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2 WHAT GEORGIA’S LEGISLATORS ARE DOING AT STATE CAPITOL LEGISLATURE BACK FROM SAVANNAH ATTENDANCE WAS TOO SMALL TO TRANSACT ANY GENERAL BUSINESS. Owing to the small attendance in the house Thursday only local bills were taken from the table and passed on. Gen eral bills were continued until next week, when there will be a sufficient number of member* on hand to vote on the big question*. A resolution was passed thanking the Savannah Fair association, the mayor and council of Savannah, the people of Savanmh. the Chatham delegation in the house and the railroad companies for the courtesies shown the members of the house Wednesday, and copies were or dered sent to the parties named in the The house resolved into a joint session with the senate to hear speeches from General Stephen D. Lee. in interest of a monument to commemorate the bravery of the Georgia troops on the battlefield at Vicksburg tn the sixties, and from the Bt. Louis delegation, headed by Mayor Well* and ex-Govemor Francis regarding the Louisiana Purchase exposition. ‘ ’ A number of local ana general bilk* were "introduced at this juncture by unanimous consent. Owing to the slim attendance. Mr. Hard wick. of Washington, moved that the gen eral bill* on the calendar be tabled. He afterward* requested that they be put hack on the calendar Senate and house bills were read the second time and at 11:45 the house ad journed to hear speeches by General Lee and Mr. Francis, president of the Louis iana Purchase exposition. In the Senate. Although the lower house of the legis lature on Thursday sent to the senate a resolution asking the withdrawal of the resolution for information regarding the passage of the corporation franchise tax bill, th* resolution was not withdrawn and the incident is not closed. The matter is ■ow in the hands of the general judi ciary committee. Immediately after senate met Thurs day resolutions from the house were concurred in regarding the joint session to bear General Stephen D. Lee, of Mis sissippi. and the distinguished party of Missourians who wished to address the legislature on the Vicksburg National Military park and the St. Louis exposition respectively. A message was received from the house announcing the passage of several local hills. The messenger then stated that he begged to return the resolution asking for Information regarding the passage of . a certain bill, and asked that the senate withdraa* it since it was regarded as an unintentional reflection upon the house. Senator Chappell of the 24th. offered a motion that the senate withdraw the resolution which Senator Ellis of the 22d had introduced. Mr. Chappell in regard to his motion stated that he did not think the Ellis resolution was parliamentary . but it appeared to be the only way that the senate could secure information of the kind desired. "But,” continued the senator, *T do not think that is the way to do. I do not think w* should attack the house or at tempt .to undo anything that may be done in the bouse. I therefore move that the resolution be withdrawn Senator Ellis, to defend himself in what had been termed an unparliamentary pro ceeding and to prevent the withdrawal of the resolution, addressed the cham ber in a forcible manner. He began by saying that he thought the senate should hare this information and that the house should make answer in accordance with the resolution. He said before the senate . could intelligently begin the consideration of the bill it should be in the possession of the reasons why and also the manner in which the bill passed the house, in view of the numerous published state ments and rumors which had been circu lated to the effect that the bill did not pass the house regularly. Mr. Bell said: ’T think we should accept the message from the house as official. I think the motion of the senator from the 24th should prevail." Mr. Chappell in furtherance of his mo tion to withdraw the resolution said tiyat any senator would deprecate the arising of a difference between the house and the senate. . Mr. Ellis then moved to amend the mo tion to withdraw and refer the entire mat ter to the general judiciary committee, the hour of the joint session having ar rived and further consideration being im possible. The matter was so referred. The senate adjourned and proceded to the house of representatives. BIG OIL PLANT ’ r “’ LOSES BY FIRE. PITTSBURG. Nov. B.—At 3 a. m. fire broke out in the plant of the Pittsburg Oil Refining company at Corcorapohs. Pa., and destroyed the main refining buildings, wax house, compound houses, filtering houses and boiler house and spread to the tanks. 100 in number. It was stated that the loss would be about IN,OOO. The buildings destroyed covered four acres. If You Are Sick Let me Know it. I wish simply your name and address no money. Tell me which of these six book* you want. I will send with it an order on your druggist to let you have 6 bottles Dr. Shoop’s Restorative. He will let you take It for a month; then if it succeeds, he will charge you 35.30 for it. If ft fails, he will send the bill to me. He will trust to your honesty, leaving the decision to you. Buch an offer as this could not be made on any other remedy. It would bank rupt the physician who tried it. But in five years I have supplied my Restora tive on these terms to 550,000 people. My records show* that 39 out of each 40 paid • for It. because they were cured. This remedy alone strengthens those inside nerves that operate all vital or gans It brings back the only power that can make organ do Its duty. No matter how difficult the case, it will permanently cure, unless some organic trouble like eancer makes a cure impos sible I have spent my lifetime in preparing this remedy. I offer now to pay for all you take if it fails. I cannot better show my faith in it. Won’t you merely write a postal to learn if I can help you? Simply states B-ok No. 1 on Dyspepsia, you Booh No. J on th* Heart. n , ’ Boek No. Son th* Kidney?, want, and address No 4 for Women. L>- Shoop. 