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Vienna News.
Published Seml-Weekly.
VIENNA,
- - QEORGIA.
According to the last report 6f the
Interstate commerce commlBslon, 813
persona were killed In railroad acci
dents during three months In 190t,
ending December 31. During the samo
period, not a single person met deaf*
from railroad accidents In England.
A census bulletin on “Needles and
“Pins” vouches for the Interesting fact
that upward of 83,000,000 gross of pins
(a gross Is 12 dozen) are made and
used In the United States every year—
not quite a gross of pins per annum—
per capita of the population; and no-
body knows where they go to.
The British Parliament passed an act
recently to protect wild birds; but,
curiously enough, the only penalty at
tached to the robbing of a wild bird's
neat Is tbat the thief shall be deprived
of his plunder. The purpose of the
law 1b to discourage egg collectors,
but with such a mild penalty their
busines* is not likely to be suppressed.
GEORGIA. {
Brief Summary; of Doings
.Throughout the State.
The Lewiston Journal urges farmers
to name their farms, according to the
custom which prevails largely In
France and England*. The argument
Is that when the farm is thus identi
fied the tendency is for the owners to
take more pride it it and its products.
The farm name becomes a trade-mark.
Paint the name on a board and nail it
up where passers-by can see it. is the
recommendation.
Miss Etta H. Maddox of Baltimore,
Md„ has at length been admitted to
the bar of that state, and is the first
woman to be thus privileged or—right
ed. She was graduated from the Bal
timore law school a year ago and was
fully competent to practice, but was
not eligible for admission. This in
eligibility was removed by the legis
lature, which qt Its last session passed
a law allowing women to practice law
In the state.
Conductors on Pullman cars have
been favorq^ with an increase of pay
without any threats of a strike on
their part. But even with the advance
in salaries it is reported many of toe
ticket-takers look with envy upon the
MIdascs among the negro porters who
are still buying real estate out of
their revenues from tips, although the
colored Croesuses complain that pas
sengors are not as lavish of gratuities
as they were in days of yore.
The 22,300 printing and .publishing
establishments of the country repre
sent almost $300,000,000 Invested mon
cy, and the product is $350,000,000 a
year. Of tho Income,43 percent, on the
average, Is from advertisements, 30
percent from subscriptions, and 21
percent from job printing, etc. Over
625,000 tons of paper Is used a year.
On an average there is a copy of
daily papor to every five inhabitants,
and of a weekly or monthly to every
two.
Postoffices Discontinued.
The postofflce department has re-,
cently discontinued the postofflce at
Marchman, 14 miles north of Quitman,
on account of not being able to get
any one to serve as postmaster, and
now they have issued notice that the
office at Heartpine will also be discon
tinued on the 30th instant tor the
same reason.
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Hot Blast From Hope.
Captain Oeorge M. Hope, command
ing Troop L, First regiment cavalry
Georgia troops, who was in charge of
the Atlanta team which went to Sea
dirt, N. J./recentir end participated
la the big shoot at that place, gives
out a red-hot lctervittr ifc which he
payB his respects to the Savannah
men who criticized thp governor and
the members of the guard who attend
ed the shoot.
• * •
Big Tanneries Merge,
Atlanta Is soon to have a $350,000
tannery. It Is to be the largest of Its
kind under one roof An the United
States, and will, give employment to
1,400 men.
This is the result of the merging of
the firms of E. O. Miles & Co., of At
lanta, extensive hide and tallow deal
ers, and C. L. Allen & Co., of Buford,
one of the largest tanneries and collar
factories In the world.
A stock company with a paid In
capital of $400,000 has already been
organized.
• • •
For an Appellate Court.
A bill will be introduced at the next
session of the legislature seeking to
establish a court of appeals, which
shall hear a number of eases which
are now carried to the supreme court.
The bill also restricts the duties of
the supreme court and relieves it of
number of cases which have con
sumed a good deal of time and con
gested the docket
The bill was prepared by the special
committee of the Georgia Bar Asso
ciation and had Its inception in the
fact that for years the judges on the
supreme bench have been overworked.
* * •
New Brtok and Clay Company.
An organization known as the Au
gusta Vkrlfled Brick and Clay Com
pany, a> chartered Institution with a
paid up capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, has begun erecting build
lags at Harlem and making dther
preparations necessary for the manu-
facturo of any and all goods made into
earthen ware, having discovered an
abundance of the finest clay known to
the world In the Immediate section.
