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THE
PRODIGAL
JUDGE
\Jly VAUGHAN KtSTER
/ut/sTtyvr/affs By D. Mel viu
COPrWMt CoMfiw
SYNOPSIS.
The scene At the opening of the ittory Is
laid In the library of an old worn-out
aouthern plantation, known as the Bar
ony, The place la to be sold, and Its
history and that of the owners, the
Qulntards, Is the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man, a
stranger known as Bladen, and Bob
Yancy, a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, a mysterious child of the oto
southern family, makes his appearance.
Yanry tells how he adopted the hoy. Na
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony, but the
tjulntards deny any knowledge of tne
boy Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain
Murrell, a friend of the Quintards, ap
pears and asks questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Han
nibal Is kidnaped by Have Blount. Cap
tain Murrell's agent. Yancy overtaxes
Blount, gives him a Crashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before "Outre
Balaam, and Is discharged with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy, a friend of
the Ferrises, has an encounter with cap
tain Murrell, who tori'* bis ll" nt jon on
her, and Is rescued byMlruro < arrlngton.
Belly sets out for her Tennessee Imine.
Carrington takes tho same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog
nizes In the hoy, the grandson of an old
time friend Murrell arrives at Judge s
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy, who is apparently dead. I rice
breaks Jail, Betty and Carrington arrive
at Belle Plain.
CHAPTER X.
Belle Plain.
"Now, Tom," Bald Betty, with a lit
tlo air of excitement as she rose from
the breakfast table that first morn
ing at Belle Plain, "I want you to
show me everything!"
"1 reckon you'll notice some
changes." remarked Tom.
He went from the room and down
the hall a step or two in advance of
her. On tho wide porch Betty paused,
breathing deep. Tho house stoou on
an eminence; directly before It at tho
bottom of tho slight descent wag a
small bayou, beyond this the forest
stretched away In one unbroken uiubs
to the Mississippi.
“What is it you want to see, any
how, Betty?” Tom demanded.
’’Everything—tho place, Tom—Belle
Plain! Oh, Isn't It beautiful! 1 had
no Idea how lovely It was!” cried
Betty, as with her eyes still fixed on
the distant panornma of wood and
water she went down tho steps, hltn
*t her heels- be bet she'd get sick of
it all soon enough, that was one com
fort!
“Why, Tom! Why does tho lawn
look like thlB?”
“Like what?" Inquired Torn.
"Why, this- all weeds and briers,
and the paths overgrown?"
Mr. Ware rubbed Ills chin reflective
ly with the hack of his hand.
"That sort of thing looked all right.
Bet,” he said, "but It kept five or six
Of tho best bands out of the fields
right at the busiest time of the year.”
“Haven't 1 slaves enough?" she
asked.
The dull color crept Into Ware's
checks. He hated her for that "1!"
Bo she was going to come that on
him, was she?
"Don’t you want to see the crops.
Bet?”
, Tho girl shook hor head and moved
swiftly down the path that led from
terrace to terrnce to tho mnrgtn of
tho bayou. At the first terrace she
paused
"It's positively squalid!” cried Bet
ty, with a little stamp of her foot.
Ware glanced about with dull eyes.
“I'll tell you, Betty, I'm busy this
morning; you poko about and see
what you want done and we'll do It."
he said, and made a hasty retreat to
his office
Betty returned to tho porch and
searing herself on tho top step, with
her elbows on her knees and her chin
sunk In the palms of her hands, gazed
about her miserably enough. She was
still there when half an hour later
Charley Norton galloped up the drive
from the highroad. Catching sight or
her on the porch, he sprang from the
saddle, and, throwing his reins to a
black boy, hurried to her side.
"Inspecting your domain, Hetty?"
he asked, as he took his place near
her on the step.
"Why didn't you tell me, Charley—
or at least prepare me for this?" she
asked, almost tearfully.
"How was 1 to know, Betty? l
haven't been here since you went
away, dear—what was there to bring
me? Old Tom would make a cow
pasture out of the Garden of Eden,
wouldn't he—a beautiful, practical,
sordid soul he la!"
