Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
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~ JAMES B. NEXIN

Governor John M, Slaton is at
tending the Jackson County Fair In
! Commerce to-day.
The Governor makes 1t a point tc
attend every county fair he finds II
| possible to get to, without neglecting
| the public business: and while there
| he generally sounds the people as to
| the new tax equalization law.
| The Governor does not turn his
county fair visits into political trips,
/ but he Is more interested in the sue
1 cess OF the new tax equalization law
/ than in any legislation effected by the
Legislature at It's summer session,
and he rarely neglects an opportu-
nifty to inquire as to the attitude or
| the people of various sections toward
| the same.
Everywhere he has been so far he
finds the people either very much In
| favor of the new, law, or most willing
| to see 1t tried out intelligently for
results. He finds, moreover, that
such Misrepresentation as exists to-
ward the law generally is easily re-
moved when its workings are ex-
! planned.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the
newspapers of the State are almost
! solidly backing the new law, and in
| that connection 1t is interesting to
observe how many of them are bring
| ing the question right home to their
| immediate constituents.
! For Instance, The Lawrenceville
| News Herald in a recent issue said:
Right here in Gwinnett County
! there are $1,000 acres that are not
accounted for on the tax digest
which are worth over 100000.
Is 1t right for the other tax
payers to carry all the burden or
| taxation for these delinquents?
No man who understands the
aims and purposes of this new
law and what 1t will accomplish
/ If properly enforced has any
! ground for dissatisfaction, unless
he be an outrageous "dodger" and
wishes his neighbor to pay his
just taxes for him!
Many other newspapers in Geor-
! gia are bringing this matter right
home to their readers, and the result
/ is being seen plainly enough in bet
ter understanding of the new law, its
| justice and necessity.
Judge Ed Hines, of Milledgeville,
is an Atlanta visitor.
| Judge Hines generally is looked
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| likely Supreme or Appeals Court
material, and it will not be tremen-
dously surprising eventually to see
| him named to one bench or the other,
| either by the votes of the people or by
Executive appointment.
| He is one of the leading members
of the Middle Georgia bar, and is in
every way fully equipped for a place
| on either State court of review.
| Representative Sam Olive, of Rich
mond whose principal job in the
General Assembly is looking like Will
liam Jennings Bryan, is in Atlanta
! attending the Supreme Court.
| Mr.. Olive, besides looking amaz-
ingly like the Nebraskan, is like him
oratorically also being far and away
the most eloquent member of the
present House. There is no man in
the House who disputes olives right
and title to the oratorical champion
ship.
Mr. Olive has Just returned from
New York, where he says the Mayors
race now on is mo childs game" He
was interested in that race while
there, particularly because of the fact
that one Georgian-"Bob"A damson-
is managing the Mitchell end of it,