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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
TWENTY.EiGHTH DAY.

The Senate concurred in the House
amendment to the Massey tobacco BILL
making it unlawful to sell or give to-
bacco to minors under II. The bill
now goes to the governor. 1t will hit
the tobacco stores pretty hard.
New bills:
Blake-To appropriate $4,000 for
the purchase of governors mansion.
Wilkie-To promote the establish
ment, organization and efficiency Of
free public libraries and to create a
free library commission.
Raine (by request)-To regulate the
width of tires on wheels.
Senate bills on third reading:
To regulate the speed and operation
Of automobiles (Jetton bil). Dis
cussed at length, amended, and then
tabled.
The Senate amended the House reso-
luton allowing the insurance commits
tee to sit ten days during the recess
by allowing the committee unlimited
time. The House agreed to the amend
ment.
Soon after the House convened Mr..
Gordon announced that the Commit.
tee on Education had postponed con-
sideration of Mr.. Stratton's bill ex-
tending the Adams law to cities Of
10000 population until after the re-
cess. 1t is understood this was done
at the request Of Mr.. Stratton, who
Introduced bill in the House giving
cities Of $4,000 and under the gie.s,t
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
A New Profession.

The opening of the New York
School of Philanthropy, we are in
formed, means virtually the birth of
new profession, and the new degree
"P D." From now on the graduates
in scientific philanthropy may be
termed professional people. We have
professional beggars. Why not pro-
fessional philanthropists.
Hitherto there have been charitable
persons claiming to be professionals,
but they were really amateurs; and as
for the weak-willed persons who have
relieved suffering on the spur Of the
moment, without investigation and
reference to formula, they were the
merest bunglers. Once or twice, when
the mercury has been exceptionally
retiring and the wind uncommonly
keen, we have Tipped coin to an alb
sent-minded beggar, and as we
watched him hike towards home-or
home-brewed liquor" we have been
oppressed by the thought that we had
Totally neglected the scientific aspect
Of the shivering wrecks case. Instead
Of earning the degree "P. D. we had
been a mere P. ID. Q.
Philanthropy has come to be prop
erly a science. We now calculate the
distance of the mendicant planetoides
from the central sun of Beneficence,
the danger from the X-rays in ten
dollar bill If turned on FIJI force or too
-uddenly, and the peri'ous results of
relaxing the law OF gravity and becom-
ing cheerful givers.
Be ?, D, Don't be 2 ?. D. a.
PuCk,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
TWENTY.ElErl4 DAY.

The Senate rejected the Blake bill
repeating the Jarvis criminal costs
law, and the lawyers in that body hold
that this action precludes further
legislation on this subject at this ses-
sion OF the general assembly. This
action indicates the easy defeat of the
Mcclure bill when it comes up,
The House disposed OF several Shell
by county bills at its afternoon ses-
sion, and as the same measures are
still pending in tho Senate, it is pre-
sumed they will become laws before
the recess.
Collier presented petition from
ladies' of Memphis saying the street
car situation had become intolerable,
and praying for the passage Of the sep
arate car law, Appreciation was ex-
pressed for the passage in the House
Of the Collier bill,
New bills:
Steele-To amend tho physicians
license law by providing that it not
apply to practitioners of twenty years
standing,
Coopei-To abolish the East and
West Tennessee land offices, and
create a central office at Nashville.
Gordon--To maintain normal
school in each grand division, and ap
propriating $4,000 each for the main.
tenance OF such schools.
Carson-To appropriate the poll
taxes between the white and colored
schools according to the sum paid by
each race.
.' In the Senate petitions were pre-
sented from S. e. Fulkerson Camp
Bristol, asking that the Confederate
pension appropriation be increased
and from the citizens of Memphis in
dorsing the Jim Grow law as passed.
New bills
Templeton-To redistrict the coun
ties, allowing eight civil districts tc
all counties.
Ewing and Schubert-To regulate
the time and manner of fixing charges
to juries in civil cases.
Senate bills on third reading:
To repeal the Jarvis law Rejected
To provide for only ten challenges
for both State and defendant in CAPT
tai cases, five each in felonies and
three each in misdemeanors, and moi
disqualify persons from jury service
who have formed opinions from read
ing newspapers. Passed.
To make it unlawful to sell or give
| tobacco to minors. Passed.
To make the law regulating insur
ance companies apply to surety com
panies so as to relieve the surety
companies from having to deposit
$4,000 with the insurance commits
sioner Passed
Ligon, Rice, Pope and Wilson were
appointed on the part of the Senate
on the committee to investigate tele
phone rates, ETC., In Tennessee.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
FATAL FAMILY FEUD
3. 3. ATKINS, A PROMINENT
FARMER, SHOOTS HIS SON.
WIFE AND SISTER As ACCESSORIES
Existence Of Two Living Wives, and
Suit Over Possession of Land, the
Combining Elements Leading to the
Trouble.

