The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-30
,,cHT OVER SCHOOL APPRoPRJA-
TON BEGUN IN EARNEST.
Az VERY BUSY DAY
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
c.uBLING. SMOKING AND DRINK
NC NOT TAUGHT AT DAHLONEGA.

hers Were Limited to Ten Min
MES. Except On school ApprOpria-
.;on Question-HOw states Elk
nenses Have Increased-Judge
Nor,vood's Salary Raised-TOwn of
warsaw Charter Amended.
Atlanta, July 29.-The fight over the
appropriation for common schools was
begun in earnest to-day, the question
being whether an appropriation of ST.
100000 shall be given, or whether it
shall be allowed to remain at $500, 900,
as for the last four years.
Chairman Davis of the General APP
nropriations Committee submitted
some figures going to show that the
school fund is 100000 larger this year
than ever before, even with the same
appropriation. Advocates of the in
crease claim that all other appropria-
tions have been increased, and conf
mon schools should likewise be adj
vanced.
When the discussion of the general
appropriations bill was resumed by the
House Mr.. Deal of Bulloch offered an
amendment to make the appropriation
to the agricultural college at Dahlone-
ga $4,000, an increase of $4,000, and
spoke in favor of it.
While Mr.. Bruce of Lumpkin was
speaking for the Dahlonega school and
showing it was an institution where
poor young men were gathered from
ffty-three counties, Mr.. George Of Nor
gan asked;
"GambIe, Smoke and Drinkw
SIS it not true that the sons of rich
men go to the college at Dahlonega
to learn to gamble, smoke and drink"
1T is not true" replied Mr. Bruce,
emphatically.
The charge was also denied by Mr..
Underwood of White and others.
Mr.. Stovall of Chatham said there
was no jealousy whatever on the part
of the parent institution, the State Uni
versity, toward Dahlonega, and as
representing South Georgia he was
also glad to urge an appropriation of
$4,000, as asked for the North Geor-
gia institution.
The Deal amendment for $4,000 was
lost and the committee amendment,
carrying SIS, 900, was adopted. This is
an increase of $4,000 over the appro-
priation of last year.
Just before the completion of the
Dahlonega paragraph, a motion was
made that the Committee of the Whole
request the House 10 put limit on
debate. This effort was persistently
fought by Mr.. Mitchell of Thomas, who
had throughout been opposed to limit
ing debate on the general appropria-
tons bill.
Limited 10 Ten Minutes.
A resolution limiting each individual
speech to five minutes was lost. Final
", bv a close vote, a resolution limit
ing each speaker to ten minutes on each
item, excepting the common school
fund, on which debate was to be I'M
limited, was adopted. The next five
paragraphs of the bill were adopted
without opposition. The first of these
gives the State Normal School at
Athens, $22, 500.
The Georgia State Industrial College
for negroes at Savannah was given
$4,000 as required by law. There was
given $6324. IA to pay to the State Uni
Versity what is known as interest on
the land scrip fund.
The appropriation of $22,500 for the
support and maintenance of the state
University at Athens was given with
out a dissenting vote. Likewise the
House adopted the paragraph giving
$4,000 for the support and mainte-
nance of the Confederate Soldiers
Home without opposition.
The paragraph giving 100000 to the
common schools of the state was reach
ed shortly after II o'clock. The amount
is the same as has been given for the
last four years.
Talking for a Million.
Mr.. Bush Of Miller offered an amend
nent making the common school ap-
preparation 81 900 900. Mr.. Leigh of
Coweta wanted to make the direct APP
propriation 100000. Mr.. Reid or
Campbell offered an amendment max
ing the amount $s7O,0O0. AS the section
reads it is as follows:
For the support of the common
schools the sum of $500, 900, in addition
TO the school fund derived from the
sources otherwise provided by law. "
Mr.. Davis of Meriweather presented
some figures, showing the status of the
common school fund for 1905, as fol-
lows:
Direct appropriations. 100000; poll
tax S275,000; half rental, W. and a.
r. r., $4,000; hire of convicts, $780,
600: liquor tax, $165, 900: fertilizer in
spection, $4,000; oil inspection, $4,000;
show tax, Sc, 500; dividends on stock,
S2,024; oyster lands lease, IS. Total for
1905, 81, 701 OBS.
AS against the foregoing the common
schools received in 1903 a total from all
Sources of 1851, AL.
Those figures he said showed net
increase in the common school fund OF
$4,000 If some thirty counties in the
state had not taken felony convicts I'M
der the recent penitentiary law there
would have been $780, 800 more for the
school fund from convict hire. This
would make a grand total of 1880 S35
for the school fund of 1905. in which
the counties not taking convicts viii
participate. Under the present plan
for the S195,000 from convlcts will be
divided among the counties which did
not take the convicts themselves for
work on the public roads.
Increase I'm Expenses.
Mr.. Davis then went on to show
that there were increased appropria-
tons in the general appropriations bill
OF $34500 with decreases of only SILL
200, making the net increase $500
In addition to the foregoing there are
special appropriation bills now pend
Ing which have been approved by the
committees. or which have been pass
ed aggregatng SOS. 500. This, Mr.. Da-
Wis said, If the Legislature passes all
Of these appropriation bills, would
mean an increase in the expenses OF
me state over last year OF $l22'loO'
ana there were several others yet 10
b.