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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1908)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE IN THE HOUSE. August 7. The house of representatives con tinued its work of passing appropria tion bills, $26,671 being the amount appropriated Friday morning, of this amount $7,000 was given the State Xodmal school at Athens, $7,671 was given for the improving of the infldm ary of the Georgia Normal and Indus trial college at Milledgeville; $5,000 was allowed for the erection of a wall around the confederate cemetery at Marietta and $5,000 was voted for re pairs the Confederate Sodliers’ home at Atlanta, A resolution requesting the senate to take immediate action on the Hol der convict lease bill was passed. The following hills were read the third time and passed by the house: By Mr. McMullan of Hart—A bill to amend the charter of the town of Bowersville. By Messrs. Heard and Adkins of Dooly—A bill to authorize the state railroad commission to per mit or require physical connection between railroads In any city or town of the state. By Mr. Ward of Coffee —A bill to amend the act creating the city court of Douglas. By Senator Cowart of Coffee—A bill to amend the act creating the board of county commissioners of Calhoun county. August G. The house defeated the bill exempt ing firemen and policemen from the provisions of the anti-pass bill by a vote of 89 to 29. The bill will be re considered. An appropriation of $3,000 or so, much more or less, as may be neces sary to cover the expenses of the leg islative investigating committee pro bing the convict lease system was passed. Two thousand dollars were appro priated to build a public comfort build ing on the state's property at Indian Springs. Mrs. L. H. Ladsinger was appropri ated $62.50 for copying pension rolls and the Palmer Locker Club of Sa vannah was refunded SSOO which they had paid for a state charter that was never granted. At the afternoon session of the house Saturday the following hills were passed: By Mr. Pope of Brooks, to incorporate town of Dixie; by .Mr. White of Screven, to establish a sys tem of public schools for Sylvania; by Mr. White of Madison, to incor porate Danielsville; by Mr. Cook of Telfair, to provide hoard of roads and revenues for Telfair county; by Mr. Hines of Baldwin, to amend act cre ating board of roads and revenues for Baldwin county; by Mr. Johnson of Jeff Davis, to create a board of roads and revenues for Jeff Davis county; by Senator Brantley, to amend act creat ing new charter; by Senator Dobs, to amend charter of Marietta; by Sen ator Henderson, to abolish office of roads and revenues for Irwin county; to create board of roads and revenues for Irwin county; by Senator Hayes, to provide for maintenance of bridge over Flint river, in Macon county. August 10. By a vote of 98 to 2 the house of representatives Monday passed the 'bill providing for the appointment of an inspector of drugs. The bill amends the pure food act, so as to al low for the appointment of the in spector of drugs. It provides that he shall receive a salary of $1,500 per year to toe taken from the fees aris ing from the inspection of foods and drugs. The bill exempting firemen and po licemen from the provisions of the anti-pass law which was defeated Sat urday was brought up for reconsider ation and passed. An additional appropriation of $45,- 000 for the years 1908 and 1909 was voted to the state sanitarium at Mil ledgeville. The appropriation voted toy the house is in addition to the sum of $390,000 already appropriated for the year 1908 and $395,000 appropri ated for 1909. An appropriation of $5,000 was made to the state board of health for the treatment of persons afflicted with rabies. Other bills passed by the house Monday: By Messrs. .Matthews and Clark of Laurens—To amend the act creating board of county commission ers for said county. By Messrs. Bar rett of Stephens and Calbeck of Gor don —To pay pensions annualily in stead of quarterly. By Mr. White of Mat ison—To establish the city court of Danielsville. To establish the city court of Madison county. My Mr. Al exander of DeKalb —To amend sec tion 2334 of the civil code relating to Built and damages against railrouds. By Messrs, chatutolee and Wright, of Floyd—To amend act creating the city court of Floyd county. By Mr. El lison of Harris—To pay a pension to Mrs. Nane.v M. Collier. By Mr. Ad ams of Chatham —To amend the char ter of Savannah. By Mr. Barrett of Stephens—To amend' pensions appro priation law so as to allow annual payment of pensions in lieu of quar terly payment. By Mr. Tyson of Emanuel —To refund to George M. Brinson SSO paid for bank charter which was never secured. By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton —To pay pension to Mrs. Tallulah Towns. The house was dtije to trausact hut little business Monday on account of the early adjournment of the senate, for after the adjournment of that body it is the law that no more house hills can be passed by the house. For this reason many pension bills which were to have been passed Monday after noon were tabled and will not be brought up again this session. The following bills were passed: By Mr. Gocde