Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-20

state to develop our resources. This
would cause Georgia to follow North
Carolina and regain her place as
the foremost state of the south.
Il am opposed to- an income tax
for it is not needed, and wealth
needs a rest from taxation.
"Education: l have stood for ten
years, in the legislature, for all pos
sible aid to education from the pri
mary grade to the top of the uni
versity, but the homes of the farm
ers and laborers must not be sold
for taxes for education.
For School Equalization
"The state school fund should be
converted into an equalization school
fund, so that the children of Daw
son county would have the same
opportunities as those of Fulton
county.
1.-The county board Of education
should be elected by the people for
they now have tax levying powers
1.-The county should be a unit OF
education and every child given the
same opportunity in life, with at
least one high school in every rural
county in Georgia
Public roads: BY next year we
will be getting eight million dollars
for building and maintaining our
public roads and that is enough.
II am opposed to amy bond issue
for roads or for any other purpose
In road building. we must pay as
we go, build permanent roads and
waste no money on the job.
'The four hundred dollar car
should not pay the same motor Ii
cense tax as a four thousand car.
We must lift the tax burden off the
poor man.
Courts: There should not be but
three classes of courts: Justice
courts, superior courts and supreme
courts. We must enlarge the juris-
diction of our justice courts, abolish
our city and county courts, and com
bine the court of appeals with the
supreme court and have a civil and
criminal division of the supreme
court.
Il will not sign any appropriation
bill until | have approved the tax
acts, and l will not sign tax acts
unless they afford relief to our suf-
fering people.
II will stand for the rigid enforce
ment of all laws by the solemn judg-
ments of orderly courts and not
otherwise must any one attempt to
execute the laws.
Freedom of speech and Of the
press. must be maintained at any
cost.
Declares independence
ono sect, faction, clique or clan
should run the governors office. II
elected to that high Office, I will
know how to say yes to my enemy
when he is right and mo- to my
friend when he is wrong.
THE spirit of civic righteousness
must be brought into our politics
and into the affairs of our state in
an effort to approach the spirit of
divine righteousness as lived by our
Christian citizens.
mo political loafer, ring politi
clan, or live beat need call at my
headquarters, Tor I am a poor man
and l will not obligate myself to q
crook for the governors Office.
Il favor putting county officers
on a salary in the large cities. but
not in the rural counties"
Mr.. Elders declared he expects to
campaign in every county in the
state between now and the date OF
the election. The state primary will
be held September 10, it is stated.
Although Mr. Elders is the only
candidate who has made a forma
announcement nOr Walker is
expected to be a candidate for re.
election, and George IL Carswell
president of the state senate, also is
expected to enter the race