They expect very soon to Increase
their capital stock to six hundred
thousand dollars. Harlem . is much
elated at the prospect of a great boom,
as these clays He within and near the
Incorporate limits.
tors a few days ago and the heavy
burdens resulting from carrying a
great deal of the cotton manufacturing
interest recently established in this
place, has gone into liquidation..
The assets® the bank are given in
at $190,000, of which $150,000 Is
cash, bills receivable and real esti
and $40,000‘'llaBfiity of the stockhold
ers under the charter; and the liabili
ties are placed at $73,000.
The depositors are being paid in
full—dollar for dollar^—as fast as prac
ticable.
With good, speedy collections this
fall the business of the bank can be
continued. - • ,
• • •
Appearance of Anthracnose.
The first case of anthracnAse to be
reported to the department of agricul
ture this year - comes from Colonel’ J,
M, Smith, of Smithsonia. He has writ
ten the department asking for infor
mation concerning the disease, end he
states that fully one-third of his cotton
has become so endangered as to be
practically a dead loss. In some cases
the disease will average a loss of five
bolls to a stalk.
Mr. Smith is probably the largest
grower of cotton in the South and his
annual crop will average 3,000 bales
A loss of one<third of this amount
would mean many thousands of dol
lars.
Captain Wright, assistant commis
sioner, stated that he thought Mr.
Smith was possibly unduly alarmed
He said he did not well see how any
considerable amount of cotton could
be damaged at this late season of the
year, for the reason that most of the
crop had been picked.
Anthmcnose first made Its appear
ance In Georgia in August, 1901, and it
was thought that it would do consid
erable damage. No other case besides
that reported by Mr. Smith has been
heard of this year, and Captain
Wright does not anticipate any dam
age to amount to anything.
* • •
Much Good Accomplished.
The convention of the county school
superintendents* at Athens adjourned
after a most pleasant and successful
season.
It is the general opinion that this
session has done more real good for
the educational system of the state
than any meeting held In recent years.
The superintendents, having fully
-exchanged ideas on vital questions, go
home with much information which
they will put into practice.
The discussions were full of Interest
and abounded In Information. The
subjects of local taxation, consolida
tion of weak schools, transportation of
scholars in wagons and the beautify
ing of the school rooms and grounds,
occupied the chief attention of the
convention.
One of the most pleasing and most
heartily received speeches of the con
ference was that of Hon. Joseph M.
Terrell, nominee for governor. Mr.
Terrell gave his hearty approval to
the work of the conference and pledg
ed his earnest* aid to the movement to
better the rural schools of Georgia.
BOODLERS AT BAY
"SEEK YEMEAtiCP
They Plot to Assassinate
Prosecut n; Attorney.
DETECTIVES ON TO THEIR GAME
GEORGIA
0UTHERN
FLORIDA
leuuie in Effect May 4. 1003.
SOUTHBOUND.
‘ Std(lohs.
IQulckl Dixie! Shoot-
I Step! Flyer! Fly!
The description of the sunsattons
of & young woman who won an auto
mobile race on a public highway at
the rate of 45 miles an hour Is as fol
lows: "To see three feet ahead was
Impossible; the roar of the machinery
made hearing out of-the question, and
Instinct was the only guide.” This
Is truly thrilling—especially to horse
owners and pedestrians. Armor-
plate clothing Is pretty sure to be
among the favorite fall fashions for
non-owners of automobile*.
Besides harboring the germr. of ty
phoid and other diseases which get
into it through the medium of sew
age, the oyster, we are now told, has
Its own particular microbe. Thlshai
Just been discovered by Dr. Zardo,
an Italian physlelan, who states tbat
while the oyster microbe has no harm
ful effects on a normal person, if the
gastric juice Is not strong enough to
kill,the germs, they msy cause dis
ease of tho digestive passages. Cook
ing an oyster, while it kills the mi
crobe, does not effect the poisonous
substance that It produces, so that
even stowed or fried oysters may not
be free from harm. It may be seen
that the poisonous qualities of oysters
la the months without an “r” may
sWbsibly extend to other seasons of the
Sear- .
Mllllon-DoUar 8meltlng Company.
