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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9,1887.—TWELVE PAGES.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
A FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY GETS
RELIEF.
Call of the Counties and the Introduction
of »\v Hill*-A Number of Bills
Bead the Third Thue-
Other Matters, Etc.
The journal of Friday waa read and ap
proved.
On the call of tba roll for the introduction
of new matter, the following were offtred:
f. By Mr. Dean, of tbe Forty-aecond—A bill
to amend tbe charter of the town of Sontb
Rome, in the oonnty of Floyd.
By Mr. McKaoey, of tbe Forty-third—A
bill to amend aeetiao 35811 of tbe ocde, lim
iting tbe lien ot judgments on property.
By Mr. Ritchie, of tbe Fortieth—A bill
to amend ibe act incorporating the town of
Clayton, in tbe county of R.bun-
By Mr. Roberts, of tbe Fourteenth—A
bill to regulate the public printing in tbe
various ooautios, providing thu tbe otlliial
organ for tbe puMioition of tbe advertising
for the county officers, administrators, ex
ecutors, and guardians shall be selected by
tbe boiai of commissioners of roads and
revenues in counties having such
board, and in counties not baving a board
of commissioners, then the ordinary shall
designate the official gazette.
Also, a bill to create a bo rd of commis
sioners of roads and revenuea tor tbe oonnty
cf Dodge.
By Air. Wrfgbt, of ibe Thirty-eighth—A
bill to repeal tbe act creating a board of
commission! ra of roads and rtvenues for
the county of Polk.
By Mi. R«nd. of tbs Eighth A bill to
amend section ID'S of tbe code, so as to ex
empt freight trains containing melcyis or
other perishable goods from tbe Sunday
law.
By Air. Wright, of the First—A bill to
provide for tbe better organizition and dis
cipline of tbe military system of Georgia
by amending ibe military law of sectiOD
1103, iron - . (») to (ri) of the code, so a, to
cien-pt trciu street tax and road du y all
officers, commissioned and non-oommis-
sioned and pfivate soldier a In aotive service,
and after ten years of servioe exempting
arch officers and piivateg from street tax
and road duty as long as they remain on
tbe company rolls, eithir as active or exempt
members.
DILLS ON TB11ID BEADISO.
A House resolution, by Mr. West, of
Habersham, providing that the manuscript
of 'The Georgia Justice’* prepared by-
Judge C. B. Sutton, *f the oonnty of Hab
ersham, be re’erred to a special j jint com
mittee to examine said work and report
whether tbe State should subscribe for the
same, how many copiei, and at whit prior.
Concurred in.
By Mr. Hand, of the Eighth—A bill to
amend sec ion 1997 of the code relating to
vendors' lien. Pa std.
A joint resolution by the flnanoe commit-
teo authorizing the Governor to employ
eounsel to institute and prosecute suit io
tbe Court of Claims of tbe United States for
the recovery ofjthe Peter ^Trezevant claim,
decided to be uue by Congress, but pay
ment reused by the tieasnter of the United
States. Tabled.
A bill to amend tbe charter of the town
ot BaxnesviUe in the county ot Piko.
Passed.
A resolution for the relief of the Conti-
Dental Fire Insnratce Company ot New
York, to relieve tbe company of tbe pen-
a ty of $540 for taiinre to make retnrns for
taxation to the Comptroller General be
fore July 1,1885.
Mr. Lewis, of tbe Nineteenth* opposed
tbe passage of the rceolation. He did not
think the faots in tbe ease wonld warrant
tbe giantiog of suab relief. There is no
good reason why this company sbonld be
made an exception. It would te establish-
in'; a dargerona precedent noises there
were extraordinary reasons, and such rea
sons do not <xist
Mr. Parnell, of the Twenty-second, chair
men ot tbe finance committee, aupportod
then pert of bia committee. He aaii all
the facts htd been carefully investigated
by tbe committee, and also by a sub-com
mittee. It waa found that Ibe laches or
failure to make tbe return in time waa due
to a defaulting clerk, and tbit it was only
right that lhi« relief should be granted.
Mr. Bull, of tbeJTwenty-tcurtb, said it
was evident there waa no Intention on tbo
pert of tbe company to do a wrong or com
mit a violation ot the law, and that attps
bad been taken as soon as possible to ropsir
ibe wrong committed by a defaulting clerk.
He did not think the penalty should be en
forced
Mr. Kortbeott, of the Thirty-fifth, had
the same view, Tbe resolution waa adopt
ed.
A bill to incorporate the Commercial Ex
press Company. Passed.
Adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing.
The House.
The House was called to order at 0 o’clock,
Mr. Clay, ot Cobb, io tbe chair.
Rarely a quorum of members answered
to their tames at roll call.
Mr. Russel), of Clarke, offered a resolu
tion fixing tbe bourof meeting at 10 o'clock.
