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mam nqMimnvr’ With the Prison Commission refusing information and ref using admission to camps, The Georgian has brought to light AT LEAST A PART of the horrible conditions surrounding Georgia’s 5,000 prisoners. It is with shame and apology that we print it-WE HAVE SHOWN THE SOURCE OF THE DISGRACE-we shall now makepublic thru our columns the stories of cruelty that make one heartsick to hear. In the name of our beloved state-how much greater must be our disgrace before something is done to stop it? HOW LONG BEFORE THE PRISON COMMISSION WILL BE ABOLISHED-and an opportunity given to the governor of one state to appoint officials who will right the wrongs we now suffer? THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and Tuesday. Tem peratures for Monday: 7 a. m., 75 degrees; 8 a. m„ 89 degrees; 10 a. m., 87 degrees; S p. m 91 degrees. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS 8POT COTTON. Atlanta, stciul.r; 11%. Liverpool, cteftdyt 6.27. Jfew Orleans, quiet and steady; 11c. »w York, quiet; 11.10. Savannah, quiet; VOL. TL NO. 293. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 13, 1908. PPTrTC • *° Atlanta. .TWO CENTS. IT JVJ.V-t.EJ. On Trains..FIVE CENTS. WIRE MEN DIE LIKE DOCS White men. Negro men, Negro women, —in one building only separated by lattices, the openings in which are large enough to reach sn arm thru. No hospital, no place to eat. Slaves and bribed slave-drivers, who, with the lasfi soaked in water and rolled In sand, so It will cut the flesh, pay for their bribes In human blood. A white man. sick with fever, lies In his dirty bunk, no sheets on his bed; he wears double shackles; In his weakness he staggers and falls fait- ing on the ground. Two negro convlcd falls fainting on the ground, for there Is no floor. Two negro convicts plcts pick him up and carry him back to his bunk, and they are the only ones who know he even faints. These are the things that make death welcome. And, bear In mind. The Georgian Is confining Its stories of cruelty to white convicts. Joseph Sidney Turner, Clement A. Evans. Thomas A. Eason, Are the men who, for reasons known and unknown, have for eleven long years held the power over these conditions. These gentlemen give out sets of rules, with their names signed to them—beautiful, humane, high-sounding sentiments. These rules are printed on large sheets and paragraph 15 says It shall be the duty of the deputy warden "To frame with glass and hang up In the hall of the prison building, and the office of the deputy warden, a copy of these rules." Was there ever'such a farce? The rules read as follows: "A hospital of sufficient else to comfortably accommodate 10 per cent of the prison population • • • must be furnished snd must be celled Inside with , dressed material and furnished with beds or bunks ready at all times for an emergency.’’ "A mess or dining room sufficiently large to seat comfortably all the convicts must be provided, equipped with seats and tables and so con structed as to protect the convicts In bad weather.” •’A bath house with water and tubs of sufficient accommodation to afford proper bathing facilities must be provided.” A hospital! No, a hell 1 Take a typical. camp—one building—over a hundred convicts existing In It, white men, black men, black women. Not a sign of a hospital, but what rmrrens? A negro man Is stricken with pneumonia; he la a burden, an expense. The slave-drivers don't. wAnt te be bothered with him; they allow a negro woman, not the'tiian’a wife, to live In .that room with him and over eighty male negro convicts during thi man’s sickness. Hospital? Yes, that Is the hospital. That la morality taught Its con victs by the great state of Georgia, and 760 of them are sentenced for life; they meet death In these surroundings. Who Is responsible? A dining room, a bath house? Yea here It Is: The building stands on posts lust high enough off th« ground that the men may walk under It—sitting on the ground Is a rough table. There are no sides to protect It In winter or In storm, and alongside the table Is a trmfgh with a water faucet at one end; In this trough the men may wash their clothing, such as they hava on Sundays, and those who care to bathe may get up In the trough and wash as best they can, tho these beautiful rules say the convict shall be required to bathe at least once a week. Privacy and decency are unthought