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T] HE CLEVELAND PROGRE SS. '' v Jty .1X0. It. O L EX DEVOTED TO T1IE MINIXO, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH-EAST GEORGIA. TERMS: One Dollar Per Year. V VOL. TV. CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1895. NO. 50. PIEDMONT AIR LINE, CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF PAf*8ENGEU Tit A INS, A tlanta (’. T Allantn K. T Norcrosa Buford iiaiucavillc.. Lula Cornelia Ml. Airy. .. \N estmi lister " Has ton in... Ar. Charlotte.. Ar. Danville... IW.; Lv N. Y. I 1 II11 •• Philadelphia • •• H-liimore " Washingl King's Ml Blacksburg . Gaffneys Spurtanhurg Ml. Airy... « Orm i a. Lula XoSs 1 Dally, \, l ,.8ll No. 12 N ii„llv| l, »l | . v ; K iROOnii 11 i:.p 7 60n! e-4 l ouO 12 K>a| 8 50ii r 1 i ho ICn ; 2 01a 10 -lilt 1 2 2: 111 11 1 4a: > U 26mj J 2.V',1 1 3 n f 3 15d 11 D'.aj 1 3 f*0n!l2 27|» .. ; ■! ;* in j 1 20p .. i 5 80|»| isp| C. 1 v M ; - ■»“! 1 • 7 itbii 5ooj.|.: j J* : l*l s ;>:t»11 6 2"»>! . 1 ;wj- 11 25p;.. 1 C-Ofi, « 40p 6 00n! 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A bill introduced by Mr. Chandler, re- | publican, Now Hampshire, for the free [coinage of silver at the ratio of 15 1 - ho 1, the bill to become operative when GEORGIA SO LON 9 MEET IN R EG - ULAR SESSION. rocoedlngs of the Senate and House Prosetitod In Brief. nssuauceof bonds wero presented, resolution efft roil by Mr. Call, Nos. 87 and as Washington and South) Vrstibuled Limited, Through Pullman f- between New York and New Orleans, via lugtoii. Atlanta and Mo Wash* be* _uk and Memphis, via Wathlngti Atlanta und Birmingham. Dining Cars. Nor 85and CG United States Fast Mall, Pullman Bleeping Cara bet eii Atlanta, New Orle New’York Nos. 31 and 82, Kxposlllon FI Through I’ull- rknrnl Atlanta via Washington. On Tuesdays anti ThurMlays con nection Will bo mado horn Hlehmond with No. :;j, and on these dates.Pullman Bleeping Car will bo operated between Richmond and AtlHtitn. On WcdnefdnvR and Saturday# connection from At lanta to lUchmond with through sleeping car will be to leave Atlanta by train No. 32. Nor. Hand l2,PuUfflan Sleeping Car beUvecn Richmond, DanviUe and Giecnsboro, W. A. TURK, 1 Gcn’l Pats. Ag t, Washington, D. C. V H. GREEN, Gcn’l Supt, Washington, D. C. . H. HARDWICK. Ass’t Gcn’l Tass. Ag’t, Atlanta, Ga. J. M. CULP, Traffic M’g’r, Washington, D, ^ TRADE TOPICS. Bradatreel’s Review of Busiuoaa for the Past Week. Drndstreet’H report or. business con ditions for the past week says: General trade continues the features of preceding weeks—smaller volume, Quiet in most liues, business being conducted conservatively, activity only among dealers in woolens, cloth ing, shoos and hardware, and new or ders generally of a filling-in character. The season has evidently been a lato one, prolonged mild weather having delayed orders until the Christmas de mand and tbo belated autumn request came together. Notwithstanding al most uniform reports of quiet, and un changed conditions it should bo noted that Jacksonville, Augusta and Dir mingham, at the south; Milwaukee, Kansas City and Bt. Louis, at tin west, prove exceptions to the rule bj reporting gains in demaud for whole sale stuple goods compared with the preceding week. The falling off of 25 per cent, in bank cleurirgs last week is more than offset by a total of $1,247,000,000 clearings this week, 43 per cent, more than last week, 7 p< r cent, inoro than in the first week of December, 1804, and 11 per cent, more than in 1803. The course of prices also shows a more favorable tendency, sugar, In dian corn and wheat showing advances, prices of wheat, flour, pork, rice and tobacco being firm and unchanged, while lower prices are furnished by oats, lard, coffee cotton, print cloths, petroleum, leather, hides and lumber, coaJ, southern pig iron, Bessemer pig iron, livo hogs and live cattle. The foreign exchange market has been dull, but firm at $4.89 for demand bills, but $3,100,003 gold has been exported, $500,000 of tho amount going to South America. Total business failures in the United States ns reported to Bradstreet’s this week number 315 ngaiiiBt 2S8 last week, 322 in the first week of Decern bsr, 1894. ANOllIKIt FOOL DONE. Fasted Forty-Seven Days and llie Sub ject of a Funeral. ' William J. Murray, of Toledo, O died Wednesday evening after fasting for forty-seven days. The old gentle man—he was four’seore years—took i into his head seven weeks ago not to eat anv more. His relatives did not take his decision seriously, but when four days nnd a week passed they be came