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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-12-05

A new line of fancy grade pins
also roach combs at Mrs. Garner S.
sgt
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Times-Recorder. 1t will produce
results.
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TIE great market place of the com
-Times-RecordeT Want Ads
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To FOrtify the System Against
Colds, Grip and Influenza

take GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC. 1t Puri-
fes and Enriches the Blood 1t Builds up and
Strengthens the Whole System It Fortifes the
System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza Price 6Oc
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Times .~corder Want Ads pay.
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See price list of special sale o,
Tu sday at Morgan's market.-5-3t
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Letters to
Old Santa
Claus.
From His Good
Little Children.

Dear Santa Claus; l do not want
very much this Christmas, for l am
10 years old. But l do want a pretty
doll with long curls and a pretty
white doll bureau and white will
low doll carriage and new pair of
skates and a white desk for myself.
Lots Of fruit and candy and nuts.
from your little friend
LOUISA G. COLE.
P. S. | am sending 25c for the
Empty Stocking Fund. And lots of
fireworks.
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Prices reduced on all trimmed hats.
Miss Ellinor Tillman.-5-1w
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Dear Santa Claus: How are you
this Xmas? / am alright and wanting
as usual. Please bring me a new
pair Of skates, one of those tea sets
at Williams-Niles, and anything else
you can bring me. Am enclosing 10c
for the Empty Stocking Fund. Your
I;++lo
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Drink Chero-Cola, 5 cents.-3-30

An electric street light will be
placed at the intersection of Reese
and Crawford streets, as a result OF
the report Of Alderman Warren,
chairman of the light and water COM
mittee, to council last night, making
that recommendation. The action
was on a petition of a number OF
residents of that section.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-12-05
Mere Mention
About Town
STANDPOINT PENCILS-Bell,
the Jcweler.

At the regular meeting of the city
council last night the resignation of
R. E. Allison as police commissioner
was received and accepted. Mr.. ALI
son was recently elected to the city
council, beginning his term with the
new year, and it is necessary for him
to resign from the police commission
in order to qualify for the former of
flee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-12-05

Drink Chero-Cola, cents.-3-3Ot
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Special sale of $500 to $500 hats
at $500 begins Saturday. Miss FL
linor Tillman.-5-1w
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Drink Chero-Cola, 5 cents.-3-;

Xmas is coming and you will want
YOUR car to run nice and smooth.
BRING it to Bailey Bros, 214 Cotton
Ave. We will put it in the same
ehape that Noah had the Ark when the
Aond came 1-5t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03

He scored the administration for its
efforts to force through the legislature
n bill it did not want, recalling the rail-
reading of the bill through the house
with a bare quorum present and long
after the hour of adjournment had pass
ed.
He said the house was asked to swal-
low the senate amendments, at least
two of which were opposed by large
majority of the house.
He closed with an appeal to the mem
beers not to yield their rights and their
duties to the governor nor the senate
Mr. Brindley of Morgan county, stat
ing that it seemed the point of dissension
had been reached saying that there were
foreordained and foreamed that all could
not know the facts that, like in olden
times, the leaders must be followed.
He voted against the machinery of
the original bill, said he would not COM
promise principle but he was willing to
concede one man, and he was willing to
eake any reasonable compromise to put
the big corporations on the tax lists.
Mr.. Faul1 of Geneva said he could see
no Just reason why the house should ac-
cept the senate amendments without
knowing what they are. He suggested
that each amendment be taken up sep
arately and passed upon.
He insisted that the normal increase
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WONDERFUL
REMEDY FOR
INDIGESTION
You Might as Well Say Good
bye to Stomach Trouble
When You Start Taking
Poindexter's Tonic.

