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STATE AUDITOR BILL III HOUSE Hall Makes Successful Fight for ' His Measure. BILL FOR BIENNIAL SESSIONS INTRODUCED Wright, of Floyd, and Hall, of Bibb, Protest Against Noon Adjournment. A bill creating the office of auditor of atate accounta was paaaed by the houae of repreaentatlvea Thursday morning after a debate on It of an hour by Mr. Hall, of Bibb, who Intro duced the bill, and several others. The state Auditor will be appointed by the governor, will hold office for tfrms of two years, and will be paid an annual salary of 12,000. When the motion to Introduce new bills was passed by the house a flood of them came from all pgrts of the hall. Of the thirty-eight new bills In. of Hall, had the most Important, was drawn up with a view to lighten ing the duties of the supreme court, and contained a provision for the es tablishment of the court of appeals, to rank next to the supreme court and above the superior and city courts. It provides for one' presiding Judge and four associates. First appointments are to be made by the governor and afterwards the people elect. A bill was Introduced by Mr. Chris topher, of Hall, to provide for biennial sessions pf the general assembly, to be gin the first June after the ratification of the bill by the people, to whom the constitutional amendment must be sub mitted after It is passed by the general assembly. Though ' a motion to meet Frida; morning at * o’clock had been passed, on motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Thomas, It was decided to adjourn the house until »:30 o'clock Friday morning. There was some little discussion on this point, Mr. Hall, of Bibb, and Mr. Wright, of Floyd, claiming that there was much business to be transacted by the house, and It should not adjourn at 12 o’clock. The motion to adjourn was carried, however, at the hour of noon. Few There at Opening. A strenuous session of the general assembly was predicted Wednesday when Mr. Hall, of Bibb, moved that the hotise meet at 9 o’clock Thursday When' Speaker Slaton called the house to order at that time, few members were present. However, by 9:20 o’clock, after prayer by Chaplain Tim ■IIHpiB pn. . . monsj the rolL'call and reading of ttlcally every member journal, practically every in his .seat., i > . ... „ i A resolution to make house bill No. 1, by Mr.' Conner, of Bartow, special order of business for July B, was re ferred to the committee on rules. This bill Is to-appropriate $100,000 for the agricultural college of the University of Georgia at Athens. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, It was decided that when the bouse ad journed Thursday It meet Friday mpm- Ing at 9 o’clock. Fight on Max Land. A petition from a number of cltlsens of Wilcox county protesting against Max E. Land acting as representative from Wilson, was read by the clerk. It was claimed by. 104 Wilcox county clt- Isens, who announced that other simi lar petitions would follow, that Mr. Land moved to Crisp county In Decem ber, 1906, and they desired the office delated vacant that an election might be held. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, the petition waa referred to the committee on privileges and elections. House bill No. 9. by Mr. Hall, of Bibb, was read for the third time, hav ing been favorably reported by the ap propriations committee. On motion of Mr. Hall, the houae went Into a com mittee of the whole to consider the bill, Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, taking the chair. The bill was given another reading, after which Mr. Hall, of Bibb, spoke In behalf of It. The bill was to create the office of auditor of state accounts with a sal ary of $2,000. in speaking on this measure, Mr. Hall said that while very complicated and long in make-up, the bill was simple HON. JOSEPH HILL HALL, of Bibb. The Hon. Joseph Hill Hall, of Bibb, has had much fun poked at him. His name, his whiskers, his vehemence of speech and action, and hla recurrent plea for “the common people" have all been made the subject of Jokes, of sarcasm and sometimes of ridicule. But when one enters the house of representatives In session, observes the activity of the senior member from Bibb and notes the respect