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Bill latrodsced By Senator McNeil Would
Probibit Undefended Divorce
Cases In Court
SENATE HAS SHORT SESSION
Adjourns Monday in Respect to Pres¬
ident Anderson, Whose Mother
Died in Savannah.
—Atlanta.
Sweeping changes in Georgia's di¬
vorce laws are’provided for in a bill
introduce! by Senator W. D. McNeil
of the Twenty-second district. The bill
provides that evidences of witnesses
other than parties involved shall be
given on the grounds of adultery. Un¬
der the present law testimony of the
husband or wife is sufficient before a
divorce is given on the grounds of men¬
tal incapacity the fact must be proven
by at least two witnesses. The bilf
also provides that no cases shall he
undefended,while in the past more than
two-thirds of the divoree suits in Geor¬
gia have been undefended.
A radical change in the grounds of
cruel treatment is made. The bill pro¬
vides that cruel treatment shall consist
of actual violence uncondoned by the
other party. Witnesses other than the
parties Involved must testify.
Habitual intoxication has to be prov¬
en by at least three witnesses.
A radical change'is that there shall
be no more undefended cases; the
judge shall designate lawyers to repre¬
sent the defendants in each case,
whether the defendants can pay attor¬
neys’ fees or not. But the defendant
shall pay fees and his share of costs
if he is able to do so.
The old divorce laws shall stand ex¬
cept. when in conflict with'’ this act.
Other charges provided for in Sena¬
tor’s McNeil’s bill are that intermar¬
riage of persons within the prohibited
degrees of consanguinity shall be no
grounds for divorce if there shall be
living issue of the marriage at the
time the suit is filed; in suits on the
grounds of force, menace, devices or
frauds at the time of the marriage, ac¬
tion must be instituted within three
months after marriage; in cases of wil¬
ful desertion, the party shown to have
deserted the other without justifica¬
tion shall not be given a divorce for
at least five years after the final de¬
gree f6r granting the other party the
divorce, This is a punishment for de
eertion.
Although the senate was in session
only fifteen minutes, adjourning be¬
cause o*t the death in Savannah Sun-,
day of Mrs. SMward C. Anderson, the
mother of President J. Randolph An
derspn, several important bills were
introduced.
Senator Fred Kea of the Sixteenth
district, introduced a bill to provide
that the electric chair shall be used
In the execution of all felons in Geor¬
gia, and that all executions shall take
place at the state farm in Milledge
ville.
At the close of the senate’s fifteen
minute session, the general judiciary
committee met, of which Senator Mc¬
Neil Is chairman. Many bills from the
last session and three introduced this
session were referred to subcommit¬
tees.
The following bills have been intro¬
duced ;
By Senator J. L. Sweat of the Fifth
District—To amend article 3, section 4,
paragraph 1, of the constitution to ex¬
tend the term of members of the gen¬
eral assembly until the time fixed for
the convening of the general assembly.
By Senator C. H. Parrish of the Sev¬
enteenth .District-—To create a new
charter for the city of Statesboro.
By Senator Watts of the Eleventh
District—-To amend the charter of the
city of Outhbert. ?
By Senator Tarver of the Forty
third District—To regulate the expen
diture of' money for campaign ex¬
penses for United States senator and
governor and state house officers at
primary elections.
By Senator Allen of the Twentieth
District—To provide for a hearing in
the courts of tax collectors or sureties
on their official bonds when executions
have been issued by the comptroller
general against the defaulting tax col¬
lector and sureties on their bonds.
Forerunnners of what may prove to
be the most bitterly contested meas¬
ures introduced into the general as¬
sembly of Georgia for many years
made their appearance in several new
bills introduced during the past week.
It is apparent that the solons will
not be able to evade the woman suf¬
frage issues, the liquor agitation and
the efforts on the part of the oppon¬
ents of the tax equalization law to
secure an amendment to this bill pass¬
ed at last session.
To Prevent Hasty Marriages.
Much interest has been manifested
in a bill presented by Representative
Parker of Liberty, which tends to reg¬
ulate marriages in the state. This bill
To Urge McIntosh Memorial.
