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HIKE’S PET BILE
IS PASSED.
8hrewd Parliamentary Practice wee
Ueed to Hold the Memere In Their
8eate Untl the Vote Could be Ta
ken—The Provlalone or the Bill ae
It was Before the Houee—The De
bate on the Meaeure wae Renewed.
Atlanta, Ga .. August 16—Lacking
but tbe senate Concurrence In one
amendment and tbe signature ot tbe
governor who Is Its real author, the
disfranchisement bill its law. It pass
ed the house yesterday afternoon by
a vote of 159 to 16, after a debate
lasting nearly two days, and after
two substitutes and a number of
amendments had been defeated. This
was 37 more votes than was required
for a majority of two-thirds, neces
sary to. a constitutional amendment.
Before tbe bill was passed It was
necessary to extend the session for
a time. Some shrewd parliamentary'
practice was used to hold the mem
bers In their seats. Through tbe
tnoves of .Mr. DunbaAand Mr. Hines,
the house found Itself In a position
.(where no adjournment could com9
until the bill was passed or defeated.
An amendment by Mr. Wise, of
Payette, perpetuating the "good char
acter” clause, was adopted by the
house before the final vote. The
original bill provided that good char-
qualification for a . voter
nld become Inoperative after Jan-
amendment
15 Girls Narrowly Escape
Death in a Collision.
Barnesville, Ga., Aug. 15 .—A wagon load of girls, fs in nnm
ber, narrowly escaped death under a Central train at 6:30 o’clock
this morning on a railroad crossing at Aldora Mill, near Barnes
ville. All of the occupants of the wagon .leaped to safety ju^tln
the nick of time. One of tbe girls was slightly hurt by a fall in
jumping from the wagon. r
One of tbe two mules attached to (the wagon was insfrntly
killed. The wagon was demolished. '** -
At the time of the accident the party of girls, accompanied
by one young man who acted as driver, were on their way to.
Leifsey Springs, 15 miles distant, to spend the day on a picnic.
The girls were seated in the wagon on a pile of straw and
had no thought of danger. They were laughing and talking in
tbe merriest mood as the team hurried on its way to escape the
heat of the morning.
The near approach of the train was not at first realized when
the railroad crossing was reached. In a few seconds, however,
they saw the train. Terrified and screaming, the girls leaped
pell-mell from the wagon. The next instant the train struck the
team.
Judge Refused to Enjoin
the Nashville Town Council.
Nashville, Aug. 15.—The city of Nashville is having trouble
with R. V. L. Day & Bro,, owners of'the local telephone exchange
The city granted the telephone franchise about two years ago
with, the following clause: “The said telephone company shall
erect its said telephone, exchange in such manner that its pol&s,
wire and other equipment shall at no time, within said period
(twenty years,) interfere with the construction of any electric
light, cars or other public improvements that may hereafter be
erected or operated in said city.”
When the city began to erect its poles and string its electric
light wires the telephone company asked the courts for an in
junction to prevent the public improvements. Judge Whipple-
of Cordele refused to grant a temporary injunction. He came to
NashviHe and heard the case anil reserired or held up his deci-i j an
yeaterdaa. wimi lie decided ia favor'oAtho city, refus-*
addition to tbe qualifications al-
prescrfbed bjr law, the bill pro-
[vldoB that only those shall be allow-
ed to vote who come under one
more ot tbe following qualification*:
Ah persons who have honorably
served In the land or naval forces of
, the United States In the Revolution
ary war. or the war of 1812, or In the
(war with Mexico, or In the war with
•the Indians, or In the war between
the states, or In the war with Spain
or who honorably served la the land
or naval forces of the Confederate
'states or of the state of Georgia In
the war between the states, or
All persons lawfully descended from
those embraced In the classes enum
erated in tbe suh-dlvlslon next above,
Of „
All persons who are of good char
acter, and understand the duties and
ObllgatloiiB ot citizenship under a re
publican form of government; or
All persons who can correctly read
In the gngUsb language any para
graph of the United States or of this
state and correctly write the tame
to the English language when reed
to them by one ot the registrars, and
all persons'who, solely beeanse of
;diy«Vuii disability, are unable to com
ply with the above requirements, bat
who can understand and give a real-
onsble interpretation of any para,
graph of the constitution of toe
I United States'or of tola elate, tost
[may be read, to them by any one of
ithe registrars, or
Any person who M toe owner In
wood faith to Us own'right of St
least forty acres of land situated to
this state upon which he resides, or
toe owner In good faith to Ua own
pht of property situated In tola
to' and assessed for texstton at the
eOWi.
