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Happenings In the State of Inter
esting Import.
Clerks Can Be Garnisheed.
The state supreme court handed
down a decision declaring that the
salary of a railroad clerk, whose duties
required a large amount of copying
with pen and ink and other clerical
work about the office is subject to gar
nishment.
This decision is one of vital inter
est throughout the state, as there are
thousands who have been inclined to
fake a different position and Lave be
lieved that the contrary wtfs true.
The decision also reversed Judge
Lumpkin’s court, which held a con
trary opinion.
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CommUnioner Mevf'/ii’ Report*
Commissioner O. B. Stevens has is
sued his partial report of the Work ac
complised in the department of agricul
ture since last fall, the time of his as
suming the duties of commissioner.
The report in full is of considerable
length, and is devoted principally to
fertilizers and oils.
The report, which is in the nature
of a monthly talk to the people of the
state, urges upon the farmers a con
tinuance of the reform system of farm
ing and states that everything used
upon the farm should be raised at
home. The commissioner further
urges that the cotton crop be made a
surplus, and calls upon the farmers to
make one more desperate effort to raise
their own provisions.
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Will Shoot at Seagirt.
The programme for the 189!) meet
ing of the New Jersey State Rifle as
sociation has been received at Savan
nah. The members of the team that
is practicing for the events are in
specting the programme with great in
terest, as there are a few changes
adopted for the meeting this year
with which they wish to become
thoroughly familiar while engaged in
practice and before leaving for the
scene of action.
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The Georgia supreme court lias de
cided thnt the charter of Edgewood,
in DeKalb county was valid and that
tlie general assembly bad the right to
approve the charter under the general
law, which has been in force. This
brings to an end a very interesting
case which has been agitated for some
time past.
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Interest In Gold Mining.
Interest in gold mining in Georgia
is on the increase. Thero is no doubt
that the revival lias arrived. For
past years interest in mining for the
yellow niotnl has flagged in this sec
tion. In 1897 there was general ac
tivity. The following year many pros
pectors came and there was a great
deal of work. But Inst year the war
came and the gold belt was quiet.
This spring interest revived and the
gold field is aguin lively.
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Tax Commission Hurd nt Work.
The legislative tax commission,
which lias been holding daily sessions
at the capitol for the last throe weeks,
will probably not complete the busi
ness in hand until the middle of Au
gust. The object of the commission
is to frame a general tax law for tho
consideration of the legislature and
senate, and it is probable that what
ever action is taken will not he made
public until the complete report of the
commission is presented to the senate
and house.
At the first sessiou of tho commis
sion it was decided to hold all the
meetings behind closed doors. Tlio
only objector to this was Senator \V.
A. Dodson, president of the senate,
who contended that the matter before
the commission was a public one and
of considerale interest to the people of
Georgia.
Hon, Roland Ellis, however, took
the position that the work of the com
mission could be better accomplished
by executive sessions, and this met
the approval of the other members of
the body. While no official yiforma
tion has been given out concerning the
action taken by the tux commission, it
is generally understood that the mem
bers have been active in pushing mat
ters to a close.
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Will Mffl Aubu.l 9.
Mr. Samuel Hape, Secretary of the
Georgia Stute Agricultural Society,
has given notice that the meeting of
the Society will be held at Quitman
on the secoud Wednesday, August 9tli.
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Will Tenoh Army Offlforn.
Hereafter tho officers of the army
and navy of the United States will be
allowed to take the courses of study
at the Georgia School of Technology
free of charge.
This important step was taken at
the last meeting of the board of trus
tees, and President Lyman Hall was
authorized to act in the matter for the
best interests of the school.
It is well known that the shops and
laboratory equipment of the school
are surpassed by but few of the large
engineering schools in America, and
the instruction is thorough and of
high grade. There are always some
young officers near Atlanta pursuing
or anxious to pursue scientific courses
of study,and, as in the case of Captain
Wales, who received his degree in
June, they will take advantage of the
opportunities offered.
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lion. Tho*. W. Fain Head.
Hon. Thomas W. Fain, the present
member of the lower house from \\ hite
county, died last Thursday. He had
been ill several weeks. This was Mr.
Fain’s second term in the legislature
from White. Many years ago he
represented Fannin county. Mr. Fain
was known as a conscientious, honest
man. He was loved by all who knew
him and his death will be universally
regretted.