Dresden, Tenn, Feb 5.-B. B. At
kins. prominent farmer residing in
this county, and his wife and her sis
ter, Miss Mary Nanny, are in Jail here
charged with assault on 7. ID. Atkins,
son of the first named, who lies at
deaths door from two shotgun wounds
inflicted at the hands of his father
They We're arrested on warrants sworn
out by the son after the shooting oc-
Cured, and given preliminary hear
ing before Squire Neal Tucker, who
bound them over to the Circuit Court
The latter are charged in the warrant
with being accessories before the fact.
This domestic tragedy is the climax
of troubles which date back several
years. B. B. Atkins came to this
county from Virginia, leaving behind
him a wife and son. He was divorced
from the former, and after settling in
this section married Miss Nanny,
his present spouse. Two years ago he
wrote to his son to follow him here,
offering to give him farm and build
him home on it. The son came, the
land was set apart from the parental
estate and the house was built accord
ing to agreement. As far as can be
learned there was no regular transfer
of the property to the son, it being
understood in the family that the land
and house were to pass to him on the
death of the father
AS generally happens in families
where there are two wives living, the
second Mrs. Atkins and her people did
not take kindly to the first Mrs. AT,
kins' child, and they disapproved Of
the action of the father in giving his
property to his own son. Consequently
before the young man had completed
the making of his first crop, dissen-
sion arose which opened a breach be-
tween father and son, ending in suit
in chancery to recover the property.
Proceedings were instituted several
months ago, but before the cause came
up for trial the case was settled by ar
bitration, it being agreed that the
father was to pay his son $400 cash
and give him the crop then standing
on his place.
accompanied by friend, drove up to
the crib ON his place and proceeded
to fill the wagon with corn. The old
man, who had seen them coming. and
had secreted himself behind the crib,
came from hiding, and without warn.
| ing, raised double-barrel shotgun
| and fired one load into his sons body
| inflicting a serious wound In his leg.
The son. although wounded, turned on
his father, and grasped the barrel of
| the gun as the old man took aim at
the boys friend. In the struggle that
| ensued the gun was discharged, the
shot hitting the boy in the face and
head. inficting wounds which will
ultimately cause his death.
Officers were notified of the tragedy
and going to the scene of it, issued
warrants for the old man, his wife and
her sister The trial was held and
they were bound over.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
PRESIDENT ,BEckWlTH DEAD.
Only Family Surrounded Deathbed Of
the Aued Banker

