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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1889;
WILL THE HOAD EE SOLD?
6TRONG EFFORT BEING MADE TO
SELL THE STATE ROAD.
The Inman Coiul.hiatlnu Anxious
lo Bar—The L. A K. Would LIk#
lo Lti>e-Deb«tt In the lloiue
on the Leake Hill,
Atlanta, Aug. 19. — [Special.]—A
number of prominent railroad men on a
State road train to day had an earnest
discussion over tho Western and Atlantic
railroad and its probable disposition by
tho legislature.
WORKING TO SELL THE ROAD.
It was asserted that a very strong ef
fort is being made and will be made to
have the road offered for sale in which
event the strongest bidder would un
doubtedly be the Inman combination.
6TRONGEST LEASE BIDDERS.
If the road is offered for lease the
Strongest bidders would be the Louisville
nnd Nashville, and the yueen and Cres
cent, os both systems want it Tho Cen
tral would also doubtless bid for tbc
lease.
IN THE HOUSE.
Debale on the Lease Bill Conllnued-
Actlon on.TIr. Arnbflm’a Death.
Atlanta, Aug. 19.—[Special.]—The
House met at 9 a. m.
Mr. Glenn of Whitfield offered a reso
lution that because of the death of a
distingished member, the Hon. Louis
Amheiin, the House appoint a commit
tee to confer with the relatives of the
deceased as lo tho ceremonies of inter
ment nnd to draft a suitable memorial
to be presented to the House next Sat
urday nt 10 a. m.; that the House ad-
^ urn at 12 in. to-day to enable inem-
ts to attend tho funeral, and that the
flag on the capitol bo lowered to half
mast. Adopted.
Mr. Haris of filbert offered a resolu
tion that d-:bato in committee of the
whole on the Western nnd Atlantic
lenicbill and amendments bo closed at
• 11 u. m. to-morrow.
Mr. Davis spoke in favor of his resolu
tion.
Hr. Smith of Gwinnett opposed it.
He was opposed to anything liko gag-
law.
On motion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth tho
rctohtiou whs tabled.
Mr. Hudson of Meriwether again of-
fared his Monday morning resolution,
asking tho tax-payers to demand of their
rvpriMmt&tives why they do not pass the
Snelson rose lotion, providing that the
pay of the members shall be only for tho
time they actually servo.
lie nude a speech in it* support—
which cleared tho l!ou:>e of all members
except a small aud long-suffering minor
ity.
Numerous humorous attempts wero
made to silence him; but lie hml his say.
Tho resolution wan tabled, as usual
The Mate Road Leer* CHI.
Tho House then, on motion of Mr.
Itinkin of Gordon, went into committee
of the whole to U»« WWrn and
Atlantic learo bid.
Tho ninth and tenth sections wero
adopted, without amendment, os fol
lows :
Sec. 9. Bo it further enacted, Any con
tract of leaao entered into under this act
bhsll be drawn nnd prepared by tho at
torncy-eonural of this state, signed in tin
plicate by the parties leasing said road
and tho' governor of the state. Aud
within sixty days after the aevocianro
of the bid the successful bidder shall ex
ecute the contract renuired amt mko
the deposit of bonds with ths treasurer,
to which bonds lie shall have arc chi for
tho purpose of drawing tho intercut
thereon.
Bee. 10. Bo it further enacted, The
1 Kinds deposited under the requirement*
of the 4th section shell ho regarded
merely ns collateral secui ity for tho faith
ful performance by tho lessee of tho terms
of the loose contract, and shall not bo
held os exhaustive of other rights of tho
sUto as lessor. And after raid bonds
Lav© been n/plied. in whole
or part as damage penalty or
forfeiture for any net done, or omitted to
be done, or any violation of tho terms of
the lcaso as herein provided, tho original
party to the lease, whether corjxiration,
person or persons, as well os the com-
pany chartered hereby as Western and
Atlantic Railroad Company shall bo
llaldo further to tho state of Georgia for
any damage caused tho state by anv
breach or forfeiture under said contract
or this act.
BBCTIOM ELEVEN AND THE GLENN AMEND
MENT.
Section 11 was adopted with tho Glenn
amendment at follows:
“Sec. 11. Bo it further enacted. That
aaid lessee or leasees shall lie required to
iwy all taxes and assesnueuts u|>on the
property of this state in the state of
Tennessee; and in Georgia upon all prop-
erty owned or controlled by them not
received from the state, and such further
taxes upon their income as is now mid
by tho Central ltailrond and Banking
Company, and shall not sub-let said
road, or any part thereof to any other
company, corporation or party.”
Mr. lland of Mitchell offered an
amendment to the Glenn amendment so
as to add to section eleven:
“Nor shall any shares in said lease bo
sold or transferred so as to defeat or
levcn competition or cncourago iuonoj>-
ciy.”
Mr. Felton of Bartow opposed the
amendment. It was directly in favor of
tho Louisviile and Nashville syndicate.
It tacked to tho lease act the worst fea
tures of tho Olivo bill. He was not
afraid of the cry of monopoly.
Mr. Glenn of Whitfieldsaidth© amend-
meat bad nothing to do with the lease
until it lmd been made. It would then
prevent the lessees from turning over
the road to a monopoly. The gcntlo-
inan from Bartow, Hr. Felton, had in
the committee room delivered a eulogium
outlie Louisville and Nadiville syndi
cate, and said he was willing to lease
the State read.
DENOUNCING THE L. * N.
* 4 Ye»," said Mr. Glenn, “for a dollar a
month the gentleman would now turn
oyer this road to the Louisville and Nash-
villo syndicate, which he denounces ns tho
moat grasping in ttie United States.”
He said that tho Richmond Tcrminnl
monopoly had already taken ix*sraioti
of the southwestern portion of the
state. He compared monopoly to “the
murderer, that parasite of tho South
American forests which entwines itself
tighter and tighter about the giants of
the woods until they slowly wither in its
coils.
It was an eloquent appeal to tho legis
lature to protect the peoide from the do-
► -US at monopolies, and was loudly and
li. . rally applauded.
31 r. Rankin of Gordon opposed tho
amendment. He did not care, he re-
I > at« d, if the Hast Tennessee, Virginia
ana Georgia did get tho Western and
A« anti< . The amendment would re-
Mi*«-t s»,:ip-..<>M«* from selling tL«-ir
>;.* L Iliii "« «il 1 he an injustica to
31r. Cid\in opined u. uu.udwgat.
lie said there it a slogan against monop
olies and ttudA Had also opposed to
them, but he thought that shareholders
should retain th»*ir rights to sell to whom
soever they chow*.
