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Irwin County News Official Organ ot' Irwin County. ii (!. b LOACH, Eliioraiiil Proarietor- SESSION ENDED. I C EORGIA LAW MAKERS AD- JOURN SINE DIE. j i j Closing Scenes—Resume of the Last Days’ Work of Both Houses. Both branches of the legislature ad- j nrnied sine die at midnight Wednes¬ day night. Thu senate’s last session oame to an end promptly at 12 o’clock, while that of the house continu' d a few minutes after the midnight hour. The house spent a busy evening con- sidering senate bills, A number of measures were read the third time and put upon their passage, but no bills of general importance were taken up. The closing hours of the session were characteristic of the usual scenes inoident to the adjournment of the house. The mock session, which be¬ gan after 12 o’clock, was character¬ istic of the usual merriment. Speaker Fleming took a graceful leave of the bouse after having rt ceiv- ed a vote of thanks from that body. He thanked the members for their kindness and courtesy, and made the statement that he would not bo a can¬ didate for the speakership. He took occasion in the close of his remarks to make a privileged statement concern- ing the incident between Mr. Frank Callaway, private secretary to the governor, and himself. He pre¬ sented an affidavit from the page who carried the message to Mr. Callaway to the effect that Mr. Callaway had said that the whole business, meaning the house, and not Mr. Fleming, might go to the devil. The incident referred to occurred Tuesday. Mr. Callaway appeared in the house with a message from the gov¬ ernor. The body was busy with the consideration of a point of order, and the speaker requested the secretary to wait. He waited for a half hour and then returned to the governor’s office. After the lapse of a few minutes a pa ,g e was sent to Mr. Callaway by the speak¬ er to say that the house was ready to receive the message. Mr. Callaway, impatient at the delay, is alleged to have remarked that the' whole business might gt> the devil. In his statement Speaker Fleming said that it was not an issue between Mr. Callaway and himself ; that he did not consider the message as personal, but that he understood that it was meant for the house. He had nothing against Mr. Callaway, and had kept the remark from the house because, if reported to the house, it would have to go upon the records of that body. He had intended to say nothing about it until the publication of an interview with Mr. Callaway rendered it neoes sary that he make an explanation. In this interview it appears that the in¬ terview had been directed to the speak¬ er himself. The speaker presented the page’s affidavit to show that it was not. Mr. Branan’s bill to put the Fulton county officials on a salary was the first matter before the house Tuesday morning. On Monday evening Mr. Branan had succeeded in getting his bill to a second reading and succeeded in getting the adverse report of the committee disagreed to. It developed later that some of the hoys determined to have some fun with Mr. Branan, and to that end they all turned in and dis¬ agreed to the adverse report. The re¬ sult was that on its passage, fifteen votes were cast in the affirmative and seventy-eight in the negative. Among many bills passed were the following: the To confer on the judges of supe¬ rior and city courts of tljis state juris¬ diction to hear motions for new trial in vacation without any order there¬ for; To amend section 21 of an act which relates to the issuing and grant¬ ing corporate powers as applies to in¬ surance compsnies; To amend the law defining and regulating court con¬ tracts; To authorize the governor and treasurer to issue bonds and negotiate the same to pay off the amount of pub¬ lic debt maturing July 1, 1896; To amend the act creating a new charter for the town of Carrollton; to regulate the sale of domestio wines within the cities of this state; To amend the act establishing a system of publio schools for the town of Carrollton; To provide that a master may not contract with the servant exempting himself from liability for injury sustained; To amend an act making it the duty of the clerk of the county court where there is one and the clerk of the superior oourt vyhere there is no clerk to select ft judge should the parties liti¬ gant refuse; To provide for the application of .all public school funds to the Douglassville col¬ lege that are distributed to the school children .within the corporate limits of said town. A resolution was adopted requesting State School Commissioner Glenn and Dr. W. E. Boggs, chancel¬ lor of the University of Georgia, to print their addresses to the legislature. Also a resolution of thanks to General James D. McBride for his donation to the state. A resolution asking con¬ gress to purchase all the battle fields around Vicksburg to be used as a na¬ tional park was adopted. The State Normal school, at Athens, will receive an appropriation for dor- % SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1895. mitories after all. The senate adopted an amendment, introduced by Senator Sanford, which was attached to the bill appropriating money to the Girls’ Normal and Industrial college at Mill- edgeville, appropriating $7,000 to the State Normal school. The amendment was concurred in by the house We I- msdny. Among other bills passed were the following: Bogulating the leasing out of penitentiary convicts by the governor; To reincorporate the town of Elberton; To amend an act incorporating the town of Kingston; To revise the charter of the town of Bruton ; To establish a new charter for the town of Statbum ; To authorize the governor to relinquish all claims the Btate may have to the Bine Ridge and Atlantic railroad; To approve,adopt and make of force the code of laws prepared under the direction and by the authority of the general assembly. A resolution asking an appropriation from the government for a roadway from Atlanta to McPherson barracks was adopted; Also a resolution author¬ izing the governor to borrow money to make up deficiencies. At the night session the following bills passed : To amend the an act to de- on.r. u,e ouunciiUit u ol -towns amt cities in this state ineligible during their term of office to any other mu¬ nicipal office in said town; To provide for the sale or lease of the Northeast¬ ern railroad; To authorize justices of the peace and notaries public to pre¬ side in districts other than the one they were elected or appointed to; To authorize the judges of superior cotirts in this state in cases of seduction or divorce when the evidence is vulgar or obscene to clear the court of a por¬ tion or all of the audience; To make more specific the crime of barratry in this state ; To authorize any writ¬ ten instrument to be admitted in evi¬ dence when subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, incompetent, etc.; To require banks in this state where the capital stock is impaired to make the same good by transfer from the sur¬ plus profits to the capital stock; To amend the general law as to the in¬ spection, analysis and sale of fertili¬ zers. Fannin’s county site will hereafter be located at Blue Ridge, instead of Morgantown. The bill passed the sen- ‘ate unanimously at Tuesday’s session. It was thought that the bill would meet with opposition in the senate, as it did in the house, but there was not a voice raised against it. Mr. Bran- an’s bill to vest the management and care of all jails and per¬ sons confined therein under the control of the county commis¬ sioners, was passed. An amendment provides that all counties may have a right to say whether this shall affect them or not. Mr. Boifeuillet’s bill to appropriate $25,000 to the Georgia Normal and Industrial college at Mill- edgeville for the purpose of building dormitories, etc., was passed with lit¬ tle opposition. Only three senators opposed it. A joint resolution intro¬ duced by Senator Lewis, authorizing the governor to borrow money if nec¬ essary, was passed. Mr. Fleming’s bill to make the personal earnings of a woman her own property and not sub¬ ject to her husband’s debts, came up in the senate and was passed. It met with opposition, however, from Senators Munro and Broughton, who spoke against it, and other senators. Other bills passed were: To pay the expenses and per diem of the joint committee of the general assembly ap pointed at the last session of 1894 to examine the work of the oode com¬ missioners; A resolution appropri¬ ating the "sum of $500 to paint the dome and repair tbe roof of the Capi¬ tol building; To authorize the treas¬ urer to pay the elevator boy at the capitol for services the sum of $2 per day. session red-hot At the afternoon a report of the judiciary committee was read. The report was a special one prepared by the penitentiary commit¬ tee which had been requested in a reso¬ lution passed by the senate to visit the different penitentiaries and inves¬ tigate their condition. A part of the report was favorable, while another part of it spoke out in plain terms of evils existing in some of the camps. The report was made up of sub-reports made by subcommittees appointed by the general committee to visit the dif- ferent camps, At the three sessions of the senate Wednesday, the three olosing sessions, a larger number of bills by far than has yet been passed by that body were read for. the third time and passed up¬ on favorably. Most of them were local bills which had been crowded out until the last day. They were passed in short order, there being but little de¬ bate over any of them. ’ Among them were the following: A bill to appro¬ priate $1,400 to the asylum for the leaf and dumb; To amend the aot es¬ tablishing a city oourt in all counties having a population