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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1895)
TM1? 1-IJ. tL LlhvjIO 1 UrtiDT LA.I 4 TTIRR GEORGIA SOLONS MEET IN REG ULAR SESSION. Proceedings of the Senate and , House „ Presented in Brief. -- A resolution , . was introduced . , , „ arl in ■ the house Thursday by Mr. Johnson, of Hall, to have the , governor direct the attorney-general to investigate the consolidation of the railroads in Geor &£? Ttl'c" proceed discourages a monopoly, to against such a corporation. The res olution seeks to have the general assembly investigate particularly the consolidation into the Southern rail way system of so great a.portion of the railroad interests of the state and asks that the governor instruct the attorney-general to investigate and hono concurred in the, eu»te nraend ment to the house bill to allow the jury, ,n all cases except the great cajutal crimes, to reduce the offense to a mis demeanor, and if the judge concurs in this recommendation to punish as in tho case of a m.sdemeanor Thi measure is tho senate a substitute fora befoTit dorsementof the code commissioners was taken up in the senate, The bill was debated at considerable K^bms^ere 7 fntroduced^ ZTjt peal an act incorporating the town of Hayune; To authorize the comp troHer general to reopen the matter of assessment of taxation of the property of the North High land Railroad Company; To amend an act incorporating the town of Madi son; To provide compensation for the commissioners of Thomas county. The house was in an uproar for a time du ring the morning’s session. Mr. Me Daniel’s bill to change the county site of Fannin county was the occasion and Mr. McDaniel’s speech the direct cause. Tho bill was finally passed, The railroad committee submitted their report. r The scalpers’ bill was requested to be withdrawn by the member who offered it; also the bill to make the roads issue mileage books. The committee reported favorably on Brannan’s bill to put sleeping cars in the hands of the railroad commission¬ ers. The report of the investigating committee on the corruption charges was submitted and read. The nature of report has already been published. The consideration of the bill to re¬ lieve the supreme court has taken an in¬ teresting turn. The bill was sent to the geueral judiciary committee, and by it referred to a sub-committee of five. This sub-committee by a vote of 4 to 1 reported back in favor of the bill as originally drawn by Mr. Fleming to put the election of tho supreme judges in tho hands of the people. The general judiciary committee, thou by a majority of two, voted to sustain tho decision of the sub-committee. About this time, however, other mem tiers of the committee arrived and the decision was reconsidered. This time by a vote of 11 to 9, tho bill was so amended as to vest the election ot the judges in tho legislature. In this shape it was reported back to the house Friday. A minority report was submitted to leave the bill as it originally stood and let the peo pie elect tho judges. This so-called minority report is really a majority report, for since tho decision by the committoe, other names have been added, so that the minority report is signed by 18 members of tho commit tee, while the majority report has only 11 names signed to it. Most of the morning’s session was consumed in the discussion of Mr. Giles’ bill to amend the constitution so as to allow the legislature to direct that a verdict may be found in any court in the state by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the jury. There was a long debate ou Ibis bill. The bill was reported upon und, failing to get the requisite majority, was defeated. Mr. Broyles, of Fulton, introduced a bill, to amend the city charter of Atlanta by providing for the election of an ad¬ ditional police commissioner. This is aimed at the present deadlock situa¬ tion in the police board. It pro¬ vides for an election by the new cpanoil that comes in next January. (July one bill passed the house during t&e day and that was a senate bill to amend an act incorporating the city of Cartersville. There was another squabble over the bill to abolish the county There oourt of Gwinette couuty. was considerable debate ou the subject and the Lour of adjournment finally arrived before the settlement of the question. A telegram was read in the house addressed to the geueral assembly by the North Georgia Con¬ ference of the M, E. church. It was a resolution asking them to pass the Bush bill^ The senate then adjourned until Monday. Some time ago the house passed a resolution asking Hr. Hopkins, of the State Technological school, to report to it the best methods by which poor boys could work their way through the Technological school. Saturday a communication was received