of Pickens, to pay pensions Ito Mrs. Blackstock in Pickens coun ity; by Mr. Jones of Mitchell, to pay pension to Mrs. Queen Shirer. August 11. By the vote of 79 to 67, the house of representatives Tuesday declined to accept the substitute offered by the senate for the anti-pass .bill of Mr. Hah of Bibb, which passed the house last year and was sent up to the sen ate tor concurrence. The original bill by Mr. Hall pro vided that no office holder, candidate for office or delegate to a political con vention should accept free transporta tion from railroads. The afternoon session of the house was broken up by the prohibition question. The senate resolution call ing upon the house to memorialize congress to pass the Littlefield idea of preventing the shipping of whiskey into the dry states was read, and be fore the prohibition faction could grasp their opportunity to debate the resolution the house had tabled the resolution arid by immediately ad journing effectually killed all legisla tion on the prohibition question at this session. The following senate bills were passed by the house: By Mr. Knight of the Sixth district —A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Tift county. B$ Mr. Wilkes of the Seventh district —A bill to amend the act creating the city court of Moul trie. By Mr. Wilkes of the Seventh district—A till to incorporate the town of Kingwood in Colquitt county. By Mr. Henderson of the Thirty-ninth district —A bill to establish a local school system for the town of Cum raing, in Forsyth county. By Mr. Felder of the Twenty-second—A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon. By Mr. Williford of the Twen ty-eighth—A bill to incorporte the town of Buckhead, In Morgan county.., By Mr. Martin of the Forty-third—A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dalton. IN THE SENATE. August 7. After a spirited discussion, in which about half the members of the sen ate participated Friday the Felder bill to cut off the appropriation for the compiler of records after the first of next October, was lost by a vote of 25 to 12. The following bills were passed in the senate: By Senator Wilkes —To amend section 492 of the penal code of Georgia. By Senator Hardaman— To amend an act to incorporate the town of Statham in Jackson county. By Senator Williford —To regulate the number of hours of telegraph and telephone operators and other persons engaged in the handling of trains, prescribing penalties for violation of said act. At the afternoon session the senate passed a resolution to buy a portrait of the late Judge John W. Akin. The remainder of the session was utilized in passing local and house bills. The following bills were passed : The bill by Senator Henderson of the thirty-ninth to extend the present school book contract until January 1, 1911, was the subject of a heated de bate, but was eventually passed, and was immediately transmitted to the house. By Mr. Rogers of Randolph, to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Randolph; by Senator Martin, to amend the charter of the city of Dal ton; by Mr. Tracy of Webster, a res olution to pay pension to Mrs. E. J. Coker, deceased, for the year 1903 to A. M. Johnson of Webster county; by Senator Henderson of the Thirty ninth, to extend the present school book contract until January 1, 1911 ; by Mr. McMichael of Marion, to pro tect the health and provide for the comfort of the traveling public, to in sure good sanitary and hygiene con ditions in hotels and public inns in the state of Georgia; by Mr. Full bright of Burke, to amend the char ter cf Waynesboro so as to extend the city limits. August 8. By a vote of 30 to 4, the senate Saturday passed the bill to establish a state institution for the treatment of tuberculosis and appropriating the sum of $25,000 for the purchasing of ; suitable buildings and the support of same. The $25,000 appropriated shall be appropriated as follows: SI,OOO in 1908; $12,000 in 1909, and $12,000 in ; 1910. By a vote of 34 to 0, the bill of Senator Martin, amending the regis tration laws of the state of Georgia, was passed .by substitute. The princi pal provisions of the bill are as fol lows; That a real list of the qualified voters in each county be furnished the tax collector; to close the regis- nation six months before a general election, so as not to conflict with the disfranchisement amendment of the constitution, in case it should pass; compelling the voters to take actual oath before the regular tax collector or one of his clerks; to require the flling of votets' books ten days after the closing of the books; the regis trars to complete and tile list of vot ers by June 1. By a vote of 23 to 7, the senate passed the hill pf Messrs. Flannigan, Martin and Holder, increasing the sal ary of the state entomolSgist from sl*soo to $2,000 per year. The bill by Senator Williford, amen ding the constitution by abolishing the office of county treasurer by future legislation and placing the duties of this official In the hands of banks, was lost by a vote of 20 to 15. A motion by Senator Felder that the senate reconsider its action in tabling bis bill Axing the liability of common carriers by railroads for the homcide or injury and damage done employees