80x544 Book No. 5 for Men. (sealed ) Raeine. Wla. Book No. 4 on Rheumatism. Mild case*, not ehronle. at* often cured by *■* ar two botu*a» Al all drugglata. DISPENSARY HILL PASSES THE HOUSE GIVES COUNTIES THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR DISPENSARIES OR NO DISPENSARIES. MIIIIIOIIIIII I ♦ WHAT THE DISPENSARY ♦ + BILL PROVIDES. ♦ * The "dispensary bill" provides + + that all counties in the state may ♦ < have the right to vote for total pro- ♦ + hlbition. barrooms or dispensaries, ♦ + when one-fifth of the voters of the ♦ 4> county desire an election. The bill + + also provides that a dispensary can- ♦ + pot be established in a town of less 4 4 than 700 inhabitants. It does not ♦ + mean compulsory dispensary, but ♦ + simply amends the present local op- ♦ + tion law of the state so as to allow ♦ + the people to vote for dispensaries ♦ + in addition to prohibition and bar- ♦ 4* rooms. \ ♦ t l ♦ »»♦»< I I 4 The house of representatives did only one thing Friday. It passed the bill by Mr. Wright of Floyd giving coun ties the right to vote for dispensaries, as well as prohibition or barrooms. The vote was 96 to 44 in favor of the meas ure. The result of the vote was announc ed amid great applause, and Mr. Wright was warmly congratulated by many of the members when it was found that the bill had passed. Immediately after the reading of the journal the bill, which had been made the special order of the day, came up. The debate on the question occupied from 10 to 1 o’clock, and many speeches were made pro and con. .Numerous amend ments were offered, but only two were adopted. It was generally supposed that the bill would be killed when it was voted on, and the surprise was great when it passed. The galleries joined In the applause and it was fully a minute before Speaker Little could restore order. The liveliest incident of the morning was the passage between Mr. Felder, of Bibb, and Mr. Everett, of Stewart, re garding blind tigers. Immediately after th* journal was read the bill by Mr. Wright, of Floyd, which bill allows counties in the state to vote for dispensaries as well as for prohibi tion and barroom*, was taken from the table and read. There was a large num ber of member* present, and it was evi dent that a large vote either for or against the measure. Dispensary Bill Up. Mr. Houston moved In view of the fact that the bill affected the interests of Ful ton county, and Mr. Slaton, his colleague, had prepared an argument on the bill, that the special order be dispensed with Mr. Wright objected.' Mr. Wright then began his argument in favor of the bill. Mr. Wright said he was chairman of the tem| > erance commlte* o' the house. That Committee had m*t four times during the session and hq<l done nothing but row over local dispensary measures. This, said Mr. Wright, was an evidence that a general law was needed. Mr. Wright then explained every detail of the bill, which, he said, was very sim ple. The idea of the bill was to take the liquor traffic out of the hand* of the pri vate individual, who sold the cheapest whisky for the biggest profit., This bill would allow the counties to vote for eith er total prohibition, barrooms of dispen saries. and the people would no longer have to undergo seeing young men lured into barrooms if the bill was passed. Liquor Controls Politick. "The liquor traffic in Georgia.” said Mr. Wright, "is in control of Georgia poli tics. It is simply a big machine. The whisky dealers have city machines, coun ty machines and even state machines. The conditions in Georgia are Intolerable. We have driven the sal* of liquor into seven or eight of the large cities of Georgia. Right around Atlanta are many dry coun ties. But the people of these counties telephone in and have it shipped to them. Atlanta derives >IOO,OOO a year In revenue from the- liquor traffic and the smaller counties get nothing. Savannah gets >76,- 000 and Macon 160.000. 'the smaller coun ties do not understand the situation. I do not know what Augusta makes.” When Mr. Wright concluded his speech many members offered amendments. Messrs. Duncan of Lee, Singletary’ of Sumter, Everett of Stewart, Retd of Campbell, Park of Greene. Miller of Mus cogee. Harrard of Dooly, Johnson of Bar tow offered various changes in the bill. Mr. Johnson’s of Bartow introduced an amendment that 20 per cent of the profits of dispensaries be given the public schools was also killed. The amendment by Mr Miller, of Muscogee, excluding cities of 15,0(0 Inhabitants from the bill was like wise killed. The amendment of Mr. Park of Greene relating to changing the number of voters necessary to call an election was adopted. Mr. Reed, of Campbell, withdrew both his amendments. The amendment by Mr. Duncan, of Lee, relating to the population of the towns which should have dispensaries was lost. Mr. Singletary’ wanted to amend the bill by making it lawful to have dispensaries in the county site, regardless of fire limits, was lost. Another resolution by the same repre sentative relating to have the bill include all towns was