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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS BE TOTED TO GITIJTG THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE FROGRBNS ANR AIDING THE PROSPERITY OF SCHLEY COUNTY. R. E. ELLIOTT. Editor antBraea Hanaier. DEPOT BILL IS DEAD Muchly Discussed Measure Fails In the Georgia Legislature. VOTE COULD NOT BE SECURED Final Chance of Resuscitation Was Smothered In Rush of Closing Days of Session. The house end of the Georgia gen eral assembly has refused to agree to The improvement of the state’s termi nal property in Atlanta. The depot bill is a dead issue at this session of the legislature. Its com plete , . demise , was pronounced , when , the representatives gathered at Thursday night’s session and realized with vary ing and conflicting emotions that the final „ . chance , for , recuscitahon .. .. , had , gone. Neither at the afternoon or night session was the depot bill reached, or even approached by the house. It was too late for the measure to go through the sena e, even oug 1 succeeded in passing the house, and were this not the case, it is very prob able that the steering commi ee wou ( make no further a.temp, to place e bill on its passage. Of all the sessions of the general as sembly of Georgia, that of the house held Thursday afternoon is regaaded by many of its members as one of the most remarkable. Member after mem ber took the floor, either to a question -of personal privilege or debate a pend ing appeal from the decision of the -chair. Personalities were largely dealt in. Recognizing that even at that time the depot bill was practical ly dead, members rose one after an other to respond to the unasked ques tion: “Who delayed the work of the bouse in order to defeat the depot •bill?” The question was answered in deep voice and shrill voice; with the flourish of finished gesture and with po gesture at all; but in the end it was answered at least to the satisfaction of those who, being indifferent to the matter, wished to see the work of the general assembly go forward at last. Representative Slaton, of Fulton, ^ sounded to'a the note of the majority in rising question of personal privi lege. “In the years t,o come, declared he, “I shall look back with personal pride to this session of the general assembly, when I made the effort to improve the terminal property of the Btate. ” BOLD BANK ROBBERS. They Held Citizen* of Ohio Town at Bay and Secured »4,ooo. A special from Shanesville,0., says: Four masked men, discovered in the act of dynamiting the vaults of John Doerschuck’s private bank early 1 burs day morning, drove off all who at tempted to interfere and got away with between $3,000 and $4,000. An oxplosion of nitro-glyeerine about 3 o’clock a. m. awakened John Rhodes, who lives opposite the bank. Rhodes saw two men working at the vault doors while two others stood guard at the main entrance of the bank buildiug. Rhodes, revolver in baud, rushed into the street and was met by a volley from the sentinels. Dozens of the inhabitants appeared only to be greeted by a shower of lets. The robbers removed the doors of the vault and pried open the money drawers. Dumping the specie into bags, they backed to the railroad tracks and disappeared on a hand car. Bloodhounds were secured and a large posse at once started on the trail. EXCITEMENT IN HONG KONG. Ch,n *"pH.“r»""n.‘; that Advices from Hong Kong Bta te the oity was placarded people lhursday and 'Will the statements inciting the members of the secret societies to unite aud rise during the month of January and drive out all the foreigners. ■ Crowds gathered around the placards, but no actual outbreak is reported Reports have been received from Canton to the effect that Yeung Sung ; Po, the reformer, has been horribly tortured. Though he was strung up by the thumbs and toes, he would con fess nothing. ELLA VILEE, GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1000. "ianm imn.E exposition. Citizens Meet and Inaugurate Plans For a Big Show Dur ing the Year 1903. The city of Atlanta, Ga., the citi zens, business houses and railroads entering the city will be asked to contribute $100,000 toward a prelimi nary fund for the purpose of the In ternational Textile exposition. This definite decision was reached at an enthusiastic meeting of the gen eral textile exposition committee and the board of directors of the Interstate Fair Association, held Monday after noon in the rooms of the Business Men , s T League. That a big exposition should be held in 1902 was positively decided, and plans were formulated ami set in mo tion looking to the acquisition of irn mediate control and ownership of the buil< j in g 8 noW at