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VOLUME
THE LEGISLATURE.
GEORG1A SOLONS MEET IN REG
DEAR SESSION.
Proceedings of the Senate and House
Presented In Brief.
Wednesday’s session of the house
was a short one, as the body adjourn¬
ed at 11:30 to attend the “Drummers’
Day” exercises at the . exposition
grounds. No bills were passed, but
the following were introduced and
read for the first time: To establish
new charter for the town of Covington
in Newton county; To repeal section
4162 of the code of Georgia; To
amend an act to provide for the levy
and sale of property; To amend tho
charter of the town of Shellman; To
amend an act known as the general
pension act of 1894; To regulate pro¬
ceedings to Bell real estate under 05
power of tale in mortgages and deeds *
To provide ,
for a correct survey and
plot of the Cherokee purchase line,
also a bill to prevent tho shoot¬
ing of fire arms on tbe Sabbath
day and to prescribe penalties for the
same. -The following resolution was
offered by Mr. West, of Lowndes:
“Resolved by the house of representa¬
tives, the senate concurring, that Hon.
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, be iuvited to
address the general assembly on the
public issues of the day one evening
next week at such time as he may
designate.” The resolution was unani
mously agreed to. This action is in
accordance with the desire evinced by
the legislature to hear from Georgian-i
now which prominently before tbe people,
desire resulted in the invitation
extended ex-Speaker Crisp last week.
Other distinguished Georgians will
probably be called upon later.
Willingham stated in offering
the resolution that he felt it
necessary, by reason of the ever
ready suspicion that “the hit
dog yelps,” to say that he had been a
favorer of the measure in question and
that his views on the subject had al¬
ways been well known. At the same
time he considered it a slur upon every
gentleman in the house, which could
not but be a disreputable insinuation
<on the way in which each member;cast
his vote when the bill comes up for
‘ He, Lijnself, repudiate, the
slanders, and in . spite of his previous
friendliness to the bill would refuse
to vote for it unless the charges were
sustained or retracted, referring par¬
ticularly to the Wesleyan Christian
Advocate’s article. He denounced the
story as a lie in toto. Mr. Bush, the
father of the measure in question, then
arose and the articles
and proceeded to eulogize tho
probity of the members of the house.
He said the writer had simply lied.
The resolution was then put to a vote
and passed unanimously. The inves¬
tigation committee were then appoint¬
ed and are Messrs. Willingham, Price,
Hopkins, Traylor and Hall. When
routine of business was taken up, a
number of new bills were presented
and the following were passed: A bill
to amend the charter of Guyton in
Effingham county; A bill to provide
for the removal of obstructions from
the running streams of Forsyth
county. To prevent tbe sale of liquor
in Elbert county; To amend the char¬
ter of the city of Dalton. A great
deal of debate was raised by Mr. Flem¬
ing’s bill to make the personal earn
ings of a married woman her own
property and not liable for the debts
of her husband. The bill finally
passed by a vote of 98 to 29.
The following new bills were intro¬
duced in the house Thursday: A bill
asking for the appropriation 0 f
$25,000 to the Georgia Memorial Board
for the purpose of marking by monu
rnents the spots occupied by Georgia
troops at Chickamauga; To require
eounty treasurers to make reports to
county commissioners when required
to do so. Also a bill to provide for
the confinement of certain felons in
the discretion of the court in the
county chaingangs. The following
bills were passed: Bill to create a
park and tree commission for the city
of Savannah; A senate resolu
tion appointing a committee of
two ____ from the senate and three
f rom the house to investigate the com
panies who are in arrears to the state
for the lease of convicts; To extend
for sanitary purposes the jurisdiction
of the mayor and aldermen of Savan
nah; To authorize policemen of the
city of Savannah to make arrests with
in two miles from the corporate limits
of the city; To abolish the county
court of coffee county; To fix the time
of election of tbe clerk and sheriff of
the city court of Savannah; To create
a board of education for the town of
Lithonia; To change the time for
holding the spring term of the Daw
son superior court.
