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With Our
Lawmakers
By the bare majority of one there
was a quorum present in the house
on Friday and with that status of af
fairs vt ry little was attempted or ac
complished. The house set for special
order the bill of Mr. Smith of Campbell
to reorganize the sta.e troops in ac
cordance with the provisions of ths
Dick military law, so that this state
could receive annually $52,000 from the
fed* ral government for the mainte
nance of the state militia. The leg
islators wt re not quite sure as to the
meaning of the measure and c'm ider
able time was spent in explanations.
It, was not until Mr. Candler of De-
Kalb made it clear what the bill
meant was L voted upon and passed.
He explained: “This bill simply has
the state troops organ'/, and In compli
ance with the military regu aliens pre
scribed in the Dick law. If this bill
is passed and the troops so organized
the state will draw annually $52,000
for the support of her s.ate militia,
it it is not passed it will mean that
either our militia will be disbanded
or the state will have to appropriate
$20,000 annually to keep them up.”
Following this statement the bill was
passed. In it there is provided that
the adjutant general shall receive an
annual salary of $3,000 instead of $2,-
000, as is now the case, but with this
there is a saving of $720, for the po
sition of assistant adjutant general is
abolished.
At the session of the senate Friday
morning an interesting debate was
precipitated by a bill introduced by
Senator Gordy, placing all marriage
licenses at sll instead of $1.50 or $1.75
as it now is in several counties. Sen
ator Hayes Introduced an amendment
to the effect that the licenses should
cost only $1.50. Quite a number of
the senators placed themselves on rec
ord as being in harmony with the
views of Prisldent Roosevelt on the
Question of “race suicide,” and in elo
quent speeches pleaded that the li
cense fee he placed at $1.50, so that
no impediment he placed in the way
of any young man who had an ambi
tion to become a benedict. Senator
Mayes said that he was in harmony
with the vi ws of Mr. Roosevelt, and
that he wanted all the young men to
get married who so desired. Senator
Knight pleaded for the unmarried
members of the senate, and urged the
adoption of the amendment. Others
who spoke in favor of the amendment
were Senators Peacock and Camp. At
this point Senator Gordon moved that
his bill be tabled, and by a close vote
in which the presiding officer partici
pated, the bill was tabled, and the
regular routine of the senate contin
ued. The house bill by Mr. Candler,
which Senator Hardman introduced in
the senate, making the salaries of the
appelate court judges $4,000 a year,
and providing for an annual contin
gept fund of $1,200, was passed. The
bill introduced by Senator Williford,
making it a misdemeanor to have) in
one’s po. session a p'.stol or we* a pen
at a public meeting of any descrip
tion, was also pass.d. For a number
of years the law has been to “carry"
a pistol to a gathering of any de
scription, and many offenders have
escaped punishment because it was not
proved that they "carried" the w ap
on to the gathering. The bill of Sena
tor Williford inserts the clause: "Or
have in his possession at."
Judge George F, Gob r of Marietta,
Howard Thompson of Gainesville and
A. 1* Hull of Athens were Monti y re
appointed members of the 'boat'd of
lms-PCB of the state university by
Qoverncr Smith for terms of tight
years, while .lud' 5 K. H. Ca lawny ot
Augusta and John \\. Hennett of
"Waytrois were dropped front the bcmid
and the.r place filled by Howdiv Pit n
h.y of August! and Warren Lott of
Waycrosß. Judge Callaway Is piesldint
alumni sccitty of the s ate uai<ersity,
which, in connection with the Vonug
Men’s Christian Assecutioj, raised a
fund of SIOO,OOO for the purpose of
erecting a handsome alumni hall and
Young Men’s Christian Association
build ng and gymnas.um on the cam
pus at Athens. Judge Callaway per
sonally did much of the wcrU in con
nection with the raising of this fund,
and both he and Mr. B nuett have
given a large amount of th ir time to
that impartan state in_t..uti. n.
It is si id the governor dropp-d
hwa-ae tr.ey were, according to his
Vitw, “po li.icians."
If the members of the leg slature do
not want to take upon themselves the
responsibility for an extra seesion of
that body they will have ;o put through
the administration measures before
the expiration of the session by law
at midnight Saturday night, Augu.t
17. Governor Smith has practica l}' put
the general assemb'y on notice that
the administration measures must be
passed. He has so informed a number
of members of bo h bod es who have
conferred with him recently on' this
and other subjects, and given them to
understand, it is stated, that unless the
platform measures are enac.ed they
may look for an ex:ra session The
house of representatives has no: yet
enacted one of these platform meas
ures with the exception of the anti
lobbying bill which is now under con
sideration by the senate. The hous
still has before it. the cl s"ranch'sc
merit bill, the railroad commission bill
and the anti-pass bill. There are sev
eral other pending measures the en
actment of which is considered irn
iortant, but these are the main mat
ters.
