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8 DRILLING By KNIGHTS IS CHIEF FEATURE OF THE PROGRAM TODAY Next Conclave City Will Also Be Decided at the Business Session, There Being Keen Rivalry for the Honor . CHICAGO. Au«. It.—Drilling by th * best /trained eommanderies of the Knights Templar and a business ses sion. at which it was expected it would be decided where the heat conclave would be held. were today's chief events of interest tn the 31st triennial meeting The drillinc was in the Na tional League Baseball park, and the business session at which the conclave City will be named la scheduled at Mu sic t*ll the business headquarters. This was to have been decided yesterday, but the delaved parade prevented. KNIGHTS WORN OUT. Last night s ccleWatlon at the opera house of the state commanderies, fol lowing the fatiguing parade march, left the knights worn out and willing that events today begin at an hour later than scheduled. Mizpah cotnmandery. of Chicago, opened headquarters in the Infamarstock snow ampitheater at the Union Stock Yards, and the aft ernoon wag spent showing visitors through •Packtngtown COMPETITION KEEN Nearly as much interest was shown in the drilling today by the visiting salghta and their hosts as in the big parade. Competition was keen in the contests for trophiea Several of th® eommanderles represented have had in every competitive drill for more than forty years , Tomorrow's events include comple tion of the drilling, yacht races, auto mobile rides, flreworks on the lake front and sacred concerts. Friday be rest and Chicago inspection day with bo set program. 150 Millionaires in the Line of March CHICAGO. Aug. 10.—One hundred and fifty millionaires marched five miles in the Knight Templar parade yesterday, according to statistics compiled last night Along with the 38.860 other knights they tramped over 43 city blocks beneath the eyes of over half a million spectators and. to mix the metaphor, also beneath a warm sunshine. interspersed with a eoupie of brisk showers of rain Millionaire steel manufacturers from Pittsburg, bankers and planters from : Baltimore, gold miners from California, industrial men from New England, in fact, all kinds of millionaires from all parts of the country, were represented in the columns that treked over Chicago cobblestones for four hours and more. The "nUUionalr* cotnmandery of Pittsburg, the richest in the world and the second largest numerically, began digtrtbuting favors yesterday afternoon j to the visiting ladies of all commande ries attending the conclave. Four thou- ' sand china dinner platen on which are painted various historic scenes repre senting Knight Templar history, will be distributed by the Pittsburg knights. Other statistics relating to money val uation ah owed that the marching knights wore I3dO.'JO worth of white plumes on their helmets The total value of the gorgeous uniforms totaled >2.225.000 High Honor Conferred on Commander Meiish CHICAGO, Aug. 10.—Moet Eminent Act ing Grand Commander William B. Mei ish. of Cincinnati, head of the Knights Templar, was last night* created knight eommander of the temple in the great priory of England and Wales, a distinc tion shared with him by but one other American Templar—Past Grand Master Moulton, of Illinois. grand eommander thia coveted honor. CORNER IN SILVER IS AMBITION OF BANKERS CALCUTTA, Aug. W— A native newspa per is authority for th* statement that a group of Indian bankers from Bombay and Calcutta, which for some time has been trying to corner the world’s stock of silver, now hold one-half of the total. While this report has not been confirm ed. as yet, it is known that the financiers referred to have bought enormously in the* open market since July 26, at wbick time It was estimated that they held one ninth of the world's supply. The greatest obstacle in the way of the success of the plan is th« present condi tion of the money market in the far east, where Silver is not greatly In demand Just now. owing to a number of recent heavy failure*. Moreover, much doubt Is expressed as to the ability of the buy ers to hold their purchases until the mon ey market is normal again. It is stated that American interests having a large supply of silver on hand are ready to part with their holdings at the first favorable opportunity. W-BSR V ' 4 A' V V A CERTAIN CURE FOR SORE, WEAK AND INFLAMED EYES For sale at drug and general stores or by mail. Price 25 eta. HALL & RUCKLE Manufacturing Chemists 215 Washington St. New York City. Makers of Sosodont SENATE OEBBTES OH ANTI-LOBBIINE MEASURE Resolution for Committee Re port Arouses Discussion on Merit of Measure A resolution signed by 24 senators, call ing for the committee on banks and banking to be instructed to meet at once and report back immediately on the Wright anti-lobby bill, to which <t had been referred Monday, started de bate tn the senate on Tuesday morning. The resolution was handed in by Sena- i tor Jackson. Senator Howard Thompson made the first speech for its adoption. "This anti-lobbying bill I regard of so much importance that the senate should . not adjourn until it has been passed or rejected.