Ltld cn the table
CALL or TBE COUNTIES.
Tbe House resumed tbe call of tbe conn-
tiee for new bills, etc., and only one was in
troduced and referred, aa follows:
E/ .Mr. Olive, of Oglethorpe—A bill to
aecnre tbe better taking of interrogatoiiea
by deposition. General judiciary.
On motion of Mr. Berner, of Monroe,
ibe Honse took up Hon-a bills and resolu
tions fo ■ a second reeding, and a number
were read a second time.
Among them was a resolution requesting
the representatives of Georgia in Congress
to urge tbe establishment' of a national
banking system allow it g real estate aa se
curity.
By unanimous consent, lfr. Chappell, of
Muscogee, introduced s bill to incorporate
tbe Columbus aid Gulf Navigation Com
pany. Referred to committee on corpora
tions.
A message from the Governor announced
hia approval of tbe bill to establish a new
charter for tbe city of Atlanta. (This is
U e bill of Mr. Bray, to amend the charter
of Atlanta by reducing the sinking fund,
etc.)
Mr. BuxseU, of Clarke, moved to take up
bis resolution making tbe hour of meeting
of the House 10 o'elcck a. m., and the hour
o: adjournment 1 o’clock, until further or
dered, exeepi on Saturdays, when tbe hours
stall be 0 and 12 o'clock. Carried, and the
resolution adopted.
By nanimc.ua consent, Mr. Lunar, of
Rxcmond, introduced a bill to regulate the
leaning of warrants for thearrestot fugitives
from justice.
The committee on banks reported favors,
bl. on bills to incorporate the Austell Bank
ing Company, and the CUixent' Rink cf
Atlanta.
The committee on public property re
ported in favor of Mr. Howell's rr-'jluliou
ftr the appointment of a joint committee to
txsmir' * -*
killing of deer and wild turkeys inJWhite
county. Special judiciary.
Mr. Simmons, of Sumter, offered a reso
lntion providing that the House shall here
after meet at 9 o'clock end adjoqru at 1.
Mr. Russell, of Clerk, in opposing tbe
motion, said that the gentlemen from Sum-
ter, iu declaring tbet he could not under
stand why the House iu his absence
changed the hour of meeting, put him iu
mind of the philosopher who, seeing a cow's
tail sticking through a hole in tbe doer of a
tan-yard building, said he could understand
bow the snn ana the moou revolved and
other profound problems, but he could not
comprehend bow tbe old cow went through
that bole without being able to drag her
tail after her. He insisted that tbe change
of bonr of meeting had been made for tbe
accommodation of tbe committees of tbe
Honse.
Mr. Simmons disclaimed any personal or
arrogant feeling in making hia motion, and
contended that it waa tbe duty of the
House to be in session at least four hours
each day.
Air. Russell moved to lay Mr. Simmons'
resolution on the table, and pending this
motion the Honse' adjourned to 10
o'clock to-morrow.
MR. GLENN’S RILL REGULATING
EDUCATION OF THE RACES.
A Strong Speech lljr Its Author In the
Iloiise-The Condition of the Convict
Camps—Pesoon.l of the Leg.
Mature—Minor Notes.
Atlanta, August 2.—Tbe House gave
itselt up this morning to the consideration
of tbe Glenn bill forbidding tbe co-educa
tion of the nets, which was tbe special
order. The bill simply emphasizes the de
clared policy of this and other States on
the subject and tbe House was naturally so
nearly unanimous that argument or debate
was hardly necessary. Mr. Glenn, as au
thor of tbe bill, felt it due the Honse and
tbe country that the policy tad principles
involved sbonld be clearly set forth, and
made a splendid argnment, dealing with tbe
question in its constitutional, U cal and
social bearing*. It was a clear, forcible
logical and eloquent effort Mr. Glenn
bad tbe close attention of tbe ffoot and
crowded galleries. A recess in tbe Senate
gave the members of tbe Upper Honse an
opportunity to hear the speech, abont
which there had been for days great antici
pation. That the nuticifaii n was fully
realized there can be no doubt. The full
argument wiii iikely be given Ibe pnbiio in
printed form as it was taken down by Mr
Coolidge, the official stenographer of the
Atlanta circuit.
Tne only reply made to Mr. Glenn came
from the negro members, W-.lson, of Gam-
den, and Crawford, ot McIntosh.
Tbe bill will lack even this element of
opposition.
IN TBE COXIUITTEXS.
The committees w.ere at woik on various
important Lilia this afternoon. Tbe com
mittee on corporations .had np the bill to
extend tbe corporate limits cf the city cf
Atlanta. The proposition is meeting with
strong opposition and both bides of the
question were well represented this after
noon. Arguments were made against the
bill by Judge Hoyt and Judge Howard Pal
mer, and for it by ex-Mayor Goodwin.
The bill to create a board of pardons oc
cupied tbe penitentiary committee.
