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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. 8. en* irstl rgej sir.l y c .f T.rirTH YEAR, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1903. NUMBER 9 IOCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE batSolons Are Doing In Atlanta. SESSIONS AS REPORTED ...dinf, of Both the House and I senate During the Week—Measures L interest and Importance are In- |reduced. n Made to Reduce Number of Doorkeeper and Pages. i.lanta, Ga., June 25.—The open, .wiion of tho house of represen' yesterday was marked by an . on the* part of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, .,.,g aliout notion that would re- ic reducing the number of door- ijers and pages in thaK body, jlr Hall's resolution ajso provided the aiipolntlng power away a the speaker, the messenger and i tl tK, and calling on the secretary stye to furnish this necessary as note. The resolution was finally [ti'od after a warm debate by ;t of 18 and CO. proud this there was little except i usual routine of a first day's ses- The attendance on the house (Keptlonally good, there being trore than ten absentees. Upon !, Speaker Morris especially re. riel in bis brief opening address. The house declined to accept an lutlon to attend In a body the bar > to be given at Oriffln on the oc- inn of the visit of the governor n:r staff to Camp North en on Sat- lay, but tho thanks of the house •t tendered for the invitation, and u been arranged so that many I'icrs will go to Griffin at time pa: take of the hospitality of that y's charming people, h taking this action the housi its] a decided disposition to get to k. Many of the members think e is murh to be done at this ses , end they have determined tc m for It for all they are worth, it house bids fair, therefore, to he m a better working body than 11 i last year. Henry H. Daniel, tho now mem. ir Irom Kmanuol county, succeed' tho lato Hon. Gcorgo H. Warron, sworn In by Justice A. J. Cobb, supreme court, and was assign' to the following committees: Gen- Judiciary, general agricultural, lots, immigration and public 11- I: :: (the I The bouse unanimously adopted iui.Hion by Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, wvldlnp for tho appointment of a com' Ittw of live to prepare and present fclUb'o resolutions relating to ths : of Hon. George H. Warren, ol bir.-.fi. Speaker Morrle appointed following committee under this elution: Messrs. Slaton, of Ful- .chairman; Bell, of Emanuel; Phil Jefferson; Kent, of Johnson, M Gwen, of Pike. Tho committed W probably report today. | The day’s session was concluded : tiie reading of Governor TerreU’i lisuge. In the Senate. L* a interesting feature of the the senate waa the contest ovet totect of doorkeeper, mado vacant har-the reeej3,.of thc. death of Mar *«r® two ucseu . „ on * by J. W. Green, of Habersham, and the other by James H. Lang, of Butts. The lorrolllni on the part of the friends of the dlf- forent candidates vy, apparently, ai vigorous as that which used to obtain in the palmy daye when Judges and solicitors were elected by the legists; tore. New bills were Introduced In ths senate as follows: By Mrs. Smith; To provide that all property having no lawful owner shall belong to the state of Georgia. By Mr. Tlslnger: To regulate ths law concerning a year's support widows and children. By Mr. Skelton: To prescribe ths docketing of certain cases of non-res idents In superior, city, county and justice courts. By Jlr. Skelton: To authorize Jus. tires of peace to change tho time ol holding courts In their respective dls tricts. Many New Bills Find Their Way te Clerk's Desk. Atlanta, Juno 26.—After spending the greater part of tho session in hear Ing bills read for the first time ths house yesterday reconsidered Its ac tion In refusing to attend tho barbe cue at Griffin today, accepting tho In vitation to go in a body, and then ad journed shortly after 12 o'olock out ol respect to the memory of the leto Hon. George M. Warren, of Emanuel. It wa* a day of new bills and prob ably a hundred of them found their 'W to the ?l*rjt'e deek, all In a bunch for the customary call of the roll of counties was dispensed with. Messrs. Fields, of Dooly, and Bald win, of Schley, Introduced a bill pro viding that the solicitors general ol the state shall bo put on salaries ol 12,000 a year, all additional fees re ceived be'-ig paid Into the treasuries of the counties In their respective cir cuits. Mr. Howard, of Baldwin, Introduced bill to appropriate $15,000 to the state sanitarium. It Is said thif amount will be required to complete the fitting up of the two now build ings thore before they ran bo used for patients. Mr. Howell, of Meriwether, Introduc ed two bills yestorday which would make considerable difference to tho law schools of tho state should they pass. Ono of