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The Georgia Record.
VOL I.
PROHIBITION BILL PASSED
In the Georgia House of Representatives By
a Vote of Ninety-three to sixty=five.
MEASURE GOES TO SENATE
Should the Bill Become a Law the
Whisky Traffic Will Be Driven
Totally From the State.
The Willingham prohibition bill was
passed by the Georgia house of repre
sentatives Tuesday afternoon by a vote
of 93 to 65.
It was with only a margin of five
votes that the bill passed, but it had
been expected that the contest would
be a close one, and the friends of the
measure were rejoiced at its success.
Eighty-' ight votes were required for
the constitutional majority.
When the result was announced by
Speaker Little, the galleries went
wild, women clapped their hands in
approval, while the men threw aloft
their hats and shouted for joy.
On the floor of the house the advo
cates of the measure were hardly more
restrained than their visiting friends
in the galleries. They gave their
desk tops such a rattle as had not
been heard for years, and then in
large numbers gathered around Mr.
Willingham, who had led the success
ful fight for his bill, to congratulate
him at the outcome.
And in the midst of this rejoicing
the opponents of the measure were at
tempting to derive a grain of comfort
from the fact that the bill had yet to
go to the senate, where they hoped
and believed it would meet its death.
The bill as it passed was exactly
as Mr. Willingham and his friends!
wanted it. Every amendment that
was offered from other sources was de
feated.
TEXT OF THE BILL AS AMENDED
AND PASSED.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen
eral assembly of the state of Georgia,
and it is hereby enacted by authority
of the same, That the manufacture, ’
the sale, the keeping for sale, the giv
ing away to induce trade, or for any
valuable consideration, or the furnish
ing at any public place, of intoxicat
ing liquors, fermented or distillsd, are
hereby prohibited or declared unlaw
ful, except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That any person I
convicted of violating any of the pro-;
visions of this act shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and be punished as pre
scribed in section 1039 of the code.
’ Sec. 3. Bo it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That this act
shall apply both to individuals and cor
porations and to all clubs or organi
zations in which intoxicating liquors
are furnished, at any place by sueh
club or organization or any commit
tee or agents thereof in consideration
of membership, initiation or standing
fee in such organization.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That any place
at which liquors are kept for sale,
given away, furnished or sold in viola
tion of the provisions of this act is
hereby declared a nuisance; and any
citizen may apply to the judge of the
superior court for au injunction to re
strain the same.
Sec. 5. Bo it further enacted, That
in any proceedings under this act,
whether prosecutions or for injunction,
the payment by the defendant of the
United States revenue tax as a dealer
in intoxicating liquors, whether fer
mented or distilled, or the holding of
a receipt for such tax, shall be prime
facie evidence that such person is
guilty of violation of the provisions of
this act; and the original books or a
certified copy from the entry in the
books of the United States revenue
collector showing the payment or pa
rol evidence as to the contents of said
books or the evidence as'to the con
tents of any receipt given therefor
shall be } rima facie evidence in any
prosecution or proceeding.
Section 6. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all mu
nicipal corporations in this state are
hereby vested with jurisdiction and
authority to arrest and prosecute and
punish all persons violating the pro-
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER ,25, 1899.
visions of this act as to keeping liquor
for sale. This statute being in the ex
ercise of the police power of this state
and intended to secure public order,
it is hereby declared that the keeping
of liquor for sale within the limits of
any municipal corporation shall be a
municipal offenfce;and any prosecution
of conviction under any city ordinance
passsed for the purpose of punishing
violations of this act, shall not consti
tute a bar to the prosecution in the
courts of record of this state for the
same offense.
.Section 7. Be it farther enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the pro
visions of this act shall not apply to
repeal nor affect existing laws regu
lating the manufacture and sale of do
mestic wines in the state.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the
authority afoi esaid, That the provis
ions of this act, as to prohibiting the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors,
shall not apply to those counties where
such manufacture is now prohibited
by law, and the provisions of this act
as to prohibiting the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors shall not apply to those
counties where such sale is now pro
hibited by law, but if for any reason
the law now controlling the manufac
ture or sale should be repealed or be
come inoperative in any county, then
the provisions of this act as to the pro
hibition of such manufacture or sale
shall immediately become operative in
such county.
