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Bills Passed In Senate.
Among the bills parsed by the sen¬
ate the past week were two by Mr
Smiley. Oue of them was to allow
discharged violent, lunatics, in care of their
becoming to be returned to
the , asylum . on the certificate
tending physician of the at¬
and without a n^w
jury trial. The other bid was to allow
the county courts jurisdiction over
trover chsis. and , the distribution of
flues and forfeitures instea 1 of requir¬
ing the supreme court judge of the cir¬
cuit to distribute ttum.
By Heitors Henderson and Harrell
a bill in 1 ogard to the removal of suits
which have Iwen non-suited because of
non payment of costs.
malIdurncts . 3V he “ ti,e house bill, providing (hat
inhabitants the having a town of 500
election polls shall be opened
on days at 7 a. m. and closed
at bp. m. came up, opposition devel¬
oped and there was debate. The bill
vas killed, but notice of reconsidera¬
tion was given.
To Check County Officials.
Hen a tor Grautlaud, of the Twenly-
aixth district, introduced a bill in the
senate Saturday which requires ordi¬
naries aud county commissioners to
furnish to the comptroller general al¬
phabetic lists of the names of insol¬
vent taxpayers and a record of their
place of residence, as well as the
amount of the li. fas. against them.
At present only the amounts are ro-
turnab e to the comptroller. The ob¬
ject o Mr. Grantlatid’s bill is to pre¬
vent offic als from defrauding the
state. In his county the tax collector
and the county commissioners had
been aj parentiy iu collusion and
thousands of dollars had been im-
propeily appropriated in the form of
costs, he said.
The collector had failed to collect
taxes due iu order to make the parties
pay costs. He had raised li. fas. and
entered upon them ‘nuila bona”
against si me of the best men in the
county, some of them worth as much
as $50,000. These li. fas. were sub¬
mitted to the county commissioners
aud by them a retto n of the amounts
was made to the comptroller.
The tax collector had been forced to
pay hack $- 1,000 to tbe county, but'the
state got nothing, and the information
furnished the c< mptroller was so in¬
sufficient that there was no nay of lo¬
cating the partes returned as insol¬
vent.
Senate Reconsiders Rebuke.
Shortly after President Howell had
called the senate to-order Saturday a
message from the house was received
stating that the house had passed the
general appropriation act and sub
mittiug'dt to the st-uute.
Senator Ellis then moved to recon¬
sider the action of the senate on his:
resoluiiou calling the attention of th*-.'.-
house to the fact that the senate
awaited the bill and would not con¬
sider ny other matters until it had
been received. Senator Ellis stated
that as the resolution had had the de
sired effVct that he thought it’ would
be best to reconsider it and lay it on
the table. The senate passed the mo¬
tion to reconsider and tbe resolution
was laid on the table fur future use if
it should be mcessaiy. Later on iu
the session the appropriation act was
read in the senate and re erred to the
senate committee on appropriations.
Senator Grautland moved that a
hundred copies be printed at once aud
disiributtd among the members of the
senate. The motion'was carried.
During the morning session an in¬
teresting resolution came from the
house for tbe concurrence of the sen-
ate. It was a resolution to pay John
Vaughn for work in the state peniten¬
tiary after he had been pardoned, but
not liberated. The resolution was
passed, thereby ending one of the most
interesting cases that ever arose in the
entire country. the
During the morning senate pass¬
ed the house bill repealing the dog law
and that famous statute that, never
went into effect is uoiv no more.
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Tax Rate Reduced.
The house made haste slowly in its
consideration of tbe general tax act.
The ways and means committee sub¬
mitted a substitute bill, which was
considered bv sections. The tax rate
for the maintenance of the state was
assessed at three mills and for^tke ap¬
propriation for the common ^schools
two mills-
The latter was amended by making
it two and one-tenth mills. Ibis will
make the general state tax levy for .the
next two years 5.1 mills, or one-tenth
of a mill less than this year—the rate
for 1900 being 5 2 mills. In view of
the large appropriations this will
hardly be sufficient to meet tbe de¬
mands of tbe state government for the
next tw o years. ***
Appointments Confirmed*"*
The senate in executive session has
ecu firmed these appointment^ by fhe
governor: S. Carswell to be solicitor of
rtporo’e Wilkinson
b county court of county.
. « Adams to be judge of the
John S.
ty court of Dublin.
£ G. Carker, solieitor of the same
court. J, J. Smith, solicitor of the city
B Jeffers
rt of on.
cou M. Route, judge of the city court
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jVlill Owners^ Take Action.
result, of a bill presented in the
r-nt region of the legislature to
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prohibit children under twelve years
of age working in the cotton mills of
the state, the mill-owners of Georgia
have formed aU association to stop the
practice. Since the organisation
the mill-owners, the advocates of tbe
bill have decided not to insist bn its
passage.