*’ said he. "It has been claimed , the bill reflects on the senate. I say it Is * reflection on the senate if it doesn't ' pass the bill There ia no senator who i wouldn t lay down hia life to keep pure and undefiled the atmosphere of home. church or judiciary. In a court of law an attorney openly represents his client, ; It has been claimed there is no danger | from lobbyists. I say if we are, we are different from every other state in the union—and we ought to pass this law to keep them away. The senator who claims he is ignorant of this influence should go home and surrender his com mission. There is a demand by the people and every senator knows it. It was an unheard of procedure to refer this sort of legislation to the committee on banks and banking." COMMITTE HADN'T TIME. * Senator Thompson used his full ten minutes. Several senators were on their ‘ feet when he finished. The chair, aim ing to give both sides an equal show, recognised Senator Julien McCurry. He took the ground that the banking com mittee hadn't had time to consider the bill. He denied that the antagonists of the bill were trying to strangle it. He endeavored to show the bill to be a Pop ulist measure. Next spoke Senator Jackson. He went back and read from the constitu tion of 1877, a paragraph in which lob bying is declared to be a crime. He was aware there is a law against it, but it is a he declared. He ridi culed the claim of Senator McCurry that there is no demand by the people for such legislation./ "Why that was one. of the issues on which he was elected,” as serted Mr. Jackson. That an unwarranted ( reflection had | been cast upon the senate by Senator, Jackson, was the weight of Senator Ir win's remarks. To pass the Wright bill, he argued, would be an admission that the senate is afraid to face a lobbyist. An amenument to change “nt once" and Instruct the hanking commttee to report at 3 o'clock instead, was sent in by Sen- | at or Slater. He spoke for it. It would be a reflection on the committee to re quire them to report at once, he thought. He said no clap-trap "demagoguery" could catch his vote. EXPLAIN THEIR VOTES The previous question was called by Senator Harrell and Senator Calhoun called the ayes an<V nays. Explaining hi s vote, he said he'd like to know why the advocates of the bill had waited until the very last of the session to bring U up. Senator Longley said he was going to wait until the bill came up and offer an amendment to prohibit ths governor from "lobbying "—even to the extant of giving musicales. Senator Morris »ai<J he hadn't called the banking committee because he wasn’t ■ure*after "all this hurrah” started but what it would b* withdrawn. He said he was opposed to the bill, and his com mittee was, too, and there wouldn't be any trouble getting an adverse report. The Slater amendment was voted down. X to 14; and then the reaolution was put on passage, the chair explaining the ef fect of an aye and nay vote. The resolution was adopted, 30 to IL Senator Longley rose to •inquire if the members of the committee didn't have a constitutional right to stay in the senate while ft was in session The chair ruled that would be up to their consciences. Whereupon Senator Morris said he didn't propose to be stampeded, and would re tain his seat in the senate as long as it remained !n session. WOULD MOVE FOR RECESS. Very well, conceded Senator Jackson, he'd move to take a 15-mlnute recees. Senator Slater proposed 90 minutes In stead, which was acceptable. Senator McCurry moved as a substitute that the senate adjourn until 9 o’clock Wednesd day. On this and all other amendments Senator Calhoun called for the ayes and nays. Then Senator Burwell pleaded with the senate not to waste time. Un der the explanation- privilege Senator Thompson held up Senator Morris' action for a terrifle arraignment. He declared that for the chairman of a committee to refuse to report on a bill when they had been respectfully asked to. was outrag eous and without parallel. He declared the chairman of any standing commit tee would have just as much right to re fuse to pass on any measure during the i entire session. He called upon Senator Morris as chairman of the committee either to pass , upon the bill or hand it back to the senate. VOTE FOR ADJOURNMENT. The motion to adjourn until • o’clock Wednesday got only one vote. Even Senator McCurry, who made It, voted against it. The vote was 41 to L By the time the roll call was finished Senator Jackson was ready with a com promise, and asked to withdraw hie mo tion for a 30-mlnute recesa and substitute instead a motion to give the committee until 3 o’clock. But he couldn't do thia until the parliamentary atatus had been untangled. The final thing to do waa re consider the resolution. This done, the bank committee was asked to have its report ready by 3 o’clock, and so ended a fight which had lasted more than two hours. ’ . , . At 1:30 o’clock the committee voted to report .adversely on the Wright anti-lob by bill Its report will be submitted to the senate at 3 o’clock for final consid eration. # ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL IS ROLLING IN WEALTH SJW YORK. Au*. 