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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1908)
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS JN THE HOUSE. The house having adopted the Hol der convict lease bill presented it to the senate. The upper house killed all the original sections of the Holder bill and substituted in place the dit ferent sections of the “skidoo" bill. They then passed it and returned it to the house, who refused to accept it as amended. A system of parole and conditional pardon for the Georgia penitentiary was passed 'by the house when the bill providing for this by Mr. Persons of Monroe was passed unanimously, 133 memibers voting. The bill provides for all convicts except those convict ed of two or three certain crimes, to receive the advantages of a parole and conditional pardon, but it is pro vided that each convict shall serve the minimum sentence prescribed for the crime of which he was convicted. Mr. Persons made an interesting speech and a good impression on the other members of the house, and sev eral announced that they had changed their minds on the subject. As Mr. Slater of Bryan later pointed out, it gives the poor man—the man without money or political influence—a chance to redeem himself and have hope for the future. The bill was by unani mous consent transmitted immediate-. ly to the senate. The house of representatives pass ed the Wise ‘'near-beer” tax, by a vote of 99 to 32. A tax of S2OO is placed on dealers and SSOO on manu-j facturers of imitation beers. The provision of the bill limiting the amount, of alcohol the imitation beer may contain to one one half per cent was defeated. The senate is committed to a tax of SIOO on dealers and SSOO on manu facturers of imitation beers, but it is not apprehended that the two houses will experience a great deal of trouble getting together on the ques tion. The bill passed by the house pro vides that the funds derived from the tax shall go to support the convicts. The bill by Mr. Perry of Hall to stop the convict lease system by amendment to the state constitution at the termination of the present leases, March 31st next was lost by a vote of lit; to 39. The bill net hav ing received the requisite two-thrids majority of 152, required for amend ments to the :cnstitntion, was there- IN THE SENATE. Emasculated in proposed executive features, but. otherwise intact, the substitute to the Felder convict bill, known as the “skidoo" or “23" biHj was passed iby the senate by a vote of 33 to 10. ' ■; ’ ; The bill is one of the most compre hensive that has yet been offered in solution of the question that m troub ling the state, one of its most inter esting features being the levying of an income fax. The provision abolishing the pris on commission and creating in its place a board of control, consisting of the governor, eommisisoner of agri culture and atteorney general, was stricken from the substitute. The provision for an income tax of -one-half of one per cent on all in comes was eliminated. The proposed tax on imitation beers was reduced fr6m one to two hundred •dollars; the tax of 3500 on manufac turers of imitation heeds remained un changed. An amendment requiring the mem bers of the prison commission to give all of their time to the discharge of their duties was passed. The essential details of the substi tute follow; The state has direct supervision cf all felony and misdemeanor convicts. The misdemeanors may, however, be worked by the counties. The lease system terminates on the night of March 31, 1909. The money derived from the hire of convicts in the meantime shall be set aside as a prison fund. The money already appropriated for the support of the prison department is made immed’ately available. The money derived from the imita tion beer tax shall go into the fund to maintain the convicts. The felony convicts now hired out to lesses and used by the counties shall be givenu over to the commis sion on April 1, 1909. The commission may, in its discre tion, purchase one or more farms. The convicts shall be divided into gangs or squads, and, under the su pervision and management of the state, shall work in the several coun ties of the state upon the public roads or other public works. The work to be done in the respec tive counties shall be apportioned by the commission in proportion to pop ulation. The material used in road improve ment shall be furnished by the coun ties for which the work is done. The action of the directors of the Savannah board of trade in abolish ing the grades of C and A of rosins amounts to a decided innovation in the naval stores world. Ever since naval stores have been marketed there have been three low grades, A, B and C. They have in recent years been bunched together so far as quo tations are concerned and some of the foreign buyers have been kicking recently that when they bought low grade rosins they got more A's than anything else. To overcome this ob jection it was decided to abolish en tirely the A and C grade and bunch the rosins that have been placed un der one or the other of the three low er grades as B's. It is expected this will stop the kicking of our English and German cousins. Vicious and long feral men shall be held on the farm or farms. None of the products of the farms are to be sold in competition with free labor. The convicts are to raise such products as will be used by the state institutions and road gangs, also the convicts shall make tools, machin ery, etc., such as will be required by the road gangs. The money for the purchase of the required land and the road equipment will be taken from the special prison fund, to be accumulated as indicated. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Beal Brothers bottling w'orks at Monticello werre entirely destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is un known. The loss is estimated at SI,OOO, with SI,OOO Insurance. Contract was awarded for a jail in Polk county, Georgia, that will cost nearly $20,000, and for the building of a $50,000 fertilizer factory at Cordele, Ga. Meigs enjoys the distinction of hav ing a bank whose deposits have doub led in the year 1908, notwithstanding that the year was ushered in amid sadly troubled business conditions. Owing to the 6 weeks’ drouth dur ing July and August, the cotton crop in Hancock county will not be over (10 per cent of last year’s yidld, ac cording to estimates of close observ ers of the crop. W. B. Spence, who attempted to commit suicide at Columbus, by cut ting his throat with a razor, and who is in the hospital for treatment, is im proving slowly. His physicians say he will recover. The city of Hartwell held an elec j tion to determine whether or not the city should have public schools, re sulting in a large vote and only four against public schools. The Georgia and Alabamma Indus trial Index says: "Another interest ing testimonial of the superiority and growing popularity of southern mar ble is found in the beautiful Girard building, which has just been com pleted in Philadelphia. Of Georgia marble it is, within and without, and it is regarded as one of the hand somest structures in the Quaker me tropolis. While the New England marble is soft, white and beautiful, it absorbs readily the smoke and im purities of a great city. The marble found in the hills of north Georgia being of a harder and more crystal line formation is non-absorbant and is regarded as peculiarly adapted for construction purposes in large cities." Fourteen fires occurred in Macon during the iffonth of August, while in August, 1907, only nine alarms were answered by the Macon fire depart ment. During the past month only one bad fire occurred and that was Huhn’s hardware store early in the month. The ‘Other fires were small ones and the damage done amounted to very little. , J. A. Bagwell of Lawrenceville, Ga., has bought the Marietta Courier. Mr. Bagwell recently sold the Gwinnett County Journal, of which he was edi tor and came to Marietta. One of the most successful revivals ever held in Tallapoosa has just been brought to a ciose by the Baptist church. Over a hundred members were added to the church by letter and profession of faith. The ordinance of baptism was administered to the new members at the Tallapoosa river and one of the largest crowds ever in attendance upon any occasion was present, it being estimated that there were two thousand people at the river. The resignation of Judge J. H. Mar tion of Columbus of the superior courts of the Chattahoochee circuit, which was sent to the governor some time ago, took effect, and Honorable S. Price Gilbert, who w r as apponted by the governor to succeed him, was sworn in, Judge William Redd, of the ordinary’s court of Muscogee county officiating. At the same time that Captain Gilbert was sworn in as judge he vacated the office of solici tor general of the circuit court and Honorable George C. Palmer, who had been appointed by the governor to succeed him, was also sworn in as so licitor general. Judge Martin retires with the confidence, esteem and good will of the people of the entire cir cuit, and the new officials enter upon the ’ discharge of their duties under most favorable auspices. More than $6,000 was subscribed in Savannah for the relief of the Augus ta flood sufferers. This is the largest amount raised in any city. Heavy contributions were made on the floor of the Savannah cotton exchange. The American Naval Stores company sent the Press fund SSOO, and Spencer H. Shotter, chairman of the board of the same concern, sent the Morning News’ fund, a similar amount. In a determined effort to rid the city of blind tigers the city council of Albany has offered a standing re ward of SSO to any citizen, policeman, sheriff or deputy or any other city or county officer who will supply In formation, with evidence to convict, of the operation of any blind tiger. The permits issued by the building inspector of Atlanta shows that dur ing the month of Auguts just closed there were issued permits aggregating over a third of a million dollars, or to be exact $359,305, a clear gain of $46,633 over the month of Aug., 1907. With this appreciable increase the total increase for the eight months of 1908, over the same number for 1907 is $226,026. The total for the year 190 S up to date being $3,796,573, as