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VOL. 20
WIED SCENES
IN THE HOUSE
Galleries Cleared by Speaker
and Two Legislators
Clinch on the Floor
BLOWS ARE EXCHANGED
BY HALL AND WRIGHI
Following Speech ot Scab Wright
Crowd in Galleries Break;,* Forth in
Applause—Speaker Calls Police To
Clear the Galleries.
Pandemonium broke loose in
the galleries and on the floor of
the house of *representah\ m
the capitol last nigh* af. .10:33
o’clock, which necessitate l ..the
. . . t
police reserves being er.tie.t <’ !1 ’ |
to clear the gallery, foi K viosi
the impassioned address of Mr.
Wright, * of Floyd, to th->
'
bitionists not to be a party !’■■
further filibustering tactics
which had kept the house in
session since 9 o’clock in the
morning.
It was this speech which Mr.
Hall, of Bibo, later charged was
the cause of the riot in the gal¬
lery, that brought the lie from
Mr. Wright, and precipitated a
tight on the floor of the house.
Never in the history of the gen¬
eral assembly of Georgia has
there been witnessed such scenes
as were precipitated following
the speech of Mr. Wright.
Women hissed, men yelled
and cursed, the galleries called
tq the speaker to come into the
gailery and he would be thrown
over the banisters.
Stalwart members of the house
rushed up to the speaker and
begged to be deputized to go in
to the gallery, swearing that
tboy would return with an ofi'en
der.
, Hines, of „ _. Baldwin, ,, . , .
Mr, !
the babel shouted across the lloor j
of the house to Mr. Wright:
4 4 Scab, you are responsible for
this.” To which Mr. Wright re¬
plied, “Yes. 1 am, and in
name of God Almighty you shall
hear from it too.”
The gallery had been a seeth¬
ing, smoldering mass all day.
The iron hand of the speaker
lmd checked ail attempts . at i ap
plause, and the occupants wgie
warned several the times galleries that at^hc would
first outburst
be cleared and kept cleared.
As a result of last night’s
demonstration they will remain
closed today, and probably for
the remainder of the debate on
this question.
Following a day of perfect
control the crowd became rest¬
less as the hour of midnight ap¬
proached, fftr many had been sit¬
ting there all day. The filibus¬
ters injected a bit of humor into
the house by inserting funny
stories and speeches into their
three-minute talks explaining
their votes.
It was at the close of the roll
call during which a great deal of
levity had been indulged in by
the filibusters that Mr, Wright
made his first explanatory speech.
He said 4 4 1 feel deeply the
:
humiliation tjiis day, as must
every member of this house. Is
it possible that the speaker is as
helpless as a child? Is it possible
that we must sit here with our
hands tied so that we cannot do
a thing, even though we are in
the majority? 1 want to appeal
to you 135 men who are with me
in this fight, let us not lend our
sympathy to this movement, not
even in merriment, men; let us
do our duty, and stand like
men.” Then Mr. Wright in an
impassioned appeal said : “I for
one say here tonight that it is
with a feeling of intense and
shameless humiliation that I
THE MURRAY NEWS.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 26, 1907.
must submit to such proceedings,
This is all that l care to say.”
As he concluded, the pent up
feelings of the gallery broke
loose and a mighty and concerted
shout went up from that body.
It was,caught up by the mem¬
bers of the house on the floor of
that body and sent back to the
ceiling.
The speaker rapped sharply for
order and declared. “The door¬
keepers will clear the gallery.”
As he did this Mr. Wright, of
Floyd, who was still standing,
turned to the gallery, and, wav¬
ing his arms above Ins head and
at that body of maddened men
and women, shouted. “The time
has come—” but the rest of his*
sentence was lost in the secohif
crash of cheers, slaming of desks
and pounding of gavel upon the
desk.
The gallery was sullen, and did
not mint to move. The men and
women f at still and hisses began
to pour forth.
I'he sneaker rapped , again lor
order and shouted, the sergeant
a ,will go into the gulier.v!
riv . • all who refuse to leave
bail, and bring them So the;
of the house for punishment.
hi id the g-deiv cheered, and
w as at this lime that Mr,
Hines, of Baldwin, charged Mr.
Wright, of Floyd, of cboing the
cause of the riotous scenes en¬
acted.
It was only after the speaker
had rapped incessantly for order
f'ur at least ten minutes, all of
that time calling to the doorkee¬
pers to arrest all those who would
not leave, that the gallery folks
would leave.
Strong members of the house
volunteered to aid the doorkee¬
pers in clearing the gallery if the
speaker would delegate, them
sneb power. He declined to do so.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, went up
to the speaker’s desk and said,
4 > I’ll speak to them,” meaning
the gallery.