of. There are men In Atlanta today keeping thalr dogs In the height of civilisation and morality as compared with these conditions. The women are separated by a lattice—nobody cars. The food—well, there Is no use wasting time about that. The "rules” direct that food almost as good as a man could wish be given; It looks good to see It on the "rules,” but pork and corn bread three times a day —and sometimes the pork Is alive. Is It any wonder the men have gangrene where the Iron shackles rub their legs? And, altho a returning convict brought letters from three men suffering from It. pleading for relief, their submittal to a governor was of no avail. The governor of Georgia has no authority over the prison commission. The "rules” read: Each bunk must be furnished with two sheets of unbleached cotton and blankets or other covering— . Such of the white men as have friends who send them have sheet*; others have strip* of brown and dark calico that won t "how dirt, such as can be supplied from the poverty of the family they.have lett be hind, while the negroes—well. It Is needless to describe their beds. They have no friends to supply luxuries. . . The "rules" say these beds must be sired and sunned at least twice a week. A committee from the legislature calls about once a year; the beds are sunned when the committee Is expected. Now a little about these Inspections: A representative who was on one of these committees a few months RULES Governing Contractors and Officers Georgia Penitentiary. of i. MESS HALL EQUIPMENT. BU1LD1NOE UUMdfof i raeorded \ county el 1 and the / d /erward/ m the general monthly report*, and also designate each convict who** term will eipfre during the succeeding A tin bucket, cup and plata. and a pewter apoon shall month oft aaid monthly reports, be provided for each convict. Breakfaat and auppar ;. To keep a tuna-book in which shall be The main building for' sleeping purposes shall be at must be served and eaten in tha mess-hall and dinner, the name of each employes of the lute, the county lean four and one-half feet from tha ground and at least when the coovkts are in the stockade. his residence, the number of days worked i twelve feet from floor to jetm, with a sufficient quantity amount due each, and make report thereof and •( windows, with sash, protected by iron bars, (o ensure BEDDING. to this office on the first day of each month light and ventilation. The floor must be of dressed ms- I. In connection with the physician in charge, care- \ ferial, tongued and grooved and fitted without crack*. Each bunk must be furnished with two cotton ticks fully inspect and rigidly enferce tha sanitary regulations \ Tha bunks must be made ol dressed material, three by the width and length of the bunk, well-filled with dean. * in and about the camp, and permit nothing of a filthy or \ ais feat, twelve inches from the floor, and so constructed fresh straw or axcelsior; two sheets of unbleached cot* dirty nature to eaist sin or near tha premises. To keep 1 •s to swing up against the avail when not in use. Each ton; and blankets or other covering sufficient for com* tha floors of budding*, the bed* and bedding and the I •f these bunk* shall be separated from the others by 1st* fort. clothing of tha convicts clean. To have tha beds and I tice-work of wood. or. wire netting, extending from tha In tha hospital the bunks shall be supplied as in the bedding aired and tunned at least twice each u-eek To I hunk upward on each-side four fset. and so constructed main building, and with such other furnishing at tha require the convicts to baths tkcir entire prison and put / «s to prevent physical communication between tha ©c* physician in charge may require. on clean clothing at least once each weak, snd also to J (VEtnti. bathe their face and hands before tech meal. S Separata sleeping quarters for whites and blacks must SHACKLES AND CHAINS f. To require all convicts to wear the regulation uni* As needed must be supplied TRANSPORTATION. The hallway between tha bunks must be sufficiently ■ride for comfort and ventilation This building must be provided with stovft of sum- stem capacity 10 heat it thoroughly in cold weather A hospital of sufficient site to comfortably occommo* All transportation for convicts and guard _ _ par cent, of the prison population, with same shall be famished by the hirer, and on the discharge of foe (he government of employees. requirements