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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1895)
IHE LEGISLATURE. gE ORGIA SOLONS MEET IN REG ULAR SESSION. proc ceilings of the Senate and House Presented in Brief. Chancellor Boggs, of the State Uni¬ versity, addressed the general assem¬ bly Friday, and for one who has the interests of that institution so much a t heart as has Dr. Boggs, it was an opportunity to be splendidly taken ad¬ vantage of. His was a worthy effort in behalf of the university, and from the very beginning he gained the at¬ tention and interest of his hearers. Jo showed the steady progress of the diversity since the war and |,t the attendance was now *ater than it has been any time Jice then. There are now 49 stu¬ nts in the university and the en¬ rollment is expected to reach 275 by i January. He spoke of the splendid Loral tone of the institute in spite of I (he misrepresentations of people throughout the state. He paid a fine tribute to the boys, and attributed j their good conduct to the splendid I regulations. He appealed to the gen j eral assembly for help. If the uni¬ versity does not profit by its chancel¬ lor’s effort this time it can certainly tot be laid to his blame, for his appeal vas an eloquent one. Little other business was transacted in the house, as the chancellor’s speech look up most of the morning’s session. Several new bills were introduced. A resolution was presented by Mr. Jen I bins, of Putnam, providing for the [jppointmeut of a joint committee of [three | from the senate with and the exposition four from the house to meet [committee I general assembly and that do both adjourn houses of that the I upon day and attend upon the celebration in | | * body. Saturday’s session of the house was | | very brief. and There nothing was occurred no quorum | present, except the introduction of a few bills and a | [ lew considered, committee and reports. after Nothing brief session was a I the house adjourned. Mr. Pittman,of I Troup introduced an important uieas [ore, ■ hindering, which obstructing makes penal the interfering offense of or I with sheriffs, constables or their depu Ities in the execution of an order or iseutence ry of the court, after prelimina¬ or final trial in criminal eases; to require sheriffs and constables to pre¬ lent to the grand jury any and all per¬ sons so interfering and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act, and to authorize the governor to re¬ move delinquent officers, The bill was drafted to prevent the repetition such acts as that which occurred in county when a prisoner, after been convicted and sentenced hang, was taken from the court and lynched. Mi. Pittman is much interested in this measure, has consulted with several of superior court judges about it. It to be indorsed by judges and and Hr. Pittman will push it (lore the general assembly. An important railroad bill was pass¬ im the house Monday. The meas »was introduced by Hr. Hodges, of ibb, and further defines the liabili of receivers. Under the present receivers are liable for damages injuries to passengers and shippers, it not for injuries to employes. Mr. bill provides that they shall equally liable in all cases of dam¬ es, The bill passed by a vote of 104 0. Many new bills were introduced read. The following bills were a third reading and put upon passage: A resolution to re the Brunswick State bank of interest due the state on a deposit the state had in this bank time of its failure. The amount deposit was $30,449.73, which ! paid in full; A bill to establish a of public schools in the town in the county of Pulaski; provide for the deposit with the le security by mutual assessment insurance companies doing busi s in this state; To fix and define the bilities of the receivers and trus¬ sed railroads; To abolish the coun : oart of Houston county; To pro for the removal of obstructions the running streams of Elbert Bill providing that no muni a lity in the state be allowed to put upon any drummer taking orders towns. a sensation was sprung in tbo Monday which adds another 'resting feature to the Bush anti room bill. It is a question of Dery and at the very mention of •*ord a red hot wave swept over [bouse enveloping in its indignant frienclB and foes of the bill. This J lution, by Mr. Willingham, of Cr oe, explains itself: Whereas, tain newspapers in Georgia that espousing ‘diis a bill now pending be house known as the “ant-i 0Ia bill,” have used arguments we slanderous in their nature reflect on every member of this Therefore be it resolved a committee of five & ppointed from the house Power to sammon witnesses and take testimony in order that sa: charges may be investigated. One of the articles which has raised this storm is from the Wesleyan Christian Advo¬ cate of last week. Another objec¬ tionable article is in a circular seut through the mail by the liquor men end printed by tbe Buufort’s Wine and Spirits Circular, in which it speaks of having before been put to considerable expense to defeat a simi¬ lar bill before the Georgia legislature and asking all the liquor men to get together and raise a fund to fight this measure now before the house. Mr. Willingham s ate 1 in offering the resolution that he felt it necessary, by reason of the ever ready suspicion that “tbe 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 conld not hut be a disreputable insinuation on the way in which each member cast his vote when the hill comes up for passage. He, himself, repudiated the slanders, aud 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 tito. Mr. BuBb, the father of the measure in question, then arose and repudiated the articles and proceeded to eulogize the probity of the members of the house. He said the writer had simply lied. Tbe 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 the 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. Immediately after reading the jour¬ nal Thursday morning the senate took up the special order of the day, which is a bill introduced by Senator Starr to increase the number of supreme court judges from three to five. Mr. Starr explained the bill and the neces¬ sity for its passage. The bill proposes to It seems the state will need more money than it has in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay off about a half million dollars of the pub¬ lic debt maturing in July of next year. To provide for this Senator Lewis, chairman of the finance committee, in¬ troduced a bill in the senate Friday morning authorizing the issuance of $2-12,000 of bonds to discharge this debt. The bonds are to bear four per cent interest, and shall mature in 1926. Senator Long introduced a bill to reineorporate the town of Elberton. Senator Cumming introduced a bill amending the law funding the pub¬ lic debt, so as to authorize new registered bonds to be issued in lieu of the old bonds. Quite a number of house and senate bills were read the second time. Gov¬ ernor Atkinson sent a communication to the senate ho had received from President Collier, of the exposition company, asking the appointment of a joint committee to assist iu arranging a program for • Georgia day at the ex¬ position. The governor expressed the hope that the legislature would ap¬ point a committee for the purpose, and that they would aid in making the occasion a grand success. At 11 o’clock tbe senate went into the hall of the house of representatives to hear Dr. Boggs’ address, and afterwards ad¬ journed until 10 Monday. Ex-Speaker Crisp, of the national house of representatives, has notified Speaker Fleming that in response to the resolution of the house he will ad¬ dress the general assembly on the political issues of the day next Wednesday evening at eight o’clock. Mr. Crisp will speak in tbe hall of the house of representatives and it is needless to say that there will be a full attendance of senators and members as will as a large attendance from the general public. The hall will be thrown open and every one will be ad¬ mitted. The senate transacted a great deal of business Monday morning, most of it local in its nature. The Dodson insurance bill, which requires all in¬ surance companies to pay the loss sustained upon property covered by policies of insurance up to the full amount expressed in the face of the policy, was reported from the judiciary committee with a recommendation that it do pass, and was made the special order for Thursday, November 14th, at 10 o’clock. Among the new bills introduced were the following: Bill to require judges of the superior courts to select and appoint an official organ for legal advertisements in the several counties in the state; Bill to prevent prize fighting in Georgia; Bill to adopt the code of laws prepared by the codifiers; Bill to allow the gov- ernor to appoint military officers, whose term shall expire with the term of the governor. Tbe bill they shall not receive any silary. The following bills were passed: Bill to es tabbfth tbe city court of Gwinnett; a 1 no bill repealing the bill c-eating county courts so far as they relate to Gwiu nett county; also, bill providing for the selection of a judge in cases where county judges are disqualified; To an thorize the county commissioners of Glynn to issue bonds; To provide for revising auunally the jury lists iu counties within whose limits there is an incorporated town of 10,000 peo¬ ple; To amend the law exempting per¬ sonalty, so as to require parties claim ing the exemption to put in their schedule all .the real and property they pos-sess; four bills amending the charter of Rome, and bill amending the charter of Dalton, The senate held a brief session Tuesday morning. The time was mostly taken up with the reading of bills by titles for the second time. No bills were passed. NEW POPULIST PLATFORM. The Subtreasury Abandoned and New Features Added. The populists of Georgia Lave abandoned the sub-treasury plan, That has been one of the prominent features in their platform heretofore, but the platform adopted by the ex ecutive committee, which met in At lanta a few days ago, contains no reference whatever to it. The executive committee held its meeting with closed , , doors , , but . the ., latest issue of The j. enple s I arty Paper contains an official report signed by Chairman Watson and Oscar Par ker, secretary. This gives in full the platform which, in the sense of this committee, the next national conven tion of the people’s party should adopt, In many respects the platform is the same as has been adopted by the partv since its existence, but there are sorne new features. The platform declares for the abol ishment of the internal revenue sys tern advocates the election of the United States senators by a direct vote of the people, declares that chureh and state shall be forever kept separate and no public office is to be appropriated for any private or sec¬ of tarian purposes; declares in favor the state supplying books to the pu¬ pils as well as the teachers, advocates, the abolishment of the convict lease system and the fee system, and closes with the declaration for a state dispen¬ sary system under which liquor traffic shall be controlled, the element of profit eliminated and the barrooms abolished. The first paragraph of the platform is upon the money question, and is as follows: •‘The direct issue of all money by the government; abolition of banks of issue; no more bonds to be issued; gold and silver to be coined upon equal terms at a ratio of 16 to 1. The vol¬ ume of currency to be increased to $50 per capita. ‘‘Government revenues to be raised by graduated tax upon incomes, and by a tariff tax upon the luxuries of life, the necessities of life being plaeed upon the free-list and the internal rev¬ enue system to be abolished. ” Government ownership of all trans¬ is still advocated as is shown by this paragraph: “Government ownership of trans¬ portation lines which are the high¬ ways of modern travel, the telegraphs and telephones to be run as adjuncts to the postal service.” It is said in the last plank of the platform, that relating to the dispen¬ sary Bystem, that perhaps tne greatest effect on local politics may be found. The platform has naturally created a good deal of talk in legislative circles, where everything which lias any bear¬ ing on state politics is closely watched. PITTS SHOT THREE. A Sensational Tragedy Enacted in Tennessee. The story of a sensational tragedy was received at Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday night from Macon county, on the Kentucky line. The scene was at a stave factory on Long