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New Poo to Farmer*.
The farmers of Troup county have
found anew adversary, a tiny worm
that is feasting upon the cotton buds
and blooms before the boll is formed
and as a result the cotton is fruitless
and the .op without promise.
For several weeks this worm, un
known to the farmers, has been prey
ing upon the cotton, robbing it of its
life and bloom, and they decided to
have the worm investigated and sent
an urgent letter to State Entomologist
Scott, asking him to visit their farms
and make an investigation.
The letters received by the state
entomologist state that hundreds of
acres are without any bolls whatever.
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Depositories ('hanged.
Governor Candler has issued an offi
cial order to the tax collectors through
out the state requiring them to make
their future deposits in the stnte de
positories which was designated in a
proclamation accompanying the order.
The needed changes made in the
banks so be known as state deposito
ries were occasioned from the fact that
many were considered difficult of ac
cess by certain tax collectors in a num
ber of counties, and the new arrange
ment is thought to solve the problem.
The banks named as depositories in
the official proclamation are as near
the center of certain sections as it was
found possible, and the change will be
of considerable assistance in tbe fu
ture to tbe state tax collectors.
Captain Satterlee Dead.
Captain Charles B. Hatter!ee, of the
Third United Htates artillery, is dead.
The war department has notified Mrs.
Charles B. Satterlee, of Columbia, H.
C., wife of the famous officer, that his
death occurred in Honolulu on July
10th. Captain Hatterlee was under
orders to proceed to Manila when he
was attacked with brain fever, result
ing from exposure under the tropical
sun. It was this fever that subse
quently resulted in his demise,
although the immediate cause of his
death, as announced, was congestion
of the brain.
Captain Satterlee was well known
both in Atlanta and Georgia. Ho was
stationed at Atlanta as assistant adju
tant general of the state for some
time, being the first regular army offi
cer to bold such a position in Georgia.
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I.mid Grant* Awarded.
Secretary of State Phil Cook, a few
days ago, gave two land grants in
Charlton county aggregating 772 acres.
They were given under the Hoadright
grant and were for unclaimed lands on
the Sati lln river.
Henry Prescott received a grant of
5184 acres of pine islands and swamp
lands, and J. li. O’Qnin received 388
acres of similar lands. The grants, in
accordance with the law, were signed
by the governor, the secretary of the
executive department and the secreta
ry of state.
The method of securing lands of this
character is very simple, and the
expenses of getting them is small.
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Mill it led to Fee*.
According to a decision handed down
by the supreme court, Solicitor James
F. O'Neil, of the Atlanta city criminal
court, is entitled to the same fees as
the solicitor general of the state.
The case is of more than ordinaiy
interest and the decision of the su
preme court settles a poiut of consid
erable importance. The case grew out
of the petition tiled by clerk G. 11.
Tanner more than a year ago in \\ Inch
he contended that the solicitor of the
criminal court was entitled to the same
reduced felony fees us the solicitor
general, but that the only fees he was
entitled to were those for misdemean
ors. Solicitor O’Neil, however, held
ihat he was entitled to the reduced
felony fees and in consequence a bit
ier light was inaugurated.
ARBITERS FIX ASSESSMENT.
Plittaiinc>Ba Southern Komi Taxed at
AM.OOO h Milo In Georgia*
The Chattanooga Southern railroad
is assessed for taxation in Georgia at
14 ,000 a mile by the board of arbiters.
Tho amount at which the officials of
the road returned it for taxation was
*1 ,500 a mile, and as there are 42.G5
miles in Georgia, the increase in the
assessment is more than one hundred
thousand dollars.
Only two of the arbitrators agreed
on a report recommending the 84.000
assessment. Mr. Alex C. King, who
represented the railroad company urg
ed that the amount be fixed at §2,250
a mile, and though he finally agreed
to go as high as §3,000, he said he
would not go any higher. It is ex
pected that a dissenting report will
be filed by Mr. King. The other as
sessors were Chairman Trammell, of
the railroad commission, and Colonel
J. W. Robertson, ex-railroad commis
sioner, and one of the most prominent
men iu the state.
DEWEY ACCEPTS INVITATION.
Wire* Mayor Van Wyck that lie Will Ar
rive About October Ist.
