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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
IN THE HOUSE.
I ' July 22.
The house of representatives con
(ttaued all of Wednesday morning the
MfeKussion of the convict lease ques
and had not concluded at the,
fihour of adjournment.
I During the morning the subject was
russed by Mr. Smith of Campbell,
Burwell of Hancock, Mr. Whitley
‘•t Douglas, Mr. Flanders of Johnson
jam Mr. Hall of Bibb, in the order
An amendment to the disfranchise
.toent law, providing that the disfran
afctscment law, which '•> to be voted
at the October election, shall be
jaaaie effective, if paused, on January
I®, ISOS, was adopted by a vote of 212
!• i.
j The following bills were read the
K“*rd time and passed: Senate bill
. 17G. amending the act creating*
toe city coart of Dublin. By Messrs.
Doggau and Walker of Washington—
A bill to provide for the election of
ffce judge and solicitor of the city
iwrt of Sandersville. By Mr. Town-
Mid of Clinch —A bill to establish
fhe city court of Homerville. By Mr.
of Dade—A resolution to relieve
11 R Brock, T. F. Smith, George W.
Oareton, and D. E. Tatum, as trus-
Vm on the bond of John M. Castle
terry, county treasurer.
July 23.
A storm of bitter feeling swept over
too house of representatives Thurs
day during the discussion and parlia
mentary maneuvers over the Holder
oanvict lease bill. A resolution was
•iopted to continue the debate on the
'MU until 11 o'clock Friday morning,
'.aad that eacji speaker be limited to
rtwentjr minutes. A resolution to send
tfe convict question to a special com
mittee for settlement was voted down
after a very heated debate, in which
man of the speakers were accused by
*other members of the house of becom
ing personal in their remarks, and
considerable feeling was shown by
Moth factious.
July 24.
The entire time of the house Frl-
My was taken up in discussing and
cmnnding the* Holder convict bill.
Thirty-four amendments to the bill
were presented, of which thirteen
were adopted and twenty-one were
defeated.
A resolution that the bill be held
•ter until Monday morning for final
adoption was carried.
July 25.
The house of reprsentatives met.
Saturday at 9 o’clock and adjourned
after twenty minutes’ session. The
loiiowing house bills were read the
third time and passed:
By M. Matthews of Laurens, a bill
to incorporate the town of Cedar
45rsve; by Mr. McMahan of Clarke, a
bUI to amend the charter of the city
of Athens; by Mr. Flanders of John
con. a bill to establish a public
cdhoul system in tho city of Wrights
wHle. by Mr. Lee of Glynn, a bill to
•mend the act creating the board of
mmnty commissioners of Dodge couu
%; by Messrs. Alexander and Candler
f DcKalb, a bill to amend the char
ter the town of Kirkwood: by
Messrs. Alexander and Candler of Dc-
Kolb. a bill to Incorporate the town
of Kast Lake; by Mr. Cook of Chat
tahoochee, a bill to amend the char
ter of the town of Cusseta; by Messrs.
Oasis and Fagan of Houston, a bill
to amend the charter of the city of
Oeirjr; by Mr. McMullan of Hart, a
MB to’ create the office of county com
afedonor of Hart county; by Mr. Dor
many of Irwin, a bill to amend the
sdmrter of the city of Fitzgerald; by
Mb'. Parrish of Berrien, a bill to
Mhango the corporate limits of the
Mss of Adel; by Mr. Whitley of
Doagi&s, a bill to amend the charter
af the town of Douglasvllle; by Mr.
MmUh of Campbell, a bill to prohibit
toe sale of near beer In Campbell
aanatf; by Messrs, Heard and Ad
fctns f' Dooly, a bill to authorize the
town of Qyromville to issue bonds for
school and electric lighting purposes;
By Mr. McMullan of Hart, a bill to
abolish the hoard of county commis
sioners of Hart county; by Messrs.
Matthews and Clark of Laurens, a
MU to incorporate the town of Rock
ledge; by Mr. Parrish of Berrien, a
hiU to establish anew charter for
the town of Adel; by Messrs. Jones
mid Keith of Meriwether, a bill to
■•corporate the town of Primrose. The
senate t*U to Incorporate the city of
loir on ia in Franklin county was also
road the third, time and passed.
July 27.
