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mm Of GEORGIA NEWS
Happenings In the State of Inter
esting Import,
T* Hill Dratted.
The Georgia legislative lax commis
sion, which has been in session at the
ette enpitol (luring the past week, ad
journed after completing the outline of
the tax bill to he presented to the leg
islature.
The real work of the commission
was concluded in the latter part of
July and an adjournment taken to a
time when the members would reas
semble with a better understanding
of some phases of the tax question.
During the past week the new tax bill
was gone over carefully and amended
in some respects and it is understood
that the members of the commissioa
are unanimous as to the changes to be
proposed in the tax law s of the state.
The commission has adjourned n
-til the first Monday in October, when
the rough draft of the tax measure
will be re-read and formally adopted
by the commission.
As to the changes in the tax system,
it is the impression among the officials
at the capitol that the bill will provide
for a number of them and that all wiU
be acceptable to the members of the
legislature.
For the first time the tax commis
sion disregarded its established rule
on thesnbject and listened for several
hours to representatives of different
roads in the state. It is expected by
many that a change of great impor
tance is to be suggested as to the re
turns of railroad property.
The commission will probably be in
session after the first Monday in Oc
tober until the legislature meets the
latter part of the month. Nothing
will be left undone in order to com
plete the bill and have it ready to be
taken up by the house of representa
tives the first day of the session.
Will Accept Krnncli Inc*.
H. M. Atkinson and the Collins Park
and Belt Railroad Company will ac
cept the franchises recently granted
by the Atlanta city council.
Ever since the council gave the Col
lins Park line authority to build its
lines on certain afreets in the Gate
City there has been much speculation
as to whether Mr. Atkinson and the
members of his company would accept
the grants with the conditions imposed
upon them.
The most important of these condi
tions is that within twenty years the
company must give the city 3 per cent
of its gross income; that it must give
a bond of 540,000 feat the lines grant
ed will be built; and that in case the
Collins Park company makes any deal
combining its interests with another
company its franchises are to become
null and void.
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To Build “Missing Idnk."
Colonel W. S. Albright, of Ottoway,
Putnam county, Ohio, announces that
he will build a railroad from Chatta
nooga to Walhalla, S. C. This road
will pass through Catoosa, Whitfield,
Murray, Fannin, Union, Towns and
Rabun counties, Georgia.
It will be 150 miles long and will he
known ns the Missing Link railroad,
this name being given it for the reason
that it will connect up some of the
biggest railway systems in the United
States.
A charter has been applied for by
those interested in the Btate of Geor
gia.
Succeed* AT alter 11. II 111,
William H. Felton, ,Tr., of the Ma
con superior court circuit, has been
elected a member of the law faculty of
Mercer university to succeed Walter
B. Hill, who resigned when elect ad
chancellor of the state university.
The selection of Judge Felton was
made by the prudential committee
of the hoard of trustees of Mercer,
consisting of’J. JL>. Stetson, chairman;
E. Y. Mallory secretary; C. R. Wil
lingham and J. W. Cabiness, all loci’,
trustees. Judge Felton will All the
chair of “the principles of evidence,
criminal law and practice, the criminal
code. ”
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I>r. Hogg* Goes To Missouri.
The many friends of ex-Chancellor
William E. Boggs will he glad to learn
that he has been called to the pastorate
of the Presbyterian church at St. Jo
seph, Mo. Ur. Boggs has accepted
the call and will move from Athens to
St. Joseph with his family atari early
date. The new charge to which Dr.
Boggr, has been called is n large and
influential one. The acceptance by
Dr. Boggs of this position, of course,
stops the movement that was being
made by his friends to have him elect
ed as professor of metaphysics and
ethics in the University of Georgia.
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h Bril Emit SuoceM.
Elberton’s great carnival came to a
close last Saturday. For tfte days it
was in session, the crowds were large,
and the interest great. The various
attractions were good and well pat
ronized. Much disappointment was
experienced in the absence of the gov
ernor, Mr. Livingston and Mr. du-
Biguou. The speakers who did attend
did well and made many new friends.
From all parts of this and the adjoining
states came large numbers of visitors.
The people of Elberton threw open
their doors, and gave all comers a
hearty welcome. Altogether the car
nival was a tremendous success.
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New Jefferon Cotton Mill*.
The Jefferson cotton mills was or
ganized a few days ago with a sub
scribed capital of $60,000. The largest
stockholders are J. C. Turner. $lO,-
000; P. J. Roberts, $4,000; 11. W. Bell,
$3,000; J. N. Hollis, SI,OOO, and Frank
Roberts, SI,OOO. Work on the build
ing will begin at once. The products
will he sheetings and shirtings.
