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IOCEEDINBS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
IN THE HOUSE
July 29.
m _. bolder convict bill was passed
I T t be house Wednesday afternoon
o • 30 o’clock. The vote was 108 to
K " The hill was amended in many
its features by the house during
■ ihn morning.
1 The progress of the vote was slow,
■in aye and nay vote was taken, and
■ any members availed themselves of
ILr right to explain their positions,
I ic n consuming three minutes."
■ giade of Muscogee entered a
I, porous protest against what he
I termed “slanders against the state of
■ Georgia, now being uttered before
IL committee which is investigating
I tbe convict lease system.
I x resolution was offered instructing
I ttie attorney-general to take such le
-1 s teps as was necessary to recover
from all wardens and other officers
of the state all salaries paid them to
which they were not entitled.
July 30.
The convict question, so far as the
house of representatives is concern
ed, is settled, at least, for the pres
ent.
All discussion on th.e subject and
on every phase of the subject, was
terminated in the house Thursday
morning when the .bill of Representa
tive Alexander of DeKalb, prohibiting
bv constitutional amendement, any
further leasing of convicts after De
cember 31, 1911, was passed by the
practically unanimous vote of 147
to 3. x _
The bill will go at once to the sen
ate, to which the Holder bill was sent
during the morning, and the whole
convict question is now in the hands
of the senators.
A bill by Mr. Hall of Bibb to pay
the members of the general assembly
seven dollars instead of four dollars
per dav was lost: 94 ayes to 53 noes.
The bill being a constitutional amend
ment, required a two-thirds vote, or
the votes of 122 members.
July 31.
A quorum of the members of the
house could not -be kept in the hall
Thursday morning artd after passing
a bill requiring candidates to file
their campaign expenses with the
proper officers and a bill prohibiting
corporations or their officers from
contributing to campaign funds the
house adjourned.
August 1.
The house was in session but one
hour Saturday during which time the
following bills were passed:
By Mr. Tyson of Emanuel ,to pre
scribe how real estate owned by Tat
nall county shall be sold; by Messrs.
Blackburn and Bell of Fulton, to
amend charter of College Park, to
amend act creating charter of College
Park; by Messrs. Fowler and Ryals
of Bibb, to pay John P. Ross certain
attorney’s fees; by Messrs. Walker
and Ashley of Lowndes, to amend act
incorporating Sylvester ;by Mr. Pope
of Brooks, to regulate log carts in
Brooks county; by Mr. Rogers of Ran
dolph, to amend act creating board
of roads and revenues; by Mr. McWil
liams of Henry, to clear constructions
from running streams in Henry coun
ty; by Mr. Brown of Carroll, to
act incorporating Temple; by -.- r -
Cook of Telfair, to establish public
school system in Lumber City; by
Messrs. Flanagan and Holder of Jack
son, to amend charter of Winder; by
Messrs. Young and Tuggle of Troup,
to amend charter of Hogansville; by
Mr. Fulbright of Burke, to extend the
city limits of Waynesboro; by Messrs
Alexander and Candler of DeKalb,
create public school system for Li
nia; by Mr. Cowan of Rockdale, to
provide for clearance of county
streams; by Mr. Huie of Clayton,
amend charter of Jonesboro; by - r.
Clifton of Toombs, to repeal act in
corporating Ohoopee.
Senate Bills: By Senator Wilkes,
to incorporate town of Kingwood,
Senator Lashley, to prevent fishing
Braseltown creek in Union coun y.
August 3.
A report from the committee on
rules was ordered by the house P
viding that no special orders sha
set during the remainder of the •
sion, with the exception of the
vice pension bill of Mr. Fos
Cobb, which was made a speci
der for Wednesday morning, Aug u
5. The report also provided that thir
ty minutes each day, immediately a
ter the confirmation of the .) ’
shall be allowed for the intr ° . *
of new matter and the readin s
bills a second time.
A bill allowing counties to *evj
tax for maintaining county P° c
passed 1?.9 to 9,
August 4. „
By the vote of 71 to 7o the ous
representatives Tuesday def
oill by Mr. Fraser of Liberty P
ing for the increased protec
fish and game. int-
The bill provided for the PP
ment of a game warden and •
wardens, named the condition
which hunting and fishing s
allowed and sought to make a 1
priation of $50,000 for the purpos
enforcing its provisions, the ™ „
be taken from the funds accru ing
from the violations of the law -
fees received for issuing bun g
fishing licenses. The discuss
this bill had the attention ot
house the entire session.
