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THK HOUSE.
Tuesday. —VVheu the house adjourned
Monday, Mr. Everett, of Stewart, had
the floor, and five minutes was left in
which the discussion of the railroad in¬
vestigating He about resolution must be wound up.
used two minutes of the tine,
and then yielded the floor to Mr. Hart
ridge, of Chatham, chairman of the rail¬
road committee, who spoke against it
the remaining three minutes. The yeas
and nays were then called on agreeing to
the report of the committee. The vote
stood 94 to 86 in favpr of an investiga
lion. The senate part of the committee
has already been appointed, and those
from the house will be appointed soon,
and work will probably be begun at once.
At 9:40 the first special order was called.
This was the bill to require common car¬
riers over which freight is transported
to furnish consignor, consignee or their
assigns, within thirty days after demand,
all necessary evidence to establish upon
which connecting line or lines loss or
damage default the occurred to the freight, and in
railroad which received the
goods was to be made liable. After
briet discussion the bill was recommitted.
Thete were two special orders for the
day and the first was quickly disposed
of. The second was the bill to amend
the fence laws of the state so that the
particular section of the code should
read as follows: “In each and every
county and district in this state the
boundary line of each lot, tract or parcel
of land in said counties and districts
shall be, and the same are, hereby de¬
clared a lawful fence; Provided, That
this section shall not become operative in
any county or district of this state -which
has not heretofore abolished or removed
fences, either bv a vote of the people or
in pursuance or illegal legislative action,
unless the grand jury of the county shall,
by a two-thirds vote, recommend that
said boundary lines of each lot, tract or
parcel of land shall be a lawful fence, and
the grand jury shall have no authority to
make such recommendation unless a ma¬
jority of the bona fide freeholders of the
county have filed a petition to that effect
with the ordinary of said county.” After
some lively discussion the matter was in¬
definitely postponed by a vote of 72 to
56. A resolution to pay a pension to
Mrs. S. A. Eason, widow of James Eason,
a confederate soldier, was taken up and
considered by a committee of the whole
house. It was passed by a unanimous
vote. Another resolution was passed to
pay Hon. William Jennings, of Terrell
county, his per diem for the forty-eight
days of the session of 1890, as he was
prevented from attending by providential
cause. The following bills were intro¬
duced : To incorporate the town of
Piedmont in the county of Pike; to in¬
corporate the Seaboard and Augusta
Railway Company; also a bill to author¬
ize the city of Augusta to provide by or- in
dinance for the registration of voters
each ward of the city; for a registration
clerk, and to limit the time for registra¬
tion.
Wednesday. —The special order in
the house Wednesday was the bill to expe¬
dite trials in criminal cases. It was
called and several amendments were of¬
fered. One changed the time at which
the act should go into effect to 120 days
from the passage of the act instead of
sixty. The bill as amended and passed
reads as follows: Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of Georgia:
’1 hat all bills of exceptions in criminal
cases tried in the courts of this state af¬
ter 120 days from the passage of this in the act
shall, as regards the practice both
lower court and in the t-upreme court, re¬
lating to the time and manner of sign¬
ing, filing, serving, transmitting and
hearing the same, be governed in all re¬
spects, when applicable, by the laws and
rules now of force in reference to bills of
exceptions in cases of injunction. And it
shall be the duty of the supreme court
to give a speedy hearing and
determination iu such criminal cases,
either under existing rules or under spe¬
cial rules t.i be formulate 1 by said court
for that purpose. And if the judgment
of the court below is affirmed, in the su¬
preme courr, the cleric of the supreme
court shall transmit promptly the remit
itur to the clerk of the court from which
the writ of error was taken, and upon
the reception of the same the clerk shall
notify the judge of said court, who shall
have full power in term or vacation to
pass any order, sentence or judgment the
necessary to carry into execution
judgment of the court.” On the call of
the yeas and nays, 97 favored it and 30
opposed it. Its immediate transmittal
to the senate was refused. Mr. McDon¬
ald, of Sumter county, introduced
resolution to appoint a joint commit¬
tee of ten from tne house and five from
the senate to take into consideration the
advisability of an early adjournment, Lost. as A
such was of great importance. Martin, of
bill was introduced by Mr.
