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CURLH UIIYIA T RYULY
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s LUTIQM DEFERRING 'TO PRES
e IDENT’S WISHES.
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IOBIECTIONAL PART CUT OUT
Amendment Adopted Permitting Inel
. igible Aliens to Lease Lands for
Not Exceeding Three Years
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A Measure Passed by 36 Votes to 2. A
A A
A The administration anti-alien A
& holding bill, drawn by Attor- A
A general Webb passed the sen- A
A ate by a vote of 30 to 2, after A
& nearly ten hours of debate. A
A The only negative votes were A
A cast by Senator Cartwright, A
A Democrat, and Senator Wright, A
A Republican. A
A Governor Johnson will. gign &
A the alien bill as soon as it A
‘A comes to him, reserving a “rea- A
A sonable time” in which to lis- A
A ten to protests, A
A “I have assured Mr. Bryan) &
A he said, “that when the bill A
& comes to maeqrrom the legisia- A
A turs 1 will wait a reasonable A
A time for hig protests, 1 can- &
A not say how long.” A
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. Sacramento, Cal.—The Califernia
senate showed a resolute determina
tion to put aside the recommendations
wof President Wilson and uis envoy,
Becretary Bryan, and pasg an act pro-
Ribiting Japanese and other aliens in
wligible to citizenship from holding
Jand by purchase or hy lease for more
than three years.
in phrageology, the bill as redrafi
ed by Attorney General Webb after
many conferences with Governor John
son and the administration floor lead
ers, omitted the words “ineligible to
citizenship” which are offensive to Ja
pan, but those in charge of the bill
ropeatedly admitted in debate that
khie end sought was the same.
Democratic opposition was purely |
tactical. The minority confessed its
gympathy with the ends seught and
freely criticised the bill, not as too
dragtic, but as too weak. Where the
auinority differed was in its judgment
of the means wisest to employ. This
attitude found its expression in a res.
olution offered by Senator Curtin and
defeated by a vote of 10 ayes to 26
moes, The administration majority for l
the bill was solld with a single excep
tion. In opposition were eight out of |
ten I)emocrat; one progressive and
Senator Wright, of San Diego, the lone
Fast Republican in the chamber.
RESCUE STEAMER SINKS
Two Whites and Eleven Negroes Lose
Lives When Boat Sinks.
Natchez, Miss.—The steamer Con
eordia, of Natchez, which was engaged
in rescue work in the flooded sections
of Tensas and Concordia parishea,l
struck the fron ratiroad bridge at Clay- |
ton, La, and sank.
KEleven Negro refugees who were
aboard the steamer were drowned |
when the boat went down. °
The Concordia probably willi be a
total loss, as she was badly wrecked
by the collision with the bridge and
is snbmerged in about 25 feet of wa
ter in the Tensas river, The steam- |
sar had about 130 Negroes on hoard
when she went down.
The Concordia was bringing to
Natchez flood refugees rescued frem |
housetops and second stories of buila- |
ings just above Clayton, which is sev- !
eral miles inland from the river. |
The steamer has been naviguting}
erevasse water ranging from 8 to 15;
feet deep where less than a week ago |
there were fine farms and prosperons l
villages. §
Four-Year-Old Child Sets Barn Afire.‘“i
Elberton, Ga.—~The 4-year-old (‘hild!
of . L. Wallace, Bowman, in this coun- [
¢y, crawled into a barn next to the |
warehouse in Bowman, set fire in some i
way to the buildingand was eremated. |
ntil its erisp body was found it was |
not known the child was in the barn. |
Bandit Raids Train. ‘
Robbery of tie Joplin millionaire |
was the primary object of the giamf
bandit who held up a Kansad (‘.it_v}
Southern passenger train in the Kan- !
sas City suburbs, According to the
police theory. = After a pistol fig‘nt?
with Mr. ‘Short in the Pullman, the |
robber fell off the train wounded, car- |
vying $1.600 of Short's money. The
mine owner was left dyving in his
berth with three bullets in his body.
Physicians say Short will recover. The
total amount obtained was $l,lOO in
money and a diamond.
‘ L{%m 'N’G'“%{;_“:?F” ‘h;',:;cn Bo o
Rk e R e e
| Lyerly—Preparatory to placing the
| convicts on the public roads of the
county, the = county commissioners,
{at a special meeting ordered that
| road machinery, consisting of a 30-.
horse power gasoline traction engin
| three graders and a scarifier, to cost
approximately $5,000, be bought.
