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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XXVI.
MOB ROUTED CONSUL
People of Willemstad Make At*
tack on Venezuela’s Consulate.
TROOPS WERE CALLED Oil
Mob Forces Venezuelan Citizen to Mako
Apology for Published Statements.
Relations Badly Strained.
Willemstad, Island ot Curacao. —
Mobs demonstrated before the resi
dence of the Venezuelan consul here
and surrounded the German consul
ate, where the Venezuelan consul had
taken refuge. Later the consul was
escorted to his own consulate by aim
ed troops and removed the official pa
pers. Troops are patrolling the
streets and guarding his residence
ami the consulate.
Following a long series of what the
residents of Curacao regard as antag
onistic actions on the jiart of Presi
dent Castro of Venezuela, directed
against themselves and the Dutch gov
ernment. mobs gathered in force at
this capital, .and expressed their re
sentment in an attack on the home
c£ a Venezuelan, who had published
statements in Venezuelan papers de
rogatory to the island, held violent
demonstrations in front of the resi
dence of the Venezuelan consul; sur
rounded the-German consulate, where
he had sought safety, and compelled
the ordering out of armed troops so
that the consul might be protected
from injury.
In consequence of these demonstra
tions of violence, the relations be
tween Venezuela and the people of
the Island of Curacao, Dutch West In
dies, are strained to the breaking
point.
The serious nature of the situation
ithat has arisen between the Nether
■prrds and Venezuela is emphasized
lly the issuance of orders to. the
™utch cruiser Gelderland to proceed
&t once to Venezuela to protect the
Dutch interests there. The Gelder
land arrived at Willemstad with J. D.
Deßeus, the Netherland minister, res
ident at Caracas, on board, who was
dismissed from Venezuela by Presi
dent Castro.
FEMALE COLLEGE WILITrEBUILD.
Pupils to Study at Florence University
Until Completion of New Buildings.
LaGrange, Ga.—Every assurance is
given that the historic Southern Fe
male College, located here, which was
recently destroyed.by lire, will be re
built. Representative citizens of
Georgia are taking an interest in the
raising of funds for the purpose, and
the members of the -large alumnae of
the college located in every section of
the south are hard at work in the in
terest of having the school rebuilt.
This school has been in successful
operation for sixty-five years and,
while it lost a fine equipment, will
rise again better than before.
President M. W. Hatton of the South,
ern Female College is also at the
head of the Florence University for
Women located at Florence, Ala, and
until the Southern Female College
■Lap be jfffoHßt its pupils will be taken
care oT at thgU£lorence institution.
EXPELLED Flilffi OTJJELA,
Castro Sends Passports to WlTlfjster
of the Netherlands.
Caracas, Venezuela.—President Cas
tro has expelled J. H. Dereus, the
minister resident of the Netherlands,
from Venezuela. The minister’s pass
ports were sent to him by Seuor Paul,
the Venezuelan minister of foreign
affairs. With them Senor Paul sent
a letter in which he said: “In view
of the opinions expressed in your
published letter of April 9, President
Castro, who is entrusted with the
guardianship of the national decorum,
recites that you are incompetent to
serve as a friendly medium in the re
lations between this government and
Abe Netherlands. Consequently he
tends you your passports that you
Hfey leave Venezuela”.
MILLIONS BY FRAUD.
■Nine Mail Order Houses In
ki by Federal Grand Jury.
Illinois. The federal
has completed an import
having returned indiet-
twenty-nine mail order
illegal profits are al
been between four and
for using tile
WtMud.
indictments charging il
p malls was a joint bill
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INDIAN LANDS OPENED
Government R tmo /es Restrict*
ions On 9,000,000 Acres.
SPECULATORS IN WILD RUSH
Thouiuii cf Dollars Changed Hands
and Indians Were Kept Prisoners Un
til Their Land Was Taken.
Muskogee, Okla.—At midnight Sun
day the law removing the govern
mena restrictions on nine million
acres of Indian lands in eastern Okla
homa went into effect.
