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ITEMS Of GEORGIA CITIES
-'B. C. Holtzclaw, Jr., son of
ltzclaw, cashier of the Hous
ing company, was aw ardod
( }es scholarship at Athens,
holtzelaw has been attending
university for about two
! is quite popular,
ss.—ln a fight at the Atlan-
T-.ine depot at Millwood j
. ntlul. ea eta eta et ataoth I
rncl:l, a well known 1 inner,
in
. v. ended I y R->y
fijft injured man was rushed
.■ross hospital, where an op
us performed in the hope of j
r ,g.— Chief ,1 linson and a
policemen made a successful
, cha. les Underwood's piace
j t venue, securing a consul
lantity of liquor in barrels
which was hauled to
-ters. Underwood's place has
fled on .a. number of o casi -ns
n yi !>.' and generally with
jlts i.. t.be way o harvesting
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| al it cut to
ff '.lie was shoe
I’j Judg( Henry C.
jg D afternoon issued an order
e motion of a new trial
t Mrs. Edna Perkins-God
■d in Jenkins county of
of her former husband,
odbee. The defendant
d at that time on the
1 on the killing o!' Mrs.
tyer Godbee, who was
i in the Millen postoffice
time.
'nus Fordham celebrated
irth year a few days ago
of his daughter, Mrs. T
this county, with a big
m and old fashioned din
li about lull people were
iding 125 of his descend
ordham has been holding
i reunion of this kind for
ral years, and they have
reckoned among the an
of this county. He has
i, all of whom are living.
expensive dinner was
i dog of questionable
t consumed a large pea
e plumage belonging to
. a Rome merchant. The
hing this meal of fifteen
ore started in to devour
gl< cock, which was on dis-
Hocp in fiont of StampV
I ipt ss, but was prevented
Hfj/umpHcn of this gastron-
H the arrival of a police-
Horve the dog away.
'omit. J. It. Robinson of
in !). C., site inspector 1 r
■
■ !' till'
H that have teen e
Hon which to put a fifty
Hilar building, to be u.-ed
of: ce, for which an appi'o
■ already been made. The
el anxious for the lot to be
■ml to see tlie work cn
begin, as it has been un
ation so long,
udged by tlie number of
being made in Athens
dation cf these who havi
ttend the short course or
ho State Coliege cf Ibgii-
G will be between 200 and
|ance January 5-16. It is
? whether reservations are
ance or not that accomo-
Ite provided for all who
preferred that previous
ten.
s provided by law, the
nissicners at their meet
the following gentlemen
ssors: J. V. Wheeler, six
1. Watson, four years; C
■two years. Their tern of
K on January 1. Tlie lav
■® Bit if any citizen is ds
ith the action of the board
1 -sors he has a l ight to
' and demand ari ifafion,
to name cue arbitrator,
and these two to
■ ■Due of the first tragedie-
Hlidays was the death cf
who was instantly killed
-Burmtimr tc a iig!!t from a
id Atlantaic train at Tun
tO" Orr and several c.unpan
-53 id the train here, some in
_ go to Chattanooga and
i off at Tunnel Hill. His
. urged him to accompany
!p attanooga, which he fin
ned to do. .Just as the
tC *'* ‘ rom t,lp tunnel, think
m station had 1 een r.-cch-
L I
™ b , lb.
i man endeavo:c! to
1 was thrown violently
.- ankment and died in-
I Having iieen advised
01 ie suspicious circum
■ bed witli the origin of
1 ; c which destroyed the
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state fire marshal, ar-
ah to make an inves
jt his arrival here C.i,
* V - taken to the ruins
_ and with Fin Chief
- * and chief cf detec
,]■; U’-iy. inspected the cel-
UW l of the stores in til
*■l r apt" in Joyner
I 1 uld make a thorough
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Col. Arthur Hoffmann of the Canton
of St Gall is the president-elect of the
Swiss republic and wiil enter upon
his new duties cn January 1. He is at
present vice-president and chief of the
military, and has been chief of the de
partment of finance and head of the
department of justice and of police.
ukGls u. s. fo OiVN lines
POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLE
SON FAVORS ACGUISIT'ON
BY GOVERNMENT.