Fulton, which asked for a charter for the
International Railway Employes’ Acci¬
dent Insurance Company, to be incorpo¬
rated in the city of Atlanta where the
principal office will be located. Mr.
George, of Gilmer, presented the another order
prohibition bill. The bill is on
of the one introduced by Mr. Peeples, of
Gwinnett, and prohibits the sale of liquor
within three miles of any church or
schoolhouse in any incorporated Norniand, town of Lib¬ or
city in the state. Mr.
erty, introduced a bill to make effective
the laws governing elections in this state.
The first section is as follows: Be it en¬
acted by the general assembly of the state
Georgia that no election under the laws
of the state should be valid unless the
law governing such election slmll have
been substantially complied with. Mr.
Ivey, of Thomas, introduced a resolution
to pay the members, principal door
keepers and pages of the house and sen
a ^ e mileage to and from the capital for
the adjourned session us for the regular
session. Many other new house bills
were presented. —The special _ order
Thursday. was
the bill for placing companies telegraph, under sleepiug
car and express tin*,
control of the railroad commission. It
was C'lb’A up immediately after bill the
journal hacl been confirmed. 1 he
begins as follows: “All companies or
persons owning, controlling or operating,
or that may hereafter own, control or
operate a line or lines of express, sleep
ing car or telegraph, whose line or lines
is or are iu whole or in part in this state,
shall be under the control of the railioad
commissioners of Georgia, who shall
have full power to regulate the price to
be charged by auy company or person or
persons, owning, controlling or sleeping opera
ting any line or lines of express,
ears and telegraphs for any service per
formed by such company, person or per
sons, * A leugtby debate was in
dulged in by both its advocates and oppo
nents. The bid passed, however, by a vote
of 118 to 22, and now goes to the senate,
Mr. Be tv, of Floyd, introduced an im
poitant bill which amends sectiou 3719
of the code relative to the application
for new trial. It provides evidence that the time
of filing briefs of shall be ex
tended, but shall not exceed ninety days,
whereas the limit is now thirty. A bill
introduced by Mr. creation Johnson, of Appling,
provides for the and organiza
tion of a new circuit of the superior
court of the state. It is to be known as
the Altamaha circuit, and will comprise
the counties of Appling, Coffee, Tatnall,
Telfair, Montgomery and Wayne. The
bill also provides for the election of a
judge and solicitor for the court. The
senate bill providing for the establish
ment of a system ol public schools in
Boston, Ga., was passed. On motion a
bill providing for a reapportionment of
the congressional d istricts was read a
second time. The bill for the establish
ment of the State Normal school at Rock
college, in Athene, as a branch of the
University, was introduced by Mr. Huff,
of Bibb. It is to form one of the de
partments of the University of
Georgia, and its object is for the
education and training of teachers for
teaching in the common schools of the
state, who will be required to serve in
this capacity for five years after taking a
course at the normal. The state school
commissioner, the chancellor of the uni
versity and tnree citizens will compose
the board of trustees, and its officers will
consist of a president, professor and
teachers. The chancellor of the univer¬
sity will have a general supervision fix¬ of
the school, and the salaries are to be
ed hy the board of trustees. Tuition is
to be free to residents of the state, and
$150 to those living outside. The bill
also oppropriates $6,000 for the annual
expenditures of the school to equip and
support it. After a number of other
new bills had been read the house ad¬
journed. Thursday the house
Friday. —On put
telegraph, sleeping car and express com¬
panies under their control, and now
comes a measure to stnl further extend
their power. Mr. Berner, of Monroe,
introduced a measure Friday, which, if
passed, will put the railroads of the state
almost entirely under the authority of the
commission. The object of the bill is to
give the railroad commission supervision affect¬
over the sales, leases and contracts
ing railroads in the state, and to
authorize it to institute proceedings to
set aside illegal sales, leases and con¬
tracts, and to fix a penalty for viola¬
tions. The bill also provides that
before any railroad may make a con¬
tract or issue bonds, they must be sub¬
mitted to the railroad commission
for appioval, without which such con¬
tracts or bonds shall be void. This is
one of the most important measures session, to
come before the house at this
and the fight on the it will nuber be a of strong aides-de- one.