Every real estate office in that part
cit the new state was crowded with
anxious buyers and sellers of land;
money changing hands by the hun
dreds of thousands; agents were busy
corraling the allottees that have been
in captivity for some time past;
leases were taken on land that wag
not bought, and actual chsh passed
from hand to hand, making the night
one of the most exciting in years in
Oklahoma. Every one strived to get
the first chance at the property.
The removal means that nine mil
lions of the 20,000,000 acres of Indian
land in forty counties of eastern Okla
homa, which part was formerly In
dian territory, becomes saleable.
The fight of the white man to pro
cure the Indian’s lands began the mo
ment the Indian allotments were
made, and it has been pushed ever
since. For a month agents of real
estate companies have been rounding
up the Indians and negro allottees.
One buyer entertained a number of
Indians and negroes here for three
days, the only condition imposed be
ing that they do not leave their
rooms or allow any one to enter.
YOUNG GIRL BEHEADED.
Gruesome Execution in Freiberg, Sax
ony—Killed Her Fiancee.
Freiberg, Saxony The eighteen
year-old daughter of the mayor of
Freiberg was beheaded, in punishment
for the murder of the man to whom
she was engaged to be married.
The executioner of this young wo
man reached the city, and carried a
long, thin box, containing the axe
with which he did his work and
brought with him also a handbag with
a suit of evening clothes. The wear
ing of this garb is an official require
ment of the sombre occasion. The
preparation for the execution at the
prison had been completed and the
man did his work quickly and private
ly and departed from Freiberg as qui
etly as he came.
The execut:lonci-fs--nU finon’y’mous
person, sent hero from Dresden on
the announcement that the king of
Saxony had refused to pardon Grete
Beier for her crime.
FAILS TOIOSTER FRIENDSHIP.
Relations Between English and Amer
ican Athletic Officials Strained.
London, England,—Thoughtful men
in England have serious doubts and
these doubts are being expressed in
some of the most influential newspa
pers whether the Olympian games
served any good purpose whereas the
oretically they are supposed to fos
ter international friendships. The re
sult of the meetings'just finished has
Dgen to create international dissen
sions and kindle animosities. The re
lations between the English and Am
erican athletic officials have become
so strained' that, it will be exceedingly
difficult for representatives of the two
nations to arrange any competitions
in the future or -carry them out with
out unpleasantness,.
The Italians feel {hat they have
been treated unfairly by the award
ing of the Marathon race to the
American, Hayes.
STEEL FURNACE BLOWN IN.
Had Been Idle Since October —Work-
men Rejoice.
Pittsburg, Pa. —There was great re
joicing in the town of Rankin, where
the United States Steel corporation
has $7,000,000 worth of blast fur
naces, when the seventh and last of
the Carrie furnaces, which has been
idle since October, last year,
was blown in. The whole
town turned out and cheered when
Miss Cecillia Hagar, daughter of Dr.
C. A. Hagar, touched the electric but
ton which set the machinery in oper
ation.
Rankin depends entirely upon the
blast furnaces for its revenue, and
since theyhave been idle the inhabi
tants of the town have been in a de
plorable condition. Since the first of
the year the big furnaces have been
placed in operation one by one, until
now all arc active and every one in
town employed again.
BIG STEAMER ASHORE.
German Vessel Anibus Will Be Total
Loss.
San Francisco, Cal.—A telegram
received from the lighthouse keeper
at Point Conception, thirty miles from
Santa Barbara, states that the Ger
man steamer, Anibus, of the Kosmos
line, went ashore on San Miguel is
land and the chances are that the
steamer and cargo will be a total loss.
The cargo is valued at SIIO,OOO and
the vessel at about an equal amount.
The first and second mate with a
member of the crew put off in a life
boat and made a landing during the
night. They report that the Anibus
was pounding to pieces when they
left and would probably be a total
Toss.
JUDGE DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF.
Own Ruling Makes Registration
Illegal.
torfolk, Virginia.—Judge Martin, In
ig that “personal payment of tax
kmeans that before the voter is
Hod to vote he must present him-
Bttn the flesh’’ at the office of the
and that payment by check
is not payment under
f-Bi, disqualified not only himself
Jißr half of the registered voter.-.
who had mailed a check
\ messenger with their taxes.
;A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTLD TO THE MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE COUNTY.
