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HALL’S FREE PAS!
BILL PASSES.,
SNO
It Is Intended tn Gut Out the use
nt Free'Passes by Officers.
CONTEST OVER
IT IN SOUTH.
Politician* and Delegate* to Political
Convention* Will Hava to Pay
Their Way In Future—Punishment
for Both the Railroad* and th*
- Peraon* Who Accept the Paue*
Other Legislative New*.
Atlanta, da.. August 8—Two Im
portant bill* were paued by the gen
eral assembly yesterday. The house
\ passed the Joe Bill Hall anti-pass
, measure, after a light of two days,
and the senate passed Che anti-lobby
bin, so amended that Its authors
would hardly know It. For twenty-
five years Joe Hill Hall has been
working for an anti-pass bill, and at
this session he came near teeing hts
glory vfrested from him by the pas
sage of a measure bearing another
man's" name and embraotng reforms
far more sweeping than the gentle
man from Bibb had dreamed of. But
Mr. Hall Is not used to being beaten,
and he won at last In the face of a
strong opposition, defeating substi
tute measures and amendment* and
- permitting but slight change In' his
bill as drawn. ,
The measure was passed yesterday
afternoon -by a vote’ of 184 to 0, but
the real spirit of the house was shown
jin the vote of the Perry substitute,
which was defeated by & vote of 108
_.lo 7. The Perry bill sought to pro
fit the use of passes to almost ev-
one, making exceptions of lndl-
i-aters, actual rail, oad|
s and a few others'. The Hall congress. . The
1 applies only to sta'e county nn-1
; city officials, candidates for such of
fices and delegates to political con-
rventlons. It was amended to permit
f railroad attorneys who are also office
holders to use passes from their roads
, when traveling on business for that
road.
The Penalty for Violations.
The hill provides that any corpora-
Vtion violating Its provisions shall be
subject to a line of $1,000. and the
-judge of any court lu which aucb
B corporation Is convicted Is .empower
ed to enter Judgment for that amount
It Is further provided that persons
accepting parses In violation of this
act shall be pnnlsbed as provided In
section 1039 of the code of Georgia.
' An amendment, offered by Mr.
,,Hines, to the substitute bill, providing
y.that newspapers be excepted from
jthe restrictions and permitted to ac
cept passes In exchange for advertls-
jflng, was voted down. But the news-
' papers are free, under the Hall bill,
. the light on the substitute winning
/’the day, and rendering the amend-.
meats all unnecessary.
'. j> Senate Anti-Lobby Bill.'
“ .The senate passed the Wrlght-Tay-
lor anti-lobby bill yesterday, but when
It was through with amendments Its
fathers would not have known their
-child. The vote came after a long
. contest, and the bill psssed by 37 to
-12. ’ •••’*’*•
Senator Polder led the light on the
bill, and ancceeded In emasculating
It until nothing-was left but a pro
vision requiring attorneys or agents
of Individuals, firms or corporations
to register with the secretary of state.
Senators Overstreet, Knight, Born
and Wilkes worked manfully to keep
down amendments but were defeatel.
The bill, as passed, does not require
any Itemised, statement of expenses
nor does It prevent attorneys or
agents from going on the floor or
speaking to members.
Briefly, the bill requires all agents
to file a statement with the secretary
of >11010, setting fortb the name ot
their employer, and a description of
the legislation advocated.
Senator Overstreet closed the ar
gument for the bill, and made some
sweeping statements.
“Ton say there la no need for such
a law” ha said. "Why, gentlemen,
don’t yon know that men who have
presided over the senate and home
have found an Incentive to aeek the
honor in the fact that they fonnd em
ployment Immediately afterward by.
great corporations. The fact that
ALDOSTA, GA* SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ft «07.
1 . 1-1,.
flOMl IPIES HE FOUGHT HI QEI
M
a Fearful
Aside From the Interest Which the
8outh Would Feel In the Nomina
tion of a Good Southern Man, the
National Campaign Excites
m —
' ‘ ^Within Fifty Million
Interest.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, was
It ■Vj'lll Come Within
Miles of'us by September—The Last
Sky-Wanderer Before 1910—8ome
Dire Predlotlo'hs of What Might
IHappen.