Provided, That nothing herein con
tained shall prevent licensed druggists
from selling or furnishing pure alco
hol for medicinal, art, scientific and
mechanical purposes.
Provided, further, That the provis
ions of this act shall not become oper
ative until June 1, 1900.
Sec. 9. Be it farther enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.
WOMEN ORGANIZE.
The Wheeler-K.ee Movement Is Given a
Great Inipetm.
A meeting-of the women who wish
to honor Major General Joseph
Wheeler and Major Genera! Fitzhugh
Lee was held in Chicago Tuesday.
Those interested in the project have
organized themselves into an associa
tion called the Lee and Wheeler move-,
ment and have elected officers as fol
lows:
President—Miss Anna Maria de
Beck.
Secretary—Miss Louise Abbot.
At this meeting the “Wheeler and
Lee Movement” gained a great impe
tus. Letters were sent out during the
day to the members of congress asking
them to use their influence in getting
appointments for Wheeler and Lee as
major generals of the regular army.
During the session also there were
read a number of letters from women
and men in other states and cities and
the letters were invariably accompa
nied with contributions of material
amount.
SENATOR HAYWARD WORSE.
Paralysis Is Extending: and His Condl
dition Becomes More Alarming.
A special from Nebraska City, Neb.,
says: Senator Hayward gradually
grows worse. He had a bad night last
night and his condition during the
day has shown no improvement.
The paralysis is again extending
nud there are evidences that it has
affected the bladder. What is still
more discouraging, the brain lesion is
becoming more pronounced.
The patient’s mind is cloudy and
the attending physician is very much
discouraged.
DISTILLERY EXPLOSION.
Engineer's Head Blown From Body—Other
Persons Injured.
By the explosion of a boiler in a
whisky distillery at Traveler’s Rest,
S. C., one man was killed, another
severely injured, and the building
wrecked. Nick Williams was the col
ored engineer. His head w r as blown
elean off and his body otherwise muti
lated, while Mathew Keeler, one of
the proprietors, was perhaps fatally
scalded.
KICK AGAINST DEWEY
Transferring Title to Gift Home
Causes a Loul Protest.
SENSATIONAL RUMORS ARE AFLOAT
One of Them Is That the Admiral Fears a
Breach of Frojnise Ditm-
age Suit.
A Washington special says: With
the actual transfer of the gift house
of Admiral Dewey to Mrs. Dewey the
indignation has broken into open
dime. There is no attempt to hide
the deep resentment felt at the capi
tal. This is evidenced by the fact that
the most conservative papers in the
city have opened their columns for
attacks upon the admiral. Some of
the contributors have written indig
nant letters to the house committee
demanding a return of their money,
while others have written to the ad
miral himself.
The Evening Star decries the mat
ter and underneath the news of the
transfer gives considerable space on the
front page to protests. One of these,
which is signed, says that the contrib
utors hud reason to think that the
home would go to the admiral’s son,
George Dewey, and uot to a brand
new wife taken in his old age. There
are many odd and sensational rumors
flying about the city.
One report printed Tuesday morn
ing has it that the transfer was made
to preserve the house, as Admiral
Dewey fears a suit for breach of prom
ise will be instituted against him by a
lady employed Ju.th reau of equip
ment, of which thojadmiral was the
head before he was assigned to the
charge of the Asiatic squadron in 1897.
It is stated upon what appears to be
reliable authority that an engagement
of marriage existed between the two
at the time of the admiral’s departure
from this country more than two years
ago. There is deep regret mingled
with the indignation, but no one as
yet has felt called upon to defend his
course, and even his best friends feel
that he has shown bad taste in the
matter, to say the least.
PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION,
Announcing the Death of Vice
President Hobart at Patter
son, N. J. Tuesday.
President McKinley issued the fol
lowing proclamation on the death of
Vice President Hobart:
To the People of the United States:
Garrett Augustus Hobart, vice presi
dent of the United States, died at his
home in Paterson, N. J., at 8:30 o’clock
this morning. In him the nation has
lost one of its most illustrious citizens
and one of its most faithful servants.
