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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
IN THE HOUSE.
July 8.
Besides the introduction of a num
ber of new bills, the entire time of the
house of representatives was occupied
Wednesday morning with an instruc
tive address from Honorable John H.
Wallace, Jr., commissioner of game
and fish for the state of Alabama, and
a continuation of the discussion upon
the bill of Mr. Alexander of DeKalb,
for the extension of the Western and
Atlantic railroad to the sea.
Mr Alexander concluded his argu
ment in favor of the bill, which lasted
four hours, and at its conclusion he
was given the hearty applause of his
colleagues and many personal con
gratulations for the able manner in
which he had presented bis side of
his argument.
Mr. Alexander was followed by Mr.
Boyd of Spalding and Mr. Hall of Bibb
both of whom spoke in opposition to
the bill.
A number of bills were put upon
their second reading, several reports
of house committees were submitted
and the house adjourned at 1:10
o’clock until 9 o’clock Thursday morn
ing.
July 9.
The house of representatives was
accupied all of Thursday morning
with a continuation of the discussion
of the bill by Mr. Alexander of De-
Kalb, providing for the extension ot
the Western and Atlantic railroad to
the sea.
During the session Messrs. Hall of
Bibb (who completed his argument
begun Wednesday), Chamlee of Floyd,
Heard of Dooly and Ryals of Bibb,
spoke in opposition to the bill while
those in its favor werq Messrs. Shaw
of Clay, Hill of Monroe, Slater of
Bryan and Wright of Floyd, who had
the floor at the hour of adjournment.
July 10.
Debate on the bill of Mr. Alexander
of DeKalk providing for the exten
sion of the state road, was cut Hhort
in the house Friday when Mr. Wright
of Richmond introduced a resolution
providing that the proposition be re
ferred tp a special committee compos
ed of nine responsible men who shall
make a report of their investigations
to the next general assembly.
The substitute was adopted by a
vote of 132 to 1. Mr. Tyson of Eman
uel was the member voting against
the substitute.
By unanimous consent the house
passed the bill by Mr. Butt of Fan
nin to amend the charter of the city
of Blue Ridge and adjourned.
July 11.
The house was in session but 42
minutes Saturday during which time
the following bills were passed:
To Incorporate towns of Williams
vllle, Center. Kingsland, Leon, Vi
detee, Riverton and Chalybeate
Springs; to amend charters of towns
of Ochlocknee and Midville; to amend
act incorporating Hoschton; to re
peal act incorporating Fairinount and
to establish new charter for Fair
mount; to create board of health for
Athens; to create boards of county
commissioners for Glascock and Ap
pling counties; to repeal act making
roads in Terrell county twenty feet
wide; to authorize election on bond
Issue in Cherokee county. Fourteen
new bills were introduced.
July 13.
The Foster service pension bill was
defeated in the house ot representa
tives Monday afternoon for lack of
constitutional majority, after a morn
ing of heated debate and an extension
of time for its final disposition. The
vote for the bill was 113 and the vote
•gaiust it 24, the necessary two-thirds
vote being 122. The bill was, there
fore, lost.
The bill provides that all confeder
ate veterans who own property valued
at less than $1,500 and all widows of
veterans who married prior to 1870
shall receive pensions.
Messrs. Heard of Dooly, Shaw of
Clay, spoke in favor of the bill and
Messrs. Barrett of Stephens, Candler
of DeKalb and Wright of Floyd spoke
in opposition to the measure.
July 14.
After a long discussion, the house
passed a substitute to a bill previous
ly introduced by Mr. Shaw of Clay
county, which demands an immediate
investigation of the charges which
have been recently made against the
state prison commission, its officers,
employes, ageuts, the lessees of con
victs, the conduct of wardens, and in
fact an investigation of all matters
pertaining to the handling by the com
mission of the state’s convicts.
The resolution calls for the appoint
ment of a committee of five, of which
number three are to be named by the
speaker of the house from the mem
bers of the house, and two are to be
named by the president of the senate
from the members of the senate. The
paper will he immediately sent to the
senate for action, as it is of joint char
acter and must be sanctioned by the
higher body.
Under the terms of the substitute
adopted, the committee of five can be
gin its work at once, but has leave,
if desired, to sit in vacation. It has
Ue right to summon before it all wit
nesses desired, and to punish them
for contempt as in courts of law.
