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VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, JULY N 27, 1907.
FIGHT BROKE UP
THE SESSION
Seal) Mfriglit and Joe H
Mad and Went Together.
Mr. Wright Called the Statesman
From Bibb a Liar and Then Blows
Were Exchanged—Friends I nterfer
red and Later on the House was Ad
journed Until This Morning.
Atlanta, July 25—After a fist fight
between Joe Hall of Bibb and Seaborn
Wright of Floyd on the floor of the
House, and after the police reserves
had ‘ been ordered out to clear the
House galleries, the House at 10:53
o’clock last night, by unanimous con
sent, adjourned until this morning at
9 o’clock.
The session, which has been con
tinuous since 9 a. m. had been drawn
out until 10:30 p. m., when distur
bances from the galleries caused
Speaker Slaton to order them clear
ed.
This was done and the acrimonious
debate continued on the floor,
dispute between Representative
Wright of Floyd and Representative
Hall of Bibb progressed to the point
where Mr. Wright told Mr. Hall,
“You’ro o liar.”
lnr-tr.r*]y the space between the
two was crossed and blows were ex
changed .
Friends quickly intervened, quiet
was restoied and in a silence almost
painful Rcpmacu^Uive 'Candler urg
ed that adjournment be taken which
was done at 10:63.
At 6 o'clock, the filibusterers ended
their fight ca the motion to recon
sider tb: bill regarding the city court
of Ham'Uon, which had formed the
basis for tha flgnt all day. The
conoidelation was lost by an over
whelming vote, the filibusterers car
ing nothing for the real result.
Immediately there was a chorus of
demands _ for recognition, and the
speaker recognized Mr. Whitley, of
Douglas, a prohibitionist. He moved
that the senate bill No. 1. the prohi
bition bill, be put upon its passage,
and for a time it looked that the end
was near and a prohibition victory in
sight. This was defeated, however
by a point that the motion was out
of order, and was sustained by the
chair.
Seaborn Wlright made an impas
sioned appeal from the ruling, and
the roll of the ayes and noes was
about to be called, when the antis
made several motions for adjourn
ment to various hours Thursday.
A demand for the ayes and noes on
this followed, and until a late hour
the motion to adjourn was occupying
the. attention of the house, every
member asking three minutes to ex
plain bis vote.
The absentees in the house during
the fight were: R. E. Cannon, of
Clayton; 8. A . Crumbly, of Quit-
man; W. F. Slater, of Bryru; J. R.
Walker, of Lowndes; W. G. Warnell
of Tattnall; Boykin Wright, of Rich
mond. Mr. Wright is seriously ill
at <his home.
NOT WANTED DOWN THERE.
WANTS FINES PUT INTO 8HIPB.
Washington, July 25—From far*off
California the Navy Department has
received a suggestion whereby the
naval strength of the United 8tates
may be increased and the bold, bad
oil trust mulcted at the same time.
The Department'* California corre
spondent, noting that the govern
ment can fine the Standard Oil Com
pany $29,000,000, suggests that the
fine be levied and that the money be
used In constructing five battleships.
Jacksonville to Raise Bars Against
Georgia Liquor Dealers.
There Is now no doubt that the
liquor dealers of Georgia will flock to
Florida as soon as the prohibition law
now pending In the legislature of
Georgia becomes effective.
Jacksonville being tfhe largest City
in the state will naturally be the
place where a majority of dcriers will
locate on account of Its excellent
transportation facilities and also on
account of Its proximity to Georgia.
In a long article from Atlanta pub
lished in the Baltimore News, the fol
lowing Information is given
what the law will mean to Atlanta
and to Georgia.
What It Meana v
“The passage of the measure will.