The Brady bill was considered by the
Senate judiciary oommitteo and aevoral
argnments made for at*d against it.
Mcuncas or tbe leoihlatcre.
The Journal this afternoon publishes the
following information about the more elder
ly members of tbe General Asiembly, gath
ered f-om Judge Richard H. Cltrke, who ie
“l Authority.
Judge K. H. Clarke says that there are
more members of the present Legislature
who were to before the wsr, or who before
or tinea bsve achieved political distinction
than any Legislature since the war. The
oldest legislator of both bodice Is David J.
Bailey. At mooh as fifty years euo, when
he was jnst of e e, he began his legislative
and political career.
It nut 11, of Cba'ham, la not so old amem-
ber, bnt be has been in publio life about as
long, end for tbirty-ttve veers he has been
and is yet olerk of tbe City Court of Savan
nah.
Hhnmake, of Burke, notwithstanding hia
yonihlui looks, waa a member forty yaara
ago.
Dr. Felton, of Bartow, was a member as
early us tbe ataalon of 1851. He end Har
per, of Newton, had tbe reputation ot being
the ablest debaters In in tbe House, both
then being very young men.
Mr. Hsle, of Dade, was a Senator in 1853.
In theSe-ate there is LeGrand Guerry.
He waa first a member of the Legislature in
1845.
Senator Hand was a member before the
war; ao waa Senator Turnipseed.
Colons, Quarry, and also Colonel Baily,
of (he House, have been presidents of the
Senate, and the latter waa a member ot
Congress.
Hon. W. E. Smith, Senator from tbe
Tenth dtatriot, waa for three aneoeaaive
terms a member of Congress. Ho wsa Dr,
Felton, and Hon. Mr. Rawls, of the House,
haa also been a member of Congress. Hon.
David R. Harrell, of the House, has been a
judge of the Superior Court.
CONDITION 0» CONVICT. CAMPS.
The following la the body of tbereporfof
Mr. E. T. Shnbrick, assistant keeper of*the
penitentiary for the month of July, sub
mitted to the Governor to-day:
‘ On account ot unavoidable causes I
was nnable to visit some few of the camps
daring the month. Through the special
report of Dr. Westmoreland, recently sub-
netted, your Excellency haa become ac
quainted with tbe very unsatisfactory con-
union of tbe camp on tbe Augusts and
Chattanooga railroad. I was at tba ounp
about a watk before tbe visit of Dr. West-
moreiaud and was impressed with the
sppeeranoe of two of the men in the hospital
with ‘swelled legs,' and I reported the
matter to Dr. YVtstmorelsnd, who visited
the eamp and made the special report shove
mentioned. I regret to report Ibe condition
of tbe barracks on the Georgia Midland
railroad, at Griffin, to be be! This
camp is eovermd with canvas, sod
daring the heavy rains of last week
leaked considerably, I was at this
camp on Thursday, tbe 28th, during the
rain and oidered some changes made, which
I hope Stopped to • considerable extent, if
not entirely, the leaking. Other campe
which I visited during the asms week, end
which were also covered with c.eth, I
found peifectly dry. At the date of my
Jons visit the onrieU et this cimp (it
Griffin) reported everything eaiiifaotory,
none cf tbe convicts making any complaint
whatever, while et tbie month's visit there
Was practically » unanimous complaint,
chiefly of not getting enough lo eat. I in-
vestigeted tbe complaints. The commis
sary man claims that tha regulation re-
qairemeLts had been complied wiih and
exhibited bia book to ebow tha daily
issuance of rations during the month
to be in accordance with tbe
requirements except in tbe matter of fresh
vegetables which item not to havs been
~ 7» — vwssstasneww | vs^ttuirs -LRU RCCUI QOfc QITfi Lrtn
1. I *P°" the probable eoat of the; served for one week. The Cantata clsims
' ,,r tk* accommodation of lha ] that the esuse of the eomplaint is due to
0< g~ . I cutting down tbe meat rations; that *for
Mr - °t —• *»• prior to tha first ot tha month
White, introduced a bill to regulate the‘he had beeh giving the man* pound“
bacon per day and had now cut it down to
three quarters of a pound per day, which is
(he regulation requirement. The general
condition of the other oamps visited, was
very good, there being a considerable fall
ing off in the number of sick, as compared
with the previous months. Col. Towers
visitsd tbe camp at Cedartown and found
it in good oonditlon."
The Senate.
After the readirg of the journal Hon.
Joel A. Smith, Henstor-elect from the
Twenty-first, presented himself at tbe bar
ot tbe Senate and was sworn in by Pres
ident pro tern Pringle.
President Davidson was granted a leave
of absenoe for a low days, dating from
Monday.