PRINCE OF WALES’ VISIT,
Rov.;ws Troops on Plain \VI ere Wolf
hnd Moltcalm Dio!.
Quebec, Que.—The prince of Wales
reviewed 20,000 soldiers and sailors
on the Plains of Abraham, after
which he formally delivered to the
governor general of Canada the title
deeds to the battlegrounds of Mont
calm and Wolfe as a permanent me
morial reservation,
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, who
assisted the prince in reviewing the
troops, excited hardly less interest
than the prince himself, as many of
the men served under him in South
Afiica. The military forces engaged
in the review were upwards of 12,000
while sailors and marines from the
warships added another 6,000 to S,-
coo.
Each of the warships, including the
New Hampshire, furnished a large
quota of sailors and marines, who de
barked from the ships and rendezvous
ed on the plains. Dense crowds pack
ed the roads leading to the plains, ma
king them almost impassable. The
reviewing grounds were alongside of
Wolf Cove, where the British general
made his landing, and comprise the
entire range of ground occupied by
the armies of Wolfe and Montcalm,
which were turned over by the prince
as a lasting memorial.
Following the review, the princo of
Wales was entertained at, luncheon by
the mayor of Quebec, after which the
prince attended the gala ball given by
j the government of the province of
j Quebec at the parliament buildings.
At the state dinner given by Earl
I Gray iu honor of the prince, Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks occupied the post of
honor on the prince’s right, with Ad
miral Juregalberry, the French repre
sentative, at his left.
BELGIUM WORLD’S FAIR.
Will Open at Brussells April, 1910 ;
Will Last Six Months,
Brussels, Belgium.—in April, 1910,
the great international exj • sition will
be opened at Brussels and will last
for six months.
Geographically Belgium occupies
the central position among the great
industrial and commercial nations of
Europe, England, Germany and
France. Her industries and exporta
tions compete with these countries
the world over, and through Belgium’s
great port, Antwerp, a large amount
of the products of the southern part
of the United. States is distributed
over the continents of Europe.
During the six months of this expo
sition the captains of industry and
commerce of all nations will visit
Brussels. The south has many indus
tries which should be represented at
this fair, notably the different prod
ucts of cotton seed, as well as many
inaeniUA.anri.useful jjirw*’"—
would make interesting exhibits,
WILL INCREASE iAFITAL.
Standard to Have $600,000,000 —Can
Add $40,000,000 to Surplus.
Chicago, ill.—Following closely the
decision of the United States court
of appeals reversing the decision of
Judge Landis in the government suit
against the Standard Oil company of
Indiana, the Daily News says: "Bank
ers who have close affiliations with
the Standard Oil company state that
[ organization will soon announce an
increase in the capital stock of SIOO,-
000,000 by $500,000,000, making a to
tal capital stock of $600,000,000. There
will be added from the earnings of
the fiscal year about $40,000,000 to the
organization’s surplus. It was given
out that the large increase in capital
is a diplomatic move in order that
the dividends may not look so large.”
FALLS HEIR FO MILLION.
John Wood, Formerly of Bristol,
Tenn., Gets Fortune From England.
Bristol, Tenn. —John Wood, who
was the first business manager of the
Bristol Herald-Courier, but who has
been engaged in board of trade work
in South Carolina, now being secre
tary of the board of trade at Green
ville, that state, has recently fallen
heir to a million dollars, according to
information received here. His wealth
comes through the settlement of a
vast, estate in England, in which he
had an interest. Mr. Wood is a mid
dle-aged man. He stood high social
ly in Virginia, and is one of those
young men who understands how to
adapt themselves to almost any con
dition so that his friends anticipate
this his new-found wealth will make
no material change in his demeanor.
LO3S OF $5,900,000.
San Joaquin River Levee Breaks and
Floods 4,000 Acres.
Antioch, Cal. —Two hundred feet of
the San Joaquin river levee gaveway,
and Jersey Island, comprising 1,000
acres, including 300 acres of celery,
was flooded. The property loss is es
timated at $5,000,000.
POLIfICSIEAD TD TRAGEDY
Member of the Texas Legislature
Shoots Man Who Opposed Him.
