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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Rindom.
Special Election in OTder.
J. L. and George Galloway, wlio
were killed by R. T. Ewing, while
returning from an excursion to Knox¬
ville, were buried Saturday at the
family burying ground near Blue
Ridge. It is expected that the ordi¬
nary will call a special election with¬
in the next few days "to elect a suc¬
cessor to fill out the unexpired term
of Tax Collector J. L. Galloway.
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Graduates Demand Investigation.
The graduates of M’ercer university
for the past three years are circulating !
a petition among the members I
throughout the state which will be
presented to the board of trustees
at the meeting in Macon for the pur¬
pose of asking that the present
trouble causing the resignation of two
members of the faculty be thorough¬
ly investigated and the true situation
ascertained.
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'Building of Courthouse Enjoined.
Th'e injunction to stop the building
of the new courthouse in Madison by
direct taxation was heard - oefore Judge
Gray Lewis in Greensboro. Tile in¬
junction was sustained and he author¬
ized the commissioners to refund fhe
bonus to the contractors.
It is sail! that the people feel very
much relieved, as it woulll have been
quite a burden on them to have to
pay the extra tax.
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Lumber Rate Case Set.
Judge Emory Speer of the United
States circuit court has set for a hear¬
ing on June 20th the celebrated ‘‘lum¬
ber rate case,” wherein the members
of the Georgia Sawmill associafion
have sought to enjoin thirty railroads
from Increasing the rate of lumber
2 cents a hundred.
. The rates complained about, how¬
ever, have been in effect for the past
two years, a temporary restraining or¬
der having been refused by Judge
Speer when they went into effect at
the instance of the railroads.
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Plant to Resume Operations.
The plant of the o~J Barnesville
Manufacturing company has been sold
and will he put in operation in s
very short time. Mr. W. FT. Robert¬
son of Macon is the purchaser for
himself or others. It is said the new
owners are able to back the mill
with a million dollars if necessary. It
is understood that the price paid to,
the property is about $65, 10.
The mill went into ~he hands of a
receiver in December, 1901, and has
since been in litigation, until it was
sold some monhs ago to those hold¬
ing its bonds.
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Five Negro Children Cremated.
Last Friday night near Sylvester,
the family of Albert McDonald visited
the family off Isaac Fennell. They
locked their children up in The house
and went to church, as usual, and,
while at church, the house caught
fire, six of them escaped, and five
an all, were burned.
When they left to go to church they
locked eleven children up In the
house, and, when the house caught
afire, six of tnerii escaped, and fire
were destroyed with house and con¬
tents. Two of the McDonald children
were burned and three of Feneli’s.
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Hoke Smith in Race for Governor.
Hon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta has for¬
mally entered the gubernatorial race.
He issued his formal announcement
Saturday night, and in it briefly out¬
lined his platform and the principles
which he proposes to advocate.
In iris announcement Mr. Smith
states that his candidacy is based
on opposition to corporate aggression.
He mentions three particular reforms
which he states he will favor. These
are the enlargement of the powers of
the railroad commission, the election
of railroad commissioners by the peo¬
ple and the strenuous enforcement of
laws against lobbying.
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Georgia’s Jamestown Commission.
Georgia's cotton acreage lias been
reduced 13 per cent, as compared with
last year, while there has been a
reduction of a little more than 14
per cent in the amount of fertilizers
used under cotton, according to the
Mlay report of the state department
of agriculture, made public Saturday.
This estimate is based ou reports re
j ceived from between 500 and 1,000 cor
| respondents in all parts of the state,
| J as many as six or eight reports each
having been received from the more
| important agricultural counties.
Commissioner O. B. Stevens das had
! alTof these reports carefully analyzed
| and tabulated, and liis May crop re
j | port them. is an accurate summary of
Commissioner Stevens predicts a
big slump in the yield of cotton in
the state, as compared with last year,
I which he attributes quite as much
to providential causes as to the re¬
duction in the acreage.
