Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-26
WITH
GOVERNOR AND WHO
He WILL APPOINT.

ATLANTA, Ca, June 26.-The resie-
nation of Hugh NJ. Dorsey as solicitor.
general of Fulton Superior court in
order to devote his entire attention tc
his race for governor has revived spec
lGation as to Governor Harris choice
of a successor to his unexpired term.
Meanwhile there is a lively race on
for the full term between John A. Boy.
kin and Aldine Chambers, two we'll
Known Atlanta lawyers, who have been
campaigning several months
The solicitorship Of Fulton Superior
court pays a straight salary of $4,000
from the county, in addition to which
there is the $3.50 per annum retainer
paid by the state, and in addition to
both of which there is the accumulated
fees for convictions, all of which, to-
gether, makes the total pay of the Of
flee, in round numbers, $4,000 a year.
With the converting of the general
assembly, which meets Wednesday, and
the preparation by the Western & At
lantic releasing commission of its re-
port to the general assembly, attention
is again directed to the disposition OF
tie Western & Atlantic railroad ana
the efforts of the state to prevent the
building of a parallel line. The legis-
lature last year passed an act prohib-
iting the secretary of state from issu-
ing a charter to any corporation to
build a line of railroad parallel to the
Western & Atlantic, for the reason that
such parallel line would seriously
impair the value of the states prop.
erty.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
which recently came into prominence
through the Interstate Commerce COM
MISSIONS probe of its political actiyf-
ties and expenditures, is now engaged
in lawsuit to overthrow the anti-par-
alelling act. The case is pending be-
fore the supreme court of the state,
and the Louisville & Nashville is rep
| resented by the law firms of King &;
snalding and Dorsey, Brewster, How
ell & Heyman.
Solicitor Hugh NJ. Dorsey, is the
senior member of the last-named firm.
and his connection with the anti-paral-
Icing lawsuit will be made one of the
dominant issues in the gubernatorial
campaign. The Louisville & Nash.
vile railroad controls the Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad, and
the latter leases the Western & At
lantic from the state.
In the anti-paralleling lawsuit, the
state of Georgia is represented b.
Attorney General Clifford Walker ant
by Judge Horace NJ. Holden, formerly
a justice of the state supreme cour
and one of the ablest lawyers in thu
state.
On the outcome of the suit depends
| the future value of the Western & At
lantic railroad, which is the state .
Ceorgia's most valuable property an
the basis of its credit. Should the law
yers engaged by the Louisville & Nash
) Vile succeed in overthrowing the anti
paralleling act, and should a paral
lei line be built, the value of the West
ern & Atlantic would be greatly re
; dCced, if not destroyed entirely.
) Meanwhile, should Solicitor Dorsey
be successful in his candidacy for gov
ernor, he would become a member O
the commission created by the legis
lature to negotiate new lease on the
Western & Atlantic, the present lease
of which expires in December, 1919.
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