alarmed. Mr. Murray stoutly persisted in his determination and all efforts to give him food were in vain. He became greatly emaciated toward the last, but did not suffer any pai und his end was quite peaceful. TitrE bravery is shown by perform ing without witnesses what one might be capable of doing before the world. Tttn hovsh, I England, Germany and Franco pus Tho new printing law was tho oec.t- similar laws, was listened to with great sion of a recession by tho houso of its attention bv tbo members or the sea- aetiou on Friday with regard to tho »‘e- I'olitiuns from Florida for tho presidout'8 message. Mr. Payne, re- recognition of Cuba and from tho leg- publican, of Now York, stated that islature of _ Montana ngauist further , .unended so when tho mesiugo wuh read ho had moved that there bo printed 5,000 copies for Iho uso of the house. Ho had Binco learned that tho new print ing law provided for the printing of 10,000 copies for the house. Ilis mo tion, therefore, was unnecessary, and ho moved that tho vote by which it was adopted be reconsidered, Agreed to. .Speaker lteed announced tho appoint ment of the following oommitteo on mileage: Messrs. A. H. Wright, of Massachusetts, chairman; J. B. Par ham, of California; Orlaudo Burrell, of Illinois, ond George C. Pendleton, democrat, of Texas. Various execu tive documents nnd reports from offi cers were laid before the houso by Speaker Hoed and appropriately re ferred. Mr. Walker, republican, of Massa chusetts, asked permission to liavo read the following lesolution : “ltesolved, That tho people of tho United States, through their repre sentatives ill congress assembled, here by express lheir deepest abhorrence and condemnation of the outrages thus committed on their American fel low citizens, ns well ns on tho other Christian subjects of Turkey. "Hesolyed further, That this house, composed of the immediate represent atives of the people, pledge its hearty support to tho executive branch of the government in every measure justified by international law* and a common humanity to vindicate the rights of our follow citizens and of their fami lies in Turkey, and to hinder and pro vent as far as practicable the continu ance of the outrages and massacres ill that land." Mr. Turner, of Georgia, expressed the opinion that such a resolution should not be presented to tho house in its present condition, nud ho there fore objected. On motion of Mr. Cannon, republi can, of Illinois, the house at 12 : journed until Monday. Tho first business proposition brought-up in the houso Monday was a bill by Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, to amend tbo statute fixing tho customs district of Chicago so that tlio district would embrace all of (lie states of I Ili nois and Indiana. Mr. Hopkins ex plained that the bill was in tlio inter est of the smelters of Aurora, who de sired to bo able to pay - the duties on Canadian ores at the port of Chicago. At present, bo said, Aurora was not in the district. Tho bill was passed by unanimous Consent. Tho oath of office was administered to Mr. l’rico (democrat, Louisiana), who bad not been present at tlio previous meetings of ^ie house. A resolution was passed for tho appointment of three new assistants to tbo superin tendent of tlio document room ; also n osolutiou for tho appointment of Isaac Hill, of Ohio, as a deputy ser geant ot-arms and the three other employes agreed upon by tlio demo- ratio caucus. Thu memorial adopted by the national wool growers’ associa tion Saturday, calling for higher du- ies, was presented by Mr. Danforlb, but Mr. Crisp objected to its recop- ion. Mr. CriBp also objected to n resolution presented by Mr. Cannon, calling on Secretary Hoke Smith for bis authority for an order suspend- ng all operations of tho laud office by which settlers on Pacific railroad grout lands in Utah and Nebraska could perfect their titles. Mr. Me Croary objected to tlio consideration of a resolution presented by Mr. Wood man, of Illinois, calling for all corres pondence in tho Waller ease, including that- with Consul Wetter. Objection was offered also to a resolution by Mr. Jenkins calling upon the commissioner of pensions for a statement of all per sons who had ceased to draw pensions or whose pensions had been diminish ed since Murch 4, 1893. At 1 -.30 o’clock the house adjourned until Tnos lay. printing $20,000 for tho purpose of providing for any now applicants. This was amended by striking out tho seotion making tho appropriation. Tho house reconsidered and passed tho bill. Tbo effect will bo that tho widows of