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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.