Dallas, Texas.—A political tragedy
growing out of the fight on United
States Senator Bailey last winter was
enacted at Comanche, Texas. E. C.
Gaines, running for re-election to the
legislature, met his opponent, J. W.
Reese, and shot him down on the
street, inflicting mortal wounds.
Gaines is the present member of
the legislature from Comanche coun
ty, and during the last session attract
ed attention by his bitter opposition
to Senator Bailey. Reese was a firm
supporter of Senator Hailey, and for
the past he and Gaines have had ugly
campaigning incidents.
DIES OF A BROKEN HEART.
Sad Ending of Policeman Who Shot
and Killed Boy.
New York City.—Policeman Alfred
Nathaniel Shuttlcworth of Brooklyn
is dead. Sliuttleworth died of re
morse and of a broken heart.
Ten months ago be shot and killed
a boy who was resisting arrest, it
was an accidental killing. Shuttle
worth always insisted that it was an
accident, but he was indicted by the
g.and jury, suspended from duty,
3hunned by his okl friends and ostra
cised by his neighbors.
tiOmSVILLK, GA„ THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908.
OLYMPIC GAMES ENDED
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Americans Take Highest Honor*
By Winning 22 Events.
QUEEN PRESENTS MEDALS
■ ■
The Great Marathon Race Was Wort \jf
America, Italy’s Representative
Being Disqualified.
London, Englanfi. The Olympic
games were brought to a conclusion,
so far as the spdrts held in the sta
dium were concerned, when Queen
Alexandra presented the gold medals
and trophies to thtT’successful com-'
petitors, and the /fibwager duchess of
Westminster, the'; duchess of West
minster, the ductsess of Rutland and
Lady Desborough' handed the silver
and bronze medal*, the diplomas and
the commemorative medals to those
entitled to them, /
In all of the events concluded since
llie Olympic games began early in the
year, including such games us water
polo and other smuts in which Eng
land alone competed, the present
standing of the cadntries, counting the
wins only, is as fallows;
United Kingdom "3, America 22, Swe
den 7, France 4, Hungary 3. Norway,
Germany. Canadajand Italy 2 each,
Belgium, South Africa and Finland 1
each.
In the field and| track events, in
which the points gre counted, five for
first, three for second and one for the
third, tile standing is; America
114 1-2, United Kihgdom 66 1-3, Swe
den 12 1-2, Canada 11, South Africa
and Greece 8 eaci% Norway 5, Germa
ny 4, Italy 3, Hungary 2 1-3, Austra
lia and Finland 1 {each.
The following is a list of the Amer
ican winners of tie Olympic events
held in the stadium beginning July
13th.
■Marathon race (20 miles 355 yards),
John J. Hayes, Irish-American Athlet
ic Club. Time 2:55:18. Dorando of
Italy finished first In 2:54:46, but was
disqualified for having received assis
tance when he fainted away before
crossing the Hue.
Eight hundred metres flat (874.4
[yards), Melvin W. Sheppard, Irish-
American Athletic Club. Time 1:52 4-5.
Olympic record.
Fifteen hundred metres flat (1,639.5
yards), Melvin W. Sheppard, Irish-
American Athletic Club, New York.
Time 4:03 2-5.
One hundred and ten metres, hur
dle (120.2 yards)JiF. C. Smithson,
Multnomah, Oregon, Athletic Club.
Time 15 seconds.-JWorld's record. -
Four hundred ;||(otrcs, hurdle race
TttWf y-WMipHrClet U)sH; iVTSii’L-.auoi
lean Athletic Club. Time 55 seconds.
Relay race (1,600 metres), teams
of four, won by United States. Time
3:29 2-5.
Hammer throw, John J. Flanagan,
Irish-American Athletic Club; dis
tance 170 feet 4 inches.
Throwing the discus (free style),
Martin .1. Sheridan, Irish-American
Athletic Club; 134 feet G 1-2 inches.
Throwing the discus (Greek style),
Martin J. Sheridan, Irish-American
Athletic Club; 12S feet 8 inches, the
Olympic record.
Putting the weight, Ralph Rose, the
Olympic Club, San Francisco; dis
tance 46 feet 7 1-2 inches.