A mllUon-dolIar smelting company
asks a charter of the superior court of
Fulton county, the Incorporators being
A. Popkess. of High Point, N, C., and
J. E. Black, of Cobb county. The name
of tho concern is to be the "Piedmont
Smelting Company.”
The Incorporation Is asked for tho
usual period of 20 years, with the right
lo Increase the capital to $2,000,000.
fbe business of the enterprise Is set
lorth as that of smelting, reducing, re
doing and otherwise treating gold, sil
ver, copper and ores, with the general
dealing in mining and mineral rights.
The head office of the concern will
be located In Atlanta, with- various
branch offices through the state and
elsewhere.
• • •
Ready, For the Contractors.
'Contracts’ for the construction of
thirty miles of the track that the Sea
board Air Line is to lay to connect
the East and West with Atlanta and
Birmingham will be let in a few days.
The permanent survey* has been lo
cated between Coal City and Birming
ham, and this part of the line is now
ready for the contractors. The prelim
inary survey between Rockmart and
Atlanta has been completed, and part
of the line nas been located. The work
of locating the permanent route of the
road Is being pushed and It will not
be long until contract* will be let for
the entire line.
Bids have already been received
from a number of large contracting
concents for the construction of that
part of the line that has already been
located. .
• • •
Bank Goes Into Liquidation.
The Putnam County Banking Com
pany, of Eatonton, Robert Young,
president, and E. M. Brown, cashier,
on account of a heavy and unexpected
withdrawal of large sums by deposl-
Valdosta Fair Will Be Great.
The nearer the date for the opening
the more evident it becomes that the
Georgia state fair, to be held In Val
dosta from October 29 to November
9. will be the best ever held in the
state. This applies not to one or two
departments alone, but to the entire
exposition. i
Already fifteen county exhibits are
assured, and this feature will be far
superior to any former fair. The prizes
tor the county exhibits aggregate $4,-
000, divided as follows: - To the coun
ty making the best exhibit, $1,200; for
the second best, $800; for the third
bes., $300; for the second best.RODI
best, $300; for the fourth best, $200,
and to the ten next best county exhib
its $160 each. These handsome prizes
have stimulated the farmers to put
forth their best efforts, and there is no
doubt that their part of the fair wlU
show up strong.
Another splendid feature, and one
that has not been seen at a state fair
in many years, If at all, will be a mag
nificent display of agricultural imple
ments and machinery.
Pay Only State Tax.
Bzonwood, In Terrell county, Is, per
haps, one of the few towns in the
United States where its citizens are
required to pay state tax only. No city
or county tax Is levied, and the people
of the town seem to be rather proud
of the fact Owing to the dispensary,
which is controlled by the county of
Terrell, the county levied no tax this
year, and Bronwood. which owns a
share of the dispensary, reaped such
enormous profits from It that the may
or and council found it was not neces
sary to require any tax this year. {
la writing to Comptroller General
Wright Mayor S. W. Denton says:
“We levy no tax, street or advalorem;
neither do we pay any county tax.
Ton wifi see that onr city is the only
one in the world that paya only state
tax."
European - Languages,
Five hundred and eighty-seven dis-
find languages are spoken In Europe.
To Foil Robbers of St.Louis Body*
guard i3 Assigned to Protect
Circuit Attorney.
— -
A special from St.-Louis says
desperate have the 1 ' b
owing to the merciless !
cult Attorney Folk, that it is rumored
a plot has been formed to assassinate
that official.
The first inkling of the plot was
made known Thursday, but only slight
credence was given to the rumor. An
investigation was started, however,
and Friday positive evidence was se
cured that the circuit attorney’s life
is menaced by the desperate men who
have robbed the city and fattened on
public plunder or the dishonesty of
the city’s servants. It was demon
strated that a conspiracy was on foot
to murder the man who has already
sent two of their number to the peni
tentiary and threatens the liberty and
qntire careers of a score.
There was a hurried consultation in
Mr. Folk’s office when he appeared
Friday morning. The chief of police
laid before him the evidence of the
plot. Other city officials were present
and all united strongly in urging Mr.
Folk to consent to being constantly
guarded by one or more armed detec
tives and to.take every precaution pos
sible to guard against the knife or bul
let of the assassin.
