Georgia Historic Newspapers

    'Atlan Shwoal
VOL. X.
UNDER THE STMS I
m ENVBVS
. SIGN PEACE PACT
By Fitful Flare of Blazing
Matches With Fountain Pen
Signatures Are Affixed to
Historical Document
By AtxKU'.td hml
JUAREZ. Mexico. May 22-Tranquility
jf an oihcially declared variety, not un
like the quietude of the erstwhile gen
eral armixt.ee. but possessing more of the
normal atmosphere of real peace, reigned
in northern Mexico today for the first
time in six months.
Messages were flashed today over all
wires and by courier to remote parts
of the country announcing that a peace
agreement had definitely ended the hos
tilities between the revolutionists and the
' federal government
Undisguised Joy beamed tn the face of
Judge Carbajal, the federal peace en
voy, today as he prepared to depart for ,
Mexico City, his mission here being ac
complished after nearly four weeks of
parleys. Francisco I. Madero. Jr., tri- i
umpbant leader of the revolt, will await
the resigation of President Diaz, starting
for Mexico City within a week, when it
Is expected to become an established
fact.
Senor Madero smiled this morning as •
he heard the story of how the peace ;
agreement was signed -last night. His
callers told and retold the humorous
sidelight that was thrown on the signing
of the domument.. ».
Francisco Madero, Sr., had called on
Judge Carbajal at El Paso, About 9:30
o'clock last night, and after a' tedious
half hour wait for Senor Pino Saurex,
the party started for Juarez in a big au
tomobile. thinking Senor Suarez previous
ly had gone to the. customs house here.
When the peace automobile, followed by
three machines filled with newspaper
men. dashed up to the customs house
shortly after M o'clock, neither Senor
Suarez mor anyone else was there to
receive them.' The customs house door
was barred by a huge grating.
Senor Suarez failed to appear and after
a brief conference it was decided, as
the document already had been drafted,
- to sign the pact on the steps of the
building, agreeing to allow Senor Suarez
to sign it today.
There, under the stars, copies of the
peace ngreamer.t were signed and ex
changed. while four automobiles on the
opposite side of the street turned their
glaring searchlights on the customs
Mouse steps. The newspaper men con
tributed their hard pads and some
matches and huddled together to keep the
matches from being extinguished by the
evening breeze.
It mas Francisco Madero, Sr.'s foun
tain pen that was used. In watching the
commissioners slowly sign their names
under the agreement, one of the bystand
. era forgot the burning match he held.
He nearly spotted one of the signatures
when he dropped the flame as the pact
waa being signed. The commissioners en
joyed the humor of the situation, and
declared that never was a peace treaty
signed under more extraordinary condi
tions.
When it was all over, they embraced in
true Spanish fashion.
RELIEF. IS EXPRESSED.
The commissioners expressed great re
lief thax the task for which they so
long had labored had been accomplished
without the introduction of disagree
able conditions and without injuring the
national prestige or dignity of their
country.
Though peace agreement provides for
the gradual dispersing of the troops, it
i is not believed any counter revolts or
disturbances will occur. The object of
the gradual disbanding of the insurrec
toa. it is expected, is to maintain for a
short time a good fighting force by
i which to keep order among the small
scattered bands who might feel inclined
to disregard the peace agreement
Trouble is expected with the rebels in
\ lower California. Though the rebels
there have never been allied with the
Madero movement, the rebel chiefs here
will send envoys or messages to lower
California urging the acceptance of the
conditions agreed upon here Should they
refuse an armed expedition probably led
by Pascual Orozco, will be sent to sub
due them.
Senor Madero, in his victory feels that
he will now be responsible for the
restoration of complete tranquility and
will attempt to demonstrate that if he is
not in control of some of the bands he
at least can subjugate them.
DELEMTESinraUB ■
IT GOOD BOIDS MEET
Birmingham Filling With Visi
tors —National Congress to
Be Biggest Yet
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM Ala., May 22.-Dele
gates and visitors have already begun
to arrive in this city to attend the fourth
National Good Roads congress which
convenes here Tuesday morning. Over
4,000 persons, representing 18 states, have
notified the local committee of their in
tention of being present.
The city is gaily dressed in honor of
the occasion, and is waiting to welcome
what will be perhaps the largest gath
erng ever held here.