In the opinion of many intelligent
citizens, mean temporary stagnation,
tf not a backset, for Atlanta and other
cities. This much Is generally
knowledged. The antis allege this
stagnation will continue, while the
prohibitionists are of the opinion that
readjustment will shortly result
In Atlanta it means the closing up
of 125 saloons and a' large number
of big wholesale bouses. * It means
the cutting off of $200,000 of city rev
enues and of $760,000 of state reve
nues. It means the putting out of
employment of between 1,500 and
2.000 men. It has already resulted
In the practical abandonment of At
lanta’s scheme of a greater city of
160.000 people by 1910; it means the
taking out of the state of several
millions a year by the jmrchasr of
liquor from outside cities, this sale
being protected by the Inter-state
commerce rules; It means the eml
gratlon of a large number of saloon
ists. To the owners of saloon prop
erty it means a big decrease In re
turns, as saloons are rented in many
cases at twice as much a month aq
the store next door.”,
Advance Guardi Here.
It is known that several Georgia
liquor men have already been In Jack
sonville looking over the situation
there. One of these liquor men has
already secured an option on a ware
house building in the western part
of the city. Others have even gone
so far as to figure on erecting buil
dings here suitable for their business.
Seeing that the Georgia liquor
dealers are anticipating moving to
this city, a movement has already
been started to keep them out.
special committee of the city council
has been appointed to Investigate and
report and this committee will hold
one or more open sessions to secure
an expression of opinion of the gen
eral public on the advisability
passing a city law that will tend to
keep outsiders from locating here for
the purpose of engaging in the liquor
business. N
Liquor Men Deny It.
The liquor men of Jacksonville have
been charged with starting this agi
tation, but tfhis they strenuously deny.
They claim that they have had
nothing to do with It.
A few days ago a report was cir
culated in Atlanta to the effect that
the liquor dealers of Jacksonville had
secretly subscribed to the fund of the
Georgia prohibitionists, hoping
profit by the passage of the prohibi
tion law of Georgia. This statement
was also emphatically denied by the
Jacksonville liquor dealers.
There is one thing certain and that
Is the more the question Is agitated
here the more probability there is of
a high license being required of liquor
dealers so as to force the low dives
out of business.
Meant 8tate Prohibition.
The Pensacola Evening News takes
the following shot at Jacksonville and
makes a prediction that rohny believe
will prove correct:
“It Is said that all the Savannah
wholesale dealers are making arrange
ments to open business houses in
Jacksonville as soon as the prohibi
tion law ia passed in Georgia. It is
needless to say that Jacksonville will
enter no protest to this move but we
How Filibustering Goes on
Under the Rules of the House.
. SMALLEST IN MANY YEAR8.
In order that the general public Chatham, who Is an anti. He wfcnt-
may he informed aa to the method., ed to explain hla vote. When he be-
of the flllbusterera and how they canl^ 11 exp,alnlng hla tl!re ® mlnutea
. , . . , .. _. (the time allotted for explanations
delay legislation, The TimeB here-
He would have the.e named the I predi ®t til6lr ^ ln Florida’s me-
Roger., the John Doe, the John D. I troplis will not be for long. If the
Rockefeller, the Judge Land!., .nd, next Florida legislature doea not paaa
the MllllonMre. Secretary Metcalf Is a 8tat « prohibition law It will at least
>waj, to that action on thla remarl*!'?"'® the liquor dealers a mighty
’able suggestion will have to be ds-j 8Care -
ferred.
j Jesse R. Grant has been making a
are' tour through Texas, Louisiana and
The products from Georgia
found in every country on the globe. J other states of the South and West,
The •missionaries who woo the heath-j sounding the sentiment of prominent
en convert them to cotton shirts as Democrats on his chances of obtain-
soon, or before, they are persuaded : ing the Democratic Presidential nom-
to take the Bible. lnation.
with publishes an explanation-**)! the
tactics which are being pursued.
The rules of the house of represen
tatives provides that the order of
business on Wednesday fhall be as
follows:
Call of the roll; reading of the Jour
nal, motions to reconsider; unfinished
business; call of the roll of counties
for fihe Introduction of new bills; sen
ate bills for a/ third reading and pass
age.
Yesterday morning as soon as the
reading of the house journal was
completed the antl-prohlbitionlsts, in
order to play for time, made several
motions to reconsider. These mo
tions have to be voted upon by the
house and the author of each motion
and other members of the house
have the, right to be heard for or
against the motion to reconsider. Un
less the previous question is ordered
it is still within the power of one-
flftih of the house to demand the aye
and no vote. One-fifth of the mem
bers voting can sustain the call an-i
In that case the clerk has to call the
name of each member so that his
vote can be recorded.