i form stripes, to sleep within the convict buildings, so be respectful to the officers, guards, employers, supennten* dents, free labor and each other. * to To report immediately to this office any default \ or failure on the part af the employer to comply with 1 charge the rules and regulations laid down by the Commission J \ to height from ground, and from floor a convict ha shall be furnished transportation to the it Ouards shall not be permitted to strike a convict • joists, win daws and ttovea. must be furnished, and point where he was convicted, and a cittern's suit of oxcapt to prevent escape, in hti own defense or in thst of must be ceiled inside with dressed material, and fur. clothe* of the value ef not lets than five dollar* another, and in no case will b* be permitted to curse a niihed with beds or bunks ready at all times for emcr* convict. gcncies GUNf AND AMMUNITION it To us* Ns best elforta.to build up and maintain A mast or dining room, sufficiently large to seat con" l a high ttst* of mortis in camp, and to tf forubly all the convicts, mutt be provided, equipped The hirer will net be required to lumttn gun* and permit the drinking of intoxicating I Iht foliowtng ditt. well ccoked am nSwNicc By, tnemfef*of each convict i and tables, and so constructed at to protect ammunition for the guards the convicts in bad weather. A bath-house, with water and tub*, of sufficient a» commodations t* afford proper bathing facilities mutt be provided All other articles necesury to carry out the | Sleeping quarter* for tha guard* mutt be supplied. Ions and intentions ef the act must be furnished, but they will be expected to furnish thalr o ‘ * —- with cards or other devices, swearing toy himself, guards or convicu. And convicts to have in their poamtion ptayfng-caeds Whale Tale Told In Rippling Rhyme; The Stunt’s So Old It’s a Near-Crime • furniture Office-room for quperintsndtftt and physician i HOUR" OF LABOR ALL OTHER NECESSARIES r other things usually used for the purpose of gambling. IJ. To require attendance and good order at all i vices of divine worship held within the guard's lines. t«. In all cases of suddan death by violanc*. accident' or otherwise, without previous illness, to cause to b* held an inquest and to immediately forward to this office be furnished.' The hours of labor shall be from sunns* to sunsat. by certified copy of the finding of said inquest A stockade not less than twelve feat high must an* (he watch el the superintendent in charge, with on* hour if. To frame with glass front and hang up in dose all ef the buildings, except guard quarters and of* for rett and dinner at noon during tha months of Novem* ball of tha prison building, and In the office ol tha Deputy fice. with space insid* of sufficient sia* for cxercisa and bar. December. January and February; one and'one-half Warden, a copy of the** rule*, recrest ion. hours during March. April, leptember and October; and At least twit* rath year. o» when needed, the walla two hours during May. Juaa. July and August .of the buildings andatnyksdr must be whitewashed. DIET. in and served, n If. DUTIES OF PHYSICIAN" Com bread udthOut stint. Wheat bread without ttidt three meals each week Thrce-quarttrt of a pound ef clear aides par day Ons pound ftesh perk, bad or mutton twice each •reek Syrup or molasses three times par weak. Vegetables m season, ihrte times each wash. Coffee, one cup for breakfast. Sait, pepper and vinegar without stint DUTIES OF DEPUTY WARDENS f. Physician* shall reside in tha immediate vicinity of. their respective prisons, and shall attend ad calls To reside within call of their respective camps promptly. HOSPITAL DIET. Such aa tha phvileian in charge shall require. MEDICINE AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES > be furnished *s required by tha physician i absent then ef on* of tha Prison peroiston of guard! emergency, employ proval by tho Pri#oi a To aaftly h< chsrge. to rigidly < poral punishment, t able. f. To require tl labor by the convici 4- To inspect d and aee that tha ruli on Commission fort be faithfully and cai .shall k«*p a ditt-rei d permission t. Shall visit tha prison early In the forenoon of each a a genet*! to* day. examine all canvlct* on tht sick hit. and pttt upon in. fate* of their physical condition before they are put at lebor. sbjact to ap* J. When a convict is adjudged by the physician unfit for duty, ha shall be placed on the hospital register, tted to thkir In accordance with tha terms therein prescribed, ano ► Inflict cor* from the time of said entry shall be under the control ef >* unreason the physician until discharged therefrom 4. The physician shall each Saturday tend t and faithful Prison Commission a report of the unitary condition a tha priaon, which will be an blanks furnished I NEW YORK, July 13.