By an almost unanimous vote the
general judiciary committee of thte
house Monday afternoon refused to
ask the house to recommit the Adams
hill to that body for reconsideration.
This measure by the gentleman from
Chatham makes it a misdemeanor to
charge more than 5 per cent per month
on borrowed money. Several days ago
the bill was reported favorably, and
opponents to the measure wanted it
returned to the committee for recon
sideration.
Governor Smith has signed the bil
which fixes the salaries for justices
in the court of appeals at $4,000 per
annum. When the court of appeals was
created no salary was fixed in the law
and it was left to the, general assem
bly, and this was the result. The
justices have been paid, up to this
time, out of the contingent fund of
the s ate, and a voucher for the back
salary due each, with that for the sec
retaries, was at once drawn on the
state treasury.
Because he regards it as excessive,
Governor Hoke Smith has declined to
pay H. M. Heutell's bill of $720 for
nine desks and chairs now in use in
the hall of the house of lvpresen.a
tives. The furniture was purchased
by James A. Hall, who was
and grounds keeper under Governor
Terrell’s administration. When the bill
was held up by the executive depart
ment Mr. Bcutell stated that he had
a contract for the furniture, and
thought he should be paid. He was
notified that the account would not
be paid and that he would have to
get his money from the legislature by
a special appropriation.
A prohibitory tax of SIO,OOO upon
all clubs not open to the general pub
lie, which permit intoxicants to be
kept in lockers for the use of members
or on the premises for any purpo.es
whatever, is proposed by Mr. Shef
field of Decatur to be added to the
general tax act. Mr. Sheffield was cue
of th< staunchest supporters of th
prohibition bill as passed by the house
and his amendment seeks to cut off
any possible escape which the gentr 1
prohibition bill permits to remain e-pen.
Monday morning Senator Detn iir
treduced a bill in the senate whi h,
if enacted into law, will make ,i: un
lawful to sell or give away cocai e,
alpha or beta eueaine, opium, nor
phine, heroin, chloral hydrate, etc., ex
cept on a physician s prescription.
This is a companion measure of one
introduced by Mr. Whitby if Doug
las. and is aimed at the habitual users
of narcotics.
CLOSING BILL SIGNED BY COMER.
Saloons in Alabama Must Close Up Early
After First of January.
The saloons of Alabama, after the
first day of next January, will have
to close up early. Those in cities of
over 15,000 at 9 p. m., 15,000 down
to 10,000 at 8 p. m. and below that
at 7. The bill to this effect has been
signed by Governor Comer and be
comes a law the first of the year.
COOL DAY FOR MONTH OF AUGUST.
Thirty-Seven Year Record Was Broken at
Chicago on the Second.
Friday, August, 2d. was the coldest
in the history of the Chicago weather
bureau, covtring a period of thirty
seven years, with a minimum temper
ature of 64. The nearest to this rec
ord was made in 1872, when the min
irnuin wa s 56.
Georgia Cullings
Curtailed Itemc of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Pike Goes Against Dispensary.
The returns of the election held in
Pike county show 522 votes against
the dispensary and 45 for dispensary.
Barnesvilie district, in which the only
dispensary in Pike is located, gave
141 against and 16 for dispensary.
* * *
New Railroad Chartered.
The Georgia Carolina Railway com
pany has been granted a charter by
Secretary of State Philip Cook for a
period of 101 years, under which it is
permitted to construct a railroad 60
miles in length from Athens through
Clarke, Madison, Franklin and Hare
counties to the Savannah river, and
thence to Anderson, S. C.
The capital stock ef the new com
pany will be $1,000,000, and the prin
cipal office in Hartwell.
* * *
Soil Survey to Be Made.
Congressman Griegs and Chief J. A.
Bonstel of the bureau of soiis from
Washington were in Thomasville mak
ing arrangements to start a soil sur
vey of Thomas and Grady counties on
October 1. They announce that a soil
survey of Tift county, where the sec
ond district agricultural college is lo
cated, will also be made and the gov
ernment will do road building there.
* * *
Skipped Out With Church Funds.
Rev. Henry Glover, former pastor of
the East Side Baptist church of Rome,
has ben located in Knoxville, Tenn.,
and a warrant sworn out for his ar
rest. Rev. Mr. Glover left Rome
some time ago, alleging that he was
going to Chicago to confer with a mil
lionaire whom Glover said he had in
terested in plans to build anew
church. The congregation had already
raised $l5O as a nucleus of building
fund and, it is alleged, Glover took the
money with him.