Tramp—Would you give a poor M
low a bite to eat, Lady? , thin
Lady—Sure, will you have
or without? , ... with-
Tramp (after some thought)
in, ma’am; without de work.
IN THE SENATE.
July 29.
After considerable debate in the
senate Wednesday the Felder convict
bill was made a special continuing or
der for Tuesday.
The bill of Representative Tift of
Dougherty to require railroads to
equip locomotive engines with elec
trie headlights was passed with a sub
stitute which leaves the matter with
the railroad commission.
Senator Felder introduced a joint
lasolution that the house and senate
meet in joint session on Friday, Aug
ust 7th, to engage in appropriate
memorial exercises in memory of the
late Honorable John W. Akin of the
Forty-second district, late president
of the state senate. The resolution
was passed by unanimous vote. The
senate then went into a brief execu
tive session before adjournment.
During the session the galleries
were filled with interested listeners,
July 30.
The senate oil Thursday gave most
of its time to the consideration of
local bills, most of which were pass
ed, and at the time of adjournment
was debating on the bill to prescribe
the salaries of the solicitor generals
of the superior courts of the state.
The following bills were passed:
By Senator Mattox —To amend the
charter of mayor and aldermen of St.
Marys, and to add to its powers. By
Senator Cowart —To amend an act
creating a board of commissioners
of roads and revenues for the county
of Calhoun. By Senator Henderson
of the Fifteenth District —To abolish
the office of commissioners of roads
and revenues for the county of Irwin
and for other purposes. By Senator
Felder —To amend the charter of the
city of Macon and for other purposes.
By Senator L. A. Henderson of the
Thirty-ninth District—To authorize
and empower members of local
boards of school trustees to adminis
ter oaths to common school teachers
to their monthly, quarterly and an
nual reports to the county school
commissioners, and for other pur
poses House resolution of Represen
tative Way of Pulaski—To return to
Carroll Daniel the amount received
bv the state of Georgia for work done
by him in the penitentiary from
March sth, 1906, to February Bth,
1007 during which time he was ule-
Sy confined therein. House bill by
Representative Slade of Muscogee
To amend the constitution of this
state so as to define the qualifications
of voters and provide for registration.
July 31.
A measure of great importance to
the bankers and people of the state
came before the senate on Friday in
the banking bill originally introduced
by Senator Deen, which was passed
with an amended substitute. The bill
m-ovides for a state bank examiner
Lid all necessary assistants and for
a more careful examination of the
banks throughout the state. The sub-
SPSS'S
the substitute, which was offered by
S en^en5 4 d' rediscounts Z
from the'limit of the liabil
ity° of a bank. The bill by substitute
as amended was then passed by the
f °S in rl m V ataer Ay of S 'th 2 e ’ session”was
taken up with the considerate •<
t!\J| session.
August 1.
'-hpre was no session of the senate
Saturday, that body having adjourn
ed Friday until Monday.
August 3.
Senator Steed presided in the sen
ate Monday m the
£e^Griffin [ account of
protection or u aivteen years of
ent children
SS hu a t it was tabled without dls-
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committee to rp f Pr red by Mr. John
[ va’co'‘be
T Moore of Maconthe Bibb
mittee that in , v g e? '[ n November,
Brick co ™ P a n J ep ort which was read.
3.907, mad-e a rep ’ Qrmn tQ proV ide
fo A resurvey of disputed county lines
was passed. _ -
August 4.
A **oiu;i° n WJJ o^edjnthe^e
ate Tuesday J. at - n l, £ tr £ session ot
requested >-0 c rons ider the coa^tfl
WJST I.TJ w *
lease system.
vote of 32 to • U 1 tQ abolish th
Senator Felder s r after eighteen
convict leas . . conv icts on the
months and 1 t ben taken up as a
'■<** ' he Se ““
journed at 1 p c^°s,ii s were passed in
The following MU D P obb ,_To
the senate. . v ar r er for the city
establish a ne alor pobbs—To
of Atlanta. By {or the c jtv of
create a ch | r enato r Dobbs-To
Marietta By tQwn of Ba ttle Hill
incorporate — To provide a mu-
Bv Senator D°° “ f t fc e town of
nicipai S°ven>nmj f ; By 3ena .
Edgewood, De^ a % uire a license or
tor Huds ° n 7 e T °ons selling, soliciting
tax of. all orders for photographs,
or taking (B j ble alone excepted ),
portraits, eu ~
in Harris county.