SERVICE SELF SUPPORTING
Declares Postal Service Will Be Con
ducted for Efficiency Rather
Than Profit.
Washington.—A sweeping declara
tion in favor of the principle of gov
ernment ownership of telephone and
telegraph lines and an assertion that
the postal service now is self-support
ing for the first time since 1883, are
features of the annual report of Post
master General Burleson, transmitted
to congress.
Concerning the acquisition of tele
phone and telegraph lines, Postmaster
General Burleson says that the gov
ernment has demonstrated its capacity
to conduct public utilities, and, from
iis present information, he is inclined
clearly to the taking over by the post
office department of the telegraph
lines and, possibly, also, of the tele
phone lines. Discussing that the post
master general says:
“A study of the constitutional pur
poses ol the postal establishment leads
to the conviction that the pcstoffice
department should have control over
all means of the communication of in
telligence. The first telegraph line in
this country was maintained and op
erated as a part of the postal service,
and it is to be regretted that congress
saw fit to relinquish this facility to
private enterprise.
“The monopolistic nature of the tel
egraph business makes it of vital im
portance to the people that it be con
ducted by unselfish interests, and this
can be accomplished only through gov
ernment ownership.
“The act of July 24, 1566, providing
for the government acquisition of the
telegraph lines upon payment of an
appraised valuation and the act o«
1902 directing the postmaster general
‘to report to congress the probable
cost of connecting a telegraph and tel
ephone system with the postal service
by some feasible plan,’ are evidences
of the policy of this government ulti
mately to acquire and operate these
electrical means of communication as
postal facilities, as is done by all the
principal nations, the l nited States
alone excepted.
“The successful operation of the
parcel post has demonstrated the ca
pacity of the government to conduct
the public utilities which fall properly
within the postal provision cf the Ton
stitution.”
Lived in One Spot 100 Years.
Statesboro, Ga.-*Prigen Beasley, one
cf the oldest men in Georgia, was
buried near his home in this county.
Mr. Beasley was born in Bulloch coun
ty and lived in the same spot for over
i hundred years. He was born in a
leap year, on February “9. and though
he has seen 100 summers, he has had
hut twenty-five actual birthdays, this
late falling every four years. On his
one hundred anniversary he was giv
en a celebration which was attended
!)v 1,500 ! eop'w He was at t..::t time
in the best of health.
Thirty Cailo>s Saved.
San Francisco.--Given up fi r lost,
he crew of the dismasted and aban
loned steel ship Dalgor.ar, owned in
a < (n their way *r
:board the French ship Loire, which,
■ricked them up October 9. a thousand
miles efi ti e coast of Chile, ('apt.
) Ibe ter ar.d three of his men are
lend. First word of the loss or the
Vgorar, which carried a crew of
ibcut thirty, readied here on Decern
■or 10, when the French bark Marie
nchored Captain Morieet of the Ma
.io sighted the I a.gona..
THE COFFKE COUNTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
GURBENCVREFORM
RILL IS PASSED
MEASURE FRAMED BY DEMO
CT.ATiC SENATE CAUCUS
ADOPTED.
CARRIED BY VOTE OF 54 TC 34
Bill Will Be Completed by Confer
ence Committee and Will Be
Ready for President to Sign.
Washington.—The administration
currency reform bill, proposing a re
vision cf the financial system of the
United States and the creation ol
regional reserve banks to act as sta
bilizing elements in the banking and
financial world, passed the senate by
a vote of 54 to 34.
