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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1896)
GEMRAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE AND SENATE GET DOWN TO REGULAR BUSINESS. Brief Summitry of Proceedings of the Two Legislative Branches. House—18th l ay. There were few more than a quorum of members of the house present when that body was called to order Thurs¬ day morning. Many members were delegates to the supreme court convention, aud they were in attendance at the session of the convention at the Moody taber¬ nacle when the house met. The ses¬ sion was a short one, however, and no bills of general importance were acted upon. the A message from senate an¬ nounced that the senate bad concurred in the house resolution providing for the payment of salary of scool teach¬ ers. The house cleared up ail business on the clerk’s desk and adjounred at 11:35 o’clock until 10 o’clock Friday morning. House*— 10th Day. The house of representatives passed several bills Friday, but Speaker Jen¬ kins experienced difficulty in getting a quorum of members to vote on the measures. More than a quorum of members were in their seats during the third reading and passage of bills, but for some reason they failed to vote. Speaker Jenkins found it nec¬ essary to take stringent action and he ordered the doorkeeper to close ihe bar of the house aud to notify all com¬ mittees to come in the house at once. After the caustic lecture given the house by the speaker the members voted and there was no further delay. The first, step looking toward cheap¬ er school books for the children of the state wns taken by Mr. Buifeuillet of Bibb, introduced a rtsolution author¬ izing the governor to appoint four cit izeus of the state who, with the state school commissioner, shall constitute a book commission. The duty of this commission shall bo to inquire into the matter of school books and report back to the next session of the house at what price they cau bo secured. The resolution wns adopted. House 20tli Day. The attendance in the house Satur¬ day morning was very slim, so slim in fact that roll call was dispensed with. Mr. Oliver, of Burke introduced a bill thut will ounso considerable discussion when it conn sup for final action. It is a bill to make women eligible for all offices in Georgia except those filled by the people aud the general assembly. Mr. Felder,* of Fulton, introduced an important bill in the house, that ■will make his name remembered among the clerks and working men in Geor¬ gia, if it beoomes a law. It is a bill to declare every Saturday from 12 o’clock noon a legal half holiday, the same to bo known as Saturday half holiday. The bill will not interfere with bank papers and other contracts, but is designed to give the clerks aud others iu the state a little season of Xeet. from their labors. Mr. Blalock of Forsyth, chairman of the committee on pensions reported fovorably the bill to appoint a pension commissioner and also the bill to make it a misdemeanor for any attor¬ ney to charge for collecting pension money for any veteran iu the state of. Georgia. The bill of Mr. Houderson of Irwin, to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald was read the third time and passed. By unanimous consent a number of new bills were introduced aud read the first time, after which the house ad¬ journed until Monday. House—2lst Day. Some new and interesting bills were introduced in tho house of representa¬ tives Monday. Several of the meas¬ ures relate to matters of general in tercst. A bill was introduced to provide for bieuuial sessions of the geueral assem¬ bly and to make the term of office of assemblymen four years instead of two. A bill was introduced providing for the appointment of a pension board iu each county of the stato who shall hear aud decide all applications under the same rules which now govern ap¬ plications made to the governor. Another bill makes it unlawful for any reporter of the supreme court or other official of that court to practice law iu tsuid court or to appear as coun¬ sel in auy case iu that court. Auother measure authorizes certain corporations to lend money at 8 per cent interest aud grauts them other privileges. bills introduced to Several were regulate the business of justiee courts aud to allow certain fees for consta¬ bles. Tho bill by Mr. Swift, of Eiberf, to . create the city court of Elbertun, was taken up and passed. The bill to in¬ corporate the city of Eibrrtou was also passed. It provides f jr the