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SEEKING NEEDLES
IN HAYSTACK
Legislators Trying to Get Some*
Predictions as to When the Two Fac
tions Will Agree on a Convict Bill
Vary Largely—The Minority Re
port of the Judiciary Committee
and What It Says—An Interesting
Document.
Atlanta. Ga., Sept 2—Both branch
es of the legislature are thrashing
around trying to get something out of
the multiplicity of bills and advice
about the convict question that will
prove common ground for both sides
of the house to stand on.. Just how
long that will be no man can predict.
Some say that a conclusion will be
reached this week, but that is by no
means certain.
The senate resumed work Monday
by discussion of the Holder bill as
passed by the lower.Itouse. It also
talked over the regular senate -sub
stitute and the Bpni substitute. Sen
ator Knight spoke for half an hour
against the senate substitute, prais
ed the present rules of the prison
commission, and admitted that per
sonally he favored releasing the con
victs. Senator Martin pleaded for
all factions to get together and abol
ish the system. The Holder bill came
over during the forenoon, and was
read the first time. Senator Camp
spoke eloquently against the lease
system, and said it should be wiped
out The senate met again at 3
o’clock In the afternoon, and debated
the various measures.
In the house the Perry bill, provid
ing for a constitutional amendment
to end the lease system after March
31, 1909, was read the third time
and placed on Its passage. Hr. Hall
of Bibb, was one of the strongest ad
vocates against the bill. He argued
that the governor had no right to
Include any such proposition in his
oall for the extra session.
Mr. Perry spoke vigorously for
the measure. He said the matter
should be submitted to the people.
During the discussion Mr. HoMer, of
Jackson, arose to a question of per
gonal privilege and denied certain
Imputations made against him in the
Atlanta Georgian Saturday. Mr. Per
ry of Hall, then offered a resolution
expressing the confidence of the
house In the integrity of Mr. Holder,
which was unanimously adopted. On
motion Mr. Holder’s statement was
ordered spread qp the Journal of the
house.
Minority Report Presented.
Monday the minority report of the
Judiciary committee on the abolish
ing the prison commission was pre
sented to the house. The Judiciary
committee by a vote of 13 to 10 vot
ed against abolishing the commis
sion. The minority report was
follows:
“The general Judiciary committee
of the house having had under con
sideration house bill No. 6 and hav
ing reported the same back to this
house with the recommendation that
It do not pass, and
“Whereas, we, the undersigned, be
ing members of said committee are
being dissatisfied with said report,
we hereby beg to submit the minority
report for the following reasons, to-
wit:
“1. The object for which the pres
ent commission was created has
ceased.
“2. We should fasten the respon
sibility of administering our peniten
tiary system upon one man, for a
dividend responsibility means no re
sponsibility at all.
"3. The prison commission has
shown an utter lack of business and
executive ability in the administra
tion of the present convict law to
the loss and detriment of the state,
and for this reason a new board
should be created.
“4. This bill will gradually abolish
some useless offices and save the
state money in the administration of
its affairs.
"5. By this action we can place
the blame for the mismanagement
where It belongs and relieve our
selves and the state of the same.
“For the above reasons we beg
leave to disagree to the report of the
committee."
This was signed by Messrs. White,
Sheffield, Townsend, Guyton, Swil
ling, Edwards, Jackson, Covington,
Hardeman, Tyson and Perry. It la
said that the report will be read
when the original bill comes up, and
that a stormy time Is ahead.
99W $5,999 MEf
19199 M
Thai Benjamin Fraiklio ]
to Boston Id bis Will.
When It Grew to $408,000 Am
Carnegie Added a Similar Ai
to It and a Great Educational I
tutlon of Unique Purposes has
Started—Was Thrown Open T<
Boston, Mass., Sept 3—When
Jamin Franklin died he left a beqi
of $5,000 with the provision that
fund, “if accepted by the lnhabll
of the town of Boston," be man
under the direction of the “Select
men, united with the minister of I
oldest Episcopalian, Congregatloi
and Presbyterian churches In th$t
is Institution the foremost trades
tools in Germany, France and Eng-
d were Inspected.
The building Is a handsome anj
f mmodlous structure of brick and
>ne. The basement contains
remodel boiler room, a steam and hv-
,| a raullc laboratory designed for the
ducatlon of stationary engineers:
md an automobile laboratory with
equipment for experiments for steam,
oil and electricity laboratory, and a
day ^modeling room.
.he first floor are grouped the
lobby or exhibition room—the latter
[or the display of industrial material
Jf various kinds—the offices of ad-
hinistration, the library and the largo
lecture hall, seating nearly 1,000 per
sons, and designed carefully and
scientifically to meal every require-
’“lent of proportion, ventilation,
hustles, light and convenience.