A bill to limit
camp on the governor’s staff was intro¬
duced. The hill provides for one from
each congressional district and two from
the state at large. Another bill for reg¬
ulating the traffic in baking powder in
such a manner that the label shall show
whether the presented. powder contains Mr. McAfee, any ammo¬ of
nia was
Crawford introduced a bill to change the
manner of granting licenses for tae sale
of spirituous liquors, code. by amending Dunwody’s sec¬
tion 1419 of the Mr.
bill to establish a whipping boss for
county and municipal chaingangs, came had
up for a third reading. The bill
been recommended favorably by the gen¬
eral judiciary committee, and a substitute
was submitted to the house with the
committee’s approval. After a lengthy
discussion the bill was
passed by a vote of 96 to 7.
The bill amending Atlanta’s charter was
passed. The measure authorizes the
transfer of bills and executions for the
purpose of laying curbing, improving the
streets and sewers. It empowers the city
to condem lands for public parks and
other purpose-. It authorizes the issuance
of $5C'0,000 of bonds to buiLd new water¬
works, and prohibits the opening of cem¬
eteries within four miLes of the center of
the city. The last provision is furnished that the
police uniforms shall be
by the city, and shall be its
property. It was decided by
the house that the tux collector
of any city shall have the right to
issue process of garnishment corporation. for taxes bill
due such city or The
provides that when no property can be
found to be levied on for taxes, garnish¬
ment cun be issued to obtain payment of
sucht.xes. It w r as passed by a vote of
69 to 0, Mi, Clifton’s bill to pay jurors
ift the city courts of this state the same
as allowed jurors in the superior courts
of such counties where city courts a re
located «n- passed. Other lolls passed
wore ns foil ws: repeal of the act requir
ing (ticks record of the of superior superior courts charters; to pre
pure a court
amending section iu?t> of the code of
’82, relating to the granting of charters
of corporations by the superior
courts; the bill to require
which arc state depositories to
deposit with the treasurer $50,000
in the bonds of the state, and to pre
scribe what banks may become state de
positories; incorporating the Atlanta,
Americus and Florida Railway Company;
amendiug Georgia the charter of the Cincinnati,
and Florida railroad; incorpo
rating the town of Hazlehurst, in Appling
county. mittee The investigate house portion of the com
to the railroad leases
and contracts to see if any charters have
been violated, was appointed by Speaker
Howell. Mr. Berner is chairman, and
the other two members are Messrs. Twit
ty, of Jackson, and Huff, of Bibb. The
investigation will be begun short ly hy the
joint and committee, and Senators Callaway
Ellington will act with the members
appointed from the house. A bill was
introduced which provides tor an
amendment to section 3554 of the state
code, so as to make daily, weekly and
monthly wages garnishable in certain
casts. This is an important measure,
and was made a special order for Tues
day. A number of bills were read one
time and the house adjourned.
Saturday. —The day’s session oc
upied iu reading bills the second time.
The bill introduced by Mr. Seay to tax
all unmarried male citizens except widow
irs (l4t; proceeds to go towards the sup
port of the branch colleges at Dahlonega.
Milledgeville, Cuthbert, Hamilton and
Forsyth) had a narrow’ escape from a
serious amendment in the comruit
tee on sanitation an 1 hygiene. An
amendment was offered making it
apply to only members of the pres
wtt.rds sent only legislature, the counties and of Floyd after- and
to
Monroe. The bill proposes to tax all
unmarried persons between 30 and 35
years of age to pay an annual tax of $25;
between 35 and 40, $50; 40 and 45, $75;
45 and 50, $100; 50 and 55, $125; 55 and
60, $150; and all over sixty years of age,
$200 per annum. the house Alter completing rou-. ad
tine business at 1 o’clock
journed until Monday.
THE SENATE.