Mayor Van Wyck, of New York, has
received the following cablegram from
Admiral Dewey:
“Trieste, Julv 24.—Mayor Van
Wyck, New York: Letters received
and invitation accepted. Expect to
arrive about October Ist. Will cable
definitely from Gibralter. Have writ
ten. Dewet. "
Admiral Dewey’s cablegram is in re
sponse to an invitation from the mayor
aaking him to be tbe guest of the city
upon bis arrival in New York.
SILVER SERVICE FOR ADMIRDEWEY S
FLAGSHIP OLYMPII®
Admiral Dewey’s flagship Olympia will be presented, when it arrives at
New York, with a superb silver service, the gift of the people of the State of
Washington. The patriotic citizens of Washington spared no expense when
they decided they would make a present to the Olympia. The principal fea
ture of the set is a winged figure of Victory, intended to be symbolic of the
great battle of Manila Bay and the triumph of American arms. This figure
can be mounted upon the center piece or upon the cover of the punch bowl
when that vessel is not in use. Or, when not on table, the figure can be
mounted on a pretty ebony pedestal. Next to the figure of Victory the most
attractive piece in the set is a great tray on which are the names of Admiral
Dewey and of every officer and man who was on board the Olympia on the
memorable morning of May 1. The set comprises a punch bowl, tray and
ladle, water kettle with tray and stand, coffee pot, tea pot, cream pitcher and
sugar bowl, three meat dishes, different sizes, gravy boat and tray, two lov
ing cups, cooler tureen, center piece, one pair of candelabra, having seven
lights each, two compotiers and two serving trays. There are also four
dozen cut glass cups, specially designed for the Olympia.
LANGLEY'S FLY
ING MACHINE
Sit Will Carry Six Men and Travel
100 Miles an Hour.
Washington, D. G. (Special).—
Professor Samuel Pierpout Langley,
of the Smithsonian Institution, is
credited by scientists and inventors
with having perfected a flying ma
chine that iu mechanical construction
and simplicity of detail is a vast im
provement over his so-called aero
drome that circled in the air over the
waters of the Potomac three years
ago.
The new machine is no working
model, but is said to be able to carry
in its car as many as six men and
travel easily at a rate of 100 miles an
hour under the absolute mastery of
its engineer and pilot.
Added interest accrues to this new
machine since the ppropriation of
the United States Board of Ordnance,
made last fall, has been employed in
its aonstruction. The sum of §25,000
was put in Professor 'Langley’s hands
by this department ot the War Bureau
iu Washington, after the professor
had explained his plans and the possi
bilities he believed to be within his
power to attain.
The engine is built of aluminum
and steel, and though its power is
great the total weight of this device is
only forty-seven pounds.
The machine is built largely of
aluminum, aud the body or car is
PROFESSOR SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY.
about twenty-five feet long, six feet
wide and eight feet deep. The car
tapers at each end and is well supplied
with windows. Entrauce is effected
through two doorways, one on either
side of the forward end of the car.
These doors lead directly into the
main room of the car For an ex
tended trip this main room will be
fitted out with hammocks, cooking
utensils and other articles of the
kitchen and sleeping room that the
traveler would find necessary aud
convenient.
Back of this room is a second
apartment which secretly holds the
vital organism of the new aerial mon
ster. Here it is where the liquified
air is developed which has been util
ized with such magnificent genius by
Professor Langley. It furnishes
power to the engine; iFreduces to a
liquid the buoyant gases that are the
iuitial lifting power of the. whole con
trivance; it supplies fresh air for the
ear at all times, and is also an ever
ready refrigerant that will preserve
fresh meats aud other foods most
needed on a loug voyage in the air or
water.
The engine, of course, is a wonder
in itself of lightness, compactness
and as a power producer. Though
weighing only forty-seven pounds, it
serves to drive the aerodrome at the
speed of at least 100 miles an hour,
aud can operate at the same time a
smull dynamo, to which it can be
easily geared.
Back of the engine-room is the stor
age-room, having ample space for all
provisions'and even additional freight
and gearing that would be used in a
long journey.
