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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1897)
I proceedings OF HOUSE AND SENATE SUMMARIZED. IMPORTANT measures acted upon Bills of General and Loral Interest Many Attention of Our Receive the Law-Makers. Wednesday's Proceedings. The anti-barroom bill was reeonsid e j in the house Wednesday by a vote of (51 to (50. Several members ; h0 vo ted the against motion it to Tuesday reconsider were was ab u t an d carried by a bare majority of one. ‘ The bill to attach a penalty to the failure of telegraph companies to promptly transmit and deliver all messages was a special order for the day, but went over until Tuesday. The majority report of the Brown in vestigating committee was presented to the house. It is a strong endorse meat of administration of the state university and in that way diametri rally opposed to the report submitted by Hon. Pope Brown and two other members of the committee. The afternoon session was devoted exclusively to the Jefferson county election contest, which resulted in the seating of James Stapleton and J. H. Polhill. The populist members who lose their seats are B. A. Slater and R. P. Wrenu. The fight was strong while it lasted. A number of speeches were made and a minority report in favor of the populist contestants was offered. The vote to unseat the popu lists was 74 tq.38: A strong fight was made for adjourn ment over to Friday, but it was unsuc cessful. The bill of Senator H. W. Hopkins, providing for the election of superior court judges and solicitors by the peo ple, was the special order of the senate Wednesday, and w f as taken up imme diately after the reading of the journal. The bill provides that at the first gen eral election in January that the peo ple will be called upon to vote on the amendment of the constitution as pro posed by it, giving the people the right to elect the superior court judges and solicitors. The bill had bi en referred to the committee on general judiciary, and was reported back with the rec ommendation that it should not pass. Senator Hopkins defended his bill in an able and decidedly pointed man ner. Senator Kilpatrick spoke against the passage of the bill and gave as his main reason for opposing it that it would lead judges into temptation. Senator Hopkins, at the conclusion of Senator Kilpatrick’s remarks, moved that the bill be displaced and made the special order for the next legisla tive day. The motion was carried by a vote of 25 to 15. A bill to change the time for hold ing of sessions of the superior court of the Middle circuit was taken up by unanimous consent and passed. The house bill changing the charter of the town of Thomastcn to the city of Ihomaston was passed. On motion of Senator Starr the sen fi te adjourned until Friday at 10 o’clock. No Quorum Present. The lower house of the Georgia legislature, after having repeatedly anil stubbornly refused to take Thanks giving holiday, met Thursday morn ing and adjourned. Deep disgust was depicted on the countenances of the ew faithful members who remained their posts of duty, while the others nad returned to their homes to partake w the fattened turkey and ’possum. T’ ery one of the 56 present at the roll fa * f e lf that he had a personal griev ance, and many expressions, unknown j' 1 parliamentary usage, evidenced the Friday’* Proceedings. Messrs. Polhill and Stapleton, the 1 smocrats who were successful in the Jeffers on county election contest, were sworn iu as members of the house p rMay morning. Mr. Felder’s Australian ballot bill as the special order for 10 o’clock, 1,1 on Motion of the author was car ried eer and set for Monday at the Sa me hour. An interesting matter was then . fought Maneh, of before the house bv Mr * s Columbia, who moved to agree with the adversq report of ue c °Mmittee on his bill to prevent the Making of gold contracts in this state. number of Democratic members for the measure and the result * as close. The motion to disagree he unfavorable report, however, ' * he the vote being 49 to 45. decl object of the bill was not to are gold contracts void, but to them payable in any kind of ? ne y other than gold. era! i Convict bill, which hsrtl for sev bas' la ^ S * ,een crowded out by other 4Y, 1 aeaS 0 clo< ’ came *. U P a9 tiie regular order After a few speeches it was the con bers of opinion that no two mem of the house are agreed on any £S ta h^ff* J y mud * uuiea. j ed tlMt u ” a „ nt . n \ * *‘^ . mie4i WaS i” 1 * ^ l ec on Six - C?“* b f*T l r n P^Payed,«nd, hv nrv? U Pf a bottom,it is hoped tn • om ® 11ioa °f tiie general • • ' ose " 10 have “° opinions f )et , ' 1 , ° leoe l v * impressions f « mthe answers of others. Tuesday at II o clock was set for the time to ex amine the legislative pupils. From the results thus obtained a committee of tin ee will draft the measure which will relieve the painful embarrassment under which the house now labors. The following is the list of questions presented: “iirst—Do you favor the continua tion of the present lease system as to all felony convicts under state super vision? “Second—Do you favor the pur chase of a farm and erection of build ings to care for the juveniles, woiflen and aged and infirm convicts, and that the able-bodied convicts be hired or leased under state supervision in terms of not longer than five years? “Third—Do you favor a central peni tentiary for all the convicts, as reconi mended by the principal keeper of the penitentiary? I'onrth—Do you favor state super \ision . of the misdemeanor convicts, at the same time leaving the direct con trol to the county