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4jj^VreTißUlEh MM jIMITEO Double Dailst Service ay. EFFECT JUNE 3rd, 1900. SOUTHBOUND. Daily Daiiv A f o. 31. No. 27. lTncw York. Penn.lt.El 1 00pm 12 15am Lv phiia lelpliia “ 320 pm 7 20am Lr Baltimore “ 550 m 9 34am Lv Washington, “ 7 OOprn 10 55am Lv liichmoud, S. A. L. 10 40pm 2 35pm Lv Petersburg 1185 pm 330 pm Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 2 25am~6 17pm Lv Henderson, “ 2 53am 6~40pm Lv Raleigh, “ 4 06am 7 £opm Lv Southern Pines, 4 ‘ 5 57am 9 42pm lv Hamlet, “ 6 50am 10 32pm NoTsI" Lv Columbia J “ 10 35am 12 55am Ar Savannah “ 2 67pm 5 00am Ar Jacksonville “ 7 40pm 910 am Ar Tampa ** 6 30am 5 30pm No 7 4031 Ar Charlotte, “ 9 31am Lv Chester, “ 9 52am Lv Greenwood, “ 11 42am Lv Athens, 1 48pm Ar Atlanta,_§ “ 4 00pm Ar Augusta, C. AW. C. 5 10pm Lv New i'ork,N, Y. T. 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 Lv Washington,N. &W. 8.8. 6 30pm No. 403. No. 41. I.v Portsmouth, S. 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 13pm Lv Raleigh “ 4 06am 351 pm Lv Southern Pines “ 5 57am 6 12pm No. 403. Lv Hamlet “ 6 50am 7 30pm No. 3L No. 27. Lv Columbia}: “ 10 35am 12 55am Ar Savannah “ 2 57pm 6 00am Ar Jacksonville “ 7 40pm 910 am Ar Tampa “ 6 30am 5 30pm N0.~405~ No. 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. tW.C. 5 10pm Ar Macon, C. of Ga. 7 20pm 11 10am At Montgomery, A. A W. P. 9 20pm 11 00am Ar Mobile, L- &N. 8 05am 4 12pm Ar New Orleans, L. AN. 7 40am 8 30pm Ar Nashville, N. C- A St. L. 6 40ain 6 55pm Ar Memphis, “ 4 00pm 810 pm NORTHBOUND Daily Daily 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 Ly Mobile “ 12 20am 12 20am Lv Montgomery,A. AW.P. 10 20am 11 20am Lv Macon, C. of Oa. 8 00am 4 20pm Lv Augusta, C. A W. C. 9 40am N0T402. No-38. Lv Atlanta, § S. A. L. 1 00pm 9 00pm Ar Athens, “ 2 50pm 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, " 905 pm 9 20am Lv Southern Pines, “ 10 00pm 10 05am Lv ltaleigh, “ 1140 pm 11 56am Ar. Henderson. “ 12 50am 1 13pm Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 1 20am 145 pm Lv Petersburg “ 4 15am 4 40pm Lv Richmond “ 5 15am 5 40pm Ar W r a.shington, Penn. R. R. 8 45am 9 30pm Ar Baltimore “ 10 08am 11 35pm Ar Philadelphia “ 12 30pm 2 56am Ar New York “ 303 pm 6 13am No. 402. No. 38. Lv Ridgeway Jet., 8. A. L. 300 am 1 40pm Lv Weldon, “ 4 30am 305 pm Ar Portsmouth. “ 7 00am 5 50pm Ar Washington,N-& W.S.B. 7 00am Baltimore, B s7pT Cos f6 45am ArNew York.O.D.S-rt.Co. t 1 Ar Philadelphia,N.Y.P. A N. f 5 46pm 5 10am Ar New York “ 8 38pm 7 43am Note.—f Daily Except Sunday. Dining Cars between New York and Rich mond and Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 31 and 44. t Central Time. § Eastern Time. A rousing campaign year is upon us. Keep abreast of allairs by subscribing now. We’ll give yon the news. GEOBIfI RAILROAD For information na to Routes, Schedules and Rates, both Passenger and Freight write to either of the undersigned. You wiill receive prompt reply and reliable information. 0. 0. M'MILLIN, A. G. JACKSON, . A. Pass. D-pt., G. P. A., G. H. WILOOX, S. A., AUGUSTA, GA E. M AGILE. 0. D. OOX, Gen’L Agt, Gea’l. Agt., ATLANTA ATHENS. W. W. HARDWICK. W. 0. M’MILLIN, Gen’l. Agt.. S. F. & P. A., MACON. MACON. M. B. HUDSON, W. M. M’GOVEBN, T. F. &P. A., Gen’l Agt., ATLANTA, GA. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS ; Brief Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. The Statu’* Income. Comptroller General Wright has made the following statement of the total property increase in Georgia: The gain in values for 1900 over 1899, including every form of proper ty* i* 818,788,333. Of this amount 83,489,200 is realized from the rail roads of the state and $15,299,127 comes from county property. The taxable property in Georgia is valued at $436,000,000. and with a tax rate of 5.20 mills, which has already been agreed upon, it is seen that the gross income of the state, upon which it must be maintained for the year, is $2,271,539. It has been ascertained by experience that from the gross in come 7 per cent must be subtracted for insolvents, collection fees, etc., leaving a net income of $2,112,532. The foregoing statements of the tax return do not include two property items over the valuation of both of which arbitration will probably be held. The first is the assessment of the main lines of the Plant system. The road beds of the lines involved were returned by the officials of the road at a figure agreed upon ten years ago, and which the comptroller general, this year, refused to accept. If the arbitrator in this case sustains the position of the state the sum of $757,148 will be added to the total property return. The second item is the debentures of the Atlanta and West Point railroad aud amounting to $388,509, which the Georgia railroad will probably refuse to return for taxation on the ground that the debentures have never befoiebeen subject for taxation. These two items added to the total amount of taxable property give a total gain over 1899 in propertv subject to taxation of $19.