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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1900)
ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS Georgia Lawmakers Close Their Labors and Go Home. BRIEF REVIEW OF WORK DONE Extra Session Narrowly Averted at the Last Moment-Some Bills That Failed. The Georgia general assembly was adjourned sine die Sunday morning at 5 o’clock. The house, which had held out strenuously for section 16 of the tax act, finally, at 4:45, gave in to the firm pressure and stand of the senate, which had remained throughout unanimous against, the stamping of notes. The convening of an extra session was narrowly averted by the cooler heads in the house and the firmness of the speaker’s rulings. The calm of the senate remained undisturb ed throughout the night. Section 16 of the general tax act was the bone of contention. The section as amended to suit the house called for the return of all notes, accounts, judgments and ohoses in action for taxation; the notes to be stamped by the tax receiver and this stamp to con stitute evidence of their validity. It was this clause that threatened the call of arr extra session of the general assembly. This extra session would have cost the state, according to re liable statements, between $15,000 and $20,000. The senate and the minority in the house opposed the acceptance of the proposed tax and declared that the revenue raised from this source would not pay the cost of the extra session. The session just closed is a remark able one in the small number of meas ures of a general application which it places on the statute books, The labor of the session is distinctly of a negative character, although among the bills that did pass both houses are some for which, like the Soldiers’ Home bill, a bard fight has been made in years past. The feature of the session to which public attention was widely attracted was the consideration of the depot bill in the house of representatives. The successful effort to defeat the construc tion of the new union station on the property of the state in Atlanta was led by a few men who doubted the constitutionality of the proposed bill, in that it made use of tbe public prop erty fund of $432,000. The opposi tion to tbe depot was based on the claim tkat this fund could not be used except to pay the principal on the bonded debt of the state, and further that the depot should be built by the lessee of the road and not by the state. On the last day of the session tbe senate and house took a step which may result finally in depot legislation. This final and unanimous recognition of the necessity for a new depot on the property of the state came in the form of a resolution by Mr. Gress, of Wilcox, appointing a joint committee of five from the house and three from the senate to confer with the lessees of the Western and Atlantic relative to a depot being built by the lessee road. Probably the most important work of the session was the liberality shown in the appropriation bill to the insti tutions of learning under the protec tion of the state. In order to meet these . increased , appropriations . ,. the sen ate, at the eleventh hour, added an additional mill to the tax rate for 1901 and 1902 and the house, which had agreed to a rate of five aud one-tenth mills, accepted the senate amendment and allowed the rate to be fixed at 5.2. Of this 2.1 is to beraisied for the sup port of the common schools and the remaining 3.1 is to be raised for gen eral purposes, uuder which head come tbe institutions of higher learning. The university of Georgia at Athens has been given $45,000 for two years in addition to the regular annual ap propriation of $8,000. This addition al amount is to be used for maintaiu ance and for repairs and buildings for the campus. After a hard fight the total appro pnation for the Technological school was raised to $56,000, of which $16, 000 is to be available only when the friends of tne school have raised from outside sources the sum of $25,000 ei BRYAN TO BE EDITOR. Nebraskan Will Publish a Weekly News paper In Lincoln. W. J. Bryan gave out the statement Saturday that he will establish a week ly newspaper at Lincoln in order to keep in touch with social, economic and political problems. The paper will be called the Com moner, and will defend the principles «et forth in the Kansas City platform, Greensboro Sells Bonds. The aldermen of Greensboro, N. C., have disposed of $135,000 of municipal improvements thirty year five per cent gold bondB to Seasongood aud Meyer, of Cinoiimati, 112.17. ther in money or machinery. Tin Technological school is to have an eleo trical. building and complete equip ment for its textile department. The sum of $22,500 for each of tho two years has been given to the State Normal School at Athens and $7,000 to the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega. Ample provis ion is made in the appropriation bill for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville and for the colored school at Savannah. The fight for $1,000,000 for the com mon sohools of the state failed on the last day because the appropriation would, it was urged, briug the state face to face with a serious deficit. The appropriation for the schools was left just where the house had fixed it— $800,000. With the appropriation for the com mon schools, where