by the house and read in answer to this query. Hr. Hopkins states that the commis sion and faculty have often had this ^ f conmiltation al)d that it jj UH always been their most earnest en deavor to find a way in which the good benefits of the institution could be ex ^ gr clagses of young ^ As yet, however, they had ar ^ fcatisfactory conclusion, A resoIu t io n by Mr. Reagan,of Henry, ^ nnanim0 usly adopted which makes < h « of thohon., session hereafter instead of 10 o’clock. After the introduction of a batch of new bills the house adjourned until had a bu8y Be ssion Mon J morllin „ Btld measures were dis¬ ^ Btartling rapidity. Local ^ thfj or(]er the day and not ^ J thafc ^ £ {qt ^ actjoa fai]ed A bi which was introduced se¬ ™“» '“J’J wd| knowDi tho nniver . hoWs 3100 ,000 dollars worth of with , he Btate . 8 indorsement, bear interefjt at g per cen t. ^ the principal reli of thfi institution for maintain &uc hftH tfae further attrac ti ve qual ..... . income of the university. A number of other importan measures were intro f nced. The following bills were read po»te“the Mo»«e Kan and Banking 1 “ 1 1 -Y ’, amen d cL f^. er . the Savannah Bank and Loan Company; To amend a “ a ^ authorizing ho board o f commissioners . of the town of Wash to sell bonds; lo provide for the change of name or of the principal office of any corporation; To amend the charter of the town of Dawson, lo Inhibit hunting and fishing on the lands of others in Appling county, To prohibit the sale of hquor in the town of Defeoto ; Foesta ,} Ib i a ci y oour a Brunswick for Glynn county, To m corate the town of ARo in the counties of Habersham and Banks; lo limit the jurisdiction of thecity court of DeKalb in civil cases to the value of $100; lo incorporate the town of Douglass in Coffee county; To establish a city court in the county of Coffee; To provide for tho election of the county commis¬ sioners for the couuty of Berrien; To repeal an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county; To create a board of commissioners of water for the city of Savannah; To create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Savannah ; To incorpo¬ rate the town of Braswell in the coun¬ ty of Paulding; To authorize and em¬ power the mayor and council of Deca¬ tur to provide for the registration of every business or trade in said city; To amend the charter of Roberta; To amend the charter of the town of Meigs . so as to allow the city to issue „„ u ’ r tl >e sa e of liquor; To estab a new charter for the town of Calhoun; lo create the office of commissioner ot public wor.es for Bio city of Savannah , To amend a <> act creating a board of road and revenue commissioners for the county of Catoosa; To fix perma nently the title and status of a piece of ground on the northeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn streets in the city of Savannah; To provide a system of pubhc schools for the town of Oxford m Newton county To au ‘home the mayor and council of Bow naan to issue bonds; Resolution au thonzing and directing the attorney general to re-open the assessment of the Postal Telegraph and Cable com pany. A good portion of the time of the senate was taken up Thursday in read¬ ing local bills the second time, The senate passed the bill of Mr. Brown, of Pulaski, to incorporate public schools iu Cochran. The bill of Sen ator Roberts to prevent corporations from ooutracting with their employes so as to relieve corporations from dam ages by reason of accident, was not passed Wednesday, as reported, but was laid on the table. Thursday moru ing the bill was taken up and was the subject of considerable debate. The present law allows railroads and other corporations to make contracts with their employes, whereby, in consider eratiou of the employment, tho em , lo R ree ? aot . to . , ho J ,, d t he cor P ora P J e S received ; tion liabie for any injuries while in their employment. made A num¬ ber of able speeches were for and against the measure. On the pas¬ sage of the bill the yeas were 24, nays 12 . The senate was engaged almost all the Morning Friday in reading house bills the second time. Most of tbem were of a local nature. The following bills were passed: To amend the charter of Carrolton; To reincorporate the town of Elberton; the resolution of Senator Bussey To relieve J. D. Lang, tax collector, of Terell county; To change the time of holding the fall term of Irwin superior court. Senator McGarrity introduced a brill to levy and collect a tax on the amount of money paid in by any person or persons in this state for life in sura nee policies. This bill simply aims to reach the amount of money invested in .ife insurance. The resolution to pay Hon. Columbus Blair, of Bouglass county, for last year’s session came up and it met with decided opposition from