One of the very best medicines
known to science for the treatment of
Indigestion and Dyspepsia is Poin-
dexter's Improved Tonic. In no case
has it ever been known to fail to give
prompt and permanent relief.
) Mrs. L. G. Pettyjohn, 1902 Fifth
Ave, Birmingham, Ala, says: ~ had
chronic case of indigestion with
other complications. Before / had
taken the third dose of Poindexter's
Improved Tonic l felt very much i'm
proved. have never taken a medi-
cine with more satisfactory results
than Poindexter's Improved Tonic"
Mr.. w. B. Gilmer is leading mer-
chant of Butler, Ala, and one Of the
largest planters in Choctaw county.
He says: 81 have sold stacks Of
Poindexter's Tonic in the last year
and defy anyone to find one among
my trade who will say it did not give
perfect satisfaction.
Poindexter's Improved Tonic not
only relieves Dyspepsia and Indiges-
ton, but it also builds up weak and
rundown systems. Try it. You will
feel better after taking the first dose.
Your druggist can supply you. For
sale by Greene Drug Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
AMPLE REVENUE NOW

Mr. Benners of Jefferson member
| of the conference committee, stated
that the problems confronting the con-
ference committee could not be solved
by pathetic references to blind girls,
Confederate veterans and such appeals.
Over 100 amendments were made by the
senate running Entirely through the
fbiH he said not only amending the bill
in minor parts but in important parti-
culars. u
Referring 20 the taxing machinery
and Speaker Merritt's demand that the
report supposed to be reference to
a paper prepared and handed to the
conference committee for its approvaD
be accepted by the house, Mr.. Benners
asked:
I'm whose head did this report orig
mate? In whose head did the ma
chinery in that report exist? If the
machinery provisions which were not
written by the governor nor by the
committee were reported here it is my
candid opinion the house would not
adopt it
I'VE were told it was absolutely
necessary to have the income tax. The
senate evidently is against it'as it made
25 or 80 amendments to that chapter,
and as it now stands very little revenue
would be raised under it. 1t is not
what you want"
He pointed out the difference in the
taxing machinery in the original the
house and senate bills.
"The two houses took dramatically
opposite positions in several matters,
and these were discussed by the con-
ference committee" he continued. You
don't know what is in that report after
seeing it, and state you do not want
to vote for something without knowing
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here to see what is being done with it.
COULDN'T VOTE FOR EXEMPTION
Mr.. Preston of Etowah county. saying
he voted for the excess tax, the inaome
Continued on Page SevcnD
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the pending revenue bill is dead
Speaker Merritt said repeatedly
that unless adopted today 1T would
never be adopted.
A certain indication that the admin
ristration realized the hopelessness of
this cause was the failure to try to
shut off debate, as they did when the
bill was before the house several weeks
ago. Representative Dickson, the lone
Jefferson representative to support the
bill and thus line up against the inter-
ests of his people, did move the pre-
vious question late in the afternoon,
burt after administration objection he
withdrew it and the oratory went on
unrestrained until every man who
wanted to speak had had his say
The general revenue bill intended to
itself through seven weeks of debate
and pickering and bartering to what
now seems certain defeat.
OPERATORS ARE BLAMED
Four more days remain in which to
pass revenue bill and it is problem
atical tonight whether one will be
passed at all. Failing to pass reve
nue. bill the tax laws now on the statute
books would remain in force. At the
doors of the coal and iron ore opera
tors of the Birmingham district is laid
the blame. IL blame there is for the de-
feat of the revenue bill if it is finally
defeated. Administration speakers were
bitter today in their denunciation of the
opponents of the tonnage tax, time and
again referring to their actions and
each time with added3invictive and in
creased bitterness
Mr. Tompkins of Houston Haunted
the idea repeatedly presented by ad
ministration speakers that the state
would have no revenues if the pending
bill were defeated He charged the
governor with forcing the exemptions
issue by writing or causing it to be
written in the original bill. At the
conclusion of Speaker Merritt's argu-
ment the house at 6:45 adjourned I'M
til 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Speaker Merritt, calling Mr.. Lynne of
Morgan county to the chair, took the
floor to urge concurrence in the senate
amendments. His speech was inspired
by the governor. he so stated; and he
proceeded to lay down the programme
worked out in the office of the chief ex4
ecutive He said he spoke for the gov
ernor
II think the most mometous time in
the history of the state and of this leg
isiature has arrived he said p1eadingly
AS l look baca over the 40 days of this
legislature that are gone and practically
nothing accomplished; no provision made
for carrying on the institutions of the
state, the blind, the deaf, the insane and
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Admitting that he WINS the
mOuthpiece Of the governor, the
message bearer of him who aspires
to dominate the legislative body of
the state, as well as to occupy the
executive chair he urged his fell
low members to fOrsake their own
convictions and fall in line with the
governors forces, admitting by in
ference, at least, that he had done
so.
He charged the senate members of
The conference committee with having
lwitched sides between the time the
levenue bill was passed in the senate
md the converting of the conference
committee, declaring that they had
4ound report impossible.
I 1t was IL o'clock this morning when
\ Judge Murphee, chairman of the con-
Ference committee, reported that the
committee had been unable to agree
All six members signed statement to
Ibis effect
Following the reading of the state
ment Speaker Merritt, calling Mr.
Lynne of Morgan to the chair, opened
renee in the senate amendments The
house had already refused to do this
at the time the conference committee
was appointed. but the point escaped
the house until late in the afternoon,
When Mr. Tunstall CT Hale questioned
the right of the house to entertain the
speakers motion until the amendments
were withdrawn from the committee
Tonight the indications are that
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ADMINISTRATION SCORED