Under a suspension of tbe rales tbe fob
lowing bills were taken np for a third read
ing:
A bill to allow the land owners of land
lota numbered 151, 155, 15G, 165 and ICC, In
the Twentieth distriat of Hiewart oounty,
be allowed to erect gates across the publio
road. Parsed. ‘
A bill to incorporate the town of East
Point, in the county of Fulton. Passed.
A bill to amend seotion 4573 of tbe code
so as to obapgo the hour at which freight
trains affected by the Sunday law may
reach the homes of employes, fo as to al
low them to attend religious worship, from
8 a. m. to 10 a. m.
NEW BILLS,
On the call of the roll for the introduc
tion of new matter the following sere in
troduced;
By Mr. Bean, of the Forty-srcond, a bill
to provide for the proof of tfco record r.f
deeds, mortgages, and other instruments
affecting real estate.
By Mr. Ham, of the Eighth, a bill to
amend seotion 1680 of the oodo, so as to
allow three years for the enforcement of me
chanics’ liens, instead of twelve months.
By Mr. Hawke], of tbe Thirteenth—A
bill lo amend tbe charter of tbe Americas,
Preston end Lumpkin railroad.
By Mr. McKanny, of the Forty Third—A
bill to prevent the destruction tf fish, and
to proteot them during the spawning sea
son.
On motion of Mr. Northcntt, the Senate
took * reoess, sntjeot to the oall of the
president.
Mr. Powell, chairman of the Qnanoe com
mittee, reported back the bill to regulate
tbe business of insurance in this State, with
a substitute. The bill and aubstitnta were
taken up and road. Tbo substitute re
ported by tbe committee provides that the
Comptroller-General shall be tbe insurance
commission of the State, chaigcd with the
insurance Jaws of the State, which are
codified in the bill, pro\ ides for his fees,
ete. Pending the consideration of the bill
tbe Senate adjourned to 10 o’eiock to-mor
row.
The House.
The House was called to order at 10
oVook—Mr. Clay, of Cobb, in tbe chair.
Tbe special order, beiDg Mr. Glenn's bill
to require white and colored children to bs
taught in separate schools, was taken np.
Mr. Crawford, of McIntosh, inquired if
debate on the bill would be limited.
The Speaker said it could only be limited
by a vote of the House.
Mr. Glena said that be desired the fullest
opportunity for every member to express
his yiews, and he hoped that the Hcusj
wonld aceard it to them.
Mr. Glenn offered an amendment to the
bill.
Mr. Glenn said the bill outlined a policy
which, in its present shape and ultimate re
sults was of more importance than aoj
other question |that could be presented
It demands the folleat and fairest
discussion. He stood here in be
half of the equal rights of all mon-
Other questions have been settled either
by express law or by the arbitraiion cf
oourta. But this question—the question cf
the relations of tbe whites and tbe blacks—
was prcaaiog upon na for a solution. He
appealed to the manhood of tbe North to
»ympatbixe with tbe South on this question.
The position of the State of Georgia waa the
same rights before the law, equal educa
tional advantages, and the same protection
of person sod property. Bat aootal eqaeli-
ty never will be the polioy ot the South.
Let us see it there it a right or an occupa
tion not open as fnlly to the colored as to
the while race. He read from theconalitn-
lion and laws of Georgia to show that equal
educational rights and facilities wera guar
anteed to both raoea, not only in the oom-
meu school system of tbe State, but alio in
the provision for a university for the eol-
ored race. Rut tbe oonstitntion expressly
prohibited (he mixing ot tbe raoes in the
schools or by marriage, llo read from
the sohool statistic! to show that while
the whiles of the State paid forty times
the amount of taxes paid by tbo
colored people, the Utter did not fall far
short in tbe number of pupils in tha publio
•oboola. He referred to the Dixon will end
other oases to show that foil justice waa ae-
oord- d to the eolorad race in the courts of
the States, Negroes were admitted to the
jury box. No effort had been made to in
terfere with tbesa rights.
The questions of social rights, earning
from the onteide, wersaffeeting tbe younger
generation of the colored people. The
failhfal old aervants were passing away,
and a new generation, with new ideas, were
wiih na. Us read an article of the AtUnta
Dt fiance to ahow tha spirit and temper of
this new race. The ar.ioie declared that the
negroes of the South desired mixed schools.