killed. Mr. Hardwick's amendment regarding the elections to be held under the bill, which provided that after one election on the question had been held another could not take place for four years was agreed to. The whole substitute as amended was agreed to by a vote of 98 to 22. When the result of the vote was announced there was great applause. SENATE PASSES BILLS AND ADJOURNS TO MONDAY. The first business taken up by senate Friday was a motion providing for printing of 500 coplies of the military bill which provides for a reorganisation of the militia of the state. It was stated that many inquiries for copies of the bill had been made and there was no way to fur nish them. A message was received from the house announcing the passage of many local bills by the house. The following new bills were Introduced: By Mr. Ellis—An act to divide Georgia into eleven congressional districts. By Mr. Holden—To amend section 1354 of volume 1 of the code. By Mr. Herndon—To allow the recovery of damages from the owner of any ani mal running at large for any damage that may be done. By Mr. Harrell—To amend section 41 of th* political code, regarding registra tion. A joint resolution was passed refunding I to W. 9. Witham a fe« of 350 which had been paid to Secretary of State Cook. A bill by Mr. Felder of Bibb, amending the road laws of Bibb county was pass ed with amendment*. There was also passed a bill by Davis and Howard of Meriwether, to Incorporate th* town of Roanoke, in Meriwether, THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1901. LOCAL BILLS ARE FINISHED BE HOUSE ONLY A FEW MEMBERS PRESENT BUT LOWER HOUSE DOES MUCH WORK. Scarcely a quorum was present In house Saturday, but numerous bills were pass ed nevertheless. No general bills of any importance were put on their passage and the action of th* house was confined almost strictly to local measures. A bill to prevent any divorces from be ing granted was introduced by Mr. Thom as of Pierce. This bill created quite a flutter In the house when it was intro duced, and numbers who had been read ing papers and paying but little atten tion to the proceedings looked up at once, and those who did not hear all of the bill read went at once to the clerk s desk to find out the provisions of th* measure. Seaborn Wright of Floyd, put In two bills regarding the raising of tax on in surance companies doing business in this state. Warren Grice of Pulaski, intro duced a measure asking for an appropria tion of >30,000 for the state, troops for the purpose of holding state encampments and providing for necessary clothing and equipment of the state militia. Mr. Hardin of Wilkes, introduced a res olution In the early part of the session that no heavy legislation be attempted but th* resolution was not read to the house. Messrs. Houston and Slaton, of Fulton, put In one of the most important meas ures of the session. The bill seeks to give absolute authority to the railroad com mission to carry out its orders by man damus. The bill was introduced on account of the condition of the present depot in At lanta, and because the railroad commis sion jias no authority at present to carry out its orders to the railroads, in away that would cause the roads to suffer to any great extent. Mr. Park, of Greene, Introduced a reso lution. which was passed, that the gov ernor appoint a commission to look after the Georgia exhibit at the Louisiana Pur chase exposition. The house adjourned at 12 o’clock, as all the bills of the house and senate had been read the first and second times and the calendar was practically cleared of all local measures. HARVARD PENSION BILL WILL SAVE THE STATE $200,000 PER YEAR One of the strongest measures for state financial retrenchment whleh has been presented during the present session of the general assembly is the bill introduced by Mr. Harvard, of Dooly, for a restric tion of the present method of granting pension*. The full text of the bill is as follows:' Sec. 1. Be Jtenacted by the general as sembly of the state of Georgia, and it Is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act, no person owning more than 31,- 000 of property, either in his or his wife’s name or receiving a salary of S3OO, either in his or his wife’s name or an income of 3300, either in his or hi* wife’s name, shall be entitled to draw .fi pension from th* state of Georgia. Sec. 2. All conflicting laws are hereby repealed. In speaking of the bill Mr. Harvard said: "The primary purpose of the bill Is to begin a movement of retrenchment in state finances. My bill will save the stat* about 3200,000 per annum In the pay ment of pensions, while at th* same tim* it will not deprive anyone of the aid they may need from the stat*. • "There is now pending before th* gener al assembly a bill placing the granting of petyrtons on the Indigent basis, but ap plies only to the future granting es pen sions. Th* indigent pension bill does not apply to these who are now drawing pen sions from the state, although there are many who are well able to do without them. My bill applies to these who ar* now drawing pensions or may apply fer pension* in the future. “At the recent reunion of veteran* of Georgia, at Macon. It was recommended that the granting of pensions in this state be placed upon the indigent basis. Cnder my bill the humiliation which would be Imposed upon every veteran who asked fwr a pension under the Indigent pension law would be avoided, since he would not have to take a pauper’s oath that he was worth nothing and unabl* to work. Mr. Harvard's bill has passea the house and is