appointments in his county and two 9th
ers II he had voted for the bill
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ADMITTING TIA HE IS MOUTHPLECE OF GOVERNOR KHBY
MERRITT MAKES DESPARLNG PLEA FOR THE REVENUE Bill

of values in Alabama would raise all
the revenues needed. He said nobody
had heard any suggestions to cut out I'M
necessary officers. He said there were
over 1900 employees in Alabama who
are watching this revenue bill and II
they had flying machines they would fly
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originate in this house and not in the
governors office.
Don't depend on somebody else 20
rectify our mistakes. I have great re-
spect for the governor of Alabama, but
l will not vote for bill on an under
standing that the governor will send
ii back with an amendment acceptable
to US"
Mr.. Long of Butler county, opposing
the speakers motion, said he had no
doubt the speaker was willing to COM
promise if everything comes his way;
that anybody would do that
HAS it come to the pass in Ala
bama." he asked. that three -fourths
of the members voting for a PROPOSE
ton. that the machinery adopted by
them. shall be thrown in the waste
basket. If we accept a compromise
like that suggested. then there is no
use of US being here"
Referring to the state auditors report
he said the annual revenues under the
law now in force exceeded the states ex-
penses. and that with increasing prop
erty valuations the same law will bring
in all the money needed<
Mr.. Lynne, of Morgan, a member of the
conference committee, asserted that the
rs senate amendments had been embod-
led in one: that the report which the con-
ference committee did agree upon, asked
the senate TO recede from it's amendments
and both houses accept the one amend
ment. He said the Water and Power and
other exemptions were not included in the
report He explained the machinery pro-
visions. saying the governor through the
speaker promises to return with the bill
when it comes to him. The governor.
he said had made concessions in that re-
spect and asserted that the house could
not object to the income tax provisions
Mr.. Arnold of jefferson, opposing the
motion. said the speaker (Mr. Mer-
ritz quarrels with his own babies"
that he finds fault with the men he
put on the conference committee. He
declared the conference committee
could not agree on the senate amend
ments for the reason that the admin
istration was trying to dictate; trying
to ram through the legislature the
most unjust tax bill ever drawn. He
said the house had voted two to one
against the machinery set up in the
original bill and that they were asked
now to reverse themselves and vote for
it. He asked how they expected to
make a compromise when one side had
to do all the compromising.
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Local Data
| hours ending at I p. M, Sep
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Urges House Members to
Forsake and
line Up AS He Has Done
declares That Unless Measure Was Adopted
Yesterday 1t Would Fail, and Indications
Are That Objectionable Measure
Is Now Dead
By w. j. ROLES

Montgomery, September 2.-(Speca)-In last desparng
all Speaker Henry P Merritt Of the house of
might begged the members of that body Governor
by in his fight for the of the pending BILL
the speakers record speech the day the sub
ct and to those who heard his pantve wall apparent
lat he realized that he was leading fororn
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WHO WILL DO IT?