crea¬ tion of the usual inuuicipal powers. The bill to incorporate the town of Plaines, in Sumter county, by Mr, Dodson, of Sumter, was read the third time aud passed. Mr. Blalock’s bill to prohibit per- sons from receiving fees for securing pensions was read the third time and put upon its passage. The bill received 89 votes, nine being cast against it. The bill to incorporate the town of Yatesville, Upson county, offered by Mr. Adams, of that county, was read the third time and passed. Mr. (Swift’s bill to authorize the town of Boynton, Franklin county, to issue school bonds was passed. Senate—18th Day. A straightout prohibition and coun¬ ty dispensary bill, a twin sister to the famed Busk bill of the last legislatmre and incidentally related to the South Carolina dispensary bill, was intro¬ duced at the session of the senate Thursday morning. The bill is one prepared by the prohibitionists of the state, and it was introduced by Sena¬ tor W. W. Turner, senator from the thirty-seventh district, who is a Meth¬ odist minister and a lawyer. The bill provides for the establish¬ ment of county dispensaries over the state to be managed by venders, who will be elected by the grand jury. It is, in short, the Bush bill with slight changes. Senator Turner will lead the fight for the bill. He is an ardent prohi¬ bitionist. The measure went to the temperance committee, where several amendments may be adopted. Sena¬ tor Turner is in favor of prohibition on the most feasible plan, and is not wedded to all the provisions of the act, but will probably be willing to accept any amendment that the tem¬ perance committee might adopt. Senator Walker, of the eighteenth district, introduced a resolution to ap¬ point a joint committee from the sen¬ ate and house, its duty to be to make investigation by conferring with the principal keeper of the penitentiary ou the convict question. A bill by Senator Comas was intro¬ duced which authorizes the ordinary of Appling county to issue jail bonds. Senator Sheffield introduced a bill to require the tax collectors of all the couuties in the state to make weekly statements under oath of the amount of state and county taxes they have collected. The bill also re¬ quires the tax collectors to pay into the county aud state treasuries all the money they have collected at the end of each week. For failure to do so they must forfeit their commission on all taxes collected that v/eek. They may either pay the state’s taxes to the ijtate treasurer or pay to the banks that have been designated by the gov¬ ernor as state depositories. Senate—21st, Day. Senator Gray, president pro tern, of the senate, and one of its leading members, introduced an important measure in the seuate Monday morning. The bill does not make void any local option law prohibiting the sale of liquor or any such law which may hereafter be adopted by any county. It is as follows: “$eotfon 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or cause to be sold, any intoxicating liquors, fermented or distilled, in this state in lees quantities than one pint and in original sealed packages. “Sec. 2. No such intoxicating, fer¬ mented or distilled liquors shall be drank or used for any purpose whatso¬ ever on the premises or within the curtilage where sold; and both the person who drinks or uses eaid liquors, aud the person, firm or corporation selling the same on the premises on which the same is drank or used, shall be liable to indictment. “Sec. 3. Nothing in the preceding sections of this act shall be so con¬ strued as to interfere, alter or make void any local option law prohibiting the sale of such intoxicating liquors now in operation, or that may hereaf¬ ter become operative in any county in this state. “Sec. 4. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed in sec¬ tion 1039 of volume 3 of the Code of 1895. “Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby re¬ pea Yjd.” introduction of this bill the xTle was principal ftature of the day’s session if the seuate. Aside from this, the seuate devoted its time to the receipt of reports of standing committees and reading of house bills. Legislative Notes. It is not unlikely that a compromise temperauce measure will piss the sen ute. Seuator Gray, of Houston coun¬ ty, will introduce a bill to prohibit tippling shops, aud there seems to be a temperance sentiment etroug enough to pass such a measure, though it may not be done till the Turner bill has been disposed of. A strong memorial was presented to the house committee