of over 15,000; To 'prohibit the operation of opium joints in this state; To amend the law prescribing the granting of charters; To prevent lynching and mob violence in this state; Regulating the sale of milk and butter in this state; To in¬ corporate the town of West Groves; To prohibit the manufacture of any kind of liquors in -Coweta county; ip amend the charter of Shellman; To amend the charter of Conyers; To es¬ “In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.” tablish board of road commissioners for Bryan oounty; To compel all per¬ sons selling beef or pork in Liberty county to exhibit the ears of the ani¬ mal killed; To prohibit the sale of liq¬ uor in Habersham county; To require all military companies to be attached to a regiment; To authorize Clarks¬ ville to issue bonds. At the evening session of the senate the following bills were passed: Bill authorizing the payment of pensions to certain widows of Confederate sol¬ diers who are on the invalid pension roll; To make penal the offense of hindering, obstructing or interfering with officers; Providing for an official survey of the Western and Atlantic railroad; To amend the general school laws of this state; To authorize the town of Dahlonega to grant any rail¬ road the use of the streets of said town; To create a board of commissioners for Fannin oounty; Bill for the relief of the North Georgia Agricultural col¬ lege; To incorporate the town of Pine- hurst in Dooly county; Bill to abolish the city court of Laurens; To amend an act establishing a system of public schools for Quitman; To establish a system of public schools in Cordele. Appointments Confirmed. In executive session Tuesday the senate confirmed the following ap¬ pointments by the governor: Hon. James T. O’Neill to be solici¬ tor of the city court of Atlanta. To be trustees of the University of Georgia: Hon. H. M. V. Miller, of Fulton; Hon. Henry Persons, of Tal¬ bot ; Hon. Henry D. McDaniel, of Walton; Hon. H. T. Lewis, of Greene. To be the board of directors for Georgia Normal and Industrial college: Hon. D. N. Davis, of Bibb; Hon. Patrick Walsh, of Richmond;‘Hou. B. L. Lamar, of Baldwin. Hon. Samuel C. Atkinson to be judge of the city court of Brunswick. Hon. J. L. Crowley to be the solici¬ tor of the county court of Ware. At Wednesday morning’s session of the senate the appointment of Colonel T. M. Norwood as judge of the'court of Savannah was confirmed in execu¬ tive session. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Condition as Reported lor the Past Week. The reports as to southern industry al and business conditions for the past week are that there is continued activ¬ ity in the iron making sections and a slow but steady increase in the out¬ puts. There is a little irregularity in prices of some grades of pig iron, but quotations are well maintained. The showing of the last eight months in the production of southern iron has been the most satisfactory since the beginning. Both iron and coal mining are on firm foundations, and with mod¬ ern methods, close attention to details and increased intelligence of opera¬ tions are making these industries more important each month. Iron is steady, at unchanged quotations and coal is very firm, under an increasing de¬ mand. The lumber manufactur¬ ers make good reports, especially at points near to water transpor¬ tation. Texas lumber is selling better, and pine is not accumulating. Pine for northern shipments and for export is slowly increasing in demand, The textile industry is unchanged. Thera is a good market for all southern made goods, which are growing in favor as supplies increase. The reports as to new textile mills for tho week includes oof ton yarn mills at Leaksville, N. 0., and Luliug, Texas, a cotton thread m’ll at Fayetteville, Tenn., a knitting mill at Knoxville,Tenn., and a wooleD mill at Mount Airy, N. O. Southern cotton markets are quiet and much cotton is held at interior points in ex¬ pectation of higher prices. Mercantile business is quiei. The reports state that a $250,000 electrical plant is to be built at San Antonio, Texas; the Empire Press Co., capital $50,000, has been chartered to build a cotton oompress at McGregor, Texas, the Pensacola Inland Naviga¬ tion Go. has been organized at Pensa- coia, Florida., with $50,000 capital. The Thompson Lumber Co., capital $30,000, has been chartered at Augus¬ ta, Ga., the Gulf Coast Canning and Preserving Co. has been organized at Alta Lama, Texas, capital $25,000, the smelting works at East Birmingham, Ala., are to be rebuilt at a cost of $20,- 000, and a $10,000 flouring mill is to be built at Marshall, N. C. There is also reported a fibre mill at Melbourne, Fla., graiu mills at Bir¬ mingham, Ala., and Martinsville, Va., and an ice factory at Melbourne, Fla. New woodworking plants are reported as to be established at Palatka, Fla., Macon, Ga., Jackson, Miss., Greens¬ boro and Mount Airy, N. C., Knox¬ ville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Lynchburg, Va. Water works are to be built at Perry, Ha., Bay St. Louis and Gibson, Miss., and Charlotte, N. C. The enlargements for the week, as reported to The Tradesman, include an electrio lighting plant at Searey, Ark., iron works at Anderson, S. C., paper mills at Marietta, Ga., a carriage factory at Knoxville, Tenn., and a chair factory at Marietta, Ga. A $15,- 000 church building is to be erected at Valdosta, Ga., and- a $20,000 hospital at Charleston, W. Va. — Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) ' GATE CITY GOSSIP. WHAT IS GOING ON AT GEOR¬ GIA’S CAPITAL. Exposition Notes and Other Matters of General Interest. Hon. James F. O’Neill has been named as the winner in the city solici- torship fight, Governor Atkinson made his appointment and it was very promptly confirmed office by the senate. The contest for this has attract¬ ed widespread interest. *__* A call for a national Christian con¬ ference has been issued to be held in Atlanta December 18th and 19th. The oall is signed by some of the most prominent ministers of the United States and many Christian workers are interested in the contemplated .conference. *__* Clearings of the Atlanta banks dur¬ ing the past three months of the pres¬ ent year show an increase in the vol¬ ume of business of $3,766,304.75 over the corresponding period last year. No better index of the financial status of the city can be found than that fur¬ nished by the clearing reports, and the showing made in the figures men¬ tioned is simply phenomenal. *_* Mr. S. M. Inman, of Atlanta, has been elected a director of the Equit¬ able Life Assurance society, one of the largest financial institutions of the world. Mr. Inman is the first south¬ erner to attain such a high distinction in the Equitable. It is regarded by insurance men as an indication of a strong faith in the Equitable in the future of the south, and a recognition of it as one of the best of insurance territories. * __ * The bonds of J, J. Rowe and L. N. Mercier were forfeited last Monday by Judge Richard Clark, and Sheriff Barnes was instructed to arrest the defendants and place them in jail, un¬ less they could give new bonds. The case of Mercier and Rowe, charged with perjury, was reached in the su¬ perior court during the morning. The courtroom was filled when Judge Clark rapped for order. The cases against the two men were called, but neither Mercier nor Bowe answered. *_* Detective Tysor has just succeeded in breaking up and jailing one of the most notorious gangs of sneak thieves that has ever infested the city. Four¬ teen members of the gang are now languishing behind the iron bars of the city police station and the Fulton couuty jail. The gang is composed ox darkies ranging in age from twelve to forty years, and by their depredations several hundred dollars’ worth of valu¬ ables have been stolen in recent months. A large amount of stolen stuff has been recovered frpm the gang. *__* The board of police commissioners have reinstated Detectives Looney and Mehuffey and voted them full pay for the time of their suspension on the charge of accepting bribes. Detective Ed. Cason, who has also been suspend¬ ed under a separate charge, was ac¬ quitted of the bribery charge brought through evidence said to have been furnished by Madam Grey. This ac¬ tion of the board, which came in the nature of a complete surprise, was taken on the advice of Assistant City Attorney Westmoreland. *_* Judge Howard Van Epps will not serve his entire term as judge of the city court. This announcement was made by Judge Van Epps at a meeting of the Atlanta bar. The courtroom was filled with attorneys of the oitv when the meeting was called to order. Judge Van Epps said that he had decided to resign and would vacate the chair early in Janua¬ ry. A few clays ago Mr. Harry M. Beid was appointed by Governor Atkinson to succeed Judge Van Epps. The term of Judge Van Epps expires January 19th, but as announced Judge Beid will assume the official duties of the court before that time. * _ * The first practical step toward open¬ ing up active trade communications between the United States and the Spanish American countries south of us was taken Tuesday afternoon at a very enthusiastic meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was the result of the agitation of Senors Teodoro Mangel and Eicardo Villafrauca, of Costa Bica. These gentlemen take the view of impressing the lesson of the exposition upon the business men of this country and of the southern countries and of making actual the things proven to be possible by the exposition. For some time these gentlemen have been agitating a movement by which actual trade rela¬ tions were to be encouraged and built up in every way practicable. i*-* ™ .. „ . The gales , of . the , Cotton _ States , and . International Exposition will be or- mally dosed on the e vening ot tho VOL. VI. NO. 43. 