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GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF BITS. Items of General Interest Gathered From Various Localities. Verdict For #5,000. The trial of the suit of Mrs. Marion Law, of Atlanta, against the Western Railway of Alabama for $20,000, came to an end at Columbus last Saturday. After bing out two hours the jury re turned a verdict for SO,OOO for the plaintiff. It is said that the verdict will stand. * * * Model Farm It Will Be. The agricultural department of the University of Georgia is being worked up to the hightest state of efficiency by Professor Hugh N. Starnes, who oc cupies the chair of agriculture. Professor Starnes has set to work to make of the university farm a model farm indeed, and he is succeding in his efforts. By next fall he will have the farm in fine shape and will be ready to utilize it thoroughly iu the work of teaching the young men prac tical agriculture. ♦ • * T*l*i!iotic* Lineft to Be A conference was held in Dahlonegn a few days ago by Colonel H. P. Far row, now engaged in building a tele phone line from Gainesville to Porter Springs, and the board of directors of the Dahlonegn Telephone company, recently organized and incorporated to build a line from Duhlonega to Gainesville, which conference resulted in a consolidation of the two lines,and within sixty days Porter Springs and Dalilonega will he in telephone com munication with the world, which will open up anew era iu these mountains. * * * Itol<l I’anloncd. Charles R. Reid, the slayer of S. R. Halstead, who has been serviug a three-years’ sentence in the state peni tentiary camp at Chickamauga after conviction in the Bibb county court of manslaughter, has been pardoned by Governor Candler. A strong effort has been made for the past six months by a number of prominent citizens of Macon and that community to obtain a fSTOr&bl# action on Reid’s case from the pardon hoard, and a day or two ago the commission finished a review of the case, recommended the pardon of the prisoner and forwarded the papers to Governor Candler. The governor took action at once. * * * Sword For Lieutenant Brumby. The movement begun by a number of his schoolmates, to present Lieu tenant T. M. Rrumby, of Georgia, with a handsome sword, is meeting with great favor iu all parts of the state. Nearly all of the states have honor ed their living heroes of the war with some such presentation, and it is nothing but fit that Georgia should present Dewey’s ling lieutenant with a sword that will show' the esteem in which he is held by the citizens of hit state. It was thought to make the amount subscribed uniform and all of the sub scriptions have beensl. Subscriptions have been coming in at rapid rate from all over the state, and it seems to ho the desire of every one to have a hand in honoring Lieutenant Rrumby. It is thought that Lieutenant Brum by will be home in the course of two or three months, and if such is the case the presentation of the sword will probably be made when ho arrives on Georgia soil. * * * Stato Fair Not***. Work on the premium list of the forthcoming State Fair is being vigor ously pushed, and the hook will be completed in about a week. Anybody who desires a copy should drop a pos tal card request for one to the fair sec retary, Mr. T. H. Martin, Prudential building, Atlanta. Mr. Martin will take pleasure in sending it. The owner of the fattest calf in Georgia can pocket a cool two hundred dollars by exhibiting it at the state fair next fall, for that is the amount offered in premiums by a couple of private firms, for the fattest calf. Be sides this, other substantial sums of money will be given for fat stock of various kinds. And it might possibly prove a handsome investment for the owner of tine cattle or stock of any kind to spend a penny for a postnl card and use it to write Secretary Mar tin for a copy of the premium list. Two prizes, of SSO and $25 respective ly. are offered therein for the best pen of fat cattle—not less than five head, and to weigh 1,000 pounds each, and to have been bred and fattened bv the exhibitor. Ihe poultry exhibit will be one of the largest and most interesting ever seen, not only