The house did very little during
Maud*> s session toward the perfec
tiw. of the Holder convict bill. A
number of amendments were Intro
duced and speeches on each amend
ment were limited to five minutes to
mch speaker. In spite of the short
time allowed, many speeches were
made on various amendments, .but
tro of which were adopted during
the entire session. Oue of these was
fey Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, and it
permits the trial judge in misde
meanor cases to sentence the con
victed person, in his discretion, to the
slate farm.
The other amendment adopted was
b> Mr. Smith of Campbell, and pro
vided that under no circumstances
should the secretary of the prison
commission receive a salary of more
than SI,BOO per annum. The discus
sion ot' the bill was still in progress
at the hour of adjournment.
July 28.
The introduction of a mild-looking
amendment to the Holder convict bill
a*t tho house suddenly into the midst
mi - red-hot debate Tuesday morning,
resulted in what may turn
IN THE SENATE. .
July 22.
The senate motion to disagree with
the unfavorable report of the agricul
ture committee on the Martin tag tax
bill, increasing the tax on fertilizer
from 10 cents to 25 cents, the reve
nue thus obtained to be used for the
maintenance and support of the dis
trict agricultural colleges in Georgia,
was lost, the vote resulting, ayes 16,
nays 27. This test vote means that
the Martin tag tax bill is lost. Prac
tically the entire session was devoted
to a discission of the bill.
The report published throughout
the country that a “blind tiger” was
being run In the state capitol was
branded by the senate as a lie. .
July 23.
A resolution providing for a recess
of the legislature such as would give
the members of the committee appoin
ted opportunity to investigate convict
lease system and state prison com
mission, was voted down In the sen
ate Thursday by a vote of 30 to 10.
The tax return bill, which empowers
county commissioners to make tax as
sessments instead of the regular as
sessors, was recommitted to the gen
eral judiciary committee. ' The house
bill, introduced by Representative
Wright, of Richmond, to provide for
the collection of past due taxes to the
state, counties and municipalities and
for other purposes, was passed by the
senate.
July 24.
The bill of Senator Deen providing
for a proper registration of all deaths,
and births and for punishment for
any violation on the part of the prop
er authorities failing to make these
reports of vital statistics, came up for
considerable discussion in the- sen
ate Friday and was passed without
opposition.
The following bills were passed in
the senate Friday: By Senator Fel
der (by request)—To quiet the titles
to real estate in Georgia held under
foreign titles, and to make such wills
muniments of title in certain cases
and for other purposes. By Senator
Wilkes —To amend <an act to establish
the city court of Quitman. By Sena
tor Brantley—To amend an act to
create anew charter for the city of
Dublin, in Laurens county.
July 25.
There was no session of the senate
Saturday, that body having adjourned
Friday until Monday.
July 27.
The senate convened at 12 o’clock
on Monday morning with the usual
small attendance at the beginning of
the week.
Just before edjournment the senate
went into a short executive session.
Senator Cowart's bill to repeal an
act to provide for the change of
county lines lying within the limits
of incorporated towns and cities and
for other purposes was passed.
July 28.
The opening guns of the convict
light boomed in the senate Tuesday
morning, when the Felder bill came
up for consideration as a special or
der. Senators Felder and Knight en
gaged the attention of the body in in
teresting comment with reference to
the solution of the question, the one
condemning and severely scoring the
lease svstem, the other defending it
and championing the members of the
prison commission and ex-Governor
Joseph M. Terrell. No action was
taken, and the question comes up
again Wednesday morning.
Senator Brock speaking on the
ground of personal privilege denied
the newspaper report that he had
tried to block the investigation into
the convict system.
A Cinch.
••1 have a theory that you can tell
a woman’s likes and dislike by study
ing her husband.”
•Rot!”
-Think so?” ,
• -Sure of it? Now my wife is per
fectly crazy over bulldogs, and the
uglier they are the better she likes
’em. Now' would you have suspected
that from studying me?" „
-I should have ielt positive of it.
Houston Post.
Slippery Ground.
"Can a layman write a will that will
•‘He can if he sticks to ordinary
English,” answered the lawyer. TCs
when he tries to handle the to-wits
and the ‘whereases’ that he falls
down." —Kansas City Journal.
Not Always a Romance.
••Why don't you write your name
on an egg? The recipient may tall
in love with you. ’
"And the recipient may sue me for
damages,” responded the dairy maid.
••I tried that once and got into a very
unpleasant imbroglio with an actor
gontWashintgon Herald.
out to be a death blow to the fee
system in Georgia.