Norton spent the day at Belle Hlatn;
and though he was there on his good
behavior as the result of an agree-
He Depended on His Wife
How the Nearsighted Old Van Al
most Slept Himself to Death, ’
Never Eating.
It seems that nn old man with some 1
property hud married au elderly lady.
The ady was a sprightly dame, execu
tive. lively and keen The bridegroom
could not see more than an Inch be
yond his nose, und ho was pretty hard
of hearing, too. So he depended a good
deal on (is wife, you understand. He'd
wake up In the morning and wonder If
It wasn t time to get up for breakfast j
So be d slide out ot bed and look Into
his wlfes room. If she was up. bed
begin dressing; if s he was still In the
fcu>, he and g, back and have another
nap. \\ ell. the ladj got on to this habit
of t.is. She fixed up a dummy out of
bedclothes one morning just before
she went downstairs The old man
came Into the room an hour later,
squinted at the bed and said, "Annas
still asleep," and went right back to
the feathers After be had slept
ment they had reached on board The
Naiad, he proposed twice.
Tom was mistaken In his supposi
tion that Betty would soon tire of
Belle Plain. She demanded men, and
teams, and began on the lawns. This
interested and fascinated her. She
was out at sun-up to direct her labor
ers. She had tho advantage of Charley
Norton’s presence and advice for the
greater part of each day in the week,
and Sundays he came to look over
what had been accomplished, and, as
Tom firmly believed, to put that little
fool up to fresh nonsense. He could
have booted him!
As the grounds took shape before
her delighted eyes, Betty found leis
ure to Institute a thorough reforma
tion indoors. A number of house serv
ants wicre rescued from tho quarters
and she began to Instruct them In
their new duties,
Betty’s sphere of Influence extend
ed Itself. She soon began to have
her doubts concerning tho treatment
accorded the slaves, and was not long
In discovering that Hicks, the over
seer, ran things with a heavy hand.
Matters reached a crisis one day
when, happening to ride through the
quarters, she found him disciplining
ft refractory black. She turned sick
at the sight. Here was a slave actual
ly being whipped by another slave
while Hicks stood looking on with his
hands In his pockets, and with a
brutal, satisfied air.
“Stop!” commanded Betty, her eyes
blazing. She strove to keep her voice
steady. "You shall not remain at
Belle Plain another hour.”
Hicks said nothing. He knew It
would take more than her saying so
to get him oft the place. Betty turned
her horse and galloped back to the
house. She felt, that she was In no
condition to see Tom Just at that mo
ment, and dismounting at the door,
ran upstalrß to her room.
Meantime the overseer Bought out
Ware In his. office. His manner of
stating his grievance was singular.
He began by swearing at his employ
er. Ho had been Insulted before all
tho quarter—his rage fairly choked
him; he could not speak.
Tom seized the opportunity to
swear back.
"Sent you off the place, did she;
well, you’ll have to eat crow. I’ll do
all I can. I don't know what girls
were ever madq for anyhow, damned
If I do!” he added.
Hicks consented to eat crow only
after Mr. Ware had cursed and ca
joled him Into a hotter and more for
giving Ira mo of mind.
Baler, after lllcks had made his
apology, the two • men smoked a
friendly pipe and discussed tho situa
tion. Tom pointed out that opposi
tion was useless, a losing game.
In the midst of her activities Betty
occasionally found time to think of
llruce I'arrlngton. She was sure she
did not wish to see him again! But
when three weeks had passed sho be
gan to feel Incensed that he had not
appeared. She thought of him with
hot cheeks and a quickening of the
heart. It was anger.
Then one day when she had decid
ed forever to banish all memory of
him from her mind, he presented him
self at Belle Plain.
Sho was In her room just putting
tho finishing touches to an especially
satisfying toilet when her maid tapped
on the door and told her there was a
gentleman In the parlor who wished
to see her.