Confederate soldiers who have recently died will receive tho same pension that their husbands received when alive. Tlio house also reconsidered its action on the bill by Mr. Deunnrd, of Wil cox, “To make legal the s ilo of wild lands in this state. ” Also tho lull of Sir. Dempsey, of Butts, “To prevent the increase of the bonded debt of this stato or raising tbo interest thereon, In tbo houso Thursday, Mr. Brnnan called u)i his bill which plaooH tho management and election of jailers in tho bauds of tho county commission ers of roads and revenues. It was amended ho as not to affect counties i by repealing the net making tlio fund A which have local legislation on this | to Uio stato university Permanent,_ f subject, ami then passed. It npplion 1 “ — — ‘ Florida, was adopted calling upon tho to counties wheroiu (hero are located secretary of state to send to cities of 04,000 inhabitants. Tho bill lie senate tho correspondence by Mr, Gray, of Catoosa, to ninko an lating to tho cn«o of Geuornl appropriation of $25,000, to $10,000 nud $15,000 tho year follow Sanguilly, an American citizen, boh- t cue oil to lifo imprisonment for alleged complicity in tho Cuban revolution and directing him to procure a copy f the record in tho ease if it is not on file at Iho department. Mr. Gallin- gcr, of New Hampshire, introduced a resolution dochiring it to bo tho sense f the Fonato llmt it was unwiso and inexpedient to retire tho greenbacks, Air. (hill then addressed the senate in advocacy of his resolution for the re cognition of the belligerency of Cuban insurgents nnd for strict neutrality by tho United Stales in tho war. Mr. Call drew a graphic picturo of tho ruin, misgovornmout and barbarous cruelty against which tho Cubans wero contending, and thoir long strugglo for freedom. I To considered it an out rage that tho United States should not hold out an oncouraging hand to tluiRO who were struggling for independence. But instead of speeding tho Cubans on their cause, he insisted that this government was actually retarding tho revolution—was; in fact, furnishing aid to the Spanish tyrant. “This govern ment," hi <1 ho emphatically*^‘is re sponsible for many of tho outrages that have been committed. I do not menu to say that tho president and his cabinet nro responsible, but tho action of this government, negatively, by not recognizing the insurgents as belligerents in our ports and territory is aiding today the powor o£ Spain on tho island of Cuba." In conclusion ho described Cuba as tho Queen of the Antilles, tho future centre of a con federated republic that would iucludo all Iho islnuds of the West Indies and called upon tho committee on foregn oonsiilej- hi* rwolqHou ip :io spirit of our fore fathers and report it favorably at an early day. Then at 1 :20 o’clock tbo senate went into (xcciitivo session and at 1:35 o’clock adjourned nutil Muudny. The senate in executive session confirmed Matt W. Hansom, as minister to Mex ico. Tho chief inlorrst ill tho senate prfl- eodiugs Monday centered in a speech f Senator Morgan, of Alabama, chair man of Iho committee on foreign af fairs, delivered in the afternoon on the Behring sea awards. Mr. Culloni. f Illinois, gave notice that ho would uddreas the senate Tuesday on tho Monroe doctrine. Among the hills in troduced was one by Mr. Voorhees, (dem., Ind.), granting a pension of $2110 per mouth to the widow of the late secretary of state, Gnnoral W. Q. Gresham. Mr. Baker (rep., Kan.), offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling upon tlio president, if not incompatible with the public interest, to transmit to Iho senate all documents and corres pondence at the state department relating to tho case of ex-Consul John I,. Waller, now under arrest in France. After the adoption of a resolution di recting the district committee to report, whether tlio laws of tho Dis trict of Columbia permit what Senator Hale called tho“intolerablu and barbar ous” right of a parent to “provide for tho custody of minor children by tlio terms of hiH will,” Senator Morgan delivered a carefully prepared speech in reply to strictures rnado on him by Sir Julian I’auncefote, tlio British ambassador. Tlio senate in executive session at 3 :55 p. p. confirmed tho nomination of ltufus W. Beckham, of New York, to be associate justice of the supremo court of tho United States. The judiciary committee also agreed to re port favorably the nomination of Judges Springer, Kilgore and Stnnrt. SOAP FACTORY Hl'RNED THR HENATH. The first move in the Delaware con tested senatorship was mado in the senate at