Chancellor Hill Move, to Atliena.
Chancellor W. B. Hill is now a full
fledged citizen of Athens, and is mix
ing and mingling with the people of
that city, receiving a hearty welcome
on all sides. His family is now estab
lished in the chancellor’s residence on
the campus. The chancellor has a
great deal of routine work to do prior
to the opening of the university Sep
tember 20th, and he has already pro
ceeded to hard and systematic effort.
Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema
The intense itching and smarting
Incident to these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlain’*
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad oases have been permanently cured
by it. It is equally efficient for itching
piles and a favorite remedy for sore
nipples, chapped hands, chilblains,
Frost bites aad chronic sore byes. 25t
per box.
Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders are
just what a horse needs when in bad
ooudition. Tonto, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 2C(
a package For sale bv H. C. Poole.
Winder, (Ua
NINE WORKMEN KILLED.
Twelve Immense Steel Arches of
a Building In Chicago Crash
To the Ground.
A Chicago dispatch says: Twelve
steel arches, each weighing thirty
three tons, which were to have sup
ported the superstructure of the Coli
seum building iu course of erection on
W’ftbash avenue, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets, fell to the
ground Monday afternoon.
It is known that nine lives were
crushed out.. The bodies of three
men are supposed to be under the
wreckage. Seven are in the hospital,
with injuries received in the aecideut
and of these two will surely die, one
may possibly recover and the balance
are for the greater part seriously in
jured.
All of the twelve arches were stand
ing, the twelfth and lust having been
completed during the day. It was the
intention of the steel contractors, the
Pittsburg Bridge company, to turn
over its work Monday night to the
general contractors.
The immense “traveler” or derrick
which had been used in the erection
of the arches had bees removed and
the agents of the bridge company were
accounting their work as practically
completed, when suddenly and without
warning, the last arch put in place
fell over against the one next to it.
The weight was too much for this,
it gave way, crashed against the third
and then, one by one, the great steel
spans fell over. Nearly all the men
who were killed were at work on top
of the arches forty feet above the
ground. Some of them made futile
attempts to slide down the side of the
arches, hut before they could help
themselves they were hurled to tli6
ground.
c u B A N ° IL cures
1 Rt&HfVI v Cuts, Burno, Bruises, Rbeu
matiom and Sores. Price, 25 cents.
G. W. DeLaPerriere, Winder. Ga
WHEELER GIVEN COMMAND.
Will Be Placed at Head of Brigade
Formerly Commanded By
General Funston.
A dispatch from Manila dated Au
gust 28th, ssys: General Wheeler has
been ordered to report to General Mac-
Arthnr. He will be give* command
of General Fuuston’s brigade, which
Colonel Lisoum has commanded tem
porarily. General Wheeler will pro
ceed to San Fernando after having
spent a week iu energetically visiting
the towns.
General WTieeler said to a represen
tative of the Associated Press:
“I am much pleased with the situa
tion. I think that when Major Gener
al Otis gets more troops here he will
make rapid progress. The country is
more favoralde for military operations
than I had supposed. The impression
that the country is unhealthy is
wrong.”
The railroad to Angeles will be re
stored within a week and General Mac-
Artlmr will advance his headquarters
to that place.
DELEGAL GIVES UP
Negro Murderer of Deputy Sheriff
Townsend In Darien Jail.
KIS OLD MOTHER SURRENDERS HIM
Itelstflvei of the Mnrder,*d Man Agreed
Not to Harm Him—Sitnalion In
Mclntosh County.
The round-up of negroes in Mcln
tosh county, Ga., Saturday resulted
in the surrender of Henry Delegal.the
murderer of Deputy Sheriff Townsend,
and the location for future arrest of
Dclegal’s brother and the woman di
rectly implicated in the killing.
Delegal’s surrender was made to
Lieutenant Wood, in charge of a de
tachment of thirty Savannah Boldiers
stationed fifteen miles in the country
to back up the sheriff’s posse, who
were scouring the swamps, and Dele
gal states that he surrendered to the
troops for protection, as he saw the
sheriff’s posse was closing in on him,
and his capture was only a matter of a
few hours or minutes.
At 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, the
military special with Lieutenant Leon
ard Wood, Lieutenant David Barrow
and twenty-five men left Darien. The
two forces combined at Eulonia.on the
railroad twelve miles from Darien,and
the sheriff’s posse, leading by half a
mile, spread over the country. Every
negro was arrested as the posse pro
ceeded and held by detachments for
the approaching militia.