Standing high jump, Ray C. Ewry,
New York A. C., with 5 feet 2 inches-
Standing broad jump, Ray C. Ewry,
New York Athletic Club, with 10 feet
11 1-4 inches.
Running broad jump, F. C. Irion,
Chicago A. A., with 24 feet 6 1-2
inches, Olympic record.
Running high jump, Harry F. Por
ter, Irish-American A. C., with 6 feet
3 inches, Olympic record.
Pole vault, A. C. Gilbert, Yale, and
E. T. Cooke, Cornell, tied for first
place, with 12 feet 2 inches.
One hundred meter swim (109.3
yards), M. M. Daniels, New York A.
C.; time 1:05 3-5.
Wrestling (119 pounds, catch-as
catch can), George N. Mehnert, Na
tional Turnverein, America.
MAN IS HIS SISTER’S FATHER-IN-LAW.
Woman’s Husband is Uncle and the
_ Grandfather of Wife’s Childreh.
Kalamazoo, Mich. Benjamin
Pearce married Mrs. Myrtle Romin
son-Force-DeForrest-Ains worth, and
thereby became father-in-law of his
sister and uncle and grandfather of
his wife’s son’s child.
Mrs. Pearce, by her first husband
became the mother of David Force.
The latter led to the altar Gladys
Pearce, sister of Benjamin Pearce,
They had a baby. As the husband of
his sister’s mother-in-law, Benjamin
Pearce becomes his sister's father-in
law. As the plain brother of his sis
ter, he naturally is her child’s uncle.
I And as tlie spouse of his sister’s
J child’s grandmother he is the infant’s
TABLETS TO BE ERECTED.
One in Baltimore, Other in Marietta,
Ga., National Cemetery.
Washington, D. C.—Contracts are
soon to be awarded by the quarter
master general of the army for fur
nishing bronze tablets authorized by
ccngjoss —one at Fort McHenry, Ma
ryland, and the other at the National
Cemetery at Marietta, Ga. The for
mer will be fastened to the flag staff
at Fort McHenry to mqrk the spot
where was located the flag which
inspired the composition of the “Star
Spangled Banner.” The tablet at the
Marietta cemetery will be to the mem
ory of the late Henry G. Cole, who
presented to the government the
ground for a national cemetery.
NAVAL POSTOFFICES.
Each Ship to Be Equipped—Enlisted
Men May Hold Positions.
Washington, D. C. —Arrangements
are being perfected for the installa
tion. of a postoffice on every ship in
the United States navy authorization
for this action having been made at
the last session of congress.
Enlisted men on each ship may be
appointed as postmaster and assistant
postmaster, their regular pay to be
Increased SSOO and S3OO a year re
spectively.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
IN THE HOUSE.
July 21.
The convict lease question, which
Was the special order of tho day,
came up as soon as the house conven
ed Tuesday morning.
Arguments pro and eon were made
by Mr. Wise of Fayette, Mr. Black
burn of Fulton, Mr, Butt of Fannin,
Mi-. Payton of Worth, Mr. Smith of
Campbell and Mr. Bali of Bibb secur
ed the floor just before adjournment
and his address was unfinished.
The following bills were bo unan
imous consent, read the third time
and passed: By Mr. Blackburn of Ful
ton—A bill to provide for two spec
ial baliliffs in the superior courts of
certain counties. By Messrs. Young
and Tuggle of Troup—-A bill to
change the time of holding the supe
rior court of Troup county. By Mr.
Glenh of Whitfield —A bill to amend
the act creating the city court of Dal
ton. By Ml'. Odum of Baker —A bill
to amend the act creating Hie city
court of Newton. By Mr. Johnson of
Jasper—A bill to amend the act creat
ing the city court of Monticello. By
Mr. Wilson of Gwinnett —A bill to
amend the act creating the city court
of Buford.
July 227
The house of representatives con
tinued all of Wednesday morning the
discussion of the convict lease ques
tion, and had not concluded at the
hour of adjournment.
During the morning the subject was
discussed by Mr. Smith of Campbell,
Mr. Burwell of Hancock, Mr. Whitley
of Douglas, Mr. Flanders of Johnson
and Mr. Hall of Bibb, in the order
named.