Wednesday’s session when Mitchell, of Oregon, presented a let ter nnd accompanying records to the senate from II. A. Dupont, claiming the right to be admitted us a senab trom Delaware. Delaware’s demo erotic senator, Mr. Gray, moved that the privileges of tholluor ho given his republican quasi-colleague pending determination of his case, and Mr. Dupont w as brought in and introduced to senators. Mr. Chandler presented a moss of petitions alleging election frauds in Alabama, and claiming the election as governor of ltenben F. Kolb. Several petitions for the recogni tion of the Cuban insurgents were offered and Mr. Clark (rep. Wash.) in introducing a bill for fortification of Atlantic, Paeifie.nnd lake ports, said the senate was being asked to extend recognition to Cuban belligerents and to firmly reassert the Monroe doc trine “We are talking of theso mat ters as though we had a chip on our shoulders,” he added, “and we go along in blissful ignorance or inaction as to the unfortified condition of our forts.” Mr. Hoar offered a resolution that congress would support the pres ident in any action for the protection of Americans in Turkey. The reeo And Two Firemen Severely Scalded With Escaping I.ye. Fire destroyed part of the extensive soap manufactory of James 8. Kirk A Co., Chicago. The total Iosh is esti mated by -Mr. Kirk at $65,000. The principal los- iB on the machinery nnd is covered by insurance. Captain J. Falvey, of the fire boat Yosemite, and Huns B. Hansen, pipe- muu of the Yosemite, were severely burned by concentrated lye, which overflowed from immense vats by the Hood of water. Hansen slipped on the floor and was burned to the bone of his ankle and on his hands, cheek and ear. Captain Falvey did not fall, lmt the lye burned through his shoes to the bonus of his unkle. FIELDS WAS DESPERATE, lie 31 ur I Ills Wife nnd Stabbed His Baby. Near Lurayville, Fla., Joseph Fields came homo and found a man with Mrs. Fields. He drew a knife and the man ran. Fields then murdered his wife and stabbed his little girl and fled. Neighbors, suspecting something was wrong, entered the house. Mrs.Fields' body, covered with wounds, was found on the fl air, and her baby was dib bling ill lh" blood. '1 bo Httle girl was not Heinously hurt, and told about ' j the tragedy. next year ing, t> tho state memorial board to mark by monuments or other suitable memorials tho positions occupied by Iho Georgia troops that par ticipated ill tho battle of Ohieka- iniuign, in tho Oliicltatinuigu National Millitary Burk, wuh brought up as a special order and passed by a vote of 90 to 12. l’rolongcd applause followed tho announcement of tlio result by the speaker. Mr. Boynt&i, of Calhoun, introduced a most important racas- uro to amend the {onstitution so as io prolong the sessions of the gen eral assembly indefinitely and to pay the members salaries of $300 each per Bossiou. It provides h submission of the question to a voto of the jieoplo for filial judgment, Tho bill was ordered engrossed. A largo number of looal bills wero passed uuiJfethO houso ad journed until Friday.W At Friday morning's session Mr. Boynton, chairman of tho iinanoo com mittee of the house, jfioved a recon sideration of tho voni by which tho Confederate soldiers' measure was passed Thursday nfteruqon. A sharp discussion wits precipitated, and oil a voto the body refused ,td’ reconsider by a voto of 88 to 33# Thi^special or der then wnH brought up. It was a bill by Mr. Boifcuillst to provido for tho appropriation of -$30,000 to . be used by tho State university to build and furnish additional buildings for tho Normal and industrial school for girls nt MillectgcviUo. Tho amend- ment of the committee upggested by tho author, cutting the amount down tit $25,000 was attached. The com mittee finalbiujrbso j||id reported tho moasrile fraawSB n8m err-, tn the house with recommendation that they pass. A voto was foroed, resulting in thoir passage by a voto of 90ayes to 52 nays. At Friday afternoon’s session of tlio house, Mr. Fogarty, of lliebmoud, introduced a resolution whioh author izes tho code oommission of Iho stato to purchase at a cost of $500 from M. Salem Dutoher, from Hiehmond, liis digest of the constitution's organic nets creating and changing tho comi ties, nnd the rules of the superior and supreme courts, of Georgia, and incor porate the immo in tho stato code. Several new bills wero read and referred. The following hills wore passed : To nmond the liquor law of Habersham subject to a vole of tho peoplo of that county; To allow hanks to increase or decrease