now with the pension committee of the senate. HOKE SMITH TRUSTEE OF PEABODY FUND CHOSEN BY PROMINENT EDUCA TORS TO AID IN CARING FOR PEABODY FUND. Hoke Smith has been chosen one of the trustees of the Peabodv fund. He was elected Tnursday at the annual meeting of the board of trustees which met in New York, and he fills the place left va cant by the late William W. Henry, of Virginia. At this same meeting the place of William M. Evarts was filled by Seth Low and that of President McKinley by President Roosevelt, but no one was elect ed to fill the place of Rt. Rev. Henry B. Whipple. Mr. Smith's election to this place of honor and trust comes as a reward to him for the time and labor he has spent on the cause of education as president of the board of education. Th* place is one of honor, for the board of trustees is composed of th* representative men from all over the country, and it has charge of the $2,000,000 left by Peabody for the edu cation of the south. ' Georgia gets an annual income of $5,900 from this fund and it is used for the futhering of education in Georgia. The fund is invested by Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the representative of the Peabody and Slater funds, and in future he will have Mr. Smith to confer with in Georgia. At the meeting of the trustees Thursday afternoon the following prominent gentle men were present: Samuel A. Green, Massachusetts; James D. Porter. Tennessee; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York; William A. Courtenay, South Carolina; Chief Justice M. W. Fuller; Judge Henderson M. Somerville, Alabama; Joseph H. Choate, New York: Daniel C. Gilman, Maryland; George Peabody Wet more, Rhode Island, and George F Hoar and Richard Olney, Massachusetts. Chief Justice Fuller presided. The annual report of Dr. Curry shows that the following was the Income of the fund, which is divided between the states: The income distributed between October 1. 1900 and October 1. 1901. was; Alabama, $5,000; Arkansas, >700; Florida, $1 500; Geor gia. $5,900; Louisiana, $4,200; Mississippi, $2,500; North Carolina, $4,150; South Car olina, $4,700: Tennessee. >1,500; Texas,, $3,300; Virginia. 35.300; West Virginia. 32.- 000; Peabody Normal college, $14,500; Pea body scholarship, >24,321*. Total. >80.579. NEW BILLS PASSED AND INTRODUCED LAWS ENACTED AND IN CONTEM PLATION BY GEORGIA’S SOLONS. THURSDAY. The following new bills were Introduced during the session of the house: By Mr. Drawdy of Clinch—To define the duties of tax collectors of counties whose population is less than 10,000 in habitants. By Mr. Drawdy of Clinch—To amend section 341 of the penal code of 1895 so as to allow arresting officers to carry con cealed weapons when wearing a badge showing the title of the office they hold. By Messrs. Pierce and Quillian of Hall— To establish and create a charter for the town of Gillsville In Hall and Banks counties. By Mr. Orr of Coweta: To repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Parnellvllle in the county of Coweta. By Mr. George of Morgan: To require the clerks of the several superior courts of this state to open and keep a contract docket, to provide that the entry of cer tain contracts thereon shall be full no tice to all persons, to make It unlawful for any person to employ or contract with as tenant or cropper any person already under contract duly entered, and to pro vide penalties therefor. By Mr. Hawkins of Gordon: To amend an act establishing a new charter for the town of Calhoun. By Mr. Brock of Dade: To put in opera tion a modified no fence law in the stae of Georgia prescribing what shall be a lawful fence. By Mr. Bower of Decatur: To Incorpor ate the municipality of Bainbridge in De catur county as one of the cities of this state. By Mr. Booth of Walton: To provide an additional method of ending a commission of lunacy or insanity. By Mr. Tumi in of Carroll—To prohibit druggists, pharmacists, or any other per son. firm or corporation from substituting any other drug than those designated in a prescription from a physician or sur geon in filling prescription*. By Mr. George of Morgan—To make It a misdemeanor for any person seeking employment from another or to rent lands from another of 1 to crop for another or to state falsely that he Is not under writ ten contract with any other person or to state falsely the county or counties of his residence for the twelve months Immedi ately preceding and to provide penalty for the sam*. By Mr. Park of Greene: To be entitled an act to prevent any incorporated city or town in this Btat* from placing any tax bn any person selling or offering for sal* in said City or town any farm product*. By Mr. Clower of Coweta: An act to be entitled an a«t to prohibit the use of tobacco in any form on what is known as ladies’ cars on passenger trains any where in the state of Georgia. Bill* Passed. The following local bills were passed Thursday: By Mr. Drawdy of Clinch—To ineorpot ate the town of Argyle in Clinch county. By Mr. Shipp of Colquitt—To create a new charter for tho city of Moultrie, in Colquitt county. By Mr. Nlplack of Jackson—To incor porate the dtp of Harmony Grove, in the county of Jackson. By Messrs. Freeman and Park of Troup—To establish, maintain and regu late a dispensary in th* town of Hogans ville, Tr*u> ■feflßtttf. > 1 By Mr. Hixson of Carroll—To incorpor ate the town of Temple, in the county of Carroll. By Mr. Mosch of-Jackson—To repeal an act to incorporate th* town of Harmony Grove, in the county of Jackson. By Mr. Shipp, of Colquitt—To authorise the establishment of