Piedmont park. In c ia e ntly a resolution was adopted re commending that a fair be held as usual next fall. If the present plans of the exposition committee are car rie(1 out an inter8t a t e fair is guaranteed every year for tbe uext ten years. A central executive committee was appointed with plenary power to ulate t h 0 scope and a detailed plan of organ i za H on> ftnd engineering the gen eral movement for a great tex tile ex bibitkm in l902t The adoption of the above resolution was the most import aQt and definite step accomplished at the mee ^j ng . They were offered by CoIonel w A Hemphill. - DENTIST IS EXONERATED. - Was Charged with Trying to Kiss a Young Lady Customer. An Atlanta dispatch says: The pro ceedings against Dr. JohnS. Thomp son, who was arrested on a charge of assault on Miss Ida Hollingsworth, were stopped in court, the warrant withdrawn and the dentist exonorated. The story of the arrest together with the charges of improper conduct toward Miss Hollingsworth, who had gone to his office to have some dental work done, caused a sensation owing to the high standing of the dentist. The attorneys on both sides and the parties interested reached a mutual agreement and there will be no further proceedings. ” I KEMDb M tUMla l* snrTii auum. ‘ ... Through This Section 0 n U|g Way to gan Francisco. through \r„Trj n i PV will Time tmss “ fc> the south some next A “® ‘{T® , “ . , y . b d ; but P , th n idd i e * b j s • his route Te MlS beiu^ f i • tlwrfl to San Francisco by the So ", '% * ’ The n , f JW 1 * ^™ bflvP f for 0 ” „ Jong time been endeavor g g president to go out■ e auucmng “ the Union Iio 1 ^ orkB * i this fur . . •, t nis es a specia e.. that time.______________ * IIKOUWHTON EXPLAINS. - Hlg CharKeg Atmuta Policemen were Misconstrued. J)r L G. Broughton appeared Monday before tbe Atlanta, Ga., police board nigb t for the purpose of explaining hia remarkg j„ a recent sermon about the mayor aud policemen drinking and bliug at the races. The doctor took the position that he ke q{ the ma ^ 0 r and the police C o n j unct i V ely, and that the word <«drinking” referred to the mayor, and tbe word -“gambling” referred to the bce- He stated he had proved that P ucewere bett i ng on horse raees, aad that tbat was gambling. The outcome of the meeting was satisfac torv to all concerned, and the matter was promptly P P y dropped. PI HUSSAINS FEELING CHIHESE. * 70 o,ooo Worth «.f kic« i» Purcha* «<i For institute “Pi*-T»u».” Ad vices from Pekin state tbat the j ^ ave purc ii a sed $700,000 , • ’ w Hi c h is being given to ch ine3e . General Chaffee, Amer i Cft n, is also having a largo anjol V nt 0 f rice issued and the other tkm8 are displaying liberality. Qiers. the Russian envoy, * J th t Ru89 i a i 8 making no excep . fayor of Christians, because the baye the 1@ast nee a a . HOUSE IS FOR HOME Georgia’s Representatives Pass the Soldiers’ Home Bill. STOOD EMPTY ELEVEN YEARS Vote Was 106 to 50 and the Announcement Greeted With Prolonged Applause. The Georgia house of representa tlTes Wednesday , by tn morning, overwhelming vote of 106 to 50, passed the Soldiers’ Home bill,which provides f or the acceptance of the home by the 8tate The bill before the , . house - was a few days ago, but was lost, owing to the failure of a number of friends of the measure to be present. The bill was reconsidered, However, and the fond hopes of the Confederate veterans of Georgia were realized, after eleven years of expectant waiting. The announcement of the vote was greeted with a tremendous burst of ap plause, both from the members of the house and from the large crowd in the gallery, that had been drawn there by interest in the depot bill. The steer ing committee reported during the morning that the Soldiers’ Home bill and the depot bill be made the special or d er f or the morning session, after the consideration of the tax bill had been concluded. The report specified tbat the vo t e on the former bill be taken in twenty minutes after the read j ng 0 f the bill, and that the vote on the depot bill be had at 12:30 o’clock, When the Soldiers’ Home bill was reac hed the bill was not read, as tbe mem bers of the house were familiar w j tb its provisions, and Major Gary, 0 f Hichmond, the author of the bill, cccup ied tbe twenty minutes with an i nipa gsioned and eloquent appeal for t he passage of the bill. j u beginning, Major Gary thanked the house on behalf of himself and on behalf of the Confederate veterans of the s t a te for their action in reconsid er j ng the bill. He explained that tbe home at present is in good condition, and declared that u wa8 ueeded b 7 the Confederate veterans of the state. He said *bat God, on Mount