Force, that had fought together for
improvement and amendment of the
measm to <>■ last divided when tlie
final vote came. Senator Hitchcock,
who had led the opposition to the bill,
returned to the Democratic, ranks and
Senator Weeks, one ol' the leaders on
the Republican side, with live other
Republicans, and Senator Poindexter
(Progressive voted for the passage
of the measure.
Wide differences exist between the
form of the legislation passed by the
senate and the bill that passed tlie
house several months ago. Dent; erot
ic leaders already have partly ad lust
ed these differences, however, and it
was predicted that the bill would be
completed by a conference committee
and cent to President Wilson for his
signature.
The adoption of the administration
bill, known as the “Owen bill,” follow
ed upon the formal defeat, by 44 to
41, of the “Hitchcock hill” which had
been endorsed by Senator Hitchcock
and the five Republican members of
the evenly divided senate committee
that passed on the legislation. The
senate had previously rejected, with
out a roll call, a “central bank” bill
offered as a substitute by Senator
Burton.
SUFFRAGISTS IN WRANGLE
Break Threatened by Removal of Of
ficer Who Refused Accounting.
Washington. —A nation-wide break
in tlie ranks of Suffragists is threaten
ed as the result of the action of offi
cers of the National American Worn
j an Suffrage Association in ousting
! Miss Alice Paul from the chairman
ship of tlie congressional committee
j of the national association.
Tliis action is said to be virtually a
declaraton of war between tlie na
tional association and the Congres
sional Union for Woman Suffrage/
which is headed by Miss Paul, ami
which raised $25,000 last year to car
ry on lobby work in Washington for
the national association.
Officers of the national association
demanded that the money raised by
Miss Paul as head of the Congression
al Union be- accounted for to the
treasurer of the national association.
Miss Paul’s refusal caused the nation
al officers to remove her as chairman
of the national association’s congres
sional committee.
As a result of the internal strife,
Miss Paul collapsed from a nervous
breakdown in Washington while de
livering a suffrage speech, and is now
confined to her home in Morristown,
N. J. Her removal from office while
too ill to journey to New York City
to defend herself lias created indigna
tion in the ranks of the Congressional
Union.
Officer Imprisoned for Zabern Affair.
Strassburg, Germany. —A sentence
of forty-three days’ imprisonment was
pronounced by a eourtmartial on
Lieut. Baron Yon Forstner of tlie
Ninety-ninth infantry. The courtmar
tial was opened on Lieutenant Forst
ner for cutting down with his saber
a lame shoemaker in Zabern, Alsace,
on December 2. The charge brought
against him was: “Willful assault and
causing great bodily harm by the il
legal use of a weapon.” Lieut. Von
Forstner was the officer who brought
about the recent troubles between the
military and civilian population of
Zabern.
Famous First Bale Negro Dead.
Albany, Ga. —Deal L. Johnson,
known throughout the South as the
■first bale man of Georgia." and one
of tire most prominent negroes in
this section of Georgia, died in All a
ny as lie "as being hurried to a hos
pital. Jackson war. one of the mc-t
intercAing men in this part of toe
ate, and though lie refused to take
ctivc part in politics was an ac
knowledged leader of his race.
‘-.ter plantation in the western part of
Dougherty county is one of the best
Church Installs Barber £h:p.
X Yevk -A modal bar’ is t!
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t.rl t
a, - n cir.g th • new f are, sa'o:
For the sake ci unifo-mity m the
ai‘ .tecranee of our choir bcv« a* 1 a - c
-mvht id ecf parochial ap trecia
tuin " h--‘? c«- grel a special bar
ter to the ovs t Sc/urdav ;n r v.ings
a.id on Sundays before services.”
Central Grocery Co.
Fireworks of ail kinds
Fruits Get a whole box of Oranges and
Save Money
ra. •gp.Ts.ai xgx.v.. - jez £i
Fruit Cakes Iwo and five pounds
ILS DPitTanjrKu.-:
JLowney’s and Schlesinger s Candies
Everything Fresh and Prices
Are Right
Call And See Us
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Douglas, Georgia