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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOL. XII.
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
Concit'on* Greatly Improved in
Wrecked Italian Provinces.
SEISMIC SHOCKS CONTINUE
But the Survivor* Are Accuitomcd to
Jar*—American Relief Ship*
Have Arrived.
Messina, Italy.—Balmy weather has
prevailed for the past two or three
days at this piaffe, and It Is a great
blesslug, malting It possible for tha
troops and survivors of the earth
quake to live more or less comtor*-
ably in the open. Occasionally there
are earth shocks, but the people have
become accustomed to them. Two
severe shocks Iwnueht down many
broken walls In Messina.
General Mftzza, who is In supreme
command, has adopted stringent meas
ures In ordvr to protect the people
and tha people’s property. In addition
to establishing a police service around
the city, he has Issued orders that
any person found excavating without
a jflermit will be shot.
General Mazza's command extends
to both sides of the straits. Ix an in
terview he said that some semblance
of Older was at last being re-estab
lished. The work is now systematiz
ed. and the situation, he believes, Is
well In hand.
The official death list has been plac
ed at 164,000.
The United States supply ships,
Yaukton and Culgoa, have arrived and
are distributing the cargoes of provis
ions thct) r carried.
The United States battleships Con
necticut, Kansas, Minnesota and Ver
mont, under Rear Admiral Sperry, the
commander of the Atlantic fleet, have
arrived at Naples.
12,470,226 BALES GINNED.
The Census Bureau Reports on the
Cotton Crop.
Washington, D. C.—The census bu
reau reported J 2,470.226 running bales
of cotton ginned from the growth of
UH>B to January 1 last, against 9,951.-
505 a year ago, and 27,380 ginneries
operated, against 27,276 a year ago.
The percentage of the whole crop gin
ned to January 1 is 90 per cent for
1909, and 90.4 per cent for 1908.
The report includes 231,821 round
bales, and 88,016 sea is’, ud bales for
1908. It counts round bales as half
bales and excludes linters. The cot
ton ginned to January 1, 1907. and
1906, were 11,741,039 bales and 9,725,-
426 bales respectively. The total crop
of 1907 was 11,057,822 bales, of which
92.7 per cent was ginned to January
1. The crops of 1906 and 1905 were
12.983.201 bales and 10,495,105 bales,
respectively. The running bales by
states, ginned to January 1 last and
ginneries respectively, follow:
Hales. Ginn.
Alabama, % . . .1,304,324 3,407
Arkansas ..... .1,911,123 2,118
Florida \ . . • ... 66,808 2a5
Georgia 1,933,956 4,453
Kansas, Kentucky
and New Mexico. . 1,672 6
Louisiana 456,188 1,691
Mississippi 1,518.707 3,465
Missouri 53,929
ft dtb Carolina. . , .1,176,743 3,219
Tennessee 317,343 646
Texas . ..... ,3,486,310 4,14 1
Virginia 12,143 114
There were 179,694 round bales and
73,425 sea island bales for 1908, and
255.566 round bales and 54,275 sea
Island bales for 1907. The distribu
tion of sea island cotton for 1909 fol
lows:
Florida 32,798
Georgia 41,037
South Carolina 12,181
25 MEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION
In the Famous Leiter Colliery at Du
quoin, lllinoia.
Duquoln, Illinois. A most
disastrous gas explosion. in
which twenty-five men lost their lives
occurred In Joseph Letter's famous
colliery at Zelgler A spark from a
trolley pole of an electric motor, com
ing in contact with a pocket of gas,
la assigned as the cause of the explo
sion.
Joseph Leiter personally conducted
the first relief party that descended
into the mine to recover the bodies.
The lone survivor of the explosion
was an Italian youth, who escaped un
harmed.
The bodies taken from the mine
are badly burned, and Identification is
difficult. Twenty-six men entered the
mine on the night shift, and the
names of the victims are taken from
the payroll.
The explosion was peculiar. No
noise or shock was heard or felt at
the opening of the shaft —only a puff
of smoke.
