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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
IN THE HOUSE.
July 15.
The house of representatives, after
t spirited debate Wednesday morning,
refused to indefinitely postpone the
anti-pass bill of Senator Born of the
Thirty-fourth district by the decisive
vote of 93 to 58, and the considera
tion of the bill will 'be resumed in its
regular order.
A motion to reconsider the pension
hill, which had been defeated, was
carried,
A resolution calling on Governor
gmith to furnish legislature his rea
sons for dismissing Joseph M. Brown
was laid over one day.
July 16.
Objection to leasing the convicts of
the state developed on all sides
Thursday when the Holder convict
measure was offered to the house. A
decided tendency, if to lease at all,
to limit to one year the lease and by
that means throw the question, for
final settlement upon the next admin
istration with its new legislature pre
vailed.
Only two speeches were made dur
ing the session. The first was by Mr.
Holder of Jackson, the author of the
measure, and the second by Mr. Cov
ington of Colquitt, who had the floor
when the house adjourned.
July 17.
Almost the entire time of the house
of representatives was occupied Fri
day morning in a continuation of the
discussion of the question of the dis
position of the state’s convicts. Mr.
Covington finished his address, which
was begun Thursday. Mr. Jones of
Alexander, Mr. Fuilbright of Burke,
Mr. Boyd of Spalding, Mr. Wright of
Floyd and Mr. Holder of Jackson ex
pressed their views in regards to the
convict leasing system.
The house concurred in the senate
resolution calling for investigation of
the convict lease system.
July 18.
The house was in session but thir
ty minutes, during time the following
bills were passed: by Mr. Odum of
Baker, to create board of county com
mission, to repeal act creating the
board of county commissioners; by
Mr. Flanders of Johnson, to create
board of roads and revenues; by Mr.
Haywood of McDuffie, to create a
board of roads and revenues; by Mr.
Strickland of Pike, to incorporate the
town of Williamson; by Mr. Simmons
of Gilmer, to create new charter for
Ellijay; by Mr. Peterson of Montgom
ery, to incorporate town of Orland;
by Mr. Simmons of Gilmer, to repeal
act incorporating town of ElLijay; by
Mr. Trent of Heard, to repeal act
granting new charter for Franklin;
by Mr. Alexander of DeKalb, to au
thorize bond issue for Decatur; by
Mr. Trent of Heard, to create new
charter for Franklin; by Messrs.
Candier and .Alexander of DeKalb,
to authorize mayor and council to
issue bonds; by Mr. Burwell of Han
cock, to repeal act incorporating Cul
verton; by Mr. Berry of Union, to
incorporate town of Blairsville; by
Messrs. Brown and Watkins of Car
roll, to create office of commissioner
of roads and revenues; by Mr. Cal
beck of Gordon, to authorize town of
Calhoun to deed certain lands; by
Blackburn and Bell of Fulton, to
amend charter for East Point; by
Mr. Ballard of Newton, to establish
public school for Mansfield; by Mr.
Peterson of Montgomery, to create a
new charter for Glenwood; by Mr.
Swilling of Franklin, to authorize pub
lic school system for Lavonia; by
Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Gwinnett,
to amend charter of Norcross; by Mr.
Mays of Butts, to create new charter
for Jackson; by Mr. Boyd of Spald
ing, to authorize Griffin to lay out
certain streets.
July 20.
They heard a message from Gov
ernor Hoke Smith read in which the
governor gave his reason for dismiss
ing Joseph M. Brown. It was referr
ed to the judiciary committee.
Under a special order the house
took up the hill by Mr. Dunbar of
Richmond providing for the valida
tion of certain county and municipal
bonds, concurred in the senate
amendments and passed the bill.
The house then went into a com
mittee of the whole house and Mr.
Wright of Floyd took the floor and
spoke favoring the Alexander substi
tute to the convict lease bill.
At the conclusion of Mr. W right s
address Mr. Barrett of Stephens pie
sented a substitute to the bill.