Mr. Humphreys, of Brooks, said ho
was an Olive bill man, but ho was op-
)ioeed to placing this restriction upou
shareholders.
On motion, the committee of tho whole
rose. . „ „
3Ir. Simmons, of Sumter, offered n ro-
port from tho committee appointed to
confer with the family of tho deceased
memlier, Mr. Louis Amheim. Tho pall
bearers aro Mes-'ra Clay, Berner, Harrell
of Webster, Huff, West, Hall and Sim
mons. , __
Tho members of tho Houso were in
vited by the family.
BILLS ON FIRST BEADING.
3fr. lewis, of Walker, introduced a
bill to prevent the bale of spirituous liq
uors in Wilkes county, except for me
dicinal or sacramental purposes.
Mr. Reid, of l*utnam, introduced a
resolution, that tho Lax-payers of Bleri-
wether to requested to ask Mr. SneUon
to explain why lie was absent on last Fri
day, while a motion to adjourn till Blon-
da V was being discussed. Adopted.
By Mr. 3latthews of Houston—To
amend section 4579 of Code.
By Mr. O'Neill of Fulton—To rcouiro
the clerks of the courts in counties Iiav-
ing a city of 10.000 inhabitants, or in
w hich two or more judges of tho supe
rior court may preside in hank to keep
two books of minutes.
By Mr. Howell of Fulton—A resolu
tion that tho governor to authorized to
draw his warrant on tho treasurer for
$5,019.09 in favor of Atlanta in full pay
ment for the state’s pro rata share of the
cost of permanent improvement of
streets abutting property owned by tho
state,
BILLS ON THIRD HEADING,
A hill by Mr. Gamble of Jefferson to
abolish the county court of Jefferson was
passed.
A Senate bill to incorporate tho town
of Lovett, in I .aureus county, Basso cl.
Adjournal,
nittf* LA no It HILL*
He Wants a Stale Hoard of Arbitra
tion to Nellie Labor Dispute*,
Atlanta, Aug. 19.—[Special.]—An
interesting bill was offered in tho Senate
this morning by Mr. Rice of tho thirty-
fifth.
It contemplates the creation of a state
board of mediation <>r arbitration to tako
cognizance of such controversies iui arise
lot ween employers and employes when
the same do not involve suits at law.
The board is to consist of three mem-
liers. two appointed by tho governor and
tho other by agreement between these
two. Onoof tho governor’s appointees
must bo an employer, tho other a mem*
Iter of mine lalwr organization. Tho
governor is al/o authorized to appoint
tho third monitor of tho board in case
tho two monitorsappointed by him fail,
within a reasonable tirno, to agree upon
a third. Tho bid was referred.
Senator Hall introduced a bill to
amend suit-sect ion six of §2(17 of tho
Code touching tho immediate recording
of declarations, picas, hills in answer in
equity cases, etc.
A bill by Senator Sharpo to incorporate
tho lari oil ton Direct Railroad was read.
A bill |ta&vd to iwtablish a county
court for hereven county.
Mr. Howell's bill diminishing tho
number of University trustees and pro
viding for their appointment by tho
governor pamed.
At 12:80 o'clock tho following resolu
tion by Senator Strother was carried:
“Resolved, that tin* Senate do now ml-
journ out of reupret to tho memory of
lion. Louis Arnhcitn, of the county of
Dougherty, now'deceased. ,
rot7MTYn.iiLno.tD tax hill.
Nlajor Ilaron Holds tlinl the Counties
Would on None ofilio Tax.
Atlanta, Aug. 20. —[Special]— 1 Tho
Senate committee on railroads had under
consideration this afternoon tho Houso
bill providing for a county tax on rail
road property. Tho argument was made
by Major A. O. Ilaron of Macon, ns
counsel for tho East Tennessee, Virginia
nnd Georgia. His argument was in op-
imsition to tho bill, nnd ho mado somo
strong points against it.
MAJOR llACON’K ARGUMENT.
One of thoso was that the railroad
commission in fixing tho rates had esti
mated on a basis of what w*ould bo a
reasonable profit to allow tho railroads
on their invedment. If now tho coun
ties ore permitted to levy a tax on tlieso
properties, it would place additional bur
dens unon tho railroads. If tho rates
now allowed nre right, when
tho county tax Is laid, tho
rates would lie wrong If the commission
is just to tho railroads and thoy would
have to increase tho rates, which would,
of course, fall as a tax on tho pcoplo all
over the state.
THE COUNTIES WOULDl*T GET TOE TAX.
In addition, Maj. Bacon declared that
nono of tho counties on the lino of tho
Central railroad or on tho lino of tho
Georgia, or Southwestern, or Muscogee,
or tho Augusta and Savannah would got
a dollar or tho tax. These roods are ex
empt from tax, notwithstanding tho
opinion recently advanced that charters
do not prohibit a county tax, and he
could establish the proposition by tho
highost legal authority.
TO SUPERSEDE THE BRADY DILL.
The Hanford fertilizer bill, which
passed the Kenate Unlay with little op-
position, is meeting with considerable
favor. It is thought to be less objec
tionable, more conservative and more
reasonable than tho Bnuly Mil. and is
likely to supersede that celebrated meas
ure. A high agricultural authority said
to the Telegraph this afternoon that it
is the beat bill yet presented on the sub
ject—a better bill tnan 3Ir. Brady’s, and
lie strongly indorsed it,
1VHO IS THIS MANI
A Fellow M) I lira Himself Prof, K.
II. Self Creating Comment In At
lanta.
Atlanta, Ang.21.-f Special }-'A stranger
giving the name of E. II. Self has been
at tlie Metropolitan Hotel for so viral
days, and his conduct is a trifle mysteri*
uus. lie iuin kepi w# iiia room, complain
ing of a pistol wound in his right leg. Ho
claimed to he from Owensboro, Kv., and
is flush of money.
Chi ;l Connolly paid the man a visit
to-day and interviewed him at somo
1 *ngth. Self's answers were so conflict
ing that the chief decided upon a more
thorough investigation.
He found upon examination that there
mis no pistol wound in tho Mg, but tliat
the limb was badly bruised. Self had
about $750 in cash and claims to liavo
largo credit with the banks.
In a valise he tins a nund or of pam
phlets entitled “A Synopsis of the Honi-
Angula System of IV-nmanthip” taught
by Professor E. IL Self, the champion
penman of the South. Tho pamphlets
were printed in Sand* r.svilie, Ga.
