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THIS LAUKAMiK REPORTER
300 BILLS PASSED
BY GA. S0L0NS
Nineteen Of Importance to The
Whole State
60VERN0R BUSY SIGNING
Act For Equalization of Taxes Regard
ed of Supreme Importance, Adding
Many Millions to the Revenue of
Georgia Each Year.
The 1913 session of the general as
sembly of Georgia, passed more than
three hundred bills. Of these more
than 260 were local bills, designed to
relieve conditions existing in individ
ual counties, and not operative in any
other county. The remaining ones
were general bills and local bills of
general application.
Practically all of the measures have
been engrossed and sent to Governor
Slaton’s office, and need only the sig
nature of the chief executive of the
state to become laws.
Governor Slaton has already signed
some of the more important bills. He
signed the Lipscomb-Miller-Anderson
tax bill, to be known as the Lipscomb
act, within a day after it passed the
house, and he signed the bill giving
mothers equal rights with fathers to
the custody of minor children.
Other bills received the official 0.
K. but the great majority of them
will not be signed until the coming
week.
Of the 60 or more general bills
that passed both branches of the leg
islature 19 are of importance, and
their effect will be generally felt
throughout the state.
NEARS REFOUNDING.
5300,000 Already Subscribed For Ogle
thorpe University.
The people of Georgia and Presby
terians throughout the south general
ly will be interested in the progress
that has been and is being made to
ward refounding Oglethorpe univer
sity in Atlanta. It will be recalled
that this institution which was prac
tically destroye ’ by the Civil war.
was the first denominational college
south of the Virginia line. Among its
long list of alumni it numbered Sid
ney Lanier, the greatest of southern
born poets.
Toward refounding this institution
there is being formed a board of foun
ders or directors who will control the
institution directly and through the
committees which they will appoint
consisting of some two hundred men,
each of whom represents a gift of $1,-
000 or more to the institution. Sev
enty of these men are from the city oi
Atlanta alone, each one of whom is
giving $1,000 or more to the enter
prise. Out of some forty-fiv<
churches, all over the south, not ont
has failed to add a man to the board,
On the basis of a million dollar insti
tution, which it is planned to found
the directors have now in sight ap
proximately $300,000.
TRAGEDY AT MILLEN.
Divorced Woman Uses Gun With
Deadly Effect.
W. S. Godbee, prominent resident oi
Millen, Ga., was shot and killed, anc
Mrs. Florence Godbee, his wife, des
perately wounded by Mrs. Edna Per
kins Godbee, from whom he was di
vorced several years ago.
The shooting took place at the lo
cal postoffice. Mr. Godbee and his
wife were together and the divorcee
woman a few feet away. Without
•warning Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbet
opened a handbag and taking there
from a heavy revolver, opened firs
upon her former husband. She fireo
three shots, all of which took effect
killing him instantly. She then turn
ed her weapon upon Mrs. Godbee, in
flicting three dangerous wounds.
After the shooting Mrs. Edna Per
kins Godbee replaced the revolver in
her handbag and walked quietlj
away.
LUCAS WILL LAND.
Will Get Savannah Postoffice It L
Reported.
The fact that Congressman Charles
G. Edwards has announced his inten
tion of indorsing Marion Lucas foi
postmaster at Savannah to succeed
Marcus S. Baker, Jr. who is expectec
to be ousted shortly as a result of s
recent investigation, has created lit
tle surprise. It had been known foi
more than a week that Lucas stooc
the best chance to land the plum.
Besides the indorsements sent tc
Congressman Edwards direct, Lucas
has furnished him with more than 1,-
000 letters from Savannahians in ev
ery walk of life.
Minister Has Saloons Raided.
On complaint of the Rev. M. F. Rob
erts, pastor of the Fourth Baptist
church, Savannah, three near-beei
dealers, with places around the cornei
from his church have been placed un
der arrest and required to give bone
for their appearance on charges oi
violating the state prohibition law.
Girl Bride Kills Sister-in-Law.