The engineer, noticing the smoke,
realized that an an accident had hap
pened and summoned aid. The mine
had recently been on fire and the
flames probably sealed and confined
to workings which were not In the
vicinity of the present explosion.
RK ALDRAFT TSPHEPARED.
Q 1 Treaties Between United States,
Colombia and Panama.
Washington, D. C. —Final drafts In
ctngttah and Spanish have been pre
pared at the state department of the
proposed treaties between the United
States of America and Panama, and
between the United States of Colom
bia and Panama Their complet on
marks the ending of long-pending
questions, and opens the way for th
resumption of diplomatic and trade
relations between the two countries.
The situation has assumed the phase
of a three-cornered affair because or
the cession by Panama to the United
States of a strip for fhe building of
the Panama canal. ,-
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
HOMER. BANKS COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1909
TO DEFINE COTTON GOODS.
Committee Named by Secretary of At
culture Wilson.
Washington, D. C. —As experts to
establish the nine official grades of
cotton which congress directed to be
prepared. Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson has announced Lhe appoint
ment of a half dozen business men
to act as a committee to meet In
Washington on February 1.
The committee follows: J. A. Alrey
of New Orleans, Joseph Akers of At
lanta, F. W. Camp of Memphis, John
Martin of Paris, Texas; George W.
f’-vllle of New York City, Lewis W.
Parker of Greenville, S. C., all mem
bers of widely known cotton firms.
Nearly all lhe important cotton ex
changes' in this country and Europe
have contributed their standards free
of cost for the use of the experts in
establishing the grades. The grow
ers, manufacturers and exchanges
have all cordially asissted iu many
way s.
The cotton exchanges of the fol
lowing cities have contributed copies
of their standard: Augusta and Ma
con, Ga.; Bremen, Germany; Charles
ton, S. C.; Charlotte, N. C.; Galves
ton and Waco, Texas; Little Rock,
Ark.; Liverpool and Manchester, Eng
land; Memphis, Tenn.; Mobile, Ala.;
New Orleans. La.; New York City
and Vicksburg. Miss.
NIGHT KJUtKS UUILiY.
Six Men Sentenced to Hang —Two
Others Given Twenty Year*.
Uuion City, Tenn.—Six night rldars
were found guilty of murder In the
first degree with mitigating circum
stances, They are Garrett, Johnson,
Ted Burton, Boy Rausou, Fred Hin
ton, Arthur Clear and Sam Apple
white.
Bud Morris and Bob Hoffman, th.j
other defendants, were found guilty
of murder In the second degree, and
their punishment fixed at twenty
years In the penitentiary.
In passing sentence Judge Jones
declared that he could see no mitigat
ing circumstances, mentioned by the
Jury in the return of the verdict, and
set February 19th as the day for the
execution of the six first named de
fendants.
For the first time In six months
Union City and Obion county breathes
freely. The prompt conviction of the
eight men on trial for night riding
and murder has had a reassuring ef
fect upon the public and more open
denunciations of the men and the
qyime is heard on the stroets than
over before.
FIGHTING PROHIBITION.
Memphis Business and Professional
Men Hold Big Meeting.
Memphis, Tenn.— Memphis business
and professional men met 1u mass
meeting to protest against the pass
age of a prohibition law, which will
Include Memphis in its operation.
Resolutions setting forth the great
harm that such legislation would in
flict upon Memphis, and asking In
stead for local option, segregation
and high license were adopted. Com
mittees were appointed to go to
Nashville in time to appear before
the senate committee on liquor traf
fic and protest against the passage
of the blanket prohbition measure,
and to secure the signatures of busi
ness organizations and leading citi
zens to a protest against the propos
ed Holladay bill.
Following the action of the Busi
ness Men's Club, City Club, Mer
chants' Exchange and other organiza
tions, the city council went on rec
ord against state-wide prohibition.
Lawless Acl oi I'resldent.