CHAMBERLAIN DENOUNCED.
intense Hatred of Colonial Secre¬
tary Is Shown In Opening Ses¬
sion of English Parliament.
Ihe fifteenth parliament of the
reign of Queen Victoria opened in
London Thursday. Before the iights
were out in the ancient chambers
almost every leading politician had
spoken. Such fierce, personal animos¬
ity and such bitter invective had
scarcely ever before marked the pro¬
ceedings at Westminster.
Joseph Chamberlain', secretary of
state for the colonies, was the center
of the Btotm. The policy of the empire
regarding South Africa and China, the
action of the government in causing a
diss iution when it did* the conduct
of the war against the Boers, and, iu
fact, all the questions vitally affecting
the empire, were gravely discussed and
explained, but dominating all was the
apposition’s hatred of the colonial sec¬
retary.
For hours this target of satire and
abuse sat with bis head on the side,
listening intently, unmoved by groans
or cheers. Sir Henry Campbell-Ban¬
nerman shook his notes in Mr. Cham¬
berlain’s face and declared that a man
wbo published private letters for poli¬
tical purposes (referring to the Clark-
Ellis correspondence) wmuld be exclu-
led form the society of nil honorable
men and ostracised for life had he re¬
sorted to such action as a private indi¬
vidual. ,
Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the
treasury, referring to Sir Henry Camp¬
bell-Bannerman’s suave regrets at the
departure of George J. Goscben and
Sir Mathew White Ridley frmpi the
front bench, said he believed Wat Sir
Henry was so generous that he would
even find good iu Mr. Chamberlain,
should tlie latter be removed to au-
jther sphere. A liberal shouted:
“We draw the Hue semewhere,” and
both sides of. the house roared with
laughter.
Once Mr. Chamberlain interrupted
and leaped to his feet. A thrill went
through the bouse.
“It is not so,” he declared, and pro¬
ceeded to deny the allegation that he
had said that any seat lost in the gov-
• rnment during the recent election was
one Bold to tbe Boers.
It was nearly midnight before he
rose to reply to the avalanche of attack
launched against him. How great a
strain he had undergone was evident
in the scarcely suppressed excitement
of tone on the part of one rarely known
to show feeling in the house. He
deuied also that he had ever accused
Mr. Ellis of beiug a traitor. V
He denied also that he had decried
any accusations against his own per
soual integrity. He declared that the
purpose of tho meeting of par¬
liament had been forgotten iu an at¬
tack upon himself. Irritated beyond
control by frequent interruptions and
disimbances, he called one of t]ie lib¬
erals amid the excitement a “cad.”
The speaker called him to order and
Air. Chamberlain then withdrew the
epithet, apologizing for its use. After
‘defending the publication of the Ellis
correspondence he was cut off by the
midnight adjournment.
BIG BOUNTY MEASURE.
Principal Features of Ship Subsidy Bill
Pending In Congress.
The ship subsidy bill, pending in
the senate, is one of the biggest boun¬
ty measures before congress in years,
aud it is regarded by the Democrats as
one of the most iniquitous propositions
ever considered by the federal legisla¬
ture. The principal features of the
bill are the following:
Subsidies to American vessels in
foreign trade, based on gross ton¬
nage of ships and mileage.
American vessels already built to be
subsidized for ten years, vessels to be
built hereafter for tweDty years.
The maximum subsidy to be paid
any one year is $9,000,000.
Subsiily of one and one-half eents a
gross ton for each one hundred nauti¬
cal miles, not exceeding 1,500 miles
sailed, outward bound.
Ajen-knot ship, with a mileage of
42,000 per annum, would earn $48,-
300.
A twenty-knot ship, with a mileage
of 88,200 per annum, would earn
$304,200.
___ All vessels receiving subsidy reqnir-
ed to carry the United States mails
f ree Q f c h ar g e au d subject to service
as alix j]j ar y cruisers in case of war.
*p be bonntv will amount to $90,000,-
00c in teQ year6 .
LIBERAL TERMS OFFERED.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica Will Ke Moder¬
ate In 1 heir Demand*.
A special to The Chicago Record
from Washington says:
“Nioftrfurn'v ^ and f!nsta Rica have
* announced • willingness
their .► to grant
a lease to the United States for a pe-
riod of 200 years of the territory nec-
f„ v tb „ construction of the
projected - i. i xr;„ Nicaragua eana.. 1 Tf t - s un-
derstood that Nicaragua and Costa
Rica will accept bonds, the value of
those to be accepted by the former
government to Ua be less tunn than Sb.UUU.UOO non non
and by the latter to be less than $1,-
500,000.”
Flax Mills Shut Down.
On accounfof the Bcarcity of raw
***>?«■»■* 10 or 12 per cent, r»r and a haT number \“ dvs of ^f the d
mills have closed their doors.