authorities? “Fifth—Do you want a commission elected elected or or appointed? appointed? “Sixth—Do you want a principal keeper elected or appointed?” During the session Speaker Jenkins grew very wroth at the way members left the hall during the transaction of important business, and intimated that he would use force to have a ma jority present if the occasion again demanded it. The senate had just enough of its members in the chamber Friday morn ing when the roll was called to begin business. The first thing in order was the consideration of the bill of Senator Hopkins providing for election of judges and solicitors of the superior court. This bill was discussed at some length on Wednesday and was then made the special order for Friday morning. Owing to the exceedingly light at tendance Senator Hopkins moved to displace the bill and make it the spe cial order for Wednesday, December 1, Senator Battle objected, but the motion was carried and the bill went over. Senator Gray introduced a joint reso lution memoraliziug congress to refund the cotton tax collected during the war. The resolution was adopted. A few local bills were passed. These bills received only 23 votes, which was just a constitutional majority, and had one vote been east against them out of the 23 they would have been lost. When it became apparent that there was but little business before the senate and that it would be a hard matter to obtain a quorum Saturday, the senate adjourned until 12 o’clock Monday. Saturday In the Hotige. At Saturday’s session of the house, Representative Felder,of Fulton,came forward with a solution of the convict question of his own. Mr.Felder wants to buy the Dado county coal mines and operate them in the interest of the state. He introduced a bill which pro vides that county authorities may hire the felony convicts for working the public roads, but shall not pay less than $36 per annum for each convict. The bill carries with it the idea of a reformatory for the boys. To carry out the provisions of the act the sum of $250,000 is appropriated. providing A resolution was adopted that leaves of absence should not be granted except for providential causes and for business that makes it imper atively necessary for a member to leave. The members will now be forced to stay in their seats. The manufacturing committee of the house made a favorable report on the bill by Mr. Awtry, of Cobb, which provides that all convict-made goods shipped into this state must be stamp ed as convict manufactured. The bill does not effect goods manufactured by convicts in this state. Although not more than forty mem bers were present, the house passed a few unimportant local bills. The clerk developed the faculty of seeing double and managed to count from 95 to 100 members on every vote. After remaining in .session two hours the house adjourned until Monday at 10 o’clock. Monday's Proceeding*. Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, and Dr. J. D. Curry, agent of the Peabody and Slater edu cational funds, were the guests of the legislature Monday. In joint session the members of the general assembly listened to addresses from these two distinguished men. spoke the Secretary Wilson on pur suit of agriculture as a science, while Dr. Curry appeared as the champion of intellectual development. lasted Secretary Wilsons address not more than 30 minutes, while that of Dr.Curry was almost twice as long. The latter devoted the main strength of his argument to common schools, but the tone of his address was able to the university. SCHLEY COUNTY NEws. r*~‘ «* «•«<"* ot «».• mess during the subsequent days of thesession. The resolution was passed. Mr. Felder of Fulton then offered the following resolution: “Whereas, the United Confederate Veterans’ m soeiation has honored the state of Georgia by selecting its capital city for the next annual reunion. < * Therefore be it resolved by the house, the senate concurring, That as the representatives of the people of Georgia, we tender the heroes of ’60-’65, forming this association, u most cordial welcome to our state; that the capital of the state is hereby tendered to them for convention pur poses.” The Confederate veterans’ pension bill which went over from Friday’s session as unfinished business, came up and was passed. This bill carries with it an increase of $40,000 over the regular appropriation of $150,000. There was no opposition to the meas ure. Owing to the fact that the senate waa listening to the addresses in the house of representatives at the hour of assembling Monday an adjournment was taken until 1 o'clock. Imrnedi ately after the reading of the journal the bill abolishing the county court of Lowndes and establishing the eitv of Valdosta was taken up. A house bill by Mr. Armstrong of Wilkes, providing that all moneys re ceived from tines and forfeitures from the county court of Wilkes be divided, pro pro rata rata between between the the court court officers officers of of that county, was passed. Ayes 2(5, nays none. A bill by Senotor Stewart of the 27th, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the county of Meriwether was -passed. Ayes 2(5, nays none. On motion of Senator Battle the senate adjourned until Tuesday morn ing at 6 o’clock. RU SSIA'S >Y ARN1NW V> HEEDE D. Turkey Proceeilito Inrett 1,500,000 Murki in Larto Gun*. Advices from Constantinople state that in spite of the protest of the Russian government which recently intimated to the porte that if any con siderable part of the indemnity paid by Greece should be devoted to the exten sion of the Ottoman armament the Russian government would