The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-05
ATTACKED STATE
ENTOMOLOGIST
IN BOIL WEEVIL FIGHT.
BUT House DECIDED THAT $4,000
SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

@Ir. Brown of Houston Opposed the
Augmentation. Claiming state En-
tomoIoEist Had Destroyed Trees
of Fruit Growers of Houston
County-said Fruit Growers of His
section Feared EntOmOIOGist
More Than bugs.
Atlanta, Aug. 1.-The House to-day
passed the boil weevil bin by vote
of so to Al, after discussing it during
the entire morning session.
The House first adopted an amend
ment reducing the appropriation from
$4,000 to $1,000, but subsequently re-
considered its action. and left the
amount at $4,000.
In this shape the bill goes to the SEN
ate. Messrs. Leigh of Coweta, Sto-
vail of Chatham, Conner of Barlow,
EVANS OF Washington, Steed of Taylor,
McHenry of Floyd and others. spoke
in behalf of the bill, while Messrs.
Lane OF Sumter and Brown of Hous-
ton spoke against it.
The speakers all contended that
Georgia was confronted by a grave
danger in the prospective coming of
the Mexican boil weevil, and that the
state should now prepare to fight 1t.
Attacked state EntOmOIOgist.
Mr.. Brown OF Houston made an at
task on the state entomologist. to
whose department the appropriation Is
10 be given. He said that the fruit
growers of Houston were against the
state entomologist, because he had de-
stroved their trees. and had done prac-
tically nothing toward getting rid OF
the san Jose scale. The fruit growers,
he said. really feared the state ento-
mologist more than they did the bugs.
Amendments proposing to make the
amount $4,000 and $4,000 were defeat
ed. and the House finally passed the
bill with the original amendment. Inc
boI weevil bill gives the appropriation
stated for the purpose of paying sal
aries of the state entomologist ana MS
assistant. whose salaries should De
fixed by the state board OF entomology,
having travelling expenses, equipment
and maintenance of a laboratory, and
defraying all other expenses in connec-
Requirements of Bill.
Section 16, which is an amendment
10 the act of Dec. p, 1900 makes II a
for any one to bring INTO
the state any living boil weeVil, OF
any cotton. or other plant. containing
such weevil. Sections is and II make
il a misdemeanor to bring into Geor-
Via any cotton seed, seed-cotton, hulls.
lint. hay, fodder. shucks or freight OF
any kind which is packed In straw
or huslxs. or lint, from Texas or Louis
lana. without having attached to such
freight an official certificate showing
that it did not come from an infected
district.
Section IS requires transportation
companies to notify the State Ento-
moiogist of any such shipments from
Texas or Louisiana. Section l9 gives
the State Entomologist, and his as
eistants the right Of entry into de-
pots and warehouses in the search ait
er such shipments. Section 20 ana
Section q provide that if any such
or any field of cotton IN
Georgia. be destroyed for the purpose
Of killing out the boil weevil, which
the entomologist is given the right 10
do, compensation should be fixed and
paid in the same manner IS is now
provided by law for private property,
which is condemned for public use.
Fight TO Begin at once.
Section % makes the sum of $4,000
Immediately available for the purpose
of beginning the fight against the
boil weevil Section % provides that
the state entomologist and his assist
ants shall also make study Of wilt
or "blackroot" in cotton for the pur
pose of seeing If some remedy for this
disease can be found.
The House refused to agree to the
report of the Conference Committee on
the governorship succession bill, be-
cause the Senate measure proposed |
extending the terms of the president |
of the Senate and Speaker of the |
House beyond the term of the Legis- |
allure which elected them. 1t was |
claimed that in the event of the death |
OF the Governor after the adjourn |
ment of the Legislature this would be |
paramount to comforting the governor !
ship upon private citizen. Another |
Committee was appointed |
and the matter went over until to- |
morrow.
Invited Lee and Goode.
At the afternoon session the House |
again spent an hour considering the |
report of the Committee on Rules. 1t |
lHdlly agreed 10 Tx the Dill apprO- |
priatinR $4,000 for recitation buildings
at the state Normal School. and sew |
eral other measures of minor impor-
tance as special orders for to-mor- |
row.
The House invited Gen. Fitzhugh |
Lee and Gen. John Goode of Virginia |
to address the Legislature on Tuesday
night next on the subject Of the pro- |
posed jamestown exposition.
h.. -
sion was spent in passing individual
pension bills the House adiourninS
at $50 2. m.