* The amendment was introduced by
Mr McFarland of Mclntosh and Mr.
Perrv of Hall, and merely provided
that' when a fine was collected
against auv person who had oeeu
found guilty of a misdemeanor, the
part remaining after the solicitor
sheriff and other court officers shall
have been paid, must go into the
county treasury.
The amendment was, on a. call ol
the roll, adopted by a vote of 102 to
56. or nearly two to one.
The remainder of the session was
takeu up with the reading and de
bating of other amendments to the
same bill.
FIGHT TO CLOSE COPPER MINES.
Resolution Pending in House Calls On
Attorney Gsneral to Act.
Atlanta, Ga. —There will be precipi
tated in the house this week a fight
over the pending resolution which
calls upon the attorney general to
secure from the United States su
preme court a decree absolutely clos
ing down the Ducktown Copper Mines
across the Georgia line in Tennessee.
For years these poisonous fumes
ffiave been destroying vegetation to?
miles around in North Georgia. The
state of Georgia brought suit in the
supreme court restraining the opera
tors of these mines from continuing
these plants to the detriment of Geor
gia vegetation. The decree was gran
ted and it was left to the discretion
of the attorney general of Georgia as
to when he should ask that it be
made permanent.
This industry is of pertinent inter
est to Georgia and to the south, by
reason of the fact that at this place
the greatest amount of sulphuric acid
manufactured in the world is procur
ed, which, when mixed with phos
phate rock, makes phosphoric acid,
one of the prime ingredients in the
most universal commercial fertilizers
used in the south. This fertilizer is
composed of phosphoric acid, nitro
gen and potash. The source of the
nitrogen in this mixture is derived
from cotton seed meal. There are
hundreds of small fertilizer plants
throughout the state and the south
where cotton seed meal and phos
phate rock are had, and it is neces
sary to secure this sulphuric acid to
make phosphoric acid, so necessary
to transform it into a commercial fer
tilizer. Reports show that this cot
ton seed meal fertilizer is more gen
erally used than any other brand, and
any action to the curtailment of this
mixture will be watched with univer
sal interest.
STATE GLEANINGS.
The rising values in Georgia farm
land property is shown by the sale
of a 140,acre Wilkes county farm at
a figure slightly above S7O an acre,
establishing anew record in that
county at the time.
In Athens, Ga., plans are being pre
pared for an entire block of hand
some modern store buildings. Plans
are being drawn for elegant bank
buildings in Augusta and Elberton.
Plans are being prepared for anew
court house at Springfield.
Anew company formed at Athens
will have a capital of SIOO,OOO, and
will own and operate the old press
now in the city as well as the new
one, which will be located on the old
fair grounds on the Seaboard Air
Line, tl is expected that this new
press will mean the addition of 50,000
bales of cotton per annum to the re
ceipts at Athens, which are now
above 110,000 bales each year.
The large vegetable canning facto
ry of T. J. Shingler & Bros, at Don
alsonville has been started, and is
running in full blast. It employs a
large force, and is turning out thou
sands of cans of vegetables and fruit
each day.
The residence of Mayor Henry Ke*-
non of Adel was destroyed by fire, it
is believed that the fire originated in
the kitchen. There was about $2,000
insurance ou the home, but this will
not cover the loss. Most of the fur
nishings were burned with the home.
Two negroes were killed during a
storm on the farm of W. K. Miller,
a prominent attorney of Augusta. The
negroes were standing near the side
of an old barn, and the wind blew it
over on them, mangling their bodies.
Their names are Joe Moys and Frank
Elmore.
William B. Stubbs, president of the
Y. M. C. A., the Anti-Saloon League
and a prominent local lawyer of Sa
vannah, has accepted the secretary
ship of the Layman’s Missionary
Movement of the Southern Methodist
Church. He will move to Nashville.
Five thousand people atfended tine
annual meeting of the Douglasvilie Sa
cred Harp Musical Society held at
that city. Delegates from ten coun
ties and visitors from all over the
state were present and the meeting
was a great success.
The 12-vear-old son of Tom McGee
of Arabi, accidentally shot and killed
his 8-year-old sister with a 22-caliber
rifle. The ball entered the head over
the left eye.
The postoffice at Kinder Lou, six
miles west of Valdosta, on the At
lantic Coast Line, was entered and
robbed of all the money in the cash
drawer. It is supposed that the thief
was locked in the building at the clos
ing hour. The postolflce is located in
the store of Mcßee Brothers, but noth
ing was taken from the store, so far as
known.