which accorded the rather uncouth statesman and the skill with (which he handles whatever he undertakes, Jie gets a new opinion of the best known member of the house. The Hon. Joseph Hill Hall, of Bibb, Is Just about the ablest parliaments rlan In the bunch. When he gets to flllbusterlng to defeat a measure he doesn't like, he sets the supporters of that measure, wild with Impotent fury. He doesn’t mind flllbusterlng If he thlnka that Is the best tactics, al though he has been known to storm against It as unfair when used against him. That’s natural, however. As a constitutional lawyer, he stands high among the bar of Georgia. Hts honesty is proverbial, hla ability 1s un questioned, and he 1s one of the strongest figures of the general assem bly. He has taken many unpopular stands. It's a sort of hobby with him to be unpopular. Some of his unpoi ular stands have been mistakes. 1 will admit that hlmseir. Some of them were right. He'll admit that, too. The very first shot out of the box Wednesday, the Hon. Joseph Hill Hall set the house down to work when some of the less serious minded mem bers wanted to adjourn shortly after convening. He carried his point. This Is his last term. He may run again, however. He can carry God frey’s district In Bibb county for any office from dog catcher to emperor of Germany. IICHILD LABOR BILL 12C. MILEAGE UP IN THE SENAT and merely meant that the financial af. fairs of the state would-be under ■ perfect check. He said there was not but one Institution of the state, the negro school In Savannah, that was managed properly from a financial point of view. Examples were drawn from the state lunatic asylum af fairs and the Georgia School of Tech' nology bill Introduced Wednesday. Mr. Knight, of Berrien,, interrupted Mr. Hall with a query as to why he favored the apoplntment of the auditor by the governor and the state election of certain other officials-by the peo< pie. “Asleep,” Says Hall. "You must have been asleep,” said Mr. Hall, as he explained his views. Mr. Alexander, of De Kalb: "Is It not true that this new office will Inter rupt the entire machinery of handling state accounts?" We ain't got no machinery,” retort ed Mr. Hall. Mr. Kelley, of Glascock, spoke In fa vor of his amendment to elect the audi tor by the people. He .was answered by Mr. Hall, who said that the pas sage of the amendment would kill the bill. "Governor Is Honsst.” ‘I favor the appointment of this of ficial -by the governor and we will get a good official,” said Mr. Hall. ”1 have never had reason to doubt the govern or's honesty, and I believe he would carry out this bill as he has all others, honestly." Mr. McMIchael, of Marlon, spoke In favor of the bill as Introduced by Mr. Hall, of Bibb. Mr. Knight, Berrien, with his arm raised In the air and In a voice that could be heard In many parts of the JOHN R. ANDERSON, of Chatham. LET THE GEORGIAN Follow You on Your Vacation Trip. While on your vacation trip there is no better way of keeping ported on what i$ going on at home than by reading THE QEORGIAN, “ATLANTA’S BEST NEWSPAPER.” Fill out the following blank and your name will be placed on our mailing list at the regular subscription price. Address changed as often as desired. Name. Address. State Time Now Getting The Georgian at. Atlanta, Qa. 1906 eapltol building, spoke tor the election of the officer by the people. "Do you know how the ofllce of comptroller was first filled?" asked Mr. Hall, of Bibb, after the gentleman from Berrien had used the office as an ex ample. "No, and I don’t care.” Mr. Wright, of Floyd, spoke In fa vor of the bill and agalnet the amend ment of the gentleman from Glascock. After several repreaentatlvea had spoken on the amendment to elect the auditor by the people, a vote was taken and the amendment loat Passed 135 to 9. The various sections of the bill were read and voted on, after which the house In the committee of the whole recommended that the bill as amend ed be passed. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, the ayes and nays were called for In the Anal passage of the bill. The vote was: Ayes, 135; nays, 9. A resolution was Introduced to make house bill No. 17, by Mr. Boykin, of mediately after the reading of the jour nal. This resolution was referred to the committee on rules. Mr. Davis Introduced a deficiency appropriation bill for expenses of stats government In 1906 and 1907. This bill was referred to appropriations commit tee. New Bill* Put In. By euspenelon of the rules of the house, the members were allowed to In traduce new bills for first reading. Those Introduced, their captions and the committees to which they were referred were as follows: By Mr. Rose of Upson: An act to amend aectlon 420, volume 3, of the code of 1996. General Judiciary. By Messrs. Griffin and Green of apartment In the office of the -comptroller general. Con- To fix compensation of clerk of the Insurance npl stltutlona! amendment. By Messrs. Orr and Lee of Coweta: To create a new charter for the city of Newnan. Corporation*. By Mr. Davis of Burke: To make ad ditional appropriations for government menses. Appropriations. By Messrs. Orr and Lee of Coweta: To Incorporate the city of Scnola. Cor porations. By Mr. Rucker of Clarke and Mr. Williams of Madison: To repeal the act Incorporating the town of Hull, Ga. Special Judiciary. By Mesers. Alford of Worth and Hill of Dooly: To eetablieh city court of Ashburn, In Turner county. .Special Judiciary. For Testing Illuminating Oils. By Messrs. Butts of Glynn and Rain ey of Terrell: To prescribe the method of testing Illuminating olla In this state. General-agriculture. By Mr. Whitley of Douglas: To reg ulate the sale of alcohol In county of Douglas. Temperance. By Mr. Grovensteln of Effingham: To amend act to establish school system for the town of Ouyton. Corpora tions. Senators Peytor anc Furr Introduce Measure. Child labor, 2-cent mileage, prohlbl lion of automatic or inagaslne guns for hunting game In Georgia and a bill compel the Inspection of all oils pro duced, sold or used In the state, form ed the main buelness of the 40-mlnute session of the senate Thursday morn ing. Without delay of any kind, and Im mediately following the opening of the senate a flood of new bills came up the desk for ■ first reading. Wednes day eight new bills Vere poured Into the mill, Thursday twenty-one new ones were Introduced. Senators Peyton and Furr were the lolnt authors of the new child labor >11), which, It may be said In passing, assembly, since a similar measure passed by the house last session, waa hamered to death In the senate. This bill provides that- no child un der the age of 13 years shall be em ployed In any factory unless the same Is the sole support of a widowed moth led father, and then only er or crlppl ... when no other means of support are to be had. Employees must have on file affidavits showing the date of birth of any children employed. Children under 14 years cannot be employed at night. Violators of the act shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Two-Cent Mileage. Senator Furr ie the author of a bill similar to that Introduced Wednesday by Mr. Perry, of Hall, fixing passenger mileage at 3 cents In Georgia. Senator Westbrooks wants to stop the slaughter of birds and game In the state by prohibiting the uee of auto matic or magaslne guns In hunting. Senators Peyton and Furr Join In a bill which seeks to disqualify supreme or superior court Judges from service as Judges whet! they become candi dates for other office. Bryan Invited to Atlanta. The resolution passed by th* house Wednesday Inviting William Jennings Bryan to Atlanta during the state fair was transmitted to the senate, and unanimously adopted. Senator Wheatley asked permission to withdraw tho now county bills In troduced at the last session. He slat and no further use for them existed. On motion of Senator Alf Blalock, Senator D. A. R. Crum, of the four teenth, was added to the senate com tee on banklnr. Senator Hamby’s motion to excuse for the session Doorkeeper Jesse W. Green on account of Illness was adoped. New 8en«t* Bills. The following new bills were read the first time: .By Seqator, Westbrook—A bill -rovlfle' fishway* for the of Qlascocl county commissioners for county. County matters. By Messrs. Hardman and Holder of Jackson: To make election of officers of city court of Jefferson by the people. By Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Gwin nett: To provide for compensation of jurors In Gwinnett