TO RE ADJUST TARIFF
Favored by Harriman Rather
Than Increased Freight Rates.
ROADS NEED MORE MONEY
But Harriman Object* to “Cold, Calcu
lating. Cruel, Hortizontal Increase.”
Want* it Done Scientifically.
Chicago, 111.—Edward H. Harriman
before his departure from Chicago for
the west gave a short discussion of
the possibility of a general Increase
in freight rates in the United States.
"The American people ought to be
willing to pay the railroads a proper
compensation for a proper transporta
tion service,’’ he said. “Such a serv
ice we are now performing, but we
are not receiving an adequate return.
If the railroads are to go on extend
ing their lines, improving those which
are now operated and providing new
equipment to take care of the coun
try’s business, they must have more
revenue. 1 am not in favor of a cold,
calculating, cruel and horizontal in
crease in the rates. I am not a traf
fic man, and I do not know much
about such things, but I know that
there is a proper way to go about a
thing, and that there is a bungling
way to do the same thing.
Mr. Harriman seemed to favor a
general readjustment of freight tariffs
rather than a general increase. He
believed that many rates are too low,
and should be increased, but he was
opposed to a
crease in the carrying charges for all
commodities.
“Is there to be an increase in
freight rates?’’ he was asked. >
“How can I tell,” was the reply,
accompanied by a despairing wave of
the hand.
“Well, if there is to be no increase
in freight rates, will there be a de
cline in wages?” was the next ques
tion. ,
“I don’t care to talk about wages,’
said Mr. Harriman, “'but the railroad
laborer is in the same position that
the railroads should be in. He is en
titled to all he can get for his serv
ices, provided he gives the very best
service that lies in him.”
GERMAN ARMY MANEUVERS.
Nearly a Million .Soldiers Will .Be
Engaged.
Berlin, Germany. —The publicryfion
of the orders for the army maneuvers
in the fall of this year, in which near
ly a million will be engaged in vari
ous parts of the country, has aroused
the most extraordinary interest in
civil as well as in military circles.
The strength of the army is to be in
creased for the time being by no few
er than 269,492 men from the re
serves, who with the standing peace
army of 526,846 men will bring the
total under arms at the end of Aug
ust up to 869,688 who will fight tact
ically * against each other.
Cavalry, artillery, infantry, engin
eers, motorists, balloonists, field tele
graphists and telephonists, cyclists
and all the branches of the service
which look after supply and transpor
tation Intelligence and communica
tions are to undergo searching tests.
DEFY COMMERCE COMMfSSION,
New Orleans Challenges Authority oi
Government Body.
New Orleans, La. —A challenge of
the authority of the interstate com
merce commission over municipal
railroads in interstate business was
issued by the Public Belt Railroad
Commission of New Orleans. This
belt is anew railroad owned by the
city and lying entirely within the city
limits, and it will attempt to handle
business coming from every railroad
here. The decision to handle this
business is in disregard of a telegram
from the interstate commerce com
mission, informing the public belt au
thorities that they must observe the
thirty days’ notice clause requiring
advance filing of the rates which are
to be charged over their route. The
belt road’s formal notice to the com
mission of its intention to operate its
line has been filed only three days.
The belt commission announced
that it expected to carry its conten
tions into court.
MANY COTTON MILLS HIB SOUTH
A Number Are to Be Built by Boston
Capitalists.
Baton Rouge, La.— The Baton
Rouge board of trade has announced
the receipt of a letter from Boston
cotton manufacturing interests stating
an intention of establishing several
mills throughout the south for the
manufacture of cotton goods. The
letter asked the Baton Rouge com
mercial body for information about lo
cating such a mill in this state.
Infants Blind By Careless Treatment.
Springfield, 111.—One-third of the
blind children of this country are
the victims of careless physicians or
midwives. This is the startling
charge that Superintendent George
W Jones, for the Illinois school for
the blind, mafkes in an article in the
forthcoming issue of the bulletin of
the state board of charities.
Superintendent Jones says: ‘ln
flammation of the eyes of the new
born is an acute infection of the eyes
occurring from one to three days si
ter birth A two per cent solution
of silver nitrate is an absolute spe
cific for this disease and a one per
cent solution can be administered
without danger by the most untrain
ed person.
A Happy Family
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thought, and even the baby sees
there’s something of importance
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safe investment in this world of
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GEO. CARMICHAEL
JACKSON, GEORGIA
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