Washington, D. C. —Characterizing
the action of the president In direct
ing the attorney general not to pros
ecute the United States Steel Corpo
ration for Its absorption of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company as
••another arbitrary and lawless- act of
the chief magistrate,” Senator Culber
son of Texas Introduced a resolution
In the senate instructing the commit
tee on the Judiciary to report at as
early a date as practicable, whether,
In the opinion of that committee, the
president was authorized to permit
such absorption. Mr. Culberson at
considerable length criticised the
president and insisted that congress
bad the right to give directions to a
head of an executive department un
der certain condition*.
Cure lor Leprosy Found.
Honolulu, Hawaii.—Dr. T. W. Way
son a member of the teyltorW
board of health, who has devoted
much time and attention to the study
of leprosy, has made definite an
nouncement that a case of the dis
ease has been found, and that a pa
tient afflicted with leprosy had been
restored to health. Dr. Wayson stat
ed that the course of treatment pur
ged would not be made public at
This time, as he and bis assistants
were desirous of observing other
cases.
Queer Freak ol Lightning.
Little Rock, Ark —A peculiar freak
of lightning occurred at the residence
of Lee Lofton, a farmer, near Ham
burg Lofton and bis wife were
standing In front of the fireplace
when a bolt of lightning descended
the chimney, tore out the left eye of
Mrs Lofton, and knocked Lofton
down; but did not injure him.
1100,000 Offered Jeffries.
Reno Nevada— According to a dis
natcb from Mazuma, a mining camp
In the center of the state, the Athlet
c club of that city met and
decided to offer a purse of SIOO,OOO
for ?. fight between Jeffries and -John
son. th! flgbt to take place there,
I July 4.
CATTLE TICK CAMPAIGN
Blocked By Jealousies Between
Agricultural Colleges.
AGMCULTURE BILL IN PERIL
If Oifferancn* Between Two Faction* Are
Not Settled a Smaller Appropria
tion Will Probaly Result.
Washington, D. C, —Jealousies be
tween the agricultural colleges, ex
periment stations and scientists other
wise attached on the one hand and
the department of agriculture on tue
other have come to the attention of
the house committee on agriculture
so forcibly during the hearings be
ing held on the agricultural appropri
ation bill thut Its effect will, In all
probability, be felt in no uncertain
way on the finished bill.
At the beginning of the hearing
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture called the attention of
the committee to the difficulties tne
department was meeting as a result
of the jealousies of outside scientists.
"We have an association that Is
known as the Association of Ameri
can Agricultural Colleges and Exper
iment Stations,” explained the secre
tary.
'"There are a few of those men who
are perpetually Jealous' of what we
are doing. To Illustrate this very,
point, they are ala-ays raising com
mittees to come and tell us what they
think we ought to do, and how much
of the work ought to be left to them
alone.”
The executive committee of the
same association referred to by Sec
retary Wilson had its Inning. Among
those present was Dr. H. O. While
of Athens, Ga.
The committeemen said In sub
stance that the value of the soil sur
veys of the bureau of soils of the de
partment of agriculture, a work over
which there has been much dispute
in congress, was "grossly exaggerat
ed,” not alone by farmers, hut by
officials of the department itself.
Furthermore, Dr. Alonzo D. Melvin,
chief of the bureau of animal indus
try, has Informed the committee that
owing to the attitude of local officials
in North Georgia, and the cattle own
ers there, he would probably be com
pelled to abandon the campaign
against the cattle tick In that state.
When questioned concerning the op
position, he said the antagonism arose
out of political reasons.
"Much of the opposition,” explained
Dr. Melvin, “came from poor people,
who had but one or two cows, and did
not want to be bothered by having to
keep them confined. They wanted,
thorn to run on tho commons, ant.
rather than have opposition tho au
thorities failed to enforce their own
ordinances.”
