Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-25
Judge Littlejohn Com
ments On Conditions
In His Charge
PEOPLE BUY ONLY
BEST, HE SHOWS
Special Term of Superior
Court Starts Trials
Wednesday

A large part of the blame for the
high cost of living was laid squarely
upon the shoulders of the consun-
ing public-the people who are ac-
tually growing rich, he said-by
Judge 2. A. Littlejohn, of the Sumter
Superior court, in his charge this
morning to the grand jury called for
the special term of court.
Judge Littlejohn's charge to the
grand jury was brief and covered on
ly two points-the high cost of hv-
ing and cattle tick eradication. The
latter he touched on only briefly and
without offering a remedy. He call
ed attention, as he said he was re-
quired to do under the law, to Geor-
gia's antitrust statute, under which,
he said, he had never, heard of a pros
ecution in Georgia,
Twenty-three men filled the grand
jury box, with Crawford Wheatley,
who acted in that capacity at the
previous session, being chosen as
foreman.
Il have found it necessary" be-
gan Judge Littlejohn, ''to call spe-
cial term of the grand jury more es-
pecially because of the condition OF
the county Jail as regards the num-
Der of prisoners confined there at
expense to the county than anything
else. have acted also because dur
ing the spring term of the Superior
court farming conditions made it ad-
visable not to prolong that term, and
as result we had only three days
devoted to criminal business, allow:
ing what was not disposed of in that
period to go over. Now there are
IS or 20 persons in Jail and several
on bond awaiting your action, and
to dispose of these cases / deemed
it advisable to call you at this time.
Tick Eradication.
"There are very few things to
which | want to call your attention.
You have all the power and authori-
ty of regular grand jury, and are
privileged to take cognizance of any
matters not specially brought to your
attention, just as other grand juries.
| have been requested to call your
attention to the question of cattle
tick eradication. | deem it unneces-
sary to deal with that except in q
general way and in regard to its i'm
portance and it's benefits to the state
Under the law it is misdemeanor tC
transport cattle from tick infested
county through tick-free county
and it is also a misdemeanor tC
bring cattle from an infested area
into a tick-free county. The commits
sioners of Sumter county have gone
to considerable trouble to make Sum
ter a tick-free county.
at is pertinent just now to say
few words about the high cost OF
living We have an antitrust law in
Georgia-and have had for years
which the statutes prescribe shall be
brought to the attention of grand
juries. This law prohibits all agree
ments or combinations which would
tend to increase the price of necessi-
ties of life | am sure you gentle,
men never saw anyone prosecuted un
der this law; am sure / never have
and | don't konw that there are
any violations of it here.
Shoes at $1S Coming.
"This matter of high prices, how
ever, is one that affects US all, and
is worth some thought and consid-
Grafton. This winter, they tell us,
we will be paying SIG and $18 for
pair of shoes. But it is my opin-
ion that the people themselves are
as much to blame for this high cost
of living condition as anything OF
anyone else. The people are actual
ly gorwing rich-they have never
before been so rich--and they won't
buy anything but the best. That is
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