Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-09
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APPARENTLY the Georgia Railway and Power company is
starting early block the Georgia Municipal Leagues
gram make possible by legislation this local de
vcopment by municipalities The Times Recorder has been Wis
tied by OF the opponents OF the program within
days Of them direct of the Georgia
Railway and Power and the other processing interest in
smaller local but who has long been Identified
with state politics and politicians.
the spending money for personal propaganda and other
means of influence Municipal Leagues program
the beginning of this that will be defeat
cd for evidently the has hired its and put
work throughout the attempting first enlist the
press which already against the program influence
public opinion favorable the great corporation which has all
North Georgia in its grasp and seeks to hold IT.
TO these representatives power Times
has replied that while favong private ownership over public
ownership both principle and practice also believes hn
the principle that the people of community should have tho
right bonds make development fot the public benefit
they At private capital large enough dv
dends tackle local development proposition
the people themselves should have the themselves
they effect the development Whether that principle
sociaisc, the interests insist is right and
should prevail The individuals groups of identified wit
the movement have nothing whatever to do with the principle
THE which has the counry-partcuary the
larger citieshs winter has brought interesting specula
ton into the and handling OF crime During the last week
The mesecoder published Associated Press dispatches telling
bills introduced legislatures where capital punishment
had been abolished providing for its reestabnent in Of
first degree murder
Criminoogs and social workers probably never agree
the subject of capital punishment but their viewpoints and
interesting nevertheless Here conflicting opinions
Raymond ID.
saton and clmnoogy crime Edith Abbott
professor of Social Economy the Chicago University
encourages Let's what they have saythe
Says Fosdick
81 believe capital punishment has lettering effect
crime than anything else.
ITO criminal class the electric chair the hangmans
dramatic mind picture that prevents major crime
Capital punishment may be considered evil
consider Whether it is evil question
open for discussion
Ultimately reach point where capital punishment will
not be That IS to be hoped.
But right would under any circumstances join a
attempting to abolish it. Crime conditions such
that it would be a misguided effort
"A toward abolshing capital punishment would
have extremely bad effect 1t would crimcand
crease it" AZ. TE EE E3
AND Miss Abbott says:
The only argument favor of capital punishment that
crime If this true think might favor it 1t not
There murders which have capital
punishment than in those which do.
In Chicago where are hanged every than in
almost other there of violence than else,
where.
Not only hanging doesn't prevent murder but actually
courages it.
When, 100 years ago. 200 crimes punishable by
death in England and rormes wanted down the number the
cry raised that unless hanging punishment of theft
would be safe What happened2 The
Property safer London today than any other place
great and efficient police system built up catches and
brings to punishment thieves.
And there are Take your choice.
lines may fall down but the hodup business
holds
Conditions have changed the coal actually smiles when
you drop in to order fuel
At there's comeback play lover Welcomes
Maude Adams
New administration will have lot of furniture to sell
unchanged except for the spur marks on the desks
works circle Fat you lazy and ancss keeps you
from getting rid of the fat
Mllerand be tcklh He refuses kiss any more vhis
kered Frenchmen.
They're pluking panses Boston month; wonder how