Another line of work in which there
is a lack of co-operation between the
state and the federal authorities came
to the attention of the committee
when Representative Watkins of Lou
isiana addressed It In behalf of an
Increased appropriation for demon
stration work in raising cotton to re
sist the boll weevil. He snid that al
though the state appropriated money
for demonstration work, the federal
and state officials did not co-operate,
"I have no hesitation in saying that,
there Is no comparison between the
work of the two governments, that of
the department of agriculture being
vastly superior,” testified the repre
sentative.
JOBS FOR tX-PHtSIDENTS.
Senator McCreary Proposes to Care
for Retiring Executives.
Washington, D. C. To Insure
against any ex-presld6nt of the United
States being "out of a job,” Senator
McCreary of Kentucky will make an
effort before the close of the present
session of congress to have enacted
his bill providing that former execu
tives mav be appointed members of
international commissions and repre
sentatives of the United States at
conferences having to do with foreign
affairs.
The bill has been referred to the
senate committee on foreign relations
and several meetings have been bold
to consider it.
SPECIAL AMBASSADOR RECALLED.
Chinese Diplomat Now In Washlng
ton Asked to Return to China.
Pekin, China.—Tang Shao Yl, who
is at present in Washington on a spe
cial diplomatic mission from the Chi
nese government, has been recalled
to Pekin. He will come back via Eu
rope, leaving Washington immedl
ately. „ ,
The mission of Tang Shao Yi has
been enormously expensive, and In
some quarters here his summary re
call Is regarded as giving color to the
reports that charges of extravagance
have been lodged against uan Shi Kai,
the dismissed grand councillor.
Tang Shao Yi started on his mis
sion last fall, under the auspices and
with the approval of Yuan Shi Kai.
MILLERS HOLD MEETING.
Recommended That Uniform Food
Law Be Adopted.
Nashville, Tenn.—The Southeastern
Millers’ Asociation. which held its an
nual convention here, recommended
the adoption of a uniform food law,
and will have such a measure drawn
in conformity with the food laws of
some twelve southern states and pre
sented to the Tennessee legislature.
The recommendation of such a meas
ure was brought about because of the
difference In the present statutes re
garding the adulteration of food ana
the consequent annoyance to the mill
ers in conformity to the several laws
tn the selling of feed in different
states.
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES
For Railroap* Are Sustained By U- S.
Circuit Court of Appeal*.
New Orleans, La. —A decision of vast
importance to the south and soutu
'■tvost, because it affects the questiou
of an Increase in freight rates on prac
tically all the railroads in these sec
tions, was 'handed down here by the
United States circuit court of appeals
reversing the decree of Judge Eutory
Speer, of the southern district of
Georgia, restraining the defendant
railroads from putting the proposed
increased freight tariffs into effect.
The decision was in the case of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany and others, appellants, against
the Macon Grocery Company, appeal
lee.
it Is expected that an appeal will
■be taken to the United States su
preme court by the shipping Interests,
although the question of the proposed
increase in rates is at present befote
the interstate commerce commission.
The question Involved a proposed
Increase in freight rates on food pro
ducts from Georgia points to points
west of that state. The appeallees
secured -an injunction and the rail
road company’s appeal from this ac
tion of the lower court is sustained
by the appellate court’s decision.
Appeallees charged illegal combina
tion In restraint of trade by the ap
pellants, who are members of tho
Southeastern Freight Association, and
that the object was to have a monop
oly and destroy competition. The
court below enjoined the enforcement
of the freight rates and tho latest rul
ing reverses that decision.
CALL UN nItIUNAL BANKS.
United States to Withdraw $25,000,-
000 of Deposits in Banks.
Washington, 1). C.-—The secretary
of the treasury has announced a call
on the national hank depositaries for
approximately $25,000,04)0 of govern
ment deposits, $15,000,000 to he paid
on or before January 23, 1909, and
tho remainder to he paid on or be
fore February 10, 1909.
This call on national banks for tho
return to the treasury of $25,000,000
Is not made necessary by any urgent
need of cash, the balance on hand and
available for all purposes being fully
$29,000,000 wilh the revenues show
ing slight Increases over one year
ago.
