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WHAT TO DO WITH
The STATES ROAD
IS A TROUBLESOME QUESTION
a COMMISSION MAY BE APPOINTED
TO SOLVE.

stOVaII of Chatham and Others In
trOduced Resolution in the
House Providing for "A Commits
sion Consisting of w. C. RaouI,
John NJ. EGan and Allen d. Cand-
Ier-ResOlution Held Over to BE
Considered This Week.
Atlanta, July 23.-To appoint a COM
mission to investigate and report up
on what is best to be done with the
Western and Atlantic Railroad is the
object of a resolution which was in
| troduced in the House to-day by
| Messrs. Stovall, of Chatham; Fielder,
of Bbb. Shackelford, of Clarke, ami
! Witchell, of Thomas.
This resolution recited the facts that
the preservation of the value of the
| state road is of vital import to the
state, that there is on foot now we'll
defined plan to build lines parallel to
the states road and thereby damage
/ or destroy it's value. For these rea-
sons the resolution proposes to ap-
point a commission of experts, con-
sisting of w. c. Raoul, John M. Egan
and Allen D. Gambler, to make an in
vestigation and report to the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly such
legislation as, in it's opinion, would best
protect and preserve the interests of
the state.
The commission is to report whether
it would be best to extend the road
to the sea, to sell it outright or to con-
! tinue it as it is at present. The MEM
| bers of the commission are to be paid
"a a Gay and actual expenses while
| in the discharge of their duties.
Under the rules of the House this
resolution was required to lie on the
! table one day. 1t will come up for
| consideration Monday or Tuesday.
Rough ON the Autos.
The House passed a bill which gives
! automoblists a pretty hard hit. at
| least in Monroe county, for it is a To-
/ cal bill applying to the county alone.
| Its provisions, however are somewhat
! interesting. 1t prohibits automobiles,
| locomobiles and motor cycles from
running at a higher speed than twenty
miles an hour in Monroe county. and
| provides that when an automobile or
| other similar vehicle approaches a
| horse or mule, it shall Immediately
shut @ its machinery and come to a
! full stop within. one hundred yards Of
!
| When an automobile approac ches a
horse or mule from behind it's whistle
| or gong must be sounded within one
| hundred yards Of such vehicle, and it
| must slacken its speed If an auto
mobile approaches a horse or mule that
| is hitched, ample warning must be
| given the owner in order that he may
| get the animal to a place of safety.
| Violations of this law are made mis-
] demeanors
While the measure applies only to
Monroe county, it is interesting to note
| the stringent regulations which some
of the country counties are seeking to
| Put upon these here new tangled ma
chimes"
Kept Them in Good HumOr.
Mr.. Glenn Of Whitfield, of well-known
Republican tedenCies, was in the chair
during the session and kept the mem
bers in good humor during the tedi-
um of routine business. When the
House adjourned Mr.. Glenn said: Il
do now declare that this House stands
| adjourned until Monday morning at 10
o'clock May God save the country
and the Republican party"
Among the bills passed by the House
was the following:
BY Mr.. MeRae of Lowndes-to au-
thorize the Mayor and Council of the
City of Valdosta to issue S35, 900 of
bonds for special purposes
The following new bill was intro
duced in the House,
BY Mr.. Gaulden of Brooks-To pro-
hibit the manufacture, sale, or giving
away Of cane wine, cane beer, or any
similar intoxicant made from cane, in
this state.
FuItOn's Representative Scored.
The action of Fulton county's three
representatives, Messrs. Slaton, Hous-
ton and Blackburn, in securing the
passage of certain amendments to At
lanta's city charter, which were not
wanted by Council and the city off,
cials, is causing "A great deal OF pro-
test and comment I'm city political cir
cles. The principal question involved
is the extension of the city limits so
as to take in North Atlanta, which has
q voting strength of about 1870. The
amendment, as passed by the House
to-day, annexes to the new territory a
part of the Sixth ward, and makes IL
the Eighth ward, and gives it equal
representation in Council with the 9TH
er wards. Members of the City Coun-
Gil object TO this. They merely want
ed the new territory taken into the city
as a part Of an already existing ward,
and then they proposed to redistrict
the city and make eleven wards. They
objected to giving full representation
to so small a population.
AS a result all sorts Of criticism OF
the Fulton delegation is being INDUCED
i'm by the local politicians, and a hard
fight will be made against the passage
of the amendment by the Senate.