A DEI, BERRIEN COUNTY. GA„ FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1900.
r ev. dr. ta lmas e
Tha Bihinent Divifle’d Sunday
Discourse.
Subject: Lack efl’atience—Faith, Hope and
Charity Bloom iii Many Hearts Where
the Grace of Patience Is Wanting-Pity
Bather Than Condemn the Erring.
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Dr. Talmage is a full length portrait of a
Virtue which all admire, and the lessons
taught are very helpful; texc, ^Hebrews r,
36, Ye have need of patience.”
Yes, we are m awful need of it. Some
of ua have a little of it, and some of us
have hone, at all. There is less of this
graefe in the world than of almost any
other, haiih, hope and charity are all
author find °one of 'specimen the 6 W pltfence. "Paul, the
siori lost W text: on a with conspicuous ¥ ca-
patience d coworker,
and froni way he urges this virtue
ion tteliesIlonTns, ipon^theR^
mans, upon theological the Colossians, upon the
young conclude'was student, Timothy, I
speaking out of his own
need of more of this excellence. And I
only wonder that Paul had any nerves left,
Imnnsonment: flagellatidn, Mediterranean
eyciotie, arrest for treason and fcanspir-
acy, the wear and tear of preaching to
angry mobs, those at the door of a thea-
ieR turn emanated^ndTn^^^and with’a
jang.e. lie goes us a snap shot of him-
seif wheti he deacribes his appearance and
.his sermomc delivery by saying, “In bodily
presence weak and m speech contempt!-
ble. and refers td his inflamed eyends
rne uaiatums, 0 ne h i“ sa>3, e * rd ^ it ‘ifLj it nau £e» been
possible, ye would have plucked out your
own eyes and have given them to me.”
W e all admire most that which we have
least or. 1 hose of ti9 with ummpressivfe
visage most admire beauty; those of us
with discordant voice most extol musical
cadence; those of us with stammering
speech most wonder at eloquence; those
of us who get provoked at trifles and are
naturally irascible appreciate in others the
equopoise and the calm endurance of pa-
tience. So Paul, with hands tremuloua
with the agitat'ons of a hfetiroe^wntes ot
tb ® God of patience and of ministers
of God in much patience’ and of patience
of hope ’ and tells them to “follow after
patience,” and wants them to “run with
patience,” and speaks of those “strength-
ened with all might to all patience, ’ and
looks us all full in the face as he makes
the startling charge, “Ye have need of
patience.” ;
The recording angel, making a pen out
of some plume of a bird of paradise, is not
getting ready to write opposite your name
equilibrium anything applaudatory. All your sublime
of temperament is the result
of worldly success. But suppose things
mightily change with you, as they some-
times do change. You begin to go down
hill, and it is amazing how many there are
to help direction. you down when you begin to go in
that A great investment fails,
The Colorado silver mine ceases to yield.
You get land poor; your mills, that yield-
ed marvels of wealth, are eclipsed by
mills with newly invented machinery; you
get under the feet of the bears of Wall
need to borrow money'Tind'no^ne \n S
mg to lend. Under the harrowing worn-
ment you get a distressful feeling at the
base of your brain. Insomnia and nervous
dyspepsia lay hold of you. Your health
goes down with your fortune; your circle
of acquaintances narrows, and where once
you had were oppressed by the fact that you
not time enough to return one-half of
the social calls made upon you now the
card basket in your hallway is empty, and
your chief callers are your creditors and
the family physician, who comes to learn
the effect of the last prescription. Now
you understand how people can become
pessimistic You have and cynical and despairful.
reached that stage yourself,
Now you need something that you have
not. But I know of a re-eniorcement that
you can have if you will accept it. Yon-
aer comes up the road or the sidewalk a
messenger of God. Her attire is ttnpre*
tending. She has no wings, for she is not
an angel, but there is something in her
countenance that implies rescue and deliv-
erance. She comes up the steps that once
were populous with ^he affluent and into
the hallway where tm tapestry is getting
faded and irayed, the place now all empty
of worldly admirers* I will tell you her
nante if you would like to know it. Paul
baptized her and gave her the right name.
She is not brilliant, but strong. There is
is iTSMt i
scroll revealing her mission. She comes
from heaven. She was born in the throne
room oi the King. This is Patience. “Ye
Ffrs n t? e P a
patien c e wRh the faults of others.