&j B Opportunity for another comet
Washington yesterday, starting on hW "* cwe " wln sooa be afforded when
i-Tthe Daniel com-
vacation. When asked what the sen
timent Is In the South relative to thq
choice of the next Democratic nomi
nee for the presidency, he said:
"There does not seem to be any
particular Interest on the subject yet,
and In the absence of a contest for
the nomination by some live Southern
candidate. It Is not probable that
there will <be much ot a contest over
It In our section. This is not due to
Indifference on the subject, for
nothing political wonld so rejoice the
people of the South as to see a Dem
ocratic president elected next year,
"TJiere are plenty of "best men(
(both at the North find at the South.
We have been finding our heat man’
at tho North for forty years and have
been voting for him all that time, even
when his own section failed to do so.
It Is time now to find our ’best man'
at the Sonth. There Is nobbing section
al In this. On the contrary. It Is the
only way to destroy a practice which
baa become thoroughly sectional.
1 ‘1 could name a dozen or a score of
Southern governors, past or present,
either one ot whom would be the
equal of the average- president In
tho past forty yeari
of umiy w
selected from pub!
and be Id generally not particularly
stronger In qualifications than , the
class from which he Is (elected. After
he becomes president be Is a very
large men because of'hls office with
Its vast powers and Its vaster pat
ronage.
But where would you find a man
North or South who would make *
nobler president than John Daniel,
and one that the country. North or
Sonth, would be prouder oft And
there are Culberson and Carmack and
George Gray and dozens of others
who could be named, all of them able
and ot blgh unblemished character.
Daniel
est approach
: wlll make Its near-
10 earth, being 70,-
000,000 miles away. The celestial
visitor Is now -sajd to be steadily ap
proaching, .
Tho'comet was discovered on June
0th by Professor Daniel of Princeton
University, who later lost track of
It June Ad It was re-dlscovered by
Profegfor R.T^ Crawford of the Uni-
<wor
versl^Jf of vCiUlj&nla. observatory.
Since that time jjf has been steadily
growing brighter, and for the last
few nights when it -may be seen by
any one Who,cage* to look, will be
pear the brightv’stlf A]pedam. Ac
cording to the orbla computed by gov
ernment scientists, the comet Is
moving In a pins Inclined nine de
grees to the ecliptic. It will make
Its nearest approaoh to the snn on
September 3rd, when It will be less
than 60,000,000 miles away.
The Last &ky Wanderer Until 1910.
Washington astronomers spy that
this \
opportunity to
gande^e]
Former Savannah Official Struck
Their Differsnces Wero Being Aired
Wheh the ex-Merohant 'Disputed
the former Official’s Word—In an
Inetgpt the Man who j^a-Called
Struck the Other In the Face—Oth
er 8*Vannah Newt,. 1*.
Savannah, Ga„ August 7..In the
recorder’s court thia piprplng,. ! J. J
Garrlty, a former city ’ offleo -bolder
and one of the best knojra men in Sa
vannah, wa»' given a Rearing before
Mayor Tledeman on the charge of as
saulting Mr. Isadora Collat In the re>
©order’s court yesterday morning,
Garrlty and Mr. Collat bad some
differences and they were being aired
before the recorder. Mr. Collat dis
puted Hr; Canmy's word. In an in
stant Garrlty, who Is fully fifty pounds
heavier tjbai Collat, struck the latter
a blow lit tho face loosening two
teeth and drenching bis hlrt In blood.
Recorder-Sgbwars, b.elng a witness
to the assault, could not bear the
Garrlty has been held for tho
city court on;* charge of aseaulfl and
is been In
battery, hat been In Jail for contempt
of court In starting a fight In the
court -room and the mayor fined himl
this morning tor disorderly conduct.
jltod Mr. Collat called
the court room,
Toes, was quickly
.was formerly a
Id
The. Registratipgvfjp Much Heavier
Than Last Year and a Heavier Vote
Is Expected 3 b* Polled—Former
Well Known jPugbali {(an. Trips -to
Hang Hlmeal^ Wljll 'rfVN»ijlt-Tle.