Class rooms are distributed through
out the building on every floor, and
there are large draughting rooms,
studios, laboratories and special lec
ture rooms for chemistry and physics.
The school will be used mainly for
venlng work, and the finest possible
qulpment for lighting the class and
inughtlng rooms has been Installed.
town," who were to make loans
der certain conditions, 1p “young mar
ried artificers under the age of twen-.
GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL OF
THE RECKLE8S 8HOOTRE8.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3—Prepara
tions art now underway for the alt!
ting of the general courtmartlal In
the armory of the Georgia Hussars
to try those who are accused of hav
ing fired at negroes along the line of
the Central Railway upon the return
of the troops from Chlckamauga, The
names of those who are to be tried
before the court of which Col. Hugue-
nln will be at the head have not yet
been given to the public. It Is under
stood that at least two members of
the Georgia Hussars will be brought
before the court. They are among the
youngest members of the command
and while they admit having fired
their rifles from the back of the
train they affirm that this did not
take place anywhere near where the
negro man was shot. It was near
Macon that they used their carbines
and then the weapons were loaded
only with blank cartridges. When
the court sits here next week It will
very picturesque and formidable
array of military talent All the of
ficers and privates who have any
connection with the court at all,
whether as members of It or as wit
nesses, will be In full uniform.
Advertisers In The Valdosta Times
will tell you that advertising pays.
be available under 100 years after
Franklin's death.
When the gr--at phllosopher-stal
man made his bequest be calcul
that the fund would Increase In
years to $656,000. Of this be pi
ed that $500,000 be then devoted]tqj
public uses, and the remaining
000 be allowed to accumulate,
the end of 200 years, as be
the sum would reach over $20,1
000, of which $15,000,000 was to go
to the state and the remainder to
the city of Boston.
At the end of 100 years the. fond
amounted to 391,168.68, which
apportioned pro rata In accordance’
with the original terms. ThA
lin heirs at that -time laitlir
suit seeking to restrain the pi
disposition of the fund, which after
two years was decided against them.
For twenty-five years thereafter,
Boston’s "selectmen"now aldermen—
wrangled over the uses to which the
fund should be put. It was finally
decided to use the money for the
erection, equipment and maintenance
of one of the finest trades schools In
America. Four years ago, when
Franklin’s modcBt $5,000 had grown
to $408,396.48, Andrew Carnegie
ded another $408,396.48.
Today there was thrown open for
the inspection of visitors a handsome
four story building JuBt completed at
the corner of Berkeley and Appleton
streets. It Is known as the Franklin
Union, the $850,000 trades school
which has been added to Boston's ed
ucational facilities through the be
quest of Benjamin Franklin moo
than a century ago and .the late.-
munificence of Mr. Carnegie.
The purpose of the new Institution
Is to afford an opportunity for the
practical training of mechanics,
draughtsmen and stationary engi
neers, and to lit young, men to be
come skilled and Intelligent artisans
and workers In whatever trade they
undertake. In laying the plans to-
STUDYING DISEA8E8 OF COT
TON NEAR DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 8—Assistant
ty-flve years.” The fund was not to Entomologist A. C. Lewis Is now on
Butler's Island, near Darien,, In
South Georgia, where he has gone
to examine the various kinds of cot
ton planted on that island by the
Department of Entomology with the
view to stamping out the dread an-
thraxnose, which has ravaged the
crop of South Georgia and which Is
likely to return this year.
On this same Island, last year, an
entire crop of cotton was destroyed
by this disease. The State Entomol
ogist, in an effort to stamp It out
had planted In the same field a
dozen different sorts of cotton In an
'ort to find out the kind which re
sts the disease. It Is believed that
will ba /tound which will prove
BOTH SIDES LOCK
CROSSWISE.
House and Senate
da
The House Wants the Holder^BIII and
the 8enate Wants a Different Kind
of Measure—The Features of the
8enato Bill—Refused to Dismiss
the Prison Commission—8trange
“Blind Tiger” Haunt.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3—With the
house committed to one convict bill
and the senate to another It remains
to be seen which one will yield the
way. It Is more than probable that
both will have to make concessions
before an agreement Is finally reach
ed.
The senate yesterday passed what
Is known as the “sklddoo” substitute,
the measure drafted and signed by
Whaley, Wilkes and Williford—38.
Against Born, Brock, Crittenden^
Gordy. Hawes, Knight, Steed, Sikes
and Weaver—10.
Practically every member explain
ed his vote during the roll call.
After killing the Perry bill to sub
mit the convict lease question to s
vote of the people on a constitution
al amendment by an overwhelming
vote, the house yesterday settled
down and passed the Wise bill pro-
Tiding a tax of $200 oa near beer
dealers, and $500 on manufacturers
of the same. The final vote was 98
to 32. The hill provides that tho
funds arising from this source shall
be used to maintain the convicts.