No one keeps the Ten Commandments
Xch^omLndmeit*Te rj icb S Ti h L P 8 shtr h C nt me
whybTso^hard . v
commandments ourselves
on those who break others of the ten? If
you and I run against one verse of the
twentieth chapter oi Exodus, why should
r^inst^Sr g nst nother verse of the same Wh V chap- Un
Until we are periect ourselves we
ought to be lenient with our neighbors
imperfections. Yet it is often the case
that the man most vulnerable is the most
hypercritical. Perhaps he is profane and
yet has no tolerance for theft, when pro-
laUer ku is robW roDDery oTa or a min man, ^he tne fo^mer toimer is is
robbery oi God. Perhaps he is given to
defamation and detraction and yet feels
himseii better than some one who is
guilty ot manslaughter, not realizing that
the assassination of character is the worst
kind or assassination, the layer for wash-
mg in the ancient tabernacle was at its
side burnished hue a looking glass, so that
those that approached that laver might
see their need ot washing, and if by the
gospel loosingglass we discovered our own
need of moral eieansmg we would be more
economic of denunciation. The most of
those who go wrong are the victims of cur-
cumstances, and if you and I had been
rocked in the same iniquitous cradle, and
been all our iives surrounded by the same
baleful influences we would probably have
done just a % badly, perhaps worse.
\Ve also have need of patience with slow
results of Christian work. We want to
successiul. see our attempts to do good immediately
The world is improving, but
improving at so deliberate a rate;, why not
more wbee,s rapidity and momentum? Other
lurn s .° swiftly; why not the gos-
chariot take electric speed? I do not
know. I only know that it is God’s way.
Me whose cradle and grave are so near to-
father have to hurry up, but God. wbo
manages this -world and the universe, is
from everlasting to everlasting. He takes
500 years to do that which He could do in
five minutes. His clock strikes once in a
thousand-years. While God took only a
v ' eek to fit up the world for human resi-
denee, geogolgy reveals that the founda-
tio , of the world were eons in being laid,
an d God watched the glaciers, and the fire,
and the earthquakes, and the volcanoes as
through shaping centuries and millenniums they
were the wprld before that last
th / arb ° r f. 8CeEce - A
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rocks my friend said to the scientist, ‘I
suppose these rocks were hundreds of
thousandsjpf years in construction And
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
but £ Stiisf the Lord, and He won't “Vr te!i."
If it took so long to make this world at
the stirt; be Cot Surprised if it takes a
long WBilS t« make it Over again now '* that
it has been ruined.
The it..and Architect has promised to fCCOn-
Struct the plans are all made, and
at j«*t the right tin* it will be so com-
P !ete that 14 Wlj l be fit for heaven to move
in. if, according to the belief of some of
hit friends, this world is to be made the
eternal abode oi the righteous.
The wall of that temple is going up, and
jny only I anxiety is to have the one brick
that am trying to make for that wall
turn out to be the right shaps and smooth
on all reject sides, so that the Master Mason will
not it, or have much work with the
trowel to get it into place. I cm respon-
sible fob tml* that one brick, though you
may be responsible for a panel r,f the door
°So God’s' workmen * 0 and we
have to do is to manage our own hammer
or ax or trdwd until ths night comes in
which no man can work, and When th#
privileged SjoS^ThaS* help rearing* (Tod* V™
to in the of that
temple! I had a part in the work of the
world’s redemption.”
Again, inflicted, we have and need of patience under
tnong who escapes it in
some form? It comes td all people iH pr< 3 -
fessior.al life in the shape fif being misuri-
derstood. Because of this, how many peo-
pie fly to newspapers for an explanation.
Y ° U S T f heir C f^ d 8 ^ ed b / the | r ^
not taken realizing that every man comes to be
for what he is worth, end you can-
not) by any newspaper puffj be taken for
mor e than you are worth nor by any news-
paper depreciation be put down. There
»; r rit ot '““s " b ™ d *» ,te «r“-
anc j y 0U are a public man you are classi-
fied among the friends or foes of society.
If you are a friend of society, you will find
plenty of adherents, and if you are the
foe of society you canndt escape reprehen-
s ion. Paul, you were right when yon said,
not more to the Hebrews than to us, “Ye
have need of patience.” I adopted a rule
y ears ago which has been of great service
to me, and it may be of some service to
you; Cheerfully God consent to be misunder-
stood. knows whether we are right
0 r wrong, whether we are trying to serve
Him or damage His cause. When you can
cheerfully consent to be misunderstood,
many of the anaovances and vexations of
hf e will quit your heart, and you will come
i n t 0 calmer seas than you have ever sailed
on. The most misunderstood being that
ever trod the earth was the glorious Christ.
The world misunderstood His cradle and
concluded that one so poorly born could
nevef be of much importance. They
charged Him with inebriety and Called
Him a winebibber. The sanhedrin ittisun-
derstood Him, aid when it was put*to
the vote whether He was guiltv or not of
treason He got but one vote, while all the
others voted “Ave, ave.” They misun-
derstood His cross, and concluded that if
H e had divine power He would effect His
own rescue. They misunderstood His
grave, and declared that His body had
been stolen by infamous resurrectionists.
He so fully consented to be misunder-
stood that, harried and slapped and sub-
merged with scorn, He answered not a
word. You cannot come up to that, but
you can imitate in gome small degree the
1 “ ^enough present woes in the
world without the perpetual commemora-
tion of oast miseries. If you sing jn your
home or your church, do not always choose
tunes in long meter. Far better to have
your patience augmented by the considers-
t ion that the misfortunes of this life must
soon terminate.