- 933,981* It has been generally known for the past month that the gain for this year over last year would be phenomenal and that it might, in fact, approximate $20,000,000, but now that it is defi nitely ascertained that that figure has practically been reached, there is a demand for some explanation. Never before in the history of the state has the gain of one year over the preced ing one reached such an unusual fig ure. A review of the tax returns shows that the bulk of the gains that have contributed to the total have been made in the cotton counties, and par ticularly in those counties where the production of naval stores and lumber is the chief industry. Comptroller General Wright is of the opinion that the primary cause lies in the price received by the farm ers of Georgia for their cotton last year. The wonderful impetus given the lumber and naval stores industry the first of the year is also believed to be a primary cause. The develop ment of the mining property in north Georgia has also contibuted largely to the total. A statement has been made out from the comptroller general’s office to the mayors of the different towns and cities asking to be informed as to the tax rate levied on the railroads run ning through the various town and city incorporations in Georgia. In giving the tax rate for the state, which is in cluded in the communication, a mis take has been made by the printer. The rate is given at 2$ mills, when it should have been printed “5.2 mills,” or $5.20 on SI,OOO. Talk of a New District. Politicians and newspapers seem to have overlooked a very important matter that the next legislature will be called upon to transact, namely the apportionment of the state into con gressional districts. The new cen sus will in all probability make Geor gia entitled to another congressman. It is evident that there has been a large increase in the population in the state. By the census of 1890 Georgia gain ed a congressman, thus making the total number of congressmen she has had since that time eleven. It appears certain that the number of Georgia con gressmen will be twelve for the next decade, commencing in 1903. This being true, the legislature which will convene on October 24th next will have to redistrict the state into twelve districts, instead of eleven, as at pres ent. This work will hardly be done, however, until the session of 1901. A bill providing for congressional ap portionment will be introduced in the house, and referred to the committee on congressional apportionment, which committee will be a special one, to be appointed by the speaker, • • • Want Encampment* Re-EtsblUhed. The military men of the state will aek the general assembly for an appro priation sufficient to establish the old system of state encampments every year. No encampments have been held in Georgia since 1879, and there are no officers now in the uervioe of the state but who are anxious to get their com mands into camp. This year several of the regiments eatabliataad camps of their own, bat it was necessary for the men to be assessed to pay the expen ses. Governor Candler is said to be strongly in favor of the movement, aud it may that he will reoommend the measure to the legislature. • * * Charges Withdrawn. The charges that were preferred last week by Stale School Commissioner G. R. Glenu against Commissioner Gwaltnev of Floyd county for failure to send in his annual report were withdrawn at the last moment on the showing made by the Floyd county official. Commissiouer Gwaltuey neglected last year to send in a report necessary to complete the report of the state school commissioner to the legislature. Up to Friday evening no report for the year had been received from him aud as result of tk< delay or neglect Commissioner Glenn preferred charges with the Floyd connty board of educa tion. The trial of Gwaltnoy was to have taken place Saturday, but in the meantime the report came in, and on the showing made bv the commission er, who went himself to Atlauta, Com missoner Glenn withdrew the charges. ♦ • * Hold the Cotton Crop. One of the principal features of the last session of the convention of the agricultural commissioners at Raleigh was the adoption of a resolution ad vising the farmers to hold their crop so as