C. S. Hurt, an Opelika, Ala., tele
phone lineman, died at the Columbus
hospital, the result of a thirty-foot fall
from a pole two weeks ago.
The board of county commissioners
of Lowndes county has placed an or
der for a large quantity of improved
road machinery, and will begin active
ly the work of improving the high
ways of the county along permanent
and scientific lines. The implements
ordered embrace road scrapers, grad
ing plows and a grade leveler.
Letters have been received from
prominent citizens of Tuskegee, Ala.,
In which they state that the people
of that city and of Macon county are
very anxious to co-operate with the
people of Columbus in their efforts to
construct a railroad from Columbus
to Montgomery via Crawford, Marvyn,
Society Hill and Tuskegee. It appears
that most of the people are very much
In favor of the project to construct
the road. *
IATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Several members of the New York
police force have been indicted for ac
cepting money from race track gamb
lers. These policemen would fail to
make a case against any bookmaker
who paid for protection. One of the
bookmakers refusing to bribe the po
licemen was arrested and he, in turn,
made charges, which led to the indict
ing by the grand jury of several mem
bers of the police force.
Joe M. Cribb, 50 years old, commit
ted suicide at his home near Way
cross, Ga. Every preparation for the
act was made with minuteness, the
man even sending his 15-year-old son
to neighbors to get someone to sit
up during the night with his body.
That all the steel mills throughout
the country controlled by the steel
trust, which since last October have
been operating only 55 per cent of
their capacity, will be put into full
blast in the immediate future, was
the keynote of a speech made by
President Wm. E. Corey at a meet
ing in New York of the presidents of
the subsidiary companies of the Unit
ed States Steel Cos.
Citizens of Natalbany, La„ are very
much excited over the killing of a
boy in that town by two Italians and
have ordered all Kalians in the town
to leave.
A perjury plot against Frank J.
Gould, the multi-millionaire of New
York City, has # been discovered
Gould’s wife is suing for a divorce
and sensational evidence which was
given regarding Mr, Gould’s conduct
has been discovered to be false and
an organized gang of blackmailers
have been arrested.
A bomb was exploded in a tent in
which Governor Deneen of Illinois
was addressing a political meeting
at Chicago. No damage resulted
from the explosion and it is thought
the perpetrators intended to take ad
vantage of the excitement to rob peo
ple in the audience. Policemen made
a number of arrests, but later all the
suspects were released.
The record breaking ships Maure
tania and LiTsitania will be laid up
until next January in dry docks. The
company which owns them having
decided that the winter travel be
tween New York and Liverpool would
not warrant keeping these expensive
vessels in service. A big saving is
effected in coal alone, the bill per day
for either of these leviathans of the
Atlantic averaging $4,000.
Congressman R. P. Hobson of Ala
bama and Mr. Samuel P. Cadman of
Brooklyu, N. Y., met in a joint debate
at Marshaltown, lowa, on the neces
sity of a greater navy and the Japa
nese war situation. An immense au
dience greeted the speakers and hon
ors were declared even at the close
of the arguments.
Joseph J. Henry an ordinary sea
man and powder passer on board the
new battleship Mississippi was killed
during a gun drill in one of the for
ward eight-inch turretts. His necker
chief caught in th# training signal of
one of the guns and drawn into the
machinery and his neck was broken.
As the result of a terrific electrical
storm which passed over the Pennsyl
vania National Guard encampment at
Gettsburg, Pa., six troopers were kill
ed and over two-score injured, some
of them seriously, by being struck by
lightning.
John T. Burford of Chattanooga,
Tenn., whose suit case said to have
contained SIO,OOO in stocks and bonds
was stolen at Chicago recently, has
recovered his property.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Stetson, wid
ow of the late millionaire hat maker,
John F. Stetson, was married to
Count Santa Eulalia of Portugal by
Monsigneur Turner, chancellor of the
archidiocese of Philadelphia. The
ceremony was performed at the
bride’s beautiful estate near Philadel
phia.
The general opinion of leaders in
the financial world seems to be that
the decision in the Standard Oil case
would result in a reaction to business.
Washington.
