Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17

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will be approved
1t does not seem likely, how ever, that
a bill to abolish the court of appeals
can succeed.
Undoubtedly there would be some
support given such a measure, If pro-
posed, but not sufficient to get it
throUgh-especially as the court would
have to be abolished by way Of a oon-
stitutional amendment. requiring q
two-thirds vote of both houses to pass
1t may be true that a certain amount
of feeling has been raised against the
appeals court, but the bar OF the state
which. through it's organization. is
responsible for the COURTS by nc
means opposed to it, and would view
with genuine alarm, perhaps, legisla-
tive effort to get rid of it,
That legislator who undertakes te
abolish the court Of appeals may expect
to have the bar Of the state arrayed
against him pretty soidly; and with
the bar assuming that attitude, the OPP
position to the court likely would not
spread to any great extent among the
people.
1t would be out Of the question to
abolish the appeals court without max
ing provision for a larger supreme
court. or limiting the right of appeal
Neither Of these propositions would
find very great favor with the people
so great majority of the practicing
attorneys thinker profess to think
anyway.
There may be some feeling against
the appeals court-but the bet that it
will survive all attacks seems very
good one right now. The court was es
tablshed as a necessity, and doing
away with It would re-esta blfsh the
necessity
That this necessity might be relieved
IN any way more satisfactory than
formerly is very doubtful
Following the strenuous lead Of the
city recorder, the council or Waycross
Is going after the tigers around and
about its vicinity Of endeavur, with an
eye to putting them out of business
completely, if possible.
The recorder recently sent i've white
men 10 the bastile, without the alter
native OF a fine and they now are
working the roads of Ware county for
their food and lodgings, both furnished
under guard.
Taking a cue from the recorder, the
council has seized upon a sample bot
tie of near-beer from the various dis
pensaries in Waycross and has an
nounced that it will go after every
dealer whose sample analyses over
one half of one per cent OF alcohol by
volume
IL there is any near-beer in Georgia
that is no nearer than One-hslf OF one
per cent, the Waycross city dads want
to know where 1t is, and particularly il
it is in Waycross.
Looks as if the tigers of Georgia
are up against hard times and strenu
Gus days-here and there.
The Dalton Citizen, edited, by r. s.
Shope, whose historic run-in with
Judge Augustus w. Fite yet is green
In the memory of all Georgians, thus
lnuOIStS the JuuSe LOI the dlhOAhcy gen
eralship of Porto Rico:
The Citizen would, OF course.
like to see Judge Fife appointed at
torney general Of Porto Rico.
In fact. it will indorse him for
anything he wants in foreign lands.
and the farther away, the stronger
win be our Endorsement"
The tip comes as straight as a string
however that his honor has no banker
ing really for that Porto Rican as
signment, but desires TO be placed upon
the court Of claims bench in Washing
ton.
Even al that, however, Shope still
win let his Endorsement stand, no doubt
as Washington is several miles far
Their away from Dalton than is the
Cherokee judicial circuit.
The would-be new county OF Can
dler, another south Georgia hopeful
viii knock for legislative admission into
the union of counties when the general
assembly meets in June.
Gambler proposes to gather itself to-
gether from three directions 1t viii
ask to be fashioned of slices Of TAFT
nall, Bulloch and Emanuel. and should
be situated about the middle of the sec
ton of the state now given over &c
those three.
If Gambler gets legislative permission
to come in, and the people ratify IT, its
county seat will be Meter
II this thing of new counties keeps
up, the incoming legislature viii con
slider 1t a duh week that sees no new
county seeking authority to set III