Macon~-Announcement has been
made by Judge Pardee of the United
‘States Court of Appeals, that he has
selected Judge Grubb of the district
court at Birmingham, Ala, to heaf
the charges of contempt of court
| against Col. W. A, Huff, Macon’s 82-
year-old ex-mayor. =~ . - e
Moultrie~The interior of the Dixie
theater, a moviug picture show Bperat
ed by H. M, Pierce, was completely
destroyed by fire, which started “from
a film catching from the arc light of
the machine. The qguick work of thei
local firm departtment saved the
building from total loss.
Thomasville—The cool nights and
miornings, along with the bright sun
shine and dry winds, have been very
pad for cotton in this country of late,
and the growerg are very anxious to
see a good raln. The showers were
not general, and even in the sections
were they fell the rellef was only
temporary.
Whitesburg.— Allen Legg, a young
white boy, stabbed Thomas Tread.
well with a knife in the back., Both
boys were about 17 years of age and
the trouble seemed to have been
start by the refusal of young Tread
well {0 give up a stickpin in his pos
session to the Legg boy. The pin in
question betoqged to one of the girls
of the community.
Macon, It was reported here that
Mercer university will receive a be
quest of SIOO,OOO from Mrs, Barbara
. Dodd, a wealthy Atlanta woman,
who died there on April 30, None of
the details of the bequest have been
given out, but they will be made
known at the filing of Mrs. Dodd's wil
for probation, ’
Lyerly. — Perhaps the - smallest
amount of “dragging” for “redhorse”
ever known was this year. Colonel
Jasse Mercen‘, the state game and
fish commissioner, was, perhaps, the
cause of t%e great “sport” ceasing to
a great extéent. The law now makes
it a misdemeanor to ‘‘drag” for the
fish, and needless to iy, the fish
generally went on theit way undls.
turned this year.
Adairsville—The postoffice at this
place was entered, and $1,500 taken,
8o C. H. Dyar, the postmaster, states.
The explosion stopped the clock at
2.24. The tools for gaining admission
to the house were obtained from a
blacksmith shop nearby, The men
failed to gaain admission at the front,
but did get into the back door. The
safe was blown with nitroglycerin,
No stamps were takeu, neither were
the checks for the rural carriers, z
Cuthbert—The state federation will
hold its sixteenth annual conventlou’
in Cuthibert Qctober 28-31. The week
will be filled with a wealth of goodl
things intellectually, practically, and
socially. The entertainment that the
ladies of Cuthbert are arranging
marks a splendid hospitality. The
convention is one of the most im
postant in the history of the federa
tion, for it is’ here that large plans
will be developed for the federation’s
forward movement,
Perry —The grand jury adjourned
for the terma after returning sixty
fou indictments. They recommend
that representatives at the coming
gsession of the legislature have the
-act creating the city court of Hous
ton county so amended as to debar
all defendants. in misdemeanor cases
from demanding indietments by the
grand jury, thereby disposing of all
misdeémeanors in the city court, al
lowing unone to go to the superior
court.
Macon—The money left over from
the United Confederate Veterans' re
{ wnion fund, amounting to about S9OO,
will be used by the chamber of com-!
merce to pay off the $2,000 indebted
ness now hanging over the mopument ‘
erected here in memory of the women |
’of the confederacy. Thereats have |
| been made several times to remove
the monument unless the final pay- .
jments were@ade, but so far no such
drastic action has been taken. * It is
!be]ieved the marble company at
i Marietta will compromise and accept
| the S9OO in settlement of the claim.
g < Bainbridge—En route on one of
{ the most adwventurous veyages of
%modern times, the steam yacht Pen
| nsylvania, the property of the Univer
%sity ‘of Penansylvania, is in Bruns
!wick undergoing a number of repairs
lbefore proceeding on her voyage,
]which will last for approximately
three years, and ‘which will be one
of the most daring expedition trips of
modern times. The yacht is bound
for Brazil, which a daring party of ex
plovers, who purpose penterating
to the far reaches of the Aniazon,
greatest ri}{er in the world, and to
the headwaters of many of its mighty
iributaries in the interest of science
and humanity, They seek what is
known as: the “Lost World™ in- the
basin of the Amazon.