Atlanta. Mrs. A. H. Aifriend, chair
man of the Gen. William McIntosh
moriul association, is doing much to se
cure the passage at the present ses
sion of the legislature a bill to have
the state preserve as a memorial to
General McIntosh the hotel built by
him at Indian Spring. “The Gen. Wil
liam McIntosh memorial bid, which
had one reading at the last session
of the Georgia legislature, is meeting j
with a great deal of praise and enthu- j
siasm throughout the state.” said Mrs. |
A.friend.
requires the publication once a Week
for four consecutive weeks the notice
of an approaching marriage in the
papers of 1 the county, where the fe
fflStle resides. According to this bill
the full name of both parties and the
time and place of the ceremosy must
be given in the notice.
Eugenic Marriage Law.
Another bill which might be called
a companion Dill to Representative
Parker’s “wedding” bill, was one in¬
troduced into the senate by Senator
Hixon. This is known as the eugen¬
ics bill and requires a physician’s
certificate of mental and physical
soundness and abstinence from alco¬
hol and narcotics and fixing the mar¬
riageable age of the male at eigh¬
teen year and the female at sixteen.
Parents of the females are allowed
to furnish a certificate in hey behalf.
Another Prohibition Bill.
What is believed to be one of the
most extreme prohibition bills ever
introduced in the Georgia legislature
was one presented by Representative
Fullbright of Burke county into the
house. After its introduction the bill
was referred to a temperance, com¬
mittee. This bill prohibits the man
ufacturef sale, keeping for sale, bar¬
ter or giving away to induce trade
of any liquor containing more than
one-half of 1 per cent, alcohol. It
fixes January 1, 1915, as the date when
it is to become effective, prohibits the
issuance of any license in the name
of'the state or any subdivisidi' there¬
of or any municipality "fdr the sale of
the liquor, and provides misdemeanor
punishment for violation.
Woman’s Suffrage introduced.
A lively fight is anticipated over the
woman suffrage bill introduced by
Representative Wright of Floyd, which
calls for a constitutional charter
amendment, allowing women to vote
in Georgia. In his bill, Mr, Wright
calls upon the governor to provide for
the submission of the proposed
amendment to the people. This bill
was referred to a committee on con¬
stitutional amendment, where it will
receive the warmest reception. Both
the antis and those in favor "of the bill
are preparing for a bittle struggle
when the Mil is reported back to the
house by thelcommittee.
New Bills Before House.
Among the new important bills was
one by Mr. Allen of Jackson tMubmit
to the voters of the state a constitu¬
tional amendment providing for the
initiative and referendum. Mr. Car¬
ter of Appling introduced a bill call¬
ing Jor felony convicts to work on a
public highway from Bryan coenty
to the Florida line. Quick action was
taken by the house committee on agri¬
culture, which met before the house
adjourned and acted favorably on a
resolution indorsing co-operation be¬
tween ernmeSt*for Georgia and the, national gov
the exteitfiion of agri¬
cultural wqrk in the state. In a
resolution introduced by Mr. Stovall of
Elbert an appropriation of $10,000 was
asked for with which to provide two
statues of noted Georgians to be plac¬
ed in the national hall of fame at
Washington, D. C. In the resolution
the names of Alexander H. Stephens
and Dr. William Crawford Long were
mentioned for the honor.
To Elect Game Commissioner.
Representative Moye of Johnson and
Connor of Spalding introduced in the
house a bill to take out of the gov¬
ernor’s hands the appointment of the
game and fish commissioner and place
the election of this official in the hands
of the people. It fixes the term as two
years and provides for election in the
same manner as members of the gen¬
eral assembly are elected.
Bill to Create Public Printer.
A bill to create the office of super¬
intendent of state printing was intro¬
duced by Representaive John Y. Smith
of Fulton county. It provides that this
official shall be a practical printer of
at least five years’ experience, ap¬
pointed by the governor for a term of
two years at a salary of $3,000 per
year; that he shall receive bids and
award contracts for all the state’s
printing of every kind.
Senate Receives New Bills.
