Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-28

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IN The naming of c. Hawkins fill the regretted vacancy on the
board of county commissioners Ordinary IooD mas
judgment that will be generally aPPaudeo oy n h nov Mr.
county regardless of what section they may :t 81
Hawkins well; all know him to be man OF the meneI b ~
excellent business ability and the courage TO 90 "h"' "
he right regardless of consequences
while Mr. Hawkins interests largely outside OF the city
il is fortunate the citizens inside Ameicus that man VINO
b and knows feels their interests well as those oil
The county beyond limits of the city was selected TOT 'h
There has too long been disposition in county board a a.
to regard the city of Americus as not par! bJ -
70 all matters coming within the jurisdiction OF the board "
nnlv 10 all of Sumter except the city OF Amecus
Which is all wrong-dead According to normauon
he house per of the total taxes OF Sumter
county is paid property within the city limits OF AmerlGu @
~ cent Of the total the county paid by people living IN
d The c on property owned by them either within the GUY OF
within the county Also approximately onehaif the people " w
ing qualifications reside inside the CITY
YET in face of these city of Amecu has had only the
smallest possible representation on the board Nr oo DG
The vs only representative really identified with the CITY oy I'M
ortant interests Statham, most excellent olcia
Americus his residence largely nominal ms exensiH inter
closest to where he reared and now operates
Mr. Hawkins the board the membership will be more evenly o
need as between city and which will be more nearly
as 1t shou bd that the board will now renew efforts of
b nast TO forget city rivalry which hurts nobody at al
except our city and and remember that the CITY
~ the cv enjoys over districts paid for by
the people themselves addition the bulk the taxes they pay
to keen the county the going that under any cu
sances the people inside the entitled to even snake WI"
the balance property values and other w
by rights should enjoy some OF the fruits o. er 49, xend
If we pull in direction we'll eventually get somewhere
we pull in opposite directions we II get nowhere
THE Kansas Court Industrial Relations has deereed that Tin
Ployes upon the payyr0n even III 0''' p0O
o IT,; he same court YOU remember which, few months
400 decreed that employees may collectively quit work. even
bouoh thew are paid what they consider living wage nor
thew believe their working conditions are unsafe
onnosed to rights guaranteed by the constitution OF the
d States When human being chained (ron legaD to
his lob he is slave and free 1t is noncevabe that
court esehere long deny human beings human
rights. -. l.o.. 1o;;ou l. i IN
direct conflict law of the land laid down by the u Su
ene court Chief Justice John Marshall ago de-
fined property rights and placed them high pedestal
rNOEs the Kansas court imagine that long conhsate private
property which exactly what seeks to do when it attempts
TO compel employer employees he can give nc
eme court decisions that illegal conhate private
ey deny human rights indeed some justices have stress
ed the property rights rather oener than human rights
Nor legal angle the only the Kansas court should con
slider 1t must know that paid by capital that they
arc paid by pubicthe ultimate Any payment OF
ing if all employers under the law If Kansas enP
alone are thus penazed will drive capital of that
state 1t will hobble whatever of business is left
Business is business 1t cannot be breadlne nor an aims
house and continue prohtmakng business
Having tried enslave the employee the Kansas
ceeds to hackes the employer In both instances it
reveals itself poorly grounded business sense and legal lore
WITH the pruning knife lowering appropriations for the
vomans bureau government labor department. Con
ress is last appropriations Congress al
loted 56housands of of the total the interests
Of and children.
Speaking of percentages and appropriations by Congress- Is
interesting that 81 of the total of running the
goes for and contemplated
Niney-two of every dolarl
That leaves eight for education agriculture and the
@ good country And there people who opposed
ia cutting down the naval and military appropriations
Even big business is getting to be pacihshc.
No longer the American union against mlasm which is
hong reduce the appropriations big banks and
beginning crowd Congress with the
eeon that business prosperity have chance ALL if
taxe be reduced respectable proportions there will