Senators Snead and McGregor. Mr. Barnett drew the salary last ses¬ sion as the sitting member, he being a populist. The committee on elections at the beginning of the present session decided Mr. Biair, a democrat, was en¬ titled to the seat, and Mr. Barnett was ousted. The populists hold Mr. Bar¬ nett was wrongfully deprived of his seat, and that Mr. Blair is not entitled to the pay of last session. All of the populist members of the senate voted against the resolution and the demo¬ cratic members for it. The resolution was passed. The bill to pay tales ju¬ rors the same as regular jurors was passed, and when the governor signs it it will be the law. Senator Mercer introduced a bill making it a felony for any officer of any corporation or person to charge more than eighteen per cent for the use of money, and under the punishment not less than one or more than five years. The senate had its bands full of bills ready for final action Monday morn¬ ing and it went to work and in a short time passed the following bills: To provide for certain legal publications; To authorize the voters of Carrollton to hold an election on the question of issuing bonds; To allow the commis¬ sioners of Chatham county to purchase roads owned by private parties; To amend section 1978 of the code, relat¬ ing to landlord’s liens; To abolish ap¬ peals from the police court of Savan¬ nah; To amend the charter of Boston, in Thomas county; To organize a park commission for Savannah ; To fix a time for electing the clerk and sheriff of the city of Savannah; To organize a board of police commissioners for Savannah; To authorize policemen of Savannah to make arrests ouiside of the city limits; To extend the jurisdiction of Savannah for sanitary purposes; To extend the jurisdiction of the police court of Savannah; Bill creating a public school system for Cartersville. The bill introduced by Senator Monro to place county and municipal chain gangs under the control of the gov¬ ernor and lhe penitentiary depart¬ ment was made the special order for Wednesday. Senator Tatum says his people are tired of camp hunters. The game is so plentiful in Hade county that hunters go there and spend weeks at a time. His bill pro¬ poses to stop this practice. The governor has signed the Dodson insurance bill, which had already passed both houses, anti it has now become a law-. The bill does away with the three-quarters clause which all the fire policies have contained. Iu reply to the joint resolution for¬ warded him at Washington, Hon. Hoke Smith has accepted the invita¬ tion of the legislature to address them on Tuesday, December 3d. ,TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK. A Smash-up on the New York Central. Two Men Killed. The deliberate wrecking of fast mail train No. 6, eastbound, on the New York Central, was accomplished about three miles west of Rome, N. Y., at an early hour Tnesday morning. The wreckers had broken open the com¬ pany’s toolhouse nearby and obtained a wrench and crowbar with which all the spikes and fishplates from two opposite rails on the south¬ erly track had been removed. The two released rails were left in theii places on the track. As the train, comprising four mail cars and three sleeping cars, came along, the loco¬ motive left the track, bounded over the ties and fell sidewise into a ditch twelve feet deep on the south side of the track. The first two mail cars shot over the engine, the first one landing fully sev¬ enty-five feet from the point where the engine left the track. The second and third mail cars came together in a “V” shape and the wreck of the engine lay in the open space between them. Hn der the second mail car, pinned down by a pair of trucks and ctone dead, was found Engineer Hager.. Robert Elliott, a tramp, died after being removed from the wreck, The first two sleepers were partly turned over and tb/* last one remained on the tracks. Strange to say, the two loose rails had not been thrown from the road bed. the last car rock ing upon them. There were fifty pas¬ sengers in the three sleepers and not one of them was hurt. M. AND N. G. SALE. Bid In by the Representative of the Construction Creditors. The Tennessee division of the Mari¬ etta and North Grorgia railroad, 106 miles, and including the bridge across the Tennessee river at Knoxville, was sold by Special Master H. H. Taylor Saturday afternoon to R. T. D. Law¬ rence, of Marietta, Ga., representing the construction creditors. Mr. Law¬ rence’s bid was $330,000, a sum largely in excess of the upset price. WOMEN AND B ABES BUTCHERED WITHOUT MERCY BY SPANISH SOLDIERS. A Probability That the Murderers Will Be Sentenced to Death. Colonel Fernando Fegueredo, the Cuban leader, of Tampa, Fla., is in re ceipt of a letter from Havana, giving details of atrocities which were com