10.—St. Luke's hospital la thia city bid* fair te rank aoon as the wealthiest fnatltntioe of its Mod in ths world. Gifts aggregating about »?..•>■*>.'WO wers re ceived by »he hospital la-t ye-r ' total has jnat been about swelled to en ai ranat Meal figure by aanonneetnent of »h» bc- Tfl.W acree of valuable eoal lands left to the trustees of St. Luke’s by Norman I Rees a leather millionaire, who dle<l « fiw day'e ago. The land la valued at about $500,000. BITE OF A MOSQUITO CAUSES ERYSIPELAS ESTHERWOOD. La., Aug. 10.—Mrs. T. Simon, residing near here, is in a se rious condition ss the result of a mos quito bite. Bitten on the hea«f. erysip elas followed, and Mrs. Simon’s recov ery is doubtful. SALUDA, N. C., IS VISITED BY DISASTROUS FIRE SALUDA. N. C, Aug. It—A 110.000 fire visited this place Tuesday night. The stores of Thorne A Boone, 8. D. Staton A Tinner and the Bonner ware house were THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. 1910. HOUSE WONT DUSE appeal judges'salary I x Declines to Concur in Senate Amendment —Several Measures Passed I Representative Ellis of Bibb county appreciates a good joke, even if it is on himself. Wherefore he is impelled to laugh at his own attitude before the house Tuesday at noon, when, after a feverish search, he found a man—Repre sentative Johnson of Jeff Davis —who I had not voted on the bill to increase ap ; peltate court judges' salaries, and brought that man triumphantly to the speaker’s stand to register his vote. I Mr. Ellis strongly advocated the in ; crease. The house was voting whether 1 it should stand pat on its bill without , the amendment purporting to increase ■ the salaries but gravely leaving them • just where they are now. Only a major ity of those voting (a quorum being-ne cessary, of course) had to favor the i amendment to decide the increase. | It was with some pardonable pride, therefore, that Representative Ellis ush ered Representative Johnson up to the speaker’s rostrum and bowed of one ac cord with him. But the light faded from the eyes of Representative Ellis, an dthe gladsome expression left his features, when Mr. Johnson said solemnly as he suppressed a smile of his own: FOOLED MR. ELLIS. "I wish to be recorded as voting no.’’ The house caught the situation and roared with appreciation of it, while Mr. ; Ellis beat a skillful retreat from the spot- I light . And. as it developed a moment later, the very vote that Mr. Ellis secured un der a mistaken apprehension—a very dis astrous misapprehension—was the one which broke a tie and defeated the fight for the increase. A moment or two be forti the vote was 75 to 75. Then one member came in late and asked to be recorded "aye” and another came in and voted no. While Clerk Bolfeuillet was again casting up the columns another member voted no and another aye. Only a few (Mr. Ellis not included) knew the tie was there. All knew the vote was close. But, through the cordial efforts of Mr. Ellis of Bibb, the tie was broken and the Anal count stood 77 against to 76 for. The first debate of the morning arose on the senate bill to permit mergers of 1 Georgia street or interurban railway I companies with similar companies in adjoining states. Mr. Wright of Floyd opposed this bill on the ground that by so merging and involving themselves in interstate rela tions, the Georgia companies could re i move themselves from the jurisdiction of Georgia courts. , Defense of the bill was led by Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, who pointed out the obstacles arising under the lack of this law in the operation of street rail ways across the state border st Augusta apd other similar places. The bill passed by vote of 102 to 44. Under a privileged resolution by Mr. Stubbs, of Thomas, the speaker of the house, president of the senate, clerk and secretary" of the respective bodies, the enrollment committees and two members each of the auditing committees, the postmistress and some of the porters of the assembly, will when the senate con curs, be authorised to remain at work for five days after adjournment. HURRY PRINTING OF LAWS. A resolution by Mr. Edwards, of Wal ton, instructing the senate librarian to hurry the printing of the new laws, was