thorn proposes to re peal Boctlon 4400 of tho codo, which permits admission to the bar on di plomas from the law schools at tho University of Georgia, Emory college, Mercer university and tho Atlanta Law School. Tho other hill proposes to repeal section 3, of the law of 1897, relating to admissions to the bar, and which Is on tho same lino with tho codo section. The uniform text book bill made Its appearance yesterday, Its author be ing Mr. Whitley, of Douglas. Mr. Whitley's bill proposes to create text book commission of which the governor, state school commissioner, and three prominent educators shall be members. It provides for a uni form system of textbooks In the pub lic schools of the stato for a period of five years, no change being permit ted during that time. To remunerate or pension tho widow of heirs of persons murdered by others is the object of a bill by Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield. His measure provides that the proceeds of the services of a person convicted of a homicide and sentenced to the penltentlsry, after all costs have been paid, shall go to the heirs of the persons killed. In the 8enate. Jfhen Sandow posts and the muscles fau back and knot bla anna, we „ *» have before us the‘very secret ■trragth in those magnificent muscles. ,** haven’t Starve Sandow, or, 1 “ practically ths same thing, let ** , .‘>'*P*P»lc, sad bla muscle would fail. Strength is made from food '>'. digested and amimiUted, and n “ stronger than hit stomach, be- »hen the stomach is diseased dl- ' rwiL* 1 * 1 ssshnllstlon are Imperfect J*- Pwrce's Golden Medical Discovery diseases of the stomach end other °4 digestion and nutrition. It ■Uie perfect digestion and aasim- ,°f food to that the body is nour- "■to perfect health and strength. ia4 *«*» load at __ ftwon Sanaa Medical L P** ■* sent firm o* receipt of stamp* I tJ?/ ^Pwse of mailing only. Send |J*»‘y-one oce-cent stamp* for the pa- |b, «l«h-boand volume. I *• V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Tho senate had a short session yes* terday. Two measures of Importance had been set down as special orders for the second day of this session, but both were displaced, being referred back to the committee from which they came. These were the Austin; Han ballot bill and the Golden bill, to prohibit the salo of cotton future* In the etate. They go back to the general Judiciary committee. The Aus* trallan ballot bill passed the house at the last session. « When this bill was laid before the senate. Senator Skelton moved Its reference to a special committee. This was opposed by Senator Hopkins, who thought there was no good res why. If it were to go to committee at all, It should be sent to any other than the committee which had first considered lt-that on general Judi ciary. Senator Hopklne’ motion pre vailed. The Golden bill was also referred, this on motion of Senator Jordan. Several Important Maasurea Introduc ed—Tax on Divorcee. Atlanta June 27.—One of the most important step# yet taken by the bourn came yesterday when that body pass ed, by a vote of 13$ to 7, the bill by Mr. Tigner, of Muscogee, providing for a constitutional amendment, limit ing the tax rate in Georgia for all pur. poses to fire-tenths of 1 per cent This is the first bill passed by the house, and being a constitutional amendment required a two-thirds fa vorable vote, or a minimum of 117. The unusually large vote In Its favor, 138, shows how general la the aentt xnent In tevor of such legislation. Simlllar Mils bare been pasted be fore, both by the senate and house, *— Now set. tne tehiito 'bar plenty of ame to get the measure through In short or der, and that body la generally known to be favorable to this legislation. There la little donbt,-lt la said of Its passage by the senate, and leaa, pee haps, of Its adoption by the people when submitted to them for ratifica tion. Another bill for the revision In pari of the Georgia tax laws was Intro duced In the house yesterday by Mr. Candler, of DeKalb. This measurs proposes simply to provide for a stats board of tax commissioners, and coun ty boards of tax assessors, and equal tiers In each county In the state. II Is in dlroct lino with the tax reforms suggested in Governor Terrell’s sage, and differs from the bill which Mr. Candler Introduced on the same line at the last session In that ths latter measure Included a general and detailed reform of the tax laws of ths state. Tho new measure provides for stato board of tax commissioners, ol which the comptroller general shall bo the chlof presiding officer, and fot county boards of assessors and equal Izers in each county In the state upon whom shall devolve the assessment ol all proporty, real and personal, fol the purposes of taxation. Such change in, the tax laws Uas often been discussed, but now Mr. Candler says every