in Georgia, but the south. The breeding of fine chickens lias grown in recent years to be an im mense industry, and the time is com ing when these thoroughbreds will supplant the ordinary common chick ens upon every farm. For they are to the feathered world what the blooded horse is to the equine family, and even more—for the thoroughbred chicken is hardier, more prolific and better to eat than his mongrel brethren, and so more valuable from every standpoint. The Agricultural rsoclety want* io show the farmers and thereby inaugurate among them the fashion of raising them in stead of the common chicken. At a meeting of committees from Camp Walker and Camp 159 of Con federate Veterans, held at Atlanta, the proposed state reunion to be held during the state fair this fall was dis cussed and arrangements n>ade to have as many delegates present at that time as possible. Chairman It. L. Rodgers suggested that the delegates from the two camps represented who attend the reunion at Charleston be requested to announce the date of the state reunion in Atlanta and urge all delegates from this state to he present. The com mittee decided to confer with the state and city commissions on the fair and seek their co-operation nnd assistance in making the reunion a success. On motion of Secretary J. W. Goldsmith, Camp A, Wheeler’s Cavalry, was in vited to meet with the committee from Camp Walker and Camp 159. * * * C/lroular Letter To Tencheri. State School Commissioner Glenn has sent out a circular letter to all the county school commissioners of the state notifying them that the annual examination will be held June 22d,tlie questions for the examination to he sent as soon as they are arranged. The circular letter is also of interest to teachers and the commissioners rela tive to the payment of salaries and the sending in of itemized accounts. ♦ * * Blk Kewaril For Smith. Governor Candler has increased from S2OO to SSOO the reward offered for 1 lie arrest of Si Smith, murderer of W. B. Bell. Thomas M. Bell has deposited SSOO in the state bank of Gainesville as a reward for the arrest of smith, the citizens of Cleveland have offered $75, and the Mason lodge of Cleveland offers $25. This makes $l,lOO offered for Smith's capture. * * * Small Comfort, For .Stockholder* of South ern Mutual B. & I. Association. When the Southern Mutual Building and Loan association failed two years ago the report of the receivers showed liabilities to the amount of $879,208.66, and assets to the amount of $651,- 262.58, or a deficiency in the resources of $227,946.13. Since the business has been in the hands of the court there has been col lected $127,287. The receivers have paid out $76,827.63, leaving a cash balance on hand of $50,459.37. Of the disbursements, $36,395.36 was to cred itors other than shareholders; $19,- 011.30 was for taxes, insurance pre miums aud repairs, and $22,390.97 was for expenses, including salaries, counsel fees, court costs and similar items. Whether the shareholders of the association will get any dividend on their stock will depend largely on the construction of the law in the case by the supreme court. The members who had given notice of withdrawal, under the terms of the assoaiatoa’s by-laws, claim that they are creditors and ought to be paid in full before other members get anything. A test case will probably be decided by Judge Lumpkin at Atlanta May 22, so that aud appeal may be made to the high court. Judge J. A. Anderson, one of the re ceivers, stated that it was impossible to tell now' what the stockholders would get. He said: “If the members who have given no tice of withdrawal are classed as cred itors, and my opinion is that they ought not to be so classed, the other shareholders will get very little, may be nothing. If the claims of the with drawing members are not sustained all of the stockholders may get 25 per cent on the amount they have paid in. In order to make that payment it will be necessary for us to have ou hand about four times as much as we have at present, or about $200,000. A petition was presented to Judge Lumpkin Saturday morning by Judge Anderson aud Mr. M. A. O’Bryne, the receivers. The petition asked that direction