This last summer I stood on Sparrow
hill, four miles from Moscow. It was the
p ] ace where Napoleon stood and looked
upon the city which he was about to cap-
ture. His army had been in long marches
an d awful fights and fearful exhaustions,
an( j when they came to Sparrow hill the
s hout went up from tens of thousands of
voices, wonder “Moscow, the Moscow!” I do not
at transport. A ridge of hills
sweeps round brilliance.' the city. A river semicir-
c i es it with It is a spectacle
that you place in your memory as one of
three or fo r most beautiful scenes in all
the earth. Napoleon’s army marched on
it in four divisions, four overwhelming tor-
rents of valor and pomp, down Sparrow
hill and the through bridges the beautiful valley and
across and into the palaces,
which surrendered without one shot i
resistance because the avalanche of troops
was irresistible. There is the room in
which Napoleon slept, and his pillow,
which must have been very uneasy, for,
0 h, how short his stay! Fires kindled in
a is? ±‘ y h
which 95,000 men perished. How soon did
triumphal march turn into horrible demo-
i it i on!
?•'” hXof ChrSlfiS
marchLd rnd have defeats had a lonff
fearful baHles and have
again and again mingled with the victor-
les ' but to ' day w : C ,°T iu sl ^ ht of
gre a t city ’ thecaiutaiofthe 5 , lit universe t the
- . ‘j G S evel
?he d j ^th k at the juMle towers and hear
m ring eternal
Look at the house of many mansions,
-where manv of our loved ones are. Be-
hold the s t ree ts of burnished gold and
hear the rumble of the chariots of those
who are more t i, an conquerors. So far
from be j ng driven back, all the twelve
ga tes are wide open for our entrance. We
are mar chi ^ on and marching on, and our
every step + brings us shall nearer to the city.
At w j iat we enter we have no
power to foretell, but once enlisted amid
ti, e b 2ood washed host our entrance is cer-
tain. It may be in the bright noonday or
t he dark midnight. It may be when the
a .; r ; s ] a den with springtime fragrance or
chilled with falling snows. But enter we
must and enter we will through the grace
offered us as the chief of sinners. Higher
hills than any I have spoken of will guard
that city. More radiant waters than
saw m rne Kuss.an valley will pour through
that great metropolis. No raging eonfla-
gration shall drive us forth, for the only
ff res kindled in that city will be the fires
0 f a splendor that shall ever hoist and
never die. Reaching that shining gate,
there will be a parting, but no tears at the
parting. j, There will be an eternal ferewell.
u fc n o sadness in the utterance. Then
an d there we will part with one of the
best friends we ever had. No plaee for
ber i n heaven, for she needs no heaven.
While love and joy and other graces enter
heaven, she will stay out. Patience, beau-
tiful Patience, long-suffering Patience, will
a t that gate say: “Good-bye. I helped you
i n the battle of life, but now that you have
gained the triumph you need me no more.
I bound up your wounds, but now they
are all healed. I soothed your bereave-
ments, but you pass now into the reun-
ions of heaven. 1 can do no more for you,
and there is nothing for me to do in a city
where there are no burdens to carry.
Good-bye. I go back into the wor i from
which you came up to resume my tour
among'the Bbspitals and siak rooms and
bereft households and almshouses. The
cry of the world’s sorrow reaches my ears,
and I must descend. Up and down that
poor suffering world I will go to assuage
andcomfort and ^ustai.iuntil the world
is. not one soul left that has need of pa-
Hence.” '
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
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Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
NeW Trial Fof flaked
bathes L. Baber, the Atlanta wife
kin ’ w bo was convicted of murder
and , sentenced , to , be , - hanged, _ , , has si- .
ready been respited a number of tuneSj
has been given a new chance to save
b i 8 nec b through a decisioil of the sn-
nHrt t< -
P r ® m ® Con „ /
Baker, it will be remembered, en-
tered the dining roonS where bts wife
was seated with other persons fftfd
shot l?fer t0 death iu tbelr P resence -
He bas never d , f nl ® d the crime, but
the plea was made in his ffehfilf that
he was insane when it was committed,
^ th .*{
Baker „ must liave fl regular jury trial
*° determine whether he fo tft is not
insane. The decision was rendered
by Justice Lewis. Justices Lumpkin
.«,! Fiah T ish dissented dissented.
