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Many Important Measures to Be Considered at Next
Session. Jack Slaton Will Be Speaker, But Lively
Fight Is on for President of the Senate.
The coming session of the Georgia
General Assembly is just a month
away, and already many of the propo
sitions which that body will have to
consider and determine are under gen
eral discussion.
The indications now are that for the
first time in several years no local
legislation of any kind will be asked
by Terrell county. The member from
this county will offer a bill the pur
pose of which will be to make the
present vagrancy law more effective
by amending it in -some important
particulars.
The general assembly will meet this
year on Wednesday, June 28, and will
be in session fifty days, which is the
limit fixed by law.
It begins to look as if there is no
question about Hon. John M. Slaton
of Fulton becoming speaker of the
house. All of ‘the other announced
candidates for the speakership have
withdrawn from the field, and Mr.
Slaton is the only avowed candidate
for that henor remaining. Mr. Slaton
has proven his ability not only as a
legislator but as a presiding officer,
having many times been called upon
to take the chair in the temporary ab
sence of the speaker or during sessions
of the committee of the whole.
The interesting tight before the gen
eral assembly will come in the race
for the presidency of the senate, in
which there are -several avowed can
didates. This contest is being warm
ly waged between Hon. W. S. West of
Lowndes, Hon. Murphy Candler of
DeKalb. Hon. A. O. Blalock of Fay
ette. and Hon. B. S. Miller of Musco
gee. The friends of each of these can
didates are claiming the advantage,
and it is hardly likely that anything
definite will be known regarding the
race until the final roundup in At
lanta—just before the legislature con
venes.
The New County Question.
One of the most important questions
coming before the general assembly
will be the establishment of eight new
counties in various parts of the state,
as provided for in the recent constitu
tional amendment. This will bring on
perhaps the hardest fight of the ses
sion. A joint committee from the
house and senate will no doubt be ap
pmmed to consider all matters relat
ing to new county legislation, and to
make its report with recommendations
to the house and senate, But that is
not likely to end the tight, whieh will
be carried onto the floors of both bod
ies, and, it is not wxlikely, into the
next session. |
" _The return of Hon. .Joe Hill Hall of}
Bibb means the reappearance in the
new legislature of seme very interest
ing legislation, fer the passage of
which Mr. Hall will undoubtedly make
the fight of his life. One of Mr. Hall’s
favorite measures seeks to require the
Southern Railway Cempany to secure
aG'eorgiu charter. Another is Ihe
anti-free pass bill, which proposes to
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ATLANTA, GA.
WE WISH T 0 ANNOUNCE T 0 THE PUBLIC
that we are now ready to take orders for sum
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By buying now we can give you better coal
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prohibit the use of free railroad passes
[m' franks by members of the legisla
ture and all state and county offlcers.
'This principle has already been ap
plied to judges of the supreme and
'superior courts. Then, too, Mr. Hall
}will no doubt make another fight for
‘the passage of his measure seeking to
‘provide a different method for the ar
bitration of corporation tax returns,
in connection with which there will
doubtless appear a measure, though
not from Mr. Hall, to provide for
county beards of tax assessors as well
as a state board.
The General Tax Act.
The general tax act and the géneral
appropriations bill for the years 1906
‘and 1907 will have to be passed, and
some interesting developments are ex
‘pected in connection with these im
portant measures. For one thing. the
‘State University officials will seek to
‘secure a specific levy for higher edu
cation, the taxes derived from this
levy to be distributed to the university
and its branches. One of the objects
of this move is to found a complete,
up-to-date agricultural college in con
nection with the university at Athens.
Following are some of the interest
ing and important subjects upon which
it will be sought to legislate:
An effort will be made to extend the
commissions of the present members
of the governor's staff during Gov
ernor Terrell’s second administration
instead of cutting the staff to twenty
eight members as required under the
new law.
The legislature will be called upon
to take some action looking to the
preservation of the forty-odd Georgia
battlelags recently returned to the
state by the United States govern
ment.
The general assembly will be called
upon to consider a recommendation
that the negro troops of the state be
disbanded.
The Railroad Tax Measure.
A bill will be introduced requiring
that the taxes on personal property
belonging to railroad corporations be
distributed throughout the counties,
cities and towns through which such
railroads pass instead of having all
such taxes paid, as now, at the prin
cipal office of such corporation. This
promises to be one of.the develop
ments of the pending litigation against
the Georgia and Central of Georgia
railroads for the collection of taxes on
a large amount of stock in the West
ern Railway of Alabama.
A pure food bill will be pressed.
A harder fight than ever before will
be i::ade for the passage of a child la
bor bill.
Several amendments will be offered
to the present fertilizer inspection
laws, one of which will require the
grading of fertilizers under three or
tour grades, instead of the present
several thousand different brands
which are calculatea to confuse the
purchaser.
If the report of the Torrens Land
Committee is made, a system for the
proper registration of land titles will
be considered.
