Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-25
PROBE INTO BROWN
DEPART TMENT CERTAIN
STEWART NOW STATES
One Hundred and Four Mem
bers of House Sign Resolu-
ton Demanding Probe
COMMITTEE is FRIENDLY
Charged That Department Has
Been Wasting Public Appro-
priation

ATLANTA, July 25.-With one
hundred and four signatures of
members Of the house on his reso-
luton demanding an investigation
into the affairs of the state depart
ment of agriculture, Representa-
tive Stewart, of Atkinson, today
stated that this majority of the
lower house made passage of the
resolution certain. The Gesolution
was referred to Agricultural COM
mittee No. 2, of which ninety-tive
percent of the membership, accord
ing to Representative Stewart, is
composed of legislators who have
already signed the measure. j. j..
Brown is head of the department
of agriculture, which the resolu-
tion seeking to investigate An in
.vestigation of the affairs Of the
department was asked for after
charges had been made upon the
floor of the house to the effect that
the department had been converted
into a great political machine that
had been wasting public approprla-
tions.
A favorable report on the bill
Of Senator Stephen Pace providing
for the Australian ballot system in
general elections of the state, and
doing away with the necessity of
having two successive grand juries
becomes operative in individual
counties, was voted by the senate
judiciary committee committee No.
2 in session Tuesday.
Senator Pace explained the bill,
stating that it would regulate the
voting system in all counties, some
of which at present have different
systems, he declared. Eliminat-
ing the necessity of having county
grand juries recommend the Aus
tralian ballot system, Senator Pace
declared would simplify matters re-
garding elections.
Representative Cecil Neill, speak
er of the house, at whose instiga-
tion Senator Pace introduced the
bill in the senate, appeared before
the committee and urged favorable
action. The bill is now pending IN
the house and should soon be reach
ed on the calendar.
Representative Dixon of jenkins,
introduced a measure into the house
providing for the amendment of
the constitution so as to provide a
bond issue of S15, 100000 for state
owned port terminal. Representa-
tive Singletary of rady introduced
bill to empower the governor to
issue state bonds to the sum of
$5,000,000 to pay pensions.
Prohibition laws of Georgia are
openly and flagrantly violated and
held in contempt, Dr. Craig Arnold,
of Lumpkin, declared, addressing
privilege. Dir. Arnold, who is au-
the house on the point Of PERSONAL
thor of the bill to repeal Georgia
prohibition laws asserted that he
wished to deny that he is for vets,
and wanted to assert that he had
never tasted drop of Intoxicating
liquor in his life.
q give notice that I have intro
on transportation of whiskeg in
duced bill which will put quietus
and other conveyances"
said DR.. Arnold, "and if every
member who is against my measure
to repeal the state dry law will re-
cord his vote in favor Of this 9TH
er bill to send every man to the
chaingang for one year on being
found guilty of hauling whiskey,
you will help me stop the traffic
that has held life so lightly and
made travelling our highways more
dangerous than crossing the jungles
of darkest Africa" he concluded.