Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Representative Fowler Re-
plying to Article Says He
viii Introduce Removal
Bill Again in June

MACON, Ga, March S.--Abandon-
ment OF the movement 10 remove the
state capital from Atlanta to Macon
which has agitated each legislature
for a number of years, is urged in an
article on the editorial page of
Thursdays edition Of The Macon
Telegraph signed by Nelson NJ. Ship,
staff editorial writer.
Pointing to the needs OF the state
along financial lines, especially in
the matter of better support for it's
various institutions, Mr.. Shipp de-
clares that unity and harmony is
absolutely necessary If these needs
are to be met and the state is to go
forward in progress and prosperity.
Cooperation on the part of all the
forces of the state, elimination Of all
factional controversies and a Line
of thought and action looking to
the union and upbuilding Of Geor-
gia' is strongly advocated.
Let Atlanta keep the capital, and
God bless her." he says. Let At
lanta join Macon--let Macon join
Atlanta-in company with all the
other cities, towns and countrysides,
in the effort to make Georgia really
and truly the Empire State of the
South"
The article in full follows:
The fight and effort of Macon to
secure the state capital should not
be carried further, but first, paren-
thetically speaking
Down on the courthouse lawn
the other day, they were selling out
the household goods of some Geor-
gia citizen. One felt like calling a
policeman; it looked as though a
crime were taking place. 1t would
be interesting to know just what
the former owner of that furniture
thought about the philosophy of life
in general lin Georgia. and the acad.
enic question Of bonds in particular.
1T would not require a very close
student of affairs to understand
that the people of the various sec
tons and the mem bers Of the differ
ent factions in this state should rec.
ognize that the hour has struck
when a largc1 measure of agreement
and unity is vitality necessary to the
life, the health, the sanity and the
safety of our commonwealth, Ger.
tanly, the. prospcrity--a well-worn
words involved.
Senator From South Georgia
For this reason, if no other, the
selection and election of a south
Georgia man to the United States
senate was somewhat inspiring. IT
had not been the custom, nor the
habit. 1t didn't have to oe done.
There was the appearance of conces.
sion. Wiregrass Georgia makes good
cotton when the boil weeviI is not
rampant, and where the turpentine
forests have been cleared away and
the swamp land drained, the finest
kind of truck products and fruits
spring from her dark soil. Great
pines send their roots d9ep into her
fields and rear their neads high to
ward her blue skies
But a large portion of the state
is not accustomed to thinking that
senatorial timber can be produced
in that land of vine tangled lowlands
and rolling hills. But the spirit of
concession and get-together is
needed to carry the ship of state
into calm and untroubled waters
and into the port called Modern.
However, south Georgia can pro,
duce anything.
Starving Institutions
Tremendous demands are being
made upon the few mills of taxes
that go to the state. Some so per
cent is claimed by the public school
system-and the common schools
are worthy OF the best of support.
From them come the rugged frame
work Of 81 people. Another large
percentage must go for pensions
the old soldiers are certainly deserv-
ing of much. When various neces-
sary check-outs on the treasury
have been accomplished, bare pit
lance is left for the operation Of the
basic governmental machinery of
the old mother state.
How many institutions we have
that are sorely neglected, starving
for financial attention. There is
the state sanitarium, crowded, lack
ing in facilities. There is the school