Several important changes will be
recomimended in the banking laws of
the state. One of these will be to
change the time for paying notes and
drafts which fall due on Sunday or a
legal holiday, so as to make them pay
able the day after instead of the day
before such holiday.
The action of the commission ap
pointed to burn the state’s old can
celled bonds and coupons, in failing
1o do this because they may be needed
as important evidence in possible liti
gation over the fraudulent and out
jawed bonds, will be another subject
for consideration.
The Immigration Question.
Another effort will be made to es
tablish a state bureau of immigra
tion.
The state board of health will seek
an extension of its powers in dealing
with the heaith and sanitary situation
throughout the state.
The question of making a state ex
hibit at the Jamestown exposition will
come to the front.
The election of county school super
intendents by the people wiil be
strongly urged by several members.
A sirong effort will no doubt be
made to to secure the passage of a
law providing for the election of rail
road commissioners by the people.
Several bills will be introduced and
urged looking to extending the power
of the railroad commission in dealing
with these corporations.
Several constitutional amendments
will probably be proposed similar to
those under consideration at the last
session and which failed, and many
other matters, some of which have
not yet come to light, will demand the
attention of the legislative body.
Hot Weather Piles.
Persons aftlicted with piles should
be careful at this season of the year.
Hot weather and bad drinking water
contribute to the conditions which
make piles more painful and danger
ous. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve
stops the pain, draws out the soreness
and cures. Get the genuine, bearing
the name of E. C. DeWitt & Co.
DawsoN Druc Co.
MORE FIGHTING THAN DOLLARS
Spirit of Commercialism Will Cause
Uncle Sam Much Trouble,
The telegraph dispatches of the
past few days have contained accounts
of fighting in the Philippine islands.
The battles have been between Ameri
can soldiers under ¢command of Gen
eral Wood and men of one of the vari
ous tribes of islanders. The accounts
say that the fights were with native
“‘bandits.’”’ Under some circumstances
the same people might be called patri
ots; that is, men who were fighting for
their rights (or wrongs) against for
eign invaders. Yesterday's dispatches
from Hawaii said that 2,000 Japanese
laborers were on a strike, and had
practically taken possession of La
Haina, on the island of Maui. This
news seems to be burdened with more
important possibilities than the news
of the desultory fighting in the Phil
ippines. Japan is a war power, and
has as much fight in her as England
once had. She is not likely to permit
her people to be imposed upon by the
sugar planters of Hawaii. Should the
trouble result in the killing of a num
ber of Jananese we might hear before
a great while that a Japanese warship
had appeared off the Hawaiian coast
to demand redress. The spirit of
commercialism may bring us more
fichting than dollars during the next
few years, in which event it will be
the voung men of the plain people,
not the politicians or the capitalists,
who will bear the brunt of the strug
gle.
With good prospeets of foreign en
tanglements, with strikes and lockouts
at home, with the tariff barons grow
ing more wealthy at the expense of the
people all the time, the patriotic citi
zen may well ask himself, What will
be the state of the republic a guarter
of a century from now?—Savannah
News.
A LAUGHING PLANT.
Produces Much the Same Effect as
Intoxicating Drinks.
There is a curious plant that grows
in Arabia, and is known by the name
of “*‘laughing plant.”” This name comes
from the fact that any one who eats its
seed cannot control their laughter.
The natives of the distriet where this
funny plant grows dry the seeds and
reduce them to powder. A small dose
of this powder, says the Indianapolis
News, makes those who eat it act very
much like the foolish people who drink
more liquor than is good for them.
The soberest person will danee, shout
and laugh like a madman, and rush
about, cutting up the most ridiculous
capers for an hour.
At the end of this time the reaction
comes. The dancer is exhausted and
a deep sleep comes upon him. After a
nap of several hours he awakens with
no recollection of the antics he has
performed.
German Woman Writes fe Governor
Terrell About a Three Million Dol
lar Estate Claimed in Georgia.
Claiming that she is one of the larg
est heirs to an urclaimed estate in
Georgia worth over $3,000,000, Frau
Franzika Traube of Konigshutte,
Germany, has written a letter of in
quiry to Governor Joseph M. Terrell
asking for particulars relative to the
vast inheritance.
The letter says that certain German
newspapers contain an advertisement
stating that a man named Sosch re
cently died in Georgia leaving a for
tune of $3,000,000. The advertisement,
says the writer, contains the further
information that the wealthy citizen
was once a citizen of Germany and
was unmarried, leaving no heirs in
America.
Thinks She Is Wealthy.
The woman, before her marriage,
was named Sosch, and she thinks she
is one of the legal heirs to the mythi
cal fortune, for so far as is known no
man by such a name has ever left a
three million-dollar estate in Georgia.