adopted after Mr. Reid, of Campbell, had explained that the delay lies with the state printer. A sharp fight on the game bill, said to have been Incited by fear of call for an aye and nay vote on the passage of it, was developed when Mr. Turnipseed, of Clay, moved to take the bill from the table, where it had just been put, and place it on its passage. This motion prevailed as strongly as the motion to table was carried. Then came the argument on the bill. During this a motion to table the bill again was made and lost. Finally, when the time fixed (after some discussion) for debate fxplred and just as the vote was about to be taken to put It on its pass age, another motion to table was made. It prevailed, and the bill will die for this session. Two of its provisions were that a hunter must pay $1 a year for a license to hunt, and that nobody can hunt on the land of another without the owner s express personal permis sion. WON’T RAISE PAY. The last order of the morning was the bill So Increase the salaries of the judges of the state court of appeals. The house finally refused to concur in the senate amendment on this measure, and the mat ter was lost—for the time being. Its friends announce their determination to get It up again, and say they can pass it. The opposition is equally determined. This measure has had a peculiar career, and the uniqueness of it lasted up till the last minute, when a tie vote was broken by one solitary vote that turned the fortunes of the day against the In crease. Twice the vote was tied, be fore any announcement of the count was made. The measure originated in the house, in a bill to increase* the salaries of the appellate court judges. An amendment making those salaries 34.000 (just what they were to begin with) was adopted, and the bill went Over to the senate in that form. The senate amended it to 35,000. which was a real increase, and in that shape it came back to the house for concurrence in the senate amendment. To concur, only a majority of a quorum (over half of 93, or 47 votes, or a ma jority of those voting If they numbered more than 98 altogether) was needed. The final vote was 76 to 77. BILLS PASSED. The following measures were passed by the house Monday morning: Senate bill, to amend the act relative to wrongful sale of mortgaged property. Senate bill, to change the time of hold ing superior court of Marion county. Senate bill, to prohibit shooting Into or toward any occupied dwelling'. Senate bill, to »amend the law allow ing mergers of street railroad companies so as to permit merger of Georgia com panies with corporations in other states just across the border. Senate bill —To provide proper protec tion for the sinking funds of mu nicipal corporations. Senate bill—To increase tne maxi mum penalty for bigamy from 4 to 10 years (amended by house from 20 years.) • Senate resolution*—To pay Mrs. Cath erine Murray, widow of the late Sen ator Murray, 3200, her husband’s per diem for 1910. Senate resolution—To approve the idea of a world’s Panama exposition and indorse New Orleans as the logical place for holding it. Senate bill—To amend the law pro viding for collection of past due taxes of the state, counties and municipali ties. Senate bill—To create the office of state veterinatlan, to be apopinted by the state commissioner of agriculture, to be empowered to prescribe and en force cattle quarantine regulations, and to be paid >2,600 a year out of the rev enue of the agricultural department. BILLB TABLED. The following bills were tabled by the house of representatives during its Turn- I DNLV TRW GENERALS OF CONFEDERACY LEFT ? These Include One Lieutenant General, Four Majors Gen eral, 25 Brig. Generals Only SO generals of the Confederate forces, one lieutenant general, four major generals and 35 brigadier generals now , surrlve, according to a statement by Gen. Marcus J. Wright, who has been an 1 agent for the war department in the col- I lection of military records since 1878. I Among the brigadier generals Is Gen. • Clement A. Evans, of the prison com i mission of Georgia. 1 The list of aurvlving generals prepared | by General Wright follows; Lieutenant geneijal, Simon Bolivar Buckner. Major generals, Robert F. Hoke. G. W. Custic Lunsford L. Lomax and Ca millus J. Pollgnac. Brigadier generals, William L. Cabell, Francis 'M. Cockrell. William R. Cox, i Julius A. DeLagnel (declined appoint- I ment), Henry B. Davidson. Basil W. | Duke, Clement A. Evans. Samuel W. Fer guson, Daniel C. Goven, James M. Gog !gin. William W. Kirkland. Evander M. Law, Thomas M. Logan, William Miller, John McCausland, Dandridge Mcßae, Wiliam McComb, John C. Moore, Patrick T. Moore, Francis T. Nicholls, Roger A. Pryor, Beverly H. Robertson. James P. Simms, Richard Waterhouse and Macus J. Wright. Generals Buckner, Lee, Lomax, Ca bell, Davidson, Fergusons, John