possible effort will be made tc have it bocome a law. Mr. Grenade, of Wilkes county, pro poses a plan to supplement materially and bountifully the public school fund of Georgia. Mr. Oranade's plan il nothing more nor less than a proposi tion to put a tax on divorces. The first section of Mr. Granada's bill says that each husband or wifi to whom a divorce Is granted In this state shall pay the snm of $40 Into the treasury of Georgia But that Is not all. A tax of $10 is also to b« demanded from the petitioner upon tb< filing of a bill for divorce, and accord ing to section 3, after the requisite number of Juries hts passed on the application no divorce shall be grant ed In such case until the lucky party shall have paid $30 to the tax colleo tor. Exception Is made In all caset where the established ground of dl vorce Is Infidelity, and In such cases no tax Is to be required. Undor such a measure It would ap pear that each divorce granted any other grounds than that stated would -net tho public school fund something like $120. Judging from court records, such a law might tend to reduce materially taxation ton school purposes. Whon the bouse adjourned It did s< to meet again at 10 o'clock Jlonday morning In order to visit the sta-U encampment at Grlflln. passage. "Two general Dills were pass •d, one by Mr. Felder. eg Bibb, relat ing to the filing of claims, and one! by Mr. Thurman, of Walker, making I some Interesting changes la the road I laws. The house waa called to order by I Speaker Pro Tem. Howard, owing to I tho absence of Speaker Morris, on ac-1 oount of the death of Me father. Res-1 olutlons of sympathy with Speaker Morris were unanimously passed by I the house. Mr. Carrington, of Madison, yester-l day introduced his bill providing fori the employment of the state's convicts or a portion of them In extending the I Western and Atlantic railroad to th*| seaboard. Mr. Carrington's bill selects Bruns-1 wick as the objective point of the I state road extension, and- provides that I tho construction of the lino to tho sea shall be under the supervision and I control of the governor, and a Joint I committee of two mombors from the I senate and four from tho house, to be I appointed by the presiding offleor of | this committee. It Is then provided that 1,000 of the I state's most able-bodied convicts shall I be employed upon grading the right of way and tho construction of tho I proposed extension. Within thirty days) after the passage of the bill the gov-[ ernor and committee are directed tel employ the services of a competent I engineer to survey and lay out the I route of the proposed line from At-| lanta to Brunswick. In order to pay the expenses of ex-1 tending the state road It la provided that ten-year bonds shall be issued at a rate of Interest not to exceed 4 per cent, these bond* to be leaned un-1 der the direction of the epeclal joint I committee. It Is provided that as soon completed the new line shall be leased to the highest bidder, and that the proceed# from the lease shall be devoted to tho payment ef the bond* I Issued, until such bonds shall have I been fully paid off. The hill waa re ferred to the general Judtelary eom-[ 7°^ East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, 1902. Mr. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir:—This is to certify that on Au gust 1st I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold a series of meetings. Was at that time, and had been for six Weeks prior, so feeble I was scarcely able to preach. Mr. P. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, with whose family I was stop ping, kindly offered me three bottles of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at once. Within three weeks 1 was was much better. In three weeks I had taken the three bottles of Tonic and was fully well. Took no other medicine then nor since, and am in better health and heavier? than for the past fifteen years. J. M. McCORD, . Pastor Verbena;Baptist Church. that the house has .acted at the out House Ha* Busy Week Before It—Sen ate Easy Tme. Atlanta. Juno 29.— 1 The house has a busy weok before It, while the sen ate will have a comparatively time for the next seven days or more. The reason for this Is that the house calendar 1s full, not only with unfin ished business of the previous session, but with a flood of new business that has Juat fallen upon It, while the cal endar of th e senate la practically clear. The senate can olear np all the hue- Inesa before It within two hours, on of the senators stated yesterday. The few matters pending are being held up by special request-for further In vestigation by committee, and the senate is now practically In a state ol waiting on the action of the house. The Indications are that It will not have to wait long, however, tor there are many bills on the house