The so-called pilot-house occupies
the forward end next to the main or
entrance room. Slightly abaft of
amidships on the outside of the ma-
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THE FLYING MACHINE DESCENDING TO THE EARTH.
chine on either side are the paddle
wheels that at 2000 revolutions per
minute are calculated to produce the
100 miles an hour speed. The pad
dle wheels are five feet six inches in
diameter, and are made of aluminum,
with steel braces.
Above the wheels and extending
from end to end of the machine in a
curve that slightly droops toward the
rear are the wings or sails. Each sail
extends twenty-four feet from the side
of the car, and considering the width
of the car, six feet, the total width of
the aerodrome from the tip of its
wings is fifty-four feet. In the stern
is mounted a double rudder, one
operating to raise or lower the air ves
sel, and the other to steer it to the
right or left.
Another feature of this machine
that is credited with being a most
sensible one, not found, by tbe way,
on the flying model of three years
ago, is the gas bag or balloon that
protrudes from the centre of the car,
to which it is held by tbe usual net
work of ropes. This is used when the
passengers desire to return to the
earth. The balloon is gradually iu
flated and simultaneously the engines
are slowed and finally brought to a
standstill. The supply of gas in the
bag is reduced or increased as de
manded by conditions, and in this
manner the machine can either float
along almost on a level plane or sink
slowly and gently—like a tired bird—
to earth.
The working crew of the present
FLYING MACHINE’S STARTING POINT.
(House boat at Quantico, Yu., on which
Professor Langley conducts his experi
ments with the aeroplane.)
vessel will consist of two men, one to
care for the engine and the other as a
1 lookout or pilot, who also directs the
steering apparatus. The entire struc
! ture in its present perfect shape has
I cost only §17,000.
THROWINGTHE LASSO
Direction* Which Will Enable a
Boy to Make a Eariat anil to
Eearn to Use It.
The horse-hair lariats are dry
weather ropes which are in common
use in the great deserts of the South
west, but for general service in lasso
ing cattle, staking out horses, tying
loads on the pack horses, and for the
numerous uses to which the cowboy
puts his “lass rope” the braided raw
hide lariat is more serviceable and is
more generally used. The Indians
of the great plains are very expert in
making lariats of rawhide. They use
half-tanned cattle skins from which
the hair has not been removed. This
rawhide is cut into narrow strips as
long as the hide will permit, or some
times an entire hide serves to make
one strip, the cutter beginning at the
outer edge and cutting round and
round the hide along the constantly
narrowing outside until the skin has
been reduced to oue long piece of
rawhile about one-quarter of an inch
wide. The strips are soaked in water,
fastened to a block at one end *u>d
worked together into a braid of tore a
THROWING THE LARIAT.
strands or more. While the braiding
is being done the rawhile is kept
drawn as taut a possible. When the
rope—usually about fifty feet in
length—is completed it is buried in
the ground, where it is allowed to re
main for two or three weeks. Then
it is dug up and stretched by means
of heavy weights. Tlie hair is then
sandpapered off, the rope is greased
with mutton tallow and the loop is
made. A lariat of this sort is prized
by its owner as something more valu
able than jewels or fine linen, and
many an old-time “cow-puncher”
would not sell his lariat for its weight
in gold.
The boy, however, who wishes to
learn to lasso can make a very desir
able lariat from apiece of flexible rope
about one-fourth inch in diameter
aud thirty feet long. It is a good
plan to grease the rope with tallow,
as that will help it to run smoothly
and keep it from kinking. An eyelit
fully half an inch in diameter, of the
sort that is used on awnings, should be
provided for the slip noose. The pic
ture marked No. 4 in the accompany
ing illustration shows how the eyelit
should be adjusted at one eud of the
rope. It must be securely fastened
aud there should be no rough rope
ends sticking out to interfere with
the easy working of the noose.
When your lariat is ready for ser
vice let the rope slip through the
“honda” or eyelet, till a loop about
five feet in diameter is made. Next
coil the remaining rope in your left
hand (see No. 1 in the illustration) un
til the loop and six feet of rope re
main uncoiled. Then grasp the re
maining rope in your right hand, hold
ing it and the loop about one foot
above the honda (see No. 1), and you
are ready for the swing. Iu making the
swing let your wrist be limber, in or
der that as you whirl the loop above
and around your head, from right to
left, the wrist -will turn with the loop,
thus enabling the latter to make a hor
izontal revolution. (See No. 2.) Stand
facing the object you intend to lasso
and when you are ready to make the
throw let the loop go as it swings
from back to front, at the same time
make a quick step forward. At the
instant the east, or throw, is made
the hand should be palm down and
the arm stretched forward at full
length and on a level with the shoul
dsr (see No. 3). After some practice
in throwing the lariat the loop as it
flies through the air will remain open
like a hoop lying on the ground. At
this time the right side of the loep
should be lower than the left. If such
is the case, the low side will strike
the target first and swing the other
side over the object.
