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4p^sVEST)BUIEb lIMITED Double Daily Service I>: EFFECT JUNE 3rd, 1000. SOUTHBOUND. Daily Daily __ No. 31. Ko. 27. LvNew York. Penn.R.R. 1 00pm 12 15ara Lv Philadelphia “ 323 pm 7 20am Lv Baltimore “ 550 m 9 34am Lv Washington, “ 7 00pm 10 55am Lv Richmond, S. A. L. 10 40pm 2 35pm Lv Petersburg 11 35pm_3 80pm Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 2 25am IS 17pm Lvlleiaderson, “ 2 53am 6 40pm Lv Raleigh, “ 4C6am 7 fOpm Lv Southern Pines, “ 5 57am 9 42pm No. 408. ' Lv Hamlet, “ 6 50am 10 32pm SfoT3l Lv Columbia J “ 10 35am 12 55am Ar Savannah “ 2 57pm 6 00am Ar Jacksonville “ 7 40pm 9 lOani Ar Tampa “ 6 30am 5 30pm No. 40k Ar Charlotte, “ 9 31am Lv Chester, “ 9 52am Lv Greenwood, “ 1142 am Lv Athens, 1 48pm Ar Atlanta, § ** 4 00pm AfAugusta, C. &W. C. 510 pm ~ Lv New York.N. Y. P. AN. f8 00am 9 00pm Lv Philadelphia “ 10 20am 11 26pm Lv New York, 0.D.5.5.C0. f 300 pm ” Lv Baltimore, B. S. P. Cos. f 6 30pm LvWashington.N. A W. 8.8. 6 30pm N() 403 Nq 41 Lv Portsmouth, 8. A. L. 9 20pm 9 30am Lv Weldon, “ 12 05am 12 01pm No. 31 Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 2 25am 120 pm Lv Henderson “ 2 53am 2 18pm Lv Raleigh “ 4 06am 8 51pm Lv Southern Pines “ 5 57am 6 12pm No. 403. Lv Hamlet “ 6 50am 7 30pm - No." No." 27. Lv Coiumbia| “ 10 35am 12 55am Ar Savannah “ 2 57pm 5 00am Ar Jacksonville “ 7 40pm 910 am Ar Tampa *• 6 30am 5 30pm 4QB> Nq 41< Lv Wilmington, 8. A. L. 305 pm Ar Charlotte “ 9 31am 10 20pm Lv Chester “ 9 52am 10 55pm Lv Greenwood “ 1142 am 107 pm Lv Athens “ 1 48pm 343 am Ar Atlanta § “ 4 00pm 6 05am Ar Augusta, C. AW. C. 5 10pm Ar Macon. C. of Ga. 7 20pm 11 10am Ar Montgomery, A. A W. P. 9 20pm 11 00am Ar Mobile. L 4N. 305 am 4 12pm Ar New Orleans, L. AN. 7 40am 8 30pm Ar Nashville, N. C- A St. L. 6 40am 6 55pm Ar Memphis, “ 4 00pm 810 pm NORTHBOUND Daily Dally No. 44. No. 66. Lv Memphis, N. C. A St. L. 12 45pm 8 45pm Lv Nashville “ 9 30am 9 10am Lv New Orleans, L. AN. 7 45pm 7 45pm Lv Mobile “ 12 20am 12 20am Lv Montgomery, A. A W. P. 10 20am 11 20am Lv Macon, O. of Ga. 8 00am 4 20pm Lv Augusta, C. A W. C. 9 40am N07402. No. 38. Lv Atlanta, § S. A. L. 1 00pm 9 00pm Ar Athens, " “ 250 pm 1133 pm Ar Greenwood, “ 4 44pm 2 05am Ar Chester, “ 6 28pm 4 30am Ar Charlotte, “ 6 30pm 5 00am Ar. Wilmington, “ 12 05pm No. 44. No. 66. Lv Hamlet. 9 05pm 9 20am Lv Southern Pines, “ 10 00pm 10 05am Lv Raleigh, “ 11 40pm 11 56am Ar. Henderson, “ 12 50am 1 13pm Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 1 20am 1 45pm Lv Petersburg “ 415 am 4 40pm Lv Richmond “ 5 15am 5 40pm Ar Washington, Penn. R. R. 8 45am 9 30pm Ar Baltimore “ 10 03am 1135 pm Ar Philadelphia “ 12 30pm 2 56am ArNew York “ 8 03pm 6 13am No. 402. No. 33. Lv Ridgeway Jet., S. A. L. 300 am 1 40pm Lv Weldon," “ 4 30am 305 pm Ar Portsmouth. “ 7 00am 5 50pm AMVashington.N-A W.S.B. 7 00am Ar Baltimore, B. S. P. Cos. f6 45am ArNew York,o.i).B.S.Co. fl 30pm Ar PlTiladeipliia7NVY"P."& N. f5 46pm 5 lOam Ar New York “ 8 33pm 7 43am Note.—f Daily Except Sunday! Dining Cars between New York and Rich mond and Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. *1 and 44. t Central Time. § Eastern Time. A rousing campaign year is upon us. Keep abreast of affairs by subscribing °aw. We’ll give you the news. CEORLIA RAILROAD For information as to Routes, Schedules and Rates, both Passenger ill Freight w rite to either of the undersigned. You wiill receive prompt reply a,J d reliable information. 0. M'MrLLTN, A. G. JAOK3ON, G. A. Pass. Drpt. , G P. A., G. H. WILCOX, S. A., AUGUSTA, GA. 8 - E. MAGILL. 0. D. OCX, Gea’L Agt n Uen’l. Agt, ATLANTA. ATHENS. W. HARDWICK. W. 0. M’MILLIN, Uen’l. Agt., S. F. &P. A., ; MACON. MACON.’ H. B. HUDBCN, W. M. M’GOVEEN, T -F. &p. a., Gen’lAgt, ATLANTA, GA. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Brief Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. State Tax Kate Reduced. The state tax rate has been brought down from 5.36 to 5.20, a reduction for 1900 over 1899 of sixteen one-hun dredths of a mill. Governor Candler and Comptroller General Wright lixed the rate at a meeting held the past week. They found that with the in creased appropriations of the last leg islature, amounting to practically one hundred thousand dollars, it would be impossible, even with a gain of $lB,- 500,000 in property values, to bring the rate of taxation to a point below 5.20. When Governor Candler went into office, over two years ago, the state rate was fixed at 6.21, and it is seen, therefore, that he has succeeded in re ducing the tax one and one oue-hun droth mills. The governor announced that he was gratified that he was able this year to urge a further reduction of the tax rate. He had hoped to be able to make the rate exactly 5 mills, but found at the last moment that the in creased appropriations of the last house and senate made suoh a reduc tion impossible. The tax for the year is divided as follows: For general purposes 2.95, or $2.95 on every SI,OOO. For school purposes, 2 mills, or $2 on every SI,OOO. For the sinking fund, i of a mill, makiag a total in all of 5.20, or $5.20 n every SI,OOO. The tax rate for the year has been predicated on a total property value in Georgia of $435,000,000, including railroads and every form of property. This value, compared with that of last year, indicates a gain for 1900 of prac tically $19,000,000, which is the largest from one year to another in the history of the state. • * * A Co-Operative Ginnery. A stock company has purchased tho $3,000 ginnery belonging to R. W. Lynch at Brooks Station and will run it this season in the interest of the farmers of the section, having already agreed to place the price of ginning cotton at $1 per bale. The machinery is all of the latest improved pattern, and the building is a substantial one, with all of the mod ern conveniences. Every one is look ing forward to an increased business this fall on account of the expected ia crease in cotton receipts, owing to the low price placed upon ginning by the new management. * * * Knterprlslng Kagroet. The Investment Benetolent Order, which is composed entirely of colored people, and whose headquarters are in LaGrange, has bought 205 acres of land upon which they propose to build an industrial school and a widows’ and orphans’ home. The land purchased is a portion of what is known as the old Abner Callaway place, about seven miles from LaGrange, and is on the Atlanta and West Point railroad. Tho deal for the land was made a day or two ago and already arrange ments have been made for a sawmill to be set up oh the plantation and in the next ten days or two weeks lumber for the first buildings will begin to be sawed. The school buildings will go up first and the others are to follow as money aud the necessity for them authorizes. There are 165 lodges of the Investment Benevolent Order scat tered throughout Georgia, Alabama and Florida, which number about 12,000 members. The order is not yet three years old. • * • Cotton Grower*’ Active. The work of the Georgia Cotton Growers’ Protective Association, which has for its object the protection of the farmers of the state and the establish ment annually through legitimate means of fair prices for cotton, has progressed to that degree where sub branches have been organized in a ma jority of the counties of Georgia. A call has been issued by the president of the association for meetings to be held on September 4th in all counties where organization has not been per fected. Out of the 137 counties cot ton is raised in 115, and it