Sinai, had commanded that we honor our fathers and our our mothers, and he stated that they would be honored if this I 101110 was gi ven to the veterans, “For,” declared he, “there is not a member *of this house but who is eitlier a Confederate veteran or the “U'“ Ml pro aud ^ 1 ^ » cres land, all of which has cost about $45,000 and paid for by contributions of citizens of the state. The sum of $15,000 is appropriated . , f or maintaining and furnishing the Fame for the first year, but no part of this sum shall be expended until there are 45 applications for admission. There shall be a board of 11 trus tees, one from each congressional dis trict, who shall have charge ot the borne and serve without compensation, Thestf trustees shall appoint a su perintendent at a salary not to exeeqd $500. Shall elect a treasurer, steward au d such other assistants as may bo necessary. Ex-Confederate soldiers who are residents of the state of Georgia and have been residents of the state for a term of five years, shall be admitted t0 the home, and these shall perform 8Uc h duties as may be required by the superintendent. who is admitted to the No soldier home shall draw a pension from the 8tat e. Admissions shall be from the several count ies of the state according to population. P r immediately transmit £h bil , wa8 ted to the senate. MILES TAKES A FALL. General of Army li Thrown From Hle Horse Burin* Parade. General Miles was thrown from his horse at the head of the centennial parade in Washington Wednesday, He had reached the reviewing stand in front of the capitol when1 his horse reared and fell back. The genera. was thrown but not hurt, He arose promptly and took his position amoug the parade reviewers. VOL. X. NO. 51 . WANT PAY FOR WHIPPING. Ten Citizens of Hart County, Ga •» Sued For “Whitecapping” Man and Woman. Ten prominent citizens of Hart county Ga,, aie defendants in a sen sational suit for whitecapping-which was brought in the federal court at Atlanta by Benjamin W. Evans and MIbs Emma White, in which the lat ter ask for damages amounting in the aggregate to 8100,000. Each of the plaintiffs sues for $50,000. The defendants named in the peti tion are Agnus L. Alford, Florence M. Carter, John A. Dickerson, Solo “ on M. Bobo, Samuel W. 1>eer > E - Berry Benson, J. D. Mathison, Har Q j d ^ Griffin, D. A. Perritt, L. E. Meredith and John R. Stevens. , Evans charges in his petition that he was called out of his house on the morning of October 22 and set upon by the defendants. He says his clothes wer0 torn off and tbat be waa beaten, c h G ked and struck at with a heavy c i„b, and his collar bone injured. Ho charges further that the defendants broke open bis w i ne bouse andde Btroyed 350 gallons of the beverage, worth $ li25 a gallon. Further, he charges that the defendants broke open his trunk and stole $33.50. He a i 80 8a y 8 they beat his three small children. Emma White, 20 years old, was act j ng j n t be capac ity of housekeeper for Evans, s>he says. She charges that the Bame ones who beat her employer also beat her with bllggy w hi p8j and tbat too w hile in a mortifying posi tion. It is said that a band of men went to Evan’s home some time ago and tbrasbe d his two daughters and com pelled them to leave the county. It is understood that they are now in At lanta. The suits are the most sensational that have been filed in the coart in some time, and the outcome will be watched with interest by the citizens of the county where the plaintiffs have been living. ENGLAND IS DILATORY. Her Ohstlnacy a Stumbling Block to Peace to Negotiations In China. Such reports as the state depart ment has had from Mr. Conger up to the present fail to develop a satisfac tory reason for the insistance of the British government in amending the p ek j u agreement on the one hand and f or the hesitation of the foreign min isters to sigu tbe agreement on the other. A close perU sal of the British sng g es tj on still fails to show that it is in any sense material. As stated already ° f b %“° tbi ” g t sg no a ff L . e t 8 the action proposed in the sec tion of the agreement to which amend ment app n e8 i 8 left to stand bv itself without a statement of reason which would DO t even qualify or limit the taxation, which in this case relates to the punishmeut of the boxer leaders, Consequently it is believed in Wash ingtou that this disagreement will bo mere ly temporary aud the most serious consequences that can ensue is an an noying delay at a moment when the worst phase of the negotiation seems to ba ve safely passed. — ------------- IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP. -— We wni Soon Know Whather u,,cle Sam owu. New Po..e..