Tuesday.— In the senate, Mr. Ca¬
bas iss, from the general judiciary^ com¬
mittee. reported criminal favorably tne bill to
establish the court of Atlanta,
which was read the third time and pass¬
ed . It now goes to the governor again,
but so amended as to make it purely a
local bill. The following senate bills
were read the first time: To establish the
Georgia school book commission; To
amend the act establishing the Southern
Exchange bank. The following house
bills were read the first time: To amend
the charter of Athens; To amend the
charter of Hampton ; To amend the gen¬
eral oyster law; To incorporate the Geor¬
gia Savings bank of Quitman; To estab¬
lish the city court of Hall county. A
message was received from the governor
nominating certain county judges and
solicitors. An executive session was or¬
dered and after a few minutes the doors
were opened and the senate adjourned.
Wednesday. —The following senate
bills were read the first time; To estab¬
lish a public school system in Calhoun;
To incorporate the town of Lyerly; To
incorporate the Exchange bank of For¬
syth; To prescribe the medium for legal
advertising; T<> reduce the fees of solic¬
itors general and county solicitors, in re¬
duced felony cases, to $5. Several
house bills and resolutions were read the
first and second time. Mr. Cabaniss,
Irom rne general judiciary committee,
reported unfavorably a bill to make the
non-compliance, by laborers who have re¬
ceived advances, with contracts a mis¬
demeanor, which, on his motion, was
ordered printed and made a special order
for next Tuesday. President Mitchell
appointed Senators Ellington and Calla¬
way as the senate members of the joint
committee to inquire whether railroad
companies have violated their charters.
Thursday. —The following house bills
were read the third time and passed: Hall A
bill to establish the city court of
county—ordered immediately transmit
ted of the house; To provided requisi¬
tion law for Jefferson county. Two bills
to amend the act incorporating the Pro¬
peller Towboat Company of Savannah;
To amend the act incorporating the Sa¬
vannah Dredging Company so as to au¬
thorize an increase of the capital stock;
To amend the several acts creating the
city court of Macon; To give Douglass- kill¬
ville a new charter; To regulate the
ing of game and fishing in Chattooga
county between certain date-. A number
of bills were read the fist and 'second time.
The following bills were read the sec¬
ond time and recommitted to the
committee on corporations: To amend
the charter of Hampton; to amend the
charter of the Savannah and amend Lighterage
and Transfer Company; to the
charter of Athens; to amend the charter
of Atlanta so as to give the marshal and
clerk a salary and turn their foes into
the treasury. The motion, by Senator
Beck, to disagree with the adverse re¬
port of the general judiciary committee
on the bill to make penal non-compli¬
ance with contracts by laborers who had
received advances was made a special
order for Tuesday. The adverse report
of the general judiciary committee on the
bill to permit justices of the supreme
court to deliver opinions special ore order, tenus which was
agreed to. The
was a bill to amend the constitution so as
to limit all sessions of the legislature to
100 days, was set aside, and the bill was
laid on the table to be called up at any
time. The senate bill relating to pools,
trusts nml conspiracies was made the
special oider for Thursday. Mr. Ileruer’s
bill to extend the powers of the ta lr> nd
commission was referred to the railroad
committee.
Friday. —-When the senate met Friday
morning, a number of new trills wore in
troduced, among them a bill by Senator
Nunnnlly to mnk • it a misdemeanor to '
sell or dispose of, in this state, any chem- !
ical fertilizer of any inferior grade to
whut it is represented to be. Also, a bill
by Senator Warren, amending the code
so as to make it a misdemeanor to sell, or
in auy way dispose of spirituous liquors
on Sunday. The resolution providing
for the payment of the pu - diem of Mr,
Jennings, of Terrell, who was sic.lt
during the entire >e*t'iou, was |as?el.
The resolution appropriatin' $500
to furnish counties i — the
state without maps with maps
was passed. The bill authorizing the
ordinary of Gilmer countv to submit the
question of bonds for the purpose of
erecting a new court house to the quali
fled voters of the county, was passed,
Other bills passed were a* follows: Ac¬
preprinting $50 to the widow of Mr, E l
son, of Douglasville; incorporating the
Bank of Commerce, of Summerv lie; to
amend an act to iucoiporate the .southern
Exchange bank, of Aewortb, define its
powers, etc.; to incorpotate the Exchange
bank, of Forsyth; to make the county
administrator ex officio county guardian,
prescribe his duties, etc.; to incorporate
the Commercial Bank of M con: to in
corporate the South Atlantic Railroad
Company; a bill entitled an act to amend
an act to incorporate the Cirrdltou
Southern Railway Company. Adjourned
till Monday tit 10 o'clock.