Yet some contended that there waa no
neceaity for hia bllL Farther, the artiele
of the Dellanee declared that soorn-r or later
Ibe nrgroee wonlt have mixed schools—
that they wanted them to wipe ont the
color line. Tbie wsa the expression
of tbe colored "New Soutt” on
tbe question of education. He also read
from the Uoiied-Hersid, "the organ of ait
the churches" of Atlanta, an article on tbo
Dickson will esse, in which it declares that
the laws of Georgia, by not sanctioning the
intermarriage of whites and blacks, only
■*fsilvd to give s legs! sanction to tha inev
itable.” Ho asked if these editor* were tbe
exponents of tba ideas of the new South
among the negroes. Eight hundred ne-
8'°*f p*d met in Atlanta and denounced
the bill prohibiting mixed education of tbe
races. Why, unices they demanded mixed
aeboole ? How can we fail to say that here
i* a polioy radically inconsistent with tha
Jaw tf tha land. He retd from th* minor
ity report on hit bill, signed by a colored
member, a declare ion of opposition to the
bill on the ground that it interfered with
tba lights of the colored people. IVbat
righta, except tha tigbu claimed of mixed
•oboola? He also read from tbe
report of tba Atlanta University
to show that it waa the
avowed intention to receive whita pupil*
in that institution. With this avidenoe be-
for* us. thU language, these teachings, can
any man say that tba ponding bul ls un
necessary? Ought wa not to Uy tha hand
or Hercules upon this serpent and strangle
H, or shall we wait until it destroys us?
Prevention is better than cure. Sba'l we
let this evil mature, or shall we meet it like
propoaed to aay that all men
should haveequal rights, but that tba course
of tbe two streams should flow in parallel
streams.Th#noble civilUriion, builtupby
ihe grand men of the old South, can no't
aland contamination.
What U the danger to the black man In
Giorgio? lost# ia no danger to him so long
as he and tbe white man travel together
peacefully under eqnal laws. Bnt there is
danger if be thrusts himself into the social
circles of the wbitee.
He combatted tbe apprehension (hat ibis
bill wonld have a bad effeot for tbe Sonth
in tbe Presidential election Bnt he cued
not who was President It the white people
of the Sonth had to surrender their eivili-
zition to affect the election. Why sbonld
we eare for the indignation of the. North ?
Are we a conquered provinee or a free
State? Are we free men or slavee? We
should dare the indignation of the whole
world in the defense of onr rights.
He recited the provisions of his bill to
show that it would affect no one exiept
those who desired to send their ohildrin to
school for the other race. Ho read from a
decision of a Massachusetts court declar
ing that tbe laws of that State allowed
separate schools for the white and black
races; also a decision of the New Y'ork Su
preme Court declaring that the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
United States did not prohibit
separate schools for the races;
also, a decision to tbe same purport by tbe
Supreme Court ot Ohio—one of the States
foremost in tbs propaganda; also a decision
of the Indiana Conn to tbe same effeot;
also, a similar decision by the Supreme
Court of California. He also read from a
decision cf the Supreme Court of tbe
Uoited States, declaring that the 14th
amendment was not designed to abridge
the rights of the States over questions of
this kind.
In Atlanta—the most progressive city of
the Sontb—a city of which every Southern
men should be proud—no man could say
that tbe colored people had been denied the
equal advantages of the common sohool
laws. And no sneb charge could be made
against Augusta or other Georgia cities.
His biii violated no tight ul uuy man,
but standing upon onr Southern policy, be
asked tbe House to put down this insidious
danger in its infanoy, and ont of this evil
we will evolve a most magnificent system
of civilization.
Mr. Wilson, of Cimden, defended his
minority repot, contending that the bill
was nnoonstilntionat, notwithstanding all
the decisions read. It was said that the
bill was intended to meet evil lo come.
He could apprehend no danger. The col
ored people were satisfied with the present
law of Georgia. The bill would prohibit
teaching the two races in the same Sunday-
schools, while tbe law of Georgia only pro
hibited mixed common reboots, and this
legal requirement was fniiy carried out, so
far as he knew. He conten ted that the bill
would be injurious to teachers. He com
batted tbe argument that co-education
wonld bring about inter-marriage of the
rac >s. The bill waa also wrong in that it
discriminated amoog tbe professions. The
lawyer was not prohibited from taking a
case for a colored man. Then why
should a teacher be prohibited from
teaching a colored child? He
only contended for justice aDd equal rights.
He read from the bill of lights that all gov
ernment was instituted for the good of ihe
whoie. What right is guaranteed to those
who ore engaged iu the grand work of
teaching, whether white or colored. He
said that in Borne localities there were not
sufficient numbers of children to support
two schools, and the law would not permit
both races to be educated in the same
school. Tbe bill of Mr. Glenn wonld pro
hibit the mixing of the raoea in private as
well as the publio schools. Many of the
oburchea were oomposed ot both white and
black, who worshipped together, sat to-
’gather, tend communed together; yet the
bill said that the children of these commu
nicants should not ba taught iu tba same
oommon schools.
The constitution said there shonld be no
legislation in regard to tbe social
•tatns of the citizens of tbe State.
Are we not now proposing to
legislate upon the social statue? Ho con
tended that the social statna would take
care of itself. He did not ask for intermar
riage, or anything of that kind, nor did he
know of a single negro who wished to have
his rbtldren educated with the whites, but
be asked that all onr legislation should be
for the good of noth races. He would go
band in hand with tbe gentleman from
Whitfield in upholding tbe lawa of Georgia
on this subject, but be saw no reason tor
tha ptsasge of this bill, aud ha oont-nded
that no good reason had been shown in tbe
speech of Mr. Glenn. He insisted that the
act of the Legislature in giving him the seat
held by a white Democrat (to which Mr.