Oberlin, O., Feb. Sc. T. Beckwith,
president of the defunct Citizens Ma
tional Bank of this city, died at 10:45
o'clock tonight, after two days of sun-
consciousness, during which dissolu
ton was expected at any moment
Only the family surrounded the death
bed of the banker
Mr.. Beckwith was about 65 years Of
age o.. December ID last, the Federal
grand jury in Cleveland returned five
indictments against Beckwith upon the
charge of violating the national bank
ing laws in connection with the loans
made to Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick by
the Citizens National Bank of Oberlin,
of which deceased was the president
From the day of his arrest Beck
with's health failed rapidly, as a re-
suit of worry over his troubles. He
frequently declared during his illness
that he wanted to die. For several
days prior to his death he refused to
take food in any form. Death resulted
directly from heart trouble. The death
Of President Beckwith may materially
weaken the case of forgery and con-
spiracy to misapply bank funds now
charged against Mrs. Chadwick.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
MIN ERs BRING SUIT.
Ask $4,000 as Damages From the
United Mine Workers of America.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 5.--A spe-
cial from Tuscaloosa, Ala, says:
Twenty-one suits, amounting to S147,-
600 were filed in the County Court
here late yesterday afternoon. Each
of the suits were for $1,000, and were
filed by the non.union miners at Brook
wood, sixteen miles north of Tusca-
loosa, against the United Mine Work
ers of America, United Miners of
District No. 20, and the local organiza-
tion there, No. S56, W. r. Finley, Ed
Flynn, j. l.. Clemo, Dan Painter, Lind
say Parrot, Don e. Davis, Otto Davis,
Green Walker, John Browne, John
Quarles, Shelton Quarles and John
Wallace. The, plaintiffs claim that
during the month of October last, the
local organization held several mass
meetings, the result of which was a
demand upon the Alabama United Iron
and Coal Company to dismiss from
their mines all non-union workers, and
that if they should fail to grant their
request, q strike would be the result,
and that on account Of heavy contracts,
which the company was compelled to
fill, knowing that strike would
greatly retard their output, they were
compelled to act as the union miners
demanded. They alledge that for this
reason, on November 10 they were
turned out of their homes, and many
of them deprived of the bare neces,
stiles of life.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
STORES WERE FLOODED.
Property and Stock Damage VIII
Reach Nearly $4,000.


Vicksburg, Miss. Feb. 5.-The after.
math of the sleet storm of Friday finds
many merchants and householders
here very seriously damaged. The
damage was caused by the thaw con-
sequent on the rain of last night,
which followed a sudden rise Of the
temperature. The sleet which cov-
cred the roofs of all buildings began
to disintegrate very rapidly, so fast in
deed that the cutters and valleys were
overfiowed the water thereby being
forced beneath shingles or tiles Of all
the fiat roofs, the result being that by
daylight this morning many of the
larger down town stores were flooded
and thousands of dollars worth of
stock ruined, Owing to the fact that
it was Sunday morning and no stores
visited, very early by employees or pro-
prietors, the damage is much greater
than If it had been a week day. Today
every available workman has been en-
gagged in shoveling the sleet off the
roofs and down into the streets below.
A conservative estimate of the prop
erty and stock damage is anywhere
from $4,000 to 100000. The large
wholesale dry goods house Of Adolph
Rose was damaged to the extent of at
least $4,000, while others suffered loss
from $500 to $4,000, all of which is es-
timated at nearly total, and of course,
with no insurance whatever
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
Junketinu Committees.

The following iunketing committees
have been named:
By Gordon of House Educational
Committee: McCleland. Benham,
Peay, Rawls and Meadows. They go
to Knoxville first.
BY Cleage of Penitentiary Commit.
tee: Birdsong, Corn Sneed,. Sharp
Sand Watson. They go to Brushy
Mountain first,
By Acree of House Agricultural
Committee: Cox, Harvill, Cheatham,
Neblett and Cooper.
Hickman of the House Charitable
Institution Committee will announce
his appointments later. They go to
Bolivar to start the investigation.
Committees on Telephone Rates and
Insurance Investigation were not sp
pointed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
TWENTY-slxTH DAY.