Representative Branan’s bill to fix
salaries for Fulton county officers and
to abolish the fee system which now
prevails, has been defeated in the com
mittee room. It has been under the
consideration of the committee on
county and eounty matters, and was
reported back to the house unfavora
bly by that committee on Friday. It
is understood that the opinion was
unanimous in the committee that the
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1895.
bill was in its makeup unconstitution¬
al, and the committee’s report was in
accordance with this view. All of the
county officers, the parties most cou
cerned, appeared before the committee
and opposed the measure. Despite the
efforts of its advocates, the bill re¬
ceived a unanimously unfavorable re¬
port. Mr. Branau says he will intro¬
duce another similar bill and ask that
it be referred to the judiciary commit¬
tee. The judiciary committee report¬
ed favorably to the house a
bill by Mr. Giles, of Houston,
which provides for the finding
of verdict by a majority of the jury in
any case. It offers an amendment to
the constitution of the state so that the
general assembly may require a major¬
ity, consisting of not less than two
thirds of the jury trying the cause, to
find a verdict in any court in this
state. The bill has been made the
special order for next Friday. The
following new bills were introduced:
To make the theft of domestic animals,
of a value less than $50, a misdemeanor;
to amend an act incorporating the Sa¬
vannah Bank and Trhst Company; to
prevent the sale of liquor at Trion fac¬
tory. Also a bill to prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors within certain
limits of the depot on the Atlanta and
Richmond line at Duluth. The fol¬
lowing bills were passed: A bill to
erc-ate a system of public schools for
the town of Cartersville, Bartow coun¬
ty ; to authorize the payment of ineol
vent criminal costs to the clerk of the
superior court of Macon county; to
authorize the mayor and council of the
city of Savannah to condemn property
for the purpose of widening streets.
Senator introduced a resolu¬
tion in the senaVj Wednesday which
was unanimously passed, appointing a
committee of two from the senate and
three from the house to meet Governor
Hastings, of Pennsylvania, and to in¬
vite him to a public reception in the
capitol. The resolution recites the
interest the state of Pennsylvania has
taken in the exposition by her liberal
appropriation for a building and
exhibit, and the loan of the Liberty
Bell. The committee on the part of the
senate are Senators Claiborne Snead
and N. E. Harris. The following
bills were introduced: To transfer
the county of Campbell from the Cow¬
eta circuit to tbe Tallapoosa circuit;
To provide for election of the clerk of
the county commissioners of Fulton
county by the voters of the county;
To empower the principal pby
sician of the penitentiary to dis¬
charge subordinate physicians; To
change the law fixing the license of
photographers; To allow justices of
the peace to reside outside of their
districts. The senate passed Mr. Rock¬
well’s bill changing the penalties for
crimes. The bill reduces many of the
penalties now in force, making some
that were felonies misdemeanors. The
bill of Mr. Jones, amending the char¬
ter of Albany, was passed. The senate
concurred iu the house resolution,that
the senate aud house meet in joint ses¬
sion at 8 o’clock p. m. to hear an ad¬
dress from Hon. 0. F.
A bomb was exploded in the senate
Thursday morning by Senator Little.