She will be so informed by Governor
Terrell. |
It is thought here the woman is the
vietim or attempted wictim of a
schem which has been practiced fre
quently and with some success in thel
past. This time the castles are in|
Georgia instead of Spain. ]
SAM JONES' LIMBER JAW.
Criticises His Own Officials and
Praises Teddy Roosevelt.
The sermon of Rev. Sam P. Jones
at his tabernacle in Cartersville Tues
day night created a sensation, as he
attacked everything from a justice
court baliff to the governor of the
state, including everything between
these that was catering to dishonesty,
false methods and sin. He eulogized
Theodore Roosevelt, who, he said,
asked and desired nothing but a fair
deal, and that he was that and would
stand for it at any cost.
Saved by Dynamite,
Sometimes a flaming city is saved
by dynamiting a space that the fire
can’t eross. Sometimes a cough hangs
on so long you feel as nothing but
dynamite would cure it. Z. T. Gray,
of Calhoun, Ga.. writes: ‘‘My wife
had a very aggravated cough, which
kept her awake at night. Two physi
c¢ians could not help her, so she took
Dr. King’'s New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds, which
eased her cough, gave her sleep and
finally cured her.”’ Strictly scientific
cure for bronchitis and a grippe. At
Dawson Drug Co’s., price 50c¢ and $l.
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Neighbors Threaten Rockefeller.
One of the most magnificent country
estates in the world is that owned by
William Rockefeller in the Adiron
dack mountains, New York state, near
Malone. Mr. Rockefeller is very jeal
ous of his rights on this estate, and
has guarded and defended them so
ardently that he is cordially hated by
the residents of the section. Lately
placards have been nailed to trees on
his estate threatening Mr. Rockefel
ler’'s life should he visit the place this
summer.
Chicago is being ecriticized every
where except in Colorado.
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A man’s mark is his honor. It stands for him and
he stands for it. It’s the old Saxon way of signifying
good intentions. ;
The right to be protected in the exclusive use of a
trade mark has been long recogmized by the common
law and enforced by the chancery courts of England
and this country.
The Government puts its mark on a bond to give it
value.
The National Biscuit Company puts its trade mark
in red and white on each end of a package of biscuit,
crackers and wafers to distinguish these products and
to guarantee the quality, and 77 does.
To more clearly comprehend the real value of this
trade mark, try packages of BUTTER THIN BISCUIT
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GR UESOME PARLOR ORNAMENTS
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i Queer Customs That Prevailed in New
England Some Years Ago.
From rhe Bangor News.
[n New England 100 years ago it
lw:xs by no means uncommon for
|pe<>ple to provide their coftins long
before their death, and keep the same
l in their houses, where they could see
them every day.
’ Another queer custom that prevailed
in sections of Maine down to a com
paratively recent date was that of re
moving the plate from the coffin after
the funeral and just before the body
was lowered into the grave, and keep
ing it in the best room in the house
among the ornaments and bric-a-brac.
The writer saw. one of these gruesome
exhibits on the mantle of a Lincoln
ville parlor not more than twenty-five
years ago.
AFTER PRIZES AT MACON FAIR
’ “Gopher” Bill Smith Wants to Capture
| Several on “Smith"” Day.
“‘Gopher’’ Bill Smith of Mcßae,
who says he is the ugliest and tallest
Smith in the state, has expressed his
intention to attend the great Smith
family reunion in Macon next fall.
““Gopher’’ Bill is 6 feet 4 inches in
height, and will compete for three of
the prizes on Smith day, October 22.
He claims to be the hardest man to
fit as well as the ugliest and the tall
est. He has recently learned of the
great family reunion and has been
urged by Mayor Smith to attend the
fair. He sends a photograph and
hopes to be in Macen on the occasion
when the prizes are to be awarded.
Juggling With Dynamite. l
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other treatment has failed. It builds
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vears,’’ writes A. H. Davis of Mt.
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leys’s Kidney Cure effected a perma
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Drug Store, Dawson, Ga., and Dr. H.
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Estate to Pay for His Conviction.
In commenting on the fact that the
state of Virginia has instituted suit
for $3,097.42 against the estate of the
late Samuel McCue, mayor of Char
lottsville, who was hanged for murder,
demanding that the state be reimburs
ed for the expense to which it was put
in convicting him the Charleston
Post rightly says it seems a peculiar
thing that a man’s estate should bear
the cost of his conviction and death.
Cleared for Action.
When the body is cleared for action
by Dr. King’s New Life Pills you can
tell it by the bloom of health on the
cheeks, the brightness of the eyes, the
firmness Of the flesh and muscles, the
buoyaney of the mind. Try them. At
Dawson Drug Co’s. 25 cents.
To Dog Heaven.
A wealthy New York woman says
that she expects to rejoin her pug dog
after death. Well, if she wants to go
to dog heaven there is no special law
against it.
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New Hardware and
Furniture Store.
We are now opening a new stock at Mol
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HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Stone Crockery, Mattings,
Carpeting, Rugs, ete.
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