The secretary’s desire to provide
ample funds for treasury needs at the
beginning of the new administration
thout eight weeks hence is believed
to he the only purpose In making a
call at this time. The hanks are said
tn be in condition to spare the cash
•Mthout any embarrassment, and it
is believed that most of them are
quite willing to surrender a consid
erable share of the government hold
ings.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
It Will Erect a Large Publishing Plant
Near Columbus, Ohio.
Washington, I>, C, —The national
headquarters committee of the Anil-
Saloon League of America, at a meet
ing In this city, decided to erect a
printing and publishing plant Involv
ing an investment of approximately
one hundred thousand dollars, near
Columbus, Ohio, to be known as Lin
coln Temperance Memorial, as head
quarters for the league’s official or
gan, "The American Issue."
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Colonel Zanamitsky, chief of the
Russian secret police of Vladlscostoa,
was sentenced to four years’ imprison
ment for manufacturing evidence
the treason trials.
George LaFord, a chauffeur, Is con
fined In a hospital tn Menohlnee, Wls.,
In a critical condition as a result of
a hip disease contracted while run
ning an automobile. The conslant
lar of the machine and tho use of the
right foot upon the levers of the ma
chine have developed the disease lu
an aggravated.form, the right leg be
ing useless.
The police of Memphis, Tenn.,
are searching for a man who was par
tially successful In an attempt to
steal a coffin factory. The factory,
which had temporarily suspended op
erations, was a substantial brick
structure located In an outlying and
thinly populated section of Memphis.
It was reported to one of the owners
that the building was being razed
and investigation developed that un
der the direction of an unknown man
p r--rr- of workmen have been en
gaged in demolishing the structure,
the bricks being carried away and
sold by the wagon load. When the
police arrived the master of opera
tions had disappeared, leaving the
workmen unpaid.
“I need the money more than you
do so I will take It. When I get my
pile I’ll return It.” This message
was left, by Ralph Crockett, an office
boy for Joseph Pink, a Boston, Mass.,
lawyer. He left with 500 in cash
and checks.
Plans looking to the publication of
a book to contain the national songs
of all nations, with words, transla
tidns and music, and to secure the
publications by the United States bu
reau of education of a pamphlet giv
ing comparative rates of tuition and
cost of living at the leading American
universities for distribution in for
eign lands, were adopted at the sec
ond annual convention of the Asso
ciation of Cosmopolitan Clubs at Ann
Arbor, Mich.
The state labor commissioner of
North Carolina in his annual report,
"says there are three hundred and ftf
tv-two cotton mills in operation In
North Carolina, representing an in
vested capital of $54,000,000, They
have 54.262 employes, 3,100,000 spin
dles and 55,000 looms.
FINANCES OF GEORGIA
Subject of Interesting Article by
State Treasurer Parks
STATE IS VERT PROSPEROUS
Having Taxable Value* Worth $1,400,
000,000 Comparing Favorably
With Other State*.
Atlanta, Ga.—Captain Robert E.
Park, state treasurer and bank exam
iner, recently contributed an Interest
ing article to one of the leading finan
cial journals of the United States,
dealing with the growth and pros
perity of Georgia In recent years.
The article details many interesting
and pleasing facts relative to the de
velopment of the state, as Indicated
by the continued growth of the bank
ing facilities within her borders.
'•Ocular demonstration and stern
statistics both show that no other sec
tion of the United States Is exhibit
ing more significant progress at the
present time than the south, and no
portion of t lie south Is more prospei
ous than Georgia,” says Captain Park.
"The south has come at last to bo
recognized as a financial and Indus
trial power. The growth In banking
tu Georgia has continued apace dur
ing 1908, and has grown from 448
state banks in active operation Jan
uary 1, 1908, to 490 state banks in
January 1, 1909. This number will
be increased as shown by application
for charter in the office of tile secre
tary of state.
"January 1, 1909, found the bond
ed debt of Georgia to be $7,031,000,
rnosly incurred by the extravagance
of the reconstruction and "carpet bag”
administration (see history). Each
year SIOO,OOO of this debt is paid
off, and there are annual appropria
tions for the amount of Interest, about
$300,000 per annum.
