Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-28
GEORGIA SCHOOLS
VOTED S4,25O,9D0 =.
IN BUDGET BILL

8 After discussion that lasted sew.
eral hours, the house Of representa-
tivas, sitting as a committee of the
whole, Wednesday afternoon APP
proved an appropriation of $4,250,-
900 for the common schools of the
state, with the provision that one
half of any excess above the esti-.
mated income of So, 900, also will
GO to the schools.
Argument developed over various
motions to amend the bill and in
crease the school appropriation.
Representative HillhoGse, of Worth
county, sought to increase the APP
preparation to $5,000,000, but his mo-
ton was voted down. Representa-
tive Davis, of Floyd, sought TO raise,
the school fund to $4,SOO,OO0, but his
motion also lost.
Representative Under, of JEFF Da-
Wis county, tried to put through an
amendment to increase the appro-
priation to $4,75O,0 but failed.
Representatives Elders, of Tatnall
county, and Huxford, Of Clinch
county, sought TO amend the bill by
giving $4,75O,OO0 to the schools. with
an additional amount if there is any
excess in revenue, but were voted
down.
representatives Sanford, of
Lowndes county, and Evans, of War
rem, sought to increase the appro-
priation to $4,000 200 and use 5000
900 Of the amount to purchase free
school books, but this proposed
was ruled out OF order
because Georgia has no law pro
viding for free school books.
The motion to adopt the recon-
mediation of the committee on the
school appropriation was made by
Representative McMichael, of Marion
county
Hits Demonstration Agents
Representative Boswell, of Greene.
sought to eliminate the provision in
the appropriation bill providing tina;
the president of the State College
Of Agriculture should not receive
more than $4,000 salary from the
state and government combined, but
was voted down.
Representative Rutherford, of
Monroe, sought to reduce the appro-
priation for demonstration work b.
the State College of Agriculture un
the the Snith-LeVer act from $780,:
900 per year to $4,000.
Representative Blease, of Brooks
supported this amendment, and de-
clared there never was a demonstra-
ton agent who was worth so cents
to the farmers of any county.
81 don't care about this appro-
p-iatiOn; you can give them 100000
if YOU want to, but / want to stop
these eloquent lawyer-farmers and
these newspaper farmers from try
ing to do so much for the real dirt
farmers of Georgia" Mr.. Blease said.
Representative Kirkland, of Mil
Ter, declared that the counties thai
haven't farm demonstrators are so
per cent better off than those that
have them, and that he had forgot
ten more than the demonstrators
ever knew about farming.
Representative McMuIlen, of Hart,
defended the demonstrators, and the
reduction was defeated, 119 to 3S.
More Amendments Lose
Representative Smith, Of Bryan,
sought to increase the appropriation
Of the Georgia Medical college, at
Augusta, from $4,000 to $55,000, and
Representative Rutherford sought
to reduce IT to $4,000.
Representative Rutherford declar-
ed that the medical college last year
received $121,S50.75 from all sources,
or s1,194.61 per student for it's 102
pupils, and graduated only ten men;
that University of Georgia and the
State College Of Agriculture receiv-
ed $S16,S16, or $747.32 per student;
that Georgia Tech received $685.
1872, or $307.40 per student; the North
Georgia Agricultural college receiv-
ed $34,872.75, or $262.20 per student;
the Georgia State College for Women
ut MilledgevilIe raceived $126,120 or
$144.9O per student; the Georgia
State Normal school at Athens re-
ceiVed $50, $50, or $176.09 per student;
the Georgia State Woman's college
at Va!dosta, received $45, 544S9, or
$S47.75 per student; and the State
Normal college at Bowdon received
1914 6S per student, while the com
mon schools got less than five dol
lars per student
Both amendments were voted
down, and the appropriation remain
ed at $4,000, as recommended by the
appropriations committee.
Appropriations approved by the
committee of the whole Wednesday
were:
Salary Of state school superin
tendent's clerk $1,000; for the SUP.
port anG maintenance of the
public schools $4,250,00O; safe board
OF vocational education $4,000; ad.
ditional fund for rehabilitation SOL
S5S.2S; University of Georgia $S5 900:
university summer school $4,000