“J. do not need your kelp,” re¬
plied the speaker, never missing
a rap with his gavel.
The crowd still lingered, hissed
and shouted, though the stream
of humanity was- beginning to
pour out. It did not move with
speed possible and the po¬
lice station was called and re
serves asked to be rushed to the
capitol to aid the ttfeoikeepers m
(*]earing the gallery,
“>fo congress for v@u, Jack
Slaton,” A 4 You come up here.
Mr. Speakey, and we will throw
you over the banisters,'” while was
hurled at the speaker; “You
Bravo, Jack Slaton,” are
a J] right, Jack,” came back from
his admirers,'who were trying to
restore order and clear the guile
ry.
The galleries were o)eared,the until
doors’ locked and not
culn p] e te order was restored arid
quiet was had m the house would
the speaker recognize any one.
4fter lie had the house under
perfect control after the stormi
cat sessions ever held, with the
crowds cheering and hissing by
turn in the corridor he rapped
for silence in the house and got
it:
“The conduct witnessed here
tonight is outrageous and inex
disable,” declared the speaker
when order was restored. No
gentlemaif with any m-anliood
within him will condone
such actions. As long as 1 am
speaker of the house order must
he, and sluR! be observed. There
will be no more such outbreaks
from the capitol cor l the
sounds or cries cat « «ind
shouts ot demon continued to
co.ne and u was aln ost npos
s.bte to hear within the hall.
Mr. Hal), of Bibb, was recog
nized first after the scenes, and
it was during his remarks that he
was called p liar by Mr. Wright,
of Floyd, and the fist light en¬
sued, which resulted in the
house adjourning until 9 o’clock
today, when the galleries will
remain closed to visitors.
The police reserves, which ar
rived shortly after being called
out, quickly emptied the capitol
of all visitors, bub long into the
night calls of “Wright, ”AV right”
and “Hall,” were heard all over
the city.—Atlanta Constitution.
To The Public.
We are glad to announce that'
our Hour mill is now in operation
and that we are Hawing out some
very fine Hour. E.ing your wheat
to us for we are making a spe¬
cialty of custom grinding.
Mit.kay Mti.uko Company,
Eton, Ga.
PLANS LINE SYSTEM OF
MACADAMIZED ROADWAYS
Senator Boyd's Bill Provides For
Connecting Routes from
County to County.
Atlanta, Ga., July 24,—A bill
by Senator J . W. Boyd, of the
thirty-second district, provides
fur a chain of macadamized roads
in the state, will be introduced
in the house in a few days by
Representative Hull, of Lump¬
kin county. i
The measure will provide for
the best system of roads ever es- f j
tabhshed in Georgia, so the an
thor claims. <>n account of a
question of appropriations, the
bill will be introduced in the
lower branch first.
According to the provisions of
t , , )U , ls!;rc> the ordinaries of
the different counties . will ... begin
i he location and surveys of the
public roads between county
sites by the nearest and most
practical routes. These surveys
are to begin in October, 1008 j*
As soon af the surveys have
been completed, the ordinaries
will contract for grading such
lengths of roads as the funds of
the year justify.
The grading will begin simul¬
taneously and at times to We
agreed upon by the ordinaries.
The work will proceed from the
court house, to the county line,
and the roads will be macadam¬
ized as soon as, the grading is
completed.
The bill also provides that the
ordinaries shall, levy an ad valo¬
rem tax of $2.f>0 upon $1,009 j
worth of property. These taxes
shall be forwarded to the state
treasury and will be known as
the State Public Road fund.
The county taxes formerly
used for roads and bridges will
be used for the macadamizing of
mads except for repairs of for¬
mer roads.
All federal appropriations giv¬
en to the state shall be used for
the new system of new roads.
Under the provisions of the
bill, the state shall appoint a
civil engineer to construct the
roads,
MT, ZION
Miss Elia Peeples spent Mon
day night at the home of .John
Holland.
Jeff Ogletree and Miss Dora
Martui visited Eton Sunday af
ternoon.
We are pained to note that
j\f rg< [), E. Humphreys had the
misfortune to get one of her legs
broken Friday.
Misses Missouri Peeples .of
Duektown, Toon., and Nallie
jJtHlaml spent last week with
Mrs. Marion Wolford, at Ranger,
Ga.
Uleve Gregory, wife and little
son spent Sunday at the home
, ,, r ,,
°
(jhoster Ilill and Miss Elfie Lee
,j wcrt . calling on friends in
community recently,
scrHie has been sick and
out to learn the
our letter will again be a
fe hort one.
Sao TJkabt.
MR. MARION WILLIAMS HERE.
Has Bought Interest in Sanders
Manufacturing Company and
Wifi Live in City.