II am not willing to accept the as
surances of the speaker that the gov
ernor or anyone else that they will
make everything all right. Who will
make these things all right except this
body? In my judgment you will be
sorry if you vote for these amend
ments before you~know what they are.
You will be sorry if you vote for
them on the assurance of the governor
that he will send the bill back with
machinery amendment that will be &C
ceptable to you. How does he know
what will suit you? Revenue bills
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS chill TONIC.> You know what you
are taking, as the formula is printed on,
every label. showing it is Quinine and
Iron In a tasteless form. The Quinine
drives out the malarie. the Iron builds up
the system. 90 cents.
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SMITH DENOUNCEs BILL

=
Judge Smith of Greene county, a lead :
ing opponent of the taxing machinery
set up in the original bill and partially
restored by the senate, denounced the
bill as it came back from the senate
to be one of the most drastic ever pro-
posed, that an effort was being made to
extract heavy taxes from the people
to keep up the hord of office holders
saddled upon them.
Il Gang from home with commits
sion from my people to abolish the tax
system which the governor in his cam
paign promised to abolish said Judge
Smith. THE governor promised to give
the people simple machinery. What
did he give you? He promised you a
loaf of bread and gave you a stone
with thorn in it for every county in
the state"
Judge Smith made a strong appeal
to the house to stand firm to it's prom
Use to abolish the present taxing ma
chinery and tc restore one the people
wanted, one which would not deprive
them of their rights
In conclusion Judge Smith said: Let
them rewrite the constitution and let
it be written with a pen and by the
hand of brains; favoring conditions Of
fairness and justice to every individual
and every interest in the great state
of Alabama, and let it go upon the
records of the legislature of Alabama
of 1919 as a memorial of fairness and
justice to the taxpayers of Alabama
III we do this we will need no auto
cratic power to provide for mach;n-
cry of taxation to pay salaries and poll
teal obligations"
At the conclusion of Judge Smiths
speech the house recessed until 3 O. clock.
CONSTITUTION CITED
On reassembling at o'clock Judge Van
de GRAF. of Tuscaloosa, recognized by
the chair, reviewed the course of the
revenue bill through the house, and cited
the section of the constitution which
requires all revenue bills to originate in
the house with the right to offer amend.
ments given to the senate. He said
under the constitution it was the duty
of the retiring governor to make recon-
mendation for a general revenue bill
He read section 81 of the constitution
which provides that the governor, the
auditor shall prepare and present to the
house when it assemblies a general rev.
enue bill based on their knowledge and
information of the conditions and needs.
This Duty he said was imposed upon the
retiring governor and not the incoming
governor. He charged that appropriation
measures introduced at the winter ses-
provisions.
1T is the duty of the governor to do
our bidding he said "and not for us to
do his bidding, yet the order comes here
for US to do as the governor wants us
to do.
Reading from the constitution the Sec
ton against bribery by money, office or
other things of value. Judge Van de
Graaf said the most distinguished man in
the country. one holding the highest hon
or at the disposal of the people of Ala
bama, speaking to an audience where he
was when he was making ready to come
back to the legislature, remarked that
the members of the legislature who voted
against the governors wishes would be
voting against the wishes of the people.
The night the revenue bill was>voted on
in the house. he said, one member told
him that he would have controlled all
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03