against $3,569,547 for last year. COTTON CROP MIMED Heaviest in Years According to Reports From Over the Slate. ESTIMATE LOSS $25,000,000 Heavy Rain Caused Cotton to Shed Its Bolls, Blooms and Squaros. Crop Will Be Short. Atlanta, Ga. —Reports from every one of the 146 counties of Georgia in dicate that the cotton crop has been damaged to the extent, of $25,000,000 at least during the past three cr four weeks. It is stated that the total pro duction of Georgia will, at the lowest calculations, fail 500,000 bales short of the yield last year. In a word the total production in Georgia this year will not exceed one a half million hales, as against a pro duction last year of two million, one hundred thousand bales. Commissioner of Agriculture Hud son believes that even this estimate is too liberal, and he predicts that the crop will come nearer to approximat ing one and a quarter million bales. The extra session of the legisla ture has furnished an unequaled op portunity to get a line on the cotton crop of the state. It has brought to Atlanta citizens of every county in the state, and most of them, as is w'ell known, are engaged directly or interested in farming pursuits. Commissioner Hudson, assisted by Representatives Atkinson, Reid of Macon; Heard of Doolv and others, have made a careful canvass of the situation, and they have been genuine ly alarmed at tire information they have received. Out of the 146 counties, in only two Is the cotton crop anything like as good this year as heretofore. The other 144 counties report damage ranging from 10 to 20 per cent. “The heavy rains, which were gen eral throughout the state two or three weeks ago, followed by the exceeding hot weather, accounts for the damage,” said Commissioner Hud son. "The two excesses —too much rain and too much heat —caused the cotton to shed its young bolls and squares to such an extent that every acre of farm land in Georgia was lit erally covered with them. "The damage is greater this year than ever before in mv knowledge,’ he continued, "and the worst uf it is that it is now too late to offset or counteract the damage. The crop is made, and it is the shortest in the history of the state in recent years.” WILL KOT CUSE COPPER MINES. Attorney General Gives His Reason For Not Enforcing Injunction. Atlanta, Ga. —In a statement relat ing to the insistence of the people of Fannin county that the Ducktown copper mines be closed at once in order to abate the nuisance arising from the fumes of smoke and gas. Attorney General John C. Hart has set forth the reasons why he has not enforced the injunction secured by the state against these companies. The injunction was to go into ef fect only after reasonable time had been allowed the mines to. aoate tne nuisance complained of, and the at torney general shows that in the ef fort to do this they have already spent about $1,000,000 installing sul phuric acid chambers to convert the fumes into sulphuric acid. “The companies are making an hon est effort to correct the evils com plained of,” said the attorney general, "and it is only a question of time un til the cause of the complaint will be entirely removed. To close down these companies would mean the loss of a million dollars to the people of Georgia. They are shipping into the state the sulphuric acid converted from the fumes and that will mean a reduction in the price of fertilizer to the farmers of the state. "I have insisted and shall continue to insist that the copper companies take care of these fumes, and I believe they are now making an honest ef fort to do so, and they are succeed ing." 17 INSURANCE CCIKPANIES BARRED. Failed to File Semi-Annual State ments as Required by Law. Atlanta, Ga. —Seventeen life and fire insurance companies in Georgia have failed to comply with the state law, which requires them to file with the governor semi-annual statements, and, as a result, they will be debar red from doing business in Georgia for the balance of the year. When they resume, they will, under the law, be required to take out new licenses. Teh companies are: The Cosmopoli tan Fire Insurance Company, New York; the United States Lloyds In surance Company of New York; the Great Western Life Insurance Com pany of Kansas City; the Ridgely Pro tective Association of Worcester, Mass.; the South Atlantic Life Insur ance Company of Richmond. Va.; the General Accident Association Corpo ration of Perth, Scotland; the Metro politan Surety Company of New York; the United American Life and Accident Insurance Company of Phil adelphia, Pa.; the Union Health and Accident Insurance Company of Den ver. Col.; the American Assurance Association of Atlanta, Ga.; the Fire Insurance Company of Georgia. Dal las, Ga.; the Great Southern Home In dustrial Association of Birmingham, Ala.; the Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany of Cordele, Ga.; the Mutual Ben efit Industrial Life Association of Sa vannah, Ga.; Union Benefit Associa tion of Savannah, Ga. TAKE AN OUTING VSA SOUTHERN RAILWAY The Resorts ot “THE BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRE COUNTRY” and “LAND OF THE SKY” are Cool and Inviting. t Unusually Attractive List ot SUMMER RESORTS. LOW RATE TICKETS NOW ON SALE. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ For complete intormaticn in regard to rates, schedules etc., address G. R. PETTIT, Traveling Passenger Agt. Hacon, Ga JPlj? need by our plan. 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The law limiting the work of wom en and children in factories to fifty four hours a week was amended by the Massachusetts Legislature to read fifty-six hours. New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad clerks’ lodges will make an effort to have a system agreement made between the road and ths clerks. The Central Federated Union, New York City, called upon four unions to withdraw thei v delegates following investigation of charges of graft in connection with the Quigg mass meet ing. A wage agreement for the ensuing year was adopted recently at a con ference between representatives of the steel interests and of the Amalga mated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, held at Pittsburg, Pa. The average hourly wages in the United States in 1907 were higher than in any other year of the period, 1890 to 1907, and more than twenty per cent, higher than the average in any year from 1890 to 1900. The French laundries at San Fran cisco, Cal., have reported that the Japanese laundries are seriousiy af fecting their business, and have prom ised to support the Anti-Japanese League morally and financially. FEMININE NEWS NOTES. Six of the largest colleges in Switz erland have 219 3 female students. Evelyn Thaw denied that she had spent more than half of $54,000 in the past two years. Italia Garibaldi, a granddaughter of the Italian patriot and a Methodist, is at the head of the Methodist Girls’ School at Rome. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 108 years old, of Brooklyn, N. Y., received many birthday visitors and was in remark ably good health. Mrs. Esther Davis celebrated her 114th birthday at the Home of the Daughters of Jacob, in East Broad way, New York City. There are seven women physicians in New' Orleans, and all of them aid struggling to be admitted to mem bership in the Orleans Parish Medi cal Society. The Alice Freeman Palmer chimes were dedicated at the University of Chicago during the recent meeting. Mrs. Palmer was the first dean of women for that university. After granting women the parlia mentary suffrage Norway has gone a step further and voted to give all women employed in the postal serv ice the same pay as the men. Mrs. Ellen Tompkins won the Cur rins prize for oratory at the State Presbyterian College, Hastings, Neb. The junior essay prize and the Greek essay prize were both won by 'Miss Ingalls. A man is not necessarily dishonest because he takes pictures. R. O. JACKSON, Attorney-at- Law, McDonough, ga. Office over Star Store. E. M. SHITH, l Attorney at Law, Me Dongugh, Ga. Office over Star Store, south side square. All work carefully and promptly attended to. ZHT’ Am premared to negotiate loan* on real estate. Terms easy. PORATABLC AN O STATION ART AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills. Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Kngines. UW.STOCA LOMBARD, fMidjy, Muhtia and Sailer Work* and Supply Start, AU4UBTA, QA. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. Georgia, Henry County. Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the estate of J. B. Price Jr, late of Hen ry county, deceased, to render in an ac count of their demands to me within the time prescribed by law, properly made out. And all persons indebted to said de ceased are hereby requested to make im mediate payment to the undersigned Thin the 3d day of Aug. 1908. S. S. PRICE, Administrator of J. B. PRICE, Jr. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Poston merchants indorsed the pro posal for an alliance with China. Persian nationalists, at Teheran, are holding out defiantly against the Shah. Song Piung-Chun, Korea's Home Minister, favors Japanese rule in his country. Japanese immigrants in Brazil proved useless for work on the coffee plantations. Cardinal Vannutelli, the Papal legate to the Eucharistic Congress, left Rome for London. . The Portuguese Chamber of Depu ties passed the budget, in which the deficit is estimated at $2,000,000. Monroe, the Ulster County, N. Y., desperado, fooled the police by writ ing letters announcing his own death. Word was received in Wall Street that it v. ould be a felony to conduct a bucketshop hereafter in New York State. , Chairman Hitchcock announced 1 xiat he would ask Republicans to make campaign speeches without re muneration. Li Sum Ling, editor of the China Mail, declared Japan, if she felt able, ■would shut the "open door" in the Far East against the world. Governor Fort won his fight for the closing of saloons in Atlantic City, N. .1., on Sundays, and side doors as well as front doors were locked. To Dorothy May Trible, of New Aork City, attired in a sheath gown, was awarded the grand prize in the Asbury Park, N. J., baby parade. Advices from Casablanca tell of victories won by followers of Abd-el- Aziz over the forces of Mulai Hafig the former Sultan says that he may return to Morocco Citv.