—The tea was smooth aa oil almost^ the air could not be liner, when, like a Vanderdecken ghost, the flying Yankee l|ner ellpped paat the banka, half polar clime, where berga are often sighted. If they had been around thte time all would have been delighted aboard the gallant twln- acrew craft—doubt not that thla yarn true Is—some words sore tax the rhym er*' craft—you’ve guessed her, the St. Louts. No berga, no atorm, a duck' pond sea. The passenrers were growling; they prayed for some variety. To hear a cyclone howling would not have been unpleasant to bored veteran ocean crossera. A big sea snake might even do, "with eyes as big aa saucers." And while the veterans longed for swells there was a great commotion; 'twaa half paat 8 p. m., five bells, and S eysera filled the ocean. The folk* on eck all went to port—Whalea! Whale*!’’ the lookout ahouted, and all came up to see the sport, and then the whole school spouted. The purser mur- mured with a smile: "Thla t* the campaign seaaon and spouting seems to be In style with little I rhyme or reason.” | The liner whistled as the throng of I whales came close alongside her. A big bull, fifteen fathoms long, rushdd forward and defied her. He spouted i twice and dashed along, in speed the l liner's equal, a right whale but he got In wrong, as you’ll see by the sequel. He ran before the liner's bow till mind ful of collision, stopped, lifted up hie massive brow, and laughed In deep derision. That was his last abysmal laugh; the liner’s eharp prow caught him: he did not look so well by half as first the (kipper thougttr him. The ship got qtttti a Jolt, blit kept right on her course serenely, the miser able cow whales wept:, they felt. . the bull’s death keenly. The purser said: "He loet the race end not once did I doubt It. He did not take defeat with grace: he'* nil cut up about It." . Perhaps the cub whales of his school will be a little shyer and never, like the ! big bull, fool with a sharp-bowed Yan- | kee flier.” ...... BLIT OUT WHOLE LEASE PUD Felder’s Bill Strikes at Root of Convict System. iff IO th#\ minion of I I for, the/ by tha Pris- J. All eofivict* or their reception In prison shill K i of convicts thoroughly bathed, and shall be «aaminrd by (hr phyai* I to this end cfan. who shall enter upon tht hospital register all da- ’•corded tha fret* and disaatet. reporting same m their weakly report, the amount When a convict ts found to be permanently injured or bit said rtf ., disaatad to at to incapacitate him far labor, th# phyai* called upon cian shall raport th* facta unmadieteiy to tho Commie- steertainrd when he it reecivtd in prison, shall b* fur- » j T# k*cp a rt niihed with at ltatt three-quarter* of a plug ol good. Fpuntthmcnt inflicted sound tebacto tix-mch fours, ot it* equivalent, each# tha date snd th* «xi creek I •««»• « *“ I requirements mads CLOTHING ago went with three other members to Inspect a certain remp 'he name of which we need not mention. The warden followed <»'«'" every »° poor dog could get a chance to tell anything of th# degradation mat ex- **A man stepped up and said: "Gentlemen. I know I will be beaten and probably half killed for this, but I will take It If I can get help ?<>r the men In this camp," and he began to tell of the treatment they »' lrt "ed. The guard that had been sent to prevent this very thing. In a At of rage, raid something to thla effect: "That mania a G— d—— liar. What.the h do you listen to him for? He Is a convict. Go on back to your work. Th* rules read aa follows, "Duties of Deputy Wardens," Paragraph 12: "To use his best efforts to build up and maintain a^hlgh atate of moral* In camp and to thle end shall not permit swearing or blackguarding by himself, guards oil convicts. „ Paragraph 11 says: "And In no case will a guard be permitted to cures 8 T.' there anv boos for a man. then, when once consigned to such a doom? Are you eo Innocent, dear reader, a* to ask why Re convicts don t complain? Their letters are read. No word get* out If 11 J* known, and even when It has passed the dead line the ear of mercy la deaf. "There ie no power higher then th* commleelonl” Add to this the sworn testimony of the vice president ofoneofthe mining companies, to the effect that not to Me >"»wMxo tu£ tte mission ever visited the convict*, and the facts brougflhit o“t t» sworn testimony as late as February of this year, that the wardens were In the bribing pay of th# men they were euppoaed to protect the convict* from. Jo.