county. Corpora tions. By Mr. Parker of Appling: Authoris ing the payment of a pension to Mrs. Flora E. Eason. Pensions. By Mr. Christopher of Hall: To set- eral Judicial circuit* of this stats among the Judges of tha superior court. General Judiciary. By Mr. Christopher of Hall: To amend section 976, volume 3, code of 1196. Special Judiciary. By Mr. Ramsey of Jefferson: To create the city court of Louisville. Special Judiciary. By Mr. Boykin of Lincoln: To amend section 674 of volume I of code of 1906. County matters. By Mr. Edwards of Habersham: To amend acts ot 1999 with reference to legal advertisements. General Jt$llc- Uiy. By Mr. Clemente of Dodge: Amend ment to Mil creating th* city court of Eastman. Bpeclal Judiciary. Biennial Sessions. By Mr, Christopher of Hall: To amend th* conatltntlon of the state of Georgia by providing for biennial ees- stone of the general assembly. Con stitutional amendments. By Mr. Terry of Randolph: To amend charter of city of Cuthbert and provide for the establishment Al a dispensary In said city. By Mr. Buchannon of Early: To make penal tb* fraudulent concealment of property described In a mortgage. By Mr. Burhannoq of Early: To make county ecbool commissioners of common schools of any county Incom petent to serve as Jusy commission- . Special Judiciary. By Mr. Ramsey of Jefferson: To By Senator Westbrook—A bill >rohlblt the use of automatic shotguns n hunting birds and animals. Special Judiciary. By Senator McAllister—A bill amend the act establishing a system of public schools In ths town of Fort Gaines. Education. By Senator McAllleter—A bill to amend the charter of the town of Fort Gaines. Corporations. By Senator Rose—A bill to amend section 4961 of civil code requiring denials to paragraph In pleadings to be sworn to. General Judiciary. By Senator Carswell—A bill to pro vide for the annual payment of pen sions In Georgia, how the vouchers and warrants are to be Issued, end to whom Issued and paid. By Senator Steed—A bill to amend the cod* of 1996 providing the selec tion by the governor of banka In cer tain cities and towns therein named as etate depositories so aa to add the town of Butler. Corporations. By Senator Steed—A bill to pre scribe the qualification* of teachers In the common schools. Exempts gradu ates of th* State Normal from further examination. Education. By Senator Crum—A bill to abolleh th* county rourte of Crisp. By Senator Crum—A bill to estab lish the city court of Cordele In Crisp county. By Senator Strange—An act fixing end regulating the manner In which contract* and policies of Insurance, whether life or property, shall be Is sued end made In Georgia. General Judiciary. All Oils to be Inspected. By Senator Williams—A bill provid ing for the Inspection of all Illuminat ing oils used In th* state, and Increas ing salary of chief oil Inspector from $1(0 to 9160 per month. By Senator Miller—A bill to com pensate ordinaries for services of col looting end paying the Confederate abolish the county court of Jefferson. Special Judiciary. By Mr. Buchanpon of Early: To pro hibit superintendent* of public schools, teacher* or school commissioners from engaging In the sale of school book*. Special Judiciary. By Mr. Perry of Hall: Concerning the duties of the supreme court. Amendments to constitution. By Mr. Anderson of Chatham: To emend section 9646 of code of 1(9$. General Judiciary. By Mr. Taylor of Sumter: To com pensate ordinaries for paying Con federate pensions. Pensions. By Mr. Hines of Baldwin: Provid ing for payment to Mrs. O. M. Case. WAIST SALE 98c All New Fresh Waists Including “Peter Pans 99 ' Worth to $2 98c TOMORROW 9 O’CLOCK Como down tomorrow and pet. some new, fresh Waists for 98c. This morning’s New York express kindly brought us another shipment of beautiful Lingerie Waists of Sheer White Lawn; also anoth er lot Peter Pans—tho whole country is going daffy over Peter Pans; really they’re the “cutest thing” in waists ever introduced. ' This line, as advertised, tomorrow 9 o’clock, con sists of some of the handsomest Lingerie styles wo 've ever owned. Exquisite creations of Sheer Batiste and dainty Val. Laces, long or. short sleeve models, and worth in a regular way all the way up to *2.00. For Choice 98c J. M. HIGH COMPANY THAW IS INDICTED FOR KILLING WHITE Continued from Pag* One. the privilege of refusing to answer questions Just because she Is the wife prlv- pensloners. Provides payment of $1 for each pensioner. Pensions. By Senator Strange—A bill creating new Judicial circuit for Bcreven, Jen kins, Bulloch, Emanutl and Tatnatl counties. General Judiciary. By Senator Copelan—A bill to pro vide for Improvements of streets and sidewalks abutting public property of atate, and conferring right upon state, county and municipality to Join In ap plication. By Senator Mills—A bill to Incor porate the town of Holly Springs. By Senator Peyton—A bill author!