should be given about the rights of withdrawing members, the liabilities of borrowers, the necessity of making all the stockholders parties and the question of securing interest on the $50,000 on hand. The receivers stated that their re ceipts had been confined so far to four states, ns follows: Georgia, $96,- 726.69; Alabama, $8,628.07; Missis sippi, $5,818.82, and Florida, $16,- 113,42. * * * Hallway* Now Combined. The last payment of the Trust Com pany of Georgia to the stockholders of the Atlanta Railway Company for the the latter property was made a day or two ago. J. J. Spxldiug represented the stock holders of the Atlanta fail way and re ceived a check for the last payment. The combination of the two systems is now complete. In a few days.the organization of the new company, which will probably be known as the Atlanta Railway and Power Company,will he completed and the two systems of street railway will he under one system. CUBAN RELIEF cn rlalllCrS Colic> Neuralgia aud Toothao^j m five minutes. Soar Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price. 2* G. W. DeLaPerriere, Winder, Ga. ADMIRAL DEWEY TO COME HOME. Rear Admiral Watson Is Ordered to Manila to Relieve Hero. THE DATE IS NOT NAMED. Costly Banquet Will Be Given Great*Sailor In New York. A Washington special The navy department has selected a suc cessor to Admiral Dewey to command the Asiatic station. Orders were issued Monday detaching Rear Admiral Wat son from command of the Mare island navy yard and ordering him to report to Admiral Dewey at Manila to re lieve that officer when he feels that he can be spared there. Rear Admiral Kempt, at present on waiting orders, has been instructed to succeed Admiral Watson in command of the Mare island navy yard. It was stated at the navy depart ment that Admiral Dewey will come from Manila direct to New York when he returns to the United States. How ever, it is added the admiral will not start until the commission of which he is a member has completed the work it has undertaken, at least so far as it relates to the restoration of peace to the islands. The reason for bringing the flag ship Olympia to New York instead of having her come to San Francisco, where she was built, is said to he pri marily because Admiral Dewey desires to make the passage on his own flag ship, but also for the reason that the Mare island yard threatens to he over whelmed with repair work as soon as the numerous vessels of Dewey’s fleet begin to return to the United States. The Olympia is in need of over hauling, being away from her home station longer than any of the vessels in the Asiatic fleet and has suffered more than usual hardship during her absence. Costly Banquet l’roposed. Admiral Dewey has cabled to New York his acceptance of an invitation to a bauquet to be given in his honor by 100 prominent citizens. Thirty-seven citizens already have announced their intention of subscrib ing SIOO for a banquet in honor of the great admiral, and there is no doubt that the list will be filled by the other 63 necessary to make the 100 men and the SIO,OOO planned for. When Admiral Dewey does arrive, which it is believed will not be until late in August or early September, there will await him, in addition to the civil celebration which will be most elaborate, a banquet, the most splendid ever prepared for an officer. President McKinley and Secretary of the Navy Loug will be invited to the bauquet. Whether or not they will attend is another matter. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. List of New Industries Established the Past Week. The more important of the new in dustries reported during the past week include a box factory in West Vir ginia; brick and tile works in North Carolina; coal mines in Arkansas; a round bale cotton gin in Texas; a large cotton mill in Virginia; a cottony seed oil mill in North Carolina; two flouring mills, a furniture factory, a 50,000 hardware company in Tennes see; lumber mills in Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia; two natural gas aud oil companies in West Vir ginia; a SIO,OOO ochre mill in Geor gia; a $40,000 rice mill in Louisiana; a salt works in West Virginia; a sin gletree factory in West Tennessee; a woodworking plant for electrical sup plies in North Carolina; telephone companies in Texas, North Carolina and West Virginia, and a windmill company in Texas.