Debate on Bill Renewed.
On Wedneaday morning the house
igjvdl toe dtopto which had occu-
pled a large share of the Tuesday ses
sion. Mr. Fullbrtght, of Burke, who
had been On toe floor when the house
jJKeried Tuesday wee again recog
nized, and continued hla argument
(‘‘HlM the bill. - He declared that
lie wanted a law that would
jfhlse negroes and not a white
tols law was not what they
d.been promised.
MT. Hines, of Baldwin, followed, to
support of the bill. He reviewed toe
history of the negro vote to Georgia
when the negro had held toe balance
putting in Nashville’s etectric-Hght and water
works plants is being pushed to completion. The contractors
expect to complete the work inside of sixty days.
131 Counties Show a Gain
in Taxes of $33,652,906.
Atlanta, Aug. 15.—TJie county tax returns are increasing
at a greater rate than was anticipated when they began to come
The. tax digests have been received at the office of the con
troller general from 131 Georgia counties out of 146, leaving only
fifteen to be heard from.
The 131 counties show net gains jn tax valuations over last
year of $33,652,906. Gains $34,736,227 are shown by 114 counties,
while 17 counties show losses aggregating $1,083,319. At this
rate' it is probable the total net gains over last year will reach
nearly $40,000,000, in which event they will be as large as last
year. Several of the larger counties are among those which
have not reported.
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Railroads Pi
Ar(
Pub ic
Highways
By Jufttlet
WilLIAM J.
G AY NOR
of. tho New York
Court.
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there can bejtul
which a co
mental welfire|
the total prl
This do
productive aaiu
getting efioh'f
NEWS OF HIE MI
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Tbe Captain of tba Burned Steam*
thd gove
and without
Italian Black Hander is
Traced by Finger Prints.
Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 15.—Traced by finger prints discern
able in an - ink impression of a black hand signed to a letter re
ceived by Father Foretti, of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, in
which the priest is threatened with death unless he turns over
$800 by Sept. 1, Michael Venzie, an Italian barber, was arrested
as the writer of the letter.
The police rounded up s'everal Italians and took impressions
of their fingers. Edward Schwartz, of'the Bertillon Bureau in
New York, declared the impression on the letter corresponds
with the impression of Venzie’s fingers.
of power. He ridiculed Mr. Hall’s
argument that the bill would disfran
chise white men, and declared that
not a single white man would lose
his vote under Its provisions.
At 11 o’clock the previous question
was called on the bill, but tbe vote
was atlll a long way ahead. Sir. Hall
of Bibb, chairman of the minority In
the committee, and Mr. Williams, of
Laurens, author of the bill, were al
lowed 20 minutes each In which to
conclude the argument. Mr. Hall
divided his time with Sir. Howell, of
Walton, who spoke first.
Mr. Howell made a ringing address
against the bill. Mr. Hall followed
with an argument In which he excori
ated some of his opponents, and cor
rected Mr. Bnrwell’s statement, made
on‘toe previous day, that there wdre
6,000 negro tax payera to Bibb county
alone. "Some ot those negroes have
heen dead 20. years,” said Mr. Hall.
"The provisions of this bill apply
equally to white and black. I know
they call It a negro disfranchisement
blit, but nowhere Is the word ’nigger’
written."
Sir. Williams, of Laurens, was next
He called attenUon to toe Alabama
law and IU success, and opuo.s-d toe
amendment perpetuating the "grand
father” clause. He spoke at .length
on the merits of the bill. ’
Mr. Kendrick, of Tallferro, and Mr.
Dunbar, of Richmond, spoke for the
bill.
At 12:05 o'clock the house began
voting on the amendments. The
amendments to perpetuate toe "grand
father” clause was defeated. Tbe
substitute ot Mr. Barrow, of Stephens,
providing that all persons of African
descent, was also voted down. The
roll on the main question was then
called, and resulted In the passage
of the bill bjr a vote of 169 to Id.