; i. in- ,! ; ... ... .
action in the premia ?, and ftnfa
toil LstiflamysUiv
THE HOAD )in BE SOLD.
HARRELL OF WEBSTER OFFERS AN
AMENDMENT WHICH MEANS SALE.
Amendment Provldrs Tlmt When
tin* Governor Advertises Hie Hoad
for. Lease He Mintl Also t all for
Bids for lln Purchase,
Atlanta, Aug. 20.—[Special]-The
next lively nnd protracted debate in tho
linns*, on tin* Western and Atlantic rail-
ri»ad will occur on the j reposition to sell
tho road, and it may bo exported to
morrow.
B .'fora tho committ -o of the whole,
which was considering the lease hill, rose
this tnaniug, Mr. Harrell of Webster
offered tin amendment to tho 13th sec
tion, vbl h contemplates the addition of
his *ulrs h:il to tho leas© bill nnd extends
the latter from thirteen to twenty-five
section*.
PROVISIONS or THE SALE AMENDMENT.
Tho amendment provides, that when
tho governor advertises for bids for the
loose, he shall also in the same adver
tisement call for bids for tho purchase
of the road, and in the event tho state
shall receive no acceptable bid for the
lease, which will not amount to $402,000
annually, then the commission shall ac
cept the bid for tho falo which is to the
M*t iuteroit of tho state if there slinll be
such bid.
the payment shall be cash.
The amendment further provides that
in the event a bid for tho sale shall be
accepted the payments shall !>o made in
cash or in valid and recognized bonds of
the state at such times and in such sums
as will meet tho public debt of Georgia
as it matures. The dates and amounts
of tho maturing debt are fully set forth
in tho amendment.
to print Harrell's amendment.
Mr. Harrell asked unanimous bonsent
that 800 copies of tho amendment he
printed for the use of tho House, Lut
there was objection. The amendment,
however» went to tho public printer this
afternoon, and printed copies will bo
found on tho desk* of meml>crs to-mor
row morning when tho debate isre-
sumeJ.
HOW MANY MEMBERS FAVOR BALE?
The discussion which tho amendment
will precipitate promises to bo the most
interesting and important of tho whole
debate. How many member* of tho
Houma nr© in sympathy with the propo
sitions embodied in the amendment it is
impossible to say, but 1 understand it
will command a strong tup|>ort, which
will includo some very prominent and
influential monitor*. It is reported that
among these Mr. Lamar of Richmond,
certainly one of the very ablest monitors
of the lfouso, will make a grout speech
in favor of tho sale of the mid.
TO PREVENT TRANSFER OF MI ARE*.
During tho discussion this morning on
tho amendment proposed to thb 11th
section of tho leo.se bill, to prevent tho
salo or transfer of any biinro or intercat
iu the huso that would lessen or defeat
competition or cncourago monopoly,
3Ir. Gordon, in tho course of somo re
marks against tho amendment, asterta 1
that tho result of such restrictions would
bo to prevent cither the lease or sale of
tho rot d. 11c dcclni o.l there wero gen-
tlcmcn in tho ttato who desired tliat
very thing.
TO USB THE ROAD Afl A POLITICAL MACHINE.
He did not know that any member of
tho House felt that way, but ho did know
there were men in Georgia who wanted
to too the road loft on tho ImiuD of the
state, when it could bo opcrated as u
political machine in tiro interest of tho
politician r.
Arts Approved.
The governor to-day signed the follow
ing hills:
To incorporato tho town of 4 Bruton
in Iziurens county.
To amend an act approved Oct. 2.
18*0 (ho far an it relates to 'Wayne
county), to lix tho nniount of tho liquor
lifeline so as to include Jamaica ginger
and intoxicating bitters.
To amend an act creating a toard of
county commissioners for Meriwether
county.
To authorixo the mayor and nldermen
of tho city of Savannah to grant to the
Savannah Volunteer Guards eight feet
on 1’resident street, needed for the erec
tion of an arsenal.
A bill for tho protection of gamo in
Burko county.
in Tin: holm:.
The Debate on tho Mate SSoad Lease
Hill L'oiIllnilPtl.
Atlanta, Aug, 20.—[Special]—Tho
House went iuto a committee of the
whole to-day to discuss tho Stato road
lease 1411, Mr. Fleming of Richmond
presiding.
Mr. Blatthows spoke on tho amend-
mend to section 11, which was the sec
tion under discussion. He thought tho
provisions of tho constitnti. in in refer
ence to competition should be enforced,
Mr. Matthews said the Hand amendment
provided tliat after the lease shates should
not to sold if such selling defeated com
petition. It was not by sub-letting but by
the salo of sliares that the road was liable
to get into the hands of competitor*. The
road should net bo allowed to get into
the control of line* to tho West so that
comix‘tition would be defeated. The state
would lie lottled un if tho Richmond
Terminal or any other rival company
should get control of the State road, and
the people of the state would suffer great
loss on that account. Mr. Matthews
real from the Evening Journal facts and
figures showing the effect of tho defeat
of competition. .Mr, Matthews said he
•lid not believe there w ore ten men on
the floor of tliq House who did not favor
the general jtolicy of tho state constitu
tion,
M. RS than THE ROAD'S VALVE INVOLVED.
Mr. Atkinson spoke. lie said tho ques
tion at issue invohed more than even
the value of tho read. To let competi
tion to defeated would he to |Hit tho peo-
11) at tlie mercy of the roads. It was
tlu» iMilicv of tto framers of tho
tion thnt the (eople, who pay for compe
tition, should receive the benefits of com
petition. He showed by figures how tlie
peo|!le would lose in freights if competi
tion were defeated. Ho called attention
to tho tod state of affairs that would
exist if tin reads from the West ai d
from tlie j*orts were under one system.
The harm** of the national commission
sits lightly on the combinations. Khali
wo protect ourselves, or rely on tho
mercy of those men? Tlie state's loss
would lie millions. The gentleman from
Bartow (Mr. Felton) will find it difficult
to unlearn us what he Iras already taught
i s. I remember, on this very quit*ion,
I have heard him say: “Let us keep
this rood ns a key which shall control
and regulate freights to the West,” and
now it is said, let's throw aw ay this koy
that we have to protect ourselves with,
and turn read, stale and all over into
the bands oC cue grand sytem of r**J-
roads that cat oppress us until their own
will says, “wo have done'.”
THERE SHOULD BK • OMPETITION.
lie said it was all right to conuoildnto
from Savannah to Kan-ai City cr from
Itiunswick to Boston, but they should to
comjxditivp.