mitted by Spaniards in Matanzas pro¬ vince. Colonel Melino, who commands a Spanish ed regiment, recently encounter¬ the advance guard of Gomez’s army in Matanzas, and was defeated. Whil« soldiers under Melino were in retreat, they met a group of women and child¬ ren near a little town called Cayopino, As the soldiers passed, one of the wo¬ men made a sneering remark about the Spaniards. The remark was over¬ heard by the soldiers and so enraged them that they butchered everyone of the women and children. There were ten women and about a dozen children in the group. The letter says that the Spaniards after shooting down their victims, stabbed them with bayonets, inflicting the most horrible wounds. One baby was killed at its mother’s breast, and the bullet that passed through the in¬ fant, also passed through the mother. Colonel Melino made no report of the butchery, but it happened that two of the women murdered were wives of tha Spaniards engaged in the sawmill bus¬ iness at Matanzas. When they learned how their loved ones had been slaughtered they sent De Campos information of the horrible affair and demanded that Colonel Me¬ lino be punished. It is stated that He Campos has ordered that Melino be eourtmartialed, and it i3 thought the butchers will be sentenced to death, as the massacre is condemned as bitterly by Spaniards as by Cubans. MURDERERS BURN THE BODY. In a Desperate Attempt to Hide Their Dastardly Crime. The most dastardly murder in the history of crime in South Carolina was committed near Cokesburg, twelve miles north of Greenwood one night last week. Miss Narcissa Bagwell, a young lady of respectable family, while on her way to Greentvood to take the train for the Atlanta exposition, was robbed and killed and her body burned in an old barn of fodder in the field. The coroner’s jury of inquest has cansed John Richards and Thomas Watts, colored, to be arrested on cir¬ cumstantial evidence pointing to their guilt. Watts has confessed to being a partner in the crime but lays the burden of it on Richards. Great indignation and excitement prevails and there was immediate dan¬ ger of a lynching bee. The opinion is now that the law will be allowed to take its course. The prisoner says that they killed the woman for her money and that no outrage was at¬ tempted. Thirty dollars in money and some jewels were obtained. One clew to the guilt of the negroes was the fact of their spending before.the too much money. Evidence grand jury maket the negroes desperate characters. D. B. Hill on the Lecture Platform. Senator Havid B. Hill,of New York, made his western debut on the lecture platform at Milwaukee, ou Tuesday evening. ATLANTA MARKETS. COBBECTED WEEKTjY. Groceries. Boasted coffee 22.10 w 100 tb eases. Green —Choice 21%; fair 20c; prime 19c. Sugar— Standard granulated 5c; off granulated -■ New Orleans white 4%c; do. yellow 4%c. iTyrup— New Orleans open kettle 25<g80c; mixed 12%(®20c; 80@65c; sugarhouse 20@35c. Teas—Black green t0@50c. Bice—Head 6c; choice 5%c. Suit—dairy, sacks, $1.35; do. bbls. $2.25; Full ice cream 90c; common 70c. Cheese— cream U@ll%c. Matches—65s 50c; 2 00s $1.30@$1.75; Crackers--Soda 300s $2.75. Soda—Boxes Gc; 5%c; cream 7c; ginger 6%;tancy snaps 8c. Candv—Common stick W, 12@!2%. Ovsters -F. W. $1.80:L. $1.30. Powder—Bifle $2.71. Shot—$1.30. Flour, Grain and Meal. $4.25: Flour, first patent, $4.70; second patent ly straight $3.70: fancy $3.60; extra fami¬ $3.35. Corn, white 45c; mixed 44c. Oats, white ----- 1 33c; mixed 30c. Bye, No. Georgia 75c. Bariev, Georgia raised 85c. Hay, No. 1 timolhv, large bales SI; small bales 95c. 2 timothy, small bales 90c. Meal, plain 43:; bolted 40c. Wheat bran, large sacks 75c. small sacks 77%c. Shorts $1.05. Stock Meal, $1 Cotton Seed Meal 85c per 100 lbs. Hulls, $6. per ton. Peas, 75c bu. Grits $ A 75. Country Produce. ?0@22%c; Eggs 16@17c. Butter—Western Creamery, Georgia fancy Tenn. 15@18c, choice 12%. keys 10all%c 10@12%c. Live poultry—Tur¬ chickens, # tb; hens 25@27%c; spring poultry—Turneys 12%a22%; ducks 18@20c. ducks Dressed 12(1 4; chickens 15@16c; Irish potatoes— Burbank ■ $2.00(32.50 10@13%c, bbl; 50a60e $ bu. Tennessee $ bu. 40@50c. Sweet potatoes 10(ff45c fi bu. Honey—Strained 8@10c; in the comb 10®12%c. Onions 75o bu; bbls. $2. Cabbage lal%c. Provisions. Clear rib sides, boxed 5%o; ice-cured bellies 9c- Sugar-cured hams !0%@12%c; California Sc. Breakfast bacon 10%. Lard—Best quality 6 9£c; second quality 6%c; compound 5%c. Cotton. Local market closed steady; middling 7%. I reportThat 1 h Lt 8 dr° Uad animals since they May J Waed ,°® 2 -< C Van Branm—That informal u,l ; l ' r the head of Marine’ on eo Dmwiddie—How d news. out?” ° make t Branm —Foundered bark Fitts.-urg Chro P icle and Tel egrap s. l The Haw Side. 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