The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-07-20

All legislative paths now lead to nd
journment of congress quickly after
the vote on the Arizona-New Mexico
statehood bill is taken in the senate
on the legislative day or August Z.
The senate will be ready then, in all
probability, despite the general STAFF
revision threat Of Senator Cummins Of
Iowa, and other Insurgents. and the
house will not interpose any legisla-
ton to disturb the senate's program
for winding UP the extra session.
A fatal epidemic prevails in Mitch
ell county, North Carolinaf which has
heretofore been unknown to medical
science and is battling physicians who
have made every effort to check the
malady which manifests itself by
small bloodshot stains on the tips Of
the fingers, passing through the arm
into the body and resulting in the
death within few days after the first
sign appears.
Twenty-one miners were killed in
an explosion In the shaft Of the Cas-
cade Coal and Coke company's mine
at Sykesville, nine miles from Dubois,
Pa. All Of the dead but three are for
eigners. The explosion was slight, as
evidenced by the small damage done
the mine, but the deadly afterdamp
is responsible for most of the deaths.
Neither mine officials nor mine IN
spectors can assign any cause for the
explosion, as there are no survivors
from whom to gain an explanation,
but 1t is the general belief that some
of the men drilled into pocket OF
gas.
In order to secure satisfactory leg
islation providing for the compulsory
education of the children of Georgia.
Philip Weltner, chief probation Off
Ger OF the juvenile court, and others
are drafting a bill for compulsory ed
ucation. The Fulton county represen-
tatlves will be asked to introduce the
bill at the present session of the
general assembly. The bill which is
now being formulated Is more COM
prehensive, it is stated, than any 9TH
err similar measures which have been
drafted. It will provide that all the
children between the ages Of and
IL years must attend school at least
four months out of the year in the
rural districts and the whole term
in the cities. Also that all children
between the ages of IL and IA years
shall be required to attend school at
least three months in the country
districts and the full term in the cit
les. The bill will also provide that
parents are to be held responsible for
the attendance of the children at
school, and that failure to insure their
attendance shall be punishable as a
misdemeanor.
In a strong letter to Gov. Hoke
Smith, Senator Joseph NJ Terrell stat
ed that his term of office as United
States senator had ended when the
legislature took the credentials from
him and turned them over to the
present governor, and he refused to
put himself in the attitude of assum-
ing the duties or responsibilities
which the legislature has placed upon
his successor. Gov. Hoke Smith made
reply by letter to Senator Terrell, de.
clining to accept the resignation, and
requesting that it be withdrawn. He
said that he recognized the import
ance to Georgia Of having two repre-
sentatives of the state in the upper
house when it came to vote on the
important matters now before that
body, and since it was impossible for
him to qualify at present, Senator
Terrell should retain his place.