Three bills of state-wide import¬
ance were introduced in the senate,
the most radical probably being that
of Senator Huie of the Thirty-fifth
district, which would prohibit the
slaughter of female calves, the pri¬
mary object of the measure being to
encourage the cattle industry in the
state. Senator Kea of the Sixteenth
district is the author of a bill prohib¬
iting whites from teaching in negro
or mixed schools, and prohibiting ne¬
groes from teaching in white or mix¬
ed schools. A resolution memorializ¬
ing congress to repeal the bankruptcy
act was introduced by Senator Starke
of the Thirty-third district, the reso¬
lution declaring that the act benefits
only lawyers, court officials, receiv¬
ers and trustees in that the fees gen¬
erally eat up all the assets of a bank¬
rupt.
Endorses Wilson’s Administration.
Tiie house passed a resolution heart¬
ily indorsing the administration of
President Woodrow Wilson.
The house adjourned shortly before
11 o’clock, in respect to the memory
of five members who have died since
the last session.
Fight for New County.
Atlanta.—Advocates of the propos
ed new county of Tate in north Geor
gi a . with Fairmont as the eountv seat
will come to the legislature this sum
mer with a unique plead. Only one
new county has been created in north
Georgia (Stephens) since 1SS5, while
nine new ones have been created in
south Georgia. The Tate advocates
say that south Georgia needed her new
counties all right, but that the upper
part of the state should not be neg
iected in this respect. particularly
there is such a great need
THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA
WILLIAM HEIMKE
William Heimke, who has
America*! minister to Salvador «fnce
1909, haa been made chief of th& di¬
vision of Latin-American affair* inthe
state department at Washington.
MEXICAN REBELS TAKE
VILLA AND HIS TROOPS T|
TAKE ZACATECAS—HEAVN
LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES.
Constitutionalist Army Headed South¬
ward—Washington Advised of
Fall of Zacatecas.
El Paso, Texas.—Zacatecas, an im¬
portant city of central Mexico, fell into
the hands of the Constitutionalist* at
punt! own Wednesday, according to an¬
nouncement by General Villa's offi¬
cials here. Two of Villa's generals
were wounded.
The Constitutionalists were heavy
losers, according to an official dis¬
patch. No mention is made of the
federals killed* but it was said many
prisoners were captured with much
arms and ammunition.
It was believed Villa’s lack of ef¬
fective artillery ammunition had made
it necessary to rush the federal posi¬
tions with infantry, taking the city
by 1 a sudden attack which, according
to official reports, resulted in the cap¬
ture of a large portion of the garri¬
son and its munitions.
U. S. Officials Hears News.
Washington.—Reports of the capture
of Zacatecas by General Villa’s troops
after a bloody battle came to the state
department in dispatches from Con¬
suls Garothers and Edwards, quoting
Constitutionalist 'authorities
Few details were given.
SIGN SECOND PROTOCOL
Mediator* Put Peace Up to the War¬
ring Faction*.
Niagara Falls, Ont.—Terms for com¬
posing all international differences be¬
tween the United States and Mexico
have been concluded. The conditions
under which diplomatic relations will
be resumed were embodied in a proto¬
col signed ’ by the ambassador from
Brdzil, the ministers of Chile and Ar¬
gentina and the American and Huerta
delegates.
Friends Remember Cleveland.
New York.—A committee of the
Grover Cleveland association, of which
George F. Parker is chairman, has
forwarded a wreath to Princeton cem¬
etery to be placed on the grave of the
late president Wednesday, the anni¬
versary of his death. A wreath has
been sent annually. The committee Is
composed of all the living members
of Cleveland's cabinet—Mayor Mitch
el. Judge Alton B. Parker, George B.
Cortelyou and many others.
Progress Is Rather Slow.
Washington.—After ten days’ consid¬
eration of the Clayton anti-trust bill
passed by the house, the senate judi¬
ciary committee apparently was no
nearer a conclusion as to what it shall
report to the senate than it was the
day it took Us first look at the meas¬
ure.
Admiral Fletcher at Key West.
Gey West, Fla.—The U. S. S. Dol
phine, Lieutenant Commander Ralph
Earl in command, with Admiral Fletch¬
er and his staff on board, arrived in
the harbor Wednesday from Vera Cruz,
Sniping at U. S. Soldiers.
