The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-21
NEWS OF A DAY
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
LEGISLATORS ARE GATHERING
FOR THE SESSION THAT WILL OPEN
TOMORROW.


Usual Lively scenes During n ses-
sion of the General Assembly Now
Presented in the Hotel Corridors.
Lawmakers VIII Have Several Inn
portant Measures to Consider.
Amendments to the Election Laws
Proposed.
Atlanta, June 20.-The advance guard
Of the General Assembly has arrived,
and by tomorrow night the hotel cor
ridors will present the usual lively
scenes incident TO the gathering of the
solons.
This is the third session of the pres
ent General Assembly. The work Is
not therefore new. All the commit
tees have been appointed. and both
the House and Senate will be ready for
business at once.
About the first thing in order after
the roll call Wednesday morning. will
be the reading of Gov. TerrelIs an
nual message. This will be along the
usual lines and in accord with his
speech of acceptance before the State
Convention. In addition it will contain
recommendation as already published
for the establishment of department
Of immigration and for a constitutional
amendment, which will permit an in
crease in the present number of coun-
ties.
The present General Assembly will
be a business body. II will have to
pass general tax and general appro-
priations bills for at least one year and
many other important measures viii
come up for consideration. These will
include proposed amendments to the
election laws, with an especial view to
safeguarding primary elections, a new
law providing for a State Board Of Ar
bitrators to pass upon all corporation
tax return now made to the Controller
General, and providing also for coun-
ty boards of tax equalizers; a bill fix
ing maximum rate of interest which
may be charged in the state, and many
other measures which have been al
ready widely discussed.
Nurserymen viii Meet.
The twenty-ninth annual convention
OF the American Associa ton of Nur-
serymen will meet at the Piedmont Ho-
tel here on Wednesday. There is s55.-
100000 invested in this industry in the
United States alone large attend
ance is expected. Following the meet
ings the visiting nurserymen will take
trip to some of the famous GeorSia
peach orchards in the southern part of
the state.
Meeting of Railroad Commission.
The Railroad Commission will meet
tomorrow for the purpose of hearing
the answer of the railroads to the com
plaint against unjust freight discrirn-
nations made by Atlanta merchants
Atlanta has asked for lower rates be-
tween this city and Savannah and
Brunswick in both directions and has
also made a demand for lower inter
state rates. The commissions action
is awaited with a great deal of inter-
est.
IiIiteracy of Women.
In the course of a talk before the
weekly Baptist Ministers Conference.
DR.. John E. White, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church. this morning made
the startling statement that there were
2,250,000 illiterate women in the ten
Southern States. He was speaking on
The subject Forgotten Baptist Wom-
en- and pointed out the neglect that
is characterized in the denomination.
He broadened his scope and told some
facts that belong to the South that are
calculated to open the eyes of many
He stated that there were $50, 900 more
illiterate women than men in the
Southern States. OF this number 129,-
600 are in the South Central States and
$4,000 in the South Atlantic States.