Tl AN INE I S E i LRI 1 Y
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|ANNUAL REPORT OF RAILROAD
COMMISSIONERS MAKES MANY
| RECOMMENDATIONS. ?
|RAILROAD EARN NGS Slw_l!fi]
Asks Changes in the Law and fiuvo:l
Much Interesting Information
_~ in Regard to Railroads. :
A ¢ - —Atlanta. l
| 'The fortieth annual report of the
state railroad commission which hasl
been compleizd, cont2ins much lim
poreant +data, information and recom
mendations,
In its repori the commission makes
the following recommendations:
“An uwmendment to paragraph 2,
gection §, of the act approved August
22, 1807, to authorize toe chairman of
the= cominissiil,, in the absence of
th: rectolary so certify any schedule
of lates, ¢1 ary order, r#a or regtla
tion, prescribed by the commission,
80 as to make the same admissible
ag evidence in the courts, the same
as if certified by the secretary.
“The enaciment of legislation con
ferring upon the commission power
and autliority to require the issuance
‘by carriers of through bills of lading
and of coupon passenger tickets, and
the checking of baggage through to.
dexstination. 1
“Under the wording of the act of
1907 in reference to the settlement of
overcharges and losses, it is mmcult{
for the commission to formulate such
a rale as will stand the test in thez
courts, We, therefore, urge the!
amendment of this act s 0 as to read |
as follows: ‘
“1t ghall ha® authority to order all
railroaq companies and other cor
porut\ions subject to its jurisdiction,’
to pay all just clalms for overcharg
es, demurrage charges, and for los
ses, and to fix penalties by rule or
order or buth, for failure to pay the
sdme when so required.” l
1 Some of the most interesting in~!
formation given In the report is as
follows: : ?
In 1911, Georgia railroads paid to
operale their roads 69.78 cents gut of
every one hundred cents recelved as
revenue,
In 1912 they .pald for operating,
71.73 eents out of every one hundred
cents of revemnie.
The gross earnings from Georgia
business for 1612 showed a net in
crease oveér 1911 of $3,651,090.95, but
operating expenses - alone increased
$3,671,288.28 for 1912 over 1911. ;
l Net oarnings decreased $158,741.65)
for 1812 as compard with 1911,
1 In 190 K, the railroads operating in
Georgia employed in Georgia 34,809
peisons: in 1612 they employed 39,
691 persons. ’
The wages paid these 39.691 em
ployees in 1912 exceeded the wages
paid - 34,80¢ employees in 1908, 35,-§
771,104.93. In other words, Georgia
railroads paid in wages in Georgia in
1912, $5,771.164.63 more than in 1908.
This; however, was to a larger num—l
ber of employees, The individual
wage scales show that had the num
ber of emplovees for 1912 been kept
the sanie as in 1808, they are being
paid $3.668.725.21 more than in 1903.;
In other words, the 34,809 employees |
in 1908 rececived $3.668,72521 more in
1812, which is &n average increase to
each railroad employee in Georgia in|
1612 over 1908 of more than $lO5
people annuni, z
Georgia Popular With Gypsies.
There are more gypsies in Georgia
this spring than have been here in'
many years, gceording to reportsl
whieh come from various parts of the,
state. Scores of their picturesque
i bands are camping in their rural dis-l
tricts or on the edges of large towns,
retarded in their annual flight northl
by the extremely late spring The
Egypsies are for the moét part horse
2tmders and fortune tellers, many of]
the bands being said to be rich. They |
‘usuully payv -for what they get; and
[the reports ‘of kidnaping and thieving
| which in the old vears used to make
| gypsy ban{? dreaded, seem practically
i\mknown this part of the ecountry.
While the gypsies have apparently
}becmne more honest as a class, they
have lost none of their wonderful pic
‘| turesqueness The women still dress
'} in their semi-criental costumes, in
I which bright colers predominate. Some
ima_v be attired in ordinary skirts and
‘shirtwaists which are commonly seen,
{ but Dbrightcolored searfs, ribbons,
fltheavy jewelry ané earrings - always
add. a foreign touch to their cos
tumes. The men are roughly dressed,
| but they, too, have bright bits of color
| somewhere about them. They are
strong, agiie-looking people, with
4 straight black hair and shasgy eye
brows, which help sometimes to give
‘| their faces a rather ferocious expres
| sion. They have a language of their
awi, but nearly all of them speak
nglish in addition.
