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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
State Prohibition Bill Introduced.
Mr. Covington of Colquitt has in
t rod need bin state prohibition bill in
the house. It prohibits under penalty
tb<- manufacture or sale of intoxicat¬
ing liquors within the state. Mr. Cov¬
ington says he is going to make a
hard fight in its behalf, and he ex¬
presses the belief that he has good
chances for success.
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Convicted After Seventeen Years.
Oliver Wilcox, colored, was con¬
victed a few days ago in Telfair sif
perlor court of manslaughter and sen¬
tenced to ten years in the peniten¬
tiary. Wilcox was charged with kill¬
ing Boss Fletcher, another negro, No¬
vember 1 , 1888, nearly seventeen
yeans ago. lie was arrested in Cof¬
fee county last November.
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After Emanuels Territory.
T’erhaj.s the county occulting the
most unique position in the matter
of creating new counties, is that of
Emanuel. One member very naively
expressed it, that the onslaught on
the territory of Emanuel by four pro¬
posed new- counties, was but. the eter
nal fitness of things, as "Emanuel”
means sacrifice.
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Death Claims General Thomas.
General B. M. Thomas died at his
home In Dalton Sunday afternoon.
Peritonitis was the cause of iiis
death. He was a graduate of West
Point, and was a distinguished brig¬
adier general in the confederate serv¬
ice. He was one of Dalton’s ablest,
and most influential citizens, and has
been superintendent of the Dalton city
schools for a number of years, and
held that position at the time of his
death.
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F. F. Morgan, cairman of the board
of the directors i>7 The Georgia divis¬
ion of the Travelers’ Protective As¬
sociation, has given the press a very
pointed statement about ’the associa¬
tion and state politics.
—Hr" fiVv ;k .^gj-llutLJ he association is
not in politics, and that, the effort to
make it appear ho was without any
foundation. Ho referred to the drag¬
ging of the association by certain
newspapers into politics, and spoke
of some members of the Georgia re¬
vision who had stated what he de¬
nounced as not true.
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After Ducktown Copper Company.
Senator G. NY. Phillips, of the for¬
ty-second district, has InMxGGTecd in
the senate a resolution providing for
another investigation of the damage
alleged being done by the 1 uektoCn
ooppt r companies of Tennessee, in
the northern pari of Georgia.
Hon. .1. (’. Powell, representative
of Fannin county, introduced the same
resolution in the house and is work¬
ing for the measure The resolutions
provide for the appointment of a com¬
mission of live (onsisUng of the com¬
missioner of agriculture, state chem¬
ist, state geo ogist, W iliam H. Ship
pen and Judge .1. K. Chastain.
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Most Unique Peonage Charge.
Ah Rhodes, farmer, near Hephzibah,
and one of the largest planters in
Richmond county, was given a pre¬
liminary hearing before 1 uited States
Commissioner NY. C. Lane at Augusta
on the charge of peonage, and bound
over to the next term of the federal
court, under a bond of $1,500.
The case was brought by the wife
of NY. K. King, who dec la it* that
her husband is being kept in bondage
and forced to work for a salary that
is not sufficient to keep the wolf away
from the door.
In explanation, she declares that
over her husband is held a warrant
charging larceny; that by means of
this he is held on the farm, and
in fear of prosecution forced to w T k
at wages that mean starvation for
the family.
Rhodes denied the ^legations.
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Georgia School Statistics.
The advance sheets of the annual
report, of the State School Commis¬
sioner Merritt have been distributed
among members of the legislature.
The report shows among other
things of interest that there population jtas been
an increase in schoe'. in
Georgia of nearly lO.t-OO in 1904 over
1903.
Reports from all the heads of the
different departments of the state
vers it y show these nstituttons to be
in ex. client condition.
The statistics for 1901 show that
the s, ’.tool population was - 712 .brn. The
number of pupils attending s -hool was
490,013. Of these 29'.Hu> were white
children and 2.0.23' were negroes.
The number of teachers was It*.300.
Of these 0,951 were white and 3,400
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FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE
Will positively- cure any case of Kidney
or Bladder disease not beyond the reach
of medicine. No medicine can do more.
FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE A. Passed H. Thurnes, Stone Mgr. and Wills Gravel Creek With Coal Excruciating Co., Buffalo, O., Pains writes:
“I have been afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble for years, pass¬
strengthens the urinary organs, ing gave gravel relief. or After stones taking with FOLEY’S excruciating KIDNEY pains. CURE Other medicines the result only was
builds up the kidneys and invig¬ surprising. and now I have A few r,o pain doses across started my the kidneys brick dust, and 1 like feel fine like stones, a new man. etc.,
orates the whole system. FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE has done me $1,000 worth of good.”
IT IS GUARANTEED No Other Remedy Gan Compare With It
Thos. W. Carter, of Ashboro, N. C., had Kidney Trouble and
TWO SIZES 50c and $1.00 one bottle of FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE effected a perfect cure, and
he says there is no remedy that will compare with it.
SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY * . C * ‘
! negroes. The number of school
houses in the state were 7,786. Of
these 4,877 were for whites and 2,859
for negroes. The total value of the
white schoi houses is $4,347,274, while
] the negro school houses are valued
at 567,870, making a total of $4,910.
144.
School libraries. 603; volumes In
school libraries, 101,105; value of
school libraries, $01,590.
Amount appropriated by state, $1,-
591,441.00; raised by local taxation,
000,720.05; received from hire of con¬
victs, $41,699.44; received from other
sources, $102,890.12. Total receipts,
$2,396,750.61.
Paid to county school commission¬
ers and to superintendents, $155,-
848.53; paid to teachers, $1,888,022.13;
paid for school suppl es and build¬
ings, $162,721.80; other expenses,
$121,010.ffl. Total expenses, $2,327,-
603.04.
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Bill for State’s' ExpeiisW. w
The general apropriations bill-for
1906 has been introduced in the
house by Hon. W. H. Davis of Burke,
chairman of the committee on general
appropriations, to which committee
the measure was lefcrred.
No special appropriation bill will
he considered by the committee unt.i
the general bill has been disposed of.
The general appropriations bill as
introduced piovides tor total appro¬
priations of $l,108,29s for each of the
years 1906 and 1907 as follows;
Executive department . . .$ 55,9
Judicial department .... 109,000
Public institutions..... 550,714
Public debt and interest . . 407.8.-it
Public schools...... 1.735,70!
Pensions........ 890,000
Prison department...... 135,0'.;-.i
Legislative department . . . 70,tTo
Miscellaneous iums .... 151,160
Total.........$ 1,108,29S
The appropriation for public scpcois
from direct taxation is only $l, 0 eo. 0 oe,
but this is in adddiCn to all amounts
from other sources, which the law re¬
quires to go to common schools, bring¬
ing the total up to $1,735,704, as es¬
timated for each of the years 1966
and 1907.
The total estimated revenue for the
state for 1906—and it will be about
the same for 1907—is $4,250,000, of
which about $2,7"ue,000 will come from
direct taxation and about $1,550,000
from the rental cf the NYosTcrn and
Atlantic railroad, convict rental,
liquor and other specific taxes anti
other sources.
HEAT Have SEAYS TWENTY-TWO.
List ot Fatalities in New York Reached
Hiqh Water Mark Saturday.
Despite the slightly lower temper¬
ature and a brisk northwest breeze,
the deaths from heat in New York
Saturday reached the highest number
of the summer, for there were twen¬
ty-two victims. This is accounted for
on the score that the humidity dur.ng
the week had weakened the consti
tut ions of many persons, who finally
succumbed.
TAILING WALIS UkE FOUR LIVES.
Gale Wrecks Biq Building in Course of Con¬
struction With Deadly Result.
A large four-story building jn
course of eve; ticn at Winnipeg. Man¬
itoba. was blown down by a gale, and
in falling its western wall crushed
adjoining houses, killing four per¬
sons and injuring ten.
Considerable damage was also done
by tue wind on the edge of the city.
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of great ranches affords a fine opportunity to get a small farm that
will assure you a competence?
Do you want to live where, with a minimum of labor, you can
profitable crops of grapes and small fruit, oranges, lemons,
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Tjie Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
is the most direct route to the Pacific Coast, and there are two
fast through trains daily via this line, over the famous double¬
track Special railway between Chicago and the Missouri River.
low round-trip rates are in effect via this line
throughout the summer to various Pacific Coast points, and
colonist low rate one-way tickets will be on sale during Sep¬
tember make and the October, which give an unusual chance for settlers
to 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 I North-Western, Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railways.
W. B. KNISKERN,
P. T. M. C. &. N.-W. Ry„ Chicago, 111.
Please mail free to my address, California booklets, maps and full
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