Mr. Hall of Bibb speaking on the
Barrett substitute had the floor when
the house adjourned.
The following bills were passed by
unanimous consent: By Mr. ihuiman
of Walker—A bill to create the coun
ty court of Walker county. By Mr.
Flanders of Johnson —A bill to create
the city court of Wrightsville.
July 21. ,
The convict lease question, "hicn
was the special order of the a>,
came up as soon as the house conten
ed Tuesday morning.
Arguments pro and con were ma
by Mr. Wise of Fayette, Mr. BiacJe
hu rn of Fulton, Mr. Butt of Fan 1 ,
Mr. Payton of Worth, Mr. Smith of
Campbell and Mr. Hall of Bmb secur
ed the floor just before adjournment
and his address was unfinished.
The following bills were be unan
imous consent, read the third 1 inl
and passed: By Mr. Blackburn of 11
ton—A bill to provide for two spec
ial baliliifs in the superior courts or
certain counties. By Messrs, xoung
and Tuggle of Troup—A bill to
change the time of holding the supe
IN THE SENATE.
I, Ju| y is.
Flyru was a S ai n in the
cnaii Wednesday morning, after an
dsence of several days on account of
~e . ll * ess °f bis father, whose con
dition he reported as still critical.
Senator Hay’s senate bill (hy re
quest) providing that "power plants
furnishing light or heat to me public
shall have power to use water for con
densing purposes from any near by
stream, provided that 75 per cent of
the same shall be returned to the
stream at the same place from which
it was taken," was made the special
order of the day.
In speaking in opposition to the bill
Senators Overstreet and Henderson
charged that considerable lobbying
had been done for the bill.
Senator Williford and Senator Boyd
also spoke at some length in opposi
tion to the bill. The bill was lost by
a vote of 21 to 6.
A bill for the regulation of the con
duct of telegraph operators and train
dispatchers of common carriers and
for other purposes, was passed with
out opposition.
A bill for the provision of an aux
iliary militia, composed only on veter
ans of the Spanish-Ameriean war and
such men as had served a full enl.st
ment in the national guard, which
would provide a proper guard for the
property and lives of the state at
such times as the regular national
guard should be called out of Georgia
by the president of the United States
was passed without opposition.
July 16.
At the sesion of the senate Thurs
day appropriation bills giving the
University of Georgia SIO,OOO for the
remodeling of old college at Athens
and $5,000 for the equipping of the
Carnegie library at the Georgia
School of Technology were passed.
During the debate over the appro
priation bill for Carnegie library,
Senator Wilkes of the Second district
made many sensational statements
concerning Andrew Carnegie.
The Shaw resolution, calling for the
appointment of two members of the
senate to act with the three members
of the house on the investigation of
the convict lease system, was passed
with but one dissenting vote.
July 17.
Friday’s session of the senate was
uneventful and quiet.
The Shaw resolution on the investi
gation of the convict lease system,
which was adopted Thursday, was
reconsidered and laid on the table and
the Felder resolution on the same
subject was adopted. This course
was taken because the house had
had already adopted the Felder reso
lution.
The following bills were passed:
By Senator Lashley—'To prevent the
taking of fish from Brass Town creek
in Towns county. By Senator Wilkes
To incorporate the town of King
wood in the county of Colquitt. House
bill bv Mr. Mercer of Terrell —To
provide for relief from the state tax
on our dispensaries in Terrell county
in 1907.
July 18.
There was no session of the senate
Saturday, that body having adjourned
Friday until Monday.
July 20.
The senate heard the reading of
the governor’s special message with
out comment. It was referred to the
judiciary committee.
President Flynt announced his ap
pointments from the senate for the
investigation of the convict lease sys
tem and the state prison commission
i under the Felder resolutions as fol
10'senator Felder of the Twenty-sec
ond district. Senator Brock of the
Fourth, Senator Haves of the Thir
teenth. _____ -
July 21.
