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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1903.
NUMBER 11
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OCEEOINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
at Solons Aro Doing In
Atlanta.
L sessions as reported.
idini* of Both tho House and
jt . During the Week—Measures
,1 and Importance are In-
luced
Reconsider Several Meas
ures Lost.
uj„. July ju.—In accordance with
.; C e, Mr. Houston, of Pulton, yea-
r inoveil a reconsideration of the
, c ; the house of representatives
Satins the child labor bill. Mr.
u s aiil the friends of the meas
ure! reconsideration In order
Introducing the bill again,
ould agree, he said, not to press
; for consideration again at the
session, but ho declared their
Ration to press tho measure
success and to keep at tt un-
result was reached. The bill
[ideated by only 13 vote's, he said,
thought it possible that many
.members w hcn they went hom
the matter over with their
itacnts would taka a different
fit.
i the voto the houso refused to
aider Its action In killing the bill
3 to 60-
r. Bower, of Decatur, moved a re
location of tho action of the house
Seating his resolution to dire\t
nnty school boards of the state,
r discretion, to divide their pro-
i of the county school fund be-
i the negroes and whites In pro-
; to the amount of taxes paid
Mr. Brown said ho had
letters on tho subject from
i:s of the state urging tho adop-
f such legislation as this,
i motion to reconsider was lost
viva voce vote.
pon request of Mr. Rankin, of Gar-
house took up his bill pro-
5 (or the election of railroad com-
loners by the people, an l for ex-
ling tho terms of the present com
pters, and disagreed to tho ad-
11( port of tho general judiciary
aitlee. Tho bill now comes up
i treond reading and goes on the
dar.
! blonds of tho Australian ballot
i had countod upon the rocon-
ration of that measure yesterday
Anal adoption in somo shape
t senate, were doomed to disap
Tho men active In sup
; cf the measure believed they
| assurances of enough additional
i to Insure Its passage with the
»!?1 grand Jury amendment, but
i the matter was called up yoster
| morning It developed that a ma-
r of the senators were perfectly
: lo let tho bill stay dead,
ator Smith made a motion to
wider, it was lost by a rote ol
house of representatives is n'ow
ling, and It was In the wildest of a
discussion about It when the hour of
adjournment arrived. Most of the
speeches made on the subject were
favorable to the passage of the reso
lution providing for the necessary ap
proprlatlon, and It was only over the
constitutional point raised that there
occurred any particular hesitation.
The resolution providing for an ap
proprlatlon for these statues was tho
result of the labors of a special com-
mission appointed under a resolution
passed In 1901.
The house proceeded to kill In rath
er short order a bill by Mr. Mills, ol
Cherokee, providing that the registra
tion hooks for voters should be placet!
In the hands of notaries public and
Justices of the peace in each militia
district or ward in each county. In
stead of in the hands of the tax col*
lector, where they are kept at pres-
ent. The object of the author of the
hill and others who supported It wae
to bring the registration books In clos
er touch with the people, it being urg
ed that It was difficult for many ol
them tr get Into the county seat for
the purpose of having their names
registered In the office of tho tax col
lector.
Tho houso passed the resolution by
Messrs. Davis and Howell, of Meri
wether, by a unanimous vote, appro
printing $3,400 and making the amount
Immediately available to supply the
deficiency In the state's insurance
fund. The appropriation was made
necessary by the completion of twe
new buildings at the state sanitarium
and another at the state normal school,
the Insurance fund haring boen ex
hausted in Insuring other public build-
lags. Tho state always takes out
Insurance policies for a period of five
years, thus securing them for three
years' premiums.
The house committee on rules re
ported several resolutions fixing spe
cial orders for next weok, which were
adopted.
Two senate bills were killed by the
adoption of the adverse reports of the
committees to which they had been
referred. These were:
By Senator Duncan—To require
trial judges to purge Jurlos In certain
cases.
By Senator Skelton—To provide for
the payment of costs In certain easel
In tue superior and justice courts.