When Mr. Nix, of Gwynnett, called
for the previous question, when Mr.
Hines finished his speech, Mr. Dun
bar called for the ayes and noes. The
call was sustained. The first name
to be called was that of Adams, of
expired and his colleague, Mr. Bar-
row, of Chatham, moved for an ex
tension of 'his time for four minutes.
On that motion Mr. Dunbar called
for the ayes and noes and the call
was sustained. The clerk proceeded
with the call, and when Mr. Barrow’s
name was reached and he was ex
plaining his vote, Mr. Adams moved
for an extension of time. On that mo
tion Mr. Dunbar called for t*he ayes
and noes.
As practically r 11 filibusters are,
this one was necessarily based
the constitutional rule which requires
that whenever one fifth of the mem
bers voting request it, the ayes and
nays, on any motion, shall be record-
the Journal. Cooperating
further, is tho rule which provides
that no constitutional rule
House can be suspended under any
circumstances.
Therefore as long as the opponents
of state prohibition can head In line
one-fifth of the members on any
proposition or motion, they can con
tinue to call for the aye and nay vote,
explain their votes, and kefcp up the
process indefinitely. They still have
this power despite the fact that
Speaker Slaton ruled against the An
tis yesterday, in holding out of or
der motions to extend the time of
members In explaining their vtes af
ter the previous question has been
called.
Sturdy Minors of Wyoming
are Mai
Denver, Colo., July
the fact that the sturdy miners
Woodrock, Wyo., have turned
Colorado In an appeal for women—
young, good looking, marriageable
women—the suggestion has been
made that the Colorado 8tate Com
mercial Association open a mahimo-
nlal bureau for the purpose of tup-
plying these home-sick, lovelorn, lone
some bachelors—mayhap millionaires
In the embyro—with wives.
A letter has been received from W.
lonially Inclined.
UiUSmlth ■ ir Woodrook, wJrA, ..king
[for a marWagable girls In Den-
ver for some of the mlnerc there.
In conclusion the said Mr. 8mlth in
serted a postscript showing that he
also Is anxious to become a benedict.
The postscript reads:
”P. 8.—You mlghten tell me prl
vately which la the prettiest one of
them gurla, and I guess I can make
it alright.”
Just what will be done for procur
ing the girls remains to be seen. No
definite action hat been taken.
Central of Georgia Railway Publishes
Statistics About Peaehes.
According to the statistics sent
out by the Central of Georgia railway
the peach crop does not present a
very encouraging outlook. At the
beginning of the season a very low
estimate was placed on the crop as
the result of the killing frosts, but
present Indications show that crops
will fall far short of the estimate.
The Central ofl Georgia handles
practically all of tho fruit crops of
Georgia, either directly or at. junction
points, and its figures can be relied
upon. Men are kept In touch with
the fruit growers and from time to
time estimates of the outlook afe
made. The movement so far is
about one-third of that of last year,
and Indications show there will be
a steady decrease In the ratio as the
season progresses.
July 12, 1906 . ..1,024 carloads
July 12, 1907 333 carloads
These figures show the great dearth
In peaches this season. 8uch a low
mark for the peach crop has not
been reached In many years. There
have been many low marks on ac
count of killing frosts, but seldom
has the movement fallen off so much
in proportion to the number of fruit
bearing trees. Ail over the district
it is reported that the dahiage dene
is even greater than expected. It Is
now thought that at the end of the
season the crop will show the small
est In the last twenty or twenty-five
years. In proportion.
The points to which the cars have
been removed this year are as foV
lows#* New York, 186 cars; Philadel
phia, 70 cars; Pittsburg, 14 cars, and
other eastern points 36 cars, making
a total of 306 cars shipped to the
eastern markets. The remaining 27
cars were sent out among the west
ern markets, generally, and New Or
leans, receiving 8 carloads, was the
only southern point getipg a showing
or any sUfer ' f]
There l/i a great demand for peach
es in eastern market* and sorry
fruit Is bringing high prices.