Mrs. Charles Winter, a bride,
eighteen years of age, while playing a
prank on her sister in-law, Mrs. Will
Winter,/ accidentally shot and killed
her it/ the yard of her home at Ste
vens’ Pottery, near Milledgeville.
BRIEF GEORGIA NOTES.
Judge John C. Hart took the oath
of office as the first tax commissioner
of Georgia. He will enter at once
upon the performance of his duties
and will move to Atlanta as soon at
he can make the necessary arrange
ments to do so.
The work of constructing a new
waterworks plant in Cordele and
making other improvements to the
waterworks system, for which a bond
issue of 540.000 will be expended, is
expected to be under way within a
few weeks.
Charged with being a member of
the masked band that whipped John
Shannon, a farmer, near Tilton, some
time ago, Joe Callahan, a young boy,
was convicted in Murray superior
court at Chatsworth, and given a
chaingang sentence of twelve months.
Macon’s mayoralty race is now a
three-cornered affair, Wallace Miller,
son of Judge A. L. Miller, former
mayor of the city, having announced
his candidacy for the office. The oth
er two are Bridges Smith and A. L.
Dasher, Sr.
TO PAY TEACHERS.
First Beneficiaries Under the New
Tax Law.
Governor Slaton has signed on be
half of the state of Georgia the notes
for the $475,000, which six Atlanta
national banks have agreed to lend
and the money has been turned into
the state treasury.
This money will be distributed to
the various county boards of educa
tion to be used in paying the school
teachers.
According to the governor this
money is the first fruits of the re
habilitation of the state’s finances by
the enactment of the new tax revision
law, and the teachers are to be th«
first beneficiaries of the new law.
With this money and with the cor
poration taxes coming in next month,
the state ought to have easier sailing
financially from now on.
“WILD BILL” ESCAPES.
Noted Georgia Moonshiner Has Close
Call With Deputies.
“Wild Bill,” whose real name if
Charles Williams, one of the most no
torious “moonshiners” in the state oi
Georgia, narrowly escaped capture
again when United States Deputy
Marshal Frank Rilley and Revenue
Agent Cliff Vigat raided his still on
Lick creek, in Putnam county, Ga
When the deputies arrived "Wild Bill’
could be seen in the distance on the
back of a fleet-footed mule beating a
hasty retreat.
The government officers destroyed
a copper still of 175-gallon capacity
and found a large quantity of mash
on hand.
MILITARY HIGHWAY.
Bill Introduced By Edwards ol
Georgia.
Provision for a military highway
between Savannah and Fort Screven,
Tybee island, was made in a bill in
troduced by Representative Edwards
of Georgia. The measure would ap
propriate $300,000 for the work.
Acceptance of offers of free rights-
of-way and other assistance would b<
authorized, and the federal hous*
roads office would be required to mak«
necessary surveys and superintend th«
construction. Work would not begir
until the Chatham county officers con
sent to the road. The bill was refer
red to the military affairs committee
SLAIN IN PISTOL DUEL.
W. C. Stamper Kills A. R. Keen
Fighting Over Debt.
W. C. Stamper shot and killed G
R. Keen in a pistol duel on the publit
square of Blakely Ga., in a dispute
over the divisions of proceeds of s
debt owed both by a common debtor
Both are well-known timber men ol
Blakely. Keen shot twice at Stampei
and missed him except a slight wound
over the left eye. Keen had five bul
let holes in his body. He leaves a wif«
and several children.
Boll Weevil Near Georgia Line.
Fear that the ravages of the bol,
weevil may necessitate establishment
of a quarantine against three coun
ties on the Alabama border was ex
pressed by E. Lee Worsham, Georgia
state enttomologist. Dr. Worsham
declared that the weevil has been rav
aging the crops in Alabama, and tha1
traces of the pest have been found
within thirty miles of the state line
He expects the weevil to invade a1
least three counties in Georgia'beforf
frost comes.
New Cotton Coming in Rapidly.
Twenty bales of new cotton wert
marketed in Americus Saturday, mak
ing a total of thirty-five bales re
ceived already. Cotton is beginning
to open rapidly and the fields wib
soon be white with the staple. Whil«
the crop will be late this season
Americus warehouses will probably
receive 1,000 bales during August
which is about half the usual re
ceipts prior to September.