Tno bill of Senator Golden to pro
hlblt tho rale of cotton futures In t>
state was reported adversely. This
report was, however, disagreed to and
the bill was recommitted to tbs com-
mlttce on aari/mltum
lng rof the teaching or tns elementary
principles of agriculture and the ele
ments of clvlf government In the com
mon schools of the state. This meas
ure seems to stand in general favor,
though some question has been raised
as to its constitutionality. Many,
however, express confidence that It Is
In nowise In conflict with the organic
law.
There are several bills coming be
fore the senate proposing to extend
the powers of the railroad commission
for certain purposes. These bars
received adverse reports from the rail
road committee, but may be taken u|
this week by unanimous consent
The senate last week passed ths
measure providing for a constitution
al amendment limiting the pow
er of the legislature to levy taxes t«
5 mills. This Is the second time thtl
measure haa been' passed by the sen
ate, thl3 being done owing to a do
feet In the first bill. ' The measure
goes to the house this week.
Cenvlet Question Will Probably Be
Decided This Week.
Atlanta, July 13.—It Is probable
) Statuee Be Erected to Prominent
Georgians?
July II.—Shall statues of
[fttwford W. Long, famed aa the
ntrer of anaesthesia, and Alexan-
~ Stevens, one of Georgia's great-
lui foremost statesman, grace ths
1 of statuary In the national cap!-
' square peg in the round hole"
rely expresses file use of means
"l to the desired end. A great
. People who have been cured of
r-«a and other diseases of the atom-
I 1 ’ - Us allied organs of digestion and
Uoti by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden
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with only'temporary benefit.
aot until we began the use of
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they arc oonstantly publishing,
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N . Address Dr. B. V. Pierce, Buf-
that tho house of representatives will
decide this week wbat L to be dons
with the Georgia convlcu. This' Is
considered. In fact, tho most pressing
question before tho legislature at its
presen', session.
The latter will not come up, how
ever, until Thursday, when 'the bill
by Mr. Felder, of Bibb, whose object
is to put the convlcu of the state,
felony and misdemeanor, at work on
tba roads, will be considered as tbs
special order. The consideration ol
this measure will precipitate >the wbolt
discussion of the convict question, r»
gardlng which there are three sepa
rate bills before the bouse now ready
for final action.
Two other special orders have been
set for consideration In the house thti
weak. Today there wfll ba consider,
ad a bill by Messrs. Fields, of Dooly,
and McCUrry, of Hart, proposing aa
Important amendment to the alterna
tive road law. At present this law
la applicable all over the sUte except
In Incorporated cities and towns which
have their bwn road ordinances. Ths
bill to be considered Tuesday propose!
an amendment under which tho people
of each county shall be given the priv
ilege of voting whether they want ths
law operative In their county or not
This law, as is well known, ro
quires that each male citizen between
the ages of 1C and SO years shall work
the roada a certain number of days
each year or In lieu thereof (hall pay
to the county a specified road tax.
The special order for Wednesday,
July 16, is a bill by Mr. George, ol
Morgan, proposing to make it unlaw
ful for anyone to employ a laborer,
tenant or cropper wno is under con-
tract with another. There Is already
a law on thU subject, but the present
bill la more specific snd In stronget
terms. It Is designed to protect farm
ers who make advances to employes
under contract, as such employes are
sometimes In the habit of dlsappearlni
is soon as those advances are made.
Before the Senate.
The senate will have to contend
with two bills this week which were
recently paased by the house. Ons
of these, by Messrs. Steed end Mixon,
of Carroll, provides tor tho .election
of county school commies losers by the
people. There U much opposition
to this measure In the senate and
some of the members of that body
are freely predicting that it will b<
disposed of by the upper house ad
versely In short order.
Another measure passed by tht
bouse and fb which the senate will,
doubtless, give careful coaeMeratlon,
is that by Messrs. Hardman of Jack
eon and BhackrjjoriLof Clyrke* prq vtd-
Election of Railroad Commissioners fs
Desired by House.
Atlanta, July II.—Election of rail-
road commissioners by tho people Is
the subject of a bill by Mr. Rankin
of Gordon, which tho house of repre
sentatives paased yesterday by a vote
of 100 to 5.
Discussion of the measure was brief,
particularly In view of the fact that
It proposes to make a radical change
In an existing law. Codor the pres
ent law, as is well known, the rail
road commlasloners are appointed by
the governor.