C. Moore, Nicholls and Robertson are grad uates Os West Point. General Buckner ts a member of the class of 1844, and is the only surviving member of the class. He js a veteran of the Mexican war, and resigned frbm the army in 1855, while a captain in the subsistence de ' partment. He was governor of Ken , tucky from 1887 until 1891, and was the ' candidate for vice president of the Unit ed States on the gold Democratic ticket ‘in 1896. General Lee was the "star'’ graduate of the class of 1854. There are three memers of General Lee’S class who are on the retired list of‘the United States army, those being Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbot, who was graduated second to General Lee; Brig. Gen. Henry W. Clos son, and Brig. Gen. Charles G. Sawtelle. General Lomax is the son of the late Maj. Mann P. Lomax, of the ordnance corps of the United States army, and was graduated from the military acade my in 1856. There are two members of General Lomax's class on the retired I list, Brig. Gen. Richard Lodor and Lieut. fCol. Herbert M. Enos. General Cabell | is a member of the class of 1850, General • Ferguson of the class of 1857, General i Nicholls of the class of 1855, and Gen. John C. Moere and Gen. Beverly H. Rob ertson of the class of 1849. There Is one member of General Cabell's class on the retired list of the army. Brig. Gen. ! Eugene A. Carr. Brig. Gen. John G. Chandler, retired, Is a member of Gen eral Davidson's class; Brig. Gen. Henry M. Robert, retired. Is a member of Gen | eral Ferguson’s class, gnJ Brig. Gens. Samuel Breck and Henry H. Lazelle, re- I tired, ar* members of General Nicholls’ J class. General Cabell has served four ; terms %s mayorof Dallas, Tex. General i Cockrell served as United States senator i from Missouri from 1875 until 1905. 1 General Cox served as secretary of the Ignited States senate from 1893 until 1899. General Logan was commissioned a brigadier general when he was only 2i years old, and he was the youngest offi cer of that rank in the Confederate serv ice. General Nicholls was twice gover nor of Louisiana, and has been associate justice of that state since 1904. General Pryor was appointed a brigadier general on April 16. 1862, but resigned the com | mission and re-entered the service as a | private. He served as justice of the su- • preme court of New York from 1894 to 1899. SOCIALISTS TO STRIKE ' IN CASE OF WAR NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Victor Berger, the Socialist leader of Milwaukee, sail ing for Europe today to attend the In ternational socialist congress in Copen hagen next month, has a novel plan to insure the world’s peace. He thinks it may be possible for the Socialist party to control the peace of the world by instituting an International strike In time of war. "The Socialist party Is the greatest force In the world for International peace,” was the way Mr. Berger put It to his interviewers before hls de parture, "for In case of war between two countries the members of the par ty in those countries could strike ana refuse to take part la any way. For example, take Germany and France. In those countries, the party numbers 3,- 500,000 members. This Includes hun dreds of thousands or soldiers, but most important, it contains the work ers on the railroads and all the allied trades. In case of war these people would strike. How much of a modern war could there be without the rail roads?” MANY IMPORTANT CHANGES IN HADDOCK BUSINESS HADDOCK. Ga, Ans 10.—Several important business change* will take place at Hadob'k during the early fall. Mr. S. H. Haddock, who has been in bualne** here for the past 15 years has organized a furniture company in Macon under the charter name of Haddock- Petty Furniture company, which will open up on Poplar street September 1. Mr. Haddock will continue to run his business here under the management of Mr. J. N. Holloway, Mr. Haddock will move to Macon some time during the fall.. The firm of Anchor* A Holloway bare made a deal with Mr. Boykin Odom, of Putnam, to sell out their business to him on September 15, at which time Mr. J. D. Anchors retires from business after having been actively en gaged almost continuously for th* past 35 rears. Mr. Lee Haddock, who has been with Mr. Haddock for some yiars. will take charge of a branch business of Mr. C. H. Kellers, at Fortville, a suburb of Haddock. Mr. Keller will have with him in hls business at Haddock Mr. W. J. Stewart, who has been with Mld dffbrooka Brothers for several years. Mr. Author Speights has also accepted a situation with Mr. Keller, and there will b* several other minur changes. day morning session: Senate —To require boards of health of Georgia to enforce the standard tran sit permits adopted by the Georgia state board of embalming. Senate bill —To authorize Buena Vis ta, Marion county, to issue bonds for