* * *
Unique Legislative Act.
The Alabama legislature has pass
ed an act which places Columbus in a
position to establish waterworks in
that state at any time th? city should
desire to do so, the bill being intro
duced by request of the water com
mission of Columbus. The act places
the Georgia city on the same bas.s
as an Alabama city, as it has the right
to condemn lands in that state for
water supply purposes. Under the
provisions of the bill the Alabama
property of any foreign municipality
owning waterworks in that state is
made exempt from levy.
* * *
Georgians for Competitive Shoot.
Representatives of the national guard
of Georgia have been appointed to ea
ter the competition to select represen
tatives for the world’s military cham
pionship shoot for the Palma trophy
at Ottawa, Canada, September 6. The
trophy is now held by the English
army.
The state military representatives
are as follows: Captain R. J. Travis,
Lieut. W. G. Austin and Private PL C.
Williams of Savannah, and Lieut J. A.
Seaman of Atlanta.
These representatives will meet with
other contestants at Fort Clinton, 0.,
where they will compete for places on
the International team. This team will
be composed the best shots in the
world.
* * *
Losses of Liquor Men Estimated.
Chaos reigns in the liquor traffic
in the state because of absolute pro
hibtion after January 1 next, Savan
nah and other cities present tell a
gory of financial loss that runs into
many millions. Augusta will lose two
and a half million dollars In property
values and iioense taxes. Columbus
will lose heavily. Atlanta’s loss, It is
caimed, will largely exceed that of a
number of other citie in the state
where liquor is sold. Brunswick’s loss
will run above the million mark. Ma
con will suffer heavily in the loss of
revenue from many saloon properties
and one of the finest breweries in the
south. It is reported that the railroads
have offered to transport breweries
and stills to other states free f
freight charges, Florida and Alabama
and Tennessee are the states to which
the whiskey interests will move.
• * *
To Exploit Granddaddy Clause.
The famous "granddaddy” clause ef
the disfranchisement law*, as it was
popularly termed during the guberna
torial campaign of i9ot>, will be put
to novel use by Repm sentative Mc-
Mkbael of Marion county. By inserting
STOP AT THE
ZETTLER HOUSE.
The best SI.OO a day house in the
city.
£53 FOURTH ST., MACON. Gft.,
Mrs. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress.
this clause in his bill requiring all
secret societies in the state to give
bond to the ordinary of the county
or to the county commissioners in the
sum of from $5,000 to $20,000, Mr.
McMichael claims that he will effect
his purpose of abolishing negro se
cret societies without embarrassing or
inflicting upon white secret societies
the trouble of giving bond.
The amendment will provide that
any club which has in its member
ship one of more soldiers who fought,
in the land or naval forces of 'the
United States in the revolutionary war,
or in the war of 1812, or in the wai
of Mexico, or in any war with the In
dians, or in the war between the Unit
ed States and the Confederate states,
or has in its membership one or more
lawful descendants of such a soldier
or soldiers, shall be exemmpt from
the provisions of the act.
Chattanooga Offers Wharf.
The Georgia legislators who visit
ed Chattanooga the past week for the
purpose of familiarizing themselves
with the situation in connection with
the opening of Broad street and the
development cf the Western and At
lantic railroad property, were present
ed with another feature of the propo
sition by the Chattanooga commitiees.
This is the purchase by the state of
Georgia of a wharf in the eastern por
tion of the city on the Tennessee river
near Boyce station on the Western and
Atlantic railroad. It is proposed by the
Chatcanoogans that the state of Geor
gia agree to the opening of Broad street
through the Western and Atlantic
yards in Chattanooga. From the mon
ey realized from this, together with
the sale of properly developed which
would not be needed by the state, it
would be posisble for ths Western
and Atlantic to acquire river facili
ties of considerable more value than
at present possessed by any railroad
in the city.
WITHOUT A CHANGE
Georgia Senate Concurs in Amendments
to Prohibition Measure Adopted
by the Lower House.
After mere than three hoars spent
in ail effort Thursday morning by cer
tain opponents on the Georgia prohi
bition bill to tack on amendments to
th? amendments which had b:en pars
ed by the house, the senate concurred
in the amendments of the house with
out changing a single provision of
the measure.
The bill will, however, have to be
returned to the house before it is sent
to the governor because Mr. Wise
of Fayette, in designating the line in
his amendment to the bill when in
the house, made reference to the print
ed bill instead of the original meas
ure, and referred to line "five" when
he should have referred to line ‘‘nine."