"Is It Mr. Norton?" asked Betty.
"No. Miss —he didn't give no name.
Miss"
When Betty entered the parlor a
moment later she saw her caller
standing with his back turned toward
her as he gazed from one of the win
dows, but sho Instantly recognized
those broad shoulders, and tho fine
poise of the shapely bead that sur
mounted them.
"Oh. Mr. Carrington—“ and Betty
stopped short, while her face grew
rather pale and then crimsoned.
Then she advanced boldly and held
out a frigid hand. "I didn't know—
so you are alive—you disappeared so
suddenly that night—”
"Yes, I'm alive," he said, and then
with a smile, "but 1 fear before you
get through with ine we’ll both wish
1 were not. Betty.
"Ik) you still hate me, Betty—Miss
Malroy —ls there anything 1 can say
or do that will make you forgive me?"
ite looked at her penitently.
awhile he took another observation.
Same business.
It was ten days before he found out
how his wife had been fooling him. He
blame near slept himself to death,
meanwhile. He never had a meal and
he got weaker and weaker, but he
never get up. He didn t know it was
morning yet. And the old lady had
the time of her life; she had saved
114 36 In groceries alone.
Higgins, the driver of the pie wag
on, told us this. And he swears It's
true, but we swear not at all,—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Yellow Jackets Held Steeple.
A contractor and three carpenters
were painfully stung when they
climbed to the top of the First Bap
tist church. In New Castle, Del., re
cently, to make repairs to the roofs.
Thousands of yellow Jackets had made
' their home In the belfry, and they re
sented the Intrusion and drove the
I to the ground. One of the men
But Betty hardened her heart
against him and prepared to keep
him In place.
"Will you sit down?" she Indicated
a chair. He seated himself and Betty
put a safe distance between them.
"Are you staying In the neighborhood,
Mr. Carrington?" she asked, rather
unkindly.
"No, Pm not staying In the neigh
borhood. When I left you, I made up
my mind I'd wait at New Madrid un
til I could come on down here and
say I was sorry.”
"And It’s taken you all tills time?"
Carrington regarded her seriously.
“I reckon 1 must have come for
more time, Betty—Miss Malroy." In
spite of herself, Betty glowed under
the caressing humor of his tone.
"Really—you must have chosen
poorly then when you selected New
Madrid. It couldn't have been a good
place for your purpose.”
"I think If I could have made up
my mind to stay there long enough.
It would have answered,” said Car
rington. “But when a down-river boat
tied up there yesterday it was more
than I could stand. You see there’s
danger in a town like New Madrid of
getting too sorry. I thought we’d bet
ter discuss this point—”
"Mayn’t I show you Belle Plain?”
asked Betty quickly.
But Carrington shook his head.
“I don’t care anything about that,"
he said. "I didn’t come here to Bee
Belle Plain."
“Then you expect to remain In the
neighborhood ?"
‘Tve given up the river, and I’m
going to get hold of some land."
"Land?” said Betty, with a rising
Inflection.
“Yes, land.”
"I thought you were a river-man?"
"I’m a river-man no longer. I am
going to be a planter now. But I'll
tell you why, and all about it some
other day.” Then he held out his
hand. "Good-by,” he added.
“Are you going?—good-by, Mr. Car
rington,” and Betty's fingers tingled
with his masterful clasp long after he
had gone.
CHAPTER XI.
The Shooting-Match at Boggs’.
The Judge's faith In the reasonable
ness of mankind having received a
staggering blow, there began a some
She Instantly Recognized the Broad Shoulders.
what furtive existence for himself,
for Solomon Mahaffy, and for the boy.
They kept to little frequented byways,
and usually It was the early hours of
the morning, or the cool of late after
noons. when they took the road.
A certain hot afternoon brought
them Into the shaded main street of
a straggling village. Near the door of
the principal building, a frame tavern,
a man was seated, with his feet on
the horse-rack. There was no other
sign of human occupancy. ,
"How do you do, sir?" said the
judge, halting before this solitary In
dividual whom he conjectured to be
the landlord. "What's the name of
this bustling metropolis?" continued
the judge, cocking his bead on one
side.
