Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-09
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GEORGIA. XR|
POLITICS
81 JANIS B. NEyIN KY

| Lucian L. Knight, State Historian
and Compiler of Colonial Records, is
assembling into three volumes a
complete personal history of every
Legislature gathered together in
Georgia since the Revolution. so far
as such history, with all the data
available, may be assembled. II
Mr.. knight already has completed
| a list of the various Speakers, and
has accurately made up the rolls of
| a number of Legislatures. This his
| tory is now scattered throughout
hundreds of state documents of one
| sort and another, particularly in the
various House and Senate Journals.
| When Nj knight has finished his
work, it will be possible to locate the
Legislative terms of every member
who ever has served in the various
| General emblieS--something that,
| as matters now stand, it is all but
impossible to do.
| In connection with a great many
of these former members of the vari-
Gus Legislatures, Mr.. Knight will be
| able to carry in this work parts of
| their records-especially concerning
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| done in such wise that these records
may be located quickly and COM
pactly, when desired.
Mr. Knight already has dug Zip
many quaint and interesting bits of
history in connection with some
members-for instance, it is not gen.
orally known that Jones county
once furnished a Speaker of the
name of Joseph Day for three con-
| secutive terms. Speakers then We're
elected annually. Moreover at that
| time, Jones county had four members
| of the House, by reason of its vast
wealth and then extra ordinary i'm
| portance among the counties. There
were at that time only about one
| third the number of counties the
state now has. 1t used to be the law
in Georgia.. too, to send at least one
| Representative and Senator from
each county-which made the Senate
very large body although not nee
essarilv so large as the House.
! Mr.. Knights office in the capitol is
| one of the busiest, and certainly one
of the most interesting, of all the
! State departments and it is admit
! tedly one of the most intelligently
| conducted.
Illicit distillers and vendors of the
! juice that it is alleged, tickles the
| palate have come in for their share
of hard luck" in Spalding during
the past few days.
| The Sheriff of the county. L. D
| Hutson, in cooperation with the
| Mayor and police force of Griffin
| succeeded recently in capturing a
| large number of stills and rounding
up a considerable aggregation of ii
| gers of the blind" variety The eli
max to the situation was put on by
the City Council a few days ago, too
| when the Eear-beer saloon tax was
| made $4,000 per year AS a result
Griffin is now dry as a bone"
! 1t is not likely that a single near
/ beer saloon will attempt to open for
| business during the present year in
| Griffin, not only for the reason that
| the license fee is prohilitive, but
because of the stringent restrictions
| set up for the places where the bev-
erage is proposed to be sold. One
restriction provides that the owner
| of the saloon shall give a $1,000 bond
| to obey the State law and another
says he shall operate his place with
| the written consent of the property
owners and occupants of all build
| ings within a radius of one hundred
| feet.
Former Representative William Ad
| olson Knowles, of Floyd County, who
| represented his constituency two
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