thoir capital stock on a voto of a majority of tho stockholders; To amend the act incorporating Forsyth ; To amend the code relating to tho sale of property taken under execution from the city court of Savannah; To amend an act amending tho constitution, so as to allow pensions to maimed, blind, indigent and disabled confederate sol* diers; To appropriate $120,000 for pensions for 1895 and tho sumo amount for 1896, and to define tho proof, col lection, payment, etc. At Friday night’s session of tlio house, a big batch of bills wero passed. They were mostly of a local nature. The bill of Mr. Pittman, of Troup, which is a very important piece of leg islation intended to correct tho lynch ing evil, passed the houso Balurday and was sent to tbo senate. There were but ten votes against tho bill in the house. The bill in part is us fel lows: Section 1. It shall not be law ful for any person by violence, threat of violence or by any other means to hinder, obstruct or interfere with tho sheriff, constable or their deputies, charged with tlio duty aiul engaged in tlio business of enrrying out und ex ecuting the sentence or order of court, after indictment ond trial of criminals, while they are in tho custody of sneli officers. Section’d I’rovides that when ever any persons shall hinder, obstruct or interfere with tho sheriff or other officers aforesaid, it shall bo the duty of tho officer charged with the custody and protection of tlio prisoner to inako out a list of tho per sons so offending, and present them to tlio grand jury of the county Imving jurisdiction, * * * Any officer who shall fail to comply with the duties hereby imposed shall bo suspended nnd his office declared vacant by the governor. * * * And it shall be the duty of grand juries in all counties to investigate the facts and make present ment of tho matters and things herein referred to, * * * and the clerk of court shall immediately transmit a copy of such presentments to tho gov ernor. It shall be tho duty of judges of superior courts to givo tho law of tho act in special charge, “Seotion 3 provides penalties by line, chaingang or penitentiary, in discretion of court. The bill got a unanimous report by the general judiciary committee of the house and Hie bill in n small houso got 97 votes. Tho bill was immediately transmitted to the senate. A large number of other bills were passed. Mr. Johnson, of Hall, moved to re consider the nerion of the house in re gard to the bill to authorize, and pro vide for the payment of pensions to and they wero placed on tho oaleudar. Saturday night when tho night hob- sion of the legislature was adjourned Iho first hour of Sunday had arrived. They remained in session until late anil passed many bills. Whou tho clock in the legislative hall showed 11 ;27 o’clock tho point was mado by Olio of tlio members that by a decision of iho supremo court of Georgia it w as Sunday. After this time, however, one other resolution was passed, and when ilui houso adjourned it was Sun day. Mr. Brnuau’ti fee system bill was tho special order. It was not reached anil will consequently net be reached at this session. Among tho bills passed at the night session were: Bill to amend an not to amend tho school laws of thm stato by prescribing tho qualifications of tho members of county boards of education; To ro- quiro all infantry nud cavalry compa nion of tlio Georgia volunteers nnd tho Georgia volunteers, colored, in this state to bo attached to one of tlio pres out existing regiments; To appropriate money to tlio state lunntio asylum ; To establish tho city court of Laurens county. There wns quito n tilt, in tho house Monday when tho bills introduced by Senator Brand enmo up for notion. One repeals tlio act creating tho coun ty oourt of Gwinnett. Tho other es tablishes a city court for Gwinnett county. Johnson, of Hall, nnd Mo- Curry, of Hart, spoko in favor of theso bills, while Messrs. Beeplos and F.Bpy, of Gwinnett, spoke ngainst them. They said that the grand jury had rofustul to recommend it nnd that the peoplo of their county wero op posed to it. The vote stood, ayes 101, poos 35. Tho lionse reconsidered the bill to provont, tho incrcnso in tho bonded,debt of tho state or the rais ing of the interest thereon. After considerable debate tho bill passod by a vote of 89 to 26. Mr. Dompsoy’s substitute, repealing tho funding act of 1881, making tho iucomo of the University of Goorgia permanent, iH a very important moasuro. As tho law was, tlio trustees of tho university could present to tho governor any valid, matured bond of tlio