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'Brief Summary of Doings
1 Throughout the State* '
Another Primary In Lee.
The democratic executive committee
met at Leesburg the past week to de
clare the result of the primary held in
Lee county, which resulted in a tie
vote between a! B. Duncan and J. T.
Ferguson, for the candidacy tor the
state senate in the tenth senatorial dis
trict. They ordered a new primary |o
be held August 12th.
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Dalton to Have Carnival.
Dalton la preparing to have
etyeet fair *ni carnival this fall. It Is
to be givens under the auspices of the
Dalton Are department. The fire de
partment will conduct a voting contest
fon a carnlvalqueen and ^ih have sev
eral contests, raies, etc. A prize will
be given to the couple who'will marry
ou a platform' in public, and also to
the farmer bringing the largest load of
people to town on a vehicle.
The carnival will be well advertised
and the railroads will give a reduced
rate. ■ ' ‘
Oil Boom in Rome.
The Borne Petroleum and Iron Com
pany has found oil at the depth of 860
feet. 'Chemical analysis shows .the sub-
stanoe to be petroleum.
President Saylors claims the present
capacity to be 60 barrels a day, but
will continue boring until a gusher is
struck giving hundreds of barrels
dally. . : - •
The company has two wells and Is
preparing .to sink more wells. The oil
fields are three miles west of Rome.
The public is excited over the dis
covery and freely predipt a boom tor
the city.
Returns Will Show Increase.
! The tax returns from ninety-one
counties of tho state yere received at
the comptroller general's office during
the past week. Of this number fifty-
five show an increase in the returns,
•while thirty-six have decreased. The
total e nount of Increase is 24,964,131,
and the decrease Is $1,438,814, show
Ing a net gain of $3,825,817 In the re
turns of general property received so
far. '•■•'■"
There areyet forty-six counties to
bo Jieard from, including all of the
counties containing the large cities,
With the exception of Muscogee. The
counties containing the large cities al
most always show an increase in tax
able property every year.
Question of 8ane or Insane.
There was an Interesting feature
Sunday in the case of Mrs. S. P. Shut
ter, of Savannah, the lady who alleges
that she Itas been detained against her
will far five, years In Mr. Allenis sani
tarium at Mtlledgeviile.
Sunday morning, very unexpectedly,
Mrs. Shotter, in company with her
first cousin, Captain George W. Owens,
of Savannah, and a son of Captain
Owens, left the Brown, house, Macon,
where Mrs. Shorter was staying since
her arrival In Macon Friday night,
and the two boarded the Georgia train
Which departed at 9 o'clock for Augus
ta, their ^objective point being Savan
nah. ' y- ,
Mrs. Shotter insists that the is not
Insane, and Macon ladies and gentle
men who have talked with her think
she 'is sane.
I
'Georgia Cotton Crop,
The Georgia cotton crop, It is esti
mated unofficially, will be about 80
per cent of what it was last year.
Recently the department' of agricul
ture addressed letters to the commis
sioners of agriculture of all the south
ern states asking for estimates of the
crop and itB condition as compared to
last year in their respective states.
Only a few replies to these letters
have been received, and It Is not pas
sible to make an estimate from, them
.yet. The department hopes, however,
to have enough Information at band
within,the next two or three days to
make s preliminary estimate to be fol
lowed by a more accurate statement
later In the month.
From the answers received from
several states, however, the Indica
tions are that the cotton crop is not In
such bad shape as many have been
led to believe. Only in one or two
states, it is said, is the condition as
bad -as it is in Georgia.
ture
ing
“Posstl
doesn't a]
"be warn
The bill decided upon by the commit-
: tee provides that no right of appeal to
the supreme court shall lie in cases
where amounts Involved Is under $500,
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beas corpus, divorce, equity and otMr,
cases of like character; still 'll is cal
culated that such an amendment to
the constitution would relieve the su
preme court of nearly one-third of the
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siness it now has to consider and
pass upon.
Want Postmaster Fired.
What seems to be a determined fight
is being made by citizens of Toccoa to
have George L. Walker, postmaster,
removed from office- A petition asking
the president to remove Postmaster
Walker has been circulated and has
been generally signed by the patrons
of the Toccoa postofflee. ,
The petition Is backed up by about
fifteen affidavits from citizens of Toc
coa. and taken together the petition
and affidavits makes salty reading.
The petition alleges that Postmaster
Walker is totally unfitted, physically
and morally, for the position, and Is
not capable of filling the office. It
also alleged that Postmaster Walker Is
drunk much of the time iu the pest-
office and on the public streets of the
town; that he is a disgrace to the ad
ministration and an. eyesore to the
public. /
The affidavits show a transcript
from the police court docket of the
city <ot Toccoa la which Postmaster
Walker .has pleaded guilty to the
charge of “drunk and disorderly.” Sev
eral affidavits allege public drunken
ness, While others affirm that Postmas
ter Walker Is Impertinent and Insult
ing to ladles who have business at the
office. Several affidavits show that In
the absence of the postofflee clerk the
postmaster refuses and falls to deliver
the patrons ^helr mail.
8ensatlon In Military Ranks.