The good roads bill of Senator
B 0 yd of the Thirty-second district,
came up for final action in the sen
ate Tuesday morning and was tabled
after a lengthy debate.
A bill bv Senator Cam;, to incorpor
ate the city of Lavonia, Franklin
rnuntv, W3>s passed.
The Martin tag tax bill was called
no bv special order and brought forth
the most vigorous discuss.on of any
measure that has been considered by
the senate in several weeks.
The Martin bill provides that the
tax on fertilizers shall be raised from
en to twenty-five cents per ton, the
proceeds to go towards the support
of the eleven congressional district
schools of the state. These schools
have alreadv been built and must
have additional funds for the.r sup
senator Wilkes spoke at some
i pn <rth opposing the measuie.
Flvnt of the senate took
the floor and when that body adjourn
ed had not finished his speech tavor
ing the bill.
Yowls.
-This lullaby doesn’t seem to soothe
baby." .
“Wonder wh\' not.
“I suspect he takes it for competi
tion -—Washington Herald.
rinr courtnf Troup county. By Mr.
Glenn of Whitfield-A bill to amend
the act creating the city court of Dal
ton Bv Mr. Odum of Laker—A bill
o amend the act creating the city
court of Newton. By Mr Johnson of
Jasper—-A bill to amend the act creat
ing the city court of Monticello. By
M? Wilson of Gwinnett- A bill to
amend the act creating the city court
of Buford.
UTE NEWS NOTES.
General.
American capitalists contemplate
working a concession of 8,000 acres
of hard wood timber in Honduras.
Twenty miles of railway, with spurs,
are to be constructed. Shipments
will be made to the United States. As
the land is cleared rubber, banana
and coeca will be planted.
The emperor of China, Tsai Tien,
has been ill for some time past. It Is
impossible to ascertain what his mal
ady is because western medicial sci
ence is barred from the imperial pal
ace,- but the reports indicate that he
is suffering from dysentery. His maj
esty is said to be better, but in spite
of this the dowager, empress has or
dered the various viceroys and gov
ernors to send physicians from the
provinces to Pekin.
The Western Maryland express
from Elkins to Baltimore was com
pletely wrecked near Keyser, W. Va.
Eleven passengers were seriously in
jured. Nearly all are West Virgiu
lains. Two caskets Containing corps
es were broken open and lie In the
wreckage on the river bed.
It has transpired that an American
woman who was traveling through the
wilds of the state of Chiapas, Mexico,
dressed in man’s attire, and who was
suspected of being Mrs. Bell Guinness,
the notorious LaPorte murderess, is
Mrs. K. M. Cameron, widow of a
preacher of Parkers. W. Va.
All of the five balloons which start
ed from St. Paul In an effort to sur
pass the world’s distance and endur
ance record have landed, the Chica
go, owned by C. A. Coey of Chicago
winning the contest by traveling a
distance of seventy-three miles in an
air line. The Pommern, which was
the last to report, landed near War
saw, Minn., about fifty-two miles from
St. Paul. The Chicago won both en
durance and distance prizes.
Japan is rapidly making arrange
ments for the building of two new
battleships. The keel of one will be
laid at Yokosuka during July, and the
keel of the other at Kure 'before the
end of the year. The displacement of
these ships will be 20,800 tons; their
speed, 20 knots; their armor, 12
inches, and their principal armament
12-inch guns.
Following his action of naming one
of the great national forest reserves
“Cleveland National Forest,” Presi
dent Roosevelt has written Mrs.
Cleveland praising former President
Cleveland's act of establishing forest
reserves.
A St. Louis judge has decided that
a combination of laundry companies
does not violate the trust laws. His
reason for arriving at this decision
was; “There are many ways of clean
ing soiled clothes and a person doe3
not necessarily have to have soiled
clothes washed by any company or
companies.” *
A pleasure launch bound from Ma
nila, P. 1., to Corregiidia island, car
rying about seventy-five passengers,
was caught in a typhon and foun
dered. Twenty-five of the party, in
cluding three Americans were drown
ed. The re3t were picked up by a
British steamer and landed safely.