CoWrtot AptitntMCoartinsrilal FlndinKi
Governor Candler has atmtoted the
finding of the Savannah eonrtmartial
company M, First infantiy, charged
with disorderly conduct at Loui ville
in Mav last. The court ordefed Har-
ris rls dishonorablv aisDonoraoiy aiscnargea. discharged w which niCQ
c * rr,s " mah “ oer,am dl8 * b "'
ties.
lu approving the findiug of the court
Governor Candler issued an order
P ,, a an ^°nm? loninz Harris Dar”*', so so that tuat his nis disabil- msauii
Dies might be removed, and repn-
mands flarthelmess Captain Wilson and Lienten-
*nt fof their conduct to-
_. r n Harris Ilia order and renri- V
,naD a t reaa . as n « follows• *0 |,0WB
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1 r approve the nudings of tue court
iu this case because under the evi-
deuce the defendant was technically
? „„a tt Hilt bis U onense offense was was commit commit-
* ed , dader * reat . provocation and was
more technical than real, and for these
reasons ho is hereby pardoned of said
offense ”
Comptroller Ordrreil to Court.
A writ of maudamus has been served
nP0 n J- Comptroller i °mptroiier General General YVricbt H right to to
, Uav ® 1,1111 aaow cahse before Judge J.
H. pumpkin, iil tue Fulton superior
court at Atlanta, why he should not
conform to the board of arbitrators ap-
P oint ® d to determine the .. amount „ v> . of ,
taxable property of the Flaut system
of railroads in this state.
Deuii.. K ’s Official B«-p.>rt. -
C. W. Deming, of Brunswick, who
attended the recent Southern Indus-
< f nveotion a k New ° r lea .f 83 lbe
olticial representative . of f Governor
Candler, returned to Atlanta Friday
and made his report to the governor,
Concerning the part Georgia played
m th convention coavenI10D . Mr Deminir deming said- said,
txeorgia was kept prominently in
the foreground throughout the conven-
tion by .-neb men as CaDtain Lyman
Hall, Colonel W. A. Hemphill, Gener¬
al John B. Gordon and other promi-
nenfc members of the delegation. In
their addresses on the floor and at
other times they presented statements
s y nw ; no . th» imnwinn!Ho« °PP ort «nitie 8 this „i„i state
. (
onerea to investors,
Union Station Promised to Savannah.
President John Skelton Williams,
of the Seaboard Airline is quoted as
saying a tripartite agreement has been
signed etween the Seaboard, South¬
ern and Plant System for the building
of a $500,000 union depot at Savannah.
Wan»» Keceiver Appointed.
Samuel Greenbaum, of New York
** »«■>*».
ms attornf *ys. to foreclose a morigage
on the Union Paper Company, of
Conyers, anti to appoint a receiver for
ih % C0DceTri : A temporary restraining
° rder WaS also requested, so as to pre-
venl the com P an y from changing, in
any manner, the present status of the
hu81neHS - Jndge Newman granted the
restraining order and named Saturday,
December 22d, as the date, for the
beann K of receivership petition.
The Wellhouse brothers, of Atlanta,
are connected with the paper com-
panv. 1 ”
v ** w r- a ^ ConvenMon.
Active preparations for the state
convention of the Youner Men’s Ctirm-
tian Association are now being made
v State Seoretnrv 8
)V y ® tate ec J retar y Keld mi, The con-
-
veD t>o Q will .,. be held , at Athens, Feb-
ruary 7 to 10, and the attendance this
year promises to be the laraest in the
history of the association .i'
" DeWatps eie 8 9tes lr from om tho the Atlanta * , associa-
will are be in now being chosen and there
all more than a carload,
Other cities and towns in Georgia will
send large delecratirms 'Ti,» Tbe program
*
Ior » .. T e convention .
pared “ and will be is in now being pre-
the printers for pat the hands of
days, publication in a few
s . . 1 _ ®* Nok
-Lb® general , tar levy of two and one-
tenth mills for school purposes, which
was enacted by l the last general assem-
j,] v ’ _;n f b ® changed foi the °ext t
*
years. Inis was the decision of
the house of representatives when the
tax act was taken UD and nlnced on its
passage ? and and when when the the effort eff to to reduce reduce
t£le lev y two mills had .ailed, lire
ways and means committee, through
its chairman, Ed L. Wight, strODgly
recommended the reduction f the rate
nn a .. . P ®P e . .-
r Georgia . had , increased . over $22,000 ® 0 o non -
000 m the last year and that with such
L™, an increase \L a tax of two mills would
n T 818 ? the ««nn nno a »nnro- PP ro
P rift ted to , schools.
. * *
ToAdjudicaie Bond Election.
superior court, basset Monday, ue
cemuer ivtn, as tbe day for bearing
argument upon the validity of the i«-
cent bond election in Borne.
A reoent law requires all bond elec¬
tions to go before a judge of the stipe-
rior court and he is to pass upon the
validity of the vote before the bonds
can be issued by the county commis¬
sioners.
Will Be Under Civil Berne*.