a system of public schools In the town of Doerun, Colquitt county. By Mr. Brock *f Dade—To repeal an aet to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Dade. By Mr. Ayres of Polk—To establish the city court of Polk county in the city of Cedartown. By Mr. Henry of Murray—To require parties owning land in Murray county to remove obstructions from streams. SATURDAY. By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs—To amend the charter es the town of Jeffersonville and to define its limits. By Mr. Slaton of Fulton—To provide law governing the making of flour barrels and to prevent the giving of short weights. By Mr. Harvard of Dooly—To amend the charter of the town of Vienna. By Mr. Hardin of Chatham-To hold elections to fill vacancies in county of fices from 20 to 30 days after such va cancy. By Messrs. Howell and Davis of Meri wether—For the relief of B. B. and I. B. Freeman. By Mr. Steed of Taylor—For county commissioners of Taylor county to elect their own clerk. By Mr. Johnson of Bartow—To amend section 776 of the code so as to include stocks of corporations. By Mr. Hall of Bibb—For the appoint ment of a commission of eleven to mark the position of Georgia troops at Vicksburg. By Mr. Yates of Catoosa—To amend sec tion 445 of the code relating to the selling or giving away of whisky at an election. By Mr. Ayres of Polk—To make It un lawful for any corporation, firm or person to fill or obstruct streams of this state. By Mr. Grice of Pulaski—To appropri ate the sum of $30,000 for |he purpose of state encampments for the state troops. By Mr. O’Connell of Richmond—To amend the charter of the city of Augusta, regulating price of gas and electricity. By Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Wilkes of KEEN COLLEGE MEN. The Food of Harvard Brain-Workers and Athletes. Memorial hall, at Harvard, where some twelve hundred of the men eat, i® partic ularly interesting. The dining room is an enormous gothic hall finished in old Eng lish oak with wide stained-glass windows on the sides. The walls are hung with portraits of illustrious graduates and ben efactors of past generations. The students have good food to eat and plenty of it. The hall is run on a co-op erative plan, so that it costs something less than $4 a week for board. To this place three times a day come men whose lives for the time being are given to se rious intellectual work, and to accomplish this, they are keen enough to realise that proper food is absolutely necessary. One is particularly struck by the yellow packages of Grape-Nuts standing on near ly every table, which the men purchase at grocery stores and bring in for their per sonal use. They quickly find out by prac tical demonstration that brain work ex hausts the phosphates, and that nature demands that this loss be made up, and mad* up from food. Grape-Nuts is ready to be used without cooking. It is a scientific food which nourishes and builds up the brain, and is particularly suited to the needs of stu dents. The ’Varsity athletes also eat it to keep their digestive organs in perfect working order so that they can stand the great strain of both body and head work when Important contests shall come. DEPOT BILL TO BE INTRODUCED AGAIN BILL APPROPRIATING HALF THE MONTHLY RENTAL OF THE STATE ROAD. Another bill will be introduced In the house, according to the members of the special legislative committee, appointed to devise some plan for a new station. The bill will be the report of the com mittee, which has had the matter of a depot under consideration since the last session of the general assembly. The bill will be entirely constitutional, In the opinion of the members of the committee, and there can be no objections to It on the ground of constitutionality. It is recommended in the bill that one half the rental of th* Western and At lantic railroad, the half amounting to $17,500 a month, be appropriated toward the erection of a new station until th* sum of >500.000 shall have accrued. One half of the rental of the Western and At lantic railroad goes to the public school fund, while the other half goes Into the general xund in the treasury. It is pro posed to use the money which goes into the general fund. Under the provisions of the bill the work is to begin at once, provided the railroads which now enter the station will agree to pay six per cent per annum of the actual cost of the structure as rental until the sum of $500,000 shall have been paid back to the state. On the depot committee are several members of the house who filibustered against the depot bill last year because they thought It unconstitutional. Now they are in favor of the bill which the committee will introduce. The members of the committee claim that if the rail roads will agree to the rental stipulated the bill will pass by a big vote. The plans for the station have already been secured, and it may be that the work ean be commenced as soon as the bill passes. The station, under the provis ions of the bill* is to be erected on the property of the state. It will extend from Loyd street to the Whitehall street viaduct. Pryor street will be provided with a subway for foot passengers, and will be closed to vehicles. One of the members of the committee stated today that the present plan would simply mean that the Western and At lantic railroad, which is owned by the state, is building a new station, having found that the present one is Inadequate to Its needs. HALL TO FIGHT THE DEPOT BILL Since the announcement that the legis lative committee on a ijew depot for At lanta would offer