Htntc, which might only bo a 3j per cent, bond, nnd iho governor would have to issue a bond lo tho trustees bearing 7 per cent interest and good for fifty years, which could bo renewed. Tho trustees have already obtained $275,000 of these 7 per cent bonds. Mr. Dompsoy’s substitute seeks to prevent tho increosi of this bonded debt. It does not in validate Iho bonds already iisued, but it prevents their renewal at Iho end of fifty yoars. Mr. Dempsey mado a good fight for this bill, and alter reconsid eration it was passod. Tho following other liillH wero passod: Hesolution authorizing tho governor and treas urer to iHsno warrants on tho treasury to pay indigent ex-confederalo soldiers; To provido who may redeem real estate sold at tax sale; To amend tlio act tn authorize the issuance of circulating notos to hanks and banking associa tions; To roguluto the sale of milk butter and cheese ill this state. This bill was recommended by tho Stato Dairymen’s Association At tlio night session several bills ire passod and then it developed that there was not a quorum present. The cat of tlio evening, up to a late hour, was spout in trying to got a quorum. I ho following bills wero passed : T< amend tlio general tax act for 1895 and 1896; To prevent tho procurement of consignments of orchard, farm and duiry products, etc., by irresponsible parties; To regulate prnctico in the conrts of this state ; To make the name of tlio colored branch of tho univorsi ty, tho “State Industrial Collcgo for Colored persons.' Tho session of tlio senate was occu pied some time Thursday morning m a futile effort to reconsider the bill lost Wednesday to prevent hunting nud fishing oil tho uninclosed luiuls of an other. A number of bills, mostly of u local nature were passed. The bill to reduce tho fees of oil inspectors was passed. It outs off the 5 per cent, al lowed them in addition to their salary of $1,500. A bill to abolish tho Jack- son county court was the subject of a breezy debate. Tho hill wns lost. The senate passed Senator Long’s bill to change the constitution, of the state so as to create tho office of liou- tcuunt governor. He iH to preside ovor tho senate, and have a salary of $500, ond in the event of the death or disa bility of the governor, to exercise the powers of the governor. Tho hill to create tho office of insur ance commissioner and placing tlio duty in the comptroller general, brought on a spicy debate in the sen ate Friday. The bill was defeated, whioh leaves tho comptroller as insur ance commissioner, and us compciiH At Friday night’s session of tho sen ate the bill authorizing tho governor to relinquish all claims on tho Blue Ridge nnd Atlantic railway under the condition that they pay nil county and stato taxes audrcsunio il daily sohodnle between Tallulah and Cornelia, was parsed. Other bills passed as fellows; To amend an act regulating sales of fertilizers in tbiN Rtuto and to lix n method for determining tho value of the same; To incorporate tlio town of Douglas, in Coffee county ; To author ize tho town oouuoil of Bowman to is sue bonds; To provide for tho snloand lease of the Northwestern railway; To crcato and organize a board of tax as sessors and receivers for the city of Savannah; To provido compensation for members of iho board of roads and revenues lor Coweta oqunty. Brosidoni Venable's bill to levy an additional tax on Iho liquor dealers of Georgia for tlio purpose of establish ing and maintaining an inebriate asy lum was pnsHed in tho senate at Satur day’s session. Tho bill levies an addi tional lax of $26 oil each saloon koeper every year. Tho bill introduced by Mr. Broyles in the house clmnging Iho charter of Atlanta was pusHOd. Other bills passod wore: To establish allow charter for tho town of Calhoun in Gordon county ; To create a hoard of water oommifuioners for tho city of Savannah ; To amend tho charter of tho town of Camilla. The people of Goorgia will bo given another opportunity to givo the su preme court the relief which is ro bad ly needed. Speaker Fleming's bill submitting the amendment of tho con stitution to the people, passed tlio sen ate Monday. It, increases tho number of supremo court judges from tlireo to six. Tliero is to bo ouo ohiof justice und live associate justices, nnd they lire to be elected by the poople. Tho first cleotion of judges by tho peo ple will bo held on tin- third Wednes day in Dooembor, 1896. Other bills passed were as follows: To make an extra levy of $25 cm tho liquor dealers to ostablisli aniuobriato asylum in this Htate; To change the time for holding tho