GASSER IS NEARER
THE FEN.
Murderer Is Re-
New Trial Again.
He 8ecured a New Trial Before Be
cause a Juror Read a Newspaper
Account of the Trial While it was
in Progress—Brewers to go to Now
Orleans—Negroes Make Their Pro^
test.
Roses for the Solons’ Desks.
Atlanta, July 24—A little white La- fore we aak that you pin this little
France rosebud pinned to a perfumed ( flower on your coat today that we
card was placed upon the desk of ev-.^ know v,ho * r « *'° m * d ®’>" da '»-
. ...... , . - Geor fli« womanhood appeals *o Door.
ery member of the houao of reprc.en* ((| mInhood t#d>y fop
tatlves yeaterday. j Through all the long aeaalona ol
Printed upon the card waa tha fol- the heuae, above all the din arid eon.
lowing Inscription: jfutlon of tho fllibuater, attacka and
"The ladiea from varloua aectlona counter attacka, tho perfume of the
of tho atate are hero with hearte little white roae waa over all of the
beating high with Joyful anticipation, houao? reaching even to the vaat
We dealre to know our frlende, there, throng of epoctatore In the gallarlee.
Figures that Show Big Boom.
Waahlngton, July 25.—Boom days, ed $1,434,401,042 of tho total, while
these. In a bulletin laauad by tho the exports were valued at $1,880,024,
bureau of statistics, It la shown that leaving a balance of trade in favor
for the first time in hletory tha for- of the Urilted States for tho twelve
olgn trade cf tha United 8tatea during months of $448,449,932. Another rec-
the last fiscal year passed the three "" ®1 a bllahed during the ye.r,
billion dollar mark. Tha exact amount
when for the first time In the coun-
try’e hi-.tory neither, Irrporii nor ex-
for the year, which ended June 30th, porti feM be i ow $ioc,MO,000 for any
waa $3,315,252,116. Imports comprle- month.
Woman Murdered by Negroes
Huntington, W. Va„, July 25—Roto Madderox, yesterday afternoon,
crossed the Ohio river In a boat with two negroes. An hour later her
body wee found near the river and there were evidences of a desperate
struggle. The negroes have net been captured.
Savannah, Ga., July 25—Sylvester
Sasser, a white prisoner from Scre
ven county, who has been in Jail In
Savannah for the past two years on
fihe charge of murder, has taken an
other step nearer the penitentiary.
Sasser has been convicted twice and
has received a life sentence each
time. He got a new trla) once be
cause a juror considering the case
picked up a newspaper with an ac
count of the trial and read It In the
Jury room. This time, however.
Judge Rawlings ha* declined to grant
a new trial. Sasser Is cheerful In
Jail and hopes to get another trial
from the State Supreme Court. Gen.
P. W. Meldrlm Is one of the associ
ate counsel defending Sasser while
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs was one of
those prosecuting him. Judge Twiggs
will argne the case Tor the state In
the Supreme Court.
Brewers to New Orleans.
If Georgia becomes a prohibition
stats It- Is likely -that Savannah will
see a large delegation of master brew
ers and their 1 helpers go to New Ol
leans. The entlro force employed by
the Savannah Brewing Company has
written to New Orleans and secureJ
EXPRESS COMPANIES TO
QO ON THE RACK.
St. Louis, Mo., July 25-The 8t«t.|P lace * lf locnl brewery Is closed.
Board of Railroad and Warehouse 11 18 belleV(,d thRt ®t the la.ge
Commissioners today began a hearing whol ® ,al ® wh lsk#y houses will go to
In this city to give the express com
panics doing business in Missouri an
opportunity to show why ths new
schedule of rates proposed by the
board should not be enforced. The
new schedules are for general reduc<
tlon of 25 per cent from the tariff
made effective in May, 1905. The
earnings of the tlx express compa
nies doing business in the state last
year amounted to more than $1,000,
000. They pay to the tate a tax of
V/4 per cent on their gross earnings
Missouri, which Is a smaller per
cent than it paid by the insurance
companies. Nevertheless the express
companies have entered a vigorous
objection to the proposed reduction In
their chargee.