The Delegal settlement was soon
reached and as the posse dashed up to
the houses negroes scurried to their
holes like frightened rats. Eight cab
ins were surrounded, pickets strung
out and each man stood beside his
horse prepared for fight.
The negroes sent their women and
children out and this was followed by
the posse closing in, arresting all the
men and searching the premises. The
search proved fruitless, but a confes
sion of Delegal’s whereabouts was ob
tained and the posse divided, half
going to the 6wamps. The swamps
were being beaten closely while the
military lined out on the bluff, pre
pared to send a volley into the out
pouring negroes as they came before
the posse.
At this critical juncture Delegal’s
aged mother came out of the swamp
with a request that Delegal be allowed
to surrender to the soldiers.
The entire posse joined in request
ing Messrs. Tow nsend, who were anx
ious to avenge the death of their
brother, to surrender \heir arms and
they finally reluctantly consented and
gave their word to allow Delegal’s
safety.
Delegal admitted the murder, hut
denied sending for his friends to help
him kill the whites. There is positive
evidence to the contrary, however.
With the prisoner secured, a quick
run was made to Darien Junction, and
at 6 o’clock Saturday evening the
train from Savannoh arrived with ad
ditional reinforcements of 161 men
and elevati officers of the First Georgia
regiment uuder command of Colonel
Lawton.
The run back to Darien was without
incident and at 8 o’clock the prisoner
was safely landed there without blood
shed.
CARPENTERS (10 OUT.
Strike In Chattanooga Caused By Dig
charge of Three Union Men.
The carpenters, joiners and furni
niture wood workers employed in the
Loomis & Hart Manufacting oompany,
at Chattanooga, went out on a strike
Saturday morning. The company dis
charged three men who are officers in
their union, and the men refused to go
back to work until the three men were
taken Lank.
OIL TANKS BURN.
Standard Company I.ngcs Over Two Thou
sand llarreltt By Fire.
One of the most destructive fires
that has ever occurred at the Standard
Oil refinery broke out at Whiting,
Ohio, Sunday night. It was caused
by a leak at the bottom of one of the
stills. A few minutes after the fire
broke out there was a terrific explosion
and the flames spread rapidly to the
two immense tanks containing 2,200
barrels of partially refined oil,
('II ACORN AC trON FUTURITY.
Keene’s Newly Purchased Horw Captures
Kieh Stake at Sheepsheud.
Chacornac, owned by James R.
Keene, won the Futurity race at
Sheepshead Bay Saturday in the fast
time of 1:10 2-5. J. J. Hyland's Brig
adier second and Bromley t Compa
ny’s Windmere, third.
It was the twelfth running richest
stake in the country and second time
that the Keene colors have been in
front. The Futurity stake was worth
nearly $42,000. It was won by the
favorite and was altogether the most
satisfactory Futurity ever run. Twenty
horses went to the post.
Winder Public School
Fall Term Opens Sept. 4, 1899.
DISCIPLINE FIRM. ------ TRAINING THOROUGH,
We guarantee satisfaction in classical, scientific snd business courses
The principal has had several years of successful experience and comes
to us from one of the leading schools of the state. The tecchers in
all the departments are experienced and are at home in the school
room" Advantages unsurpassed. Our town is beautiful and progress
ive. We have two rail-roads, good churches and Sunday school?, pub
lic library, beautiful location, good water, building repainted and
white-washed inside, sanitary condition and ventilation good, honest
and refined people aud all necessary to develop body, miDd and soul.
You owe your children an education and this we propose to give to
those within city limits for the sum of 50 cents incidental fee at the
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beginning of the Term and to the country for the fee and $lOO and $l5O
per month according to grade aud public fund deducted from this,
Book-keeping taught without extra charge.
FACULTY.
Prof. Henry R. Hunt, High School and Business Department
(University of Ga*)
Prof C. R. Ware, Grammar Department
(Mercer University)
Miss Annie McDcnald Intermediate Department
(Gainesville Seminary)
Miss Dora W. Wilhite Primary Department
(Home and Normal Schools of Athens)
Prof. R, A. Black Music Department
(Student Under Best German Teacher)
For Forther Information Address the Principal
or Secretary of Board
HENRY R. HUNT Principal
COL. W. H. QUARTERMA, Secty Boars..
Our Business Grows.
WHY?
Because our Life Insurance Cos. is the strongest
on EARTH=-$53,000,000.00 surplus, pays beneficia*
ries on receipt of proof of death.
We handle RE AL ESTATE
to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
our Fire Insurance Co’s.
are ten of the BEST.
COME TO SEE US.
Office on Broad St.
QUARTERMAN & TOOLE,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents.
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