Mr. Marion Williams has pur¬
chased a half interest in the
Sanders Mfg. Co. business and
will make Dalton bis home, tak¬
ing an active part in the busi¬
ness with Mr. J. M. Sanders, the
former proprietor,
Mr. Williams will still keep
Hopedalo open and will continue
his farming operations, having
several tenants to cultivate the
lands, lie will also hold his in¬
terest in Chats worth and the Co
hutta Talc Co., and make fre¬
quent visits to Hope dale and
Murray County. He will make
his home with Mr. and Mrs. J.
Sanders.—Citizen.
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Charles M. Harris represented
Eton in the city Wednesday.
W. D. Heartsell made a busi¬
ness trip to Ualton Monday.
Jess Wright spent part of the
week with friends in the city.
T. R. Elrod was in Dalton on
business the first of the week.
John and Joe Anderson were
Murrayites in Dalton this week.
Carter Edmondson spent eev
oral Jays of this week in Atlanta.
G. II. A IT® wood and Miss Liz-
4ie Kouse spent Monday in Dal
j 0M
G. W. Willbanks, of Enoch,
was in the city a short while yes¬
terday.
' Tax Collector. J. 1*. Gregory,
of Gassier Mill, was in the city
Wednesday.
Miss Lula Earle, of Walhalla,
S. 0., is visiting relatives in
Spring Place.
Stanley Foster and wife are
now occupying th9 bkl King
hpuse on East Ellijay ’street.
Bogue Terry, of Eton, was a
pleasant caller in the city one
day this week,
Hon. P. McGhee, of
was a prominent figure on our
streets yesterday.
Dr. E. O. Stafford, of Ram
hurst. was m the city a short
while Wednesday.
E. N. Whitmire spent a few
days of last week with relatives
»‘h and uearToccoa, »
> M. Carter, of Carters, passed
through the city Saturday after
noon en route to Dalton.
Grover Terry, Malcolm Ander¬
son and George Keith were out
of-town callers in the city Sun¬
day.
W r W. Sampler is wearing a
12*4A smile this week over the
araival of a fine girl baby at his
house.
Your attention is called to the
large ad. of the Dalton Buggy
COwof Dalton, on another page
of tin's issue.
M. V. Erskine, of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, and Miss Nettie Rembert,
of Dalton, spent Wednesday in
the city with relatives.
Kouse and Rouse have
ed their entire stock of goods
from the Kerr storehouse to the
S C. Williams storehouse.
Blacksmiths, attention! 1
have a full supply of rims, spokes,
hubs, tires, shafts, holts and oili¬
er supplies.—Will 8. Box, Chats*
worth Ga, tf
Rev, A, F. Ward delivered an
interesting sermon at the Meth¬
odist church Sunday, but owing
to his illness there were no ser¬
vices Sunday night.
W. li. Black, of Oran, passed
through the city last Saturday
en route to visit relatives and
friends in Gordon and Bartow
counties and to eat peaches.
A mistake occurred in the ad,
of Will S. Oox last week, but it
is now corrected. It read: “75c
Overalls, 75c pair,” when it
should have read: “75c Overalls,
50c pair.”
The city council has had the
road hands at work on the streets
one of days this week. and
some much needed work
been done, and a great
more goed could be done if they
will only use the proper induce
ments,
We are requested by Mr. A. J.
Carder, of Tilton, to announce
that there will be a box supper
and ice cream festival at that
place Saturday night, July 27.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everybody and an enjoyable
evening guaranteed all who at
Rend.
DOG GONE THE DOGS!
WOMEN CRY IN PETITION
Mrs. Felton Presents It to the j
Governor—Favors Bill Extermi¬
nating the Cur.
“Next to the curse of drink,'
the women of Georgia regard the
worthless dog as the greatest
evil in the state,” said Mrs. W.
H. Felton Tuesday morning, af¬
ter a conference with Gov. Hoke
Smith, whom she urged to co¬
operate in the effort to pass the
Lumsden cleg bill.
Mrs. Felton came to Atlanta
with petitions signed by 2,300
women of the state, memorializ¬
ing the legislature to suppress
the dog evil. With them it is a
case of “dog gone,” to use a bit
of street slang.
“The women of the state, de¬
mand of this legislature protec¬
tion from worthless dogs,” con¬
tinued Mrs. Felton. “They are
in earnest, and I tell you this
dog question is a burning issue in
the rural districts of Georgia,
.; Every negro lias from one to
live dogs—worthless curs, They
make the lives of the women in
the country districts a burden.
They kill the chickens and they
have ruined the sheep raising in-*
dustry. They prowl around the
country day and night. They go
mad, anti not infrequently we
hear that some child has been
bitten by a rabid animal,
“The mothers, in many in¬
stances, are afraid to send their
children to school.