Atlanta, Ga., August 7—Atlanta to
day la In the-Jjkroes of g-apiriiad mu
nicipal white primary, the object of
which la to elect sundry aldermen,
counctlmen, members of , the city ex
ecutive oonun^tpe and to decide
whether or tfot oertaln officers sbaii
be elected by oounoil Or by the feSO-
Ple. Owing tojthe fact that the old
city executive'^committee adopted a
resolution putting in, tho names ot a
number ofofhoeri- that many think
should noh^e elected by popular vote,
It Is expected that the effort to take
from council the right to'’elect ceij
tain officials will tall. The total -reg-
Savannah lodges are Already Pre
paring for a Big Tima.
Prohibition Law Will Not Prevent
Having an Open House for th* Deb
•gat**—Trial of Captain Freeman,
of th* Burned Boat—Central Bond-
holders Name Delegate* to New
York Meeting
Savannah, Ga„ August 8—At a well
attended meeting ot the Knlghte ot
PythlM committees representing iho
various lodge*, held lait night at
the Knights of Pythias ball tbs flrit
ateps were taken toward preparing
to entertain the Grand Lodge ot
Knights of Pythias when it meets
here In May 1903,
General O. A. Cox, the head of the
military branch-of (he order in Geor
gia preaided at the meeting and was
made chairman of the general com
mittee. Mr. W. H. Leopold, the
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
for. Georgia; was mads secretary. The
various members ot the ’committees
from the’different lodges showed the
keenest Interest In the meeting nnd
It is -evident that the Knights who
‘Come to Savannah next May as the
representative* of their lodges will
be given a splendid time.
It la not expected that prohibition
will Interfere with the keeping of open
’■MO K. of P. brethren nt
lstratlon Is 0,789, which is about
1,600 greater than year before last,
Which was tho last "off year.’! * The
polls opened at 7 o'clock this morn
ing, and,Vlll close at 7 this evening.’
The foliqjring-are tho candidates
for counollfEr-.r ' ■ •f'
First,-wardr-A. L. Johnson and
Frank Hilburo.
Second ward—Eugene Dodd and
Harry Silverman...
TOrd ward—J.VOj,Hml»oni - . ^ ,^^^0 open l0IIHe , a
Fourth ward-B. Lee Smith, War- ‘rnb.hlMm,
house
Balnbrldgo .last May ' showed how to
ren D. White and W, G. Sands
1 Fifth warttVW,, p. Winn.
Jackson and
-** -
Mar.
stationary In the constellation Pisces.
At that time it will be faintly visi
ble to the naked eye. In April, 1910,
It will be In conjunction with the sun,
becoming then a morning star visi
ble shortly before sunrise. The max
imum of brightness will be reached
In May and June, when It will appear
as a Shining light in the heavens. The
Halley comet appears at Interval] of,
about seventy-fire years. It was first
observed, so far as history records,
eleven years before the Christian era,
and It Is bellneated^ In the Bayeux
commemoration of Its
tapestry In -the
and also experienced In public af- visit In the year of the Norman con-
fairs. What Is needed Is for some .finest. In 1645~1t caused great alarm
one of them to step out and any he
seeks the nomination and will- mako
the fight for It. When he does so
and gets the South behind him, as
either one ot them would do under
and brought forth n papql boll
quiet the fe#s ot the superstitious
Italian people, v.
The appeanjpee of a new celestial
visitor has led to a revival of the
such circumstances, the nomination discussion regarding comets preva-
will be bla." lent last M arc " n . when alleged scien
tific men gave out the many sensa-
Sand Instead of Corpse. jtlonal Interviews regarding the po*.
A Swedish Insurance company re-, Ability of a collision with the Mar*
cently paid the well-known painter 1 chette comet. At that time a state-
Lindatroem $25,000 upon the death of," 16 ” 1 Purporting to come from Pro-
his wife. Subsequently the coffin In
*h!ch the supposed remains had beea
Interred was exhumed, and It was
found to contain three sacks of sand.
Had It been dust there might have
been no kick.
they have beea presiding officers
gives them tho privilege of the floor,
and I bare seen them here at work
as soon as their duties here were
ended."
No other bills were introduced or
passed by the senate.
Gov. 8mlth’s Special Message.