Washington.—Persistent reports of
sniping by Mexican federals on the
American outposts at Vera Cruz and
rumors pf Constitutionalist further ad¬
vances toward Mexico City, served to
stir interest in the Mexican situation.
Millions for U. S. Indians.
Washington—The senate passed the
Indian appropriation bill carrying
about $12,000,000, " The sundry,
civil,
general deficiency and rivers and har¬
bors appropriation bills are the only
supply measures left for senate action.
Naval Plant Stores Destroyed.
Bronson, Fla,—Fire, destroyed the J.
L. Medlin company's naval stores
plant, eight miles north of here, to¬
gether with 40 barrels of crude turpen¬
tine, 100 barrels of rosin and 4 bar¬
rels of distilled spirits of turpentine.
Appeal for Better Prices.
Washington—Virginia tobacco grow¬
ers representing the farmers' union in
the state, appealed for relief from low
prices to the joint house and senate
commission created some time ago to
investigate the tobacco industry.
REBELS WIRNED
IlS.MiYBfiERFERE
Refusal To Join Mediation Would Doubt¬
less Cause Intervention By .
The United States.
A. B. C. ENVOYS GIVE UP
Breach Is Widening Between General
Carranza and General Villa Ac¬
cording to Reports.
Washington, D. C.—Carranza agents
here have -been told to picture the pos¬
sibility which might follow interven¬
tion in Mexico by the United States.
They have been reminded, it is said,
of The dream3 of thousands of Amer¬
icans for one solid nation from the
Canadian border to the Panama canal,
and urged to appreciate how public
opinion might force the American flag
to wave for years at least over Mex¬
ico should it cuce he hoisted in the
capital.
in view of the strong influence that
has L*een and still is being exerted to
bring about peace in Mexico, there are
those who believe Carranza yet will
yield to a conference. But even those
who believe this dwell on the difficulty
of making Mexicans admit the United
States really is a factor in the internal
affairs of -their country.
Reports continue to reach Washing¬
ton of the widening of the breacti be¬
tween Villa and Carranza. Should this
become more serious, the international
situation, it is admitted, would be fur¬
ther ecmpiicaifcd.
ABC Mediators Quit
Niagara Falsi, Ont.-—An indefinite re¬
cess of medial ion was decided on by
Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil and
Ministers Suarez and Naon of Chile
and Argentina, respectively.
DOCTOR ROJAS, MINISTER
FROM VENEZUELA, DIES
President Attends Funeral Rites of De¬
ceased Diplomat.
Washington.—Last tributes of re¬
spect to the memory of the late Dr.
Pedro Ezekiel Rojas, minister of Ven¬
ezuela, were paid by official Washing¬
ton. President Wilson, members of his
cabinet, the supreme court, the diplo¬
matic corps, members of the congres
sional foreign relations committees
and other officials attended funeral
services at St. Matthew’s ctiurch, af¬
ter which the body, escorted by troops,
was placed aboard the Dolphin and
taken to Hampton Roads. There It
was transferred to the battleship Kan¬
sas arid conveyed to LfcGuaira, Vene
THE SENATE IS BALKING
Refuses to Accept Lever Measure as
Substitute.
Washington.—The senate refused to
agree to the Lever cotton futures bill,
adopted by the house as a substitute
for the senate bill by Senator E. D.
Smith, and sent the measure to con¬
ference.
The Smith bill, passed by the senate
several weeks ago, would debar from
use of the mails all cotton exchanges
which failed to submit to certain reg¬
ulations designed to eliminate gamb¬
ling in futures. The Lever substitute
proposes a tax on future sales which
fat! to meet these regulations.
ROYAL FUNERAL TRAIN.
Arrives in Austria Bearing Bodies of
Slain Couple.
Metkokitch, Herzegovina.—The bod¬
ies of Archduke Francis Ferdinand .and
his consort, th" Duchess of Hohenberg,
arrived here on a special train from
Sarajevo, Bosnia. They were accom¬
panied by the members of the house¬
hold. The town was draped in black,
while a! ithe lamp posts were covered
with crepe. Flags on all buildings
were at half-mast.