on penitentiary by a number of prominent colored men in which they a>ked that a re¬ formatory for juvenile i ffeuders be es¬ tablished in tne state. Mr. Hall of Coweta, chairman of the committee, accepted the paper from the uegroes in a speech that showed he was iu thor ough sympathy with the work. Mr. Oliver, chairman of the com¬ mittee on enrollment, reports the fol¬ lowing bills as having passed the house and senate and are ready for the sig¬ nature of the speaker of the house and president of the senate : A bill to au¬ thorize cities of 5,000 population to make a census of said cities which shall be recognized as a Btate census; To pay salaries to county school com¬ missioners in lieu of per diem; A joint resolution to authoiize the gov¬ ernor to borrow money to pay the schoolteachers of the state; A bill to change the name of the deaf and dumb asylum to the Georgia School for the Deaf. Senator Yancey Carter will intro¬ duce a bill to change the tax law so as to prevent double-taxing land sold on bonds for title. When a man buys land, makes a partial payment an^ gives bis notes for the balance, he fcas to pay tax on the full value of 2and from the time the trade is made, though he may own but a small inter est in it. At the same time the ven¬ dor has to pay tax on the notes given by the buyer and thie value represented by the notes is double taxed. This law is general, but has been changed in some states so that the buyer and feller are taxed only as their interests may appear. If a man has paid $500 ou a Si,000 farm, he is taxed on $500, and the vendor, who still holds the ti¬ ll*', is taxed on $1,500, the amount of his interest in the property. ABSENT FROM THE BANQUET, But the President Wrote a Letter for the Occasion. The one hundred and twenty-eighth annual banquet of the New York cham¬ ber of commerce was held Tuts lay evening at Delmonico’s, and among the 376 guests were the most promi¬ nent professional and commercial men of the country, as well as distinguished statesmen and politicians. Alexander E. Orr, president of the chamber, presided and welcomed the guests. At the conclusion of hia speech, he read the following letter: “Executive Mansion, Washington, D. O., November lGtb, 1896.—Alex¬ ander E. Orr, President, Etc. My Dear Sir: The pleasure which a par¬ ticipation in the banquet of the cham¬ ber of commerce has afforded me in the past and the kindly feeling and broad spirit of enterprise which always pervaded those occasions cause me to regret sincerely that I cannot join the goodly company that will gather around the chamber’s hospitable board tomorrow evening. “Recent events may well cause those who represent bnsiness interests to re¬ joice in their escape from threatened peril. But, while they have abundant reason for rejoicing and can view with the greatest satisfaction the support they have given sound money in the contest lately waged against it, I ear¬ nestly hope that in this time of con¬ gratulation it will be remembered that constant vigilance and continued ef¬ fort are required to even maintain political conditions; but that absolute safety will only be secured when our financial system is protected by affirm¬ ative and thorough reforms. “When our business men are habit¬ ually alert and watchful, and when they are, moreover, fully aroused to the importance of such legislative ac¬ tion concerning our finances as busi¬ ness methods approve aud the welfare of the entire country requires! much good may be confidently anticipated, not only in the accomplishment of practical results, but in the removal of hurtful prejudices through an as¬ surance to the people that business and patriotism are becoming more and more united. Yours very truly, “Grover Cleveland.” A letter from Governor Levi P. Morton, similar in tone, was also read. Also regrets from Secretary of the Navy Herbert and Secretary of State Olney, in the form of telegrams. Postmaster General Wilson was the orator of the evening. The keynote of his speech is found in the suggestion, in President Cleveland’s letter of the importance of wise financial legisla¬ tion. WEYLKK A!