An amendment to the disfranchise
ment law, providing that the disfran
chisement law, which t- to he voted
on at the October election, shall be
come effective, if passed, on January
I, 1909, was adopted by a vote of 4H2
to 1,
The following bills were read the
third time and passed: Senate bill
No. 176. amending the act creating
the city court of Dublin, By Messrs.
Duggan and Walker of Washington—
A bill to provide for the election of
the judge and solicitor of the city
court of Sandersville. By Mr. Town
send of Clinch —A bill to establish
the city court of Homerville. By Mr.
Pope of Dade—A resolution to relieve
J. R. Brock, T. F. Smith, George W.
Cureton, and D. E. Tatum, as' trus
ties on the bond of John M. Castle
berry, county treasurer,
July 23.
A storm of bitter feeling swept over
the house of representatives Thurs
day during the discussion and parlia
--fV vW*ueuver -Hlottter
convlcU lease bill. A resolution was
adopted to continue the debate on the
bill until 11 o’clock Friday morning,
and that each speaker be limited to
twenty minutes. A resolution to send
the convict question to a special com
mittee for settlement was voted down
after a very heated debate, in which
some of the speakers were accused br
other members of the house of becom
ing personal in their remarks, and
considerable feeling was shown by
both factions.
July 24.
The entire time cf the house Fri
day was taken up in discussing and
amending the Holder convict bill.
Thirty-four amendments to the bill
were presented, of which thirteen
were adopted and twenty-one were
defeated.
A resolution that the bill be held
over until Monday morning for final
adoption was carried.
July 25.
The house of reprsentatives met
Saturday at 9 o’clock and adjourned
after twenty minutes’ session. The
following house bills were read the
third time and passed:
By M. Matthews of Laurens, a bill
to incorporate the town of Cedar
Grove; by Mr. McMahan of Clarke, a
bill to amend the charter of the city
of Athens; by Mr. Flanders of John
son, a bill to establish a public
school system in the city of Wrights
ville; by Mr. I>ee of Glynn, a bill to
amend the act creating the board of
county commissioners of Dodge coun
ty; by Messrs. Alexander and Candler
of DeKalb, a bill to amend the char
ter of the town of Kirkwood; bi-
Messrs. Alexander and Candler of De-
Kalb, a bill to incorporate the town
of East Lake; by Mr. Cook of Chat
tahoochee, a bill to amend the char
ter of the town of Cusseta; by Messrs.
Davis and Fagan of Houston, a bill
to amend the charter of the city of
Perry; by Mr. McMullan of Hart, a
bill to create the office of county com
missioner of Hart county; by Mr. Dor
miny of Irwin, a bill to amend the
charter of the city of Fitzgerald; by
Mr. Parrish of Berrien, a bill to
change the corporate limits of the
town of Adel; by Mr. Whitley of
Douglas, a bill to, amend the charter
of the town of Douglasville; by Mr.
Smith of Campbell, a bill to prohibit
the sale of near beer in Campbell
county; by Messrs. Heard and Ad
kins of Dooly, a bill to authorize the
town of Byromville to issue bonds for
school and electric lighting purposes;
by Mr. McMullan of Hart, a lull to
abolish the board of county commis
sioners of Hart county; by Messrs.
Matthews and Clark of Laurens, a
bill to incorporate the town of Rock
ledge; by Mr. Parrish of Berrien, a
bill to establish anew charter for
the town of Adel; by Messrs. Jones
and Keith of Meriwether, a bill to
incorporate the town of Primrose. The
senate fctll to incorporate the city of
I.avonia in Franklin county was also
read the third time and passed.
George IftoW, a citizen of Dodge,
Ga., has been bound over to the Uni
ted States court in the sum of SIOO.
He will answer to the charge of re
ceiving stolen property from the Uni
ted States government. The evidence
showed he loaned William Fecley, a
private of troop D of the Twelth, the
sum of $6 on a pistol belonging to the
government. This was against tho
government regulations. They make
it unlawful to sell, pawn, borrow or
loan money on any military property
of the government,
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
IN THE SENATE.