That the message ot Governor Hoke
Smith, sent yesterday afternoon to
the general assembly, will have effect
on legislation, and may bring about
some unlooked for laws, Is believed
by the lawmakers. In the message,
Governor Smith anggests an Income
tax, or corporation tax, upon trans
portation companies and street car
companies, of not less than one per
cent upon their gross earning*. He
also sugests the raising ot the ferti
lizer tax, and suggests that he be
empowered to use funds In the state
treasury, not otherwise appropriate],
for the schools of Georgia.
Joe Hill Hall’s anti-pass bill has
been too rabid for legislatures In the
past, but it is too mild for the pres-,
ent bunch.
fessor Matteuccl, tbe distinguished
astronomer of the Vesuvius observa
tory, was published In nearly every
paper of the. world, containing tho
astounding announcement that tbe
Marchette comet would strike the
earth or come so near as to consume
all the atmosphere.
Whit a Comet Collision Wold Do.
While this dire prediction was not
fulfilled there are many Washington
scientists who believe, that such a
catastrophe is by no-means Impossi
ble and that It has occurred before In
the world’s history. v*A
It Is alleged that llfe.dijuf been to-
tally extinguished more than once by
fires generated by paaslng comets,
and that the growth of human life
had to begin all over again, requiring
its present developments. That tbe
terrestlal atmosphere Is of a highly
Infiamable character - there 1* no
dnubt, and many astronomers allege
that the tails of comets are made np
of acetylene gas. If that Is the case
dose contact with a comet's caudal
appendage would likely be distinctly
unpleasant for tbe Inhabitants of old
earth. Tho billion of feet of gaa con
tained In a comet's tall would. In
passing close enough, generate suf
ficient beat to cause tbe oceans and
riven to vanish In a
cloud of steam and Instantly
everything that breathe*.
’most representatl
business men
red In some time.
They were the holders of tbe Income
bonds of the .Cen'tral Railway. Mr
Mills B. Lane, the president of the
Cltlzens-Southern Bank, perslded at
the temporary meeting. He stateij
the object of the meeting and asked
for permanent organization.
Mr. H. P. Smart was made perm
anent chairman of the meeting, and
Mr. John L. Hammond secretary
The purpose of the meeting Is to se
lect a committee to go to New York
August 14th and represent the local
bondholders at a meeting of the bond
holders ot the company to -be held
there. The bondholder* here hold
about $3,000,000 of the securities of
the Central and they want to know
what Is going on. *
It has been promised that the se
crets of the Central will be laid bare
at this meeting and they want to be
on hand when this takes place,
committee of probably three will go
from Savannah.
Lone Picture in 8avannah Room.
Mr. Gordon Saussy who had charge
of the Savannah room In the Georgia
building at the Jamestown exposition
before the city got too poor to keep
commissioner there, has returned
home with a good story. There
exhibited In the Savannah room
picture of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards on parade In Savannah. An
old Southern lady looked at the pict
ure and an expression of horror and
disgust came over her face.
'Just to think,” sho said to those
about her, ‘Vow scandalous It Is that
Savannah should send up a picture
of Sherman marchigg through her
streets. There Is Sherman In tbe
front of the parade. I would know
him anywher*. Really the Southern
people are getting scandalous In
some things they do.” It Is said that
Colonel william Garrard, who Is
shown as leading the parade, does
not relish the Joke.
T
HI* Arm was Amputated.
Dr. E. J, Smith, of Hahlra, came
down yesterday and brought one of
hit patients, Mr, Wendsrllng Shurlcy,
to the Union Hoepltal for an opera
tion. It Is understood that Mr. Shur-
ley hart his arm some time ago while
Jumping from a train and that It has
given him so much trouble.that an
operation was deemed tteoaadtfyv The
jm
The candidates for aldermen are:
Third ward—Frank A. Plttmazt
and Charles Chosewood.
Fourth ward—E. E. Pomeroy.
Seventh ward—William Hancock,
Eighth ward—C. M. Roberts.
WarA organizations of the Fulton
County Anti-Saloon League have held
meetings and indorsed certain ot the
candidates who are being voted for
today.
Jack. Horner Tried 8ulclde.
For five weeks Jack Horner, form
erly bartender at the Kimball house
saloon, and ten years ago a pitcher
on the best professional baseball team
prohibition oenter.
Trial of ^ipt. Freeman.
So far as thf,Steamboat Inspectors’ .