The lepers located on the island of
Moiokia purchased a large quantity
of daylight fireworks which were used
to salute the Atlantic battleship fleet
as it passed the island. A large
piece which on its explosion formed
the word “welcome,” was placed in a
position of vantage.
H. H. Rodgers, the well-known Wall
street man, in an interviiew declared
that the country has fully recovered
from the effects of the 'recent panic
and that business along all lines was
in as good, if not better condition,
than before the scare.
A net income of $449,461,188 availa
ble for dividends or surplus, 873,905,-
133 passengers carried and 1,796,338,-
659 tons of reight hauled, track mile
age of 327,975, employes numbering
1,672,074, equipment including 55,388
locomotives, 43,973 passenger cars
and 1,991,557 freight cars and 122,855
persons killed or injured, is the show
ing made by the railroads of the Unit
ed States in the inter-sttae commerce
commission’s report for the year end
ing June 30, 1907.
Mrs. Isabella Salem of Buffalo, N.
Y., killed her three small children
and then attempted to kill herself.
She poisoned the children first with
Paris green and then strangled them
with handkerchiefs.
One contestant was drowned, half
a dozen others were seized with
cramps and rescued with difficulty,
and two spectators were thrown in
the river when a tug boat collided
with their rowboat during the first
annual "Marathon swim” of the new
Illinois Athletic club in the Chicago
river. The water proved far too cold
for the swimmers, and only seventeen
of a field of sixty managed to finish
the two-mile course.
Washington.
A young man who gave his name as
Juan Herzgeld was arrested in New
York City at the request of the Mexi
can authorities at Washington on the
charge of having stolen $5,065 from
the Mexican Sugar Refining company
at El Potrero Cordora, in the state of
Vera Cruz.
An examination of the books of the
railroads of the country by the inter
state commerce commission will be
gin soon. The commission desires to
find whether the roads have complied
with prescribed forms of accounts,
records and memoranda showing the
movement of traffic. The commission
asks for 90 men for this work, and
are now swapped with applications
from expert examiners.
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FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
Paris is to inflict fines for wearing
large hats in the theatre.
Mrs. Egbert Parnell, an Austra
lian, invented perforated underwear.
Mary Mannering said she was su
ing her husband, James K. Hackett,
for divorce.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Is the
heaviest taxpayer in Newport. Ft. 1.,
paving on a total valuation 0!‘51,040,-
200.
The Mount Vernon (K. Y.) Board
of Health, spurred to action by mem
bers of women’s clubs, started a cru
sade against flies.
Queen Alexandra opened buildings
Intended as headquarters for the
Royal National Pension Fund for
Nurses in London.
Mme. Alla Nazimova. Russian ac
tress. has purchased a tract of land
at a cost of $40,000 on Byram ltidge,
N. Y., for a country place.
Although probably more actively
engaged in business than any other
person in the country, Mrs. Hetty
Green has never used a telephone.
The Art Students' League of New
York City announced offers of prizes
from W. T. Evans and others to en
courage ambitious young >nca and
women.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward has come
out in the open against women's
rights, and is one of the most promi
nent of the organizers of the National
Woman’s Anti-Suffrage Association.
The Figaro, of Paris, announced
the engagement of Mile. Anne Fal
lieres, daughter of the President of
France, to Jean Joseph Edmond
Thanes, secretary-general to the Presi
dent.
The only woman in the world who
bears the impressive title “Dean of
Deans” Is Miss Laura C. Cornell, who
is a leader in the executive and edu
cational work of Temple University,
in Philadelphia.
In life’s game be sure to play the
winning card.
Gray hairs need be honored only
when the adorn honest heads.
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Greensboro, X. C.—The Southern
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