The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-07-21
THE LEGISLATURE
In the House.
MONDAY. JULY is.


In the house Monday bill, similar
to that introduced in the senate, per-
hitting Fulton, Chatham and Rich
mond counties to increase. their SUI
perior court judges salaries, was
read. The house instructed the COM
mittee on rules to set special orders
from the most important business on
the calendar. The bill appropriating
$4,000 for heating plant at the
state university was under considera-
ton at adjournment. The judicial re-
arrangement bill was passed. The
bill prohibiting motion pictures OF
prize fights between whites and
blacks was passed.
FRIDAY, JULY is.
The house Friday reconsidered its
action in allowing fourteen members
Of the house to accompany the COM
mittee on the Western and Atlantic
railroad on its trip of inspection. Pass
ed the bill making 1t misdemeanor
to bet on elections. Adjourned to meet
Monday morning at IL o'clock.
THURSDAY, JULY IA.
In the house Thursday bill was
introduced by Mr.. Alexander, of De-
Kalb, requiring that messenger boys
employed during the day shall be IA
years old; those employed at night
81 years. A bill was introduced by
Mr.. Hancock making it unlawful to
publish opprobrious or abusive Ian
guage. Joe Hill Hall, speaking on
appropriations, said: IF any BUSH
ness man were to attempt to conduct
his business as the states is conduct
ed, he would be bankrupt in a few
He denounced appropria-
tions made to the district agricultural
schools. The house, as a committees
of the whole, reported. favorably the
Tyson bill, appropriating $4,000 to
the Normal and Industrial school at
The charge was made
that house members have been pes
tered almost to desperation" by lob
byists for special measures.
A plan to improve farming conu..
tions in Georgia and to increase the
states yield of crops by teaching
the negroes how to farm, is embrace
ed in a bill introduced in the house
by Representative Alexander of Full
ton If the negroes are to live and
work on the farms of Georgia the
the better they are taught to work and
the more efficient and skillful they be-
come as farmers, the surer becomes
the future peace and prosperity of
the state, in the opinion of the author
of the bill The state of Georgia
now maintains college Of agriculture
at Athens for white boys, and a
branch of this institution for negro
youths at Savannah. This negro col
lege is under the direction of r. r.
Wright, and reports show that he is
doing a splendid work in training
the negro youth of the state. The
eleven district agricultural schools are
maintained for white boys. Under the
bill of Mr.. Alexander the state com
Of agriculture is authorized
to appoint negro of scientific train
ing and practical experience as farm
expert, to conduct farmers Institutes,
field demonstration work, get up ag-
TlCulLuTdl ldlIb anu give uoCIuCLlOu
in agriculture to the members of mis-
race The commissioner Of agricul-
ture is to make and prescribe the
rules and regulations for carrying out
the purposes of the act. The sum, of
$4,000 is appropriated to begin the
work among the negro farmers.
The bill Of Senator Price, amending
the act relative to the operation Of
trains on Sunday SO that through
freight trains may be allowed to pick
up o rleave at any point, on Sunday,
fruit cars or other cars designed for
perisnable freight, was given
favorable consideration by the senate
on railroads, and was
recommended for pass
age. The bill, If passed, will allow
the transportation of empty or loaded
perishable freight cars direct to their
destination without requiring a delay
on Sunday. The bill also provides that
a train can be made up on Sunday for
the purpose of distributing the empty
cars to the various points in the state
where they are needed for loading on