W“??g
| gia will experience no difficulty in the
|rerunding and redssuing of the $3,
| 2ot Il dus in 1995, dutlug bis ad
| with the result’ that he says he finds
Georgia’s credit is second wno:omtari
'state in the union. “Personally, I would
| like to see the now bonds taken up in ‘
Georgid,” he says, “wonld be state,
| county and municipal tax free and ex
empt from the federal income tax.
| Their purchase by Georgians would be
{a gratifying tribute to the state within
itself. -However, that may be, there
seems now no reason to suspect that
{the refunding of the bonds will be
| effected in anything other than the
| happiest of circumstances.” If it be
| comes necessary to have the new
onds taken up in the North, according
Ito Governar-elect Slaton, there will be
no difficulty in doing so. “A thing that
seems to particularly interest the bank
|ers and financial kings of the North,”
he says, “is Georgia's constitutional
i prohibition against eny increase of
the state's bonded debt. Anether fea
{ture that they will take into consid
eration is the fact that Georgia con
stitutionally pledges all of the state’s
property, even including the execu
tivée mansion and the Western and At
[lantie railroad, to the payment of the
state’s bonds. No other state can
i hope to surpass, and few to equal the
! genuine and substantial security Geor
'Bia offers for its bonds. We have
condtantly deereased them, and have
indicated s wise and conservative in
gistance upon the payment of our
{ debt” Under the law it is necessary to
| determine this whole maiter in ad
!vance of the maturity of the bonds,
fgad therefore provision must be made
;Mnom Praise Macon Convention.
! Prominent Atlanta Masons who have
'just returned from the big conven
sion in Macon, repert that it was one
of the most motable and successful
‘ Masonic gatherings she South has ye
had. It was the occasion for the meet
ing of vdrious Masonic organizations,
including the seventieth annual assem
_bly of the Grand council of the Royal
i Arch and Selected Masters. Many
had!es from all parts of Georgia at
tended the meeting of the grand chap
iter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
In addition to representatives from
practically every Masonic chapter in
Georgia, many distinguished visitors
from other states attended the various
‘gatherings. Among the notable At
Janta Masois who have just returned
from the convention, is Secrétary
(George . Argard, of the Magen's An
nuity, Mr. Argard has given out a
statement which will be of general in
terest to members of the order. The
| Masons’ Annuity has paid to benefici-!
iaries and disabled members $382,006,-
{ 43, and has accumulated assets of
' $610,953.60, all of which is for the pro
tection of the members, as there isl
|no capital stock. This is the organ
. jzation which cares for the widows and }
tamilies of deceased Masonic brethren. |
| Has Only Woman Game Warden.
i Woman's suffrage may not stand
much of a show at the coming ses-
Ision of the legislature, but there is
{one woman in Georgia who Is anxious
lto see new laws formulated, who will
luadoubtedly have a hearing. She wilk
{ come, not to ask equal rights for wom
"en, but to ask for protection for the
song birds of CGeorgia, and for the
itigtitution of an annual bird day cel
iebration in this state that will teach
| young and old the value of tlieir little
| teathered friends, The woman is Mrs.
{ Waverly Fairman, of Atlanta, who has
| the distinction of being the only fe
male game warden in the world. She
!is also secretary of the Burroughsl
society in Georgia, and it is in tms!
}capacity that she has formulated the
request which will bhe submitted tg‘
!u\e incoming legislature, urging that |
{an annual pbird day be set apart in{
,iGeorgia The efforts of the Bur:|
| roughs society are arousing a wide |
interest in the importance of bird iorei
and bird congervation, and Mrs. Fair
-Iman has aiready received the promise
;’of assistance from well known mem-!
I bers of the assembly. Bird day, as it
is planned, would be something likeg
‘ the annual arbor day. All public t
| school chiidren would take part in it, |
{and it is felt that it could be made a|
‘lbeaut‘iiui, a8 well as instructive event. §
| Georgia Boy Honored. l
- Another Georgia boy has won highg
| distinction in the North. Bob Trout- |
{ man, son of Rev. M L. Troutman, one |
§oi the best known Methodist ministers;
;z(toorgia evar had, has just been made%
| editor of the Columbia Law Review at |
,'Commma university, New York City. |
.| This is conSidered one of the highest
| honors that can be conferred at the
."(‘o}umbia Law school, and is a high%
.| tribute to Georgia scholarship. Young
.| Troutman graduated from thé Univer-§
| sity of Georgia in 1911. He received
! his preparatory training under Prof.