“The state owns a railroad U3B
miles long, from Chattanooga, Tenn.,
to Atlanta, Ga., which has valuable
terminal facilities In both cities, and
which In 1908 was estimated to be
worth fully $14,000,000, nearly twice
the amount of the bonded debt.
“Bankingi in Georgia Is In a pros
perous condition. The largest class
of depositors are the farmers, who
look more and more to their banks for
help instead of the merchants and
cotton factors, hence the number of
small banks in agricultural districts
Is increasing.
"The rapid Increase in cotton man
ufacturing has been especially re
markable, and the Income in the way
of dividends has been most satisfac
tory. Despite the so-called panic new
cotton mills are being erected and old
ones are being enlarged along our wa
ter courses and In our cities, towns
and villages at an unprecedented
“In 1861, before the clv'l war, the
entire taxable values of the state ot
Georgia amounted to $671,000,000. Of
this amount more than $300,000,000
was Invested tn slaves, and of course
completely lost by the result of the
war. In December, 1908, the total
taxable value of Georgia from all
sources amounts to $706, 962, 353,which
Is the largest amount ever reached
In the history of the state.
"According to the method of the
United States in making assessments
of taxable values, the stato of Georgia
would now he worth $1,400,000,000.
NO STATE INTERFERENCE.
Governor Smith Believes Savannah
Officers Will Enforce Prohi Law.
Atlanta, Ga.—The effort to enforce
obedience to the prohibition lavv ill
Savannah and Chat ham county wiU be
left entirely in the hands of the local
authorities.
This was, 4ln effect, the statement
made following a conference in which
governor Hoke Smith. Solicitor Gen
eral Walter C. HartrUlge of the east
ern cirifcit and Attorney General Jno.
C. Hart took part in the governor's
office.
So far as the governor is concerned
It may be accepted as a fact that
there will be no state interference at
the present time.
Following the conference. Governor
Smith gave out for publication this
brief statement, at the same time de
clining to add anything to the infor
mation which It contains:
“My conference with Mr. Hartrldge
was entirely satisfactory. I have con
fidence in the officers of Chatham and
Savannah, state, county and munlci
“l believe they will take all action
necessary to suppress violations of
the law in their midst, and 1 believe
the good people of tho county and city
will sustain their efforts.”
MONEY FOR PENSIONS
Will Be Sent Out About the First of
February.
Atlanta, Ga.—The state treasury has
on hand now enough money To pay all
the pensioners of the state, but it
will he about February 1 before the
pensions will be paid, since it will
take until that time to get all the
papers In shape.
Commissioner Lindsey is hard at
work now on the pension rolls, and
by the first of the month will be
ready to pay all of the $950,000 pen
sion money In a lump sum. The pen
sioners will not be paid by counties
on different dates, as formerly, tout
the checks will be made out and
mailed to the ordinary in each county
on the same dale, and the pensions
will be paid by the ordinaries.
There Is now in the state treasu
ry more than $1,000,000, and it is ex
pected the returns from taxes and oth
er sources will run this amount up
within the next week or ten days to
almost double that sum.
NO. 42.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
The friends of Dr. and Mrs. B. 8.
Burton of Valdosta who have been In
Europe for the last eight months, and
who were traveling In Italy after leav
ing Paris, have been apprehensive of
tholr safety since the earthquake
which devastated that section. The
fact that nothing has been heard
front them for two or three weeks has
caused their friends to fear that they
were In the earthquake zone when the
terrible disaster overwhelmed the
country.
County School Commissioner Bacon
has received notice from the siaie
ehntT commissioner that Oglethorpe
county la entitled to $2,000 more this
year than last from the appropria
tions made for the nubile school fund.
The state school commissioner
kou-ht, however, that It would be Im
possible to deliver the money for tho
reason that the state would not ltke
y have It on hand.