He also showed the policy of tho com
bine in reft-ronco to the building of new
roads, us outlined in Mr. Inman’s inter
view,
3Ir. Atkinron spoke of tho way the
people of his hofrio had put their money
into roads to secure competition and
how the Central had defeated them. He
referred to tho way in which the Central
had nllowed one road to run down until
a bridge across the Cliattnhoocheo fell of
its own weight.
Ho showed how, without tho proposed
amend nun?, tho combinations ould
lease tlie road through individuals, buy
ing them out after the lease h;ul been
made.
Mr. Davis opposed the amendment,
saying that if thq lease bill were weighted
down with such amendments no sensi
ble man would lease the road, and that
tho lease question would come up nt
every session of the general assembly
until the expiration of t’e lease. He
favored leasing tlie road to the men who
would pay the most.
MONOPOLY SUCCEEDS ROBBER BARON*.
Mr. Glenn said the wholo question was
whether or not tho lessees should to
allowed to fuse and consolidate with
other competing 1 lies to the West.
| The u^e of the robtor to ran has passed,
hut tho day of monopoly is lure.
Mr. Glenn said the aim n lment didnot
prevent a lessee from selling, so tlio sale
was not to a coui|M*titor of the road.
lie ahswmxl the argument thnt the
amendment was an unusual infringement
on property rights, showing that the
rights of individuals in other cases were
m ulo secondary to the public goed.
Ho made a strong argument on tho br.d
policy of alii wing competition from the
West to'be defeated, ni.d said the state
should not throw away tho power site
has to protect lierself.
Mr. Gamble of Jefferson followed Mr.
Glenn, He said it was already the Jaw
that a lessee could not sublet without
tho consent of thcowner. Therefore the
amendment was unnecessary.
He urged thnt a man owning a share
in tlie b ase should not bo prohibited
from selling.
Hu said the bill would be tinkered
with until nobody* would lease tho road.
TUB ROAD AS A POIItlCAL MACHINE.
Mr, Gordon spoko on the Lill and
amendments. IIo said he hod heard,
and he did not doubt its truth,that there
were parties who would bo glad to see
the road run by tho stato as a political
machine by whoever was fortunate-
enough to get control
•H" referred to tho new lines now in
progress, nnd raid that if tho State road
were gotten |kx-session of by a competi
tor other competing roads would come
in. and somo would be in within two
years.
Dir. Gordon said tho danger was in
crippling the road. He aLo said tho
people had au exaggerated idea of tho
value of the road.
Ho snidthat had it not been for the hno
nnd cry storto 1 against tho railroads ten
year- ago, tlie read would now be MSvre
largely own.nl by Georgia people.
Mr. Gordon said lie wr* in favor of
making the best bargain jK>.-sibh\
Mr. liart opjiomhI the amendment of
Mr. Hand and the suhdituto of 31 r.
Rankin. If tho amendments were put
on, tho leas* would fail, and tho sate
would bocompcll'-d to operato the rtud,
which woul 1 lie disas!r m.
3Ir. Rankin withdrew his substitute,
seeing that it created confusion.
Ihc qiH-htto was then on .Mr. Hand’s
amendment.
The amendment was lost by a veto of
TO to 81.
The result was greeted with applause.
Kectiou 11 w as then adopted.
tor tion 13 was adopted without dis
cussion,
DHU1E ON SECTION THIRTEEN.
3Ir. Vcnablo’* amendment, the nddl.
tion of section thirtetn, was takon up.
It was thnt nothing in the bill should be
comtrued as a modification or alroga-
lion of section two, ]mrugraph four, ar
ticle four, of the constitution of thes’ate.
Air. Candler offered a substitute for
Mr. Venable’s wMton, providing tliat
tin* road should not to leased to a com
petitor. This was accepted by 3!r. Ven
able.
3Ir. Candler slated that ho had no Idea
that the amendment would to agreed to,
but he intended to offer it at every i tvge
oi t to proceedings until an aye and uity
vote was reached.
He did not agree with Mr. Felton that
a dollar n month difference was induce
ment enough to h ato tho road to u com
petitor. 'Jo prevent such a calamity he
was himself willing to (my tho dollar a
month and avoid the monojioly.
The amendment W’us voted down by a
veto of 75 to 38.
DOES THE HOUSE FAVOR MONOFOLY?
An amendment by Mr. Glenn favoring
Georgia bidders anil anti-monopoly was
defeated by 87 to 23.
Another amendment by Mr. Glenn
providing that a competing line should
not ka»e the rood was lost.
31 r. Tatum of Dade offered an amend
ment that tho shop* should not to re
moved beyond the limits of tho state.
Lost by 67 to 28.
3!r. O’Neill’* amendment to section
8 was taken up, and Mr. O'Neill N|Oie.
31r. Harrell of Webster offered an
amendment providing that when the
K vemor advertised for bid* for the
is© of the road, he should advertise
for bids for the sale, which was read for
the information of the members.
At tills point tlie committee arose, re
ported progress, nnd when it sits agaiu
Mr. O’Neill will have the floor.
to far every amendment providing
against the rood falling into the hand*
of a competitor has been defeated.
Tlie Honor IConttne.
In the House to-day the following new
bills were introduced:
By 3Ir. Postell—To incorporate the
3Ictchanta' and Traders' Bank of Bruns
wick.
By 3Ir. Harris of Floyd—To allow state
depositories to give guarantee comjianie*
as bondsmen or to deposit 050,000 of
Liiub U. lUatterccf.
By 3lr. Venable—Retiealing the act for
tlu* i x animation of stationary engineers
in Fuitou county.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Incorporating the Thonratville Subur
ban Street Railroad. Para * J cs amended.
To t>rovide for the paynu nt of inroi-
vent cost* in Columbia conftty. Passed.
To incorporate the Bank of Blakely.
Passed,
To amend the law in reference to the
!>ay of county commissioners of Clay
cojnty. I'as-cd.
To tnrorpoiAtc the Augusta and West
ern Railroad Comp my. Passed.
To amend tho read laws of tlie htnto so
faros they relate to Chattooga county.
Faroe!
To confirm the tran>for by tin* city of
Savannah of eight fret of ground to An
drew Hanley, ^used.
I AdjouxuvU,
irs FAREWELL TO SALE.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATORS AGAINST
SELLING THE STATE ROAD.
Tlie Hnrrrll Amendment snowed Un
der hjr n l.ur^e NIoJurl'.F—Only
About Tlilrtf .Member, Uavorcd
It—Dr. Pcltoii’*f;rcat Speech.