An amendment introduced by Senator
Knight, which will be concurred in
by the house, ccrects this error. When
the error is finally approved by the
house it will be immediately engross
ed and sent to the governor for his
signature.
Only three amendments tvere in
troduced —two by Senators Gordy and
Flynt and one bv Senator Hayes of
the thirteenth district.
The first two amendments provid
ed for heads of families to be allowed
to make and keep domestic wine on
hand and to allow dentists to have
alcohol for dentrifice work. Both were
lost.
The amendment of Senator Hayes
provided that a physician might have
his prescription filled at a drug store
in wTiich he was financially interested.
This amendment was first adopted by
a vote of 14 to 13, but, upon recon
sideration, was les; by a vote of 17
to 10.
The senate consumed time hours
in discussing the house and proposed
senate amendments which gave cre
dence to reports of a filibuster.
This, however, was denied, and the
denial was substantiated by the ac
tion of the senate.
The bill will be taken up by the
house for concurrence in the correct
ed amendment according to the regu
lar order ef business.
It doesn't pay to advertise unless
you are able to deliver the goods.
SUFFRAGE BILL
IS APPROVED
In Georgia State Senate by Decisive
Vote of 37 to 6.
(V
IS AIMED AT NEGROES^
Under Its Provisions No White Man in tl-^
State Will Be Barred from Voting. 1
Goes to the House.
The Felder-Williams 1
ment bill was passed by the weorp j
state senate Wednesday morning
vote of 37 to 6. This being more thaa*
a two-thirds vote, required to amend
the constitution, the bill will be sent
to the house, and when passed by
them will be submitted to the people
for their ratification.
All of the senators were present
when the votes were cast. The six
who voted against ths measure were
Senators Critienden of the eleventh,
Hawes of the thirtieth, Lashley of
the fortieth, Mattox of the fourth,
Sikes of the tenth and Weaver of the
forty-first. All others voted for the
bill.
Several amendments were introduc
ed in reference to the property clause
by Senator Hardman, to striking out,
i the good character clause, and the
I educational qualification by Senator
| Taylor, and to strike out the time
■ limit by Senator Boyd. All these were
j lost, and on point of order by Senatoi
Felder the amendment introduced by
Senator Dobbs, in reference to white
male citizens, was ruled “not germain,”
and declared out of order by the pres
ident.
The measure was passed practically
as it came from the senate committee,
and none of its important provisions
were eliminated by amendments
though many were offered. Presi
dent Akin, who favors the bill, did
not vote.
Patterned after the suffrage plank
of the Alabama constitution, the bill
is designed to disfranchise the venal,
ignorant, illiterate and vicious ne
gro, preserving to the white man the
right of suffrage, regardless of edu
cational or property qualifications. It
conforms to the suffrage plank of I
the Macon platform, and meets
squarely the demands of the people
as indicated in the recent guberna
torial campaign.
The pasage of the bill indicates
the prevailing sentiment of a ma
jority of the present legislature to
make good their promises to the peo
ple. It presages the ultimate success
of practically all of the reform legisla
tion required by the platform and
demanded by th? people, and shows
that the upper house of the general
assembly is in thorough sympathy
with the present administration.
The bill fixe* as a prerequisite to
the right to vote certain require
' ments or qualifications, which it is
known every white man in the stata
can meet, but which few of the ne
groes will be able to comply with.
As Its name indicates, it is a dis
franchisement measure, and will dis
franchise the negroes or a very large
| per cent of them.
In order to vote a man must own
or pay tax on SSOO worth of prop
-1 erty, or be able to read and write a
■ paragraph of the constitution of the
state or the nation.
If he canont comply with these
provisions —and few negroes can I
he is enti.led to register and vote if J
he is descended frem any man who
fought in any of the wars in which
the United States or the Confederate
States have participated.
Lastly, he is entitled to register anil
vote if he has a proper conception of I
his duty to his state and the nation.
Under the last named provision, I
every white man in Georgia will reg
ister, and once registered he will I
have a life certificate, and will then I
have only to pay his taxes to enj°y I
the right of suffrage.
• WAITING FOR AN ARR£ST.
Case of Revocation of Southern’s License
in Alabama at Standstill.
Things are in statu quo so far as
the situation between Alabama and
the Soutehrn railway is concerned.
The railway is doing business 1°
the state without license, anil the
state is quietly wa'tiog for some of
ficer of the law, as he has a righ*
to do under ilia act, to effect on ar
rest.
This may happen at any time. *•
the violation took place on Juiy 30.