a bill to the house pro viding for the construction of a depot orj the present site to cost net more than $500,006 plans and specifications have al ready been suggested to the committee by persons who have been making calcula tions for many years. The present committee will have noth ing to do with the kind of depot to be erected. Th* purpose of the committee now 1* to have the bill providing for the depot passed. In this bill it is provided that a commission shall be named com posed of the governor, four members from the house and two from the senate t 6 arrange the details of construction and act aS the supervisors of construc tion. Th* bill will be presented to the house likely today. The bill ( as now drawn has not yet been fully agreed to by all the members of the committee. A meet ing will be held today, at which time the bill will be again discussed and made ready to be presented to the house. \ It is announced that Hen. Joe Hall of Bibb will again oppose the bill this year, as he did last. Notwithstanding this, however, the op position will not be as strong as It was last year. and every indication points to an almost unanimous passage of the measure. It is not expected that any op position will develop to the bill In the sen at*. Mr. Hall will base his opposition on the ground that the state should not<improve Its property. He will hold that’ in time the railroads will be compelled to have a new depot and that there is no other place in Atlanta for the depot to be constructed but the present site. Many of Mr. Hall’s warmest advocates in the fight last year against the depot will not b« with him this year. Thomas—To amend the charter of the town of Coolidge in county of Thomas. By Mr. Wright of Floyd—To compel street car companies above 33 degrees of latitude to enclose platforms with glass In order to protect motormen. By Mr. Harvard of Dooly: To pay a pension of >BO to the widow of W. A. Bry an, of Dooly county. By Mr. Deal of Bulloch: To amend sec tions 4879 and 4686 telatifig to appeals in condemnation proceedings. By Mr. Thomas of Pierce: To compel all children between the age* of 9 and 14 years to attend school and for other pur poses. By Mr. Miller of Muscogee: To divide the state of Georgia into eleven congress sional districts in conformity to an act of the congress of the United States approv ed January 16. 1901. By Mr. Smith of Henry': To consolidate, amend and codify all the various acts In corporating the town of McDonough in Henry county. By Mr. Symons of Glynn: To amend an act to protect game and singing birds, and animals by exempting from the ap plication of the act all who have estab lished or may establish game preserves. By Mr. Wright of Floyd: To amend sec tion 7 of the general tax act of 1900 so a< to increase the tax on all foreign and home fidelity and guaranty and surety companies from one to two and one-half per cent per annum. By Mr. Wright of Floyd: To amend the general tax act approved December 21, 1900, levying a tax for the support of the state government, for the public institu tions, public schools, etc., so as to Increase the tax on premiums received by money or otherwise by all foreign and home in surance companies from one per cent per annum to two and one-half per cent. By Mr. Griffin of Twiggs: To authorize the mayor and council of Jeffersonville to establish a dispensary. By Mr. Knight of Berrien: To incorpor ate the town of Lennox in Berrien county. By Messrs. Slaton and Houston of Ful ton: To extend and enlarg-? the powers of the state railroad commission so that it may enforce its rules ana regulations by mandamus. Bills Passed. • * By Mr. Gresham of Burke—To abolish the county court of Burke. By Mr. Orr of Coweta—To establish a system of public schools in the town of Coweta. By Booth and Lawrenee of Walton—To create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues. By Mr. Moore of Columbia—To repeal an act to create a board of commissioners. By Mr. Booth and Lawrence of Walton —To Incorporate the town of High Shoals. By Mr. Mulherin of Richmond—To amend the charter of the city of Augusta. By.Mr Park of Greene—To amend the charter of the city of Greensboro. By Messrs. Houston and Slaton of Ful ton—To establish a system of public school in the town of East Point. By Mr. Gresham of Burke—To establish the city court of Waynesboro in and for the county of Burke. The Race Does not depend on the start bnt on the finish. It’s staying power which carries many a runner to victory. It's like that in business. Many a man starts off in the race for business success with a burst of speed which seems to assure victory. Presently be begin* to falter and at last he falls and fail*. The cause? Generally "stomach trouble.” No man is stronger than his stomach- Business haste leads to careless and irregular eat ing. The stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition become diseased. The body is inadequately nourished and so grows weak. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases es the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It strengthens the stomach and so strength ens the whole body which depends on the stomach for the nourishment from •which strength i* made. There is no alcohol in ” Golden Medical Discovery,” and it is entirely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. Accept no substitute for the ” Discov ery.” There is no medicine ’’just as good” for diseases of the stomach and allied organs. "Your ’Golde* Medical Ducovery' b*» per formed a wonderful cure,” writes Mr. M- H. House, of Charleston, Franklin Co.. Ark. "I had the worst ease of dyspepsia, the doctor* sav. that they ever saw. After trywg seven doctors and everything I could heaf of. withno benefit, I tried Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis covery, and now I am cured.” • Dr. Pierce’a Pleasant Pellets cur* constipation. SUB-CDMMITIEES NAMED BY BELL WORK ON CONSTITUTIONAL RE VISION WILL GO FORWARD WITH RAPIDITY. Senator Bell, chairman of th* joint com mittee on constitutional revision, has, un der the resolution introduced by Senator Boynton, named th* sub-committees which *re to take under consideration certain articles of the constitution, in order to facilitate the work of the joint commit tee. Th* work of revising the constitution will b* long and tedious, sine* the commit tees will be called upon not only to re vise th,* constitution, but will be com pelled to consider and revise a large num ber of resolutions and new bills which hav* been presented at th* present ses sion of the legislature. The following are the committees ai named by Chairman Bell: Articles 1 and 2, Bill of Rights and Election Franchise—Senator Ellis. Messrs. George of Morgan and Jordan of Jasper. Articles 3 and 4, Legislative Department and Power Over Taxation—Senator Chap pell, Messrs. Hitch of Chatham and Blalock of Fayette. Articles 5 and 6. Executive and Judicial Departments—Senators Boynton and Herndon and Mr. Reid of Campbell. Articles 7 and 8, Finance, Taxation, Pub lic Debt and Education—Messrs. Park of Greene, Slaton of Fulton and Gary of Richmond. Articles 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, Homestead Exemption, Militia, Counties and County Officers, Laws of General Operation and Amendments to the Constitution—Messrs. Teomer, of Ware, Everett of Stewart and Senator Bell. DEGREF6fTdUCATJON~ TO MAKE NEGRO USEFUL BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 8.-At yes terday's session of Alabama synod of the Presbyterian chureh the question of negro evangelization came up. Rev. W. T. Atkins, of Selma, took the position that It was not altogegt'her wise to put higher education within the reach of the negro as he was essentially & la borer. Rev. L. R. Walker believed that the people of the north who were giving to negro education would gradually realize the kind and amount of education he should have. The matter of establishing an educa tional Institution under the auspices of the synods of Alabama and Florida, was discussed. The committee had reported that >50,000 would be needed for such a cause and that offers had been received from Oxford, Camden and McKinley, all three points in Alabama. Some of the delegates were of the opinion that several academies rather than one college should be established. The matter went over for the time being. Dr. Lumpkin, secretary of the general assembly's board of ministerial educa tion, reported a falling off In the appli cants for studying for the ministry, there being but 236 candidates this year, as against 317 the year before and 400 in 1894. He urged greater interest in this matter. Dr. Chester, secretary of the foreign mis sionary board, who has just returned fram Brazil, gave an interesting account of missions. JEFFERSON COUNTY PAYS TENTH OF ALABAMA TAXES BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Nov.- B.—By the compilation of the state tax assessment for the year 1901 just completed by th* state auditor. It is shown that the total assessed valuations of property in Ala bama is >284.622.937. Jefferson county leads all others with an assessed valu ation of >44.776,114 and will pay into the state treasury the sum of $229,768. The next county is Mobile which will pay sll9 956 and the next Is Montgomery whleh will pay $113,693. the third county being Dallas which will pay $49,584. Jeff«r»on county pays Into the state treason’ one tenth of the total receipts and twice as much as t’he other two leading counties in the state. The increase in valuations over last year Is nearly >20.000.000. FATALLY STABBED WIFE, THEN CUT HIS THROAT NORTH PLATT, Neb. Nov. B.—As the result of a family quarrel John Groat last night stabbed and fatally wounded his wife and then cut his own throat and can not recover. They are an aged German couple and have resided in this city 20 years. Shot Herself in the Mouth. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Nov. 9.—A News special from Decatur. Ala., says: Miss Ellen Hutton, a prominent young lady, suicided yesterday by shoot ing herself in the mouth with a 38 calibre revolver. Mental depression, caused by desertion of her sweetheart, a prominent Birming ham man, is said to have been the cause. Judge J. L. Edmondson Dead SPRING PLACE. Ga., Nov. 9.—Judge John L. Edmondson, of this place, died suddenly yesten-ay at 7 o’clock of heart trouble. ND CHANCE FOB THE HOWAHO BILL SINCE REFUSAL OF HOUSE TO GIVE INFORMATION SENATE WILL KILL THE BILL. , ■ It Is believed that the Howard franchise tax bill is dead. It is not thought that there is any chance for the measure passing the sen ate, owing to the debate which occurred Thursday regarding the senate resolution asking for a transcript of the house jour nal on the passage of the bill and the re quest from the house that such a tlon. sine* It was construed by the house, as an unintentional reflection upon the dignity of that body, be withdrawn. Many members of th* senate stated to day that while they would have voted for the bill before any question of its regular passage through the hbuse was raised, that since th* house has refused to grant the information desired they do