where such employees con tribute to the injury, was lost by a vote of 20 to 17. The following bills were passed: By- Senator Stephens, to authorize the municipal authorities of this state to establish and maintain a place for confinement of misdemeanor convicts; by Senator Bush, to amend an act in corporating the city of Colquitt; by Scnator Stephens, to extend the time for completion of the Savannah, Statesboro and Western railroad; by Mr. Godkey of Camden, to repeal an act to create a county court in each county in the state of Georgia except certain counties mentioned herein ; by Senator Camp, to authorize the governor of the state of Georgia to contract and purchase a certain tract o fland or any lands in the city of Chattanooga for a terminal station and a switch yard for the W. & A. railroad and to contract and open a street in said city of Chattanooga through the property owned by the state of Geor gia. August 10. The legislature was offered by Sen ators Felder, Stevens, Henderson and Peacock on Monday a solution of the convict problem in Georgia, on which it is believed all the opposing ele ments will agree before me hour for adjournment next Wednesday. It is known the opponents ot the present lease system will accept it, and it is understood the leading advocates of the Holder bill in both house and senate are in sympathy with the main principles carried in the new bill. This solution of the problem in brief provides for the total abolish ment of the present prison commis sion, and states that a board of sev en directors, to be named by the gov ernor for terms of from one to six years each, shall take the of the commission in the management of the Georgia prison department; that the convicts left over for the next eigh teen months, after the counties have taken what they want to work their roads with, shall be leased under the direction of this board, and that the funds derived therefrom shall be used as a special fund to buy lands for state convict farming. The convict lease system is then to end forever. A pardon secretary is provided for, and also a general manager anu cler ical force to work under the direction of the board. The members of the board are to work without fees, but will be paid their expenses up to four dollars per day. At the afternoon session of the sen ate a motion was passed to allow the prison investigating committee to con tinue its work until Wednesday. A resolution was adopted naming the technological branch of the state university located at Atlanta the State Technological school. The primary election bill was passed. The game law bill of Mr. Reid of Putnam was passed by a vote of 27 to 10. Under this bill the date of opening the season for shooting doves was changed from September l to July 15. The following bills were passed by the senate: A house bill to authorize the issue of $1,500,000 worth of bonus by the city of Atlanta. House bill iby Rep resentative Dykes of Sumter—To create a state board of veterinary ex aminers and to provide for the ap pointment of the members of the board. By Messrs. Young and Tuggle of Troup, to amend the charter of the town of Hogansville, in Troup county; by Senator Hattox, to amend section 9e2, volume 1. of the vode of Georgia cf 1895; by Mr. Brown of Carroll, to amend an act incorporating the town of Temple, in Carroll county; by Mr. Orr of Coweta, to amend an act es tablishing the city court of Newnan: by Messrs. Blackburn and Bell of Ful ton. to amend an act creating the charter of College Park; by Mr. Wright of Richmond, to provide for the rejection, assessment and anbitra tion in the case of tax returns by railroad companies for county and municipal and public school purposes; by Senator Martin, to amend the pri mary election laws of Georgia, August 11. All that can be said of the legisla ture’s efforts on Tuesday to reach a solution of the convict problem is that the senate stripped and squared off for the fight which must take place in that branch before the house of representatives can get at the ques tion .again. The morning hours were spent in discussing the Holder bill, the Felder substitute and in clearing the way for this battle, and when the hour for noon adjournment arrived the preliminaries had barely been completed. The entire time of the senate at tke afternoon session was occupied in discussing the Felder substitute of the convict bill and considering the anti-lobbying bill. At the night session of the senate, the .bill by Mr. Adams of Chatham making it a misdemeanor for a mon ey lender to charge a rate of interest higher than 5 per cent per month was passed. 