William H. (Buck) Hinricfcsen, for
many years consplclous in Illinois
politics, Is reported near death at his
home in Alexander, 111. Mr. Hinrich
sen is fifty-seven years old. He had
been sheriff of his county, clerk of the
Illinois House, and. during the Altgeld
administration, 1893-97, he waa sec
retary of state. During two years
after that date he waa a Represens
tatlve In Congress from the old Six
teenth district of Illinois. He also
served as chairman of the Democratic
slate committee, and in 1896 he was
elected a delegate-at-large to the
Democratic national convention.
Make Demands for Money.
Providence, July 25— It Is learned that *hree prominent Armenians,
of this city, one being a clergyman, have received demands from the
Hunchakist society for money. ' *
<Zigar Makers to Advance Prices
Havana, July 25—Twenty Independent cigar manufacturer* announce
an advance In '.he price of cigars from a bail, of Spanith to American
gold. It le b.lleved that >11 others will soon take the tame action.
Middle and north Georgia had 101-
In-tbe-ihade weather thla week and
the bad part about it wsu* that they
did not have any of the good kraaaa*
that we have In South Georgia.
Both sides claimed to have won the
sham battle at For Screven. Here
after, If they will use bullets, instead
Of blanks, they can probably arrive
at a conclusion In the matter.
It Is said that If Senator Culberson
of Texas Is chosen minority leader ot
the Senate next December he will
most likely be given the vacancy on
the Appropriation Committee, if he
elects to have It. Senator Culberson's
more Important committee assign
ments now are Judiciary, Philippines,
Postofflces and Post Roads and Public
Buildings and Grounds. The vacancy
on the Appropriations Committee, left
by Senator Berry of Arkansas, Is
probably the most prized of any of tho
places on Senate comml'.tees left by
a Democrat.
Col. Charles A. Edwards, secretary
of the Democratic Congressional com
mute**, believes that I-oulsville has
the best, chance of landing the next
Democratic national convention, ex
cepting only Chicago.
Jacksonville and OBtabllsb branch
houses.
Central’s Income Bonde.
It Is expected that the Savannah
holders of Central Railway third In
come bonds In Savannah will Join In
the movement already uader way In
other cities for the purpose of protect
ing the Interest* of . suob holders.
The recent slump In the price ot
these bonds Is said to make such a
course a necessity. It Is said that
tho movemont may even lead to the
courts wlfih the Idea of seplng how
the earnings of the Central are spent
and why these Jionds are nut permit
ted to .share In some ot (he dividends
earned. • -
Tbore are large numbers of holders
of theso securities In 8avannah and
they are greatly Interested In the out
come of this agitation.
Wants R. R- Commissioner,
delegation of representative Sa-
vannahlona left last night for Atlanta
where they will see the Governor to
day and request that a Savannahlan
he placed upon the Railroad Commis
sion If It Is enlarged. Mr. E. A.
Cutta will represent the city and the
cotton exchange, Mr. George F. Arm
strong and Mr. R. M. Hitch the
board of trade, and Mr. F. M. Oli
ver and W). J. Donlan the chamber
of commerce.
Negroes Mak* Protest.
The colored citizens of Savadnah
have held a mass meeting , to protest
against the passage of fihe Williams
disfranchisement bill and their pro
test will go forward to Atlanta to
day. The negroes met In mass meet
ing and adopted resolutions declaring
the bill pernicious. Iniquitous and In
imical to the host Interests of the
state. The resolutions declare that
It Is considered the constitutional,
Christian and personal duty to regis
ter their protest against Its passage.
Tho resolutions are Blgned by some of
the best known negroes In Savannah.
Large Increase In Values.
White Chatham county’s tax di
gest has not yet been entirely com
pleted work on It has progressed far
enough to show that there will be
a considerable Increase over last
year. Tag Assessor Baker will hav*
the digest ready to be sent to Atlanta
In a fsw days.
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