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GREA T ENTHUSIASM
AT BILE'S PASSAGE
•TOVALL, or CHATHAM. AND
WRIGHT, Or RICHMOND. WORK
ED HARD TO SAVE MEASURE.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
perry, of Hall, Offered Amendment
at to Age Which Practically Doom
ed It In the Senate—Amendment
Wat Voted Down and Bill Paaaed
by Vote of 12S to 2.
ATLANTA, <ia , July 1" (Special »
—The rhlld labor hill yesterday p.ian
ed the houae of repraaentatlvea by a
vole of 12& to 2, amid the wildest en
thualaam.
The house had thr consideration of
the rhlld labor bill all day A urea!
many amendment* were Kent to th>
clerk's desk. hilt Madison Hell, of Knl
ton. author of the original hill; Tho*.
6 Felder, of Bibb, and I*. A Stovall,
of Chatham, who for aeveral yearn
had been frlenda and champions of
the tneaanre. appealed to the house to
adopt the senate bill without amend
Dtent.
This would Inanre the passage of
the law without delay. To amend the
bill waa to Imperil I* This was
shown by the large number of amend
ments already offered In the house
If thin body differed so radically In d*
tall It would lake data, even weeks,
to perfect a measure, and the bill
might be hung up between the two
bodies until It would be Impossible to
pass any child labor bill a< all.
Mr. Stovall, of Chatham, called at
ten,ion to the fact that the senate
bill wa* only signed by 2.1 members,
a bare majority. The senate offered
this aa the compromise after having
defeated the bill last year
I jet us agree with our adversary
quickly.” said he. "An amendment
meant discussion and delay. The sen
ate bill was the beginning of a great
reform, the sign of a real revolution
In puhllc sentiment. This bill may
not he all the friends of the mens
lire mav want, but It Is a splendid
bealnnln- and r- ■ he developed.”
The amendment which came near
est to dividing; till friend# of the
cause was by Judge Perry, of Hall,
that children under sixteen years of
age t>e prohibited from working more
than eight hours a day In the mills
More friends and framers of the sen
ate substitute appealed to the house
to pass the hill without material
change Mr. Stovall, of Chatham, said
that he believed In the principal of
short hours and labor, and the propoal
lion to Invoke the principle in favor of
little children was near to his heart
The government had adopted the
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“SHE IS GOING TO MARRY ME.” RETORTED GAVIN.
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| eight hour law and some of the heat
business offices are recognizing this
principle. But the senate and the
state were noi prepared to accept this.
He had conferred with a mill nian.
who la also stale senator, who had
Stated that with such an amendment.
Including as It did •■very kind of man
ufacture, the child labor bill would
not gel fifteen votes 111 the senate.
The time would come when the eight
or ten hour aystem would lie adopted,
bill once more he appealed to the
house In the Interest of the safety of
the bill to accept It without amend
ment.
Messrs, Wright of Klebmond, Felder
of Hihh; Bell of Fulton. Blackburn of
Fulton, Itavla of Blhh and others also
j voted against the amendment purely
to aave the bill, although all Indorsed
the humane principle
Mr. Wright of lllchmond said he
had worked for the child labor hill not
only as a member of the legislature,
hut as a director In large cotton mills.
He said he op,wised the pending
amendment because p was the Intro
duction of a new subject which might
defeat the bill. He said thla hill
1 should pass unamended and protect
the children of Georgia The lnjec
tl«n of this new Issue might lie fatal
to the bill.
The vote on the Kerry amendment
was fit ayes. 7b nays. The bill prac
tically unamended passed Ihe bonne
amidst great applause hy a vote of
125 to 2- It goes hark to the senate
Just ns they tendered It and will be
come a law without opposition. Yea
terday was a great day In Georgia.
The bill as finally passed by the
house, and only needing the governor's
signature to become a law. In as fol
Iowa;
IA hill In Ite entitled an art to regu
late the employment of children
In factories and manufacturing on
' tahllshmentn In thin mate, and to
provide for the punishment of vlo
latlonn of the regulation)! pre
scribed. and for other purposes.
Section I. He It enacted hy the
I general assembly of Georgia, and It
I* hereby enacted by authority of the
same, that front and after the tip
j proval of this art, no rhlldd under ten
[yearn of age shall he employed or
allowed to labor In or about nnv far
tory or manufacturing establishment
within this state, under any nlrcum
stances.
Section 2 Be It further enacted
'by the authority aforesaid, tha, op
and after January t. 1907. no child
[under twelve yeara of age shall he no
employed, or allowed to labor, ultima
, sttc-h child Id* an orphan and has no
other means of support, or unless a
widowed mother, or an aged or dls
ahled father. I* dependent upon the
labor of such child, shall produce and
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file In the office of such factory or
manufacturing establishment a certi
ficate from the ordinary of the conn
ty In which such factory or estab
lishment is locaH-d, certifying under
his seal of Office, to tha facta required
to tie shown ss herein prescribed;
provided thal no ordinary shall Issue
any such certificate egeept upon strict
proof In writing and under oath,
clearly allowing Ihe necessary facts.
And provided, further. Ihat no auch
certificate shall lie granted for longer
Jthan one year, nor accepted by any
employer after one year from the date
iof such certificate.
Section 3. Be It further enacted
jbjr the authority aforesaid, that on and
'lifter January 1, 1908, no rhlld under
fourteen yeara of age shall be em
ployed or allowed to labor In or alio
any factory or manufaeiurlng estab
lishment within thla slate, between
the hours of seven p. m. and alx a. m.