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—[Special.]—The
veto taken to-day on the llarrell amend
ment to the lease bill is conclusive tliat
the House is not disposed, at tills time,
to consider any proposition looking to
the salo of the Stato rood. Tlie spctch of
Dr. Felton against the amendment was
one of his ablest efforts and was eloquent
enough to be effective. The amendment
could only rally to its support thirty-one
vote*, and while this shows a decided in
crease in strength of tliat view' in regard
to the disposition of tho road, the idea of
sale may to considered settled and the
road will be leased.
THE COUNTY OF DOOLY,
Tlie legislature has passed a bill trans
ferring the county of Dooly from the
Oconee judicial circuit to the Southwest
ern circuit, with tho rather novel pro
vision that tho solicitor-general of tlie
Oconee circuit shall retain its criminal
business and exercise all tho duties of
the solicitor-general therein until tlie
term of the present incumbent, Hon.
Tom Kototi, expires. The bill reached
tlie executive o.Hce to-day, nnd it is
likely to rest there for some time. Aside
from tho legal objections to the bill, tlie
measure is hardly fair to Hon. Clmrles
U. Hudson, tho popular solicitor-general
of the Soutliw'estern circuit. It is safe to
predict that the bill w ill not become a
ACTS A Pinto VHP.
The Governor Hu, Signed llio Fol
lowing Additional 11111*.
To change tho timo of holding the
suiN’rior court of Emanuel county.
To incor|>orate tho Perry loan and sav
ings bank.
To incorporato the Augusta and West
Florida railroad.
To prohibit tho putting of fish traps or
other obstructions in tho Patalua creek
and its tributaries in the counties of
lkindoli)h, Quitman nnd Clay.
To abolish the office of county com
missioner of Forsyth county.
A resolution fixing tlie compensation
of tlie chaplain of tho House and tonato
at $3 per diem.
Also to relieve tho sureties on the toil
bond of Henry Cook, Cherokee county.
IN Tin: HOUSE,
Dr. Felton Jump, on the Harrell
Amendment nnd Villi, It.
Tlie Hoi s) met at tho usual hour this
morning and went into conwiitteeot the
whole to consider the State road lease
bill.
31r. Fleming presided.
Mr. O'Neill had the floor anil spoke on
his atnem m mt to section eight, provid
ing thnt the bids should be submitted to
tho legislature.
Ho urgod tlmt the matter was so im
portant that the legislature should pews
upon it, especially so as tho road w as
open to all bidders, whether competitors
or not.
3Jr. Johnson of Floyd spoko in favor
of the ameuduiout offered by 3Ir. O’Neill.
The State road leaf contract should to
mode by the legislature. It should not
to submitted to a commission, lie pre
dicted tlrat in tw enty years the State
road would have to be doyblo-trocked to
do the business. Ho did not want to r.tc
tlie road fall into the hands of mm who
would let it run dow n. He was opposed
to the *-!** of (!•** rend.
Tlie amendment was adopted, ayos 49,
naya 4M.
31 r. FeRon moved to reconsider. The
chair held that other hmlnera would
have to be ira isnctcd before the motion
would be in order.
HR. 1IAUUKM.'* AMENDMENT.
Tlie next thing in order was the
amendment by Vr. Harrell of Webster
piov'd'ng tliat bids should bo submitted
for the purchase o* the road at the
satuo time bids for tlie lease • were sub
mitted.
31 r. Perncr raised the point of order
thnt the amendment was not germaiu to
tlie till*.
•fli.? chair held tlmt the point was not
welt taken os tho title had not been
adoptoL
Mr. Harrell spoke on his amendment.
He said the state ougiit not to own a
railroad, and said tho iotul had cost in
discusdonn— proper discussions — hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Tho umin
argument in favor of tho salo was that
the ownership of n road was not one of
tho projvr functions of a state, Tlie
state had as much business to start a
hotel or a factory in competition with
citizens, or to do a mercantile business.
Ho said tlie circuuistauccs wero n »t such
now ns to justify the stato in holding the
rood, and the constitution of ’77 prohibits
the state building any others.
FKKDKRS ARK NECE88ARY,
It is necessary In this day for a rood to
build branches to protect itself.* The
State road cannot do that and has to suf
fer in consequence. U lias no JPpwer to
protect itself against rivals. Tho time
ts near when it will l»e stranded high and
dry as a local road, nnd will be an ox-
ptnHo to the state. Tlie East Tennessee
li its competitor. It is proiioscd to ex
tend tho 3larictta and North Georgia to
Atlanta and tako away onc-sixih of the
value of the road, and one-sixth of the
income. He spoko of tho Central's Kan
sas City connections, which diverted
freights. He called attention to the
Cliattanvogs, Romo and Columbus. He
understood there was n movement on
fcot to make a shorter lino from Dalton
to Chattanooga. Tlie people near tho
line of the Stato road are deprived of
transportation facilities because the Stato
road cannot build extensions and
branches. Tho rood ought to to sc Id,
a now owner can build branches. At
present it is a dog in the manger. Tho
sab* of tho road would wipe out tho pub
lic deU—a consummation devoutly lobe
wislud. The interest saved could go to
tne acbocta.
ltow I <,000,000 COULD BE GOTTEN.
Mr, Davis of Elbert asked how 08,000,-
CO > could Lo gotten for the rood.
Iko m-e, said Mr. llarrell, the |mr-
chaser could build toanchcs and protect
the property.
31 r. llemy asked if tho mail at $30,000
a month w ould not, in twenty years, pay
$9,000,000,
Mr. Harrell said yes. and at the same
time the rental would be 0120,000 a year
and the interest account $100,000. and in
ten years the state would be out 0100.0 M)
and own a wrecked rood—wrecked by
the circumstances that environ it,
Blr. Har.eU ►aid that the bill as it htood
was neither fish, flesh nor fowl, and lie
did not tolieve it was understood.
Hu aid the fight between the people
and corporations was on, and tho jwople
demand' d protection.
, 31r, Dasuof Duke spoke in fawr of
; only
the amendment offered bv Mr. llarrell.
The sale would wipo out the state debL
Tlio state road costs more than it conics
to. He showed by figures how the stato
had lost in her various rai In ad ventures.
He also called attention to the way tho
present lease was made—035,000 was of
fered and $25,0.0 was accepted for the
rood. Georgia n-fu^s to let the Marietta
and North Georgia eome into Atlanta to
compete with the Western and Atlantic
—tho ftate becoming n monopoly.