The substitute passed by the over
whelming vote of 141 to 15.
The following superintendents were
•letted: Church work, Mrs. J. J. Ans
ley. enrollment. Miss H. Augusta
Howard: literature and press, Mrs.
DeLacy; and legislation and petition,
Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley.
IN THE SENATE.
July 8.
The discussion of the house bill ap
propriating $15,000 to the Georgia
Normal and Industrial college at Mil
ledgeville, occupied a great part of
the senate’s session on Wednesday.
After a heated debate consuming
about an hour of the senate’s session,
Bill passed by vote of 35 to 6.
Senator Deen’s bill to require all
births of children to be reported to
the ordinaries of the several counties,
etc., was defeated by a vote of 25 to
15, but notice was given of a motion
to reconsider.
Two local bills which had been sent
in from the house were passed.
The house bill introduced by Mr.
Tift of Dougherty, known as the en
gineers’ bill, prohibiting the employ
ment of inexperienced persons as lo
comotive engineers was then taken
up and passed by unanimous vote.
The resolution of Senator Hardman
to memorialize congress to establish
a national bureau of health, which
was read on Tuesday, was passed.
July 9.
The question of the establishment
of new counties came up before the
senate on Thursday and occupied the
attention of that body during practi
cally all of the session. This was the
only measure debated during the ses
sion, and the discussion was heated
and long drawn out.
Senators Felder, Henderson,
Wilkes and Steed spoke in favor of
the measure, while Senators Wright
and Camp opposed it.
Despite the voluminous argument
offered on both sides of the question,
the senate adjourned taking action on
vhe bill.
July 10.
A message from the governor was
announced at the opening of the sen
ate Friday to be considered in ex
ecutive session. It referred to ap
pointments.
Senator Whatley’s bill with refer
ence of new counties was further dis
cussed. A call for the previous ques
tion was sustained and four amend
ments offered by Senators Akin, Willi
ford, Felder and Knight were de
feated.
The amendment of Senator Farmer
was unanimously passed.
On the final vote the bill as amend
ed was killed —ayes, 15; nays, 23.
A bill by Senator Wilkes to amend
an act to establish the city court of
Moultrie was passed.
July 11.
There was no session of the senate
Saturday, that body having adjourned
Friday until Monday.
July 13.
Senator Steed was in the chair
when the senate convened Monday
morning in the absence of President
Flynt, who is still detained on account
of the illness of his father.
Senator Hardman moved that Sena
tor Felder’s bill for withdrawing the
appropriations for compiling the colo
nial records, and which was favorably
reported by the appropriations com
mittee, be re-committed in order that
ex-Governor Candler be given a hear
ing on the matter, the ex-governor liv
ing in his district.
Senator Felder and Senator Knight
opposed this action. However, the sen
ate decided to give the ex-governor
this hearing by a vote of 18 to 9.
House resolution by Mr. Candler of
DeKalb, looking to the University of
Georgia taking part in the $10,000,000
foundation fund by Andrew Carnegie,
was discussed in the senate.
This resolution, favorably reported
by the committee, was passed by the
house and was concurred in by the
senate.
At 11:45 o'clock the senate adjourn
ed to meet Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock.
July 14.
A motion to investigate the news
paper charges of misconduct and graft
in the convict lease system was adopt
ed by the senate Tuesday after a heat
ed debate.
The house bill appropriating $15,000
to the University of Georgia was pass
ed by a vote of 25 to 8. Senator
Knight gave notice that he would
move a reconsideration.
The house bill introduced by Mr.
Tift, of Dougherty, to require rail
roads of the state to, equip locomo
tives with electric headlights caused
considerable discussion. A committee
on this bill bad reported favoring the
passage of this bill. This report was
disagreed to by a vote of 19 to 11.
As first business of Tuesday's ses
sion the house passed the following
local bills:
By Mr. Massengale of Warren—to
extend the city court of
By Mr. Donaldson of Decatur —To ex
tend the time for beginning work on
the Georgia Southwestern and Gulf
railroad. By Mr. Sumner of Turuer—
To amend act creating city court of
Ashburn.