«TB‘dn.y ,e Turn“r'wa* m ^m xt "Tumwold. ” hi. father’s Putnam county farm, December 19, 1859. He has b **" , ch, J™’ >n “ , *T , .?.S rl ^ I !}nelnai mission since Its existence, and before ..IHla wjajs BO-callwri Principal keeper of the penitentiary, the "penitentiary °* ,y a anritast Georgia has no penitentiary—her convict* are sold Into slavery, thus saving the expense of building one. ....... The prison department of our etat# and other public ofnceahehaahald have enabled him to live off the state nearly ever elnce he has been old GeneraM” A^Evane I# now past, hi# 76th year—a man with an unspotted mlllt^'tJreerAo^whom Georgia owe. every klndnera. A preacher for over » quarter of a century since the war, and a 0 "®moatlde*5 could have known of the conditions that axtet. In * la Me<U TMta.TcounCTa a rch C 5*. | C 651 ,y Secured hie first ^KdltteaPjob In 1V«. an<1 haa M at th * pub,,c ,rou * h m,,,, of th * time for over a quarter ot a century. The convict farm at Mllledgevllle. the biggest thing except the emission Itself, run by a kinsman .ofChalrasn Turner. <» *. “ SSSraWS within Itaelf. Into which even the governor may not enter. t I. it Tny wonder representative, ef Th. Georgian w.r. refu.ed ps.se. ° ft*Tnv wonder we were refuted permi«»lon to ••• any report"? It Is any wonder the chairman "hut Hit ayaa Vfw! No, It's no wonder. But we wonder how Ion* It mill take Georgias law makers to Investigate this body? anmmissinn bo the We wonder how long It will take to abo t"h the governor can appoint someone to administer law and humanity! How long, oh Lord; how longl name, color. *(*. cr r Nut two scn'rncr. data ef r*< Timer, and two suits shall malm raport fi rim* will be considered suffici«n»*^and sufficient under* ahall an recaption, (lathing from Ocub«r tat to Map rat. and garmaftts pr* Each (ontnet mutt b* kept supplied with a Suita of uniform cotton stripes n ef.woelan stripes i recorded tha A Physicians shill t h th* name, of contractor* relating to hospitals shelf be faithfully ot* ind to make terved. and when they fail to comply therewith shall »•. dar oath, on port th* facta tmroadiatalp to th* Commission. 1 In connection with tha Deputy Warden tha pltytt* •red. giving cians tha" carefully inspect tha sanitary condition of the «d. term of pnaon* and grounds, and permit nothing ao remain in oa karge. And near th* premises of such a nature aa will c Lack of Lemon Custard On Navy Bill of Fare Is Cause of Desertions jffitr of tha or produce akkneas and recap- af said prisoner nr ’ description »Ofi. *. TURNER. CLEMENT A. EVANS. TOM EASQN, alto appear J. C MOORE. Warden. The prl.on commission's "Rulsa” that ars mads to look at, but not to anforcs. In his sworn testimony only a few months ago Vic* President James, of the Durham Coal and Coke Com pany, stated that never to hla knowledge had a member of the commission visited thalr camps. The wardens ars left to enforce them, while they receive more money from the leasees than from the stats. Are they likely to be en forced 7 HALL WOULD CHANGE LEGISLATURE TO Would Place Gov. Brown in Office Next January. / A bill to change the time of holding the sessions of the Geofel* legislature from th* fourth Wednesday In June to the second Wednesday In January wa* Introduced In the houssIMonday by Mr. Hall, of Bibb. The bill. If passed a* framed by Mr. Hall, will become effective at once, and th* next session/ of the general asaembly will be held on the second Wednesday In January 1909. Since the law requites that the In coming governor shall! be Inaugurated at the first session of/the new general assembly following Ills election, the bill, If passed, will shdrten the term of Governor Smith six months, as other wise Governor-elect Brown would not be Inaugurated until J(une, 1909. It is understood, however, that Gov ernor Smith will apptove the passage of the bill, but should he oppose the measure Mr. Hall states he will aak to be allowed to amend th* Mil so that It will become effective