The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-06-27

oAN ~itOluSI W NlSltSdIu NUulU nc TO
abolish the constitution and endow the
individual with greater power than
the people in the aggregate who en-.
acted the law. This would soon lead
TO revolution. ] announce to YOU to,
day that l utterly reject this doctrine.
| shall stand for the administration
of the law and equal enforcement of
its demands on all the people SO
long as the law is left upon the stat,
ute books.
For my part, | believe the prohbi.
ton law is salutary, reasonable, eco
monte, and in aid of good government
1t is only one way of bringing about
temperance in the commonwealth. 1t
IS strong auxiliary in the crusade
FOR the betterment Of, tic race, TO- It's
uplift and reform. The nations of the
earth are fast coming to rAlli3ation
OF the evils of iatcmperance The
safety of the state--its very life--ls
concerned. The fate OF the living end
of millions yet unborn hangs on tho
work OF this age. Statesmen, soldiers,
great thinkers, great legislators. are
busy with this problem Ii reaches far
beyond the demands of human liberty;
It is concerned with the very lives OF
the people themselves.
The State Road
As the lease of the state road ter
inmates in December, 1919, il would
seem proper that the preparatory
steps should be taken looking to y
disposition of the road for another
period. l take it for granted, of
course, that the legislature will wish
TO lease the road again and not to
sell it,
think the time OF the new lease
should exceed that of the last. for it
would furnish greater incentive to
nGtntn hnif1tr 4
! in point of time
Some provision should be made in
the new lease for the double tracking
or the whole line and also for REIN.
bursting the counties through which ii
runs for the expense of the courts,
lnasmuch az no taxes can be levied
upon the property.
But this is a matter of detail.
rms road is the most valuable as
set which the state possesses. In
II all OF the people of the state are
interested. Everything, therefore.
which Injuries the road affects adj.
versely every inhabtant of the state.
No mere local consideration ought to
weigh one moment when the welfare
OF the whole property is involved 1t
is the security which gives stability
to the credit and financial standing
Of the state.
am opposed to any measure that
will depreciate it's value or iniuri-
ously affect its business.
| trust the legislature will take i'm
mediate and effective steps to prevent
its being. paralleled by any rival road.
have felt for years that it was a
serious mistake to have allowed such
thing in the past and | earnestly
recommend that the general law for
the incorporation of railroads be so
amended that no charter can be grant
cd to another road which runs with
in the territory adjacent to the pres
ent line, or so near as to affect its
business.
This much is due to the whole peo-
pie, who are the owners of the line.
Half of it's revenue is appropriated
to public schools--every child in Geor-
gia is, therefore, concerned in The
protection of the property and the in
crease of its income as far as can
legitimately be done.
Terminals In CHATTANOOGA
| agree with the outgoing governor
in commenting 10 your serious atten-
ton the status of the terminals of the
road in Chattanooga.
Something should be done at once
to prevent the threatened invasion
of the property in the interests Of
the city Of Chattanooga espec-
tally looking to the securing the larg-
est income possible from the property
in the future. This, as well from
the road itself as from the terminal
property in the city aforesaid-if it Is
possible to treat the latter separately
from the road.
judicial Reform
| cannot but feel that some helm ia
needed to brin gthe judiciary into line
with the modern demand for the
CnnnHy md off ,aI,, o
cation.
While the superior and city courts
for the most part, are keeping well up
with their business, except in some
congested locations, yet the cases have
become banked up before our highest
courts till oftentimes an affirmance
by law is avoided only with very great
difficulty. Argument is had in due
course, but the docket is so large that
often so long time passes before a
decision is reached that the memories
of the judges are taxed beyond what
is reasonable to retain the substance
of such argument. AS a result the
resort to briefs is more favored than
oral argument, the latter being rem
dcred In many cases of little avail
by the delay.
While this course may beget more
accurate finding Of the law in the end,
yet it changes largely our American
idea of the value of counsel in oral
argument.
The delays in these courts are so
great that ! have no doubt at times
real injustice results and yet the
judges are doing all in their power
to keep up with the docket.
? There should be some method of
relief adopted without delay, either
by lessening the number of cases or
giving to the court wider latitude
In the decisions of the same.
/ call the legislature attention TO
the matter and beg that some means
may be decised by which relief can
be brought to this greatest legal tri-
bunal of our state.
Highways OF The State
The work of the convicts on the
public roads is beginning to make
itself felt in the state.
There Is springing up among the
people a decided interest in the good
roads question. The efforts being
made to lay out interstate highways,
the bids for the same, the PROPOSE
ton to open up branches in every di-
rection and to carrying the building OF
good roads into every county, for the
Improvement Of the traffic and trans
portation, evinces the state OF the
public mind on this subject.
In fact the county which fails to
catch the spirit Of enterprise on this
question will soon find itself behind