The Uncle Remus Memorial Associ
ation has been organized in Atlanta,
its object being the erection or pur
chase of some suitable memorial to
the memory of the late Joel Chandler
Harris.
The largest new-born babe on rec
ord came to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Thomas, near Senoia, a few days
since. It measured 2$ inches in
height, and weighed 28 pounds.
Around the muscle of the arm meas
ured ti inches, and around its chest
18 inches. The baby was larger than
many 3year-6ld children.
LATE NEWS NOTES,
General.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia University, New York,
who is to give a series of lectures at
the University of Copenhagen, Stock
holm and Christiana, has been fairly
overwhelmed with attention since his
arrival in Paris, France.
Miss Louise Boyer, 80 years old,
relative pf J. P. Morgan, committed
suicide in her aparttment by inhaling
gas. Miss Boyer was penniless and
her rent was due.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
and party, were caught in a frightful
electrical storm on Pike’s Peak, ihe
storm broke as they neared the timber
line and raged with almost unparallel
ed fury. The party were obliged to
stay on top of the peak longer than
anticipated, as the storm continued
for several hours.
An ocean trip of over 2,000 miles in
a shell constructed of newspapers
from all parts of the United States was
completed at New York wiien George
W. Johnson, a veteran oarsman, ar
rived from St. Augustine, Fla.
To save babies' lives, the city coun
cil of Chicago lias made a special ap
propriation of SIO,OOO. Intfestinal dis
eases among infants, caused chiefly
by the hot weather, have been of such
frequent occurrence in Chicago that,
according to relative figures, tne total
deaths of babies due to these com
plaints this year, will reach the start
ling total of 3,414.
The Yokohama Japan municipality
has voted the sum of 16,000 yen to
cover the expenses of the entertain
ment to be given to the officers and
men of the American fleet while they
are in that city.
A lake of oil covering an area of
more than one square mile and of un
known depth near Tampico in the
state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, is on lire.
It has been burning for five days and
has created the wildest terror among
the natives of that section. The blaze
is seen for more than two hundred
miles at sea, according to navigators
who have arrived at Vera Cruz and
Tampico. The oil belongs to a Pitts
burg, Pa., Company whose loss will be
$290,000 on machinery and the mil
lions of barrels of oil which were
burned.
A man has applied to the police of
St. Louis for aid in ascertaining who
he is and where he lives. He remem
bers nothing at all of his past life
only th;it his name is Ed, his wife’s
name i$ Carol and his business part
ner’s name is Danny.
By holding a telegram for two hours
the telegraph company at Port au
Prince, Hayti, saved the lives of Adolf
Valbourn and Dantes Theodula. -The
telegram which had been sent by the
president of Hayti read, “Take the
men from their beds and shoot them
at once.’’ When it was received the
telegraph company held it and noti
fied the two men who immediately
caught a boat to New York. When
they were out of Haytian waters the
telegram was delivered.
Hundreds of men are fighting a for
est fire which is burning through the
center of Long Island, near Eastport
There has been little rain in 40 days
A heavy rain is about the only hops
of relief.
The report that President Roosevelt
would receive SIO,OOO for a series of
articles relating to his experiences
while hunting in Africa has been veri
fied by Charles Scribner in whose
magazine the articles will appear. Mr.
Scribner estimates the sale of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s books already pub
lished at 2,200,000 copies. The royal
ties on these sales were close to $250,*
000.
John L. Sullivan, pugilist, actor,
philosopher, lecturer and temperance
talker has begun an action for divirce
against his wife, Annie, whom he mar
ried 25 years ago in Boston and from
whom he separated a few months
later.
Washington.
Secretary Garfield must give a per
sonal bond for SB2 ,000 with surety to
be approved by the court if he desires
to prosecute the appeal noted by him
from the recent decision of Justice
Wright, of the District Supreme Court
directing write ol mandamus to issue
agaiust him in the recent disbarment
order by which certain attorneys
were excluded from practice before
the Department of the Interior.
A uew uniform bill of lading- design
ed as a substitute for the bills now in
use for the movement of miscellane
ous freight and general merchandise,
was approved and its adoption recom
mended to the common carriers of the
couutry and the shipping public by the
interstate commerce commission. It
provides two forms, printed on the
face side in different colors, one for
•straight’* and one for ‘‘order’’ con
signments. The • order’’ bill will pos
sess a certain degree of negotiability,
while the “straight” bill will be non
negotiable.