President Arthur C. Jackson, of Chi
cago. one of the first to arrive, says that
indications are ttiar the congress will be
the most successful 4n the history of the
organization.
One of the features of the congress
will be the visit of five of the governors
of southern states. There will also be a
number of senators, congressmen, state
commissioners of agriculture, railroad
presidents, and good roads experts. The
good roads car of the United States de
partment of road*, and the good roads
train of the Southern railway will both
be located here for demonstration pur
poses during the congress.
SENTRY HEARD NOISE;
■ STOPPED A BULLET
SAN DIEGO. Cald.. May 22.—0tt0 Sonn
tag. a member of the guerilla force of
General Pryce, at Ti Juana, heard a
rose while on sentry duty yesterday, andl
Imagining an attack, discharged his rifle
to raise an alarm. An enthusiast within
Pryce's lines fired an answering shot
and Sonntag fell mortally wounded. He
died lam night. There was no attack.
LARIMER'S RIGHT
TOmSWE
AMINJIJESTIONED
Resolution of Senator LaFol
lette Calling for Investiga
tion of Legality of Illinois
Senator’s Election Up Again
BT RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 22.-Wllllam
Lorimer’s title to a seat in the United
States senate from Illinois will be again
investigated by the senate.
The initial steps will be taken at to
day's session when the committee on
privileges and elections will be directed
to reopen the case and report its findings
to the senate.
The pro-Lorimer senators are agreed
to this move, as the personnel of the
committee oh privileges and elections is
favorable to the "Blonde Boss of the Chl
ago Stock Yards."
News of this scheme leaked out Satur
day afternoon and it came from the Lori
mer! tes. Senator Bailey, of Texas, it is
said, is willing that the case shall be re
opened, provided the inquiry is conducted
by the committee on privileges and
elections.
Senator LaFollette's resolution, calling
for another investigation of Lorimer's
election, will come up this afternoon. »
This resolution provides for and names
a special comittee of new senators to
conduct the Investigation. LaFollette,
other progressive Republicans, and many
Democrats, have been pressing this mat
ter for some time, and the fact that It
can no longer be delayed has forced the
Lorimer senators to agree to a reopen
ing of the case, under certain conditions.
The committee on privileges and elec
tions will conduct the Lorimer inquiry
during vacation of congress, and report
its to the senate next December.
This will eliminate the Lorimer case for
the time being and enable the senate to
proceed with other business.
It is a foregone conclusion that the com
mittee will report in favor of Lorimer,
as It did last time. It is equally certain
that there will be a minority report.
The hearing before the finance commit
tee of the senate on the Canadian reci
procity bill was resumed today with the
prospect that hearings would continue
throughout the week.
The Sherral committee of the house,
elected to investigate the United States
Steel corporation, began work today, its
first business being to communicate with
the department of justice and the bureau
of corporations, to obtain records of in
quiries made by those departments into
the affairs of the steel corporation.
Taft Is Attacked
By Senator Nelson
WASHINGTON. May 22.-Senator Nel
son, of Minnesota, attacked President
Taft today before the senate finance
committee for seeking to prevent the sen
ate from amending the Canadian reci
procity bill. He declared that the con
stitution made the senate part of the
treaty-making power of th e country and
offer several amendments to the meas
ure. .
senator Nelson’s amendments would
reduce about one-half the existing tariff
rates on most farm products. To put
farm products on the free list, he de
clared. wa s legislating directly against
the farmer.
•President Taft is evading the consti
tution of the United States, ‘ he assert
ed. “when he tries to force the senate
to accept this agreement as It' was pre
sented. He is trifling with the senate of
the United States.” >
Senator Nelson urged, the committee to
consider carefully his proposed amend
ments de said the senate had amended
previous treaties and that there was no
valid reason why It should not amend
the Canadian agreement.
JACKSON EXPECTS BIG
CROWDS TO HEAR BRYAN
June 12 Will Be One of Big
gest Days in History of
Jackson
JACKSON, 9a., May 22.—Jackson,
which has the distinction of having Wil
liam Jennings Bryan for <his first lecture
in the south this season, is making great
preparations for his lecture here on June
12 when he speaks at the Jackson Chau
tauqua.