Saturday.—N o session of the senate.
A RUMPUS IN CAMP.
The “Colop Line” in the G. A. R.
Convention.
A dispatch of Tuesday from Detroit,
Mich., says: There is one serious dispute
which threatens to mar the serenity of
the silver encampment of the G. A. R.
It is peculiar that, after the organization
has been in existence a quarter of a cent¬
ury, it should be threatened with disrup¬
tion by the ever-living “color question,”
but such is the fact. Men in the south¬
ern states who were loyal to the union in
the dark days of ’61, are the ones who
insist that the negro has no place in the
social gatherings of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
Col. George T. Hodges, commander of
the department of Louisiana and Missis¬
sippi, is reported as saying: “Unless the
thing is straightened out during this en¬
campment, thete won’t be a white mem¬
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic
south of the Ohio or Potomac a year
hence. They are outnumbering us in
posts, thus putting us directly under
them. That we will not stand. Now,
we want to rule ourselves and have col¬
ored people go by themselves. Seven out
of ten of the colored posts of New Or¬
leans are in favor of it, but, as you know,
there are always some kickers, and I un¬
derstand a delegation from the colored
posts is coming to fight us. We have re¬
ceived information that two of Chicago’s
most influential colored men are on their
way to assist us, ^and we think we will
gain our department, point. All embracing, we ask for is Florida, a pro¬
visional
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texts.” As
there tire two sides to the question the
outcome of the matter will be looked for¬
ward to with considerable interest.
WAR TO THE DEATH.
The “Redbones” Defiant and
Strongly Entrenched.
More news was received at Lake
Charles, La., Wednesday, from Lock,
Moore & Co.’s logging camp, where a
battle was fought with fatal results be¬
tween the white and other employes,
Sunday night. The body of a man by
the name of Willis, of the crowd known
as the “Redbones,” who attacked the
■white people woods of the by settlement, was
found in the a man named
James Bagget, of the white faction, who
had been concealed in the woods since
the battle of Sunday night. This makes
the total number of killed in the
affair, as far as discovered, nine men.
Bagget reports the white settlers ns be
ing frantic, and those that can are leav¬
ing as rapidly engaged as possible. in Five of the
white men the battle are un¬
der arrest awaiting a preliminary trial.
Officers have gone to the camp where it
is expected an attempt will be m ide to
arrest the leadets of the “Redbone”
gang. They are concealed in the dense
thicket near the settlement, a id declared
war against those entering therein.
Should any one of the officers lose his
life attempting the arrest of these out¬
laws, a great loss of life will be the result.
The outlaws are well prepared for the ex¬
pected raid on their hiding place.
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BREAK IN RANKS.
The Prohibitionists of Ohio
Cannot Agree.
Chairman A Springfield, Wilber Ohio, Calv.n, dispatch of the Clark says:
county prohibition central C. committee, L. Stager, and
one other member, A. re¬
signed Saturday. The patty is split in
the county, anti as Calvin is one of thc
most prominent prohibitionists in Ohio,
the split will probably extend over the
state. The trouble grows out of the fight in
the late convention over the one-sided
platform. The letter of resignation
charges the prohibition party with being
an aunex of the people’s party, and that
it endorses measures revolutionary and
positively detrimental 'o the best inter
< sts of the people. Calvin is the ac¬
knowledged leader of the one-idea fac¬
tion and has a large following.
ARTFUL CUPID.
A»I went went walking «i<: n the dak
Master Cupid ran beside me,
And with many a winsome tale
Laughingly the trickster p d me,
Seeking with his subtle art
Entranco to my guarded heart.
“Nay.” saidl, “’tis no avail."
Yet the little rogue defied nie;
“Ah,” said he, “I never fail:
None hath ever yet denied me.
Thou shalt see what cunning art
I can practice on the heart.”
“Braggartboy! I pass unharmed;
Boasting hath undone th-v, stupid.”"