He introduced a bill to move the ex¬
periment station from Griffin to Ath¬
ens. Griffin has been demanding the
removal of the agricultural college
from Athens to Griffin. Athens is car¬
rying the war into Africa, and asks
that all be concentrated there. The
fight is on, aud it will bo lively. The
senate was engaged most of its morn¬
ing session in debating the Dodson in¬
surance bill. Senator Cummings, Os¬
borne and Wade opposed the bill,
while Senators Broughton and Harris
of the 22d favored its passage. The
bill was passed by a vote of 27 for
the bill to five against. The bill
aa P asse< l i® as follows: “That
frnm and after tbe passage of this
act a11 insurance companies issuing
P olicieB on property iu this state shall
P a J *° their policy holders the full
amount of loss sustained upon the
Property insured by them; provided,
sa3d amount of loss does not exceed
t!ie amount of insurance expressed in
P°li c y> and that all stipulations in
8UC H policies to the contrary shall be
Dub and v °iJ > provided, that in cases
°/ tosses on stocks of goods and mer
chandise and other species of personal
propertychanginginspeoificsandquan- ^Hy by the usual
customs of trade, only
6 ac *. ua ^ Vidue of the property at the
: 1! ! 3e 03 0BS ma J recovered. Other
_ follows: Bill
““ 8 P asse o were as to
amfcn “ section 4625 of the code, rela
ams 4” obstructing define the rights fish ways and privi- with
r > °£ foreign
* e 8 ea guardians and trus
‘ e ff- &enat ° r Shepperd introduced a
,l to amend, revise and consolidate
,ho mlh tary laws of the state, and to
declare what military laws are of force,
Thls bl11 38 aimed at ^dependent com
P a mes, and if passed will disband such
com P ames as the Gate City Guard, or
^ orce them to enlist.
Soon after the senate met Friday, it
adjourned to tlie hall „ of the house of
representatives to assist in the recep
t,on of the visitln £ governors. Upon
reassembling a number of bills were
f ead the second time, and the follow-
3n ®> bdls passed: A bill by Senator
Tatum, taking Cherokee county from
tbe Cherokee circuit and putting it in
ft' 6 Rome Circuit; House bill of Mr.
McDaniel to repeal the act of 1883 in
corporating the town of Morganton,
‘“Poll tlx© Trutli.”
Fannin county; Bill by Mr. Longley
amending the charter of Dalton.
Senator Mercer introduced a bill to
prescribe how elections shall be held
in counties on the fence question,
when previous elections had been
held on the subject. The senate ad¬
journed until Monday at 10 o’clock.
The senate was not in session Satur¬
day and on account of the large nam
her of absentees there was no business
of impjsAtouce transacted in the house
during the short mornipg devoted session. The
session whs principally to read¬
ing bills for a second time while a few
new which measures were introduced, among
were the following: To amend
an act authorizing tlnftown of Wash¬
ington to issue bonds; To chnuge tho
time for holding (ha Pulaski superior
court; To authorize, in counties of
60,000 inhabitants, tne payment by the
county for dockets of justices of the
peace; To fix compensation for elec¬
tion clerks in Pierce county; To pre¬
vent the sacrifice of real proper¬
ty at legal sales by providing
for the appraisement of tho same and
allowing the defendant to redeem the
-ame under certain circumstances. J.
W. Law, the colored member from
Liberty county, introduced a rather
unusual bill. Its object is to compel
all persons who sell or offer to sell, in
the county of Liberty, any beef, pork
or mutton, to exhibit the ears of the
animal killed aud to state the brand of
the same. Mr. Tatum, of Troup, in¬
troduced a resolution, which fixes the
time for Hon. Hoke Smith to deliver
an address before the legislature. The
time fixed is the evening of Decem¬
ber 3d.
The Bribery Investigation.
The investigating committee in the
matter ,of the corruption charges in
counoction with tho Bush anti-barroom
bill, began its work Wednesday after¬
noon. The two principal figures in the
causus belli, Rev. T. T. Christian and
Mr. M. S. Bickart, appeared before
the committee and gave their testi¬
mony. Mr. Christian was the author
of the article in the Wesleyan Chris¬
tian Advocate, and Mr. Bickart, of the
firm of Blumenthal & Bickart, liquor
dealers, is responsible' for the circular
addressed to the liquor men. These
two articles raised the storm, and the
committee took up the matter from its
first source.