Though Mr. Bfyan will sppak at other
places in Georgia, yet Jackson is nis
first engagement, as he will come here
direct from his home. He will be intro
duced by one of the best known orators
in the south. Invited to sit on the stage
with the distinguished Nebraskan will
be Gov. Joseph M. Brown, Gov.-elect
Hoke Smith, and prominent men of this
section, as well as a large delegation of
local citizens. Immediately after his
address here Mr. Bryan will be taken
by automobile to Macon to catch a train
for Dublin where he has an engagement
to speak that night. He will also speak
at Albany while he is in this section.
Thousands of people have signified
their intenuon of hearing the great Com
moner when he speaks here. The school
auditorium, where he will lecture, is sure
to be taxed to its capacity and prepara
i tions are under way to take care of the
■overflow crowd by providing extra seats
The day will be one of the biggest in
the history of Jackson, as few towns of
its size can afford to have an attrac
tion of this class.
The chautauqia this year promises to
be the best ever held in this section.
The Jackson Chautauqua has engaged
some of ttie strongest talent to be had.
The Chautauqua will be held from June
11 to 17. ~r. Edwin M. Poteat, presi
dent of Furman university, will preach
the Chautauqua' sermon. Sunday, June 11.
He will also lecture during the week.
The talent includes Dr. Edwin M. Po
teat. William Jennings Bryan, .viarvin
Williams. .om corwine, the Chicago
Lyric Glee club, Miss Evelyn Bargelt,
Matthiessen's Alkahest band and other
splendid talent.
TENNESSEE OFFERS
SUMMER WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Offering the
president a fully equipped summer White
House in the Smoky mountains of Ten
nessee. a delegation of Berryville. Tenn.,
residents, headed by Representative Aus
tin. called on Mr. Taft today. The Ten
nesseans propose to erect the summer
White House on Bald knob, about 60
miles from Knoxville. It is not believed
the president will accept the offer.
It is only one of many that have come
to Mr. Taft since the proposal of Min
nesotans that he establish a summer cap
itol near St. Paul.
ON WE OF DEATH
AIRMEN RACE FROM
PARIS TO MADRID
/ 1 •
Terrible Tragedy of Sunday in
Which French Minister of
War Was Killed Fails to
Stop Race
(By Associated Frei*.)
PARIS. May 22.—Physicians today re
ported as satisfactory the condition of
Antone Monis, the French premier and
minister of the interior, who was seri
ously injured yesterday when an aero
plane, piloted tjy M. Train, ' flashed into
a group of government officials in the
military field at Isay les Moulineaux.
They had gathered to witness the
start of the Paris-to-Madrid race.
Henri M. Berteaux, the French minis
ter of war, was killed and two other
men were hurt.
Premier Monia, who was buried be
neath the wreckage of the monoplane,
sustained compound fractures of two
bones in the right leg, his nose was
broken and his face bruised. He passed
a quiet night.
d’ierre Vedrlne undismayed by the
wreck of his own machine yesterdhy,
just prior to the disaster in which the
French minister of war was killed, again
started in the Paris-to-Madrid race early
'this morning. <
M. Train, who in trying to avoid
crashing into a squadron of curas
siers galloping across the mili
tary field caused yesterday's trag
edy and who was entitled, under the
conditions of the race, to make another
start In the international flight contest,
announced that he had no heart to do so
because of his terrible mishap.
Four other aviators, Weymann, Frey,
Gamier and Terrept, also retired from
the race.
Vedrlne at 3:30 this morning (ook a pre
liminary flight around the field at Issy
les Moulineaux, testing his motor and
then at 4:11 o’clock arose high in the air
and disappeared swiftly in the fog to
wards Augouleme, the first stage of the
race.
Vedrlne arrived at Angouleme at 7:60
o'clock, having covered the 279 miles in
3 hours and 39 minutes. The running
time of the southern express between
Paris and Angouleme is 5 hours and 18
minutes.
The judges announced that Vedrlne
had broken the record for the long dis
tance cross-country flight. His time was
all the more extraordinary when it was
considered that t he air-man had made
a stop at Etampes, 36 miles from Paris
to regulate his motors. The aviator ar
rived at Angouleme in good condition,
though he suffered considerably from
the cold.