rcgnlnr quarterly term of tho city court of Elbert county bo thut tho sumo shall commence on ilio Hccond Monday in February, May, August nnd November ; To authorize tho town unoil of Bowman to issno bonds; To incorporate iho town of Alto in the counties of Banks and Haber sham; To relievo Mr. J. S. MoGohoe, of McDuffie county, ns surety on au nppearanoo bond; A resolution author izing the governor to accept, in tho iMfmnnle of Georgia, from General JiumnD. MoBriilo, for pre servation in the archives of tho exocti five department, ono copy of liis his torical publication entitled “Import ant I’criods in tlio History of tho United States,” and “The Seal of tho United Slates and Seals of tho F.xccu five, Judicial nnd legislative Depart ment of the Government.” The Semite met nt 6:30 o'clock Mon day evening, nnd nftor passing a num ber of bills, adjourned to tho banquet by Brosidcnt Venable at tho Granite. Tho houso bill of Mr. Broyles to amend section 1675 (a) of tho code, prohibiting foreign corporations from owning more than 5,600 acres of land in Georgia, was passed. Other bills passed were -. To amend an act enti tled an net to iuo orporato the Savan nah Bank and Trust company; To amend section 4928 of tho code of 1882 relating to sales of property execution issuing out of tlio city oourt of Snvun- uaii; To incorporate tho town of Bras well, in tho county of Spalding; To incorporate the town of Bat tle Hill ;. To limit tho jurisdic tion of tho city court of DeKulb county to cases exceeding $10; To au thorize ami empower the mayor and council of tho town of Decatur to pro vide for the registration and lieonso of every trade, business, calling, avoca tion and profession prosecuted nnd carried on within tho incorporate limits of said town ; To repeal an net for tho protection of Uxli in tho wuters of Berrien county; An act to bo en titled an act to fix tho timo nnd manner of electing the mayor and council of Hie town of Decatur and to fix tho terms of office of said officers; To repeal an act creating a board of county commissioners for DeKalb unty ; To amend an act to create a HOT KES0UJTI0NS AGAINST EXPOSITION SPEECHES OF TILLMAN AND EVANS. Tho Exhibitors’ Association Does the Roasting. Senator Bon R. Tillman nnd Gov ernor John Gary Evans, of South Car olina, woro denounced in no unoertnin language by iho members of tho At lanta Exposition Exhibitors’ Associa tion nt a meeting Thursday morning. Hosolutions condemning their speeches an South Carolina day at tho exposi tion as inflammatory utterances, were adopted, and the two South Car olinians wero roferred to as ranting demagogues, cutthroats and moon shiners. Tho remarks of tho two gon- tlcmon from South Carolina created quito a sensation nt tho exposition. Tho mooting was held in tho trans portation building nnd wns called to order by President Jackson. All of tbo members were present. After tbo transaction of some roulino business tho speeches of Senator Tillman and Governor Evans wero incidentally re ferred to and tho roferenco aroused one of iho members, who said that tho association ought to tako notico of tho speeches, lhat they woro lioucath tho dignity of tho body. In bis opinion iho speeches wero hut tho utterances of n sot of cutthroats and moonshiners who ought to know better nnd who could not bo tnkon iih tho sentiment of tho south or tho fooling of tho south ern peoplo. Ho moved that a commit tee of five bo appointed to draft reso lutions concerning tho speeches. This was done and tho committoo retired. In a short while they presontod tho following resolutions, whioh woro unanimously adopted: ■Whereas, Tho public expressions of roprosontntivo men who have visited the Atlanta exposition liavo boon of a conciliatory character, marked by evi dence of Iho broadost patriotism uml tho most siueero fraternity, and Whereas, This characteristic has been true regarding tho expressions of dis tinguished visitors, whether those vis itors enmo from tho north, the east, the west, or the south, and Whereas, Tliofriouds and promoters of tho Atlanta fair, by reason of the many fraternal expressions of thoir enterprise had provoked from patriots of all pacts'' of tho Union, had begun to regard .the more friendly relations be- tweenTho different sections of our common couutry as one of tho host and most gratifying results likely to grow out of their stupendous enter prise, therefore bo it Resolved, By tho Exhibitors’ Asso ciation of said Atlanta exposition, a body composed largely of Aiuoriean citizens and representing all parts of the union and alt shades of