Mr. Christian stated that he had
written three articles in the Advocate
aud that it was based , , on »fornui«qT' .. „
given him by Mr. Walter B. Hill, of
Macon who is the vice-president of
the State Prohibition Association. Ho
showed a letter from this gentlemen
as his authority for the matter con
,fl3 ?l ed i‘ le ul ;lo e ;
Air. Bickart tv was then examined. . He
stated the circular had been sent out
by his firm, but that no organization
had been been effected by the liquor
men nor any fund raised to defeat the
measure.
With regard to that portion of the
article which refers to the liquor men
having before been put to considerable
expense to defeat a similar bill, Mr.
Bickart said it was simply addressed
to tho trade and intended only to stir
them up. He did not really know of
any money having been used for such
a purpose; it was mere hearsay and
he did not remember where he had
heard it.
It was then decided in view of Mr.
Christian’s testimony to subpoena Mr.
W. B. Hill, of Macon, who was Mr.
Christian’s authority for the statement
that $800 had been raised by the
liquor men in Macon for a corruption
fund. A number of other men have
been summoned to appear before the
committee. F. M. Among them are Captain
Potts, of Atlanta, and Mr. Al¬
bert Steiner, general manager of the
Atlanta brewery. These gentlemen
will be asked if they know anything of
the existence of a corruption fund.
Mr. Hill has asked for several sum¬
mons, to be served upon Macon liquor
men.
It seems that tho prohibitionists al¬
so have a fund. This fact developed
in Friday morning’s session of the
house investigating committee, It
was made up for purely legitimate pur¬
poses and is intended to promote the
cause of prohibition by sending out
literature and defraying expenses of
delegates to the legislature to advo¬
cate the Bush bill. 'Ihb committee
went far into the matter of investiga¬
tion at the morning’s session, and ex¬
amined a number of witnesses. Mr.
Walter B. Hill, of Macon, was present,
also Messrs. R. H. Plant, Sam Alt
mayer and A. Gibian, of the same
city. Captain D. Purse, of Savannah,
was there and likewise Captain F. M.
Potts, of Atlanta. In answer to ques¬
tions Mr. Hill acknowledged that his
side has raised a fund to promote the
interests of tbe Bush bill. It’s intend¬
ed use was entirely legitimate and he
did not think the fund was ever large
enough to pay for sending out prohi¬
bition literature. He named the cus¬
todian of this fund, Rev. A. J. Hughes,
of Lexington, Georgia. Mr. Hughes
will be summoned before the commit¬
tee and asked to tell the amount of the
fund and the exact sources of expendi¬
ture.
Ecoene Field is to have a monti
ment iu Chicago. It 's to bo built iu
the name of little cliil Iren. Farther
east, neither grown t'uiks nor children
build monuments to 1 oeis.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
Brunswick’s new union depot, just
completed, is said to be one of the
handsomest in the state. It is built of
pressed brick and Georgia marble, and
cost about $10,000.
* * *
Seilfttor Tatum has given the proper
legal notice that he will introduce a
bill in the legislature to prevent camp
hunting in Dade county, and to pro¬
hibit the sale of whisky in the county.
Dougherty county is setting a good
example in her road work, and claims
the best highways of any county in the
state. Instead of brush and pole bridges
a general system of tile drains has been
put iu operation.
According to Colonel W. W. Dews,
the general inspector of fertilizers iu
the slate, who ought to be good author¬
ity on the subject, 40 per cent less fer¬
tilizers have been sold in the state this
year than ever before.
The University of Virginia and tho
Vanderbilt football teams will contest
for supremacy on the gridiron Novem¬
ber 16th. Tho gamo will be played in
Atlanta and both teams will endeavor
to win the victory. With the playerB
will come a large party of their friends
and the colors of the two universities
will fiuttor to the breezes.