On I walked, forewarned, foraroted,
Smiling back at Master Cupid,
Vainly with his vaunted art
Seeking entrance t<> urv heart.
As I looked I saw he wept
O’er the sad defeat before him..
Ab, my sentries must have slept
As I bent in pity o’er him,
For the imp of wondrous art
Leaped into my open heart.
-Willis B. Hawkins, in Detroit Free TV***.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The board of health—Three square
meals a day.
Adam was proudly conscious that he
never made a mistake in his boyhood.—
Texas Siftings.
The work of a tramp is very scarce,
and the demand for it is very great.—
Chicago Tima.
The detective who is going round at
all hour 3 reminds one of a hunting case
watch.— Puck.
Women look into the back of a book
first, because they always want to have
the last word.— Pack.
True to some deep, mysterious student. law
Unfatliomed by the
The furnace now begins to draw
That all the winter wouldn't .
—Sc tv York Pres a.
When you begin to argue with a man
and he talks loud, walk off and leave
him. You can’t convert him. — Gfalcestou
News.
“Tramp—“Can you put me on to
something?” Farmer (whistling)—“No,
but I can put something on to you.”—
Epoch.
Riches have wings. What they need,
according to the average man’s idea, is
a tail that will steer them hi3 way.—
Somerville Journal.
“I am going to Venice,” said the
banker. “Whatfo:?” asked the cyni¬
cal friend. “To sea how they keep
banks afloat.”— Truth.
“Does stamp collecting pay?” asks a
contributor. It does. Several men have
made large fortunes out of stamp collec¬
tors .—.New York Recorder.
“I really don’t know how to get rid o<
young Van Arudt. lie is such a persis¬
tent and devoted admirer of mine.”
“Why don’t you marry him?”
He was a man who bragged about
His lineage so much that he
Was by his neighbors taken out
And hanged upon his family tree.
— Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Oldie—“Why, daughter, you
broke that young fellow all up.”
Daughter (who knows him)—“Oh,that’s
all right. It’s his normal condition.”—
Washington Star .
“I have such an indulgent husband,”
said little Mrs. Doll. “Yes, so George
says,” responded Mrs. Spiteful. “Some¬
times indulges too much, doesn’t lie?”—»
Boston Transcript.
When he was young be thought ho knew
About as much as anyone ,
But now he thimes he made a slip—
He is “not in ii" with his sou.
—Puck.
Mrs. Brown—“I wonder why Dr.
Finn didn’t bow!” Mr. Brown—“De¬
votion to his profession as a surgeon,
you know—he delights in cutting peo¬
ple. ”— Munsey’s Weekly.
In regal'd to modern languages, it is
said that the Chinese is the most difficult.
We find this out when we try to explain
to our Chinese laundryman that a pair of
socks are missing.— Texas Siftings.
With He money plenty, life tuat’s an l headless; uo care,
spends a declare
And in two smses we
He is A man that is needless.
— Patk.
“I guess Nippum can hold his own in
the world,” remarked one of that gen¬
tleman’s acquaintances. “No doubt of
it,” was the reply. “His own and a
good many other people’s.” — Wishing
ton Post.
“Where is that black cioud going to?”
Asked the boy of his grandma dear; head
And the old lady said, as she shook her
“It’s goiug to thunder, I fear.”
—Detroit Free Press.
Clergyman (looking at the contribution
boxes)—“Judging from the ntckles and
pennies, you must have thought when 1
asked you to remember the poor that re¬
collection would do just as well as col¬
lection .”—Detroit Free Press.
The summer girl
Now takes a whirl
In zephyr-wooing clothes;
Her ribbons gay
With the breezes play.
And she has bows and oeau.t
—.Veil’ York Recorder.
What fear hath chilled the giddy
throng? What terror stills the merry
song? ’ What numbs the dancers’ flying
feet? What woe hath come the house tn
greet? The guests from banquet table
fly with a pallid cheek and glaring eye;
the landlord groans, the feeble clerk
turns off the gas, and all is dark. Of
light and love and mirth bereft, the lone*
ly tavern still is left to hear Miss Dell
Sartay recite how “Curfew Must Not
Ring Tonight."— Burdette, in Philadel¬
phia Press.