His participation in the business life
and the law making body of his native
state was marked by unswerving fidel
ity and by a high order of talents and
attainments and his too brief career as
vice president of the United States
and president of the senate exhibited
the loftiest qualities of upright and
sagacious statesmanship.
In the world of affairs he had few
equals among his contemporaries. His
private character was gentle and no
ble. He will long be mourned by his
frends as a man of singular purity and
attractiveness whose sweetness of dis
position won all hearts while his ele
vated purposes, his unbending integ
rity and whole-hearted devotion to the
public good deserved and acquired
universal respect and esteem.
In sorrowing testimony of the loss
which has fallen upon the country, I
direct on the day of the funeral the
executive offices of the United States
shalled be closed and all stations of
the army and navy shall display the
national flag at half mast and that the
representatives of the United States
in foreign countries shall pay appro
priate tribute to the illustrious dead
for a period of 30 days.
Done at the City of Washington,
this the 21st of November, in the year
of our Lord. 1899, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States, the
one hundred and twenty-fourth.
(Signed.) William M’Kinley.
By the President:
(Signed.)
John Hay, Secretary of State.
SCHLEY GETS ORDERS.
Secretary Long Lets the Admiral
Go Without Ordering a
Court of Inquiry.
A Washington special says: The
secretary of the navy has decided to
let Admiral Schley start for his cruise
without asking for an investigation
for himself or ordering a court of
inquiry for Admiral Schley.
His orders to sail were signed Mon
day, and they were sent to him at
once. The bureau of navigation had
collected every newspaper clipping
which had anything to say against
Secretary Long, especially the signed
articles of Agnus and McClure.
Through a clipping agency it had
collected a goodly number of attacks
on Long, when that official came home,
the effort being to have it appear that
Admiral Schley had instigated the at
tacks on the secretary. The secretary
went ever the whole matter Monday
morning, and when he had seen every
one and heard the worst he refused to
either ask for an investigation himself
or order a courtmartial of Schley.
Secretary Long gave out the above
facts himself, and acknowledged that
great pressure had been brought to
bear on him to order a court of inquiry.
There is much feeling over the matter.
DEMOCRAT* CONCEDE.
They Are Convinced That Returns In
Kentucky Favor Taylor.
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
The Democratic state campaign com
mittee concedes that Taylor has a
majority on the face of the returns,
but bases a hope of the election of the
Democratic ticket on throwing out the
vote of Louisville on account of the
alleged interference of the state mili
t'lwd er ,Tohu,«*en. < 'nd Knes eoqnti
where it is charged tissue ballots were
used.
The Kentucky election law plainly
provides for a secret ballot, and the
Republicans admit they are not as well
fortified in the defense of their inter
ests in the Johnson and Knox county
cases as might be, but do not credit to
any extent the Democratic claim re
garding Louisville. In fact, they as
sert that should Louisville be thrown
out on ths pretext claimed, they have
the assurance that Governor Bradley
will back them up in resistance, which
they say is already fully planned.
The Goebel managers announce
they will not take an appeal from the
decision of Judge Jones, at Glasgow,
where 1,190 Nelson county votes,
erroneously certainly for W. P. Tay
lor, were ordered counted for W. S.
Taylor. In this state of the case the
vote of Jefferson, Knox and Johnston
counties must be wiped out to give
Goebel a majority, but his managers,
it is believed, are collecting evidence
of alleged fraud in various Republican
counties and on this will ask the state
election board to throw out those
counties.
MOB WAS SCATTERED.
Sheriff** Rogge Protected Prisoner Tn
Covington Jail.
There was considerable excitement
in Covington, Ga., Monday night when
seventy-five or a hundred masked
men rode to Sheriff Anderson’s house
and demanded the keys of the jail for
the purpose of getting a young man
by the name of Collins, who had been
locked up by the sheriff to prevent his
being lynched by the enraged people
at Porterdale mills.
Collins had met a young woman
by the name of Kurgas at Mitchell’s
springs, who lives at Porterdale mills,
and made indecent proposals to her.