As he spoke. Brut* Carrington ap
peared In the tavern door; pausing
there, he glanced curiously at tba
made his way to the belfry and with
tar paper closed all exits by which the
Insects could escape. Then he placed
four sulphur candles under the cupola
and lighted them. After the candles
had burned out enough dead Insects
were found to fill a peach basket to
overflowing, and the carpenters then
resumed work on the church roof.
Seven Pounds of Toothache.
A keeper, who was attracted the
other day by trumpetings and loud
roarings from the elephant cage In a
menagerie at Woodbridge, England,
found one of the elephants in an
agony of toothache. He was unable
to relieve it. and later beard a thud
on the floor. It was found that the
elephant had cast a tooth weighing.
It is stated, about seven pounds.
Trouble Forecast.
, “My wife says women ought to
! vote,” said Mr. Meekton.
"\YeU, have you any objection?"
“Na But there's going to be a ter
rible row If the women of our com
munity get the rote and then try to
1 vote for anybody except her.'*
shabby wayfarers.
"This Is Raleigh, in Stwfby county,
Tennessee,” said the landlord.
"Are you the voice from the tomb?”
Inquired the judge, In a tone of play
ful sarcasm.
Carrington, amused, sauntered to
ward him.
’That's one for you, Mr. Pegloe!”
he said.
“I am charmed to meet a gentleman
whose spirit of appreciation shows
his familiarity with a literary allu
sion,” said th- Judge, bowing.
“We ain’t so dead as we look,” said
Pegloe. "Just you keep on to Boggs’
race-track, straight down the road,
and you’ll find that out—everybody's
there to the boss racing and shooting
match. I reckon you’ve missed the
hoss-raclng, but you’ll be in time for
the shooting. Why ain’t you there,
Mr. Carrington?"
“I’m going now, Mr. Pegloe,” an
swered Carrington, as he followed the
judge, who, with Mahaffy and the boy,
had moved off.
"Better stop at Bogg*’l” Pegloe
called after them.
But the judge had already formed
his decision. Horse-racing and shoot
ing-matches were suggestive of that
progressive spirit, the absence of
which he had so much lamented at
the Jail raising at Plea6antville. Mem
phis was their objective point, but
Boggs’ became a side issue of Im
portance. They had gained the edge
of the village when Carrington over
took them. He stepped to Hannibal’s
side.
“Here, let me carry that long rifle,
son!" he said. Hannibal looked up
Into his face, and yielded the piece
without a word. Carrington balanced
It on his big palm. ”1 reckon It can
shoot —these old guns are hard to
beat!” he observed.
“She’s the closest shooting rine I
ever sighted,” said Hannibal prompt
ly.
Carrington laughed.
There was a rusty name-platw on
the stock of the old sporting rifle;
this caught Carrington’s eye.
“What’s the name here? Oh. Turv
bervllle.”
The Judge, a step or two In ad
vance, wheeled In his tracks with a
startling suddenness.
“What?” he .faltered, and his face
was ashen.
"Nothing, I was reading the narm
here; it is yours, sir, I suppose?" said
Carrington.
"No, sir—no; my name Is Price —•
Slocum Price! Turbervllle —Turber*
ville —” ho muttered thickly, staring
stupidly at Carrington.
"It’s not a common name; you seem
to have heard It before?" said the lat
ter.
A spasm of pain passed over tha
judge's face.
"I —I’ve heard It. The name Is om
the rifle, you say?"
"Here on the stock, yes."
The judge took the gun and exam
ined It In silence.
“Where did you get this rifle, Han
nibal?" he at length asked brokenly.
"I fetched It away from the Barony,
sir; Mr. Crenshaw said I might hava
it."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Old-Time Barber.