Glenn had ailnded) wsa only an act of jus
tice, founded upon indubitable proof of his
legal right to the State. He admitted that
there were white pupils iu the AtUnta Uni
versity, but said they were there
before the State of Georgia had contributed
a dollar to that institution, and that the
State’s $8,000 contribution waa only one-
fourth the expennen of the University. The
bill wonld certainly cripple that University,
and wonld injure tbe grandest institution
for the colored people in the State. The
UoiveiEily had turned ont many deserving
colored men, and wbat white persons had it
ever injured? He denied that tho Univer
sity taught any snob thing as tbe inter
marriage of tbo raoea. He appealed to tbo
reason of members, and asked them to read
carefully tbe constitution of tho State of
Georgia and the constitution of the United
States before actiog on this bill Ha dis
claimed, on the part of bia raoe, any desire
for tha intermingling of the races, and said
that the men who contended for it did not
represent the colored aeatiment of theSuto
of Georgia.
Mr. Crawford, of McIntosh, felt con
strained, aa one of the two members who
made the minority report, to say something
on this sntjeeL Like Jcahua, who was not
deterred whan the seonta brought word
that tba Cananitea were mighty men of
valor, he wonld not be deterred by odds
from contending for the right The Uni
versity of Atlanta had done mneb for the
colored race before tbe State aided it Why
oot give it credit for what it haa done? He
quoted Judge Hiilyer as laying that no stu-
uent of that University had ever come be
fore him charged with crime. The State of
Georgia waa in a Urge degree responsible
for the ignorance of the negroes It this
bill puses, not only the Atlanta University,
but many other schools will be crippled.
Re said that tba $8,000 given to the AiUnt*
University was a part of tbe land scrip of
the United 8tatas, end could not be ac
cepted by the State without giving it to
that institution—it wa* a peri ot the con
tract. Why enact such a Uw as this, when
tbe two races ere getting aloes’ together so
well?
At the conclusion of Mr. Crawford’s
speech, Mr. Watts called the previous ques
tion, and the call was sustained.
Tho amendment of Mr. Glenn wu adopt
ed.
The report of the oommittee wu agreed
to.
Mr. Glenn sailed for the yeu and nay*
on tha passage of the bill, and they wtro
ordered.
Only two votea were cut against tha till
—those of Messrs. Crawford, of McIntosh,
and Wilson, of Camden, both oolored.
Tbe yeas were 124, and the naya 2
The bill, e* adopted, provider that no
colored school shall re* ive a ahite pupil,
and do white school a colored pupU; nor
shall any school receive both whits and col
ored pupils Any one violating this set
shall be punished as prescribed in Motion
4310 of the coder
TIIE WATERS SUBSIDING
AND THE RIVER SETTLING DOWN
TO ITS REGULAR SIZE.
The Light Loral Showers Contlnue-Paasen-
ger Travel on IUIIrosds still Sus-
pended—A Negro Woman Lives
Four Ways Without Food.
The people who went down to the bridge
early yesterday morning were glad to find
that the river had gone down fully two feet
from tbe high-water mark. A look at the
bouses on the east bottom was even now
convincing proof that the river bad fallen
Tho water bad left the floors, and there
were fnlly twelve inehes margin under
George Wing’s bouse, on tbo right bank.
Traoy’s little red etore, on the left bank, was
also above water. But those who watched
and waited saw no further fall, and up to
1 ‘to in tho evening there were many who
were dnbious os to whether it was fa’llngor
rising again. There seemed to be less -Iritt-
wood, as tbe water was not as rongh aa on
Sunday.
The crowd] were nothing like aa large as
on Saturday and Sunday, the novelty of the
thing having worn off.
The incident cf the dev waa tin finding
of a negro woman in one of the swamped
bonses m the bottoms. Mr. George Price,
while standing t the foot of Fourth street
looking across the river, saw the woman
appear in the door, which was six inches
anbmerged, and dip up some of tbe wat r.
He called attention to tho faot and then
went across the river for the purpose of
rescuing her. He spoke to several of the
fishermen who lived in the anbmerged
bonses, bat they booted st tbe ides of soy
one being in the bousee, as they had
made a careful search and gath
ered everybody out. Mr. Price
did not doubt bis own eyes, and
securing a bateau and prevailing on Ban
Spikes, a fisherman, to aooomtmny him,
rowed out upon the water. When they
found tbe house the woman waa inside.