But he predicted tho Marietta and 3«orth
Georgia would come to Atlanta.
He showed how the state road was
liable to to depredated in value, having
conijKitition growing, nnd yet being
unable to build branches, and be’
138 miles long.
DR. FELTON SPEAKS.’
Dr. Felton of Bartow s]M>ke. IIo said
tho question was worn out nnd tine id-
bare. He would not speak long. Sub
stantially the same bill had been dis
cussed by former legislatures.
The Houso was in favor oi r* leasing
the road, as shown by a vote on resolu
tion some days ago.
Ho said the effort to get the lease bill
entangled with amendments was not
tlie work of friends of the lease.
He said 3Ir. Harrell was inconsistent
in claiming nt ono timo the road wns
wortli £8,000,000, and at another that it
wns soon to become comparatively value
less.
As to the poraiblo decrease in value he
said that twenty years ago, when Bul-
lojk nnd his gang wero in control, num-
tors of men wanted to sell the road for
15,000.010. Ho was glad tho road was
not spfd. It has increased in value at
least 03,000,000.
Ho spoke at length of the growdh of
tho business tho btato road, which has
followed tho development of the state in
coal, iron, marble, etc*
GEORGIA IS NEITHER DEAD NOR DYING.
If Georgia were on her death bed nnd
making her will ho would advocato the
sale. L ut, thank God, she is not dead
nor dying. Kho has increased in taxablo
value, including railroads, 025,000,CO) in
twelve months. The atato was never so
prosperous. Mignificcnt in her posses
sions and in her prospects, nnd yet tho
gentleman from Webster, in his gloomy
imagination, presents tho picture of a
dying state.
31 r. Davis of Burke asked what guar
antee tho state had that the same mis
take would not to made now that was
made in 1870.
“What is that?” asked 3Ir. Felton.
“Leasing for 026,000 when $ 25,000 was
offered,” said Mr. Davis.
“This,” said Blr. Felton, “we have
down yonder, John B. Gordon and that
one-legged Confederate soldier, the
comptroller-general [applause], old Na
than Barnett, Bob Hardeman and Clifford
Anderson, to whom this matter is turned
over, instead of toing turned over, as in
1870, to Rufus Bullock and Ids gmg.”
[Great applause. 1
Blr. Felton sai l the Incomo from the
.State l oad at 025,(R0 a month would pay
tho stato debt in leaf than twenty years.
But ho expected it to to leased for 040,000
per month, which in twenty years would
pay the public debt and leave a million
and a half of dollars in tho treasury.
He said that with its magnificent
terminal facilities in Atlanta and Chatta
nooga no road could compete with it.
HARRELL HAS I*EL'P."’M T!»KM*N«.
Tho gentleman from Webster should
have thought of thotic toim'nnl facilities
in Ids gloomy imaginatioiM. But when
he talks about the road he seems to have
a sort of deliruin tremens. Smikcs, mon
keys and wild toa&ti aro continually
around him.
If tho road were sold in twenty years
there would to no school fund and there
v. I :i> 1 i • :111•.I!n• I* «lt lb 1 i k ■in , l tlu*
stato read to a g<>. «* that laid golden
eggs, and said that Mr. Harrell wanted
to wring the neck of the goose to get at
tfie treasure.
He said Now York owed her greatres*
to the Frio canal built by the state, and
owned to-day by th) state.
Ho was surprised at his friend putting
hinn’-elf in tr.c »'coition (!»5i *h«« aintn
should not own projwrty.
Blr. Felton said 130 members had an
nounced against the sale, and nlnty one-
hundredth* of the people were against
the sale.
Blr. Harrell, he said, dhl not expect to
pass his measure, but ho w anted t » get
“on tho record” co tlrat fifty yesTi from
now* some patriot turning the leave*
could see that 31r. Harrell, of Webster,
hud favored tlie sale. | I-aughtor. ]
He was willing to set aside a pngo for
the gentleman from Webster to liavo a
record made. Lento tho road, said Mr.
Felton, and fifty years hence ho would
not object to tho Mik | taughter.]
But 31 r. Felton said that nt the end of
the fifty years the people would have re
ceived $20,000,090, anu would still have
tlie road.
MR. It »mr.LL DUPLIES,
Mr. Harrell r< p ad, show ing that tho
interest account w as greater limn the
rental account, and that tho state was
losing money by holding tho road.
The lie rrell amendment was voted on
and lost by 87 to 31.
3!r, Felton gave notice tliat he would
move a reconsideration of the O'Neill
umenduu nt.
The committee arose, reported pi
and usked leave to sit ugnin.
UrffUlnllYe lloutlnr.
Atlanta, Aug. 3!.— [Special.]—In the
House to-day tlie following bills were in
troduced;
By 31 r. Hart—To incorporate the
Union 1’oint and Ellerton Short Line
railroad.
Also to incorporate the Woodville,
Fenticld anti Oconee Valley railroad.
By Blr. Clifton—To provido for tho ap
pointment of inspector* of weights and
measures.
By Blr. Rankin—To amend the act cre
ating a Isrard of county commissioners of
Gordon county.
BILLS ON THIRD RF. ADINO.
To provide a >tck law for tho district
of Dooly county. Parsed.
IN Tin: SHIVATB,
Tin* 11111 to Hake the Commissioner
of Azrlrultiire nn Ulecilvo or3re.
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—[Hpecial.}-When
tho Senate met this morning, Blr. Ilart-
btt introduced a bill, accompanied by a
memorial from Forest Camp, No. 3, (ion-
fedcrate Veterans, of Cliattonooga, Ten-
neMsee.
Tlie bill was to authorize the governor
to sell n certain plat of ground situated
In l , hnttsenn*ra. test n mon
ument might to erected thereon.
The memorial was to the same pur
pose.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
Tlie bill to provide for the election of
the commissioner of agriculture by tlie
people, which had U*en made the special
order for the day, was ta'ien up, together
w itli the adverse report of tho commit
tee on ogriculture, to which it had been
referred, and the minority report from
the Senate committee.
The roino.ity report insists tlrat tlie
large amount annually np|>ropriated to
the agricultural department will be more
judiciously expended If tho office be
made elective.
That Die farmers of Georgia buy great
quantities of guano and f-hmiM elect the
■ ■ ■ . In fli' Hi.
And tlrat an ottl«.*er with pitronage
amounting to |Jo/.to iu annual taluric»
should take his conn
people.
A motion to postpone consideration of
tho bill was rejected.