calendar brought over from last session that are ready for third reading and pass ago. Generally considered as among the mos,t Important matters before the ireient legislature Is the convict ques tion, overwhlch there Is likely to be pretty warm debate In the houae. The senate has already legislated on the subject of the state's convicts, having passed at the tut session the bill by Senator Clements, of the fif teenth district*, providing for practical a renewal of the present system, or a lease of the convict labor, for an. other period of fire years. This Is the bill favored by the prison com mission. The member* of th* com- mission are satisfied they can gc$ a much higher price for the labor ol the convicts this year, probably 76, II not 100 per cent more then the state 1* now receiving. This will give the state an Income of $350,000 to $400,* 000 from this source without incieae ed expenses. Another measure in which there H Increased Interest, from both points of view. Is thajchlld igbor MU.. •Ill Intraducad te fextsnd Western and Atlantic Read. Atlanta, June 10.-Two Interesting measures war* Introduced In th* house yesterday, one by Mr. Carrington, ol Madison, providing for the use of the state's convicts to extend the Western and Atlantic railroad from Atlanta to Brunswick, and fee other a resolution by Mt. Brihson, of Decatur, looking to the enactment of a general pure food law. ral other bills were introduced, and then tfe house took up th* calen dar of MU* for s third readies, and Joint resolution to appropriate tne mlttee, where an Interesting consider-1 sum of $50,000 to the department of atlon of It will doubtless be had, I agriculture for the purpose of making Mr. Carrington’s object In Introduc- a display of Georgia's agricnltnral and Ing the measure Is two-fold—first to I kindred resource# at the Louisiana provide employment for the state's I Purchase exposition, convicts which will bring them least By Mr. Harden of Chatham—To In competition with free labor; and amend section 1254 of the code of then to take stops for the protection 1895, which provides for tho granting of the state's railroad proporty by of pensions to agod and Infirm con- preventing Its being bottled up by federate soldiers by Inserting lmme- other lines. The question Is not a dlatoly after the word "duty" tho new one, having been frequently die-1 word*-"either In thojleld or on detail- cusqej, but this Ii the first bill on ths I ed eervlce. subject that has appeared. The following bills were passed by In the 8enate. tho senate; At Its session yesterday the senate I By Senator Skelton—To provide for passed one local bill, that of Sena-1 the collection of the revenue of the tor Comas, providing for the creation I state arising under special occupation of a board of road and bridge com- and license taxes by issuing execu- mlssloners for Appling county . _ I tlon therofor. A number of house bills were re-1 By Sonator Tlslnger—To regulate celved and read the first time, among I the law of a year's support these being that of Mr. Tigner, ol Throe new senate bills were Intro- Mnscogee, restricting the tax levy to I duced, as follows 8 mills. By Senator Symons—To amend the A message was received from the I general tax act so aa to exempt con- governor containing a list of nomlna- federate veterans who are practltlon- Hons which waa opened in executive I era of law, medlclno or dentistry, from session and, under the rules, goes payment ef license tax. over for a day before formal consldera I By Senator Comas—To amend the tlon. constitution so aa to increase the sal- Seven new bill* were Introduced by I vies of Judges of the superior court senators. The reading of these, and to $2,500 per annnm. of the house Mils, took up most of tha I A message was received from Gov- time of the senate’s •Ion. ernor Terrell, containing announce ment of the following nominations: Hon. W. A. Scott, Judge of tho coun ty court of Clay county. Hon. Leon C. Greer, solicitor of the county court of Macon county. Hon. C. C. Bush, Judge of the county Preliminary Skirmish Over Subject ef Child Labor. Atlanta, July 1.—There waa a pre liminary skirmish in the house yester day on the subject of child labor. It was started by a resolution by Mr. I court of Wilke* county. Fields, of Dooly, looking to tha Inves-1 Hon. James Davidson, solicitor ol tlgaHon by legislative committee of I the county court of Greene county, conditions In Jhe cotton mills of tha In execnUve session the senate con- state, but under the rules It went over I firmed the nomlnaUona which were until today; Tho house ptssed tho | sent to the senate on Monday, bill by Messrs. Steed and Hixon, ol Carroll, extending the powers of the I Arrested on Suspicion, railroad commission so as to give It I 8t. Louis, June 29.