Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-10
HOUSE GIVES MONEY
/ TO STATE COLLEGES
Academy for the Blind Receives
- $4,000 Appropriation.
PENSION BILLS CONSIDERED
Afternoon Session Was Devoted to the
Discussion of These Bills on the Mo-
ton of Henry ReviLI, Of Meriwether
County

Discussion of These Bills on the Mo
ton of Henry RevilI, Of Meriwether
County.
Atlanta, Aug. 9.-Four more state
institutions were handsomely provided
for by the house Wednesday. These
were the Academy for the Blind, at
Macon; the North Georgia Agricultur-
al college, at Dahlonega; the Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb. at Cave
springs, and the State Normal School,
at Athens.
TAe first of these received SOS 900,
the second $4,000, the third, $4,000,
and the latter $4,000, making a total
of $4,000 appropriated for public in.
stitutions Wednesday. These meas
ures received favorable votes rang
ing from 113 to 128, thus evincing the
overwhelming sentiment in favor of
properly providing for these institu-
tiOns
The main contest centered in re-
ducing the $65,OOO appropriation for
the blind academy, but the house left
the figures just as the committee
had reported, while a cut of $4,000
was made in the second, $4,000 in
the third and $4,000 in the fourth
of these institutions respectively, cut
ting the aggregate appropriation down
from $145,000 to $4,000.
Near the close of the morning ses-
sion the Perry bill for an agricultur-
al school in each congressional dis
trict was taken up and being read.
by unanimous consent, was postponed
until Thursday morning, when it came
up as the special continuing order.
The measure is designed as one of
great Importance to the farmers of
the state, and is expected to give a
great impetus to the agricultural in
terests of the state.
The afternoon session was devoted
entirely to the consideration of pri-
vate pension bills, providing for the
payment of pensions of dead soldiers
to their widows for those years in
which they were passed up, but the
pensioner died before receiving this
money.
These widows of old soldiers are in.
debted to Representative Henry Re-
will, of Meriwether, for this money,
as he contended strenuously for Wed
nesday's session for the consideration
OF these bills, as they most probably
would not have been reached in the
rush at the close of the session, but
for Wednesdays action
MI. Hall, of Bibb, wanted the af-
ternoon session devoted to the reg
ular order, but Mr.. Revill spoke earn
estly and eloQuently in behalf of these
old widows, and criticized Mr.. Hall
vigorously for his opposition to their
consideration, which Mr. Hall did not
seem to relish much.
The rush to get local bills passed
will come quick and fast now. as
there are only about four more days
in which house bills can pass the
senate
By an almost unanimous vote, there
being only one dissenting voice, the
Western and Atlantic railroad COM
mittee Of the house reported adverse
ly on the bill Of Senator w. S. Nc
Henry of Floyd county, to lease The
Western and Atlantic railroad for a
period Of sixty years from the expira-
ton Of the present lease-thirteen
years from now.
AS previously stated this lease pro-
vided for a monthly rental of $780,
600, making total yearly rental of
$4,000.
The prevailing sentiment of the
committee was against any lease at
this time. The Alexander proposition
to extend the road to the sea seemed j
to have strong support in the commit
tee, while there were one or two op-
posed to the extension.
Mr.. Brinson of Decatur thought they
might later on, in view of the Panama
canal, wish to seek an outlet on the
gulf. 1t was also suggested that a
double prong might be necessary, one
to the Atlantic and the other to the
gulf
Representative Alexander, Of De-
Kalb, enteredt into a lengthy discus
sion as to thel freight rate dfscrimina-
ton against Georgia, saying that the
holding and extending OF this road
would protect the state.
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