Congressman « * Litiftgston , has • . ueeQ
notified by Attorney General Griggs,
in Washington, that all the places at
the Atlanta federal prison will be nn-
a. _ 0 01V1 .‘ 8 ^ rvicf * «*«ept those of
chaplain, , , physician and Mipenutend-
ent. '
The system in use fit Leavenworth
prison will be put in force in the At-
lauta institution. All applicants for
places wdl be required to p«ss au ex-
atsdnation for fitness. The examine-
t } OQ ^ tl U CondttCted in AtIanta iu
April,
Colonel Livingston has Mia that he
has received about 1,000 applications
for places but says he can do nothing
J vet 'etin in the matter of oenointments P pl “ a ”;
The sapenntendent . , of the
prison
will receive a salary of $8,500 a je&T.
Mr. Griggs is quoted as say.ng the sn-
perinteiuient may not be taken from
se ; n
>. ^ °
Colonel , . Litingston is opposing . this
P ,an ftnd want8 a Cfeorgian selected.
»«sAi! js trying to have all the employes
t „»
congressional __^ district.
Colonel Livingston says he has uot
made «u^ recommendations for places,
ftfulcaQ do nothine until \ttornev
r;„ ue f n eral - rft j Griwirs “P, makes out li«i " st
»
uo w ,, t^at the Civil service rflle has
been d , * c,detl «P on . applicants will
havo to take their chances on exami-
nation ‘
Georgia Utttenne K**ceipti.
The annual report of the cornmis-
eioner of internal revenue has been
issued by the revenue department and
contains much valuable information.
Tbe repoit deals with tbe work of the
different revenue agents throughout dif&rent
the union, and shows the
sources from which the government
derives millions of dollars
The report, as relates to Georgia, is
very interes ing. Among other things,
it ahows that this state holds the rec¬
ord, lu reference to illicit stills, or, in
other words, the profession of “moon-
shining.” North Carolina, however,
is a close second.
Tbe number of stills reported de¬
stroyed in Georgia is 673, the number
removed 99, and the record of arrests
is 245. The amount of money expend¬
ed in accomplishing the above result
was $10,669.48. David A. Gates ie
the agent in charge of the district em¬
bracing Georgia.
Of the amount of material used iu
the production of distilled spirits, the
report shows that in Georgia 11,830
bushels of malt and G5.442 bushels ot
corn were utilized, making a total of
76,772 bushels.
The report shows that seventy-nine
cigar factories in Georgia manufae-
*“* during ,w yt ,r.
ENTOMOLOGIST IS UNRELENTING.
Infcct«tl Fruit Tree# Shipped Into Geor-
(fia Conaigned to Flames.
Georgia’s state entomologist destroy-
ed nearly three thousand dollars worth
of fruit Irees in Columbus Mdnday
morning becansq they were infected
with the San Jose scale. Tho seizure
and burning of tho trees is quite in-
teresting, as beiug part of a very
vigorious crusade which the state eu-
tomologist is waging jast now against
the Sau Jo«<* scale, and, incidentally,
all dealers who ship into the state trees
so infect* d. This is the third or
fourth seizure made during the past
several weeks.
WON’T ACCEPT BIG PRIZE.
specialist Ha* yellow Fever Cure a ml
•100.000 Await* Him.
Dr. Angell Bellinzaghi, a yonng
specialist whose success in the treat-
menfc of sufferers from yellow fever
recently attracted mneh attention in
Mexico, is in New York on his way to
Brazil.
Dr. Bellinzaghi has been offered the
$100,000 prize set aside by the Mexi-
can government for the discovery of
serum that would cure yellow fever,
but he says tbat he is unwilling to
accept the prize on the terms proposed
by the Mexican government, although
he is ready to give all sufferers from
the disease the benefit of his cure
MORE TELEGRAPHERS OUT.
Sympathetic Strike of Operators on Ateh-
Icon, Topeka and Santa Fe Road.
Six hundred telegraph operators on
the lines oj the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad struck Saturday in
sympathy with the operators on the
Gulf Colorado aDd Santa Fe railroad.
a branch of the Atchison system, who
went out Thursday. taking steps
The company is as
rapidly as possible to remedy the
trouble. Agents who are also opera-
tors have been supplied with telegraph
instruments are now receiving and
sending all messages governing the
movement of trains.
Negro’s Yietini Dies.
A special^from . . , Borne, c* cvr- 7
-vf re Joseph White, tbe victim of Bud
Ra f as died i ^ Sunday c„ n ;,, T uitrht night at at Earkv Lariy,
,
f rom the effects of the blow on her
hefld ' /
Lieutenant ~T7TZ Hobson Is Recover!ng,
Presbyterian hospital in Now
Monday, Lieutenant Hobson
of a |j danger.
NO. 42.
FILIBUSTERS WIN OUT
Oi btat8 , tv i. "ill n -ni Blocked 1 -r In the ,
Georgia Legislature,
A VOTE WAS EFFECTUALLY PREVENTED
*»Hatory Tactics Resorted to By Opponents
ot D‘« Measure Result in it*
Displacement.