.Negotiations are m progress lor an
extradition treaty between Honduras
and the United States. The treaty is
expected to be signed between Acting
Secretary Adee and Minister Ugarte.
Nicaragua has taken up arms in
support of Honduras, which has a rev
olutionary movement on its hands, ac
cording to a dispatch received at the
State Department Saturday.
In an opinion by the Interstate Com
merce Commission involving rates on
coal, both lump and slack, irom every
mine in the Oklahoma-Arkansas coal
fields to 7s points in Texas and Louis
iana a reduction iu the rates iu about
two-thirds of the cases was made.
Gen Williams L. Marshall has for
mally succeeded Gen. Alexander Mac
kenzie as chief of engineers of the
army.
J. W. HERN OF INDIANA
Nominated For Vice President
By the Democrats.
NO BALLOT JYAS NECESSARY
Clark Howell of Georgia, Towne of New
York and McNeil of Connecticut Be
fore the Convention.
Denver, Col. —The democratic na
tianal eonvetnion concluded its labors
Friday by the nomination of John
Worth Kern of Indiana for vice pres
ident, completing the ticket on which
William Jennings Bryan was made
the nominee for president.
The nomination of Mr. Kern was
made by acclamation amid the re
sounding cheers of delegates and spec
tators. No ballot was necessary, as
the tide of sentiment had set irresis
tibly toward the Indiana candidate,
state after state registering their del
egations in his favor, and all other
candidates withdrawing before the
universal demand for his nomination.
On the call for states, Indiana pre
sented the name of Kern; Colorado,
through former Governor Thomas,
placed in nomination Charles A.
Towne of New York; Connecticut pre
sented Archibald McNeil, and Georgia,
Clark Howell.
The names of Judge George Gray of
HON. JOHN W. KERN.
Delaware and of John Mitchell of Il
linois were not presented, ow r ing to
the positive requests of these gentle
men not to have their names go be
fore the convention.
For a time it looked as though a
ballot would be required. But the
steady line of states which joined in
seconding Kern's nomination soon
made it apparent that the chances of
all other candidates had been extin
guished.
Mr. Towne in person was the first
candidate to recognize the decisive na
ture of the Kern movement, and in a
ringing speech he withdrew his name
from consideration and pledged his
support to the ticket of and
Kern.
Delegate J. T. Hill of Georgia, who,
in nominating Clark Howell, had
made quite a hit with the convention,
rose and withdrew Mr. Howell’s name,
and seconded Kern for Georgia.
Withdrawal quickly followed from
the supporters of McNeil of Connecti
cut, leaving the Indiana candidate
alone in the field. The withdrawal of
the Connecticut candidate was accom
plished by a motion that the nomina
tion of Kern be made by acclamation.
The motion was carried with a deaf
ening shout, and the great assemblage
broke into clamorous demonstration
on the accomplishment of its work
and the completion of the democratic
national ticket.
After the nomination the conven
tion adjourned without date.
The democratic convention at
Denver adopted a platform which
contained planks on the follow
ing subjects:
Economy in administration.
Arbitrary power of speaker,
Misuse of patronage.
Campaign contributions.
Tariff.
Trusts.
Railroad regulations.
Banking.
Income tax.
Labor and injunctions.
Merchant marine.
The navy.
Civil service.
Popular election of senators.
Arizona and New Mexico.
Grazing lands.
Waterways.
National resources.
Philippines.
Panama Canal.
Pan-American relations.
Asiactic immigration.
Pensions.
520,000 WILLED TO EMPLOYEE.
Woman Has Served as Cashier of
Company for Many Years.
Savannah, Ga. —No one was more
surprised than Miss Susie Keane
when the contents of the will of P. T.
Foye, who died suddenly were made
public and it became known that
$20,000 had been left to Miss Keane.
Miss Keane had for years -been a
trusted employe of the P. T. Foye
company as treasurer and had the
confidence of her employers. It was
because fo her devotion to duty and
work in the interest of the firm that
the bequest was made.
Several other bequests were made,
but this was the largest
ECONOMY IN NEW YqriTM^
It Is Nothing but Poverty C os
tively Speaking.