.| Sandy Beavers, formerly of the pre-]
z!paratory school at Stone Motmtain,i
.land mow head of Riverside academy.i
- Mr. Troutman and his family are be
-ling congratulated on the high honor
égonierred upon him. ]
PR A P .:‘;(‘,.;;__“»;‘; w\‘-,{.:w-n Re O S
| 7 mioNEYs awo sLapoER
® Beoee Way! @
* Systems and methods fi
come and go. There’s one &
that will stay—the “Bee a
Dee Way.” It hasstoodthe 2=
hardest of all tests—the
I test of experience. Mix'
~ Bee Dee
i with the feed for your i
animals and fowls. It
beats all regulators, tonics,
gowders, etc,, because it
rings better results, and &
costs but a fraction of what
the ready made foods do. i
. Price 25¢. 50c and SI.OO per can,
s
W 0 s cmoton s §
= -I'.mmes.ornm?%£ PA
SHAERRDERRE A
Diplomatic Team.
Cricket was introduced Into a cer
tain district of India by a clergyman
from England, who hoped that the
game wouid foster a manly spirit. All
went well, according to the author of
“A Little Tour in India,” the boys be
came keen and a match was arranged
iwlth a neighboring school. Then the
clergyman gave his team 15 rupees
{54.80) to spend ‘“‘on new Dbats, or
whatever would be most useful”
| When the day came, the team turpod
!out for the match full of quiet confi
i dence, but with all their old accouter
mentg, “Why,” asked the padre, “what
}have you done with those 15 rupeed
I gave you?’ “Well, sir,” sald the
+captain, “we thought it best to spend
it all on the umpire.” They won.
J Satisfied the Professor.
| The story is told of a college pro
fesgsor who was noted for his con
{centmfion of mind. The professor
i was returning home one night from
iu selentific meeting, still pondering
lover the subject. He had reached his
| room in safety when he heard a noise
l which seemed to come from under the
bed. “Is some one there?” he ashed.
i“i\'o, professor,” answered the intru
lder, who knew the professor's pe
;eulmrities. “That’s strange. [ was
| positive some one was under my bed,”
;commented the learned man,
! Food Screen.
; 1 needed a place that could be thor
: oughly screened from flies to keep my
tleft-overa. My husband with a key
lhole saw made two half circles, four
i teen inches by six inches, out of a
ipine pox; then nailed these ends
{ with three pieces of quarter round,
gtwenty-seven inches long, tacked it
i over this frame, and screwéd a little
handle on top. Three or four dishes
at one time can be put under this
| sereen.—Exchange.
i ettt ——
) Easy.
I “Is your husband easy to get along
{ with?
} “Easy? Why he doesn’t éven object
!to going to church supper.”—Detroit
{ Free Press.
i
, MORE THAN EVER
}lncreased Capacity for Mental Labor
’ Since Leaving Off Coffee.
{ Many former coffee drinkers who
| have mental work to perform, day aft
%er day, have found a better capacity
{ and greater endurance by using Post
{ um instead of coffee. An Ills. Woman
| writes:
E “1 had drank coffee for about twenty
{ years; and finally had what the doctor
%called ‘coffee heart’ 1 was nervous
{ and extremely despondent; had little
i mental or physical strength left, had
1 kidney trouble and constipation.
{ “The first noticeable benefit derived
| from the change from coffee to Postum
| was the natural action of the kidneys
i and bowels. In two weeks my heart ,
%action was greatly improved and my
| nerves steady.
| “Then I became less despondent, and
i the desire to be active again showed
| proof of renewed physical and mental
! strength.
{ “I am steadily gaining in physical
| strength and brain power. I formerly
| did mental work and had to give it up
i on account of coffee, but since using
{ Postum I am doing hard mental labor
; with Jess fatigue than ever before.”
{ Name given by Postum Co., Battle
| Creek, Mich.
i Postum now comes in new concen
i trated form called Instant Postum. It
i iz regular Postum, so processed at the
i factory that only the soluble portions
: are retained. .
{ A spoonfuleof Instant Postum with
;hot water, and sugar and cream {0
| taste, produce instantly a delicious
' beverage.
i Write for the liitle book, “The Road
i to Wellville.,”
“There’s a Reason” for Postum.