‘‘If the present unfavorable weather
; conditions, coupled with the scarcity
i of. labor, continue,” Commissioner Ste
j | vens said, “Georgia 1,000,000 will not make
more than bales of cotton
this year. Even with the most favor¬
able weathe condition from now on,
throughout the season, the state can¬
not, in my opinion, make more than
1.500.000 bales, -as compared with v he
1,900,000-bale crop of 1904. The in¬
dications are, as I see them, that there
will be about a 25 per cent reduc¬
tion in the yield in this state, even
though the reduction in acreage was
much smaller than that.”
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Colonel Stevens’ Report.
The annual report of the depart
j | ment of agriculture, O. IT. Stevens,
commissioner, has just been issued
j from the press. This report contains
j a number of interesting facts regard
j ing the work of this department with
which, perhaps, the public is not gen¬
erally familiar. The department main¬
tains four cattle inspecTbrs in Rabun,
Towns, Union and Fannin counHes,
the only counties in Georgia from
j which ca-tTie can be shipped under the
United States quarantine laws to the
markets of the north and west.
By careful economy the department
has saved from the annual appropria¬
tion of $10,000, during th'e pas! four
years, $4,000, which has been turned
back into the state treasury, not¬
withstanding during that time it has
issued and distributed 10,000 copies
of the most comprehensive work on
Georgia ever published. The depart¬
ment has also issued 4,OUT copies of
a comprehensive book on “Georgia’s
Resources and Advantages,” some of
which are still on hand anT are now
being distributed.
The department, received during the
year $92,177.9" from fertilizer Inspec¬
tion fees, of which $65,811.57 was
turned into the state treasury for
the school fund, the balance going to
pay the expenses of Inspection.
The department received $34,449:39
from the inspection of oiis, T7T 'which
■ $10,593.28 was turned ! nto the state
treasury for the school fund.
Georgia’s Jamestown exposition
commissioners held their first meet¬
ing at the state capitol a few days ago,
organized for work and mapped out \
plans which they propose to pursue
with a view to having the state well j
represented at the coming Virginia
fair.
Hon. W. X. Mitchell of Atlanta, rep¬
resentative of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, was deginated by Govt. - *.at
Terrell as president of the commis¬
sion. Mr. Mitchell is a native of :
Virginia, and because of his inter¬
est in both states he will use his
utmost efforts toward getting the best
sort of representation from Georgia.
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Father and Son Convicted.
Mac Patterson, 45 years old, and
his son, Burrell Patterson, 22 years
old, who were the past week con¬
victed of the killing of William Stew¬
art, In Fi'aniTTh, Heard county, on
April 20, 1904, dhe father receiving a
life sentence and the son a sentence
to be Banged on June 30, were re
moved To Atlanta by Sheriff Lipford
and lodged in the tower for safe-keep¬
ing.
Both men declined to make any
statement. They will appeal Their
cases, a motion of this kind already
having been made.
On April 20, 1904, the Pattersons
met Stewart in Franklin. IT was elec¬
tion day and all the men were drink¬
ing. It appears that Stewart owed
Mac Patterson money, and Burrell
Patterson asked him for it. Stewart
did not have it, and the men had a
dispute. Burrell went to his father
and told him that Stewart would not
Stewart. Burrell returned and sTot
Stewart, killing him almost instantly.
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Georgia Cotton Acreage Reduction.
State Chemist John "I. McCandless
reports the inspection of more than
700.000 tons of fertilizers during the
year, which necessitated a larger
number of chemical analyses than
ever/ before in the history of the de¬
partment.
The state entomologist, R. I. Smith,
reports the inspection of 210 nurseries,
to 178 of which certificates were is¬
sued. There were also inspected 163
orchards, in fifty-eizht of which the
San Jose scale was found. The boll
weevil quarantine has been strictly
enforced.
London’s new county hall, on tre
Thames, will cover 5.0 acres.
Barber Shop.
FOR WHITES ONLY
Has Been Running 30 Years.
More Complete Than Ever
Razors Honed.
—GIVE ME ATRIAL—
BUD JONES.
EAST COMMERCE STREET.