Econcmy Is nothing but K
New York, by contrast with theMv
normal demands that living ln Vfl
Spending 50 cents for breakfast J
without luncheon and paying’.fßv
dinner is economy for a single uLW*
breakfast; that costs 30 cents audit
dinner at 60 cents is poverty. t|/
boarding house life is poverty
lodging house life is something
and the ordinary life in a flat i s
unitary servitude.
SocioLogdsts -claim that the lovll
possible yearly expense for a world J
man with a wife and three
embodying a normal standard of F
ing is $950. The statement was
reoently by the New York Depa|
memt of Charities that the averal
laborer’s family in New York i s fl
isting on about S7OO a year. Ttfl
minimum rate of rent on the ftfl
Side for the barest decencies i 3 (■
a month. Coal costs from 10 to fl
cents a pail, a fabulous price whfl
estimated by the ton.
Yet between this poverty and tfl*
“economy” of the small salaried el
ployee who is compelled to adjust fl
eam in gs to the demands of his occfl
pation there is small difference, ffl
live in New York by the cost ratlfl
than value of things. An apple ptfl
chased on Fifth avenue costs twice fl
much a-s the same apple bought <fl
Fourteenth street. The dollar Bowefl
shirt costs twice as much on BroaiH
way. This is the city where thfl
“pay the price."
The self-indulgent man who spenfl
S3OO a day has not saved his monejß
out of his wages. The woman wtl
could not manage her household foil
a season on less than $75,900 is noil
the daughter or the wife of a wagtfl
earner. Economical beginners realm
have no actual relation in the eitisi-1
ing problem of living in New York.
What does It cost to live in Nai
York? More thta-n you can ever hop)
to earn in wages; and, so far as tin
chances of speculation are concerned,
that infers the necessity of “puli'
If you haven’t a “pull,” social or p
Utlcal or financial, your speculative
chances are slight. Obviously ttoh
state of restless endurance is demor
alizing. It undermines character,
Presently you find yourself -fol-lowinj
the procession of people who are liv
ing beyond their means, because they
seem to be enjoying themselves at It
The only way to live within your
income in New York is to became
blind to the very extravagances aal
allurements that make this the me
tropolis, and to sacrifice the pleasure*
of temptation for the comforts of au
honorable old age.—Harper’s Weekly.
Greater New York.
It is growing more and more ap I
parent that New York is destined to ■
he the greatest city In the world, and B
we might as well admit it. The only I
■question is now, ron’t it be a choro ■
ifor “the greatest city in the world I
'-to stay so? The American climate ■
conduces to fickleness, and incon-1
stancy. Having once reached the goal 1
nobody wants anything more to d a I
with if. Therefore, let Manhattan go I
a bit slow. It is getting to be “beau-1
tlful” in the new sense, and its squat I
or and “early New York” look at® I
being pushed further and further out I
of sight. ThaJt. is a physical point I
•to its credit. —Boston-Herald.
DIFFERENT NOW.
Athlete Finds Better Training Food.
It was formerly the belief that to
become strong, athletes must eat
plenty of meat.
This is all out of date now, and
many trainers feed athletes on the
well-known food, Grape-Nuts, made
of wheat and barley, and cut the meat
down to a small portion, once a day.
“Three years ago," writes a Mich,
man, “having become interested in
athletics, I found I would have to stop
eating pastry and some other kind*
of food.
“1 got some Grape-Nuts and wai
soon eating the food at every meal,
for I found that when I went on the
track, I felt more lively and active.
“Later, I began also to drink
Postum in place of coffee and the way
I gained muscle and strength on this
diet was certainly o reat. On the day
of a field meet in June I weighed 124
pounds. On the opening of the foot
ball season in Sept., I weighed 140.
I attributed my fine condition and
good work to the discontinuation of
improper food and coffee, and the
using of Grape-Nuts and Postum, my
principal diet during training season
being Grape-Nuts.
“ Before I used Grape-Nuts l never
felt right in the morning—always
kind of ‘out of sorts’ with my stom
ach. But now when I rise I feel good,
and after a breakfast largely of
Grape-Nuts and cream, and a cup of
Postum. I feel like anew man."
“There’s a Reason."
Name given by Postum Cos.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? Anew
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.