construction of an electric light plant. Senate bill-*To authorize Buena Vis ta to issue waterworks bonds. Senate bill—To amend the act estab lishing the state board of embalmers. Senate bill —To make it unlawful to obtain food or lodging with Intent to defraud. Senate Bill —To provide protection for game animals and game birds. CASTOR IA For In&nta and Children. Tin Kind You Have Always Bought *l«uMur. ot HOUSE UNWtLLiNfi TO CREATE TH OOfflOS Kills Tax Equalization Bill on Last Day—Night Session Probable There will be no county and state boards of tax assessors this year. The house of representatives has decided to Indefinitely postpone the bill by Mr. ■ Heid, of Campbell, providing for these “bards and aimed at tax equalization, “he vote on this measure was complet ed at the PLst moment of Wednesday’s morning session, after three hours of debate. The vote was 95 to indefinitely postpone and 58 against that action. The opposition based their argument on tne contention that the state has al ready reached the constitutions limit of taxation, and that this method Is now proposed so that the tax rates and revenue can be raised. The tax equalization bill blocked the morning session of the house from 10 o’clock on till adjournment, holding bAek a number of measures which the rules committee has prepared for at tention of that body. Unless every thing before the house is rushed through Wednesday afternoon, or un less the house decides to adjourn with many measures before Jt, a night ses sion on the last night of the session is a strong probability, although not The present Intention. DETAILS OF SESSION. At 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the house has notified the senate of Georgia by formal resolution offered by Mr. An derson, of Chatham, the house will be ready to. adjourn sine die and for its part pass into history as the Georgia house of representatives of 1909-1910. Whether the senate will meet this view, whether the house will have everything cleared out of the way by 6 o’clock, no body knows now. According to Mr. An derson, of Chatham, chairman of the rules committee, which Is guiding the affairs of the house, there Is no Indica tion now that the house will have to hold a night session on the last day of its ex istence. The house. If the senate does not hold it back, and if it does not get into some unlooked-for deadlock with the senior body, may even adjourn before 6 o’clock. With the exception of two tax bills, which the house reached at 10 o’clock Wednesday /morning with the prospects of a hard fight ahead on both of them, there was nothing before the house during the morning save bills of minor importance (comparatively speak ing) on which the majority of the mem bership would be willing to limit debate. SENATE BILLS UP. Nothing but senate bills, of course, were on the special order which the house rules committee had on Its list Wednesday morning. House bills passed by the sen ate were to be received as fast as they came. House bills amended by the senate were to be acted upon as quickly as the opportunity offered now qnd then during the day. The only thing In sight on which a deadlock seemed possible was the bill to Increase salaries of judges of the court of appeals to $5.00(1, so amended by the senate, originally passed by the house to leave the salaries at >4,000 on an amendment of Its own to the first In tent of >5,000. The house, on Tuesday morning, refused to concur In the senate amendment, the effect being nos to In crease the salaries. If the senate insist ed on concurrence there might be a deadlock. The anti-lobbying bill is dead for good and all, the senate having been prevented from reading It a second time on Tues day by successful filibuster. Immediately after convening, Wednes day morning, the house adopted the An derson, of Chatham, resolution formally notifying the senate that It (the house) wou’d stand ready to adjourn sine die at 6 o’clock. A resolution by Mr. Tuggle, of Troup, expressing the sympathy of the Georgia legislature with Mayor W. J. Gaynor, of New York, "in the brutal assault made upon him" and hoping for hls speedy recovery, was adopted. The house concurred In a minor senate amendment to the Brinson and Parker of Decatur house bill prohibiting removal from Georgia of property purchased un der conditional bill of sale. It also concurred In an amendment by the senate to the Faircloth of Johnson and I>ewls of Hancock house bill amend ing the rode so as to designate who shall be subject to road duty, the amendment providing an assessment of 50 cents per day (as the authors of the bill originally had it) Instead of 31 per day (as It was amended In the house). The house disagreed to the amendment of the senate to the Hall of Bibb house bill providing for succession of governor, in event,of death or disability, through