A train load of wagons and horses
were received at Fort Oglethorpe,
Chlckamauga Park, front Cuba. Fort
Oglthorpe, Ga., is now filled to Its
capacity and no more recruits for the
calvary will he bi""ieht here until the
property of the Thirty-eighth Infan
try Is moved.
The first stops looking to tho ex
tension of the Western and Atlantic
railroad from Atlanta to the sea wero
taken when the extension commission
appointed by Governor Smith met at
the state capitol, elected Hooper Al
exander chairman and appointed a
committee to gather information con
cerning tho feasibility and advisabil
ity of carrying the project Into effect.
It was agreed by the commission
that lhe main features of the propos
ed extension which it Is called upon
to investigate are the probable cost,
the direction the extension will take,
whether the work can be done by con
victs, and whether, as a general prop
osition, It will be advisable for the
state to continue its policy of own
ing a railroad. The committee indulg
ed in a general discussion of these
questions, but no definite action was
taken.
A letter from Congressman Thomas
M Bell Btates that the national bu
reau expert, Dr. Shamel, has announc
ed that J. M. Whichel of Hall county
has won the first prize and other
prizes at the contest at Omaha, Neb.,
over all contestants for the corn
orizes In the southern zone. Mr.
wtielehel’s corn was In competition
with the product of Texas, OklahM§,
southern Kansas *id other south*®?-
tern states in addition to all the eas
tern south.
When asked about the report that
pools were being Bold regularly on
horse races now being held at Thun
derbolt, near Savannah, Govern;**
Smith said that he had not officially
heard of it and that while there was
nothing wrong In horse racing In it
self, pool selling or bookmaking is a
violation of the Georgia law.
The sale of the Gainesville Elec
tric Railway company has been post
poned from the first Tuesday In Feb
ruary till the first Tuesday In March.
The road is In receivers’ hands.
Sumter county begins the new year
with every dollar of indebtedness can
celed and money In the treasury,
which Is a gratifying condition of af
fairs. Recently the county incured
heavy Indebtedness In building the
Third District Agricultural and Me
chanical college, but the entire In
debtedness has since been liquidated.
Prohibition has affected Rome per
haps lo a greater degree than any
other city In the state of Georgia. The
police books show a decrease of 61
per cent In arrests for the year 1908.
In his report to the city council.
Mayor Dunbar of Augusta suggested
the extension of the city limits so that
the city could keep pace with the oth
er cities of the state, and not drop
back by holding to its old boundaries.
The confederate monument, erect
ed by the Daughters of the Confed
eracy of Morgan county, was unveil
ed here with most Impressive cere
monies. The chief attraction at the
unveiling was the presence of General
Clement A. Evans and Honorame
Hoke Smith.
Secretary of State Philip Cook has
granted an amendment to the charter
of the Georgia and Florida Railway
company, now completing the con
struction of Its line from Augusta to
the gulf In Florida, permitting It to
construct a branch line three miles In
length from the town of Sparks to the
town of Adel, both in Berrien county.
Leonard Ward, an aged and respec
table farmer, was remanded to jail at
Amerlcus for violation of the state
prohibition laws In having made a
few quarts of blackberry wine of the
fruit gathered from his fence corners,
probably selling a small quantity to
his neighbor.
Attorney General John Hart has
rendered an opinion holding that the
term of office of the state school com
misioner begins at the same time as
that of the governor. In order to be
certain when his new term should
properly begin, School Commissioner
Jerre M. Pound sought a ruling from
(he attorney general.
Augußta Is on the verge of a contro
versy regarding Its system of gas
lighting which bids fair to end In the
staite legislature, If the Ideas of May
or Dunbar are carried out. Tho may
or tn his annual message, read to tho
city council, bitterly attacked the Gas
Light company of Augusta, for the
quality of gas being served Its pa
trons, and declared that there exist
ed an absolute necessity that the cit
izens should have some protection In
the matter.
William C. Cole has been named
postmaster of Lawrencevllle, and Wil
liam G. Watson postmaster at Li
thonia.