31 to 9. The 'bill had previously passed the house, and was passed by the senate without amend ment. The following bills were passed by the senate Tuesday: By Representa tive Maxwell of Twiggs—To provide for the marking out, defining and re establishing of the boundary lines be tween counties of a certain class in this state. By Representative Wright of Richmond —To require all candi dates to publish a statement of their campaign expenses. By Representa tives Wright and Allen of Richmond. —To prohibit contributions by cor porations, their officers or agents to campaign funds. By Representative Brown of Carroll—To extend the cor porate limits of the city of Carroll ton; by Messrs. Heard and Adkins of Dooly, to increase the membership of the railroad commission and pre scribe the qualification of memoer ship, approved August 23, 1907; by Mr. Adams of Chatham, to make it illegal to charge more than 5 per cent interest per month; by Messrs. Ham ilton of Columbia and Wright of Rich mond, to provide a method of taking depositions to je used in the trial of civil cases without commission; by Mr. Wright cf Richmond, to prohibit any unauthorized person from inter fering with the running or movement of railroad locomotives, engines or tranis; by Messrs. Young and Tuggle of Troup, to authorize the city of West Point, in Troup county, to grant to the Atlanta and West Point railroad and the Western of Alabama railroad the right to use part of Bridge street in said city; by Messrs. Tuggle and Young of Troup, to authorize the city of West Point, in Troup county, to close up Bridge street, ia said city, and to convey the title to the same; by Mr. Hall of Bibb, to authorize cor porations and individuals to construct and maintain dams across non-navi gable streams for the development of water power; by Mr. Eaves of Haral son, to incorporate the town of Buch anan; by Mr. McWilliams of Henry, to amend special act for Henry coun “ty, Georgia, providing for the clearing of obstructions from running streams of said county and for other purposes; by Mr. Mercer of Terrell, to abolish the Dawson water and light commis sion; by Mr. Couch of Coweta, to amend section 982, volume 1, of the code of 1895, so as to add the city of Senoia to the list of state deposito ries; by Mr. Brown of Tift, to change the time of holding the superior court of Tift county; by Mr. Hull of Clay ton, to incorporate the town of For rest Park; by Mr. Wise of Fayette, to amend section 892, of volume 1, of the code of 1895, so as to add Fay etteville to the list of state deposito ries; by Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, to authorize the trusted of Confederate Soldiers’ Home of Georgia to se'll cer tain real estate; by Mr. McMullen of Hart, to amend an act to incorporate the town cf Bowersville; by Mr. Wright of Perry ,to authorize the city of Rome to maintain a hospital; by Mr. Buchanan of Early, to amend an act establishing the city court of Blakely; by Mr. Ward of Coffee, to amend the act creating the city court of Douglas; bv Messrs. Blackburn and Bell of Fulton, to amend an act creating charter of College Park; by Messrs. Walker and Ashley of Lowndes, to amend an act incorporat ing the city of Valdosta; by Mr. Pope of Brooks, to regulate log carts, trac tion engines, etc., running on the pub lic roads and bridges in Brooks coun ty; by Mr. White of Madison, to amend section 982, volume 1, of the code of 1895, so as to add the town of Corner to the list of such cities and towns; by Mr. Cook of Telfair, to amend an act establishing a sys tem of public schools in the town of Lumber City; by Messrs. Flanagin and Holder of Jackscn, to amend the charter of the city of Winder; by Mr. Calbeck of Georgia, to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the town of Calhoun to sell a part of the John P. King Park; by Mr. Davison of Greene, to amend an act to create the office of commissioner of roads and reve nues of the county of Greene; by Mr. Parker of Tolbert, to amend an act incorporating the town of Junction City; by Messrs. Alexander and Cand ler of DeKalb, to create a public school system for Lithonia; by Mr. Cowan of Rockdale, to provide for the removal of obstructions, other than dams, used for operating mills or ma chinery of any kind from the rivers, canals end tunning streams in Rock dale county; by Mr. Massengale of Warren, to amend an act to incorpo rate the town of Norwood; by Mr. Jones of Mitchell, to amend an act in corporating the town of Pelham; by Mr. Hull of Clayton, to amend an act to amend the charter of Jonesboro; by Mr. Ballard of Newton, to change the number of county commissioners of Newton county; by Messrs. Candler and Alexander of DeKalb, to incorpo rate the town of Chamblee; iby Messrs. Alexander and Candler of DeKalb, to authorize the county of DeKalb to is pue bonds; by Mr. Davison of Greene, a resolution for the relief of J. W. Turner of the county of Greene; by Mr. Adams of Wilkinson ,to put the name of Mrs. Luck Lockhart of Wil kinson county on the pension roll cf 1906; by Mr. Trent of Heard, to pay pension of Peter Currans, deceased, to his widow, Sarah Currans, for the year 1906; by Mr. oJhnson of Jasper, to pay unpaid pension to Mrs. Louisa Hodge; by Mr. Ward of Coffee, to pay pension of John M. Surrency to his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Surrency; by Mr. Taylor of Sumter, to pay pension to widow of Frank Johnson; by Mr. Trent of Heard, to pay pension to Mrs. S. F. Crain for the year 197; by Mr. Ballard of Newton, to pay pen sion of Thomas H. Greer, deceased, to his widow, Mary Ann Greer; by Mr. Calbeck of Gordon, to pay pension to Mrs. McDougald for the year 1908. Wife —John, I must have anew bathing suit. Husband Why, dear, you only bought anew one last week. Wife —I know, John, but I got it wet. Hebrew Traveler —Vat is de fare to