In coiling the surplus rope in your
left hand be sure to have it so adjusted
that it will “pay out” easily. The
important thing to learn first is to
make the loop fly straight and on a
level course. Wheu you have reached
the point of skill where your loop re
mains open while sailing and makes a
“bee line” for the mark, you may
know that you will soon be master of
th* lariat.
SAMMIN GANG
IS DOOMED
The Pursuing Posses Continue
Work of Extermination.
LIST OF VICTIMS REACHES FIVE.
Additional Particulars of Lynch
ing of Sammin —Great Ex
citement Prevails.
A state of terror reigns in Decatur
and Early counties, Georgia, as the
result of the outrage upon the Ogle
trees at Safford; the lynching of some
of the perpetrators and the exciting
chase of others of the gang.
The officers of the law are power
less to check the fury of the people,
even if they were so disposed, as the
feeling that the criminals have com
mitted a diabolical crime and are de
serving of no sympathy, is general.
Five members of the gang so far
have been made way with, while an
exciting chase is yet going on for the
associates of those who have been dis
posed of.
It is said that no mistakes have
been made by those who have taken
the law in their own hands, for in
each instance it was known beyond
all doubt that the victim of the mob
was guilty of the crime for which he
was executed.
One of the captives was Charles
Mack, the companion of Sammin. It
was Sammin and .Y' ack who outraged
Mrs. Ogletree in the presence of her
husband at Saffold, one holding a pis
tol at the head of the husband to pre
vent his interference.
Mack was captured at Iron City by
a white man named Cardell. Cardell
tried to get his prisoner through to
jail, hence secreted him. A mob of
several hundred country people met
Cardell and asked the whereabouts of
his prisoner. He declined to say. A
rope was quickly put about his neck
and he was given ten minutes in
which to give up the rapist or his life.
He then told where the negro was. In
a short while the crowd had Mack,
who confessed, corroborating Bam
min’s statement. The men, he said,
were banded together for murder, rob
bery and rape.
Sammin’s Execution Dramatic.
The scene presented at the execu
tion of Sammin was a dramatic one.
Sammin had been completely identi
fied by both Ogletree and Mrs. Ogle
tree and had not opened his mouth in
denial of the charges. He was being
led to a place of execution and those
about him were discussing how they
-would put him to death. Suddenly
Sammin turned to one of his captors
and asked to be allowed to have a
word. He was given permission to
talk, and then in an off-hand way he
told how he and his comrades had en
tered the store, robbed Ogletree, made
him lead the way to Mrs. Ogletree
and how one had held the gun against
Ogletree’s breast while his wife was at
the mercy of his associate.
Sammin begged for his life, promis
ing to take the authorities to where he
could find six other members of the
gnng-
The mob, numbering some two hun
dred men, w’ere too highly incensed,
and nothing but justice on the spot
would quench their thirst for revenge.
They at once chained him to a tree
and after mutilating parts of his body
he was riddled with bullets.
Two Dead Near Balnbridge.
Early Sunday mctatelg the bodies of
two unknown negre msre found on
the Plant System railroad embank
ment near Bainbridge. A big crowd
congregated at the place and examined
the bodies. Ifiwas believed by some
that the men had been accidentally
killed by a train, but others asserted
that the negroes had been hanged by
a mob and their bodies placed on the
track to be run over by a train to make
it appear that that was the means of
their death.
So divided was the opinion that the
coroner was summoned, and he em
panneled a jury which, after several
hours of deliberation, returned a ver
dict that the negroes came to their
death aceidentaly.
DEWEY AT TRIESTE.
Hero of Manila the Gto.gt of Honor at
Banquet By .Bitrians.
Admiral Dewey, by
Capitain and
Brum!
Gif l M Btcr
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