Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-17
SUMTERSTARS IN
LAST DAY Of THE
HOUSE SESSION

Representatives Sheppard and
Wheatley, the two gentlemen from
Sumter, were conspicuous in the bust
ness of the house during the last ses-
sion of the fifty day grind.
Mr.. Sheppard figured in the hour Of
adjournment, and the following story
tells that:
The house refused to adopt a joint
resolution to adjourn at o'clock, to
change it to 6 o'clock, OF to fix any
hour for sine die adjournment. The
resolution was introduced by Repre-
sentative Anderson of Jenkins, who
declared the night session is always a
more or less useless waste of time and,
is the two branches stick to business
during the afternoon, everything that
Is going to be done can be cleared away
and members who desire will have an
opportunity to go home His resolu-
ton provided for adjournment at 6
r. M. to which Mr.. Edwards offered az
amendment making it 5 p. m. Mr.
Sheppard, of Sumter, moved to tablI
the resolution but his motion last, ths
amendment by Mr.. Neill, of Muscogee,
to postopne action on the resolution in
definitely carrying. SO to 49,"
Military War Stops.
Mr.. Wheatley assisted in laying the
military disturbance in grave, and
tie bill was easily passed. The story
is:
The bill providing for revision of
the Georgia military code, to conform
to the new federal regulations, passed
by vote of 107 to 10. In calling the
bill an its passage, Speaker Burwell
announced that "the warning factions
of Clay and Sumter counties have
reached peace ement"-referring
to the point raised by Representative
Arnold, of Clay, when the first effort
vas made to put the bill on the house
calendar, and over which there arose
controversy with the adjutant gen.
eral, leading to personal privilege re-
marks by Mr.. Arnold as result of
card printed by Mr. Arnold as result
o, card printed by Adjt. Gen. Nash. In
the interval between that Incident and
the present time the adjutant generals
Office. the gentleman from Sumter, Mr.
Wheatley, and Representative Arnold
in the original bill demanded by Mr..
Arnold have been made.
This having been done, Mr.. Wheat
ley, in asking for passage of the bill,
said "the measure does not endanger
psralleling of the Western and Allan
tic railroad; it has nothing to do with
the Savannah recall, nor is it connect
Cd with the capital removal move
ment-it's just military bill"
Speaker Burwell asked: Does the
chair not understand that the gentrc-
man from Sumter and the gentleman
from Clay have gotten so close to-
gether on this measure that there is no
chance to parallel"
THE speaker is eminently correct"
replied Mr.. Wheatley. ''The gentleman
from Clay and the gentleman from
Sumter have gone to bed on the situa-
tion in perfect peace and harmony
and the bill passed"
Eminent Domain Bill.
A bill to give less1es of railroads the
right of eminent domain affected Amer
icus. and the following mention was
made by Mr.. Wheatley:
THE bill to grant lessees of rail-
roads the right of eminent domain was
lost through lack Of three votes, the
vote being 92 to SO, for passage of the
hill, 95 votes being required. The pur
nose of the bill, as explained by Mr..
Eheatley, is illustrated in a condition
: Americus, where the railroad COM
pany wants to run side track through