St. Louis Gets New Charter.
St. Louis.—The passage of a char¬
ter for St. Louis virtually was assured
when the ooaid of election commis¬
sioners announced that returns of 430
precincts out of 474 showed a vote of
40,098 for and 38.301 against the char¬
ter. The new charter will go into ef¬
fect in sixty days, but the present two
house municipal assembly will hold
over until n n xt April, when it will
be replaced by r single house.
Naval Stores Suit Dropped.
Savannah, Ga.—The dissolution suit j
brought by the government against the !
suspended Amt rican Naval Stores j
company, charging the company with
being a monopoly in restraint of trade, j
was dismissed when a copy of the or¬
der of dismissal was received by court
officials. It was signed by Federal
Judge Sheppard, June 27. The recent
acquittal of four officers of the com¬
pany and the dismissal of the civil
suit clears the docket of actions
brought against it by the government.
President Signs Naval Bill.
Washington.— President Wilson has j
signed the naval appropriation bill j
which carries a provision for two new I
dreadnaughts and permits the sale of j
the Greece. battleships Negotiations Mississippi and Idaho j
to now are be¬
ing conducted for their sale.
Many Children Employed.
Philadelphia.—Approximately 25,375
children, less than sixteen years old,
are now at work in stores, factories
and other commercial establishments
in Philadelphia.
None “Just as Good!”
Nothing “Just the Same!”
Look for the name French Market Coffee and the picture of
the old market that is on every package of French Market Coffee,
roasted by the French Market Mills if you want the genuine.
If you can be satisfied with an imitation take the brand as
near like it as the law allows, for both in name and appearance
of package French Market Coffee has been imitated for over a
century. But it won’t be just as good, and it isn’t just the samet
There is only one FRENCH MARKET COFFEE.
Ask for FRENCH MARKET by name. See that you are
given FRENCH MARKET and not Ordinary coffee or inferior
substitutes sold at the same price.
You’ll know—after you try it—why this rarely delicious old
French roast and blend has been famous for over a hundred years.
Why there can be no other like it.
Roasted by_our unique hygienic process.
FRENCH MARKET MILLS
(Hew Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd., Proprielort)
NEW ORLEANS
DIRECTIONS~We recommend
that you make French Market Coffee in
your usual way. If you find it too strong,
reduce quantity until strength and flavor
are satisfactory- French Market makes
£offe§ more your than coffee cups other of bill. brands, £ood coffee thereby to the reducing pound
Public Opinion.
People say how strong public opin¬
ion is; and. indeed, it is strong while
it is in its prime. In its childhood
and old age it is as weak as any other
organism. I try to make my own
work belong to the youth of public
{-.pinion. The history of the world is
vhe record of the weakness, .frailty
and death of public opinion, as geol¬
ogy is the record of Ute decay of those
bodily organisms in which public opin¬
ions have found material expression.
—Samuel Butler.
Rubbing It In.
“Why does that lady grin so every
time she sees you?"
“She knows I’m only getting $10 a
week,”
“But why the grin?”
“I was engaged to her once and
broke it off, and she afterward mar¬
ried a millionaire.”
Picnic Specialties
The picnic i* incomplete without Libby’s good things i
to eat. Ready to serve—no fuss and bother. There are
a Dumber of Libby Luncheon specialties at your grocer’s.
Get acquainted with them.
Veal Loaf Pickle* Deviled Haim Olives
Inti** on Libby, M?Neill& Libby
Libby ’i Chicago
Makes Jobs for Detectives
Probably the only people to benefit
by recent suffragete outrages are pri¬
vate detectives, many of whom are
doing little else just now but guard¬
ing pictures and other treasurers of
well-known hosts and hostesses from
attacks at social functions, the Lon¬
don Globe states.
The head of one private detective
agency told me the other day, says
“The Carpenter” in the Express, that
he had been obliged to engage a spe¬
cial staff for this work, and that to
some receptions he has sent as many
as a dozen faultlessly attired "guests”
to look after the pictures and china
of the host.
Growing Old.
“Is your father growing old grace¬
fully?"
“No; he positively refuses to learn
the maxixe.”