insist upon a payment of the arrears of the Russo Turkisli indemnity, long overdue, Turkey has placed with Herr Krupp, the great German gunmnker, an order for 150 large cannon at a total value of 1,500,000 marks. TU RKS ARE HUM RLE. Czar Coinpllos With All the Demand* Made Upon Him IJy Austria. Dispatches received from Mersena, Asia Minor, announce ns result of the decision of the Turkish government to grant the demands of Austria for re dress in consequence of the ill treat ment of Herr Brazzafolli, the agent of the Austrian Lloyil Steamship Com pany at that port, and the subsequent insults complained of by the Austrain consul there, the flag of Austria was | duly saluted at Meridina by Turkish guns with all the ceremonial demand e d by the government of Austria, BIG STREET RAILROAD SOLD. Syndicate Get* Po**r**ion of Stock of the Pittsburg System. * Messrs. Alexander Brown – Sons, representing a syndicate of Baltimore, London, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg capitalists, have consum mated the purchase of all the stock of the United Traction Company of *Pittsbnrg, Pa., amounting to $20,000, 000 . This will give them control of the largest street railway system in Pitts burg and Allegheny, owning and op erating over 117 miles of electric lines. PENSACOLA HAS IHG FIRE. Firebugs Destroy Lumber Varil and Two Freight Houses and Their Contents. About $100,000 worth of property was burned at Pensacola, Fla., Thurs day morning by a fire that was started by an incendiary in the old compress building, used by several firms as a warehouse for the storage of hay and feed stuff's. All of the contents of both freight depots were destroyed, together with j two freight cars anil two horses. J Twenty or thirty houses were afire at , one time, but most of them were saved. MISS WILLARD STILL WITH US. After Securing Her Passage She Did Not I,cavp Wimlv City. A Chicago dispatch states that Miss Frances NY. Willard did not sail for j England on the 24th, although her passage had been engaged on the steamer St. Louis. The change made in her plans at Buffalo will keep her in Chicago for some time. The Chicago Woman’s Club gave a reception in her honor Saturday. Keep abreast of the times and en Ponrage home enterprises by keeping up your subscription to this paper. If . books send joii are not on our now, ns your name at onee. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST HER. THE OLD WOMAN MUST HANG. Her Only Hope Now Lies In Success of Her Cause llefore Governor Atkinson. A Washington special says. The | United States supreme court Monday reviewed the decision of the Georgia supreme court in the case of Mrs. No bles, convicted of the murder of her husband. She claimed the process of law had been denied her. The decis ion is that the old woman must hang. There is no hope left unless her cause may be successfully advanced before Governor Atkinson. The case has been argued in its varied ramifications before all of the courts from the superior court of the county where the murder was com mitted to the United States supreme court. There is nothing left it is thought by the attorneys but to take the case before the governor, where it has already been once before. A Heilman Crime. The crime for which Mrs. Nobles mnst hang was committed nearly two years ago, in June, 2895. The Nobles place was about twelve miles below Jeffersonville. Here the family, con sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Nobles and their two children Debbv aged 18,and Jack, about 10, lived. They were typ ical Georgia crackers, knowing and caring nothing about the world out side. The family life may or may not have been harmonious. Opinions on that point are widely at variance, as Mrs. Nobles claims that her husband cruelly mistreated her, while the neighbors maintain that exactly the reverse was true. Living on the place in the capacity of farm hands were Gus Famblos, a former Macon hackmau, his wife, Mary Fambles, and Dalton Joiner, all negroes. These were the participants in horrible tragedy of that June morning. Mrs. Nobles was accustomed to labor in the fields as a common “hand.” One day, while working by the side of Gus Families, she began to complain most bitterly of her husband’s ill treatment, when Gus, with a brutal frankness, asked why she didn’t get rid of her trouble by putting the old man out of the way. When Mrs. No bles answered him with her question as to how it could be dono the first step towards the commission of the crime was taken. During the three weeks which fol lowed, the plans for killing old man Nobles were developed, and it is sur mised that in the making of those plans Debby Nobles, Mary Fambles, the wife of Gus, and Dalton Joiner materially assisted the two chief con spirators. the which At the trial of case oc curred a few weeks after the murder a verdict of “guilty” was brought in without any recommendation to the mercy of the court, and Mrs. Nobles and Gus Fambles were sentenced to be hanged August 10, 1895. Just why suspicion should have pointed from the very beginning to Mrs. Nobles is not known, but she was arrested, together with Gus Fam ilies and his wife, Mary, Dalton Joiner and Debby Nobles. The excitement was intense, the un usual heinousness o? the crime, and the unique character of the criminal made it a remarkable case. Dalton was successful in proving an alibi, was acquitted and immediately left the state. Debby Nobles was ac quitted. Mary Fambles was sen tenced to life imprisonment, and so far she is the only one of the five im plicated who has as yet, paid any pen alty for the crime, she having been at work