The Tiger’s Strange Haunts.
The “tiger" Is using strange plaoes
In thin town to make hie lairs. Tho
police have Just unearthed one in a
Turkish bath house in Butler streeL
where It is said the proprietor was
doing better attending thp Inner than
the outer man. He denied In police
court that he was guilty, but tho ev
idence was sufficient for the record
er to plaster a fine of $100.75 on
him.
twenty-three members, and which for
a time seemed to have little chance
because two or three numbers with
drew. The bill was pretty .sharply
trimmed at points. The "amendment
providing for abolishing the prison
commission and creating a board of
oohtrol In Its place failed by a vote
of 23 to 19. i The provision for an
Income tax of one-half of one per
cent on all Incomes was also wiped
off. The tax on near beer dealers
was reduced from $200 to $100, the
tax of $500 on manufacturers going
through unchanged. An amendment
requiring members of tho commis
sion to devote their entire time to
the work was passed. 1 ■
In essential features the bill We
antnraxnoso disease has ta
lly cost the planters of Georgia,
especially South Georgia, where It Is
most prevalent thousands of dollars
and a preventative would be a god
send. The disease Is one which at
tacks the boll before It opens and
rota both the cotton and the cotton
seed, laying the field in waste.
With the present declining price
of cotton the planters of Georgia are
In need of all possible from the cot
ton in order to equal the price paid
In former years.
The cotton seed, formerly thrown’
away, have come to be a very sub-
stantlal part of the crop. The cotton
oil mills throughout tho state are
Just beginning to run and soon the
seed will be sold to them for crush
ing. The cotton seed meal and hulls
are sold back to the planter for cat-
tie feed, while the oil la being used
generally for cooking and condlment-
al purposes. The planters are urg
ed to take the boat possible care of
their seed, see that they are kept dry
and not allowed to heat In order to
be more acceptable for crushing.
Go to the J. P. Carter Co. for cook
stoves, Naylor, Ga.
of all falony and misdemeanor
vlcta. The counties still retain the
tight to work the misdemeanors,
however.
The lease system terminates In Its
entirety on March 31, 1900.
The money derived from the hire
of the convlcta until that time shall
be set aside as a prison fund.
The money appropriated to the
prison fund Is made Immediately
available.
The money derived from the near
beer tax will go into the fund to
maintain the convicts.
The felony convicts now hired out
to lessees and used by the counties
must be given over to the commis
sion April 1, 1909.
Tho commission Is empowered
within Us discretion to purchase one
ore more farms.
The vote on the bill as It finally
passed was is follows: For the sub
stitute bill: Akin, Boyd, Brantley,
Bush, Camp, Cowart, Deen, Dobbs,
Farmer, Felder, Felts, Griffin, Harde
man, Hays, Henderson, J. A. J.; Hen
derson, L. A.: Howard, Hudson, John
son, JIuqhns, Lashley, Martin, Mat
tox, Peacock, Stapleton, Stephens,
Taylor, Turner, Walden, Walker,
BRIGHT NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.
Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 3—Ben 8. Pres-
ton, s member of the olty repertorlif
etsff of The Atlanta Georg'nn, died
Tuesday night at the Presbyterian
hospital after a long Illness from ty
phoid fever. He wee only 22 years
of age, but was recognized aa a very
capable newspaper man, Hla body
was taken yesterday to Lexington,
Va, for Interment A vary sad feat
ura of hla death was the tact that ha
waa to have been married In Octo
ber to a beautiful young Atlanta wo
man. She la heart-broken aver hla
death.
Chaffin promises, If elected Pres
ident, and Congress refunds to pass
a national prohibition law, to call out
the militia and the standing army
and enforce prohibition In every Inch,
of territory under the American flag.
Now. will you wori7 over the earning
election?
Three candidates are conteating for
the United States senatorshlp In the
state of Washington. They are Levi
Ankeny, who Is a candidate for re-
election, Congressman W. U Jones
and Judge W. H. Shell of Tacoma.
Mr. W. F. Duggan and son, Mr. P,
8. Duggan, of the Hahlra district,
were in the city today, They brought
In some of the fleecy staple and re
port short cotton crops In their com
munity, but said that corn and oth
er cropa are extra fine.
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NO PEACHE8 ON PEACHTREE 8T.
Atlanta, Ga, Sept - 3-Peachtree
street Atlsnta’s fashionable thorough
fare has no psaehtreea on It Pgr
years <the name has not been worth
ily bestowed, but the rich ’resident*
of that section now propose to rem,
sdy this fault and rselty make It
P.rachtrer It Ir proposed that
In front of 'their places, beginning
up town end running nil the way to
erookwood, turning thla street In the
aprlng Into ■ bewildering mass of
peach bloom*. The matter la being
seriously discussed, and It Is not Im-
probablo that the scheme will be car
ried out.
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