New York on the steamer? Clerk —First or second class Hebrew —Seccr.d class, please. Clerk —$12.50 to you. Hebrew —Vat, $12.60! Vv dat is as much as on de regular ocean. LATE NEITS MOTES. General. The New York Central railroad iiat decided upon the immediate expendi ture of two millions of dollars in the Pittsburg, Pa., district for improve ments. After saving her husband’s life by wrenching a hammer with which be had been beaten into unconsciousness from the hands of her broiber-in-law, Ira Cody, and knocking him to the ground, Mrs. Wade Riggan was shot and killed by Cody at Cox’s store, Mississippi. Wilber Wright cf Dayton, Ohio, made a successful flight with his aer oplane at Lemaus, France. The ma chine covered 2.17 miles and the of ficial time of the flight was one min ute and ferty-six seconds. Becoming angered at his wife, John Goolsby, a well-to-do farmer, of Qx toid, Aiississippi, knocked her down and while she was lying prostrate sat urated her clothing w r uh oil. He then set fire to the clothes, and she was badly burned before the flames were extinguished by neighbors. The Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mill ing company has been placed in the hands of a receiver. This is one of the largest flour-making concerns m the world. Hundreds of the Turkish govern ment officials of the old regime are scurrying to the other side of the frontier. They are loaded with mil lions of which they have been plun dering the country for years. It is estimated the graft has cost two million dollars. Godfriend Probst, a worker in a Brooklyn restaurant, has been notified that he and his sister are joint heirs to an estate of nearly sixteen million dollars, left by their uncle, who died intestate in Bombay, India. Seth M. Richereck, a former Indian apolis banker, who absconded a year ago with something over a hundred thousand dollars of depositors' mon ey, has been located at Johannesburg, South Africa. He is living under an assumed name and is doing a -banking ousiness. The Missouri Pacific railroad has Is sued an order for the reopening of its locomotive snops in St. Louis, ijedalia, Fort Scott, Atchison, Osawatomie, De- Soto and Baring Cross. The reopening will provide employment for more than one thousand men. Notice has been given to the resi dents of Argenta, Ark., by the St. Lou is and Southwestern railroad, that un less suits for $70,000 damages, alleg ed to have resulted from the construc tion of about a mile of trackage through the principal street of the city, are dism.ssed, the track will he torn up and all orders for improve mens, including a depot to cost $200,- 000, will be annulled. A tornado which struck Dunning, Nebraska, a town of 1,000 inhabit ants completely destroyed, all tele phone and telegraph lines in the town and surrounding country. The tor nado laid waste to many valuable farms and several large buildings in the town were blown down. The American Tobacco Company has declared a quarterly dividend of 2 1-2 per cent and 7 1-2 per cent extra on the common stock. This compares with 2 1-2 per cent and 5 per cent extra three months ago, 2 1-2 per cent and 2 1-2 per cent ex tra six months ago and nine months ago, and 2 1-2 per cent and 7 1-2 per cent extra a year ago. George H. Sommers ,a conductor oa the Baltimore and Oiiio railroad, was arrested by United States officers charged with violating an act of con gress in carrying a passenger free while in charge of his tiain. He is held under SI,OOO bail. Mrs. Ethel Gaylord of Rich mond, Va., has oeen inform ed that he r husband, whom she though she had buried in Jacksonville. Fla., a year ago, had turned up alive and was searening for her. The man buried in Jacksonville was found floating in the ocean at that city, and was identified by Mrs. Gaylord as her husband. Twelve hundred mechanics employ' ed by the Canadian Pacific lailroad ate out on a strike, ’iiia engineer s * and firemen are in sympathy with the mechanics and may call a sympathetic strike. Owing to the fact that Jap anese laborers are being used as strikebreakers, feeling is running high and serious trouble may result if the Japanese are not discharged. Wathinyton, China has formally accepted the date, January 1, next, and the selec tion of the city of Shanghai as the time and place for the holding of the meeting of the international opium commission. The commission is to make a preliminary investigation into the general question of the opium traf fic. It has no plenary powers, but will make recommendations for future ac tion by the various countries. President Roosevelt refused te grant an audience to James M. Har alson of Alabama, a midshipman, whose rismissal from the Naval Acad emy was approved by the president some time ago. Haralson seemed t think that if he could lay his casa before the president, he would have a chance to be re-instated. Major J. H. Russell, U. S. A-, one* sergeant and ten privates of the Pan ama expeditionary regiment of ma rines, have arrived in Washington and entered the new navy medical college hospital to receive the Pasteur treatment against hydrophobia. • The! officers and men were severely bitteul or scratched by a puppy ShopbcJl dog at Camp Diobolo on the isthm-'l July 21 and 22. 1