Receiver H. M. Comer, of the Cen¬
tral railroad, has issued an order giv¬
ing each of the employes in the me¬
chanical department of the Central
railroad a five days’ leave of absence
with full pay in order that they may
be enabled to visit the Atlanta exposi¬
tion. They are also given free trans¬
portation for themselves and families,
The Seaboard Air Line announces a
rato of $5 from all points on its lines
tithe Atlanta exposition. This rail
means to bring passengers from
all points on the road north of Abbe
ville, S. 0., for this most reasonable
faro . ft is to f ac njt ate and increase
the* attendance of strangers at the fair
and it is not intended to inaugurate a
rate war on the associated Southern
railroad,
Messrs. Howell, Rockwell, Wright,
Giles and Battle have been appointed
as the committee from the house to ar¬
range a programme for Georgia day at
the exposition. They will get up a
rousing big celebration. Messrs. Hall,
of Coweta; McDonald, of Ware, and
Peeples were appointed as a commit¬
tee from tho house to accept the por¬
trait, tendered by the Atlanta Bar
Association, of Hon. N. J. Hammond.
The annual session of the North
Georgia conference will convene at
the Methodist church in Elberton on
November 20tli. Rev. J. H. Mash
burn, the pastor, and the church have
made every arrangement for entertain¬
ing the delegates. The members of
all the churches throw wide open their
doors and will do all iu their power
toward its success. Homes have al¬
ready been provided for every dele¬
gate. Bishop Keener will preside.
The Seaboard Air Line has come to
the front once more with a passenger
rate war. This time it is with the pur¬
pose of encouraging exposition traffic.
The Seaboard makes the offer openly
that it will sell tickets to the Atlanta
exposition north of Abbeville at $5
from any station, no matter how far
up the line from Atlanta that station
may be. These tickets will be good
on special dates, which will be proper¬
ly advertised by the Seaboard.
D. C. McCuiloek, of Laporte, Ind.,
well kntfwii in the Grand Army of the
Republic and political circles through¬
out that state, has become a member
of a syndicate which has purchased
100,000 acres of land in Georgia on
which will be settled an Indiana colo¬
ny. The projectors of the colony have
already laid out the embryo city of
Fitzgerald, which it is proposed to
rax>idly build up. It is estimated that
the emigration from this state will
reach 40,000 before next fall.
The Southern Dental Association,
after an interesting sesssion of three
days at Atlanta, adjourned to meet
next year in Nashville. The work of
the association was very satisfactory,
and the clinic-i were well attended.
Tho following officer.^ were elected:
Dr. John S. Thompson, Atlanta, pres¬
ident; Dr. L. P. Botterer, Char lias ton,
first vice president; Dr.W. E.Walker,
Bay St. Louis, second vice president;
Dr. E. P. Beadles, Danville, corre¬
sponding secretary; Dr. 8. W. Foster,
Atlanta, recording secretary; Dr. II.
A. Lawrence, Athens, treasurer.
Si a Tear In Advance
Stuckey Goes to the Penitentiary.
W. A. Stuckey has been placed in
jni! again, the supreme court having
affirmed the decision of the lower
court. He had been sentenced to
twenty years’ imprisonment at hard
labor for murdering Ira Taylor, his
brother-in-law, a little over a year
ago in a passenger coach of the Macon,
Dublin aud Savannah railroad.
Previous to the murder Stuckey
wns considered to be a law-abiding cit¬
izen and had amassed considerable
property. Since the tragedy his lanu
and other personal effects have been
turned into money to defray the ex¬
penses of his trial, and today he is
utterly penniless and a physical
wreck.
Gus Fatnbles Must Hang.
The motion for a new trial in, the
case of Gus Fambles, colored, for the
murder of old man Nobles in Twiggs
oounty, was argued at McRae, a few
days ago before Judge Smith, by Col¬
onel Cooper, of Macon. There were
twenty-eight grouuds in the motion.
Colonel Cooper argued the case for
two hours and a half, and argued that
as Fambles was tried jointly with Mrs.
Nobles and the other accused, that he
did not get a fair and impartial trial.