“We do not wish to wage an
indiscriminate warfare on dogs,
j but we do innst that the worth¬
less class of canines be extermi¬
nated. Personally, I am fond of
a blooded dog, and I think they
should be given every protection
under the law, but the tramp
dog is a menace.”
The Lumsden bill in which
Mrs. Felton is so interested pro¬
poses to make dogs property, and
require owners to return them
for taxation.
4 4 If a dog is worth owning,”
resumed Mrs. Felton, “his owner
will not object to paying taxes
on him. The Lumsden lasv will
protect good dogs, and this is as
it should be. But the worthless
negroes will not pay tax on their
cur dogs that roam over the
country striking terror into the
■ hearts of the women. Such dogs
j will have no protection,
their eradication from the state
! by exportation or exteiinitiation
will follow as a matter of course.
Governor Smith assured A!rs
Felton that he was in thorough
sympathy with the proposed
“dog law.”
KEITH—JULIAN
Last Monday night at the home
of the bride’s parents, Miss Le¬
na Keith, of Eton, and Mr. J. L.
Julian, of Florida, were united
in marriage, Judge R. M. Cod¬
ger performing the ceremony.
Mrs. Julian is a daughter of G.
0. Keith, of Eton, one of our
most substantial citizens, and
lias many friends in this county,
for to know her was to admire
her refined manners and tastes.
Mr. Julian comes well recom¬
mended, being a conductor on a
railroad. He also has the dis¬
tinction of being in charge of the
first passenger train ever run
through Murray county.
The couple will spend a few
days with the bride’s parents af¬
ter which,they will leave for his
home in Florida, where they will
make their future home.
Tiik News, with their other
admiring friends wishes for them
a long and happy life as they
journey together down the
stream of time.
Sewing Machines on easy
terms.—Will S. Cox,
Ga. tf
NO. 33
SHERIFF KEITH
SERIOUSFY SHOT
While Attempting To Arrest
a Man Wanted in Fan¬
nin County.
PHYSICIANS SAY HE HAS
SMALL CHANCE OF RECOVERY
Man Named Harper, Wanted in Fan¬
nin County for Murder Was Located
in Murray and Is Now in Jail in
Spring Place.
Last Tuesday night Sheriff B.
0. Keith, in company with a
small party went to a saw mill
to arrest a man named Harper,
who is wanted in Fannin county
for murder, and while attempt¬
ing to arrest his man was shot in
the right side with a pistol, the
ball cutting an intestine and
ranging backward.
Mr. Keith is in a very critical
condition and his physicians
have little hope of his recovery.
Harper, for whom there is an
outstanding reward of .$300, was
located in this county by Fayette
Russell and another man whose
name we failed to learn, and he
and the sheriff' were in pursuit
of him. When attempting to
arrest him Harper ran, tiring
back at the men who were in
pursuit of him, one ball striking
M r. Keith, who returned the lire,
one ball from his pistol grazing
Harper’s neck but not seriously
injuring him. After being shot
Sheriff Keith kept up the chase
for some one hundred and fifty
yards when he overtook his man
and made him a prisoner.
He was bound and handcuffed
and lodged in the jail here about
2 o’clock Wednesday morning,
where he will await further de
velopments in the condition of
Mr. Keith.
An operation was deemed ad¬
visable and was performed by
Drs. McAfee, of Dalton ; Brown
of Eton; and Hughes, of Spring
Place.
FASHION
Farmers are busy laying by
their crops this week around
Fashion.
The boys played a scrub game
of base hall here Saturday even
K>
We had a very inVbresling ser
incni poached here Thursday
an J on the following night
we had a graphophone entertain¬
ment which cost fifteen cents for
admittance and the one receiv¬
ing the most tickets in their
name was to get a graphophone
free and the result was a tie be¬
tween Miss Delta Gravely and
the Fashion local of the Farmers
Union which gave them both
one.
We suppose there will be a
ball game at this place Saturday
between Fashion and Eton.
Edgar Chapman spent Satur¬
day night with Frank Young¬
blood and wife.
Messrs. Fox and Harden passed
through our burg Monday en
route to Eton.
John Itiordon was in Fashion
Monday.
Frank Youngblood aiul G. W.
Center passed through our part
Monday.
J. M. Cline was hopping on
one foot Sunday on account of
the ball game.
Some of our young people at¬
tended the singing at Green
Headrick’s Sunday night.
Miss Ethel Chapman spent
Saturday night with Misses Min¬
nie and Katie YYmngblood.
As news is scarce I will close
by wishing Thk Nkws and its
! readers success.
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