*- : >*tlon tax from express, telephone and elegraph companies. Child Labor Bill. By Senators Peyton and Furr—A bill to regulate the employment of children In factories and manufacturing estab lishments and provide punishment for violation. By Senator Bond—A bill to repeal liege. It was stated, extended only to wlint ire known an confidential com munications between linahand and wife. Under the old tonimon Inw a wife could not bo compelled to testify against her husbano. This has been modified by the revised panel code of Now York, section 716, reading: Can B* Forced to Talk. "The husband or wife of a person Indicted or accused of crime Is In all case* a competent witness on th* ex amination or trial of such person: but n- 11 lit-l liiinlmll'1 bill- w IT-- - .III pelted to disclose a confi<l< mini m munlcatlon made by one to the other during tho marriage.” Acting District Attorney Notl said that If Mrs. Thaw refused to answer •S B, Mi BLACKBURN'S ANNUAL GREETING 8ENDS BOXES OF CARNATION8 TO THE GENERAL AS SEMBLY. section of code which provides for no tics In foreclosing mortgages In Justice court. By Senator Furr—A bill to prescribe th* passenger fere at $ cents per mile la By Senator* Peyton end Furr—To disqualify supreme and superior court Judges from duty aa Judges when they become-candidate* for some other office. At 11:40 the senate adjourned until o'clock Friday. AME OE POLITICS IS A COSTLY ONE Ippropriatlon*. By Mr. Calvin of Richmond: T< »f ll-d amend section !»44 of code of volume II. Railroad*. By Mr. Knight of Berrien: To emend an ect creating city court of Tifton. Corporation* By Messrs. Mobley and Hill, pf Dooly: For relief of Mrs. Vinson. Pensions. By Mr, Knight ot Berrien: To name Tifton a etate depository. Corpora. Uon*. By Mr. Knight of Berrien: To emend act creating charter of Tifton. <0 By° Messrs. Alford, of Worth, and Hill, of Dooley: To abolleh the city court of Ashburn. Special Judiciary. By Mesers. Alford, of Worth, end Hill, of Dtedy: To abolish county court of Turner county. Special Jo- dietary. $ By Mr. Anderson of Chatham: To appoint game wardens. General Ju diciary. SO DECLARE8 MR. COVINOTON IN THE HOUSE THUR8DAY MORNINO. The first applause of th* present ses sion of ths house of representatives occurred Thursday morning, when Mr. Covington, vt Colquitt, spoke against the popular election amendment to th* bill creating the office of etal* audi tor. 1 would Ilk* to know. Mr. Speaker, 1 WOUIU lie* lu RBUV, -HI. DfirHHPI, whet sort of a line business men would make a race for a place that paid $2,- 000 a year? Why, It’would cost him about 94,000 to get a circular to every white voter, about $3,000 for traveling expenses, unless f __ _ he traveled on free peases, and I doubt ir he could do that now,” (Applause.) Then, too, this man would have to take Ms friend* to eat with him, and he would have dinners without end to P *'Tll°till you, gentlemen. It would be a mighty bant matter for a man with out another Job to run for governor. To make that race. It I* pretty neces sary for tb* candidate to be well sup plied with the coin of the realm." Benjamin 61. Blackburn, executive secretary of Georgia, sent to both branches of the general assembly a large bouquet of carnations, with a beautiful letter of greeting. He said, In pert: “In the words of the unapproachable William Clifton, ot the county of Mc Intosh I T greet you with the hom age of my most patriotic end liberty- loving regard.' questions which are privileged by Inw, anil does nut decline un the ground that answers might lend to degrade rrlmtnnte her. the matter will be r*J ported to Judgo