Old time barbers had to display
more variety than their successors. A
work published In 1592 describes a
barber's greeting to a customer; “Sir,
will you have your hair cut after the
Italian manner, short and round and
then frounst with the curling Irons to
make It look like a half moon In a
mist, or llkw a Spaniard. long at the
ears and curled like the two ends of
an old periwig, or will you be French
ified with a lovelock down to your
shoulders? The English cut Is base,
and gentlemen scorn It; novelty Is
dainty. Speak the word, sir, my scis
sors are ready to execute your wor
ship's will."
Sport of the Antipodes.
A favorite sport in New Zealand, as
also in Australia and Tasmania, is
competition In wood chopping and
sawing; and In these contests, which
attract a great deal of Interest, the
championships are always won through
the use of American tools. In fact
the expert woodsman working for a
prize would never thinfc af using an/
other kind of tools.
STATE CANDIDATE
LISTS JMPLETE
C ULL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR
THE ELECTION IN GEORGIA
ON AUGUST 21.
MANY HAVE NO OPPOSITION
Only Two Seeking Governorship, Ac
cording to Announcements for
Primary.
—Atlanta.
Indications are that the list of can
didates for state and national offices,
who will participate in the state-wide
primary on August 21, is complete.
The candidates who have announced
are:
For Governor —John M. Slaton of
Atlanta, and Joe Hill Hall of Ma
con.
For United States Senator —A. O.
Bacon, Macon; H. H. Perry, Gaines
ville; S. Guyt McLendon, Atlanta. Mr.
Bacon is a candidate for re-election.
For Attorney General —Thomas S.
Felder of Macon and W. R. Jones of
Greenville. Mr. Felder is seeking re
election.
For Commissioner of Agriculture—
A. O. Blalock of Fayetteville; J. D.
Price of Farmington; J. J. Brown of
Bowman; A. M. Deal of Statesboro;
W. L. Peek of Conyers.
For State School Superintendent—■
M. L. Brittain of Atlanta and E. 11.
Beck of Barney. Mr. Brittain is a
candidate for re-election.
For Railroad Commissioners (three
to be elected) —Judge George Hillyer
of Atlanta, J. F. Gray of Savannah,
Paul B. Trammell of Dalton, W. Trox
Bankston of West Point, G. J. Shipp
of Cordele, J. H. James of Atlanta,
J. J. Flynt of Griffin and J. N. Mc-
Ghee of Dalton. Messrs. Hillyer,
Gray and Trammell stand for re-elec
tion.
For Prison Commissioners —Judge
L. F. Patterson of Griffin, Dr. S. W.
Johnson of Hazlehurst, J. A. Cromar
tle of Springfield, Hill Tuggle of
Stone Mountain, A. N. Grovenstein of
Guyton and W. J. Flanders of John
son. Judge Patterson is a candidate
to succeed himself.
For Pension Commissioner —J. W.
Lindsay of Atlanta and W. H. Lanier
of Savannah.
Candidates for re-election and who
have no opposition are: Secretary of
State Philip Cook, Treasurer W. J.
Speer, Commissioner of Commerce
and Labor H. M. Stanley, Supreme
Court Justices Samuel C. Atkinson
and Warner Hill, and Appellate Court
Judges J. R. Pottle and Ben H. Hill.
For congress:
First District —Charles H. Edwards,
Savannah.
Second District —S. A. Roddenbery,
Thomasville.
Third District—Charles R. Crisp of
Amerlcus, Emmett Shaw of Fort
Gaines, John Mercer of Americus.
District has no incumbent as a re
sult of the reapportionment bill.
Fourth District —W. C- Adamson of
Carrollton.
Fifth District William Schley
Howard.
Sixth District—Charles L. Bartlett
of Macon, John R. Cooper of Macon,
J. W. Wise of Fayetteville. Mr. Bart
lett is a candidate for re-election.
Seventh District Gordon Lee,
Chickamauga.
Eighth District—Samuel J. Tribble,
Elberton.
Ninth District —Thomas M. Bell of
Gainesville; W. A. Carters, Gaines
ville, and John N. Holder of Jef
ferson. Mr. Bell is a candidate for
re-election.