the old Confederate soldiers, who have
been knocking for days at your door
He expressed amazement that the con-
ference committee could not agree upon
report, saying he felt like writing
over the doors of the house and senate
the words. ITO those who enter here
Lat all hone depart
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OPPOSES EXEMPTIONS


the bill of exemptions to water power
and other corporations.
Mr.. Scale of Sumter advocated the ac-
ceptance of the senate amendments
and that the house rely upon the prom
ises of the speaker and the governor
to provide machinery acceptable to the
house.
Mr.. Carnley of Coffee, one of the
most determined and persistent oppo
nents of the tax exemption sections.
said he was not here to take dictation
from the senate, that when the bill
came back from the senate the house
refused to concur in the amendments
and that it should not concur in them
now.
He denied that the point had been
reached where revenue bill must be
passed at once or it would die. He said
he was willing to make sacrifices, but
would not sacrifice principle. He
charged that politics was being played
and to this he attributed in part at
least the present deadlock over the
revenue bill
Mr.. Hare of Monroe said the house
should not allow itself to be coerced
by threats of an extra session; and
suggested that if the governor had an
amendment to the bill be should pre-
sent it now so the house members could
know what it was. that it had been sub
mitted to the conference committee and
turned down.
Mr.. Parker of Coosa county said he
wanted to do that which was best for
his people, that he might be for the
senate amendments If he knew what
they were, but he didn't want to vote
blindly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, September 2.-Forecast:
Georgia fair Wednesday. except show
ers southeast portion; Thursday fair;
moderate northeast winds.
Alabama, Mississippi fair Wednesday
and Thursday; gentle northwest winds.
Tennessee fair Wednesday,; Thursday
fair, showers west portion, cooler.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
WANTS TAXING MACHINERY

He charged that the tonnage tax pro-
visions were all that stood in the way of
an agreement by the conference COM
mittee, and that there was no disagree
ment in the two houses over that.
He made a plea for the retention Of
the taxing machinery. pledging his own
and the governors word that if the ma
chinery adopted by the senate be re-
tanned in the bill that when it>-reaches
the governor he would return it with an
amendment providing taxing machinery
that would be acceptable to both houses
He insinuated that a number of
members of the Senate conference COM
mittee changed their minds between the
time they voted on the bill in the senate
and the time it reached the conference
committee.
He PROPOSED surprise that senator's
who voted for the tonnage tax could
not agree upon this provision in the
conference committee.
Declaring that he was willing to
make sacrifices he appealed to others
to do likewise promising that if they
did revenue bill would be passed be-
fore shutdown.
Discussing the water power exemp-
tions he promised to join opponents in
preparing a new bill striking out the
exemptions and if necessary make it a
special order. as
Assuring the house that he spoke for
the governor he begged the house to
accept the senate amendments and that
the governor would send the bill back
with amendments acceptable to both
y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-15
COMMITTEE HEARINGS

The committee on judiciary on Fri
day afternoon held the only hearing
of the day.
Levi S. Pennell of Portland saaler
of weights and measures. appeared
for the act prohibiting weighers of
coal, hay, straw junk or other arti-
Giles and measurers of wood. bark or
charcoal from giving certificates of
weight and measure untl <Hey have
qualified for the faithful performance
of their offices. Mr.. Penneil said that
in the past year he had considerable
trouble with surveyors who had not
been sworn in and when short meas
ure cases had been found they were
lost in the court. because of the fail
ure of the surveyors to be sworn
Rep. Dutton of Bingham endorsed
the act to prevent the illegal assess
ment of taxes, saying that 1t was
growing practice in Maine for towns
to exempt industries for the sake of
getting them to locate there. in di
rect opposition to the law.
State Assessor Clement 5. Stetson
Of Greene stated that the board in
the last two years found many towns
had been exempting property in the
manner mentioned. in direct violation
of the State Law. until now there APP
peared on the exempted list property
valued at s1os3.eS2 by vote of towns.
Where the State Assessors find such
low valuations, they place an addl-