I1TTJK i--jno prejudge, in this country against HONESTLY
jraoftb .veaifh, however large. It Is wealth ac
quire! tnfahiously which is under the ban of the splendid
Hjn'jfWo. and' integrity of the people of this country.
'Hi . rime object of government is to promote DISTRIB
UTIVE JUS'iJt.'E TO. ALL. Without this object being fulfilled
^prosperity. Ptospeijty is the highest production
nicy is capable.m Consistent with the physical and
its tnembors,. Accompanied by a just distribution ol
AMONqv^B ( B lV L’EODUOERS.
shyrel and share alike, but according to the
ity|fl%8>ejAo$3n4ntal or both oil each. If a few are
conatabtly-hy hook or crook THE TOTAL
PRODUCT PE AlX WHO WORK, then the condition is not one
of prosperity, . f If certain individuals in a short lifetime become pos
sessed of so fijtacji property that they can make abnormal gift* to
charity; if one man cp give away, for instance, the vast sum of
$82,000,000 in opo pft without feeling.it any more than I would
miss-$5, Vff mako a fatal mistake if we,ascribe such a condition to
PROSPERITY, If we find the railroads being used t£ allow a few
to aoqui^e such fortunes at the expense of their fellow men by having
their freights ’carried’ at a rate lower than others have to pay, so that
they are able to create monopolies in themselves, our condition is not
one of prosperity, but IT IS DANGEROUS TO THE PERPE
TUITY OF OUB FREE GOVERNMENT.
From the . beginning of tbe world the publio highways always had
been built by the government. In the same way the government
,T our iron, highways—the railroads. And
built tho railroads of the country are still
This is tho decision of all tho courts in tho
dividual-t who control thcm.’cannot
liy urn mere trustees or agencies of
thorn as 1 public, highways for the benefit? of ai
ivoritism or discrimination TO ANY ONE.
Every free pass issued, every favor in freight rates granted is in
defiance of the law. Somo people are under the delusion that recent
statutes made those things unlawful. Not at all. THEY WERE
UNLAWFUL FROM THE BEGINNING. Wo only heeded
statutes to make it a criminal offense to grant them and to jail tho:«)
who should gTant them.
THAT THESE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS 8H0UL0 8$ USED TO EN
ABLE A FEW MEN TO DESTROY THEIR BUSINESS RIVALS IS THE
BASEST CRIME OF OUR DAY AND GENERATION.
Youngf Lawyers
Then —and Now.
By J, A* VAN OR9DEL* Assistant Attorney General of tho United States.
E used to hear of tho starving period, whon the yonng law
yer was establishing a practice. This starving process
was a good thing. It usually made a good lawyer. The
youqg man who had the NERVE AND ENDURANCE
to last through that period usually made a winner. In my judgment
it is a great misfortune for a young lawyer, upon admission to the bar,
to drop into a junior partnership with an old practitioner. It has a
tendency to make'him dependent from the start, when the qualities be
needs to cultivate most in the early years of his professional career are
SELF RELIANCE, INDUSTRY AND INDEPENDENCE '
It is tbe desire to make money that usually leads to such aiTitlli-
anco. If the youqg lawyer has uppermost in his mind the desire to
make money, it-ia more than an even chance that HE WILT.
NEVER MAKE A, GQOD^ LAWYER. If he keeps in mind that
$2 fee instead of 'tho legal problem to be solved, he will stop at the
end of an hour’ll investigation and conclude there Is not enough in it t--
pay. He will have taken the first step tdward certain failure.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF HE FORGETS THE FINANCIAL RE
WARD AND HAS ONLY A FIXED DETERMINATION TO SOLVE TK1
PROBLEM BEFORE HIM HE WILL EMERGE AT THE END O*
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS A CONQUEROR AND WILL HAVE LAID TH:
FIRST FOUNDATION STONE UPON WHICH THE STRUCTURE O'
SUCCESS MU8T SB BUILT.
Kl
Banker and Preacher in
a Fight at,Gainesville.
Gainesville, Aug. 15.—There was a serious fight here yester
day between J. H, Hunt, a wealthy banker and owner of the Arl
ington Hotel, and Rev. J. A. Bell, pastor of the Baptist Church,
growing out of the recent action of Hunt, in prosecuting the min
ister’s son, who was fined $50 for disorderly conduct in the hotel.