secretary of state and comptroller gen eral. The senate amendment placed the president of the senate and speaker of the house next In succession. Mr. Hall opposed the amendment, saying that the succession so provided was temporary anyhow till the legislature could convene, and the house took this view. By this law the secretary of state will become governor, if the governor dies or is dis abled, during the interim between the ad journment of one legislature and the or ganizing of another. It does not apply during the reoess of an organized legis lature. DEBATE ON TAX BILL. At 10:30 o’clock the house got to de bating the tax equalization bill. No. 772, by Mr. Reid of Campbell, chairman of the ways and means committee, on which one of the hardest fights of the session was ahead. This bill had come back from the sen ate, passed with numerous amendments. It is called the tax equalization bill. This bill is to provide for state and county boards of tax returns and valua tions. to provide the powers and duties of such boards, to provide for just and adequate returns of f/roperty and for equi table valuations thereof for taxation. Mr. Hall of Bibb was the first speaker on this bill, attacking it. Mr. Alexander of DeKalb defended the bill. Mr. Per sons of Monroe spoke against It. Mr. White of Screven against, Mr. Anderson of Chatham for, Mr. Lovejoy of Troup for, Reid of Campbell for, Sheppard of Sumter against, and Converse of Lowndes against. BILL INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. There was a strong fight on the mo tion to Indefinitely postpone, made by Mr. Adams of Hall and which had been pending during all this discussion. At 1 o’clock the call of the roll was completed, three hours after the debate started. The result was 95 ayes and 53 noes, the bill Expiring. Mr. McCrory of Sdhley county, an ad vocate of the candidacy of Hoke Smith for governor, offered a resolution of thanks to Mr. Blackburn for flowers sent by the latter showing that politi cal animosities can be forgotten some times. The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. Fields of Crisp, commenting on the resolution, said he heartily indorsed it "for it looks like Mr. Blackburn is the only man In Georgia who is throwing flowers our way these days.” An Invitation from the members of the Fulton sounty delegation—Messrs. Alexander, Brown and McElreath—that the members of the house partake of ice cream and cake as their guests in the lobby at 6 o’clock, was read and applaud ed and adopted. OTHER BILLS. By vote of 23 to 77 the house refused to pass the Kemp senate biU taoerpor- Special Offer ORDER TODAY! The Farmers' and Planters' Speedy Stitcher , A perfect sewing awl for sewing any heavy material.* It is just the tool for mending harness, carpets, shoes, saddles, buggy tops, etc. It is designed to be used by al! classes; the experienced man as well as the farmer or mechanic. • \ Shows One-Half Size SIX POINTS™— Wherein this tool is superior to any other on the market: 1. Everything is inside the handle. 2. 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Send your orders today to The Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, Ga. (No commissions allowed on this offer). BROWN CLUB OF FULTON COUNTY TO HOVE BALLY r The Fulton County Brown club expects Saturday night week, at which several to bring thq governor’s campaign to a close in Fulton county with a public rally well-known orators will speak in the In terest of his candidacy for re-election. Unofficial announcement to this effect was made Wednesday morning by Local Manager Olin Stamps. Further announce ment will be made when the arrange ments for the rally have been perfected. Stata Manager Ed Maddox was called to Rome Wednesday morning, and In hls absence J. R. Smith was in general charge of the headquarters. He did not know whether Mr. Maddox had gone to Rome In tho interest of the governor’s candi dacy, or on private business, nor did he know when the state manager would re turn. ’ • "Mr. Maddox has qntlre charge of the speaking arrangements of the campaign, and I regret that I am unable to give out any speaking dates,” said J. R. Smith, Wednesday morning. "Mr. Maddox will probably make such announcements as he thinks fit upon hls return from Rome. "There is nothing to give to the public today, except to repeat that we feel confi dent of the result.” atlng the Lanier school district. By vote of 108 to 7 it passed the Math ews senate bill authorizing the board of school cummlslsonere of Fort Valley to sell certain school property. The following measures, all senate bills, were ahead of the house at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning on the sched ule prepared by the rules committee- Senate bill No. 267, permitting rail roads to straighten tracks. 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