Cowing In gen clone. The court, Mr. Nott said, will In* ■ 1 ni< i her to anawer. Hhe will taken back to the grand jury room an! questioned again, und If she codtln nod to refitHe It was for Hie Judge deride what should be done. The usual procedure, he said,' would he to commit her to Jell fof contempt of court. Rounding Up Witnesses. Mrs. Tltnw was not expected t lily before iho coroner. It was planned to examine only a few witnesses at 111© Inquest. These were the physician who performed the autopsy on White's body ami two or three witnesses of the killing Tho district attorney's offlcq has hpen rounding up \ Among those who have been exam. Ined and who may he sent before th* grand Jury are William Bedford, Thaw’s valet, ami Nellie I.eahey, Mr*. Thaw's maid. They hare been ques tioned as to the movements of thf Thaws for several days before the kill ing A dlspntrh from Pittsburg stales that a parly of friends of Harry Thaw had left there for New York to aid In planning the defeiiso of the young mnn. Among these was B-nJsmln( "In evidence of my continued confi dence end esteem, 1 present you my annual offering of good cheer, coupled with the wish that as Georgian* It may always be your pride to challenge th* world on- the glory of .a statehood whose executive, legislative end Ju dical branches of government for more then twenty-five years have been rice from the blight of faithlessness, end untouched by the suggestion of graft. It Ie better to bestow a flower than to plant a thorn; more healthful to go through Ilfs with a heart well stored with good cheer than to grope wearily through the tangled bush of tvll fore bodings. ”A kind word Is more potent then the big stick. You will find a flower for each member, lady stenographer, newspa per reporter end your elegant post mistress. ”1 again congratulate you and th* etate on the faithful services of Georgians— Whose home Ie In t he .heart of every worthy part That I* played' by th* true end th* breve— Thaw, a half-brother of Harry Thaw. Million* for Defame. It was stated that the entire The- fortune of $10,000,000 hod been place at the •]Im[ -e.il uf 111 conducting the defense of th* young man In the effort to clear him of my A cable message wns sent to Attor ney D. T. Watson, of Pittsburg, In Europe, directing him to meet Mrs: William Thaw, moihi-r of Harry Thaw, on her arrival at Llverp There ere to pa no ,rr\tr... today In HI. Bartholomews church over the body of Hinnford White, as won at first plan ned. Instead, there will t Ice at St. James Episcopal church. AL James, L. I., and then the body Is td be burled In the Episcopal eeme Flags Lowered for Whit* The body left Long Island city *> t special train at 9: IS n. in , today sides Mm. White, her son Lav and the relatives, there will be about frhmN The train ronslsta of flvf parlor cam. Some of the people are to go In-automobile* or drive from the lummer colonies on I,ong If land. B. H. Hardman goee on his yacht by way of the sound. Haim ore at half-man* at Ht. Jamea, and the death of Mr. Whit gretted generally by the peop THEATRICAL MAN FELT TRAGEDY WAS IMPENDING. By Private Leaned Wire. London, June 21.—Leslie Ktunrt, com po*er of ••Florodora.” aaya that he hap* pened to be with T. B. Ryley, of thj theatrical Arm that produced the open* In America when they faw the nantf of Harry' Thaw on n newspaper hill. Rylej * ‘ ~ •y turned pale and gripped Stu art’s arm. saying; "I know what has happened Thaw has shot White." REDUCED R. R. RATES FOR FOURTH OF JULY. "BENJAMIN 61. BLACKBURN." The senate adopted a resolution of .tank, to Mr. I r -r hi. cour- | %%**&?* ancTon.V .Ten". The W. A A. R. R. and N. C. A SL L. Railway will sell cheap round trip ticket* to all points south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Missis sippi river* including St. LoulA 'Mrs. P. J. Catching*. P. J. Catching*. 79 years old, her residence, 42 Auburn ave- 7 o'clock Thursday morning of i. The funeral arrangements ot been deetded upon definitely, erment will be at Hollywod. one-third fares; tickets to bs July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to return until July 8th, 1906. For further information and tlslt* ets apply to any agent of the W. 4 A. R. R. CHA8. E. HARMAN, General Pass. Agent*