31st of December. Uuder no circum¬ stances ■will the exposition continue beyond that limit. This has been de¬ cided by the board of directors, and the statement is given to the public at the special request of that body. Hu¬ mors have been afloat for some time to the effect that the exposition would remain open for several weeks beyond the time originally fixed. These ru¬ mors, however, have been without the least foundation and will be dispelled by the positive action of the board. The last days will be crowded with special events, and thousands of people will flock to the grounds. Those who fail to see the exposition this month will miss it altogether. Hudson’s Case Postponed. The case of the state against W. N. Hudson was called Tuesday morning in the criminal branch of the superior court and was set for trial on the the first Wednesday in January. The case was not heard on account of the absence of two witnesses by whom Hudson says he can prove that the street -was not crowded on the night that he shot at the fleeing thief and killed a bystander and wounded an¬ other man standing on the street. One of the witnesses is in the state and the other is in Chicago. The shooting by Hudson, who was at the time a member of the police force, occurred several weeks ago. It was on Mitchell street that a thief was pointed out to the officer. The boy, who was being chased by Hudson, fled down the street, and Hudson pulled his pistol and fired at him. The bul¬ let from his pistol killed a negro and seriously wounded a white man. Hud¬ son was suspended from the force, pending an investigation. At the cor¬ oner’s inquest he was acquitted, but was later indicted by the grand jury. *_* New Jury of Awards. A second jury of awards has begun work at the exposition. The foreign sections will be inspected and the awards made according to the decis¬ ions of the new jury. This second jury is a kind of substitute fdr the in¬ ternational jury for which the foreign¬ ers have been fighting since their arrival at the fair. It is made up of C. A. Baratoni, vice-president of the Italian chamber of commerce at New York, and vice-president of the New York hoard of trade; Mr. L DeGive, Atlanta; Mr. H. Shroeder, Atlanta, and A. Riocio, Atlanta. Acting with these will be the committee on adjust¬ ment of awards from the board of di¬ rectors, consisting of Messrs. Bullock, Spalding, Cosgrove, Adler and Wood¬ ward. At the session of the regular jury in Atlanta the foreign sections were not examined and no report was made on them. There was a vigorous kick during the whole time from some of the foreign representatives, as they claim that the exposition had adver¬ tised to have an international jury. This kick asserted itself in violent form several times and formal protest was filed with the president. He took official notice of it and as a result of the misunderstanding the present jury has been appointed. *_* California’s Exhibit. As the fair goes on the exhibit of California continues to attract general notice. This exhibit is one of the best at the exposition, and has taken away innumerable gold medals. It is made by the state board of trade. The state board of trade is a voluntary corpora¬ tion, organized for the purpose of ad¬ vancing the interests of that state on any lines that in the judgment of its directors may seem most practical and beneficial. It maintains a permanent exhibit of the state’s productions at home, distributes California literature to all quarters of the globe and corresponds with people in all parts of the world who want to know about or are interested in California. It lends its encouragement to local enterprises that are calculated to pro¬ mote the state’s development, and it does exhibition work when others fail to keep California’s resources to the front. The importance of the Atlanta exposition had not impressed itself on the people of the Golden State up to the time the biennial session of the legislature adjourned last March, and consequently no state appropriation was made for making an exhibit here of the state’s resources. When later Atlanta and its prospective great expo¬ sition began to attract attention in that distant state and the importance of making an exhibit here began to impress itself on Borne of the people, there was one body, and only one, that could undertake the work with any show of success, and that was the state board of trade. GREENHCT CASE DISMISSED. Judge Grosseup Had No Means of Forcing Witnesses to Testify. At Chicago, Wednesday, Judge Gross- cup dismissed the sensational contempt proceedings against Joseph B. Green- hut, ex-president of the whisky trust. The court had no power to compel A. E. Goodheart, of New York, and his associates to come into court and test- ify, and the judge was unwilling to re- ly upon their depositions. Ju , Gf0B8cnp took occagio n to gcore Q 00( iheart for his refusal to ap- p<jar #nd tostify> 1.00 A Year. “PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.” Mr. Harvey Explains the Details of the New Organization. W. H. Harvey has given ont a state¬ ment explaining the details of his new order, the “Patriots of America.''’ Mr. Harvey says the cause of free sil¬ ver is to be enlarged through the agency of a now political organization. This form of waging war upon the single gold standard forces is his own idea. Mr. Harvey, assisted by several public men, has placed the plan in working form by starting an organiza¬ tion known as the “Patriots of Ameri¬ ca.” With the parent sooiety in Chica¬ go and thousands of others in every state and territory in the union, it is Mr. Harvey’s intention to make free silver a reality and a vital issue in the next national campaign. • “While free silver is the piece de- resistance of the organization,” Air. Harvey says, “It is not the sole one. Back of it is tho spirit of humanity which looks to the accomplishment of better government, the elimination of personal selfishness from the acts of private citizens and public officials. The new order assumes the existence of ovil influence which is consciously or unconsciously exerted by wealthy corporations and individuals upon government, executives, legislatures and courts. To successfully combat thia influence the society will endeavor to arouse in the public breast the latent fire of patriotism and love for human- ity. the Patriots of Amer¬ “The order of ica, with the national headquarters in the Fort Dearborn building, Chicago, has issued a prospectus in book form giving the objects of the order and the reasons which have caused the organi¬ zation of such a movement. Its na¬ tional officers are a first national pa¬ triot, a national recorder and a na¬ tional treasurer. It also provides for a first state patriot in each state who constitutes a congress of patriots. There is also to be a first patriot for each county. The plans provide for opening lodges throughout the United States and all power is derived from the people voting in their lodges. “It is a non-partisan organization and will put no candidates in the field,” continued Mr. Harvey. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Four Men, Killed by a. Blast Explo¬ sion. By an explosion of powder and dy¬ namite Friday afternoon, four men were killed at Big Creek Gap, a mile and a half north of Lafolette, Camp¬ bell county, Tenn. Four other men are missing, and their bodies are being searched for in the mass of earth and rook that was dislodged by the explosion. The accident occurred on the works of the Lafolette railroad near Lafol¬ ette, where a new road is being pro¬ jected from there to Jellieo. A large force of men were at work blasting for a cut. Three kegs of powder had been placed in a sixteeu-foot hole, and four sticks of dynamite were added to the deadly charge. A fuse was attached to the powder and lighted, and the man ran from the place to a safe dis¬ tance to await the result. They waited fourteen minutes and the charge failed to go off. The men were then ordered back into the hole by the foreman to readjust the fuse. They obeyed the order, all being apparently satisfied that the fire had become extinct., Just as they re-entered the hole, however, the terrific explosion oc¬ curred, and the earth and stone for many yards around were dislodged and thrown into a conglomerate mass with the remains of the unfortunate vic¬ tims. THE COTTON REPORT. Issued by the U. S. Agricultural De¬ partment. Following is cotton crop report is¬ sued by the agricultural department: A crop equal to 67.3 per cent of last year’s, or 6,375,000 bales is indicated in final returns from county and state correspondents. More oomplete reports, based on the commercial movement, will be issued in 1896, the first of them probably in February. Mean farm price 7.57 cents, a gain of 65 per cent on last year’s figures, 4.6 and of 9 per cent on 1893. Returns from correspondents are almost uniformly unfavorable as to quantity, the weather having proved generally disastrous. The drought caused an unusnally early marketing throughout the cotton area, with an almost total sacrifice of top crop. The lint, however, is gen¬ erally clean so that the quality is es¬ pecially high. Many reports show crops completely gathered and mar¬ keted. COURTS TO ADJUDICATE The' Railroad Assessment Cases In Tennessee. The question as to the railroad as¬ sessments in Tennessee has gone to the courts and the judicial authorities will lecide whether the state board of ex- minors has the authority to set aside the assessments made by the board of tssosBors because of the insufficient proof and evidence, and whether the ssessors can name railroads without hat evidence, which the examiners claim is required MV? by law.