Tenth District —Thomas W. Hard
wick, Sandersville; Horace H. Mold
en, Crawfordville. Mr. Hardwick is
a candidate for re-election.
Eleventh District —T. A. Parker of
Waycross and Randall Walker of Val
dosta.
Twelfth District —Dudley Hughes of
Danville.
$26,678,753 Made by State Farm.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the fifteenth annual report
of the Georgia prison commission,
which is now complete, is the fact
that for the year ending May 31, 1912,
the commission turned into the state
treasury the sum of $28,678.73, the
amount derived from the sale of prod
ucts at the state farm.
This amount is one of the largest
the commission has paid into the
treasury since this fund was divert
ed from the maintenance fund t>y
legislative enactment three years
ago.
The report shows that during the
past year there had been a large in
crease in the number of negro in
mates at the reformatory, making it
necessary to double the size of the
negro building at a cost of about two
thousand dollars.
New Game Law Decision.
According to the state court of ap
peals. a hunter, under the provision
of the game law of 1911, is not neces
sarily a person dressed in fashiona
ble hunting garb and spending lei
sure time after game.
James Robinson was hauling cotton
in a field in Worth county last sum
mer and, having a shotgun with him,
let fly at a covey of quail. Robinson
was a poor shot and missed the birds,
but he was fined for violating the
game law just the same. Now the
court says that Robinson's fine must
stick.
$75,000,000.00 of Bonds.
Stockholders of the Central of
Georgia railway in quarterly meeting
authorized the issue of approximately
$75,000,000 of refunding and develop
ment bonds, the proceeds to be used
to liquidate oustanding indebtedness
and to finance certain improvements.
There will be $25,000,000 of the mon
ey available at once.
Following the meeting of the stock
holders the directors held a meeting
for the .purpose of working out certain
details in connection with financial
business and to elect a successor to
John Bell as secretary of the Central
PROCEEDINGS OFJE LE®jjg
WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OF GEORGIA ARE a rr „„,
THIS SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEiJbiTy AT
> i
■ EFFECT OF TIPPINS BILL i
■ IF IT BECOMES A LAW. H
> H
■ If the Tippins-Alexander substi- H
■ tute, which was adopted by the H
■ house by a vote of 129 to 42, is 4
■ passed by the senate and sign- H
■ ed by the governor, it will have i
■ the following effect: H
■ It stops the issuance of “near H
■ beer’’ licenses immediately. Li- H
■ censes now existent are good, H
■ however, until the time limit H
> for which they are issued ex- H
■ pires. ■
■ It provides that proof that any H
■ beverage sold or offered for sale H
■ contains as much as onchalf of H
■ one per cent, of alcohol shall be H
■ considered prima facie evidence ■
■of violation of the law. H
■ It prohibits absolutely the sale *
■of intoxicating beverages by ■
■ clubs, but does not affect the ■
■ “locker” club in the strict mean- ■
■ ing of that term. In other words. ■
■ members have the right to keep ■
■ liquors in lockers, but the club ■
<is barred from supplying them. ■
■ It does not affect at all the le- >
■ gitimate sale of drug preparation ■
■ and tinctures, but it does affect ■
■ fraudulent liquors sold under the ■
■ guise of medicine. Such liquos ■
■ are subject to the same rule of ■
■ evidence which applies to other >
■ beverages. ■
A wildly enthusiastic scene was
witnessed in the house galelry when
the Tippins-Alexander substitute for
the famed “near beer” bill was de
clared passed by the house of repre
sentatives of the general assembly.
The vote on the bill was 129, against
42.
By a vote of 111 to 10 the house
virtually passed the Alexander anti
child labor bill, ending peacefully an
agitation of many years and much
bitterness.
Mr. Alexander, in presenting his
substitute for his original bill, re
viewed the fight for this legislation.