Tho Rice.Ligon bill to proh'hit het,
ting on race courses passed the Sen,
ate--25 to 7, only Messers. Ewing,
Garrett, Howse, McMurray, Pope.
Schubert and Wilson voting in the
negative. There was a large crowd,
including many ministers, in the
chamber when the bill was taken up
as a special order.
The Senate made another coup
when it rejected the Mcclure bill, to
amend the Jarvis law. This was done
without the knowledge Of the mem
bers who have been clamoring for a
modification of this law. When the
bill came up it was merely read as
House bill No. 112, to regulate costs
in certain cases, and Rice moved that
the Senate concur in the recommen,
dation of the committee and reject the
bill. This was done by unanimous
vote.
The House put itself on record as
opposed to tampering with the di-
vorce laws. A bill proposing to make
it much more difficult to get divorce
was before the house. The measure
was considered too drastic and the
House was almost unanimously op-
posed to it, but there was much dis.
cussion as to whether it should be
tabled or rejected.
A very radical amendment to the
game law was proposed by Lillard.
He wants to take the control Of shoot
ing out of the hands of shooting clubs
0f nt1o hn CT ND
put it in the hands of the owners Of
the land on which the shooting is
done. The opened and closed seasons
for quail are materially changed, but
during the closed season the land
owners are to have the right to allow
hunting on their own lands if they so
desire.
In the Senate this morning pc
titions were presented from Lincoln
county asking the extension of the
four-mile law to all cities and towns
and asking that the Confederate pen.
sion appropriation be made $1,000
per annum.
New bills:
Flippin-To require railroads to
place warning signals at all crossings
May-To amend the game law SC
as to provide better protection for
quail
Howse (by reQuest)-To appro
pirate $3,500 to the Kings Daughters
Home for Blind Girls.
Howse-To allow the Hermitage
Association to charge visitors to tho
Hermitage small fee
Wlkic-To allow notaries public tc
acknowledge charters of incorpora
| tion
Senate bills on third reading;
no allow subordinate lodges
Knights of Pythias, to own real es
tate. Passed.
To make it felony for insolvent
| banks to receive moneys or other Sc
curities on deposit. Passed
To protect hotels and boarding
house keepers. Failed.
The only bills of general Importance
| introduced in the House were these:
Shelby Delegation-To establish a
naval battalion in the State National
! Guard.
! Williams-To permit banks and
trust companies to secure the fidiciary
performance Of their obligations by q
deposit with the State treasurer.
House bills on third reading:
10 prohibit the sale or giving OF
tobacco TO minors. Amended to apply
to minors II years and under and
passed.
To amend the general game law 50
is 70 exclude squirrels, Tsh'es.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
CRIPPLED BY THE STORM.
Telegraph and Telephone Lines In
Very Bad Condition.

Memphis, Tefn., Feb, 5,--Telephone
and telegraph service over wide area
of the South was almost completely
crippled by heavy sleet today. Rail.
road service also suffered, and in some
towns the lighting and street car ia.
cilities were suspended The tie.up
was the most complete in many years,
and although the telegraph companies
and railroads have large forces of men
at work, 1t may be two or three days
before normal conditions resume.
The storm, which covered with a
thick icy coat Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and
Georgia, had prevailed intermittingly
for three days, and the wires broke
under the accumulated ice. Service
from Louisville to Memphis, Nashville,
Chattanooga and Birmingham was but
little interrupted. Out of those cities
to the Gulf only two or three wires
were working imperfectly tonight. The
fall of snow and sleet, varying from
one to three inches, extended as far
north as Louisville
For several hours Atlanta and New
Orleans were cut off from the rest of
the country. All wires were cut down
from Memphis to Natchez and New Or
leans, and the telegraph companies
sent messages for those points to New
York and down the coast, but even this
service was interrupted for a time.
Two hundred poles went down in
Mississippi.
In Chattanooga the streets were
filed with broken wires The lighting
and street car currents were turned
off to avoid danger to pedestrians and
linemen.
During yesterday the railroad SER
vice was interrupted very little in and
out Of Memphis, but telegraphic com.
munication was disturbed between
Memphis and Mississippi points on &C.
count of fallen wires.
The situation in the city was intol.
cradle on account of the slush and
softened snow on the sidewalks and in
the streets. The temperature was
hardly warm enough to melt the snow
and the ice on the sidewalks, but just
warm enough to soften the white
mantle that covered the streets and
the ice-coated sidewalks and render
walking very disagreeable.
The river continues full Of floating
ice and traffic is temporarily suspend
ed. The river men, however, have
hopes of rain above and general
thaw that will sweep the ice from the
river and allow traffic to be resumed
1t is generally believed that the worst
| has passed and that there will be a
cessation Of bad weather within the
| next two or three davS
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10

to vote on the saloon question when
ever fifty citizens petltioned for an
election
New bills.
Cunningham-To give employees in
mercantile lines first lien for their
services.
House bills on third reading:
To pension widows Of Confederate
soldiers. Passed
To require appeal bonds in all cases
to cover both Judgment and costs. An
amendment excepting libel, slander
and malicious prosecution was
adopted and the bill passed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
TWENTY.NlNTH DAY.