Also that he, Fambles, was under the
complete control of Mrs. Nobles. His
greatest point was the abandonment of
counsel. The judge dismissed the
motion, The ease will be carried to
the supreme court.
To Hold a Poultry Show.
The Georgia Fanciers’ Association,
composed of several poultry raisers of
the state, has been organized, and a
stock of birds will be exhibited at the
exposition. Rare birds, both foreign
and domestic, have been entered, and
will be plaoed on exhibition. Borne
of the leading fanciers of the state are
members of the newly formed associa¬
tion, and thoy have determined to
show what can be accomplished in
Georgia in the way of breeding fine
birds. Several shipments have been
made from England and Russia and
other foreign consignments are ex¬
pected in a few days. Awards will be
made December 5th to 12th, inclusive.
Much interest has been manifested in
the coming show, and the public will
be given an opportunity to see the
best poultry display ever given before
in the south.
Dr. Battey Laid to Rest.
The funeral ceremonios and inter¬
ment of the remains of Dr. Robert
Battey at Rome was witnessed by a
great throng of people, many of whom
came from different sections of Geor¬
gia and adjoining states to pay a last
tribute to the memory of the distin¬
guished surgeon.
Rev. Dr. Warren A. Candler, presi¬
dent of Emory College, Oxford, and a
life-long friend of Dr. Battey, assisted
by Rev. S. R. Belk, pastor of the
First Methodist church, and Rev. Dr.
George T. Goetehins, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, conducted
the services.
After the ceremony which was a
lovable tribute to a noble life, the
doors of the spacious resting place for
the dead were thrown open and ten¬
derly the pall-bearers, selected from
his friends and associates, carried the
casket inside where it was laid to rest
in the Battey vault.
The Battey infirmary will be con¬
ducted in Rome as a lasting monu¬
ment to the great specialist.
Free Whisky Wins.
The treasury department at Wash¬
ington has settled the question regard¬
ing tb j free distribution of samples of
whisky and wines at the Cotton States
and International exposition which
has long vexed the officials, Free
whisky has finally won. Among the
many foreign exhibitors are several
houses which deal exclusively in wineB
and liquors. They had samples left
here put up in small bottles which
they distributed free among the peo¬
ple who visited their exhibits. Under
the law all articles imported for the
exhibition were permitted to come in
free of duty, provided an indemnity
bond was filed by the importer to pay
duty on all articles not returned after
the exhibition. On articles sold dur¬
ing the exposition the usual duties
attaching to such articles are imposed.
The foreign wine and liquor deal¬
ers contending that their wares,
unlike all other wares could
only be judged by consumption ; that
the quality of their goods could not
be determined by looking at the bot¬
tle containing the liquor or in smell¬
ing the cork with which it was bottled.
They were perfectly willing to pay
duty attaching to the liquors and
wines sold, but asked that duty ou
sample quantities of liquors distrib¬
uted free be remitted. ' n ^e treasury
department officials have endeavored
in various ways to reach some satis¬
factory test of the quality of the liquor
other than by drinking it, but without
success. The Kentuckians said the
whisky must be tasted. So Secretary
Carlisle has fallen back on the old
treasury regulations applied to the
world’s fair and the California exposi¬
tion, which permitted the free entry
of liquors for free distribution as sam¬
ples, at the Atlanta exposition.
N UMBER 43
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal oard or let¬
ter Stating where you are going,
when you are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands in Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUIE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
QUARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA
J # J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Special attention to collection! and
criminal practice.
_
V. L - Watts >
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Prompt attention to all business
L. HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
J # S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits roui
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
JHIOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA
I have bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
XjJP^UGWELL, m. d.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronio diseases.
We have Money to Loan at 6 percent.
On farm or city property in any seo
tion of country where property hai a
fixed market value. Money ready f »r
immediate loans where security and
title is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN Sc 00.,
40-42 Broadway, N. Y,