Upon motion of Mr. Westmoreland
of Fulton, the words “other mercan
tile establishments,” in the list of
places prohibited, were eliminated
from the substitute as something un
necessary and likely to create confu
sion and possible discrimination in
the enforcement of the law.
The present law prohibits the em
ployment of child labor under twelve
years, but by excepting certain cases
to a limit of ten years, its practical
operation has been to make the lower
limit the rule rather than the excep
tion.
Under the substitute adopted the
age limit is set in all cases at twelve
years for the year 1913 at thirteen
years for the year 1914 and at four
teen years for the year 1915 and
thereafter.
The places of business specifically
prohibited from employing child la
bor are mills, factories, workshops,
laundries and public service corpora
tions.
Mr. Alexander’s substitute was the
outcome of a series of conferences be
tween friends of lys original bill and
the heads of various mills and facto
ries affected by it.
It differs from the original bill only
in some particulars touching its con
venience of operation and its gradual
rather than immediate enactment in
detail and to its final purpose.
It is the general impression that
the passage of this act foreshadowed
the adoption of a compulsory educa
tion law.
McElreath’s proposed constitutional
amendment providing the machinery
whereby justice courts may be abol
ished in cities of more than 20,000
population in Georgia, was passed by
the house by a vote of 148 to 5.
The ultimate object of this consti
tutional amendment is to do away
with justice courts in the larger cities
of the state, if those cities so desire,
and to establish in their stead munic
ipal courts, such as are now in exist
ence in the larger cities of the East
and West.
The house of representatives, by a
vote of 135 to 27, passed the McEl
reath constitutional amendment, es
tablishing in Georgia the office of
lieutenant governor.
The opposition was neither insist
ent nor at all aggressive.
Mr. Payton of Worth introduced a
bill aimed at insurance combined,
both life and fire, made for the pur
pose of advancing rates.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations made by Governor
Brown;
Mrs. Maude Barker Cobb of the
county of Fulton, to be state librari
an for a term of four years from
June 26. 1912.
P. C. King of the county of Clay, to
be solicitor of the city court of Fort
Gaines for a term of two years from
August 27. 1911.
Roger L. Gamble, of the county of
Jefferson, to be judge of the city court
of Louisville for a tqrm of two years
from November 1, 1911.
John B. Phillips of the county of
Jefferson, to be solicitor of the city
court of Louisville for a term of two
years from November 1, 1911.
E. C. Elmore of the county of Bry
an. Tl? DC- j uufct VJI u-u vou. c _m.
Pembroke from September 28, 1911,
until January 1, 1913.
J. P. Dukes to be solicitor of the
city court of Pembroke from Septem
ber 28, 1911, until January 1, Isl3.
T. G. Ham to be judge of the coun
ty court of Echols from April 23, 1912,
utnil his successor is elected and
qualified.
R. O. Jackson to be judge of the
countv court of Henry for a term of
two years from December 1, 1912.
Paul Turner to be solicitor of the
county court of Henry for a term of
two years from December 1. 1912.
S. Burkhalter, to be solicitor of the
county court of Clinch for a term of
two years from October 28, 1911.
The house declined hv a
119 to 42, to pass the’ bill bv vf* c{ ■
len and Mr. Fullbrieht , Jlr ' A >-
the abolition of Ll£L, di “ g fot
Georgia „ M SKSiT 1 h
ol county pro.ecuting ation,™" 3 ”
the several counties of the st'at m
a salary basis. 6 State> c n
The defeated hill provided fnr
ary of not more than So ° 0 * !f
one county attorney, and that th ?
ary might be made as much £*
the county authorities determines “
required that all countv proS e cuti „
attorneys should bring into the 2
ty treasury in fines and
not less than the salary a ~
them, or lose such portion as the
failed to bring in. they
• Y h ‘ te ° f Screven offered aMu
m tue house providing for a codifica
tion of the educational laws of Gor
gia. With this joint legislative cam
mittee of three the attorney genera,’
and superintendent of education wit
serve.
Mr. Christopher of Hall introduced
a bill to raise the pensions of ind;.
gent blind pensioners from S6O to #ioo
per annum.