Mr. Rankin’s bill which went before
the general judiciary committee, came
back with an adverse report, particu
larly on account of the fact that It
provided for an extension of the terms
of office of .the present commissioners.
Another ground of opposition was that
tho people do not give enough attention
to minor atata offices to qualify them
to make the best'selectlon.
When the bill came back to the
bonee Mr. Rankin, without any dlfft
cnlty, secured a reversal of the com
mittee’s action, and the adverse re
port was disagreed to.
The bill was read the second time
i Saturday, and yesterday was
reached on the calendar. Mr. Rankin
then offered a substitute removing the
objectionable feature, the extension ol
the terms of the present commission
matter shouid be neara trom in tue
legislature.
Sir. Glenn, of Whitfield, Introduced
the resolution yesterday by request,
It provides for the appointment of
joint committee of four from the house
and three from the senate to Investi
gate the v.-bole matter, but more spe
cifically the recent caee In south Geor
gia, known as the Lula Frailer case.
It was charged tba\ this wpman was
held In a state of peonage or Involun
tary servitude In the McRee place,
In Lowndes county, and was made
merry there In spite of the fact that
she already had a husband.
It is also charged that negroes hare
been held In a state of Involntary ser
vitude in several of the misdemeanor
convicts camps of the state.
Tae hill by Messrs ,McCurry,
Hart, and Fields, of Dooly, providing
for an amendment to tho alternative
road lan- so that it shall not bo ef
fective In any county in the state until
after It has been passed on by a vote
of the people, came up in the house
as! the special order Immediately af
ter the reading of tho Journal.
The alternative road law Is now
force throughout the stato, the require
ment being that each male citizen be
tween the ages of 16 and 60, except
In Incorporated cities and towns which
have their own road ordinances, shall
work on tho roads so many days each
year, or In lien thereof, shall pay
commutation tax. Mr. Fields, of Doo
ly, one of the authors of the meas
ure, made the only speech with refer
ence to tho bill. He urged Its pass-
■ge, as In many counties the people
desire to dispense with the law, hav
ing other methods of doing their road
work.
The vote on the bill was SO to 13.
(t lacked eight votes of a constitutional
majority and was, therefore, lost Mr.
Fields gave notice of a motion to re
consider.
SHAW GUEST OF ROOSEVELT.
The substitute simply provides for
ths election of thess commissioners
by tho people at the expiration of ths
terms of office of the incumbents.
On motion of Mr. Hardeman, of Jack-
son, the re eolation providing for ths
placing of statues of Dr. Crawford W.
Long and Alexander H. Stephens in
statuary hall In the national capltol,
which was before the bouse at ths
hour of adjournment on Friday, was
tabled on account of the small atten
dance.
m me Senate.
The senate had a short session yes
terday, most of Its ‘.'.me being devoted
to reading house bills the first and
second time. Bat one bill was paased.
That was by Messrs. Alexander and
Granada, of Wilkes county, to abolish
ths board of county commlasloners
of that county.
The senate concurred in ths joint
resolution Introduced by Mr. Calvin, of
Richmond, lnvltlns Chancellor Hill to
addrese the legislature at such a date
as might most bis convenience.
Western and Atlantic Extension.
The special committee appointed to
consider the bill by Mr. Carrington of
Madison, proposing to estend tbs West
ern and Atlantic railroad to the sea
board, held a session yesterday after
noon.
Piromls H. Bell, of DeKalb county,
one of tbe originators of the movement,
appeered before the committee and
made a strong argument in favor of
tbe construction of such an extension.
Hon. Eustace G. Butts, of Glynn, ap
peared In behalf of Brunswick aa ths
terminus of such an extension. If It Is
decided to build It
The question was discussed at some
length, the committee concluding that
It will have to have proper estimates
from an expert before a satisfactory
I'sport can be made to the boose.
School Fund Division Is Again Vetoed
by House.
Atlanta, July 16.—Tbe bouse of rep
resentatives has a second time refused
to enact any legislation looking to tbe
dlrislon of tbe state school fund be
tween tbe race* In proportion to tbe
amount of taxes paid by each.