She proved to be Isabella, the wife of
Daniel Arnold, the oooper, and she bad re
mained iu the honse four days and nights
without a mouthful of food. 8he Bays she
tried to get help, but her cries wore not
heard, probably from the roaring ot the
water, and she was compelled to remain in
the house. There had beon over three feet
of water iu the house, and what little sleep
she got was on her hushand’a work benob,
which was also oovered by the water. Iu
order to sleep or rest she sat upon this
bench with her legs and a portion
of her body in the water. The water had
gone down yesterday, leaving it about the
depth of six inches on her floor. The feet
aud leg] weie wrinkled almost out cf shape
by having remained in the water ao long.
She was taken out and carried to laud.
Mr. Price gave her a dollar, which was
added to by several geutltiuon, and she was
sent np town to get something to eat. She
h said io be a little deft,'but why her hus
band did not make au attempt to save her
is not understood.
The water in the park went down con
siderably Sunday night and yesterday
motuing; A ride lo the mite track where
the water had left it revealed some ugly
plaoes, especiilly one hole opposite ice
music stand deep enough to hide a man in.
It was also seen that the fifteen acres of
prize corn belonging to Parkkeepor Fennel
and which was thought to have been totally
destroyed, bad not b;en badly damaged.
The short intervals of Bun had begun to
raise the stalks, and Mr G. A. Cabaniss,
who went out in his buggy to see it, thinks
that the most of it will be saved.
In the roadways near the mein entrance
to the perk, some large holes have been
wsaheo out. There were many narrow
eaospes from droweiug by reason of these
holes yesterday. Ia the' afternoon three
young ladies went down to tbe park in a
carriage. Tbe driver was evidently drunk,
and iu spite of the protestations of the
ltdiet plunged into Ibe water without ask
ing the safe way. When out a short dis
tance, ope of the forow heels of tho carriage
sank iuto a hole and the water soon filled
Ihe bottom v of tbe earritge. The horses
began plunging, and tha situation became
serious. Fortuuately there waa a wagon
and mole at the gate and tbi* went to their
reseat. The young ladies otambered ini md
Wera thus saved perhaps from drowning as
the current waa very strong.
The day was a duplicate ot Sunday, a
little son and a little rsin, with no signs of
ilesring np. It ia difficult to say whether
the freshet is over or not.
At midnight the river had gone down
■event feet, and waa falling rapidly. It ia
thought that by this morning the river will
be within IU banka Tbe aky, however,
gave out no indications of clearing up.
NOT XT OE TBE 1»T.
It i* ei'.imated that Mr. W. U. Manx-
flfId■ lots to levee aud oibp will amount to
over five thousand dollars.
On Rnndsy afternoon Lieutenant Wylie
and offljtr Wignon wrote their names on a
slip ot paper and put them ia ho ties,
which they threw in the water.
Tb» rainfall f y the ptat w.-ck,
Mr. B wrduiau, b-ginnir-g lest Monday,
w*s 3 J5 freber. 'J t » heaviest ftll wsa o'u
Wulnced y, *■»'.;g l 42 tielet,
Th« guard ropes were removed from the
bridge yesterday morning suit tr-vel was
nuiiiteirnpied, though tin- p-.lici endow,
ore** to keep the people away from the
bre- k over ibe centr.l nler
It w»* reported yesterday afternoon Ur a
thai tbo body ot a rn.n »- fl .uliog at.-ut
in Ibe WMer near S.raitooV brick)aid. Par-
ft* S who saw* tfcs b»»!*y -- nM ^ni mt —
enmrgtt io It to see whether it was that tf a
whita or blaik men.
Y’mlerday wternoon Mr. Tom Trey and
Cutit-ein L\m<n C.uk steetued no the
at. .itu jacne “Alary," hut did net ventura i
far ou Ihe water. The eonth eiJe of ihe I
briJge was iiied with peopls watching the
movements cf the little b at
Tnere waa no further damage to Ihe Coy.
lngtou and *1 ic -u bndg* ..iber than mat
repotted in yesterday's Teleosapii. The
tfftio fttin cMRif ujHfiiui kb# 4 lia**
eengers disembarked me Msea.-.((hie. From
Boggy branch to Monttcello the road
ia in good condition.
A negro paddling around neir Torrence's
brick yard came across what he thought
was s log slicking out of the water. Far
ther investigation proved that it wa* an
alligator, and tha way that negro paddled
hi* oano* out Of reaoh would have done
oredit to Hsulau or Gaudauer.
The water was within fifty feet of the
pumping Well st tbe waterwoiks cn Ban.
day. It ran into one of the xpnoga, but aa
aeon aa discovered ibe mpplv from that
sjstem of springs w,« cut off. This so-
eonn. a for the discoloration of tbe wstar on
Sunday, noted in yesterday's TnxoBAFH.