July 21,
The good roads bill Ot Senator
Boyd, of the Thirty-second district,
came up for final action in the sen
ate Tuesday morning and was tabled
after a lengthy debate.
A bill by Senator Camp to incorpor
ate the city of Lavonia, Franklin
county, was passed.
The Martin tag tax bill was called
up by special order and brought forth
the most vigorous discussion of any
measure that has been considered by
the senate in several weeks.
The Martin bill provides that the
tax on fertilizers shall be raised from
ten to twenty-five cents per ton, the
proceeds to go towards the support
of the eleven congressional district
schools of the state. These schools
have already been built and must,
have additional funds for their sup
port.
Senator Wilkes spoke at some
length opposing the measure.
President Fl.vnt of the senate took
the floor and when that body adjourn
ed had not finished his speech favor
ing the bill.
July 22.
The senate motion to disagree with
the unfavorable report of the agricul
ture committee on the Martin tag tax
bill, increasing the tax on fertilizer
from 10 cents to 25 cents, the reve
nue thus obtained to be used for the
maintenance and support of the dis
trict agricultural colleges in Georgia,
was lost, the vote resulting, ayes 16,
nays 27. This test vote means that
the Martin tag tax bill is lost. Prac
tically the entire session was devoted
to a discussion of the bill.
The report published throughout
the country that a “blind tiger'' was
i being run in the state capitol was
branded by the senate as a lie.
July 23.
A resolution providing for a recess
of the legislature such as would give
the members of the committee appoin
ted opportunity to investigate convict
lease system and state prison com
mission, was voted down in the sen
ate Thursday by a vote of 30 to 10.
The tax return bill, which empowers
county commissioners to make tax as
sessments instead of the regular as
sessors, was recommitted to the gen
eral judiciary committee. The house
bit!, introduced by Representative
Wright, of Richmond, to provide for
the collection of past due taxes to the
state, counties and municipalities and
for other purposes, was passed by the
I senate.
July 24.
The bill of Senator Deen providing
for a proper registration of all deaths,
and births and for punisnment for
any violation on the part of the prop
er authorities failing to make these
reports of vital statistics, came up for
Considerable discussion in the sen
ate Friday ami was passed without
opposition.
The following bills were passed in
the senate Friday: By Senator Fel
der (by request)—To quiet the titles
to real estate in Georgia held under
foreign titles, and to make such wills
muniments of title in certain cases
and for other purposes. By Senator
Wilkes —To amend an act to establish
the city court of Quitman. By Sena
tor Brantley—To amend an act to
create anew charter for the city of
Dublin, in Laurens county.
July 25.
There was no session of the senate
Saturday, that body having adjourned
Friday until Monday.
July 27.
The senate convened at 12 o'clock
on Monday morning with the usual
small attendance at the beginning of
the week.
Just before edjournment the senate
went into a short executive session.
Senator Cowart’s bill to repeal an
act to provide for the change of
county lines lying within the limits
of incorporated towns and cities and
for other purposes was passed.
Good Old Day.
“My curse upon you, ungrateful
boy!”
"Weil, now, governor,” replied the
prodigal, “going to leave me your
money after all? That’s mighty good
of you.”
Of course, this jocular view of the
matter resulted in reconciliation. —
Philadelphia Ledger.
Her Foolish Question.
“Tommy,” his mother cried, “how
many times have I told you not to do
that?”
“Gee!” ho replied, "] don’t know,
I ain't no addin’ machine.” —Chicago
Record-Herald.
July 27.
The house did very little during
Monday’s session toward the perfec
tion of the Holder convict bill. A
number of amendments were intro
duced and speeches on each amend
ment wore limited to five minutes to
each speaker. In spite of the short
time allowed, many speeches were
made on various amendments, but
two of which wore adopted during
the entire session. One of these was
by Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, and it
permits the trial judge in misde
meanor cases to sentence the con
victed person, in his discretion, to the
state farm.
The other amendment adopted was
by Mr. Smith of Campbell, and pro
vided that under no circumstances
should the secretary of the prison
commission receive a salary of more
than SI,BOO per annum. The discus
sion of the bill was still in progress
at the hour of adjournment.
