Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-02

legislature are committed to a stroni
law, and the friends of child labor
see hope mount higher than it has il
many years.
With the large number Of new
county propositions advanced last SEES
| sion-and not a single one goi
| through both houses-it was thought
there would be letup this session.
Not so. Several are back and more
clamorous than ever. And the chances
look good this year for the creation OF
three or four new counties. Barrow
with Winder as the county seat
Gambler, with Meter; Tate, with
Paramount; Hardeman, with Alma. ali
seem to have fair chance of receiving
favor.
1t is admitted that many sections
do need new counties, and those not
ed are perhaps all worthy seekers.
Georgia is growing so fast, new set
tiers are coming in such numbers, and
conditions are changing so rapidly,
new counties are practical necessity
in some sections. However, many
of those advanced are without merit,
represent personal cr selfish interests
and should not be allowed.
The time is not far distant when
there must be an end to carving up
the state into new counties.
The things noted above are the
most important engaging the atten-
ton of the lawmakers, at least they
are the things so considered gener-
ally and which will serve to take up
most of the session.
BY odd coincidence, the lawmak
ers assembled in Atlanta simultan
eously with the hottest June weather
recorded in the history of the local
weather bureau in the capital city.
The day following the converting of
the lawmakers, the mercury scored
100.1l And it hasn't been much cool
er any day of the first weeks work.
The legislators have shown no dis
position so far to overwOrk. The
sessions Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday lasted. less than half an hour
generally, and Friday adjournment
was taken over to Monday! But this
course is In no particular different
from those of many years past. The
first half or two thirds of the session
is good natured jockeying alone,
while the actual work is done in the
last two or three weeks, with double
oil nd ~ txyiT IL
UP night grindings. =.
Representative Parker, Of Liberty
wants to check the divorce evil in
Georgia, and he believes a very large
percentage of it is due to hasty and
ill-advised courtships and marriages
Therefore. he wants to require ally
couples to advertise their marriage
once a week for four weeks in the
county paper prior to the ceremony
Mr.. Parker thinks Opponents, sud
den maria es and such fill the courts
with ill-mated couples seeking lega
separation. Who says he is wrong
at that?
Dali WdlSAOS tnC yOuiIS
themes, of Floyd, and a benedict OF
some months standing, is the cham
pion of woman suffrage in the house
and has offered bill amending the
constitution so as to strike the word
male" from those qualified to vote
Many suffrage leaders, some young
and handsome, too, swarm. Capitol
corridors. buttonholing members.
FL. A. Peacock, elected from
Dougherty county to succeed the late
G. NJ. Clarke, takes the title of ''baby
member" from Louis Wisdom, of For
syth. Mr.. Peacock just barely is !
over the legal age limit.
Six new faces appear at this ses- !
sion. Five members died since last
year-an unusually large number
and one member resigned. The new
men are: Asa P. Deadwyler, Ebert |
succeeds A. N. Wall, resigned |
George G. Glenn, Whitfield, succeeds
S. e. Berry, deceased; T. P. Carroll,
Catoosa, succeeds ]. c. Bryan, de- !
ceased; John w. Clarke, Mcintosh,
succeeds George Atwood, deceased;
Bion Williams, Meriwether, succeeds
o. w. McGehee, deceased; H. A. Pea
nnpL Don oh S1nnoodc /