not to depress the market by rushing the staple to market as soon as the picking season is over. Here tofore the farmers in the cotton belt have made a practice of sending the cotton to market as soon as it was baled. This the commissioners urge against, counseling that the erop should be distributed along during the entire season to prevent the mark et becoming congested aud thus cause prices to break. * * * H;mk> Capital IncreaMd. At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Maddox-Rucker Bank ing company, of Atlanta, held Friday, it was unanimously decided to increase the capital stock from $160,000 to $200,000, and at the same time in crease the surplus from $40,000 to $50,000, thereby adding $50,000 new capital to the bank. This stock was immediately subscribed and paid in by the present stockholders. * * • Was Susplclou*. The Fidelity and Casualty Insurance company, of New York, sent special Representative W. Parsons to Savan nah to investigate the death of W. O. Bowden, of Columbus,who was drown ed in the surf at Tybee a few nights ago. The company officials have some suspicions as to the death of Bowden. Mr. Bowden’s life was heavily insured and several of the policies were taken out only a few days before his death in the surf. This action aroused sus picion that he is not dead. The body has never been recovered. * * * Solicitor Is Appointed. W. W. Larsen, of Emanuel county, has been appointed by Governor Gau dier to the office of solicitor of the county court of Emanuel to succeed Solicitor Frank Mitchell, whose resig nation has been tendered. The appointment of Solicitor Larsen is to hold good until the next meeting of the general assembly, when all such judicial appointments will be confirm ed by the senate. Ready to Pay For Station. The Udit e T States government, which has had charge of the Savannah quar antine station now for little more than a year, seems well satisfied to take ad vantage of the option that was given it by the city, and is ready to pay the $20,000 which was fixed as the price for it. Agreement with the city was that the United States was to pay $20,000 for the station if it was found suitable for the service expected, and $5,000 for the tug Theckla. * * * To Arrest All Loafer*. The mayor of Americus has issued orders to arrest loafers found loitering about the city. They will be required to show cause why they should not be put to work on the streets of the city hereafter. GIFT from rockefeller. Millionaire Donates *IBO.OOO to a Jiearo College In Atlanta, Ga. John D. Rockefeller has made Spell man seminary, a negro college in At lanta, Ga., a present of SIBO,OOO. The money has been paid into the treasury of the American Baptist Home Mission society of New York, which institution has charge of the Atlanta college, and already plans for the ex penditure of a major portiou of it have beeu formulated. tucker help his cotton. 1> County, Al., Farmers Markets I*s Bales of I.ast Year’s Crop. Monday Mr. John G. Tucker, t well-to-do planter, living near Opelika, Ala., marketed 125 bales of last year’s cotton which be had bee?*, holding. It was bought by Well Bros, for 9* cents. The new crop is being marketed rap idly and is bringing good pricoa. TkifniKlKClMf. Winder, Georgia. Paid In Capital $25,000.00. THOS A. MAYNARD, President. L. F. SELL, ) _ ... a a nAx/m > Vice Presidents. A. A. CAMP, \ W. H. TOOLE, Cashier. #DIRECTORS^ T. A. Maynard, R. J. Pentecost, L. F. Sell, jji A. M. Flanigan, A. A. Camp, W. H. Braselton, W. H. Toole, Si J. I. J. Bell. Wc 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 heno* is guaranteed nol to chalk, oraofc, rub off, peel nor blister. It will adhere to wood, Tin, Iron, Galvanized Iron, Stone or Tile. PARIAN PAINTS dry hard with an enamel-like glow that is permanent aud can be washed or scrubbed PARIAN PAINTS will cover more surface aud outlast all oth er paints aud will not oome off except by wear. It is guaranteed to hold its original oolor, Call at our store and get a Catalouge explaining a., .bout PARIAN PAINT. We now have oar store packed full of NEW GOODS at OLD PRICES and will be glad to wait on oar many friends and customers. WE SELL THE CELEBRATED McSHERRY GRAIN DRILL, The only drill that will sow oats successfully. We are also prepared to sell all kinds of HARROWS, including CLARK’S TORRENT and VARIOUS MAKES of TURNING PLOWS, Infaot anything found in a first class HARDWARE STORE’ Call and see ua at the same old stand, STATE ST., HARMONY GROVE. GEORGIA. Benton-Adair. H’dw. Ho. WINDER DRUG CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggist, 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- TSlafpiil Mi