In January 1910. A GENUINE INVESTIGATION WANTED The horrible disclosures made in The Georgian’s Investigation of tho prison commission's administration of tho conviet lease system make it Im perative that a genuine Investigation bo instituted. There it little doubt that the resolution now ponding in tho legislature, celling for an Investi gation, will be passed. Tho chsractor of this investigation will depend entirely upon tho men who will be named by tha president of tho senate and the speaker of th* house of representatives to eonduet it. The record of etch member of tho legislature on thla burning laeu* Is known. It la, therefore, the patriotic duty of the two state officials mentioned to appoint men on thle committee whose records are known to be a guaran tee that th* Interest* of the state of Georgia will b* paramount. Th* eyes of the people of the entire state are today fixed upon this par ticular feature of the legislature's actions, with an earnest appeal for a committee that will go to the very bottom of th* terrible conditions known to prevail. 8hall the people have a genuine Investigation? It remains with tho prmldant of the senate and th* speaker of tho house of representative* to answer by their appointments on this commit- CHICAGO, July 13.—Unless the Unit ed States navy adds lemon pie In Its menu, there Is danger of wholesale de sertions. Two deserters from Constel lation were arrested yesterday in Chi cago and both declared that the reason they ran away was because of a lack of pastry containing lemon custard. They were foundering themselves on their favorite food In Pittsburg Joe's Clark-st. restaurant when Detective Frank Rlek, who overheard them talk Ing. suspected them of being naval de sertera. “If we’d have had some of thle,' said one to the other, "wi would still he nn the ahln ah Senator Thomas S. Felder, of the Twenty-second district. Introduced In the senate Monday a bill providing for the abolishment of the present convict lease system and the substitution there, for a system by which the felony con victs will be worked by the several counties on their public roads anrl pub lic works, thus employing them In permanent public Improvements In stead of the enrichment of private In dividuals. The bill contains a provision for an eighteen months’ lease of such convicts as the counties do not use. this lease to be made for the purpose of supply ing funds for the purchase of lands, the erection of houses and stockades, for the employment and care of felony convicts not employed on the publio roads and public works of the counties. At the expiration of this lease the notorious "Georgia convict lease ays- f awiI 1 n-ttt Wa ~ — -l be on the ship, eh, Stevie ’This makes three piece* for me. How many have you got away with?” r#nll*»rl Rtavla ten. 000000000000000000000009^0 WHAT LEGISLATURE DID ON MONDAY STATESBORO, Gs., July 13.—Joe Stubbs, who was stabbed by Dave Wil son at Adabelt a few days ago. is In a serious condition end may not recover. Sheriff Kendrick* placed Dave Wilson DOOOCOOOOUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O Th* senate convened at 10 o’clock. Re-referred bill on state record*. Received several new bills and rec ommendations for appointments. Passed two local bills. Adjourned to 19 o’clock Tuesday. The house spent Its session In de feating the pension bill. at this place. They will be given a preliminary trial as soon aa Stobba’ and his brother John/in the county Jail condition will permit. MRS. HETTY GREEN TO LIVE IN VIRGINIA BELL0W8 FALLS. Va„ July 13.— Once again Mrs. Hetty Green, the rich, set woman In America, has smiled upon the peonle of this city, where Is located her former summer home. Rhe has no tified the assessors that old difficulties are buried and that hereafter ahe will make thle clt? her residence. A letter recently arrived from her state* that after due consideration she hae decided to tale up her residence here and will pay personal taxes upon 1119,999. Thla would be ar. apportionment of about one-fiftieth of th* town’* total tax aa- replled 'Stevie. Detective Relk arrested them' as they were leaving the restaurant and charg ed them with being deserters from the navy. "Don't deny It,” said th# officer, "for I've got the goods on you. While you were eating your All you dropped a re mark about running away from the ship. Come with me to the station." Before the station waa reached both confessed