.Senator Harris of tho third spoko in
opposition to tho majority report. Ho
wanted the stat« heard from before the
bill was killed. Especially did the senator
thidk it should not receive its death blow
before the Farmers’ Alliance, now in
session in Macon, could act upon the
mitotion. It would act next week and
should to listened to.
Senator Boyd had tho kindest personal
feeling for the pretent incumbent of tho
office under dixcussiou, but he thought
the (icoplo should elect him. It would
be more democratic and ho could not see
how a democratic Senate could fail to
pass tho hill.
Senator Strother thought if tho Senate
should allow the oflico of commissioner
of agriculture to become elective, it
would go lac tom tho spirit of tho con
stitution of 1877.
Senator Shannon moved that tho bill
be displaced os the special order for to
day, and bo set for Tuesday instead. He
advocated tho pcstponemi ut that several
senators now absent might have the
privilege of voting on the bill, aud that
tho Farmers* Alliance might be heard
from. Carried.
A bill by Senator Strother to incorpo
rate tho town of llapeville was road nnd
referred.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READINQ.
To secure speedy jury trials in nuis
ance cases.
A substitute proposed in committee
that all mills and manufactories wnich
tend to annoy tho citizens generally or
which manifestly injure the public health
shall lie considered nuisances, was
adopted and tho hill passed.
To amend the act creating tho board of
cqunty commissioners lor Liberty.
Passed. *
To prescribe when petitions for certio
rari shall to presented for sanction.
Fenator Ballard thought this bill com
plicate! and ho ended upon {Senator
Strother, its author, for a recital of its
purposes and merits.
Senator Strother thought the senator
had ample op/ ortunity to get any infor
mation fie might require on tho subject,
but he would state that tho hill was put
forward as an attempt to simplify and
improve tho certiorari law of tno state.
He said ns the law now stood it involved
a more complicated process to take a
case from tho justice courts to the su
perior courts than from tho superior to
the supremo court. The object of this
liill was to do away with the complicated
stato of things to which ho had referred,
nnd ho felt sure tho senator would bo
delighted with anything in the world
that would avoid complication. The
bill pissed os amended.
To transfer Dooly county from tho
Oconee to the Southwestern judicial cir
cuit. PbSied.
To atnond tho act to carry into effect
the last clause of art. 7, sec. 1, par. 1 of
the constitution referring to the pro
vision to to made for tho widows of dis
abled Confederates. Passed ns amended.
Senator Strother introduced a bill to
amend £4203 of tho Code touching tho
filing of pauper affidavits.
Tho general judiciary committee re
commended that the author to allowed
to withdraw a bill to amend the charter
of tho SLito University so as to add four
more trustees to tho board and glv©their
election to the Alumni Hocioty. Tlie bill
was withdrawn by jieniiission, nnotner
in tho subject having been passed since
this was intr jduced.
Adjourned till 10 tc-morrow.
COL. ADOLFJI I«II INDT DIBS
IVlilIe In flic IIkII of i1»** ftranil l.odze
I. O. O. F. nt Home
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—[Special.]—Hon.
Adolph Brandt, a prominent mombor of
the Atlanta bar, died suddenly in Romo
this morning in tho hall of tho Grand
Lodge, I. O. O. in session in that cityi
where he was in attendance as a delo’
gate. A dispatch received hero states
tiiai ho dropped umu ni 12:15 ihts morn
ing of congestlvo ap iplexy, while speak
ing in the grand lodge.
Colonel Brandt was born in Augusta,
December 80, 1847, His father was a
German-Jew, and has lived many year*
in Augusta, where ho is highly res/iected
os a citizen.
COL. BRANDT'* CAREER.
Col. Adolph Brandt was admitted to
tho bar In 1874, and in 1884 came to the
legislature from Richmond county. IIo
was regarded os one of tho ablest mem
bers of the legislature, and took a hiuh
stand in that body. In 18*0 he remote!
with his f imily to Atlanta and associ
ated himselt with lion. Fanmol Weil
witli whom he lias since practiced hU
profession.
BRANDT'S GREAT ENFR'JY.
Hiscnergy, ability nnd character soon
ranked him among tho prominent citi
zens of Atlanta, lie was an aidant and
p o ninent Odd Fellow and Knight of
Pythias, uiul at cno time lmd the honor
of toing at tho head of both orders in
Georgia, and sufwequ >ntly, represented
both in their supremo councils. He had
many strong friends here and at his old
home, nnd his untimely death causes
general regret.
AN INQUEST TO BE HELD.
It is understood tliat an inquest would
be held in Romo to-night and tho Loiy
afterwards brought to Atlanta, Meet
ings have been called for to-morrow of
tlie different orders of which the de
ceased wn< a member. It is reported
Col. lire nil’s life was insured for about
020,000.
HOW UltANDT DIF.D.
In the MltlbC of a Speech He Fell and
l’a»b*«l Away,
Rome, Aug. 21.—(Special.I—A sudden
dejifi in tho Hall tn which the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows was in kession
this morning has caused the adjourn
ment of ti.al body. About 11 aclock
w hile in the midst of a speech, Hon.
Adolph Brandt, of Atlnnta'. hank liack in
l»is ci air and in a few minute* wns dead.
Tlie grand lodge immediately* adjourned
and did not meet again until in the
afternoon.
IIOW BRANDT DIED.
Tire description of the death scene, as
related by several gentlemen who sa/
near CoL Brandt, is as follows:
A motion was tofore tlie lodge and
Mr. Allen A. Wright had spoken in op
position to it. Home other members of
the order favored iL Col. Brandt arose
nnd began cal oily expressing his views.
He said: N
“I will endeavor to show the harm
that would come of this motion if I
can." He put his hand to hi* forehead
os if abstracted by other thoughts or ns
though a paroxysm of painthad struck
him. Ills body careened to one side
while his hand was still on his forehead,
and he said: **I don’t know.”
OVHPIXO FOR BREATH.