—Tradesman (Chat tanooga, Teun.) BASIS OF DIVISION. Forty-Eight Thousand Cubans Will Get Their Pro Rata. A special from Havana says: Forty eight thousand will be used as the division in fixing the shares of the soldiers in the $3,000,000 allotted by the United States government to be divided among the Cuban troops. Pfattfrrt CUBAN OIL cures ■ BWef Iwl v Cuts, Barns, Bruises, Rheu matism and Sores. Price, 25 cents. G. W. DeLaPerriere,..Winder. Ga AN OCEAN DISASTER. Thirty People Drowned By the Wrecking of a Steamer. Advices from Adelaide, South Aus tralia, state that the British ship Loch Sloy, Captain Nicol, from Clydeon, January sth, for Adelaide and Mel bourne. was wrecked on Kangaroo island on April 24th. Five passengers and twenty-five of the crew were drowned. Four of those on board the ship escaped from the wreck. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. L. C. RUSSELL. E. C. ARMISTEAD. RUSSELL & ARMISTEAD, Attorneys at Law. Winder, Ga. Jefferson. Ga. W. H. QUARTERMAN, Attorney at Law, Winder, Ga. Prompt attention given to all legal matters. Insurance and Real Estate agent. J. A. B. MAHAFFEY, Attorney at Law, Jefferson, Ga. Silman’s old office. Winder Furniture Cos. UNDERTAKERS AND— —FUNERAL DIRECTOES C. M. FERGUSON, M’g’r. WINDER, GEORGIA. <E>®3s>!©!S©® Lodge No. 333, ( tv maeij Officers—N. J. Kelly, W. M.; J. H. Jackson, S. W.; W. L, DeLaPerriere, J. W.; J. H. Kil gore, Sec’ty. Meets every 2d Friday evening at 7 o’clock J. T. Strange, N. G ; C, M. Ferguson, V. G.; J.H. Smith, Treasurer; A. D McCurry, Secretary. Meets every Ist and 3d Monday nights. RUSSELL LODGE No. 99. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Meets every Ist and 3d. Thursday evening in each month. W. H Toole, C. C.; B. T. Camp, V. C.; W. K. Lyle, K. of R. aud M. of F,; D. H. Hutchins, Prelate; L. C. Russell, M. of E.; A. D. McCurry. M. A.; J. J. Smith, M W.; O. L. Dabney, I. G ; R. A. Black, O. G. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets every fourth Monday night. J. T. Strange, It.; G. T. Arnold, V. R.; W. H. Quarterman, Secretary. (colored). WINDER ENTERPRISE LODGE, No. 4282. G. U. O. ofO.F. Meets every Ist and 3d Friday night in each month. Dudley George, N. G.; G. W. Moore V. G.; L H. Hinton, Secretary, A. HAMILTON, Undertaker and Funeral Director, Winder, EMBALMING By a Professiona 1 Embalmer. Heaise and attendance free. Ware rooms, cor ner Broad & Candler sts. DR. W. L. DsLaPERRJERE, DENTAL PARLORS, In the J. C. DeLaPerriere building, ever Winder Furniture Cos. Call and see me when in need of anything in the lino of Dentistry Work guaran teed. Success always comes to those who believe iu printers’ ink judiciously used. Let us have your advertise ment. .Remember That. Hutchins & Whitworth Carry a Fine line 0f.... FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES CONFECTIONERIES ETC , They also handle Lumber, Coat, Lime, Colton Seed Meal and Hulls ===^ which they will sell at LOWEST PRICES. Eumrn, The Greatest Remedy In the World For Burns, Scalds, Spasmodic Croup, Erysipelas, Chilblains, Poison Oak --and-- Old Sores. If your Druggist or local Dealer does not keep it, send 25 cents iu P. 0 Stamps or silver for a bottle to MRS. W. H. BUSH, • Winder, Ga. Georgia Railroad. CONNECTIONS- For information as to Routes, schedules and Rates, both Passenger and Freight, write to either of the undersigned. You will receive prompt reply and reliable information. Joe. W. White, A. G. Jackson, T. P. ’A. G. P. A. AUGUSTA. GA., S. W. Wilkes, H. K. Nicholson, F. <fc P. A. G. A. Atlanta. Athens. W. W. Hardwick, S. E. Magill, S. A. C. F. A. MACON, GA. M. R. Hudson, F. W. Coffin, 8. F. A. 8, F. & P- A Milledgevilla. Augouta ALL WOMEN Should know that the “Old Time” Remedy, dffffffff 13 the best for Fenisle Trouble*. Corrects a Irregularities In Female Organs. Shou,' i taken for Change ol Life and before Chod-Bino- Planters “Old Time” Remedies Lave stood tne test for twenty years. Made only by Itew Spencer Medicine Cos., vhat tar.ooga, Tennessee. G. W DeLaP-irriero, Wind*.