She resented the insult and, as soon
as she could, informed her relatives of
the young man’s impudence. It was
but a few minutes before a crowd of
excited men gathered and they went
in pursuit of Collins, but officers
caught the fellow before the Porter
dale people got him and lodged him
in jail at Covington.
Rumors reached Covington early in
the night that a mob would visit the
city and storm the jail and the sheriff
summoned a posse of six men, well
armed and stationed them inside the
walls. When the mob approached the
jail the posse opened fire and the mob
retreated in all directions, for the re
turn fire was a great surprise.
One man of the mob was shot, but
was carried off. He was within a few
feet of the jail fence when the officers
fired and was seen to reel and fall to
his knees. Two of his crowd carried
him off.
NO. 22.
FACETIOUS BOYNTON
His Speech at Chickamauga Re- J
plete With Sensation.
ARRAIGNS LATTER DAY VOLUNTEERS’
Compares Them With the Veterans of 61-
Ridicules the Recent Spanish-
American War.
The exercises of dedicating the 107
monuments and markers of the state
of Illinois on the battlefields sur
rounding the city of Chat'anooga were
held Thursday at Orchard Knob, the
site of one of the principal memorial
shafts and famous during the civil
war as the headquarters of General
Grant.
Among the visitors were Senator
Cullom, Governor Tanner and staff,
Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay
Evans. General H. V. Boynton, rep
resenting the secretary of war, and a
large delegation from the confederate
camp of Chattanooga.
Major Charles A. Connelly delivered,
the speech presenting the monuments
to the governor of Illinois on behalf
of the Illinois commissioners.
Governor John B. Tanner, of Illi
nois, received the monuments and in
turn presented them to the govern
ment.
General H. V. Boynton, chairman
of the national park commission, in
receiving the monuments, said in part:
“The citizens of any state, or of any
nation, might well be proud to stand
on this historic spot, with the right to
stand here as the military associate of
General Grant, participants with him
each in his appointed rank in that
miracle or military Listc.ry.JJio ntory
ing of Missionary Ridge. First, to
ward this point, and then from this
point he derected that series or mem
orable battles which have given Chat
tanooga a world-wide fame.
“What of the soldiers who won the
battles which these monuments com
memorate and the great captains who
commanded them? Did General Grant
spend his time about the commissary
stores in the capacity of a pure food
commissioner? Did he send his staff
officers throughout the limits of his
command to gather evidence to prove
that the war department did not know
more than a thing or two about war?
Did he fill the press of the land with
interviews criticising everyihing and
everybody but himself? When he tel
egraphed General Thomas from Louis
ville to hold Chattanooga, did Thomas
reply, ‘We are out of the proper brand
of meat, and it can’t be done,’ or did
he reply, ‘We will hold the town till
we starve?' Did General Thomas and
his general officers send a round robin
to Washington concerning the condi
tion of their stomachs, their temper
ature and their pulse, and promptly
furnish a copy of it to the press?
“And what of the soldiers who serv
ed under General Thomas? They
went about the streets of Chattanooga
and the horse and mule corrals, pick
ing up kernels and scattered corn.
They gathered about the refuse heaps
of the commissary stores where moldy
bread was thrown, whittled off the
mold, and filled their haversacks with
the crumbs; and when interrupted by
the play of the seige guns, they would
look up at the smoking summit of
Lookout and exclaim: ‘lf these ra
tinons hold, Mr. Johnny Reb, we’ll
get you yet. ’
“The monuments which Illinois here
dedicates are to such officers and men.
Let the small, but the loud persistent
crowd of grumblers of the national
guard in the war with Spain, who
filled the land with their baseless
groanings, take notice of the kind of
soldiers which'an American state de
lights to honor.
“And those who fought against
these iron men were soldiers of a like
mold. When union veterans gather,
that fact should never be forgotten,
and ever be held as a matter of pride,
since, together, they fix the universal
and undisputed standard of American
pluck, endurance and heroism on the
field of battle.
“This great park, embracing seven
battlefields, is being established with
absolute impartiality as a military ob
ject lesson and an illustration of the
powers of the American soldier in bat
tle. More than a thousand historical
tablets attest this impartiality. The
like of it was never seen before in any
land.”