The question was thoroughly thresh
ed over again yesterday, and at the
conclusion of the debate the house ad
ministered defeat to a measure which
proposed to amend fhe constitution
In this respect by a vote of 79 to 64.
Tbe bill proposing a constitutional
amendment would bavo required a two-
thirds majority or 117 votes to pass IL
A resolution made Its appearance in
t?.> bouse providing for aa lavestlga-
Uon of the question of peonage In
Georgia. There haa been considerable
Secretary ef Treasury It Entertained
at 8agan-,cre Hill.
Oyiter Bay, L. I.. July 15.—Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw was tho guest
of President Roosevelt today at Saga
more Hill T*c came hero to discuss
with Mr. Roosevelt some matters of
Importance In his department Ho
has just returned from the middle west,
where he went to conduct some In
vestigations relating to the treasury
deportment. Concerning these ho de-
sln i to talk with the president.
Jn addlton to the secretary, Charles
J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, James
Walker, the magazine writer, and H.
H. Kohlsaat of Chicago, were guests
of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt at
luncheon. Mrs. Bonaparte Is one of
the special counsel of the government
appointed recently by the president to
assist in the prosecution of the cases
against the Indicted postoffice officials.
Dredging Work 8topped.
Ban Francisco, July 16.—Tbe work
ef dredging through the shoal In San
Pablo bay to provide a deep water
channel to Mare Island navy yard haa
come to a sudden stop. The con
tractor has withdrawn bis dredging
plant. The United Slates commis
sioner haa communicated with the con
tractor but has received no definite
assurance that he will again proceed
with the work. Under the advertised
terms of tbe work tbe government Is
entitled to declare the contract for
feited bnt It baa not yet made any
more In that direction. The war de
partment haa been notified officially
of what haa happened.
LEHMAN'S SECOND TRIAL.
Charged with Perjury In 8L Leuli
Boodle Deala.
St. Louis, July 13.—Julius Lehman,
a former member of the bouse of delo
gates, went to his second trial today
on tne charge of perjury In connection
with the city lighting boodle deal la
which 147,500 Is allegeJ to have bees
divided among members of the housl
combination.
Lehmann was convicted on tbe first
trial and sentenced to tbe penltentlrry
but the supreme court reversed
verdict and remanded the cue on a
technicality. Judge Ryan is bearlni
the case.
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East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, ,02.
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. F. 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 1 had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully well.
Took no others medicine then nor. since, and
am in better health and heavier/than "for ,
the past fifteenjyears.
J. M. McCORD,
Pastor Verbena*Baptist Church.
DOWN EMBANKMENT
FREIGHT PLUNGES
Aocident on Virginia and
Northwestern Road.
FIREMAN INSTANTLY KILLED.
Engineer Was Caught Under His Ma
chine and Badly Injured—Half a
Dozen Cars Were Completely Wreck
ed as Train Left Track.
Chattanooga, July 16.—A freight
train on the Tennessee division of tbs
Virginia and Northwestern railroad
was wrecked at 9 o'clock this morning
near. Butler, Tenn. Fireman Will Ro
den was killed and Engineer Robert
son wu caught under an engine and
badly Injured. Tbe engine Jumped
the.track and rolled fipwn an embank
ment, wrecking half a dozen cara
POPE STILL CLINGS
TENACIOUSLY TO LIFE
Little Change In August Fa*
tient’d Condition.
THOUGH IT 18 VERY DANGEOU8
FREIGHT TRASN’8 WILD RUN.
Brakes
At Top Speed Down Gradi
Failed to Respond.
Columbia, 8. C., July J5.—A freight
train composed of an engine and 17
cars was wrecked Monday near Salu
da, on tba Asheville aad Spartanburg
division of the Southern railway.
Aa tbe engineer proceeded down tbe
(teep Melrose grade he endeavored
show up, before reaching Saluda, for
orders. Finding the airbrakes would
not work, tbe engineer and crew Jump-
from tbe train Just In time to save
their lives.
The ungovernable train, composed
coal cars, swept down the track at
fearful rata of speed, and a short
distance before reaching the trestle
over the Pacelot river, at a sharp
curve In the track, tbe locomotive
jumped off at a right angle, carrying
with It 13 cara, all of which ware
completely demolished.