in the coal mines since her sen tence. Whether or not Mrs. Nobles will go to the gallows is a matter of much speculation. Her weird case is full of interest to tko general public, due not only to the extraordinary story behind it, but also to the repeated trials and eon tinned publicity it has been in dulged. ARBITRATION NOT WANTED. Irishmen Send it Long Petition to the United State* Senate. A petition to the senators of the United States was issued from the headquarters of the Irish National Al liance in New York Friday against the adoption of the proposed general treaty of arbitration with England. The petition will be circulated by the various councils of the alliance throughout this country, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and other Irish American societies. The petition says that the advocates of the arbitration treaty here are the modern American tories, descendants of the men who would have hanged Washington. THROUGH THE STATE. The subject of co-education is now being discussed by the people of Car tcrsville. The ordinary of Butts county re fused a petition asking for an election on the liquor question because it was signed by only 116 voters, when 1-1 were necessary. The farmers of Butts county have been preparing to organize a union or alliance for the purpose of reducing the acreage of cotton. It is more ag gressive than the Cotton Planters’ Protective Association, and has some strong and very binding provisions in it. Each member of the alliance must agree not to plant more than one acre in cotton to every three in cultivation. Old man Taylor Delk will appeal to Governor Atkinson for mercy, and for freedom. Down from the convict camp at Cole City be will send a mes sage begging for the justice which he asserts was denied him by the courts of law and four different juries of his peers. Delk is now laboring at, the Dade county mines and ho is much dissatisfied. The supreme court of Georgia has reversed the decision of Judge Harris in the case of Douglas Cooper, of La Grange, against the state ami granted Cooper a new trial. It will be remem bered that on Christmas eve one year ago Douglas Cooper shot and killed Claud Dunson. The killing was the sensation of the state for aw hile and at first it appeared that Cooper had shot Dunson down in cold blood without any cause whatever. When the jury brought in its verdict it was of such a nature that Judge Harris gave Cooper a very mild sentence. His attorneys at once asked for a new trial and, after a hearing, it was refused.' The case went to the supreme court and a de cision favoring Cooper was rendered. Bids have been asked for by Ordi nary Ragsdale, of DeKalb county, for the building of the new courthouse at Decatur. They will be roceived until the 20th of January and all that have been made up to that time will be opened on that day and the lowest ac cepted. The bids will be received for furnishing all the material and per forming all the labor required for the erection and full completion of the new courthouse as shown by the plans and specifications in the office of the ordinary. Payments will bo made as the work progresses, the last, payment to be made on the completion of the building ami its acceptance by tlm county authorities. A new advisory board has just, been named by Adjutant General Kell for the Georgia volunteers. The terms of office of the old board have recently expired anil a number Of new men have been appointed to take their places. Every two years the board is reappointed. The board has the su pervision of the volunteer forces of the state and recommends the admis sion of new companies into the militia; acts upon the appropriations for the encampments and the place they are to lie held and all matters pertaining to the state forces. The now board is considered a very able one and con tains the best officers in the service of the Htnte. Many of them have gained distinction for their work among the companies and arc placed on the board for their knowledge of tactics, military law and good discipline. Judges Newman and Pariloe, of the United State* court, handed down their decision in the Eagle and Phoenix mill case Saturday morning. The re port of Special Master Wimbish is upheld, and the various exceptions to this report overruled. This gives the bondholders the preference on the sale of the mill building, real estate and actual belongings of the company, while the depositors of the old Eagle and Pluenix bank have the preference of the personal property of the com pany, such as the goods on hand and the factory. The main fight in the case has been between the bondhold ers and the depositors, each claiming a priority on the funds to he derived from the foreclosure of the mortgage some time in the early part of next month. The decision is practically a victory for both. * * * Elberton anil Newnan have quaran tined against Atlanta on account of smallpox. At the same time the smaller towns are quarantining against other smaller towns. Elberton, for in stance, has quarantined against Con yers and Griffin. Two or three towns have quarantined against Jonesboro. A citizen of one of the towns which quarantined against Atlanta, in speak ing of the matter said: “You see the farmers are still taking cotton in to sell and our merchants do not want them to visit Atlanta and spend it. We want to keep the money at home. The holidays are coming and our farmers would run over to Atlanta to do their Christmas buying if there were no restrictions. We jfast thought it would be a good idea to slap on a quarantine and keep the farmers and their money at home.” .