Roland Garros was the only contest
ant, out of yesterday’s four starters, to
reach Angouleme. Gibert reached Pen
tleveri, but, learning of the catastrophe
on the Isay field, leetded not to proceed
further. Le Laseur landed near Cosne,
having lost his way in a fog. Beaumont
descended at Azay-Sur-Imbre, and on at
tempting to resume his flight damaged
the left wing of his aeroplone by dash
ing against a tree. v
The disaster of yesterday has plunged
the whole French nation into grief and
the death of Minister of War Berteaux
is mourned without political distinctions
throughout the republic as a national
loss.
Today the body of the minister lay
In state at the ministry of war. The
funeral, which is expected to take place
on Friday, will be conducted with full
national honors. The army will go Into
mourning for 30 days.
Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, the vet
eran patron of aeronautics and auto
mobiling, and Antoine Monis, son of the
premier, both of whom were struck by
Train’s machine when it plunged into
the group of official spectators, were
not seriously injured.
It is the general belief that as a result
of the caithstrophe the rule prohibiting
spectators on the aviation field will be
rigorously enforced in the future.
Gilbert Resumes Flight
ANGOULEME. France, May 22.-M. Gi
bert arrived here at 10:54 o’clock
morning from Pontleveri, having decid
ed to resume his flight in the Paris-to-
Madrid race. After leaving Pontleveri M.
Gibert lost his way and to get his bear
ings was obliged to land at Brlzay, near
the island of Bouchard.
Aviator Injured
RHEIMS, France, May 22.—Aviator
Bardot, while making a flight here today,
fell to the ground. His shoulder was
broken and he sustained many contu
sions about the body. The aeroplane was
splintered.
SCARLET FEVER
AT WELLESLY
BOSTON, May 22.—Wellesley college
has an epidemic of scarlet fever. Five
members of the freshman class are now
in quarantine and It is said that if any
more cases develop the college will be
closed. The disease made its appear
ance a week ago.
NEW COMMANDER
ON THE BORDER
• m w * wb
GEN. JOSEPH W. DUNCAN.
He has just assumed command of the
department of Texas, succeeding Gen.
Ralph V7. Hoyt, who will command the
department of Dakota. General Duncan
is a Texan born and is familiar with con
ditions on the border, where preservation
of neutrality and order is particularly
necessary Just now.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1911.
SPEAKING OF PESTS
11 "“" ,V ' W. ... /Gome A
\ 'lf/ _ U yfeir' o <° ow G
Ik
After ths typhoid-breeding fly, After the diphtheretlc cat
Last of • noxious brood, doth die. Hath vanished in its burial vat.
i '
/WA,HA! \
/ THE SCENE.
/ I °F THE /
When the mosquito, nimble pest, ' And when at last the plague-y rat »
Hath found its everlasting rest. Hath gone, we will determine that—
_j_ ' . ■ r;
IT’S TIME TO PUT A STOP TO THIS NUISANCE
DIPLOMATS MIKE FUNS
FOB SUMMER SEASON
Some of the Co/ps Will Re
main in Washington, but
Majority Will Not
(Bv Aucciatefl Br«M.)
WASHINGTON, Maj 22.—Members of
the diplomatic corps are completing
plans Tor the hot season. Though some
thus fur have not arranged for leaving
the capital, most of them have selected
their summer homes and fixed upon
dates for departure.
The Austrian ambassador, Baron Hen
gelmuller, and the baroness will go to
Bar Harbor, and the British ambassa
dor, James Bryca, and Mrs. Bryce to
Seal Harbor. The French, German,
Russian and Italian embassies w».- bt
established at Majicl»ester-by-<he-Sea,
though M. Jusserand, the French ambas
sador, and Madame Jusserand, and Mar
ch esse Confelonieri, the Italian ambas
sador, and the Marchessa Confalonlerl
will return home for the summer.
Mr. Bryn, minister from Norway, and
Mme. Bryn return to Norway, the lega
tion remaining here. The minister from
the Netherlands and the minister from
Venezuela and his staff, go to Bar Har
bor; the Chinese minister to Nyack-on
the Hudson; the Dominican minister to
Shawnee-on-Delaware, the legation re
maining here.
Count d« Buisseret, Belgian minister,
will return home, the legation remaining
here; the minister from Peru goes
abroad, the legation remaining here; tne
Siamese charge goes to Gloucester, and
the Cuban minister will spend most of
his time in the mountains of Pennsyl
vania.
Among those who have not made their
plans are the Japanese ambassadors and
the ministers, from Spain, Portugal, Bo
livia, Nicaraqua, Panama, Sweden and
Chile.
