Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-27

loway, of Putnam, the committee
! voted to send at once to Savannah
and take the deposition Of Grover c.
EdmOndson, former editor of the Co
lumbia Sentinel. who is i'll in a hos
p.tal in that city.
"Edmondson is quoted in the press
as saying it is a pity we do not want
his testimony" said Representative
Galloway. He says he has evidence
that will drive Commissioner of Ag'
riculture J J. Brown out of office.
We should by all means take his
deposition"
Sam L, Olive, representing the
farm department, said Commissioner
Brown would insist that Mr. Ed
mondson's testimony be placed in the
record, whereupOn the committee de-
rided to have it taken without delay.
Tuesday afternoon J. j. Hol
ioway, who served as chief in
spector from 1921 until January I,
1928, testified that he was dismissed
for several reasons, among which,
were the following: Because my
home county of Carroll failed to go
for Commissioner Brown last year,
because my son was an active sup
porter of Governor Hardwick, and
because the commissioner said [
didn' t travel around over the state
enough"
Good Man Friday
Another witness at the Tuesday
afternoon session was E. H. Nc
Michael, representative from Marion
county, who described Wiley Gallo
way, an employee of the department,
as the good man Friday" of Speak
err Cecil Neill, of the house. He said
Mr.. Galloway was always on hand
at he legislature. and that he APP
peared to have charge of the pages
and doorkeepers. Also, he said Gal
loWay was present with Speaker NeilI
when the his committees were APP
pointed.
Was he on the farm department. s
payroll during this time?" asked AS.
sistant Attorney General T. r. Gress.
L believe he was" the representa-.
tive answered..
That George IT. CarsweIl. presi-
dent of the senate; w. Cecil Neil,
speaker of the house, and J. J.
Brown, commissioner of agriculture,
came down the corridor together
shortly before the legislative COM
mlttee to investigate the depart
ment of agriculture. was appointed
on the closing night of the general
assembly, was the statement made
by Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle, editor
of the Columbia Sentinel, in testi-
mony given the investigating COM
mittee Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Lyle Said that the commit
tee was announced after midnight.
and this caused Representative Ben
nett, of Dodge county, to raise
the point that the committee was Il
legally appointed, but Chairmal
George Landlord ruled him out Of
order.
Questions Bring Tilt
While sam l.. Olive. attorney fer
the department. of agriculture, was
seXamining Mrs. Lyle, she III
dignantly asserted that he was try
ING to confuse her. just as yGu
have tried to confuse everyone else
on the stand" She told him one
would answer no more of his ques-
TOMS and Chairman Landlord i'll
formed her she did not have to an
sWer further. Mr.. Olive was in
sistent, and finally, Representative
Charles A. Stewart, of Atkinson,
who is leading the fight against the
department, jumped to the floor
and sand;
Mr.. chairman, Mrs Lyle has II
ready answered as fully as she can
and you have already ordered Mr..
Olive TO stop questioning her. I am
a member Of the house of repre-.
sentatives, and if you can't ssor
him, l can
Mr.. Olive then invited Mr., Stew
art to come on but Chairman
Landlord ruled them both out OF
order and Mrs. Lyle continued her
testimony by declaring that The
articles she printed in the Sentinel
were based on information sent he'
by Walter Vance, former warrant
clerk under Governor Hardwick
She said Gaz Vason, former door
keeper of the house, did not send
her any information.
The story about the kittrell hotel
bill, she said. was written by Grover
c. EdmOndson.
Answering questions asked by AS
sistant. Attorney General T. l..
Gress, representing the state, Mrs.
Lyle said she began her investiga-
ton of the department of agricu IL
lure four years ago, and has since
been convinced from an examina
ton Of the records that extrava-
Sance and general inefficiency ex-
list. She added that the department
mas too many officials and too many