TRAINS GO TOGETHER H BA DON.
Negro Preacher Will Hang.
Opelika. Ala., July 13.—Rev. H. C
Sparks, a negro preacher, who Is con
fined in the Jail here, will hang Au
gust 28 He was sentenced nearly two
years ago, but his case has been In
the supremo court on appeal ever
■luce. Saturday the court sustained
the verdict of the circuit ocruL Sparks
assassinated a negro named Jack In-
gersoll at Phenlx City and was assist
ed In the terrible crime by Inge noil's
wife. She Is In the penltenUery tot
life.. ■
International Peace Commission,
lerlln, July It.—Tbe United States
International Peace commission arriv
ed here from The Hague and wu
received today by tbe under secretary
for foreign affairs. Dr. Von Muehlborg.
The German newspaper* hare mani
fested very little Interest In tho corn-
talk about peonage In this and other minion. The exprcaslons on the sub-
southern states, and In view of recent J«t Indicate the belief that the Ameri-
charges. ft l». not surprising .that the 1 can propositions aro practicable.
On* Man Killed and About Twenty In
jured.
Des Moines, Iowa, Jnly 16.—A head-
collision between a southbound
pusengsr train and a northbound
freight on. the Great Western railroad,
near Savannah, Mo., resulted la ths
daath of ons person ud the Injury of
several others.
The dead:
Fireman Stawart, Dm Moines.
Seriously Injured:
Engineer Brownfield, Den Moines;
Fireman Thomas Howard, Dm Moines.
The' names of the other injured have
not bean obtained. The Injured train
men will recover. Twenty passengers
were Injured, gome of them eerlously,
but they will recover.
The wreck was due to ea accident,
wnieh delayed the passenger train
ud prevented It from reaching Sa
vannah, whero the two tralae were to
pus on time.
No Recurrence of Period* of Delirium
Which Heretofore Aroused Appre
hension—Physicians Say He May
Linger Many Cay* Yet.
Rome, July 16.—The pope's condition
shows (.Tactically no change lines
yesterday. After a comparatively
quiet night bo became reatless during
the forenoon hours and complained of
bis Inability to sloep. He turned
unea.'lly from side to side ud
seemed unable to settlo himself In a
comfo: table roslure, but there wu no
recurrence of those dangerous peri
od* of delirium which aroused such
apprehension yesterday.
The doctors continue to fool that
tho patient's condition Is extremely
dangerous, bnt they say he may linger
for days. They report that all of the
ordinary calculations are quite likely
to fall la tho presence of the ordinary
esse. Speaking of the specific condi
tions til* doctors say that they think
pneumonia bu prutteally disappear
ed. Tho re-gal'.r .-1 ■ of liquid In the
pleura Is so slight . * to cause tbe pa
tient no trouble. The chief remain
ing danger Hen !n tho almost complete
prostration succeeding the acute singes
of the disease.
Negotiations aAre Off.
Cincinnati, July 15.—On account ot
legal obstructions It Is announced here
that the negotiation* for the United
Ou Improvement .ccmpuy of Phila
delphia to take over the gas/electrla
light ud traction In Clndnutl end vl-
c'eRy are nil off. There have been
frequent conferences here ud at Phil
adelphia recently on the proposed mer
ger which also Included on* of tho
oldest and etrongest national buka
end a newly organised trust company,
bat the parties In Interest here today
state that It hu Just been found im
possible under existing condition*.
Prominent Founaer Dead,
Joliet, OL, Jnly 16.—'William Gar
rett, Inventor ud founder of the rod
mills of the Gairett type end widely
known In steel circle*, died today at
'ML Clemens, Mich., where he had
gone for his health. Mr. Garrett i
hie home both In Joliet ud Clevelud.
He wu born In England In 1(43.
British Steamer Athore.
Mlqneloh, SL Pierre-MIquelon, Jnly
IS.—The British steamer Monterey
which sailed from Montreal July 10 for
Bristol, la ashore WMt of Point
Bho will probably become a wre
Speedy assistance may save a portion
at the cargo.
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