EMANUEL COUNTY MOB
HANGS ANOTHER NEGRO
Second Lynching Within a
Week in That County, After
Several Years
SWAINSBORO, Ga„ May 22.-The
lynching of Ben Smith at Summit Sat
urday night is the second aot of mob
violence in this county within the past
week. The first of these hvas on last
Saturday night when John McLeod (who
killed Benton Woods, deputy sheriff of
the city court of Swainsboro, w»ho had
him under arrest) was strung up and
shot to death. The other occurrence was
Saturday night at Summit when Ben
Smith, a desperate negro, paid the pen
alty of death by a mob for shooting Neal
Canady, deputy marshal of Summit, who
was attempting his arrest for shooting
his wife.
Canady is today lying at the point of
death and Smith’s body Is dangling from
the limb of a tree in a swamp near
Summit, completely perforated with bul
let holes. <
After shooting Canady, Smith made his
escape and the slferiff of this county
with hounds had appeared on the scene,
when a posse of outraged men found the
negro hiding in a field, where he had
fallen disabled by a wound which he
received from Canady as he fell. The
infuriated men lost no time in fasten
ing a rope about his neck and suspending
him from a tree, where he dangled as
a target for the many bullets that were
tired at him.
After finishing their work the mob dis
persed and all was quiet.
The negroes seem to be more excited
over these two occurrences than the
white people, their having circulated
among them a rumor that a wholesole
lynching of the negroes of the county
was being planned. It has been a number
of years since a lynching took place in
this county.
CONDUCTOR IS SHOT UNO
SHOOTS HIS ASSMT
Conductor C. D. Bailey, on
Augusta-Atlanta Run, Re
turns Fire of Thompson
(By Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA, Ga., May 22.—Capt. Clem
D. Bailey, conductor on passenger train
No. 27 on the Georgia railroad, was shot
yesterday on .his train about half a mile
from Mesina. and ip turn shot his assail
ant, A. J. Thompson, a well-known white
farmer of Warren county.
Captain Bailey was painfully though
not seriously wounded, the bullet enter
ing his leg between his hip and knee, and
it is believed that A. J. Thompson, his as
sailant, was fatally wounded.
The shooting arose over the refusal of
Captain Bailey to stop the train at Mes
ina. a flag stop four miles from Camak,
and an argument resulted.
Thompson draw a gun, saying:
“You will stop the train at the muzzle
of my revolver!”
Captain Bailey knocked Thompson’s
hand down, throwing the muzzle of the
gun from his breast as Thompson flred.
Thompson then turned to run, and Cap
tain Bailey fired and shot him between
his shoulders, ‘the bullet penetrating his
right lung.
Thompson was turned over to the coun
tyy authorities at Camak, and Bailey was
taken to the company hospital.
Thompson is the same man who shot
Conductor D. J. Jones, at Camak, several
years ago.
CURETiWiftY BE
. .ADVANCED FOR HEARING
Attorney General Asks Court
to Take Up Cases Soon
as Possible
May" 22,-Attorney
General Hewlette appeared before the
United States supreme court today and
tiled motions for the. advancement on the
calendar of the headlight case and the
Cureton distillery case. Unless the court
advances the cases, it may be three or
four years before they are decided.
The headlight case involves the consti
tutionality of the Georgia law requiring
the railroads to equip their locomotives
with electric headlights. The Coast Line
railroad contested the issue in the lower
courts, and the law was sustained. The
supreme court will finally pass upon the
question.
George Cureton, a Dade county distiller,
was convicted —ore Judge Fite of vio
lating the prohibition law. He appealed
, to the court of appeals of Georgia, which
passed the case on to the state supreme
court. Here Cureton again lost, and ap
pealed to the United States supreme court.
MOB AT CRAWFORDVILLE
TAKES NEGRO FROM LAW
GREENSBORO, Ga., May 23.—News
reached Greensboro thia morning from
Crawfordville that Joe Moore, colored,
was summarily dealt with some time dur
ing last night.
The negro was in jail, charged with
the murder of Henry Googer, about 50
years of age, a well known farmer of
Tailiaferro county,
Sallie Moore, the negro's wife, was
brought here yesterday and lodged in
jail. This was done to keep the two from
communicating.
The murder of Googer was a brutal
one, he being shot down in the field while
at work, and his head terribly pounded
by some instrument.