—A. EL Mitchell, authority to adopt reasonable rules who elalma to be agent of n spring requiring the prompt receipt and trans- water company, has baaa arrested on portatlon of freight. There.was no suspicion that he knew something ol opposition to the measure. I the McCann murder, Mitchell admit The house decided to adjourn fori ted: he was a personal friend of Bap the Fourth of July, but refused to do- rington. who la nnder arrest charged dare the day a “dies non." I with the murder, and that on Jana 22 At the conclusion of the session a he wrote s note to Barrington which bin by Mr. Fussell, of Chattahoochee, reed: “Fred: I am nil right NEGRO TAKEN FROM JAIL AJHYNCHED South Carolina Hob Deals Out Vengeanoe. MEAGER DETAIL8 OF AfFAIR. Charles Evans, Suspected of the Mur* der cf Jhon Phillips of Orangeburg County, Taken From Guard Houes at Norway and Lynched. providing for an amendment to the law relating to the proportion of ex pense falling on counties connected by bridges or ferries, waa upder de- beta, ant that came up the first thing today. Mr. Fussell desires to change the law so as to make each county bear a proportion of the expense in In accordance with th* taxable values In each county. The bense agreed thoroughly end unanimously with -Messn. Steed and Hixon, of Cnrroll, relative to their bill extending the powers of tha railroad commission so aa to provide for more prompt transportation of freight, and pasted that measure by a vote of 129 to 0. The following new bills were Intro duced in the bouse. By Mreaars. Mayson and Candler, of DeKalb—To amend the charter ol the town of Decatur In the county of DeKalb, providing for a bond laana for sewers and water works system. By Mr. Stanford of Harris—Tb pro vide compensation to tha clerks ol the superior courts for making ont record* In felony easo* and transmit- ting same to tho anpreme court Bv Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—A what I asked fob." The note was signed, "Jim." This Is the note Bap rington received and was shown td Mrs. UcChan, to convince her the missing husband was out of trouble. Georgian Die* In Philippine*. Columbus, Os., June 29.—A le received by J. F. Keene, of Columbus, brings news of th* death of Ms soq Charley C. Keene, at Manila, Philip pine islands. May 17. Keene waa s Ccfumhus boy and waa very popular. He was first cashier and afterward! claim agent of tho Oeorgta Midland railroad. A few yean ago ha wspt to Rome, Ga., where In 1898 ha entered In the Third regiment Ih 1899 hi entered In the Ninth Infantry, raps lar troops, and was sent to tha nil tpplnes. HI* remains will probably bo brought to the United Matt*. Columbia, S. C., July 1.—information waa received herp from Norway, Op ange county, 60 miles south of this city, that Charels Evans, a negro, aus* pectcd of the murder of John T. Phil lips, was taken from the guard house at Norway lest night and lynched by n mob. Four other negroes who were con fined In the jail, were beaten Into Insensibility. The details of the lynching are not known here, although It la understood that trouble bad been feared, by the authorities at Norway. The crime for which Evans met his death last night, waa the murder ol John T. Phillips, a one-armed con federate soldiers. Last Saturday a young ton of Pbllllra whipped some negroes at Norw.-.y, and several threats were mads by the negroes there. Monday niaiit whllo seated at hla supper table Mr. Phillips was killed by some one who fired through the windows of his dining room. Phil- ■ lips died Instantly, and two of hi* lit tle children seated with him ware wounded by the shot Charles Evans was suspected, and confessed to having fired on Phillips, and In his confession Implicate his brother. Governor Heyward has ordered the county offlciala at Norway to do all within their power to protect tho other negro prisoner* In jail. CLAY CALL8 FOlTcHILD WIFE. General Wants Dora Richardson Brock to Return to Whitehall. LoulavUle, July 1.—A special from Lexington, Ky., says: , General Oaselus M. Clay, tho yen- erablo sage of Whitehall, has writ ten to hla former child-wife, Dora Richardson Brock, whoso husband was killed by a train In IHInola several days ago. asking her to coma back and remain with him the vest of hla life. General day realises that he has only a short Umo to live, and he ha* called continually for his young wife, even since she got a divorce fkom him and married Brock. Caulkers and Ship Workers Strike. Camden, N. J, July L—Six hun dred caulkers, ship workers and car- pent era went on a strike today for a reduction In the working hour* aoJ an Increase In wages. The men ask for a 9-hour day at $3.06 per day In- stead of a ,10 : hour day, at 33. T T • 17 11 Ayer’s Hair Vigor is the m Hair Vails most its doesn’t tolMMChof it to stop falling of the hair, to make the hair grow, or to restore color to gray hair, j.c.fiwoi.!T2R?iu-.