Mr. Folk strongly objected. He said
that he had no tear for his personal
safety; that boodlers had repeatedly
tried to Intimidate him before and
nothing had come of it; that he had
repeatedly served notice on boodlers
through their agents that he was not
afraid of them, and that he would not
now gratify these enemies by accept
ing a bodyguard.
But be was finally persuaded that
ho must accept a bodyguard, since he
had undertaken a great public service,
which he was in a fair way to carry to
triumph as no other man could, and
owed it to the public, as well as him
self and his family, tq accept protec
tion. \, \
Dotectlve McGrath was at once ap
pointed to guard the circuit attorney,
and will not leave him untll all the
boodllng cases are ended,
Five policemen were designated to
guard Mr. Folk’s house at night, and
Mr. McGrath is within call of the cir
cuit attorney’s bed room.
It it seml-offletally stated that
clew to the men who hatched the plot
la being worked on, and that some
sensational arrests may follow. It Is
pointed out that should the circuit at
torney be murdered, some prominent
men who are now In serious jeopardy
of their liberties and reputations might
escape In the excitement following tho
crime.
A M 1 P M
Lv. Palatka
6 25
6 10
Florahomo . .
6 57
6 43
Hampton . ..
.7 40
726
Samp. City ..
7 66
7 40
Lake Butler .
8 20
805
Lake City ...
905
8 55
White Spr. ...
9 28
9 21
Jasper . ......
10 00
9 55
Jennings . ...
10 22
1018
Lake Park ..
10 36
10 33
11 00
11 00
A M
Lv. Valdosta ....
11 05
11 15
4 43
Heartpine . .
11 45
11 56
B 37
Adel
11 61
12 02
3 43
Sparks
11 87
<12 OS
5 49
Ar. Tltton
12 30
12 45
6 35
Lv. Tifton
12 30
12 46
6 40
Ashburn . ...
103
122
7 27
1 29
Cordele
2 08
168
8 20
223
213
8 41
Unsdllla . ...
2 48
235
9 12
Grevanla . ...
301
9 35
Kathleen . ...
3 21
10 00
3 65
11 05
1PM
AM
AM
Bl
Heartpine
Ar, Valdosta .
Lv. Valdosta .
Lake Park
Jennings .
Jasper . ...
Whits Spr....
Lake City ..
Lake Butler
Samp. City
Hamptod . .
Flora-home .
Ar. Palatka ...
AM
1125
12 19'
12 38
12 56
119
165
215
2 38
3 29
325
4 02
4 07
4 13
4 55
500
5 25
5 39
6 01
632
665
7 So
8 00
8 14
854
9 30
2 07
2 32
2 60
*3*26'
4 60
4 00
ft-
4 44
5 25
6 35
5 59
C 13
6 35
7 06
7 30
8 20
8 46
900
9 45
Iff 25
PM I
4 20 I
5 31
6 57
6 20
II
9 00
9 05
9 49
9 56
10 03
1100
PM
NORTHBOUND.
IQulckl DlxlelShoo IV
! Step! Flyer! Fly|!
‘Dixie Flyer” has through coach and
Pullman sleeper between Macon and
Jacksonville via Valdosta, and through:
coach and local sleeper between Macon
and Palatka. Local sleeper open In Ma
con Union Depot 9:00 p. m., and remains
In Union Depot on return until 7:3'
m.. and can be occupied until that time.
"Quick Step" Is solid train between Ma
con and Palatka.
WM. CHECKLEY SHAW.
Vice-President C. B. RHODES,
General Passenger Agt.,
K Macon. Ga.
DAVE G. HALL. T. P. A.,
Room 211 Equitable Bldg.,
Atlanta. Ga.
HARRY BURNS, F. P. A..'
0 201 W. Bay St.,
201 W. Bay St.,
Jacksonville, Fls
Atlantic & Birainlai El
Time Table Effective May 25, 1902.
WAYCR0S8 TO CORDELE.
~ NoTL “NoTsT
Dally. Daily.
Lv. Way cross .... 8:00 am 4:00 pm
Lv Beach 8:47 am 4:47 pm
Lv. Sessoms ..... 9:00 am 5:00 pm
Lv. Nlcholls 9:12 am 5:08 pm
Lv. Douglas 9:tl am 6:38 pm
Lv. Ambrose ....10:03 am 6:01 pm
Lv. Wray 10:09 am 6:10 pm
Lv. Fitzgerald ....10:37 am 6:37 pm
Lv. Isaac 11:04 am 7:04,pm
Lv. Rebecca U;21 am 7:21 pm
Lv. Double Run.;ll:36 am 7:30 pm
Ar. Cordele 12:20 pm 8:20 pm
CORDELE TO WAYCROSS.