it was last year and the year before, and with the tax rate fixed at 5.2 instead of 5.1 there will be no depreciable deficit in the treasury as a result of the increased appropria tions, and the usual loan the governor is authorized to make will, it is be lieved, more than place the state on a firm financial basis. The passage of the Soldier’s Home bill came to a great many as an agree able surprise on account of the failure of former legislatures to provide for the veterans who are unable to take care of themselves. The success of the measure is due largely to the ef forts of Major Gary, of Richmond, and Senator W. T. Smith, of the thirty fourth. After the signature of the governor has been given to the Soldiers’ Home bill, the next step before the prepara tion of the Home is begun will be the appointment of the board of trustees to govern the institution. There are quite a number of applicants for for the trusteeships already before Governor Candler, and the appoint ments will be made soon in order that there may be no delay in the opera tion of the home. The support of the institution for the term of twenty years will call for practically $5,000 a year. SOME BILLS THAT FAILED. Foremost among the bills that failed of a constitutional majority Tanks the depot bill, and after that comes the child labor bill, in which perhaps greater interest was taken by the pub lie at large than in the last general as sembly. Senator Hiram P. Bell, of the thirty ninth, made a hard but uphill fight for his measure to divide the taxes of the state ..... to negro edooatiQB , juet . , as giving much as is raised bj the taxation of property held by the colored race. For the second time the osteopathy bill met defeat; this time in the senate. In the house be bill by Represen tative Wright of Floyd to provide dispensaries for cities of 6,000 and over failed of he necessary majority demonstrating that m the house a full majority of members are opposed to state prohib.tiou. REVENUE REDUCTION BILL 1>a * 8ed In House of Representatives By v ' ote of *** t ®“ B * A Washington special says. _ The house Saturday passed the war reve nue reduction bill. The opposition sought to recommit the bill with in structions to report back a measure reducing the revenue at least $70,000, 000, and including a provision for an income tax so drawn as to escape an adverse decision of the supreme court. The motion failed 131 to 155. There upon the bill was passed without the concurrence of the Democratic minor ity who refrained from voting. ^e amendment , , piaced , in the bill Friday to tax express receipts was de feated on an aye and nay vote in the house —125 to 139. The rypyycnnn a\ an rirrmriaimn Riu S fift^n 1 jr, iqn was passed exactly minutes’ Hobart W. Wilcox, tbe delegate from Hawaii, w r as sworn in immediate ly after the approval of iho journal. After the oath had been administered many members came forward to con gratulate Mr. Wilcox. Thecousidera tion of the war revenue redaction bill was then resumed and passed as above stated. (jueen Had Little to Say. A London special says: “Parliament was dismissed Saturday until the mid dle of February with the reading of shortest of the queen’s speeches, It wa8 a8 f 0 n 0 ws: “My Lords and Gentlemen: I thank you for the liberal provision you have made for the ex p en8e9 incurred by the operations of my armieain South Africa and China.” SCHOOL GIRLS CREMATED. Normal and Training School at Dankirk, New York, Burned Down. From the smoldering ruins of the Fredonia Station Normal and Training school, at Dunkirk, N. Y., tvliich was destroyed by fire Friday morning six charred bodies have been removed. There were seventy-five young women students in the building, of whom seven perished. The other victim was the aged janitor. The property loss is $200,000. Workmen while removing debris found five bodies at the foot of a fire escape. They were piled across each other and burned beyond recognition. BOERS BEAT BRITONS Gen. Clements’ Forces Compelled to “Retire” Precipitately. BIG CASUALITY LIST EXPECTED Scene of Fighting Was Near Pre toria—Londoners Are Wildly Excited Over the News. A London ipecial says: Lord Kitch ener reports that after severe fighting at Nooitgedacht, General Clement’s forces were compelled to retire by Commandant Delarey, with a force of 2,500 men. Four British officers were killed. The casualities were not re ported. Lord Kitchener’s official dispatch to the war office is as follows: “Pretoria, December 13. -Clement’s force at Nooitgedacht, on the Magelis burg, was attacked at dawn today by Delarey, reinforced by Beyer’s conv mando from Warmbath, making a force estimated at 2,500. Though the first attack was repulsed, the Boers managed to get atop of the Magalies burg, which was held by four compa nies of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and were thus able to command Clem ent’s camp. Ee retired on Hekpoort and took up a position on a hill in the center of the valley. “The casualties have not been com pletely reported, but the fighting was very severe, and I deeply regret that Colonel Legg, of the Twentieth Hus sars and Captains McBean, Murdock and Atkins were killed. Reinforce ments have left here.” Lord Kitchener also reports that the Boers made an attack and were re pulsed at Lichten berg, and that Gen eral Letmeer was killed. Attacks up on