I . ~
Il CITIES ARE AFTER
PRESBYTERIAN MEETINC
Fight Has Narrowed Down to
Choice Between Richmond,
Va., and Bristol, Tenn.
- i .
(By Aaieatataft Brets.)
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 22.—Tho fourth
day’s session of the general assembly of
the Presbyterian church In the United
States began this mopping with the hear
ing of committee reports.
AH committees have been given their
work and have been busily engaged in
threshing out the matters that came be
fore them. Everything of a routine na
ture ha s been disposed of, communica
tions and overtures have been referred to
the committees having jurisdiction, and
the rest of the session will be devoted
to disposing of the recommendations of
the various committees.
As the time draws near for the selec
tion of the next meeting place, the rep
resentatives of the different cities which
are trying to get the next assembly,
grew more Active. The fight has nar
rowed down to Richmond, Va., and Bris
tol, Tenn., although the Chattanooga,
Tenn., representatives are making a
stubborn fight.
Texas, so a majority of the commis
sioners say, could have the next assem
bly for the asking, inasmuch a B Rev.
French, D. D., was defeated for
the moderatorship, but, according to the
Texas representatives, Fort Worth would
be the only available place, and as the
general assembly met there in 1905, they
do not feel disposed to ask for it.
To Hear Arguments x
In Heresy Cases
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 22.
Consideration of reports was the prin
cipal business called for at today’s ses
sions of the Presbyterian general as
sembly. The Judicial commission ex
pected today to hear argument in the
heresy case against the Rev. William
D. Grant, of Northumberland, Pa.
MOTOR CARS ARE USED
BY FLORIDA LYNCHERS
Tallahassee Party Take Ne
groes From Lake City Jail
on Bogus Telegram
LAKE CITY, Fla, May 22. —Masquerad-
ing as officers of the law, a dozen men
appeared before the county jail at 2
o’clock this morning and presented a
bogus telegram to the credulous 16-year
old son of the sheriff ordering the release
of Mark Norris, Jerry Gusto and four
other nefroes, who had been held for
safekeeping on the charge of murder
ing B. B. Smith, a sawmill man at
Wadesborough, Leon county, and wound
ing another man, named Regitser, on
May 12.
The men, who had come from Tallahas
see to lake City tn automobiles, carried
the negroes about a mile outside of |
Lake City , compelled the negroes to 1
stand abread and about ten men com
menced firing with Winchesters and
pistols until everyone of the six had been
riddled with bullets. The firing lasted
about half an hour, and a few strggling I
citizens at daybreak found the negroes
butchered beyond recognition, juts after
the automobiles left the scene of the
lynching.
The men who planned the execution of
the six negroes came overalnd from Tal
lahassee, a distance of 106 miles .and
covered most of the distance at night.
The telegram which the leader of the
mob showed the boy was supposedly from
the sheriff of Leon county, and stated
that the sheriff had received Intimations
that a mob was being formed in Talla
hassee to take the negroes from the
Lake Cit” jail. The message ordered that
the men be carried further south to frus
trate the suspected mob. The telegram
appeared authentic, as the six negroes
have been moved frequently.
LAWMAKERS GATHER
FOfi 1811-12 TERM ■ 1
' FIVE IMS BE
Governor Brown Goes Out,
Governor Smith* Goes in..
Session Will Be Construe
• tive in Its Work
Five weeks from this approaching. Wed
nesday, the legislature of Georgia for the .
years 1911-1912 will convene in Atlanta.
Senator John M. Slaton, of Atlanta, will t
be elected president of the senate. John
N. Holder, of Jefferson, the represents.- I |
tive from Jackson county, will be elected *
speaker of the house. Both of those ger.- t
tiemen will succeed themselves In office.
It may be that either or both of them 1
will be defeated. But the probabilities
are the other way.
Shortly after it convenes, the legislature
will receive the farewell message of l
Governor Brown and hear the inaugural
address of Governor Smith.
Governor Brown’s message is not yet on
paper, even as to notes. The governor '
stated, Monday, that he has jnst begun a
to formulate it in his own mind. He said
that he did not know yet whether ha s
would again recommend that “the control
of municipal public service corporations f
be taken out of the hands of the state
railroad commission, or that the state
election laws be changed. It was his
message upon those subjects, last year,
that precipitated the gubernatorial cam
paign. The governor will emphasize his
belief that the pardoning power should Ise
used with great discretion.