NoT" i.
MRS. DAUPHIN SKIPS OUT.
Grand Jury at New Orleans Indicts
Hpr for Perjury.
Governor Heard, of Louisiana, Fri
day issued a requisition on Governor
Odell, of New York, for the extradition
of Mrs. M. A. Dauphin, who Is wanted
In New Orleans on a charge of per
jury.
Mrs. Dauphin la the widow of W. A.
Dauphin, late president of the Louisi
ana Lottery Company, and one of the
most prominent women In New Or
leans. After the death of her hus
band the Dauphin heirs contested the
wlU and a prolonged legal battle fol
lowed. During a recent hearing be
fore the district court It is alleged that
Mrs. Dauphin gave false testimony re
garding some financial transactions,
and the grand jury returned an indict
ment against her for perjury.
When the grand jury began the in
vestigation, Mrs: Dauphin quietly left
the city, and It was learned later that
■he bad been located in New York.
Lv. Cordele ....
Lv. Double Run
Lv. Rebecca ...
Lv. Isaac
Lv. Fitzgerald ..
Lv. Wray ......
Lv. Ambrose ...
Lv. Douglas
WORK OF LONE HIGHWAYMAN.
Train on Atlantic Coast l ino Hold Up
and Express Car Bobbed.
Train No. 23, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, due In Charleston, S. C., at 11:15
Saturday night, was held up by a* lone
highwayman.
Soon after -the train left Lanes,, a
young white man entered the express
car, bllntffoided the messenger, G. G.
Lewis, and robbed him of about $160
In cash. He then took several pack
ages of jewelry and other articles! He
did not try to tamper with the safe.
When the train got to Charleston the
robber jumped off with his booty.
Dally,
6:00 am
G:44 am
6:59 am
7:16 am
7:43 am
8:11 am
8:18 am
8:42 am
Lv. Nlcholls 9:12 am
Lv. Sessoms 9": 20 am
Lv. Beach 9:33 am
Ar, Waycross ....10:20 am
No. 4.
Dally.
4:00 pm
4:44 pm
4:59 pm
5:16 pm
5:43 pm
6:10 pm
6:17 pm
6:42 pm
7:12 pm
7:20 pm
7:33 pm
8:20 pm
THROUGH SCHEDULES.
Lv. Waycross .... 8:00 am 4:00 pm
Lv. Douglas 9:41 am 5:38 pm
Lv. Fitzgerald ....10:37 am 6:37 pm
Ar. Cordele 12:20 pm 8:20 pm
3:12 pm 10
6:20 pin
4:10 pm
7:45 pm
1:00 am
,...12:45 pm
... 4:20 pm
... 6:00 am
... 7:43 am
... 8:42 am
am
Ar. Americus
Ar. Columbus
Ar. Macon ...
Ar. Atlanta ..
Ar. Chattanooga
Ar. Louisville
Ar. Cincinnati .
Lv. Cordele ...
Lr. Fitzgerald
Lv. Douglas ...
Ar. Waycross ....10:20 am
Ar. Jacksonville ..12:50 pm
Ar. Brunswick ... 7:30 pm 10:00 am
Ar. Savannah.....12:45 pm 12:20 am
Ar. Columbia .... 6:05 pm 6:00 am
Ar. Charleston ... 5:10 pm
Ar. Washington .. 7:36 am
Ar. New York ....1:43 pm
8:55 am
7:25 am
1:00 pm
2:30 am
7:20 am
4:00 pm
5:43 pm
6:42 pm
8:20 pm
8:30 am
6:40 am
9:00 pm
6:18 am
GEORGE DOLE WADLEY,
Vice President A Gen. Manager.
H. O. McFADDEN,
Gen. flight and Pass. Agent.
Gen.
ALEX
BC«
"AN, Superintendent.
j. o.
Tmr. *J*'64it and Pass. Agent
A. B. DE#2£ t ! MOLUN, \
Agent. C<Rg*^, Go. >