is probable that in ail of these sub-branches of the state association will be in working order by the last of September. * * • Houston Muddle Settled. By an order of the state board of ed ucation George W. Smith’s election to the office of county school commission er of Houston is declared illegal and another election by the county board to fill the vacancy will be held at once. The decision of the state board, com posed of Governor Candler, Attorney General Terrell, Comptroller General Wright and Secretary of Stale Cook, determines finally an issue which has been bitterly fought over in Houston county. It reverses not only the de cision of thfe-county board of Houston, 'arid that of the grand jury of the coun-. ty, bui sets aside the opinion of the state school commissioner, who held that Smith had been legally elected commissioner. The state board in reaching a decis ion considered alone what it believed to be the law. The proposition was laid down that the whole matter de pended on Smith’s intention, whether he intended to remain a citizen of Houston or go to Dooly. The rtrongest act on Smith’s part tending to show his intention in the matter wa9 not what he said; was not that he went to Houston with the pur pose of casting his vote there; was not that he rode over to Houston once a week. The one overt act that above all others indicated his intention was that he actually cast his vote ou two occasions in Dooly county. * * Can Condemn Tracks. Judge John S. Candler, at Atlanta, denied the petition for injunction of the Atlanta Railway aud Power com pany, filed to prevent the Atlanta Rapid Transit company from con demning the power company’s tracks on Peachtree and Whitehall streets. The suit was originally brought by the Central Trust company of New York, but on Friday morning, when Judge Candler held that the trust company’s interests were fully protect ed, and that consequently it had no standing in court, the power company then asked to be stricken as party de fendant and made party plaintiff. This was done aad the two com panies having changed places, the case proceeded with the Atlanta Railway and Power company vigorously op posing the contemplated condemnation of its tracks by the rival street car company. After the court rendered its decision the power oompauy gave notice of an appeal to the supreme court of the state, but Judge Candler declined te grant a supersedeas and allowed the work of condemnation to proceed. • * * Unique Tax Digeet. The tax digest of Richmond county, received at the office of Comptroller General Wright, presents some of the most unique features in the way of figures ever seen in connection with a county digest. The statement shows that less than one-half of the taxpayers of the county failed to make return of their property. This lowers all former records, and places Richmond in a class all to itself. The book shows that the single value of the property of defaulters in the county is $670,680, which, being doubled, according to the law, reaches the sum of $1,341,300. The most re markable showing in the digest, how ever, is that there are 8,615 defaulting poll taxes, which amounts to almost the total vote Richmond is capable of polling in an election. Of this number ?,792 are white defaulters, and the re maining 4,823 arb colored. These 8,615 citizens must pay their poll tax before they can register and vote in the coming state eleotion. * * * To “lltdoem*’ Soldiers 9 Noams. A strong and determined effort is t# be made to have the old Soldiers’ Home do the duty for which it was constructed aearly nine years ago. Plans are now on foot looking ts the opening of the home for confeder ate veteraus, and those directly inter ested in the movement feel confident that something definite will be accom