Eight cadets have been ordered
heme from West Point Military Acad
emy for hazing a freshman by mak
ing him comply with the following
order: "Go out into G company
street and pick up a hundred nice fat
ants, put them in your cap, and in
half an hour come back, count them,
and if any are absent, report accord
ingly. If all are present or account
ed for put them in your locker until
further orders.”
The Mayflower, President Roose
velt’s yacht, collided with a lumber
laden schooner while taking the pres
ident to Newport,R. 1., from Oyster
Bay. Life boats from the Mayflower
saved the crew of the schooner which
was cut almost in two. President
Roosevelt was sleeping at the time
of the collision and knew nothing of
the accident until morning.
To guard against friction pending a
settlement before The Hague tribunal
of the respective, rights of American
fishermen in Newfoundland waters,
the department of state at Washing
ton has reached an" agreement with
the British foreign office for an ex
tension of the present modus vivendi
governing the fisheries, to cover the
approaching fishing season.
A circular was received at Panama
from Washington, abolishing, from
August 1, the department of municipal
engineering and building and the de
partment of construction, motive pow
er and machinery of the canal admin
istration. The work performed in the
past by those divisions will hereafter
be done by the engineers of the At
lantic, Central and Pacific divisions.
The
General Demand
of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Cos. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genqino—manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Cos., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Rock of Gibraltar is honey
combed with 70 miles of tunneling.
1
REMOVES CORNS WITHOUT PAIN.
Abbott’s east Indian cobn paint removes
corns, root and all, without cutting or burn
ing and leaves no soreness. It cures soft
corns between the toes, bunions or sore,
callous spots. It cures all quick and per
manent. Get It at your druggist or end
25c. to The Abbott Cos., Savannah, Ga.
The average woman is a good ac
tress off the stage.
Hicks’ Capudine Cures Women’s
Monthly Pains, Backache, Nervousness,
and Headache. It’s Liquid. Effects imme
diately. Prescribed by physicians with best
results. 10c., 25c., ana 50c.. at drug stores.
A dog wearing spectacles has ap
peared on the streets in Paris and
New York, but no dog has yet fallen
so low as to wear a monocle, boast*
the Louisville Courier-Journal.
HAD ECZEMA 15 TEARS.
Mrs. Thomas Thompson, of Clarksvi ’a,
Ga., writes, under date of April 23, 1907 “T
suffered isyea-s with tormenting ecz .ua;
had the best doctors to prescribe; bo', noth
ing did me any good until I got tettebinb.
It cured me. I am so thankful.”
Thousands of others can testify to similar
cures. Tetterine is sold by druggists or
sent by mail for 50c. by J. T. Shuptbinh,
Dept. A, Savannah, Ga.
THE TRAVELLER.
The shades of night were falling down
On a Western Kansas shack,
When up the alkali dust of the town
Rode a tenderfoot, dressed in .black.
On a woe-begone broncho —an iron
gray.
At his saddle bow hung a rifle;
On his back was slung a dress suit
case.
Some 50 pounds yet a trifle
To the weight he bore in his tired
brain,
As he journeyed from day to day;
And these are the thoughts that went
and came
As he travelled his lonely way;
He thought of his home, by the sad
sea waves;
Of himself as a country jay;
Of the smell of salt hay and barrel
staves,
•
And he heard his father say;
“Rory! Rory! Get out the dory.
Don’t talk back and don’t get gay!
Go and tell the old man Morey,
‘A herring’s swam into Quincy
Bay.’ ”
Rogers Payne Scruton, in the Boston
Post.
BITTEN BY A HORSERAETSH.
“And so Smlthers died of hydroph®.
bia?”
"Yes; poor chap!’’
“How did it happen?”
“He put too much horseradish on
his bologna and it bit his tongue.”—
Chicago News.
HEALTH AND INCOME.
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.
Good sturdy health helps one a toe
to make money.
With the loss of health one's In
come is liable to shrink, if not en
tirely dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make
her own living, good health is her
best asset.
“I am a’.one in the world,” writes a
Chicago girl, “dependent on my own.
efforts for my living. I am a clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap
plication to work and a boarding
house diet, 1 became a nervous in
valid, and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
a half day at a time.
“A friend suggested to me the idea
of trying Grape-Nuts, which I did.
making this food a large part of at
♦least two meals a day.
“To-day I am free from brain-ti?e.
dyspepsia and all the ills of an over
worked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts I
owe the recovery of my health, and
the ability to retain my position and
income.” “There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Cos., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road t®
Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full ot bun
interest.