With this he sank back in his chair
and licgan gasping for breath. Hie gen
tlemen who sat next him ru h* d to his
assistance and gently assisted him to the
floor. Two physicians Were pre-rat bat
could d«> nothing to save hirn. Ho died
ir, al l ten minutes His death was
caused fay coogoMive appoplexy.
from the j that ho c.imo to his death from i
Bahai
Tin* hofr wu iblpred to .mUl.,
iMO to-nlfht, and fit intermix J
j.i..i*al.h take place lr „, v> *
Odd Feuowa eapnaed iniivcntal
at Ins death. They finkhtd U p t\j
Lumik'm tonight ami adjourned. * 1
GRAND LODGE TROCEEDISg^
The grand lodge did not K et tht -.t
in husineri. to-night, and io *,||
*° SSIon “train to-morrow. A delegation
°{ O' 1 . 11 Fellow, accompmltd the
ing held that afternoon the ..
ofllcers wero ele. ted: ^
i ^ Rut-cil of Athen., grand tmrN
J. A. Andenon of Atlanta, depot, R r3
tmutor^JamaaO. Berry of o/uSJ
grand warden; C. H. Dorsett of Suv£
nah, grand representative; John *
J Vuz of Macon, gram! arcretary* J u
Tv . n of Savninali. gn.nl tr.-’asuro
Savannah was chosen a, tho next SSI
of meeting bv a large majority. 1
is ir t NIiW DLALI
The Alluntn «n«l FloridaReorirsnms I
With Cecil Cabbeit *
Atlanta, Aug. tl.-JSpecialjliv,
now- board of directors of the Atlanta
and Florida railroad met tore to-dav an 1 I
elet tcii the following officers: 1
CoL R, F. Bladdox, president
Mr. Cecil Gahbett, first vico-president
and general manager,
j ^ r * k. W. Bluish, second vice-prt*. |
Mr. R. J. Lowry, treasury.
Blr. J. K. Brunner, sec re tar v. .
Tho election of these ofllcers mum
businero of some kind. Col. Maddox i
an ablo financier, and Blr. Gsbbett
general manager of tho Atlanta ar.l
W est Point railroad. As a rsilrttl
manager lie has few equals.
The road will not be sold, but the pro>
erty will to improved.
Arrangements Irave already been made
to pay at once all debts due empkms.
A committee was apnointed to ne*o*j.
ate a loan for a term of years to covtr
the entire indebtedness of the road. The I
committee is os follow s: IL P. Bladuot, I
il. C. Harris, James IL Wylie, li. R I
Howell. L. J. Hill. 3 ’
Mr. Gabbett promises in a short whi* I
to have the Atlanta and Florida one if f
tho tost roads running out of Atlanta. I
President Maddox says positively that I
his road has not been scoo|ted, and the
election of Blr. Gabtott was p irclv *c<-«- 1
dental. Blr. Gabtott has stock in tU
road.
CoL Bladdox says there has been are* I
gof fat fun footing to the roiling out t> ti.i I
Richmond Terminal crowd, but that 4 I
now off nnd they do not contemplate I
directly or indirectly, to allow them ly I
anv m«AUi to get control of the road. I
It is proper to add that the interview I
with CoL Maddox was obtained JuM ti l
this article was toing closed,
HOUND TO WHIP OLD JUTE.
The Association Adopts Rrsotraisnl
Urging tbs Farmers to Fight sill
Trusts* I
Montgomery, Aug. 21.—Tl»e Soctlwra I
Interstate Farmers’ Association c!o*i I
ts annual session hero to-dsy. The |
jects discussed to-day were: % H
Tlio “Depression of Agriculture, Itl I
Causes, and Should Farmers’ Organize I
tions be Encouraged.” , I
Gen. Wro. Miller, of Florida, led in tht I
discussion of the latter subject roll
mado a strong tariff reform speech.
AS TO COTTON COVERING.
The committeo on cotton cove:
lion. W. J. Green of North 1
rhnirtnan, RnhtnitlJ>d tin* following I
1 ort, which wa» adopted:
!:• c *_rii•.i■ • ill.- f .' i i .* jiif.-b *|
; which be* heretofore been excltmuyl
! *M ky th* eottoo planters as * covertel
for their / r >duct, was during the p4l
aroftoo most unnecessarily raised in p(^l
nearly a hundred per cent, by the ma»l
ufaeturers, and recognizing, likewi^l
that such an arbitrary snd cruel riwill
prices could only have been u ale ptati-|
bio by wliat is known
trust, and inasmuch as
der the spur of such
suitable substitutes have since Jbeemi
covered for cotton covering. Your cot
niitteo do earnestly recommend to erf
cotton producer throughout the land t
nb-olum discontinuance of jute baggu
whenever a substitute can to obuuni
BOYCOTT ALL TRUST PRODUCTS.
Your committee goes further snd pr>|
lairns that thlsrecommendstiraj whetbff|
clewed as * retaliatory measure or «
one of self protection Is
Justifiable and that they recommend s|
liko action or the non-use whe* poMtel
of every articlo which has toreptejji
or sliail to place-d under a truM for tr.«|
purpose of excluding coosptUto® JJJI
thus enabling tho projector* wax tkc4|
own price on tho same."
ELECTION or OFFKIM*
CoL I- L polk of Rslrlgb, S. C,
re-elected president of the aftocui
and Hoo. I. A. Youmin. South C
Un* vu fleet. 1 vi- o-prrjh“k
■ ■ '1 ■ • •
w. ro re-elected. II. O. F. \fc~-
Tcnniwu w« elected lecreutj.
to AOTAXCE AOklCVLinit
ne«olutlon« were .dopted urfiog >
importance of wcurinR '
the advancement and protwtlc* ot
agricultural InterwU. The **jr
adjourned to meet in J>uh»iU“
year. _
CLiCKIUgitt-a 1PIW* * KI
Nrvrr.l Mfrrh.iil.of ili.Pl«" ,lu
..n I ’o in < .1 « li I I u». r |
Bui cm ib. w ai-—[ 8 f* tM -j~:!l
■!. La*, editor awl luopriew^^
iilaclnlienr Independent, left oothe 1
Instant for ports unknown. Sinw
several foreerie. have come to U|K_
Moms that ho stole the check ^
Jlr. E. Z. ll/nl, and made quite s c
Imitation of his .ignstureon^J
chocks rttuging in amounts from*
SbU. . l*
Tlio bonk, however, wss ne* 11 '. ^
a. Mr. Il* nl had niresdy drs»“
fund*. Mr. U*. however, sMOj-JJ
Betting thou cashed by
WaycroM and Savannah.
ntuuming the Iota of their m*
uut'a csltBB*.
Lee came hero last sprin*
North for hi. houlth. H* r r
tin* Strickland House M
■hear Oeorgiaa and
Blaekshcar Index, sal "
manly manners soon won the n’t M i
all nnd wes making * good W '
now *pp<*ar* tl»t l» »“ ths.
end or trad he learned the l j , j 1
a little too well. So compM- ^
won the confidence of
them fora bn* amount, and >>» I
re joking that It is no won.
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lie left Mverul dchta here iml* 1 *
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torsw sulHclent to —- ,
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