political opinion, that we deeply deplore the one marked nnd flagrant oxeoption to tlio heretofore prevailing expressions of fraternity, brotherly love, patriotism and loyalty, that wuh made manifest at t liis exposition on Sou th Carolina day nnd in which tho ex-governor of that state, Bon Tillman, and the present governor, John Gary Evans, were tho offenders. Resolved, That we know, from our contact and intercourse for tho past few months with southern peoplo, that in their disloyal and inflammatory ut terances those two rnnting demagogues nro a liliel on tho hotter oluss of southerners nnd do not givo voice to the prevailing southorn sontimout. ltesolved, That wo sympathize with tho southern states of onr Union in tho affliction which compels thorn to on- dnro such blots on their inner worth and such clogs to thoir merited prog ress; nnd wo especially sympathize with the ignoranoo that must yet pre vail in South Carolina to mnko it pos sible for such scum to riso to the sur face. Resolved, That for the fame and good name of tho Atlanta exposition, at which theso men wero unfortunate ly pormitted to speak, wo denounce thoir speeches as boiug devoid of rea son, sense and patriotism, nnd wo re pudiate tlio speakers. In this wo feol confident wo nro but voicing tho sense j , —_ - of our country and tho earnest foelings board of commissioners of roads and I 0 f tho bettor people of all tho southern revenues tor Catoosa county. AN ADDRESS Sent Out Ily South Carolina Repub licans. The republican stato executive com- mittco of South-Carolina 1ms issued an address in which it says : “It 1ms been well said that no question can bo regurdod as definitely settled until it has been settled alight, that is, on (ho basis of right ond jus tice. If this saying bo truo, cer tainly tho suffrage question cannot bo regarded as definitely settled by tlio recent enactment of our so-called con stitutional convention, for no fair mined man can pretend that this enact ment is based either on right or jus tice. On the contrary, it iH tho very OKsence of injustice and wrong, being nothing less than an at tempt to perpetuate cheating and fraud in elections by enacting it into tho fundamental law of tlio state, as was fully admitted in tho diseussion by its author und chief advocate, B. It. Till man. This, indeed, was tho openly avowed purpose for calling tho con vention and that pnrposo it can hardly Vio denied Iihh been fuithfully carried out, and that, too, in clear and pal- tion tho fees of the office as is now the law A bill to prevent manufacturers . • ... .. , of fertilizers to put up for sale more P ttbla v.olation of the constitution and than one brand of fertilizer from tho j la'™"' Uul ? ul1 same formula, was passed. Other bills "In announcing our purpose as re- passed were Iho bill to establish a new 1 publicans to resist the enforcement of charter for the city of Covington ; To »!*>« nefarious enactment in. every prevent corporations from imposing P«U>«r and legitimate way, a brief re- any greater tax on insurance brokers troepeot of our very anomalous polit than on agents of insurance companies doing business in Georgia. ieal situation hero in South (Juro- j lina may not bo amiss,” states. liesolved, That we sympathize also with tho management of this exposi tion that under tho olonk of tempo rary authority two such fanatics should liavo boon ublo to intrude thoir utterances upon tho otherwise lioalthy und satisfactory proceedings that have characterized this enterprise. But while dismissing the utteranaeB of there men as unworthy of further notice from our association or the country, we do not forget that in tho general economy of uutnro man kind must linvo liis troubles nnd communitioH their afflictions. It is not many yenrs sinco California wns greatly annoyed by n brace of bandits known ns Evans and Sontag, nnd the exhibition witnessed here on tho 28th of November is hut ail evidence that South Carolina in its turn is endur ing, through its own indiscretions, a season of torment from its Tillman and FiVans. Committee for Association : J. A. Filcher, California, chairman; J. Wil liam Berts, Maryland ; W. F. Anthony, Virginia; Bennett, Tennessee; C. H. Robbins, Boston. Approved. George Johnson, Presi dent Exhibitors’ Association. JournalistSnla Dealt. A cable dispatch from London says: George Augustus Sula, tho well-known journalist and author, died Sunday morning at Brighton, whore lie had been ill for a long timo. His death was caused by u combination of disor ders. As u journalist Bala was at the very top of the list.