Section 4. He It further enaeted by
the authority aforesaid, that on and
after January 1. 19«8, no child under
fourteen yeara of age ahal be eptploy
ed or allowed lo labor In or about
any faetory or manufacturing estab
llahmeot within this state, unless he
or she can write his or her name and
simple sentences, and shall have at
tended school for three months each
year until each child shall have passed
the puhllc school age, sis weeks of
which school attendance shall be con
secutlve. An affidavit certifying to
such attendance as Is required by this
section shall he furnished to the cm
ployer by Ihe parent or guardian or
peraonn sustaining parental relation to
such child.
Beet lon 5. Be It further enacted hy
the authority aforesaid, that It shall be
unlawful for any owner, superintend-
ent, agent or any other person ariing
for or In behalf of any factory or
i manufacturing establishment to hire
jor employ any child unless there Is
tlrst. provided and placed on file in
|the office of such employer an affi
davit signed hy the parent, guardian
or |w-rson standing In parental rela
tlon thereto, certifying to the age and
I dale of birth of such child, and other
I fai ls required In this art.
Any person knowingly furnishing a
false affidavit as to the age, or an to
any other farts required by this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, anil on ronvletlon thereof
.shall be punished as prescribed In see
11Ion 1039 of the Penal Code of Georgia,
! i 885.
Section 6. He It further enaeted by
the authority aforesaid, that the affi
davit and certificates required in this
| act shall he open to Inspection hy the
grand Juries of any county where such
factory or manufacturing establish
[meats are located
Section 7. He it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that any
person, or agent, or representative of
any firm or rorporatlnn who shall vlo
late any provision of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction shall be punished as pre
scribed In sertlon 1039 of Ihe Penal
(Vale of Georgia. 1K9.1.
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i lAT CASINO
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"The Bondsman” Is the bill at. the
Casino tonight. This Is one of the
most at tract Ive product lona yet put
on at the summer play house, snd a
large audience will undoubtedly at
tend. The same play goea on to
morrow night, and on Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday nights the bill Is
I to he "Woman Against Woman," a
highly emotional play. Between acts
the audience are kept entertained hy
clever specialties, and Judging hy
the large crowds who attend the Ca
sino these July evening, the plays
put on must, be full of merit. The
i season hss been the best In local
(summer theatre history, and Manager
Irvin, Intends keeping up the good
record hy putting on plays of worth.
A matinee will be given on Saturday
j afternoon. In a week or so Peruchl
and Gypr.ene will pay another visit
| to the Casino and this will be herald
ed with glad acclaim by all Casino
j patrons. Try an outing to the sum
) mer play house tonight, and you will
wonder why you had not thought, of
spending an evening there before,
and you will go again. The ride to
and from the theatre Is cooling and
the show Is Just long enough to
i please you. Popular prices, plenty of
trolleys.
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Courtship Is probably so called be
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PECTORANT.
Any parent, guardian, or other per
son standing In parental relation to a
child, who shall hire or place for em
ployment or labor in or about any fac
tory or manufacturing establishment
within this slate, a child In violation
of any provision of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on ronvletlon thereof shall be pun
ished a* prescribed In section 1039 of
the Penal Code of Georgia. 1895,
Section 8. Be It further enaeted by
the authority aforesaid, that all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this
act be, and. the same are, hereby re
pealed.
ANTI-TRUST
FIGHTER.
The government has begun a gen
eral prosecution of the Standard Oil
company wherever grounds for legal
set lon against the so-called trust ran
he found. Involved In this federal
prosecution are various great rail
ways, among them the Pennsylvania,
the Shore and others. Attor
ney General Moody Is making a vig
orous attempt to prove the giving of
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rwm #r e
serret rebates to the Standard Oil
company by certain railroads. It Is
| hoped by the government that crim
inal Indictments can be brought.
In the fall the government will con
tinue Its prosecution of the beef trust
as a combination In restraint of trade
The decision of Judge Humphrey that
the officials could not. he prasecuted
individually defeated the effort of the
government to send some of the big
bee.f men to jail.
Prosecution of the alleged Ice com
bines are In progress In many cities,
and In Toledo five ice company heads
htwve been sentenced to jail. War
rants have also been issued In Phil
adelphia.
For the first time in this country
men accused of rebating have been
sentenced to prison. L. R. Taggart
and George L. Thomas, of New York,
being convicted In Kansas City. Four
meat, packing companies and the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail
road. found guiity In connection with
the same charges, were heavily fined.
The Chicago and Alton has been
convicted of giving rebates and fined
$40,000, while two former officials
of the road were also heavily fined.
Eighty heads of companies belong
ing to what Is known as the Fertiliz
er Trust have been Indicted In the
federal courts.
The so-called Elevator Trust west
of the Rocky Mountains has been
perpetually enjoined from violation
of the Sherman antitrust law.
Two officials of the New York Cen-
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What was known as the Northwest
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solved, in a feder/1 court in Minne
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60URKE COCKRAN
TO WED MISS IDE.
MANILA. July 17.—That Miss An
nie Ide, daughter of Governor Gen
eral Ide, is to wed Congressman
Bourke Cockran. of New York, at
Washington in the fall, was the an
nouncement made here.
This is the fourth romance result
ing from the Taft trip to the Philip
pines, the love affair between the
noted New York orator and the gov
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while the Taft party was abroad.