plished. In reality two plans are being dis cussed. One is to have a bill intro duced in the legislature this fall seek ing to have the state take charge of the institution and support it, as was originally intended. If this is refused by the legislature, then that body will be asked to ap propriate the sum of $5,000 to pay off the present indebtedness of the home. This includes taxes, repairs and ser vices of watchman. - In case this last plan is successful, private citizens will pledge themselves to put the home in operation and see that it is made to accomplish all that was intended for it. It is confidently hoped, however, that the first and original plan will succeed. Preliminary work on behalf of this plan has been made, and a number of the men who will represent then: coun ties and districts in the legislature this year have expressed themselves as heartily in favor of the movement. Many have pledged themselves to sup port a measure looking to the owner ship and operation of the home by the •state. • • * To Search For Gold. State Geologist Yates will visit the counties of Coweta, Heard, Meriweth er, Oglethorpe, Elbert, McDuffie, Green. Wilkes, Lincoln and others in searok of gold deposits whioh have been re ported to him, • * * Private Wire* Taxable. Attorney General Terrell has deci ded that the private telegraph lines of railroad companies are taxable. The question came up from the city of Dalton concerning the private wires of the Southern and Westers and At lantic railways. * • • To haunch Campaign. The-atate democratic executive com mittee is to assemble in Atlanta dur ing the latter part of September for the purpose of looking over the situation with a view to the state election occur ring on October 3d. MWiIUCCMH, Winder, Georgia. Paid In Capital $25,000.00. THOS A. MAYNARD, President. L. F. SELL. ; 'XT' -r> ' j 4. a a n*MT, [ Vice Presidents. A. A. CAMP, \ W. H. TOOLE, Cashier. DIRECTORS#- T. A. Maynard, !♦; R. J. Pentecost, L. F. Sell, U! A. M. Flanigan, A. A. Camp, *>j W. H. Braselton, W. H. Toole, jtj J. I. J. Bell. We Discount Notes. We loan money on good collateral or personal security. We receive Deposits subject to check. We buy and sell New York Exchange. We pay taxes in Jackson County. We are a Home Institution. We want your business--and will appreciate it. PAINT! PAINT!! Do you want to Paintyour dwelling? If so we have added to our stock of Hardware PARIAN PAINTS, OILS ETC. PARIAN PAINT contains no lead and hence is guaranteed nol to chalk, oiraok, rob off, peel nor blister. It will adhere to wood, Tin, Iron, Galvanized Iron, Btone or Tile. PARIAN PAINTS dry hard with an enamel-lik* glots that it permanent and oan be washed or scrubbed PARIAN PAINTS will cover more surface aud ontlast all oth er paints and will not eome off except by wear. It is guaranteed to hold its original color, Call at our store and get a Catalouge explaining all about PARIAN PAINT. i We now have our store packed full of NEW GOODS at OLD fRICES and will b glad to wait on out many friends and customers. WE SELL THE CELEBRATED McSHERRY GRAIN DRILL, The ouly drill that will sow oats successfully. We are aleo prepared to sell all kinda of HARROWS, including CLARK’S TORRENT and VARIOUS MAKES of TURNING PLOWS, Infaot anything found In a firstolass HARDWARE STORE’ Call and see us at the same old stand, STATE ST., HARMONY GROVE. GEORGIA. Benton-Adair H’dw. Cos, WINDER DRUG CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggist, f ; v '* * .■ * * ’ 1 1 WINDER, GA. Fresh Stock of Drugs always on hand. PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS at Prices to Suit the Times. Headquarters for all the leading Brands of Cigars and Tobaccos. When In the city come and see us. WINDER DRUG CO., Winder. - Georgia. Tali if Flai l Prim