The House of Representative put
itself OH record as favoring the pas
sage Of the Hepburn-Dolliyer anti-jug
bill by Congress. This action, how
ever, was not had without contest,
and while the vote was 62 to 20, it was
not an altogether true reflection of the
sentiment of the House Quite num-
Der of those who voted aye felt that
the resolution would be adopted any
how, and while opposed to the bill,
concluded to go with the crowd.
New bills in the House were:
Gordon-To create boards of educa-
tion in each county. to be composed
of three men, selected by the county
courts, and county superintendent,
to have charge of all school matters
House bills on third reading:
To prevent the shipment of liquor
into Adams law towns. Made special
order for March 10.
To establish State Department Of
Archives and History. Withdrawn.
Newton-T6 provide for the inspec-
tion and regulation of bakeries.
New bills in the Senate were:
Flippin-To prohibit licensing Of
persons under IS years of age to
marry.
The Senate concurred in the House
resolution instructing the committees
appointed to investigate the State
Offices to report whether some of the
officers or employees cannot be dis
pensed with
Rawls' bill taxing bachelors passed
first reading,
There was a lengthy, but good
natured, wrangle in the Senate over
the various bills fixing the amount Of
the treasury surplus to be devoted to
the common schools. The struggle
came over a motion to go into commit.
tee of the whole on the bills, but this
motion failed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
Chattanooga Frozen Up.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 5.--For the
first time in its history, Chattanooga,
is completely ice-bound tonight. On
account Of electric wires being crossed
at many points, street car service was
discontinued early this evening, the
streets are in total darkness and tele-
phone and telegraph communication
is demoralized. No services were
held in the churches tonight Many
railroad wires have been grounded by
breaking of poles, and trains are
operated on general time card orders,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
pYNAMITING BLIND TIGERS.
Fourth Attempt in Six Days Made at
Hattiesburq.

Hattiesburg, Miss, Feb. 5.-The
fourth attempt in six days to dyna-
mite suspected blind tigers occurred
this morning at O'Clock. when an at
tack was made on the house Of Albert
Farley, negro who is alleged to have
conducted blind tiger and house of
Ill fame. A portion of the front part
of the building was torn away. All the
inmates escaped injury. The three
other attacks with dynamite were
Rade Wednesday and Thursday nights,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
Auntie Was Old.

In the days of Barnum an old
"auntie"' lived in East Tennessee who
was reputed to be of great age, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. Like all OF
her kind, she was extremely proud of
the distinction, and never underesti-
mated her age in the least. She had
outgrown that weakness decades past.
Barnum heard of her, and conclud-
ing that if she was as old as rumor
made her she would be valuable ac-
QUESTION to his show; he sent an agent
down to make an investigation. She
caught the direction of the wind very
promptly, and was prepared for any
test question that might be asked.
Gradually the agent led up to the cru
cial interrogatory, and at last said.
"Aunty, do you remember George
Washington
Does remember George Wash
ington? Wy, lawsa.massy, mistah, l
reckon | does. orter, orient 1? Fer
I done nussed him, We played to-
gether evy day when he was iii
chile"
"Well, do you remember anything
about the Revolutionary war;"
"G'way, chile! Yes, indeed, I does,
honey. | stood. dar lots er times, an
seen de bullets flynn aroun' thicker'n
rain drops"
"Yes--well, how about the fall of
the Roman Empire? Do you recollect
anything about that?"
The old woman took good, long
breath. In fact, It amounted to a
sigh. She reflected fox few mo-
ments, and said:
DE fact is. honey, l was purity
young den, an doesn't have a very
extinct recommembrance bout dat;
but does member, now dat you
speaks of hit, dat ! did hear de white
folks tell about hearin' some'pn drap." "
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-02-10
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