Formal charges have been filed
against Captain James F O'Neil with
Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Anderson
by Corporal Henry Dunwody.
The charges grew out of the Inci
dent; which took place while the Fifth
regiment was camped at Wrlghtsvllle
Beach, North Carolina, and the first
allegation is that Captain O'Neill has
been guilty Of conduct unbecomlng'an
officer and a gentleman. Those In po
sition to know the full context of the
charge); state that this is not the only
ground on which a courtmartlal Is
asked,, but at the same time, they de
cline to state the technical Import o'f
the other allegations. They admit,
however, that they comprise matters
outside of the Wrlghtsvllle affair and
have no connection with that Incident.
All parties connected with this, the
^biggest sensation which has been
sprung in the regiment in some years,
are exceedingly reticent
Barbecue For Editors.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Southern Interstate Fair Association
at Atlanta It was decided to give a big
barbecue to the editors of dally and
weekly papers in the state on October
11th. The barbecue will be on a scale
the like of which has never been seen
at any fair given In the state, and
large gathering of newspaper men Is
expected.
ling' Out
‘ curtoul'
__ in the way'we'call out num
bers,? dbfd; the loan who was on the
lookout Tbr th'e more novel things of
ilftf r*»d MJjfelrfirevolu-
le old way of calling out num-
M'uAHi 1L» < It A.-II TOUUill..U.
•For Relief of 8upr*me Court.
The committee of Georgia lawyers
appointed at the recent meeting of the
Bar Assoclitlon at Warm Springs for
the purpose of devising means for re
lieving the burden on the supreme
court of the state, held a meeting af
’ the capltol the past week, and as a re
sult of an interesting discussion decid
ed upon one measure which the leglsla-
One Vessel Sunk nud Three Lives Lost
in Accident ou Lake I rle.
Aa a result of a collision on Lake
Erie between the steamers City of Ve
nice, ore-laden, and the Scguln, a steel
lumber vessel, off Rondeau, Canada.
Monday at midnight, the former vessel
was sunk and three Jives lost, whllo
several other persous were more or
less seriously injured.
The cause of the collision Is not
known. There was no fog whatever,
and the night was fairly clear. The
lights of the City of Venice were burn
ing brightly.
The passengers and crew say they
could see the lights on the Venice as
she was sinking. The second mate of
the Segutn, C. A. LaVlgne, who was on
watch, refuses absolutely to give In
formation In regard to the way the ac
cident happened.
It was shortly after midnight when
the accident happened. The Venice
was bound to Buffalo, while the Seguln
was going north to Perry sound from
Ogdecsburg.
hTltlKE QUIETLY CONDUCTED.
Over Tw» Hundred Electric Linemen
Go tint at New Orleans.
The electric linemen in New Orleans
■truck Saturday for higher wages, af
fecting atreet railways, telephone and
electric lights, as well as telegraph
lines, even the linemen In the country
being called in.
Only about 200 men are Involved, but
the interests affected as very impor
tant. ,
would think of saying anything but
one thousand five hundred and forty-
. six. He would us,e seven distinct
.words id calling out t$ie. number. This
rule is still observed in the schools,
but outside the schoolroom one rarely
hears It called out after the old
rashlon. If It is a street number, a
telephone number or any other pan
ticular place or thing designated by
number we will slipplycall it/fifteen
saves breath and saves time, and any.
thing that saves time Is the proper
caper these days. Time is the great
element now. If the number should
happen to be 1,090, instead of'using
four words iu saying one thousand
and ninety, we dismiss the number
with two words by simply saying ‘ten
ninety.’ In tbe cake of teleohona
numbers In the larger cities where ihe
duplication of numbers has been re
sorted to, with a final figure Indicat
ing the serial number, as, tor in
stance,'1546-23, instead of saying one
thousand five hundred and forty-sly—
twenty-three, we will simply call out
to tbe exchange ‘fifteen forty-six—
twenty-three.’ Here we find the same
time-saving principle. Yet if we had
called numbers after this fashion just
a few years back we would not have
been understood at all. If yon call
figures In the old way now you are put
down as worse than a backwoodsman.
You are simply a Jay, that’s all. We
do these thing* because we live in a
hurrying age. We want to get
through quickly and pass to the next
post”—New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat
LAYING IN A SUPPLY.
“Now,” said the good fairy, "I am
going to grant you three wishes.”
“Anything I mention I can have?”
said the boy, who has been reared in
a modern business atmosphere.
"Anything.”
“Well, to start with, I’d like to have
you guarantee several encores to each
wish.”—Washington Star.
COULDN’T. MISS IT.
Miss Hoyle—Yes, be kissed me when
we went through that dark;tunnel. I
don't see how he managed to find my
mouth. •<-.
Miss Doyle—That was probably the
first thing he struck.—New York
Press.
Summer JTonn By Land and Sea—Ex-
onraton Tickets at Very Lovr Hates.
Central of Georgia Hallway and eonneo-
time are now se ling Bummer Tourist
Tickets from all aoupon stations to Mew
York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore
via Savannah and Steamship lines. Tickets
Include meals and stateroom berth aboard
ship; much less than all raH. For fall par
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The woman who marries for spite dis
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