<KKI> TO RESIGN. Open Rupture With Home Govern¬ ment Given as the Cause. A special cable dispatch to the New York Journal from Havana says: “It appears to be a positive fact that General Weyler has been asked to resign on account of an open rup¬ ture with the home government. Gen¬ eral Prando, it is thought, may suc¬ ceed him. “It is conceded ou all sides that his persons! leadership of the forces against Maeeo has ended in most sig¬ nal failure. “The attempts of the Spanish to make vidories out of the so-called capture of the rebel strongholds of Pinar del Rio are laughed at, Maeeo, with the science of Fnbino, alwavs re¬ treated in time tu defeat Weyler’s tac¬ tics. Maeeo, it i-< conceded, is short of ammunition, which is the greatest reason for h»* not aecen’ing battle.” Sol Zeigier Acquitted. At Sylvania, Ga., Friday morning, the jury in the Solomon Zeigier case, charged with killing Sheriff Brooker, brought in a verdict acquitting the prisoner at the bar. Diamond Cut Diamond. “Will you please examine dia money?” said a man who ja< ^ ®tepped into a jewelry shop, “ar* tell me what you think of it? If it * a g°°d atone I think I will buy it,' The jeweler took cte gem,which was unset, and looked ft * ^ critically for a moment. Then confidential tones, he said: “Well, to te H y° u Ik® truth, that isn’t a verf good stone. It has’nt much fir/5 it is badly cut and there is eomethbg here that looks very much likeadaw.” Tien he held the diamond under a mi/roecope and examined it carefully, finally observing: flaw, “No; it isn’t exactly a but I shouldn’t call it a perfect stone. Now, if you want something really fine I have here--” “Excuse me,” the other man inter¬ rupted, “I think I will not buy a diamond today. This is a stone one of your assistants let me take on Sat¬ urday on approval. I deposited $10 on it. Please let me have the money and we will call the deal off.” The money was handed over with¬ out any comment, but there was a grieved expressson upon the jeweler’s countenance.—Tit-Bits. Inventors Don’t Patent. If yon look back on the history of human progress you will find that none of the great epoch-making in¬ ventions has ever been patented, says London Truth. The man who lit in the first fire—whether Prometheus or the party from whom be stole the idea —did not get a patent for it. Neither did the man who made the first wheel —in every sense one of the most rev¬ olutionary inventions in the history of man. The same thing may be said of the invention of soap, candles, gun¬ powder, umbrellas and the mariner’s compass, or, to come down to our own day, of the steam engines and the electric telegraph. Patents are mostly concerned with small mechanical details and improve¬ ments—it may be in candies or um¬ brellas or it may be in the application of steam and electricity—and by means of these patents enormous pro¬ fits have been secured to second-rate inventors, but the great ideas and dis¬ coveries which underlie these details have been given to the world gratis. There is a general notion that if you did not protect inventions by means of patents inventors would cease to invent aud material progress would come to a standstill. But history does not bear this out in the least. Men with great mechanical gifts do not ex¬ ercise them solely with a view to com¬ mercial profit any more than astrono¬ mers search the heavens for new worlds with an eye to Registering pat¬ ents and floating companies on the re¬ sult of their discoveries. That Bird Well in the Hand. “Blanche, dear,” said the watchful aunt to her niece, “don’t you think that Fred spends too much money upon you?” relates Harper’s Bazar, “Do you thiuk so, aunty?” “Indeed I do, Blanche. I’ve been noticing, aud I think he’s really ex¬ travagant. You ought to check him, and tell him to save his money. You will need a good deal when you go to housekeeping, and it is far better for him to put in the bank the money he is now spending on carriage rides and luncheons and tickets to this thing and that thau to be squandering it. Think over the matter a minute or two, l a> and you will see it as I see it. “Oh, I*ve thought about it already, aunty. I’d take your advice if I were absolutely certain that we shall be married; but I’ve been engaged before, aunty, aud I don’t intend to advise a young man again to economize for some other girl’s benefit.—Exchange. He Knew, of Course. Little Sister (studying her grammar lesson)—How can y< u compare the words “beautiful girl?” Big Brother (absent-mindedly) — Positive, you call; comparative, you propose; superlative, she accepts.— Baltimore News. London ’Buses. London omnibuses carried 79,600, 000 passengers iu the last s : x months— more than twice the population of Great Britain and Ireland. The re¬ ceipts were $2,491,770 and the profits $326,795; 1,003 omuibusses traveled 11,688,000 miles. An Important IJiflfere-ice. 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