As a result of tbe dispute Rev. Mr. Dell was knocked down
and Tendered almost unconscious by a blow planted right be
tween the eyes. Mr. Bell claims he was badly hurt.
The fight Caused a big sensation.
Th« Impression Prevails That he will
Not Loee hie License for a Very
Lon® Time, If at All—Riflemen Get-
tin® Ready for the Contest for
Places In National Shoot—Other
Savannah News.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16—Co], J, w.
Oast, the supervising Inspector -of
steam vessels who waa here yeeter-
day presiding at the trial of Capt. 1,
P. Freeman, of the steamship Alle
ghany, charged with not putting his
vessel ashore when on fire, left for
Norfolk last night. Capt. Freeman
waa given an opportunity to Introduce
expert testimony to prove that he
had acted properly. Capt, Van B.,
Avery, of the Propeller Towboat Co.,
and Capt. George C. Savage, of toe
Ocean Steamship Company, testified
In his behalf yesterday and Capt.
Freeman went upon the stand. He
made a good detense. The Impres
sion is that he will not lose his lloenaa
and certainly for only a short time If
It Is taken from him at all. He has
summoned some of the best known
sailing masters to give tesUmony for
him when the trla) Is resumed.
Riflemen Bs®ln Contest.
The thoot of the riflemen of toe
state to select a team to represent
Georgia at the national shoot at Comp
Perry, Ohio, began thlg mornln" on
Avondalo range, \Adjutnnt General
A.' J. ScntMins arrived trj-*- present
»noo/V , ! K - A " f'/jKoMestanta
around tii'%g-.iornln
the r*lfl^»om tbo cltie-^nther than
Savannah, having arrived last night,
and this mornlngi The shooting wilt
continue for three days. It is expect*
ed that an excellent team will be se
cured In this way and that there will
bo no cry of favoritism after It la
chosen. Savannah expects to land
several men on the team.
Ready for Labor Day.
The Labor Day committee held a
meeting last night and reported much
progress. Congressman C. G. Ed
wards will be Jnvlted -to deliver the
principal address at Tybeo on Labor
Day. In the city there will be a pa
rade and a display with about twenty-
five floats In line.
Col. Estlll About Well.
Letters received In Savannah yes
terday from Col. J. H. Estlll, who la
now In Buffalo, N. Y., Indicate -that
he has almost, If not entirely, recover-
ed his health. The letters received
from him are of that vigorous tone
Indicating that the writer Is to splen
did health. The grasp of the pen la
firm and there la nothing to show
that the writer Is an Invalid. Hla re
covery Is giving his friends much
pleasure.
Want to Open Sunday*.
City council at Its'meeting yester
day afternoon considered an ordK
nance which speks to allow green gro
cers having saloons attached to their
placet of basinets to keep open on
Sunday morning at other green gro
cers do. The green grocers who have
saloons as adjuncts to their business
.pay more license than the others and
they think their privilege* should not
be curtailed.
Other 8hort New* Items.
Mrs. J. C. Warkmelster, while
walking In her yard ysaterday, drop
ped dead of acute Indigestion. She
will he bnried tola afternoon. She
leaves a daughter, the wife ot Mr.
John J. Murphy, formerly of Augusta.
The Western Union messenger hoys
struck yesterday fbr more pay. They
claim that slnoe tbe operators strike
began they cannot make enough car
rying messages to live on. Their
places are being filled.
Judge Henry McAlpIn, of the court
ordinary, who la In South Betolo-
hem, Pa., where he went to be opera
ted upon for appendicitis, has written
home that he has been permitted to
alt np. He will be back in ten days.
Georgia llqnor dealers bad better
steer dear of Ptnaaeol* until the Cul
pepper* finish their oaapefgn. They
say It’s, a dry moon over that way, too.
Commissioner H. Knox Smith,
knocks toe Oil Trust right to toe
■pot where It had just been kicked
by K. Mountain Landis.
Ohio farmers are offering beer to
addition to wagee to toafr farm hands,
and once more K~«mee real lie* what
a handicap toe la under when It comae'
to harvesting her crepe.