CrawfordviUe Pressing Gluh.
Do you need pressing, dyeing
or cleaning? Read below;
Cleaning Pauls.. . --------85c
Pressing Fants____ _________15c
Cleaning Coats and Vests_____50c
Pressing Ladle's Skirts____85c
Dyeing Skirts________50c to Toe
Spots taken ont._______5c to 10c
SATISFACTION Dyeing ribbon from 4c to ANTE 5c vard. ED
GUAR
Word called for and delivered.
S. L. ANDERSON.
Mercier Building.
COMPLETE Cotton, Oil and J, Saw, Fertilize? (iris?.
MILL OUTFITS.
Gin, Press, Car.e Mill and Shingle Outfits.
Building, Factory Bridge, Furnace, Hastings.
and Railroad
Railroad. Mill.Machln ’1 and Factory 8vp
plies. Kitting*'Saws, Belting, PaokiS. File Injectors, Oilers. Eto- ripe 1P
JBssF’Last, everyday; wq 1 SO Hands
IombardIronWoj= s&SuppfyCo
Augusta, i orgia.
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van in any other equal area in the world, where the division
of d iches affords a fine opportunity to get a small farm that
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Th< to California, where both health and opportunity await
your •
icago, Union Pacific and
lorth-Western Line
is the ri st direct route to the Pacific Coast, and there are two
track fast thij r| lway igh trains between daily Chicago via this and line, the over Missouri the famous River, double
Sp< ial low round-trip rates are in effect via this line
through colonist low ut the rate summer to tickets various will Pacific be Coast sale during points, Sep- and
one-way on
tembei >nd October, which give an unusual chance for settlers
to m 2 ‘the trip at a minimum of expense.
Daily and personally conducted excursions are operated through to San
Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland without change, on which a double
berth in a Pullman tourist sleeping car from Chicago costs only $7.00, via the
Chicago & North-Western, Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railways.
W. B. KNISKEP.N,
P. T. M. C. Ei N.-W. Ry., Chicago, III.
Please mail free to my address, California booklets, maps and full
FILL IN,;THIS COUPON particulars concerning nutes and train service.
AND MaIL IT TO-DAY.
NW 484
DYSPEPSIA CURE
DIGESTS WHAT YOU EAT
The 51.00 battle contains 2'/t times the trial size, which sells for 50 cant*.
PREPARED OHCY AT THE LABORATORY OR
E. C. DeWITT Sc COMPANY, CHICAGO. ILL.
FOK SALE BY HADAWAY A MOOliE.
1 mu 111 i n mi ifi i u
To Cure a Cold in On® Day in Cures Two Grip Days.
Take Laxative Eromo Quinine Tablets, n? (Vif/ box. on every
Seven Million boxes soM in past 12 r*onths. This Signature 25c.
$ 2.25 EXPRESS PREPAID
Our celebrated COBB.COUNTY CORN is u copper distillea
liquor of the highest quality. It is guaranteed three years old. and
is distilled on the {rood old style plan over aa open furnace, which
gives a delicacy of ilavor not to bo had in any other brand.
We will ship one gallon of this excellent whiskey, packed
in aplain case express prepaid, for £2.-5, ersh to accompany the
order. We make no C. O. 1) shipments. Our goods are guaran¬
teed to be as represented and your money will be refunded if you
are dissatisfied.
Mr. O EG ROE INGRAM, formerly with Thos. Akins, at
Crnwfordville, is .with us and will be glad to serve any of his old
I Taliaferro Address friends. all orders to
A. H. HARRIS & CO.,
12 Walton Street. Atlanta, Ga.
Oconee Marble Works,
Westminster, S C,
C. E. GUAY, PropT*.
Monuments, Tablets Headstones
And nil Cemetery work. Also Iron nud Sh cl Fencing. Absolute mitisfaction
guaranteed. Prices, estimates and i! titrations furnished on application. Cull on
or write to II. B. NELMS, Traveling Salesmen, Hartwll. Ga. The latter wil
visit the county every (|i‘ or 9o days.