that they were deserters from the Constellation. The boys are Thomas McGrath, of 106 Elghth-ave., New York, and Steph en Povllln, of McKeesport. Pa. Both enlisted last December. Neither of them Is 19 year* old. On June 26, while th* Constellation was at Boston, the boys, who were on shore leave, decided that the navy waa not the place for them. It was pay day and with the money they had drawn they bought civilian clothes. They threw away their sailor garment* and left Boston on a freight train. “Stevie and me got sore on the navy because we did not get any lemon pie,” •aid McGrath. “When we -Joined we were told what a soft snap It would be to be on a battleship. They said all we had to do waa to travel around the world and see foreign countries. "They handed us the bunk, but we soon got wise to our Job. Travel around the world! That's a Joke. Since I have been In the navy all I have done Is to point anchor. Stevie and me wanted lemon pie one day and we told the cook about It. He said If we ever again spoke of pte to him he would have us put In chains. The boys on th* ship—that 1*. most of them—want lemon pis at leoat once a week. There have been a whole lot of desertions Just on this account.” tom” will be at an end The Felder bill provides for the sep arate employment of whit* and Colored convict*, nnd also requires the prison commission to encourage In every le gitimate way the use of convicts by the several counties. The temper of the legislature at this Juncture on the convict lense question gives promise of the passage of the Felder bill. Senator Felder stated on Monday that the bill would be enacted Into law at thla session. ‘■You may toy to th* people of Geor gia.” declared 8enator Felder, “that this session of the legislature will kill th* convict lease system for good and all, root and braneh.” Terms of th* Bill. Section 1 of the bill provides that previous acts shall be amended so aa to provide that from April 1 all felony convicts except those required to bo placed on the prison farm shall be dis posed of as stated In the following sec. lions .of the bill: Section 2. The several counties of this state shall have the right to re- Continued on Page Three. PENSION BILL IS DEFEATED Cost to State Shown by Leaders of . Opposition. Stork’s Visit Tied Up Chicago Street Cars CHICAGO, July 13.—The stork caused a tie-up In the Chicago street care In front of the city hall Monday. Mrs. John Rouloff, on her way to a hospital with a trained nurae. gave birth to a little girl. The nurae In formed tne conductor, who stopped his car, chased out the passengers, sum moned a policeman and a physician. After an ambulance had taken the mother, nurse and baby away, the ear company spent half an bour unraveling sessment, which amount* to 16,000,000. the truffle tangle. The Foster service pension bill wan defeated In th# house of representa tives Monday afternoon for lack of con stitutional majority, after a morning of heated debate and an ext- nalon of time for It# Anal disposition. The vote for the bill was 111 and the vote against It 24, the necessary twn-thlrds vote be ing 122. The bill was, therefore, lost. When th# house met at 10 o'clock Monday morning the first order of business waa the pension bill, intro duced by Mr. Fowler, of Cobb, which waa under consideration when the house adjourned Saturday. The bill provide* that all Confederate veterans who own property valued at less than 81.800 and all widows of vet erans who married prior to 1870 shall receive pensions. Mr. Heard, of Dooly, who had the floor when the house adjourned Sat urday, waa again recognised by the speaker and continued his speech In support of the bill. Mr. Barrett, of Stephens, followed Mr. Heard In a speech opposing the measure. Hie opposition to the meas ure was based upon the Increased cost to the state of Georgia, which would follow should the bill become law. He declared that If the bill passed the pension list of Georgia will be 18.000.000. Mr. Shaw, of Clay, favored the bill. He declared that Its passage would not mean a largely Increased pension roll for the state because the ranks of th* Confederate veterans are growing thin, ner even’ year, and he said that In 25 . years there will be none to pay. Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, opposed th# bill. He was not lacking in hla love and respect for the” veterans of the gray, he said, but hts sense of duty to the ^iLSmAi j