An At ‘ an * a speoial says: Under the
rules of the Georgia house of repre¬
Bea tatives, which admits of a handful
of meQ control i ing 8 tha eutire action of
body, the depot . bill ...
nas success¬
blocked Friday by the uso of
dilatory tactics. Gathering around
him a majority of tlie men who are
against legislation, thirty-one iu num-
ber, the member from Bibb county.
Hon. Joe Hall, determined . . that , m
spite of the majority of the house and
. trRVeu .. of , tb
»“ co ,ou ® re P or 0 *
should not come up on its passage.
Ten votes more than v&ough to pass
,iie 1,1,1 were r8ad j y [° f caa f 101 tlie
measure, according to those ; fovoring
**• »»>> «• •***?* *• *?■>"
as a vote could bo cast, and the ooco-
flents of oi the the bill bill resorted resortert to to a a filibuster hlibustei
* 8 Iheir only hope of killing the bill,
The entire morning was taken up in
a stubborn wrangle. Every effort
“ mn( ] e t h e T^e maioritv obsGuctiouTs^s to biinff on a
TOle failed ,allea - ODS.rucnouists re re
sorted to every parliamentary expe¬
dient afforded them under the rules to
prevent a vote.
So stubboru were the filibusters
tbat U becama a PP a renf- early in tbe
. lbat f b of ach,11
8e88, °? 8 °Pf B ^ & a
tlie da J a 8 ® s81on a
8 en er one.
bome f? h eTed tba ‘ tb ? obstruction-
18ts - , uld . k th8,r ^ 8I)d
"° ee P tac cs
f 8 vote f dunQ & the cutire 8e9 ‘
rbe °P‘f 108 WM ex ,P res88d . 80mo
tbat .. the , blockers id mak
™« « 11 necc “-
sary for the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature to. pass nec-
eS r^ r 7 bills.
callF ;? llatory T«es , “ ions otloD of , s personal aud , 8 P®®<*® privilege , 8 . ,,
’
we r8 re8 ° r,edt8 ° ver and OV " 8 P, al “;
It r was a red-hot f and spirited ngns
from tbe start. Much feeling was man¬
ifested.
There were many heated exchanged
of repartee and the friends and oppo¬
nents of the bill engaged in a constant
clash from the outset.
Much time was taken up over a
resolutien that the house adjourn sine
d '°‘
The galleries were packed with peo¬
ple and tbe interest was intense,
Several times the galleries vented their
feelings by cheers or hisses and Speak-
8r Little was forced eeyeral times to
threaten to clear the galleries. He at
?UlSTJ
hissing.
Many senators came ever from their
wing of the capitol and watched tbe
fight.
The house was powerless to place
the bill on its passage so long as the
call for the ayes and Days continued,
and finally at 12:30 o’clock, when it
was evident tbat nothing could bo
done at tbe session, the house agreed
almost unanimously to an adjourn-
ment,
At the close of the session the steer-
ing committee was called to order for
the purpose considering the action of
the minority. In the interest of
economy, of time and money, two eon-
siderations which the minority had
failed to take into account or had
ignored, the committee decided to put
tbe depot bill aside for the time being
and recommend that a number of sub-
8 |diary measures be placed on their
passage. This arrangement met with
tbe bear iy approval of the minority,
f or j be afternoon session the seren-
of the house remained undisturbed,
SENATE ENTEB 8 PROTEST.
The filibustering in the house on the
aroused the senate and - tne ..
depot bill _
latter body entered a severe protest,
On the motion of Senator Ellis, the
house wos informed that if it does not
g e nd the tax act and the general appro-
priations act promptly to the senate,
tbe latter body will refuse to consider
bills of the house until those two im-
portant bills are eont.
SAVANNAH A NAVAL STATION.
Recruiting Offic* Opened to Secure Jack
1 ar* For Wnrahlp*.
A recruiting office for the navy was
Qed ftt Savanna b, Ga., Thursday,
. g ^ fir8t time nava j recruits
jj een 6 onght iu Savannah in some
years The office in the custom house.
.
i 8 in charge of Lieutenant Commander
j. b. Collins, who is accompanied by
Surgeon D. H. Morgan.
T he officers say they want specialty
men with trades, and are looking for
a u electricians they can get. They
expe cttoi get a good number of^ Geor-
giausfor service on Uncle Sam s war¬
ships.
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LITTLE REPUBLICS AT OUTS. f .
■4-
strained Relation. Said to „ Exist . . Bet
Portnaai and Holland.
A a cable cau « dispaUi^Mtiisbo ’V_
lne mini thM
*. at Tbe Iia « u ® .Wd ha ^|
two posts. It is dct
erenee has arisen on
exequatur to the Duti
§o»ernmefit has ^ wit