Under the cover of darkness the
Macon Railway and Light company,
disregarding the injunctions of City
Engineer Wilcox, placed a line of
track along a portion of Cotton ave
nue near Spring street in Macon. Tlie
line laid paralleled the old line. These
midnight proceedings resulted in a
hearing before Mayor Miller and it
was decided to allow the track to re
main, it being a good improvement
and carrying forward what the city
desires to see, namely, a betterment
I of tlie street ear service.
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KILLING BIRDS BY MILLIONS. ,
Ruthless Destruction of Useful Birds
in Southern Europe.
Our useful swallows, warblers an.l
fly catchers are annually slain by
the million as they come home
through tihe gates of the Alps or gu
southward into winter quarters.
It is a hard thing that Italian gun
ners (and what Italian is not a gun
ner?) should destroy the birds that
belong to Italian agriculture. The
agriculturists of that country deCldy
rue the virtual extermination that, lias
fallen on the tiny, industrious, insec
tivorous birds. Humane and aesthetic
jicople are ashamed at the way ir;
*,vhich their follow countrymen slaugh
ter all their feathered friends down
to even the tits and wrens. They
are not in Italy numerous enough, wise
enough or courageous enough to stop
the scandal. It is, however, clearly
one of international importance, in
which the whole voice of Europe is
entitled to be heard.
In spile of the fact that wo meet
bird shooters at every step, comfort
ably practising Uiclt-R-w• <.. < ih
road, the gun is but a rill.- by com
parison with till, nets that are spun
round Lago Maggiore and La'o di
Lugano during the spring and sum
mer flights. There are nets a mile
long and five yards high, into which
the tired birds fly by the hundred:
“roecolo” hedges of hornbeam special
ly planted for that purpose and tenant
ed by blinded songsters and other
decoys; square miles of entanglement
with imitation hawks to scare the
birds into false refuge; and in the
south of France, before France join
ed Ihe convention, electric wires for
the killing of swallows by the thou
sand.
At one station in upper Italy art
ordinary morning’s taking is 500 birds,
rang’ng from thrushes to willow
wren--. If we take an average of 200
thro:::, her: :be season of ten. weeks,
that one station is responsib’e foi
ls,ooo birds at each autumn migration.
At Como and Varese “redbreasts” arc
sold not by the hundred but by the
thousand iu a day, their price roug
ing from 75 cenlesimo a dozen when
the weather is cool to 5 cestesimo
when the small bodies are liable to
rapid decay.
In October, 1890, nearly half a mil
lion mini! birds crossed the frontier
at Brescia, not as they come into
Sussex in spring, gladly winging north
to greet us with happy twitter from
the apple tree in the morning, but
in indiscriminate shapeless packets
of fifty, from which you can pick out
flycatchers, white throats, garden
warblers, pipits and titmice. From
Udine 200,000 are despatched by rail;
near Montegrado 11,000 swallows fell
in three days, and “on the stone fiel I
Crao” no less than 3,000,000 in one
season. —London Daily News.
As words are most potent, to child
ren who are just learning them, so
they are most pregnant with magic in
the youth of a race when it is just
forming its language, observes The
Dial. The discovery that things can
be named, that we can park the riches
of the world into our minds, that, we
can in a way overrun and posses the
earth by turning it into sign and
sound, always intoxicates. And in the
early stages of nation’s growth, this
discovery is very widely made. Then
a poet addresses an audience of poets.
Then brief and pregnant verse is pre
ferred to dull and diluted prose. Then
tho images of life do.not have to bo
spelled out and explained and illus
trated and made visible by material
objects, but hints and glimpses flash
them at once into the minds of audi
tors themselves inflamed with creating
fury.
A Matrimonial Expires*.
Mrs. J. R. GUl’s annua) Easter ex
cursion to Washington, which i*
known all over the State as the “Mat
rimonial Express,” left this morning
witn ten ears packed to the door®. It
is said that the train carried at least
twenty-five couples who are making
the trip with matrimonial Intentions.
A great many of them came from
other parts of the State to make the
trip to get married.—-Richmond oorr
f tpondence Baltimore Run.