AGRICULTURAL BETTERMENT
Governor Smith, on going into office,
will stress every angle of improvement in *
agricultural education and methods. His
attitude on this big question is well
known. He has stated It himself, often.
Governor Smith will urge the impoiffanee
of the state studying agricultural meth
ods and disseminating her information
among the people.
Governor Smith will recommend hat the
state co-operate with the national* gov
ernment in a soil survey—an analysis of
the soils throughout Georgia/ the object
of which is to determine what degree aid
kind of soil enrichment each particular
neighborhood needs.
Governor Smith will also In his inau
gural address, urge the need for im- - |
provements along agricultural linea in
the rural schools of Georgia He will
ejnphasiza the importance of the state f f
co-operating with the national govern
ment in the county demonstration
farms. He will ask more funds a fid
more facilities for the state college of
agriculture and the experiment station.
And he will urge provision for the pub
lication and dissemination of all the val
uable information along farming lines I I
that the'state can get hold of.
Some effort will be made during the
legislature to establish an agricultural •’d
editor at the state agricultural college—
a sort of publicity bureau.
The old biennial sessions fight 'will
come up again and there win ue a split!
over it. Governor Smith opposes bion- «
nlal sesslona *
Four-year terms may also come up.
They will find strong opposition.
ANTI-LOBBY BILL WILL PASS.
It is predicted that an anti-lobby bill ■
will pass. A filibuster in the last leg
islature killed the anti-lobby bill that «
the house passed.
It is strongly probable that the Incom-, ,
ing legislature will create a state high
way commission or make some provis-, |
ion for central and expert supervision of
the convict road building forces. A,
highway engineer will doubtless be pro; j
vided. The prison commission may,, .
however, be given the duties of a high- s
way commission to perform.
There will be change in either the
prohibition law or the near-beer tax
law. There may not even be a fight.
Both sides are apparency willing to ?
maintain an armed truce for a while
yet-
It is quite possible that the legisla
ture will change the time of the gov
ernor’s inauguration to January 1.
Governor Smith has expressed himself
in favor of the change, and has offered
six months of his own term as governor ft
for the purpose. This change may call '»|
for a constitutional amendment of per
mit the secretary of state or some special
ommlssion to onsoildate the eletlon re
turns, or to permit the assembling ot
the legislature for a day or so to in- J
augurate the governor.
Governor Smith has, recommended
that the October state election be con
solidated with the November congress
ional election. Tnis will be one of the
questions before the legislature.
The legislature may pass a law put
ting county jails under the supervision
of the state prison commission. ' The
prison board has been strongly urging
this, because of the direct connection,
(through convicted prisoners) between' i
the county jails and the state camps.
Filthy conditions are described in num
erous complaints filed with the board, ’j
and those same conditions are spread in
to the state camps. But the commission
is powerless to help matters.
The automobile registration law will ,'l
be changed In one or two jjainor par :ic-‘
ulars. It may result, though, in even
an amendment to the constitution, mak-« • W
ing a substitute tax for the ad valorem J
tax on automobiles 'fis personal prop
erty, making it payable annually, and J
devoting it to the expenses of a state! "v
highway comnyssion or some similar j
purpose.
An appropriation of 15,000 will be
voted by the legislature, as the states,
co-operation fund in the national gov
ernment’s expense in making a survey 9
of the water powers of Georgia.
ST. LOUIS POLICE
AFTER DRUMMOND
ST. LOUIS, May 22.—The police of Los ]
■ Angeles, Long Beach and San Francisco, Z
: Cal., have been asked by local authorities
to arrest Charles R. Drummond, member .
lof a wealthy St. Louis family, who is M
wanted for alleged violation of a parole,
granted after he was fined and sentenced ’
to jail on a plea of guilty of bigamy. '
Sheriff Grueninger said today he had'
learned that Drummond is in California,
living under the name of Charles R. Dun- a
bar,
SENATOR CULLOM
WRITING A BOOK J
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Senatoi
Cullom has been devoting the spara 9
moments of his 82d year to the prepara
tion of a volume of reminiscences which
will be published early next fait Tha
work will be illustrated and cover u.e '
past 50 years of American history, with, 3
which the venerable Illinois senator has j
been identified with in anactlve capac- 1
ity.
J
NO. 70.