Mr. W. V. Napier did not lose bis eatllei
y.Z** ?! firar thought They hudcl d to-
where an immense
quantity of hay had been piled, and man-
SSSSft Juts*- “ a “
Absolutely Pure,
This powder never rarie,. A marvel ..
itrenfthsnd wnolesomeaeiaa. More e-m™!
then the crdlusry kinds, snd eaanot'bTSS?
oompiuBon with the anlhtade of low ter .s.5
weight stum or phosphate powder,, sol? raw u
ya*. Boxen H**rv» hnwnao no., toe win
FEMALE
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A SPECIFIC FOR
P nliifnl Cfurprcssed w-—-——
rot use ideality and JL rf eSUl*r
MONTHLY * SICKNESS.
It taken daring the CftANOg OF LIFE mu
?nro^ m « 1 w. 8 “ d ,or boot ' ••
ttrunnrr.n Kmctlator Co.. Atlanta. Ga
apr37w«dfrtann wmay4 ly
MIX ix EVERETT’S
Prize List.
No. Gets .$000,
The following Numbers get $6 each
number; fractions proportionately:
whole
73
154
261
313
460
521
694
783
829
936
1003
1112
1257
1321
1130
1550
1601
1772
3198
5116
1833
3683
5213
197$
3754
5311
2027
3342
5486
2148
3980
2329
4044
5690
2311
4148
6732
2137
4297
6849
2537
4301
£967
2681
4462
2775
4520
6121
2833
4567
6347
2912
•4697
0355
31124
4756
6189
31112
4829
6528
3278
4936
6609
3364
5(42
0720
6878
8633
6821
8037
7028
8793
V156
88.16
7276
am
7885
9012
7411
8190
7586
9210
7624
1*335-
7720
9436
7811
9512
7926
M38
8029
9615
8130
9*77
8240
9»n
8329
984$
3486
Bring iu
mouoy.
your Tickets, aud get year
MIX & EVERET
3 COTTON AVENUE. MACON. GA
Hnccs—ots to MU h KlUrLAND. Eltsbll.htd
$25,000.00
IN GOLD!
WILL BE PAID FOB
ARBDCKLES’ COFFEE WRAPPERS.
1 Premium, •
2 Premiums,
6 Premiums,
25 Premiums,
100 Premiums,
200 Premiums,
1,000 Premiums,
$1,000.00
S500.00 eac
$250.00 "
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• $50.00 "
$20.00 "
$10.00
For full particulars and direction* see Clrr
mr la every pound of Amaccanxi’ Com*.
marlSwly
MONEY LOANED
On Farma and Town Property.
In Bibb and Adjoining Counties.
ELLIOTT ESTES,
jeI41y 105 Second St, Mseon, Ga.
FIRE! FIRE!
For isle by Ocmnlgee Na 2, two or three
Hose Reels, Including none Reel, at a bar
gain. Address JNO. M. DALY. Foremen.
may24wtf. or F. A. 8CHONEMAN, See.
W ANTED—DY A MIDDLE AOED MAS, WITH
some Siperluoa In teaching, a school w a
healthy natgnborbood. Us I* s graduate of Ogte-
thrupa University sad ot tho University of Viralm*.
end te s prcfleisDt llnnulat sad auth.msuctss.
Hte wilt could teach younger children In ins
ni-nta. and will give music lotions Address B-
Ihla offles. snslwretit- .
A PRIZE.
[\ good* which will help *11, of *ltt*r ••*■ JJ
x -*• mor* money right *w*y than an j thing ■
tbi* world, fortune*.»trait th* worker* *b#oicW|
•nr*. Torts* willed fr**. Tick ft Co., Auguit*.
noriwly.
G eorgia, crawfobd coTSTT.-wheK»
John B. Cl ix ton h*vl*g *nnll*d to
d*r*lgood for permnneat Irt^r- «f *dm»nirtr*lwo
on th* #*Ut* of K. M Ourr, l*t* of *»ld cooajfs
d*c**»*l. I will pta* upon **td *rp lc*«ion cm tt*
first Monday la *u*u«t next. Ill p*r*on* **
Mt art hereby notified to *how c*o«* h*for*
wb« fetter* aho ld not b* fronted. _ t>l! ,
«ilt*B under my hand and official slgnetur*
iHih inn*. xmb7. _
JntS*4L OEO. L. SAWYER OfdiMTK
Notice, Leave to Sell Lend.
r’BOEOIA, JONES COVytT.-r.hr •*•‘*,^2
d*i*b 1 Will *p^iy to th* Court of OfdiBWT ot JJ*
enuotr for«n order to wll *11 th* Und beloB|W
th* c*Uto of Ifihew KlbrUftr* decM*>d.
C. If. DREW. Admial'tretflf:
July 2*(b. IMf. w -4
Tauner ie Delmey Enpice Co.,
Klci!.;or;i> vikuima.
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ora. g.w-MIll. sa.l AI.rtiln.ry.
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rm Itosd UcomultTfS .
aa-c.,rre,pvndtnos solicited. Bend for Cate (-
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