HUp.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

~ QUITE of the year round travel,
H high road from, to and through
~ the largest towns of the south
west touched in at the richest agri-
cultural region IN the whole worlds
the BOrderland. the historic trails COM
muted by the industry of modern man
into one long path from the valley of
the Rio Grande to the Pacific ocean.
Nowadays it is the fashion to con-
ceive large plans about national and
interstate roads. With the coming of
the motor car and the consequent wild
ening of mans daily travel horizon, it
became necessary to provide him with
roads, and the varied and continuous
agitation for routes, and highways is
the result Organizations with mil
uOns-On paper-have been formed,
pushed forward, affiliated, severed, in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26


by Those Who Know.
A new sport is called motorcycle
leaping-" Automobile polo hasn't any
thing on this.
Motorcycle leaping can be accom-
plished best on a road with q fairly
steep grade broken by short rises
known as water breaks. These water
breaks are found on the side of a hill
or slight incline and are for the pur-
pose of diYerting the course of the wa
ter to the side of the road
A moderately fast speed is necessary,
the faster the speed. the farther the
leap. BY coming down a grade at a
fast clip and jumping his machine
with his knees, when the water break
- - IedcLsu' me mOtOFcy cIe anu us Iluer
clear the top with such momentum
that quite distance is covered before
the machine touches the ground.
Recent trials have resulted in leaps
OF from 20 to "A feet and at a maxi
mum height of IS inches. One trial for
height resulted in a leap of is feet at
a height of q inches.
The execution of this sport is not
difficult. The only precaution that
need be taken is to keep the front
wheel steady while off the ground. Also
never apply the brake while in the air,
as allghting in this manner might re-
suit in sudden dash over the handle
bars.
This manner of leaping on a motor
cycle can be pracUced on country roads
where ash walks extend from one side
to the other, or any other similar form
of a raised section of the road. a
downward course is not necessary, the
only difference is that the distance
acquired on a level is not so great.
This resembles skiing to a certain
extent The one advantage over ski
ing IS that the distance from terra
firma is not so great, which by many
people is considered an important
question.
Should this sport become thoroughly
instilled into the mOtOrcyclist's system,
the demand for specially constructed
bumpers will be urgent. If this stage
Of the game ever arrives, meets will
be held to test the ability and clever
ness of each rider. like the present
races are held to test speed.