not wish to vote for the bill and would not do *o. The entire matter, both th* bill and the resolutions originating in the senate and the request of the house for a withdrawal, have been referred to the general judiciary committee, of which Mr. J. L. Boynton Is chairman. Mr. Boynton stated Thursday that he did not know when th* mat ter would be taken up again. If the bill is reported favorably to th* senate from the judiciary committee it is thought it will fail to receive the neces sary constitutional majority to make it a law. TO ABOLISH DIVORCE IN STATE OF GEORGIA Representative Thomas, of Pierce, troduced a Sweeping Measure In the House Saturday. Perhaps the most interesting bill of th* session was introduced Saturday by Representative Thomas, of Pierce coun ty. regarding the divorce law in the stat* of Georgia. The bill is short and to th* point and created considerable commo tion in the bouse when it was intro duced. , Mr. Thomas had the bill under consid eration for some time and decided today that he had better put it in if he desired the house to take any action on It. The bill provides that hereafter there shall ba no divorce suits filed in Georgia, for any cause whatsoever. Although very short, regarding words, it is very broad where unhappy wives and husbands are con cerned. The following is toe whole bill: "Be It enacted by the general assembly of Georgia, ano it is hereby enacted by au thorty of the same, that from and after th* passage Os ths act that tnere shall be no more divorce cases in Georgia for any cause. “Bt It further enacted that all laws and parts of laws conflicting herewith be and ■ the same are hereby repealed. The bill was referred to the general ju diciary committee. Some members of th* house have already expressed themselves as being against the measure. TWO MEN fTgHT A BLOODY STREET DUEL ADAIRSVILLE, Ga., Nav. B.—Henry Paris shot and killed Spencer Smith in this city yesterday afternoon. It appears that the two men had been discussing politics, when Smith, who was drinking, became angry and threatened to shoot Paris, at the same time drawing a revolver. Paris grabbed him and request ed A. M. Cox, in whose store the difficulty took place, to disarm him, which h* did. Smith left the store swearing he would fix himself and return. He secured a tol and went to his home. Cox followed him and begged him not to go to where Paris was. and Smith, who was thorough ly enraged, struck Cox several times, and then Smith and his brother, Robert, re turned to Cox’s store. When he saw them approaching. Paris stepped from the door to the sidewalk and told Smith to stop or he would shoot him. This command was repeated several times, but Smith continued to approach, with drawn pistol. His brother passed by where Paris stood ahd stopped when tho firing began. It is not fcnown who fired the first shot, but Paris emptied his pistol Into Spencer Smith, w’ho fell mortally wounded, dying in a few moments. When Paris bad emptied his pistol, Rob ert Smith, who was standing about ten yards away, drew his revolver and at tempted to shoot Paris, when he sprang upon him and attempted to wrest »he pistol from his hands. Two shots were fired by Smith before they were separat ed, but neither took effect. Paris and Robert Smith were arrested and Paris was taken to Cartersvill*, where court is in session. “LYNCH THE BLACK DEVIL,” SHOUTED NEW YORK MOB NEW YORK. Nov. B.—Prompt action on the part at cool New York policemen pre vented an indignat mob from lynching a negro on the streets yesterday afternoon in the shopping districts of the city. While shopping yesterday, Maj’ Cun ningham, a pretty young girl of Yonkers, was hugged and kissed by a big negro on the public highway. He was quickly taken in hand by Policeman Klrke, who was attracted to the spot by the girl’s screams. In less time than it takes to tell a crowd of several hundred people were collected and cries of “Lynch the black devil!” were -heard on every side. The policeman made such quiek head way, however, that his man was landed in the station before the threats were put into execution. > ■ He gave his name as Charles Smith, of Atlanta, Ga.. made no defense of his conduct, and was held for a hearing on the charge of disorderly conduct. HUNTEMS KILLED BY A TRICKY GUN. NEW YORK, Nov. B.—Dr. C.< M. Spal ter, of this city, was accidentally killed In Long Island sound, off New Rochelle, N. Y., by Dr. Edward E. Tull, also of this city, while duck hunting. Dr. Tull was passing a gun to Dr. Spalter.. when in some rrfanner it was discharged. Dr. Spal ter receiving the load of shot in the head and dying instantly. Dr. Spatter was about 27 vears old. He came from Keene, N. H. White Indicted on Murder Chargee. MACON. Nov. The grand jury hU indicted Charlie White, the young strange er who snot Armand Huguely to death in a vagon yard here some time ago. White is in jail chaiged wjtn murder. Bob Legue. a young man who was with him, and whose home is said to be in Jackson, Ga., is in the same cell, charged with being accessory. High in Mid-Air Man Was Killed. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., Nov. 9.—Frank McCoy, an ‘electrician In the employ of the Electric Light company, was electro cuted by a live wire at the top of s 150- foot electric tower yesterday, a current of 5.600 volts having passed to his body. W HTfIT VV positively eured at home. WH IA KI. Y without pain or detention from lIXIXUIXUI business. AU correspondence strictly confidential. UTHIA SPRINGS CURE CO., B. H. Veal, M’gr., 708 Au* tel I B'ldff* Atlanta. .Ga. »