Bethelhem and Vrede were also re pulsed, the Boers losing ten killed and fourteen wounded. Vdyheld was at tacked December lltb. Sniping con tinued when the message was dis patched. The scene of the fight is ominously close to Pretoria. Nooitgedacht is only twenty two miles northwest of Preto ria. It is reported | that General Knox, co . operatilJ ", £ wi . b the British column , E dere lrg g has stop , GeMra , M<J tlM a battle is proceeding. * The /, , adds th t m / of Dewe foUower , i inve b eI1 captured .Friday . Th aoeae ,, al th war offil J „ those „ iluessed in tbe ear] „ e o( , b A constant stream , escited and anxiou3 £ £ , fl „ d the lobbiea Tbe absenl . e oameB , of , he officer9 of tbe Nortbum . berlaid Fusilicr „ ln Geueral Kitclie . ner’s dispatch leads to the foreboding that the four companies of the fusiliers mentioned are in the hands of the ■ Boers. The war office officials evidently ex- j pect a heavy casualty list, but they are hopeful from tbe fact that the dis patch does not mention the capture of ;he Northumberlands, that such a great catastrophe has been escaped. Aldershot, j Orders were issued at Malta and other military centers to dispatch all available mounted infau s xy to South Africa. BOTHA ON THE MARCH. General Lewis Botha is reported to be twenty miles from Sauderton with fifteen hundred men and one gun. He has ca j] e q a meeting of the burghers, BATTLE UNDER WAX. A dispatch from Johannesburg, un der date of December 14, 3:25 p. m., ****’■ The battl ° 8tiU continues in tho '‘ ,lls n f '7 mll f 8 f rom Kruget.drop. General , Clements has asked for rein forcements and mounted men under General French have already gone. There has been many casualties on both sides. It is estimated that the Boers number 2,800. BRITISH EXPECTING ATTACK. Advices from Lourenzo Marques are to the effect that the British troops at Koomatipport are standing to arms in the expectancy of an attack by a Boer force of fifteen hundred, which is in that vicinity. It is believed to be the intention of this force to make a dash upon the town. The situation is re garded as serious. A force of 150 infantry, a squadron of cavalry and two guns were dispatch ed to the frontier Friday. NEW BATTLESHIP TESTED. The Alabama Sails From League Island Navy Yard For New York. The United States battleship Alabama sailed Thursday from the League Island navy yard, at Philadelphia, for New York, where she will await further or ders. She made her trial trip on the run, which began as soon as she passed out to sea. After trials aro completed the ves sel’s course will be shaped further out to sea to avoid shipping, as all of her guns aud turrets are to be tested and a report made to the navy department an soon as the vessel reaches New York. A. W. SMITH * Corner Forsyth and Jackson Streets, Americus, On. Dealer in Furniture aii Offers I he largest and best selected stock ewer shown in Southwestern Georgia, consisting of Low Priced, Medium and Fine CHer Saits in Golden Ost, Birch and Moony. Odd Dressers and Beds, Iron and Brass Beds, Chiffoniers, Library Cases, Combination Cases, Side Boards, China Closets, Extension Tables, Library and Suit Tables, Chairs of all descriptions in Oak and Cane, Hall Racks. Elegant line of Cut and Gold Decorated Vases, Pottery, French and German China in Odd Pieces. French and German Dinner Sets. Fine Decorated Cups and Saucers. CUT GLASS, a lull line in all shapes. Lamps, Large housefur- assort ment in choice styles. In fact everything needed in nishtng, and prices so low that you will be surprised. It’s worth the price of a ticket to Americus to go through and view his stork. If you see, you will buy. MACHINERY! GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING J C7=2 1 cm 0 in i r-’ja 1 !vasR 1 ip m CTZ 2 ist / KjA y / / •>» -it- 3=^ — Or Anything in the Machinery or Mill Supply Line. WE OPERATE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY. MALL–RY BROS. MACHINERY CO. Mention this paper, MACON, GEORGIA. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. e. "R. McCrory, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, —AND— GENERAL REAL ESTATE AGENT. Collections a Specialty. Office in Brick Building North of Court House. Ellavllle, Ga. B. L. Bridges, fl. D • l Physician and Surgeon. Surgery a Specialty. ELLAVILLE, GA. ^ Office at Bridges Bros. Drug Store. e. P. DAVIS, 9 Americus, Ga. To save disappointment, parties out of the city should make postive en gagements. Office: 208J Forsyth St. Over Times-Kecorder. BAD FOR TRAIN ROBBERS. Conuresi* May T»ke CoanUwiice of Hallway Hold- Fp»—Death Penally Advised. Kepresentative Ray, of New York, in the house, and Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, in the senate, Monday introduced bills “for the suppression of train robbery in the territories of the United States and eleewhere.” It provides the death penalty in case tbe death of any person on the train re sults. In case no one is killed the penalty is made hard labor from twenty to forty years. To Supercede “Three State». ,, The Georgia aud Florida Navigation company have purchased the steamei Naiad from the central line of boats oi Columbus and will operate her in place of the steamer Three States, burned some two weeks ago. 8®$ £L"vS5-–!V’ VA51 r ZW 1 u. i. p # m m SSw »■ rrrr rrttxar w. 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