Cotton Moving Rapidly.
Cotton began to move in good shap«
in Irwin county this week. Mow
than one hundred and fifty bales wer«
ginned and marketed in Ocilla. It it
expected that next week’s receipts
will average more than one hundred
bales per day. A fine corn crop will
be made and the indications are that
a fair cotton crop will be harvested.
AlTGtrgT 22f 1913.
Personal
Miss Kate Wilkinson has returned
from an extended visit to relatievs in
Oklahoma.
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Mr. Philip Upchurch, the "devil” of
The Reporter staff attended the Keed-
McCallay annual fish fry and barbe
cue at Yellow Jacket Creek, last Tues
day and Wednesday.
* * *
Mr. E. Y. Clarke made a business
trip to Atlanta Tuesday, returning
home Wednesday evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Boyles gave
a delightful spend-the-day party last
week in honor of their guest, Mrs.
W. R. Boyles and baby of LaGrange.
all going up on Lookout Mountain in
a special car on the new car line.—
Chattanooga Times.
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Miss Lena Holt of Columbus, is the
charming guest of Miss Margaret
Phillips.
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Mis3 Sara Tatum returned last
week from a visit to her uncle, Mr.
Hamlet Tatum in Greenville, Ala.
Mr. Phil Trimble of The Reporter
staff is spending a week’s vacation at
Wartrace, Tenn.
Miss Flemmie Ward is visiting
her brother in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Mrs. Bessie Boyd is on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Tigner at White Sul-
pher Springs.
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Miss Viola Burks returned home
Thursday afternoon, after an absence
of about a month at Chautauqua, N.
Y. Miss Burks was accompanied on
the trip by little Bessie Perry. Both
report a highly enjoyable trip.
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Mrs. R. L. Hammett returned home
Sunday after a visit of several days
among friends and relatives at Glenn
and Franklin. Mrs. Hammett attend
ed the camp meeting at Flat Rock on
Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mooty were
among those who attended the camp
meeting at Flat Rock on Sunday.
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Rev. W. P. Lovejoy, the well known
and beloved minister, is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Frank Harwell^ on
Broad street.
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Meet Me At Sanitary Lunch Room and Soda Fount.
An Odd Lot Sale.
Next Saturday and Monday, August 23 and 25
1|New Fall Goods are already arriving and all odd lots
will be closed out at once for a small sum, we must
have the space for new Merchandise ^Ijlf you are
first in you get your choice of many unusual values.
PHONE NUMBER FIVE HUNDRED :
Saturday, August 23.
We will sell 10 pounds best CA
Granulated Sugar for
To Customers in the Store. 10 Pound Limit
Calicoes Special.
2500 yards Best Brand Calicoes C
close out yard
worth 6c and 7c per, yard
^HOB
Oxfords, e n -
tire Stock of
$6.00 Oxfords
in all leathers
and Toes, the
shoe for com
fort. Close
out pair,
$4.00
Lace Special.
Center Table Loaded with Vais, Lin
ens and Shadows, many choice designs
worth up to 20c
( 2C
close out
yard
All Millinery 1-2 Price
10 dozenslatestNoveltiesInVel- £A
i)UC
vet 4-in-hand Ties
each
100 Men’s Union Suits suit 75c
Boy’s Knee Pants Suits, sizes 4 to
16 years at HALF PRICE
Ladies Neck Wear.
Latest Novelties in Collars, Bows and
Jabots, 25c to 3oc sellers •% q
close out each IUC
All Dresses 1-2 Price
Linen, Lingerie and Silks.
10 dozen Boys Blouse waist made of
High Grade Percals and Madras or
size 4 to 14 years each £«)C
36x72 Matting Rugs
each 37c
3x6 Window Shades
each 15c
Visit Our Housefurnishing Dept. Before Buying.
22 karat Gold band Pope Gosser China. Open stock
at low price.
The New
Corner Main and Broome Streets
Store
LaGrange, Georgia