Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-12
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BY JAMES 8. NEv.N.

~ W 1850
ices paid officers in Georgia, adVo-
Gates of a reform in that manner of
commemorative ruhlic servnnts are
no" apie 10 quote some suostahtial
and significant figures.
For instance Holm p Ross Solicit.
.ou AZ, ,,. TT,
~ WV - 80
celNeu net compensation OF approx
mately $4,000 during the year 1918,
accord;po 70 b;s suor,, statepan+s ~
-. c.'.,,. M,
VIC -'''ip'io'ier eiai. AHis Is 'he
latest record in the history of that
office and is attributable largely 10
tho ,,,,r,har ar ,o,,.,. e,,o., T., ,1ro,,;,,;t
'''io - -
tloh cases. Inc Sollcltor' under the
Iee system made $iS,0O0 in the Macon
Clty oourt ana blpb superior court
ana $z,ooo IN the Houston ana CraW-
'ord superior courts.
Inc income of other Bibb County
oirlcers on the Zee system, as now
olsclosed Tor the hrst time by the
Jaw recurring quarterly statements,
vas as 1oiioWs: Sherlf Ss,'bo: CLERK
d superior court, SS.oO0; tlerk or
lily court, So.4oo; Tax collector,
eo'ooo; IaX Receiver, S5,lOo; Ordl-
Figures throughout the entire State
go go ti 80 80 ~ n'f ~ oe".lns upoi guy
cited from Ribh are merely set forth
as an example. In very many coun-
eies tne ices run far snort OF those
others tber nm bicha nr'e III ''''ie AZ"
The figures quoted from Ribb.
moreover. are hv no means conclu-
sive. save as they affect one side of
the argument for and against fees.
There are MANY expenses attached TO
the various offices concerned and
thew must be set off in fairness.
against the total figures returned. If
is the net income of the offices. prop
erIv conducted mat finally will settle
the controversy
There Is much division Of oninion
among members Of the Legislature as
to the fee question. and If likely will
be long time before salary systems
are generally substituted Ar the
from the various counties are ex
tremely interesting. and when the
entire state Is made up, those VINO
b $3.50 sers f.pr,e esa;,, ~ -, t,a asisIa
tive halls. most emphatically,
Representative Robert \. Harde-
man of Jefferson County. a veteran
w.. ,,o,,oro, Asso,b,,, ooa
py long odds the pest dressed man
therein, is in Atlanta for day or So
Mr. uordob,a, he5azz,ed bis mn
a.
iiletouS iIlel.uS anu auIntl III ~
lanta tn!s "Trip WIN loseiy cieeNeu
stray sur, elesan.N oasN $500, o,.,Ieu ,i ny
ID, Wlhe-coloreu We u 81 ,peu SIN r'.
s lI,,,a Us.
lidi :. IL Vi 'oui as i'io7' ''
gar iils'
oli1e Mha q i1e dat15. 9i
oack Hqhder wherein solleoouH us
puteu pop M ueiii9i! ssi toi idi 81
pisniacS, pu' ny +, eispu,ns paIos
u,ut ~ - - az ~ =.
IN 20 e,iti IS ~ -
as VIZ 80 VI iiie'ii III
e w, 80 : Ia l-e7 '9i' '"ie ii'' e''ie "ii-
NhailehS ecu
r..
Inc race lor oois' less III 'ile fliS'
District between Representative
Charles G.. Edwards and former Rep
resentative w overstreet is said
W NC iiioie 'ilai vain anu "eNiueuiS
uncertain as to outcome.
Overstreet served part of term
in the House several years ago, as
the successor to Judge Rufus Lester,
and has been possessed of more or
less rampant ambition ever since to
return. Edwards went into Congress
originally by a rather narrow margin
of votes, and after long convention
deadlock; and, while he has been re-
turned continuously since his first
election, he never has had exactly
"cinch" on the office. He is good
fighter. however, and has managed to
keep his fences in pretty fair shape,
and il will be no child's play TO beat
him.
Mr.. Overstreet is a tireless cam
paigner, has decidedly winning way
with voters, and his friends are very
aggressive in their claims for victory
to his banners this time. And II is
fact that he is showing very fine
form. indeed in some of the counties,
notably Bulloch, Screven and Bryan.
Whether he will defeat Mr.. Ed
wards is. of course, problematical, but
that he will give him the race of his
life and perhaps defeat him, seems