Mr. Payton of Worth introduced a
bill fixing the fee of justices of the
I P eace in Georgia at $2.50 for issuing
j criminal, search, ppeace or possesso
ry warrants, unless the party taking
Jthe same makes affidavit that he is
| unable to pay same.
Altered so that the constitutional
objection, which caused former r, o r.
ernor Hoke Smith to veto a similar
measure, had been removed the Har
ris resolution providing a standing
commission to re-lease the Western
and Atlantic railroad was adopted by
the senate without opposition.
The resolution stipulates that three
senators and five representatives, ap
pointed from the present legislature,
be named to constitute a commission
| which shall hold office until all the
leases of the Western and Atlantic
railroad shall have been consum
mated.
As the present leases of the West
ern and Atlantic do not terminate un
til 1919 this commission, should it
he authorized by the house, will be in
existence for several years.
Provision of a similar act vetoed
by Governor Smith gave members of
the commission legislative per diem
while in session. Governor Smith
held this to be an action of the legis
lators to create salaried offices fo:
themselves. The present measure
gets around this objection by allow
ing members of the commission $1
a day for expenses.
After spending two hours and a
half on the question of whether or
not ex-Governor Hoke Smith's ap
pointments should be returned to the
senate, the senators got down to the
regular work of the day and passed
and introduced several bills
Representative Rovejoy of Troup;
Fullbright of Burk; .Tones of Meri
wether and Turnipseed of Clay intro
duced in the house a bill providing
for a constitutional amendment abol
ishing the Georgia court of appeals.
The bill provides for the usual leg
islative and elective machinery nec
essary to the accomplishment of con
stitutional amendments and provides
for the abolition of the court imme
diately upon ratification of the pro
posed amendment.
This bill may have no connection
with the late special gubernatorial
campaign, but it is a fact that during
that campaign numerous threats to
start this movement against the court
of appeals were made.
To relieve possible congestion in
the supreme court because of t> e
abolition of the court of appeals, the
same gentlemen presented a com
panion bill providing for three a i
tional justices of the supreme cou
A resolution calling for an inv
gation of the fee system as it app ll - 18
to the offices of the secretary of state
and the comptroller general, was
troduced in the house of represen
tlves. • ,1..
Mr. Hollis of Taylor, who is the■ aJ
thor of the resolution, said that
is an understanding throughout
state that the earnings of the sec
tary of state amount to $20,00° a.
and those of the comptroller gen
to $30,000.
For the benefit both of the s 1
ry of state and the comptrode. S
eral and of the citizens of the ;
Mr. Hollis said, he wished to W
tain just wha tthese offices do
“A great deal is being said a
the fee system. But we are
gating only at the botto ™' . art jC
we should go higher up, and pa
ularly that we should furnish - -
lie a statement regarding ' p.
the secretary of state and
troller general. fhe of
‘‘Such a statement is due
ficials themselves, for there is Z
ing opinion that these offic 8
excessively large compensa " and
The following hills were P
the house: , r , er
By Ashley of Lowndes
amendment for Valdosta. , 3|
By Strickland of Piert ,'\ ' ids
board of commissioners of
- for Pierce c 0 1™- aCt
By Foster of
creating board of roa
for Floyd county. , men din?
By Burnett of Qt tman ' nd
act creating board of roads ana
-- Oiiirmnn /
lilies kKjk R - •
By Ellis of Tift— New cha
town of Omega. incci'P 5-
By Rawlins of Dodge
rate town of Chauncy. __ cta r.er
By Massengale of ■>
amendment for Nor'-' ‘ ading act
By Deese of Pulaski—- > .
j creating board of roads
for Pulaski county. :' aZ
By Brinson of Jenkin
act creating board o
.nues of Jenkins eoun y , ag
By Lovejoy of Troup—- to ?3 ‘
mayor and connc,! o
tablish and maintain P f
By Slade and Woblena s>
geP _To change time
nerior court of Muscoi