«on. or Kot. Monday the supreme court of the United StateB began hearing argument with the view of determining whether the Philippines, Porto Rico, Guam and the Island of Jolo are American tern tory, governed am protected >y he constitution. Se ..... Jution^oUow^the .. of . whether 7® r ,* a c JJ® the a constitution a ? follows the flag are before the court and the learned judges will soon determine the felat.ons that actually exist between the new possessions and the nation. A ;; orney Gener f 1 Gr ^ 3 appear8 , for the government and former Secre tary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle for the people of the islands, as rep resented by the petitioners. Huntsville In Great Luck. Rowe – Co., of New York, have de cided to build a $300,000 cotton mill in Huntsville, Ala. This new indus try was secured through the instru mentality of T. W. Pratt, who has se cured four cotton mills for Huhtsville in the last three years. AIRING BOOZ CASE Board of Inquiry Begins luves* tigation of Cadet’s Death. PARENTS GIVE IN TESTIMONY Unfortunate Boy’s Letters Are Presented As Evidence-Board Goes to West Point. A Philadelphia dispatch says: The taking of testimony in the case of Oscar L. Booz, the West Point cadet who died some two weeks ago from injuries which his parents alleged were inflicted at the West Point Mili tary Academy, was begun Monday by the board of inquiry appointed by the secretary of war. Two sessions were held at Bristol, the home of the Booz family, and another in Philadelphia in the late afternoon. The members of the board are Generals Brooke, Clous and Bates, accompanied by Captain DeaD, of the Fifth artillery, who acted as recorder. The court sat in the study of the church which adjoins the Booz home stead. The witnesses were William H. Booz, father; Mrs. Sarah Booz, mother;* Nellie Booz, sister of the young man; Rev. Dr. Alison, Di. Weaver, a Bristol physician who at tended Oscar Booz, and several others. The board left for New York Monday night and from thence to West Point to continue the investigation. Mr. Booz, the father, testified that his son had written home on several occasions that he had been hazed. He entered the academy in June, 1898, and in August he wrote home that he bad been in a fight and had received a pair of black eyes and that he had been knocked out by a blow over the heart. Mr, Booz said he went to West Point to see his son and told him he must stand it. Oscar told his father he expected to be hazed, but he did not want to be treated brutally. The father said Oscar did not want his mother to know how he was treated. Mr. Booz then told how Oscar had informed him that tabasco sauce had been forced down bis throat. Oscar said the cadets would pull the blankets from him and pour hot wax from a candle on his body. Mr. Booz thought the officers at the academy could stop the brutality, but he would not say they condoned it. He could not un derstand why they treated his son in such a brutal manner. Oscar spent all of last year at home in an endeavor to build up his health. He never would reveal the identity of his perse cutors. Mrs. Booz testified that her son had written her that West Point was unfit for a young man who wanted to do right and that parents should not send their sons there. Nelhe Boo *> » sister or the deceased young man, test’fied that in a ret ter receivod by the family on August 7th Gscar told of the fight he had with an other cadet and that ho fought until was winded. The cadets called him a coward and a disgrace to the corps. If he did not go into the fight, he said, tlie “fellows would make life unbear able for him.” He asked his father for permission to resign. Oscar de scribed many little indignities w_hich were practiced on him. If he had not swallowed tbe tabasco sauce he would have strangled They were holding i,j m down aud he could do nothing e ] 80 . Dr. J. Solis Cohen, a throat special ist, testified that Oscar had tuberculo sis of the larynx and that when he came to Philadelphia for treatment his case was hopeless. He thought if tabasco sauce had been forced down Bodz’s throat it may bave made him more susceptible to tuberculosis. Sigmund S. Albert, a classmate of Oscar Booz, said that Booz wak not hazed more than any other cadet. He was one of Booz’s tent mates while in camp, He and Booz and other fourth year men, he said, were made to do “ridiculous stunts,” such as making the upper classmen’s beds and “other unmanly and disgraceful” things. What he meant by the latter, he said, was none of the public’s business. One night some fourth year men were forced to open their mouths and shut their eyes, when some one squirted into their mouths what he believed to be tobasco sauce.