Fork creek. It seems that John Kirby, Jim Liv¬ ingstone and Jack Moulder, three of the factory hands, were drunk and at¬ tacked the factory boss, Captain F. G. Pitts. They rushed upon him with clubs and knives and he retreated Borne distance, but finally drew his pistol and fired four times. He brought down all three of the men. Kirby was 6hot in the abdomen, Livingston through the side and Moulder in the side. Kirby and Livingston are dy¬ ing. No arrest has been made. HEIR TO SIX MILLIONS. Nephew of Hie Late Anthony Drexe is Fortunate. J. Cummings Drexel, of Peoria, Ill., a nephew of the late Authouy Drexel, of Philadelphia, lias received information lliat by the death of an aunt, Mrs. C. E. Kenilworth, of Brighton, England, he is the heir of an estate valued at $6,000,000. Mr. Drexel is twenty-seven years old aud during his residence in Peoria has been in the employ of the business department of a newspaper. TITPOTTriTT liUUlxIl (r O F l AHHl (YR CrT 1 A. A rjITS 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 haudsomest in the state. It is built of pressed brick and Georgia marble, and cost about $i0,000. Senator 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 Libit 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 iu the state. Instead of brush and pole bridges a general system of tile drains has been put in operation. According to Colonel W. W. Dews, the general inspector of fertilizers in the state, who ought to be good author ity on the subject, 40 per cent less fer tilizere have been sold in the state this year than ever before, The University of Virginia and the Vanderbilt football teams will contest {qj . supremacy on the gridiron Novem ber 16th. The game will be played in ^ tlftnta and both team8 wi n endeavor tQ wiQ the victor „ With th ® players will come a S' Rnd thfl colora of tlie two S' wi]1 flutter 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 tbe Central railroad a live 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 rate of $5 from all points on its lines to the Atlanta exposition. This rail¬ road means to bring passengers from all points on the road north of Abbe¬ ville, S. C., for this most reasonable fare. It is to facilitate 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 tbe 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 the house to accept the por¬ trait, tendered by the Atlanta Bar Association, of Hon. N. J. Hammond. The annunl session of tho North Georgia conference will convene at the Methodist church iu Elberton on November 20th. Rev. J. II. Mash burn, the pastor, aud the church have made overy arrangement for entertain¬ ing the delegates, The members of all the churches throw wide open their doors and will do all in their power toward its success. Homes have al¬ ready been provided for every dele¬ gate. Bishop Keeuer 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. Tho Seabo»rd 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. McCuilock, of Laporte, lud., well knowu 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 Indiana in Georgia on which will be settled an colo¬ ny. The projectors of the colony have already laid out the embryo city of Fitzgerald, which it is proposed to rapidly 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 session of three days at Atlanta, adjourned to meet next year in Nashville. The work of the association was very satisfactory, and the clinics were well attended. The following officers were elected: Dr. John S. Thompson, Atlanta, pres¬ ident; Dr. L. P. Botterer, Charles ton, first vice president; Dr.W. E Walker, Bay St. Louis, second vice president; Dr. E. P. Beadlep, Danville, corre¬ sponding secretary; Dr. S. W. Foster, Atlanta, recording secretary; Dr. II. A. Lawrence, Athens, treasurer. Stuckey (io4s to the Penitentiary. W. A. Stnckev has beeu placed iu ja : l again, the supreme court having affirmed the decision of the lower <• urt. Ho had been sentenced to twemy years’ imprisonment at hard labor fur murdering Ira Tailor, his brother-in-law, a little i<ver a year a on in n passenger coach of the Macon, Dublin ami Savannah railroad. Previous to the murder Stuckey iviiH considered to be n law-abidingoit zen and had amassed considerable property. Since the tragedy his laud and other personal effects have been turned into mouey to defray the ex¬ penses of his trial, and today he is utterly penniless and a physical wreck. Gus Fambles Must Hang. The motion for a new trial in the case of Gus Fambles, colored, for the murder of old man Nobles iu Twiggs county, was argued at McRae, a few days ago before Judge Smith, by Col¬ onel Cooper, of Macon. There were twenty-eight grounds in tbe motion. Colonel Cooper argued tbe case for two hours and a half, aud 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 case 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 placed on exhibition. Soma of the leading fanciers of the state are members of the newly formed associa¬ tion, and they have determined to show what can be accomplished iu Georgia in the way of breeding fine birds. Several shipments have been made from England aud Russia and other foreign consignments ure 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 ceremonies 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 trilmte 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. Bolk, pastor of the First Methodist church, and Rev. Dr. George T. Goetehius, 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 iu 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 the free distribution of samples of whisky and wines at the Cotton States and International exposition which has long vexed tho officials. Freo whisky has finally won. Among the many foreign exhibitors are several houses which deal exclusively in wines 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 tho 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 conld not be determined by looking at the bot¬ tle containing the liquor or in smell¬ ing tbe cork with which it was bottled. They were perfectly willing to pay duty attaching to the liquors aud wines sold, bnt askod that duty on sample quantities of liquors distrib¬ uted free be remitted. The 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, hut 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.