-rvlco repr'-scntatlvrs l i-- !
in Savaf.nali the trial of _
Captain i. I'. Frpyiuun.'of tV MerWf*
mis and Miners’Traneportatlon Com
pany for losing jfhe steamship Alleg
hany, Phlladelpila bound, last month,
will take place in this city on August
84th, which Is ' Wednesday ot Mxt
week. Capt. Freeman has hardly
reached Philadelphia yet 7>n the
wreck of the Alleghany and has not
been served with notice ot the com
ing trial. For this reason it Is thought
a postponement Is likely even If It
Is decided not to bold the Investiga
tion In Savanndh. There are many,
who think (he Investigation will bo
held In either Norfolk or Philadelphia.
Either, place. It is said, would be more
convenient than Savannah, Capt.
Freeman will hardly have time to
Atlanta ever had, has been drinking „ , d6fen(|e „ Q>e ^
to excess Yesterday hi. nerves bo- jresc5lei puud,,^ an)1 „ KrTed
came upse wnile be was a prl«mer wlt „ not , ce „ ef ^ , Q .
at the police barracks and he tried ,p ec t ori
to commit suicide by strangling him
self with a necktie.
Horner was arreited Monday on a
charge of being drunk and disorderly.
Central Bondholders Meet.
The bondholders of tbe Central
Railway, residing In Savannah, held
tbelr meeting' yesterday afternoon to
He was locked In a cell at the b.r ; , lelect repreIontstlTe , to New
rack, While passing the tor oi ork t0 general, meeting
the cell yesterday Turnkey Whltl«r! of bondlloI(1 e ri to on
heard sound, wuich convinced him A t 14th . ^ wu *
hat all was not a. It should be on ten(Ied bjr Mn>rt H p. 8marti
he other side of the door. Accord- w Mc , w . Owens, Sol-
lagly he investigated. Horner was omon 8hefta] B Jsm(H|
found lying on the floor with a •»k„ UIlt e r , william Kehlo. J. 8. Wood,
tie tied eo tightly about his tnroat p p p T „ j L
that hi, face was almost purple and Hammondi j. B . ud w . Het
his eyes were, starting from their
sockets.
erman. Those acquainted with the
_ . . „ 'resident! of Savannah will reoognlse
The alarm was tfven and Horner m01t „ f ^ ^ * 1b , moat
ws, given over to tb « >* ad er 'representative men of the community.
physician who soon brought him! „ „ _ ___
around. Theban declared that he!
wanted to - be * ad, but now that hie I
life had been Baved he thought he|^
would take a brace and endeavor to ■
stop thinking about suicide.
was elected chair
man and Hr. F. T. Bancey secretary.
The situation was thoroughly gone
over and a committee was chosen to
go to New York. On this committee
Is Mr. H. P. Smart Mills B.' Lane
and J. S. Wood. Others may also
go. Tbe grdis earnings of the Ceu-
Albert Foster Appointed.
Governor Hoke Smith hae appoint
ed Albert G. Foster, a young attor- . , . .. _ . , . .
, „ “ .. tral for the new fiscal year beginning
ney of Madison, Ga., to be solicitor j T ... Z
of the county court of Morgao, for
a term of four years, b'eglnlng Feb
ruary 24, 1908. He will suceed Hon.
A.Butler, of Madison.
June first and tor tbe month of July
show an Increase of $6,000. —
Death of Mre. A. 8. Harrell.
The rfitaalne of Mrs. A. 8. Harrell
,, „ . , , . _ .: were sent to Thomasvllle last night
Mr. Foster Is a son of Judge Fred' , . ... ..
for Interment. Mrs. Harrell who was
formerly employed by (he Salvation
army was Injured about a month ago
trying to dodge an ontomoblle which
she feared wonld ran her down. She
•Upped and falling sustained Injuries
which eventually caused her death.
The Georgia legislature should
pass an Australian ballot law before
It adjourns, or ask Gov. Smith to let
them coma back long enough to pan
Foster, of Madison. He la a gradu
ate of the University ot Georgia and
one of the best amateur baseball
players In the state. He la a warm
personal friend of Governor Smith
and had the Indorsement of a large
number of Morgan oounty clUzens.
By the time the next legislature
meets, they will probably need other
laws needed to make prohibition ef
fective. I/:- -'"
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