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Death Claims Major Whitner.
.Major John C. Whitner died at
his home in Atlanta Sunday after an
illness extending over several months.
He had antlered several strokes of
paralysis. He was one of the best
known insurance men in the south,
having been engaged in that business
in Atlanta since the latter sixties.
Recently he retired from active serv¬
ice.
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This Railroad to Be Extended.
The granting to the Albany and
Northern railway and the Georgia
Northern railway of franchise rights
<-'» North street in Albany means the
improvement of the terminal faeili
ties of the former and the extension
of the line of the latter southwest
ward through Dougherty, Baker, .Mil¬
ler and perhaps other counties in
tlie course of tli- next few months.
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Green Threatens Fellow Jurymen.
George Green, who was indicted by
lire Floyd county grand jury for per¬
jury in the first Sanford trial, sur¬
rendered to th-- sheriff and was al¬
lowed to go free under a $200 bond.
'Been says that he wifi make it. warm
for some other members of the jury
on whit h lie served, and especially
designate:- one whom lie says he will
have the gr;yid jury indict for “crap
blinding." Several other indictments
are looked for in this same connec¬
tion.
Rate University Trustees Meet.
Ih: hoard of trustees^!’ the j*ii!
versify of Georgia met in’ Atlanta the
v.mt week at the capital, it was
cide | to <>.-intlnuc Ur- rummer school
at Cu university and to lei Dean Da¬
vid ( . Barrow of the university fac¬
ulty. continue at (he head or tile uni
versify until a successor to Chancel¬
lor Dill in named. This election, it
wan decided, will take place imme¬
diately after memorial exercises for
Chancellor Kill are held some time
in April, tin 1 exact date to be- decided
by the commute in charge of them.
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A Deserved Pardon.
Dr. Denis P. Hanvey, the former
Atlanta druggist, who lias been serv¬
ing a life sentence in the penitentiary
since 1895 for the murder of his wife,
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pri: iiu commission for a full pardon,
has Seen granted a pardon by Gover¬
nor Terrell.
The order pardoning Hanvey was at
once sent to the convict camp at Lake
Park, Lowndes county. Hanvey shot
his wife while she was in the act of
leading their youngest daughter
astray.
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Liquor Carrying Case Decided.
The state supreme court decided
In the case of the Southern Express
company against a prominent whole¬
sale liquor flint of Atlanta, holding
that tlu In Dvr may compel the ex¬
press company to carry liquor into
Lnwienceville. Ga . despite the town’s
ordinance prohibiting it. and impos¬
ing a license of $1,000 on such car¬
rier. The decision holds, in effect,
that a common carrier must carry no
goods it lias been accustomed to oar
r.v, and that the town of Lawrence
vllle had no authority, under its char¬
ter. to pass an ordinance imposing a
special license for the carrying of
liquor.
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State Wins in Tax Cases.
The suit of the Central of Georgia
Railroad company and of the Georgia •
Railroad company, against Comptrol¬
ler General William A. Wright, to en¬ |
join him from the collection of taxes i
alleged to have been due the state
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from these railroads on ownership e,
stock in the Western of Alabama rail¬
road. has been decided in favor of the ‘
state by the supreme court of Geor¬
gia. The state asked, in the case !
against the Georgia railroad, that it |
tie compelled to pay hack taxes from
the year In IvCt. but the decision i
bars the collection of taxes prior to :
1M95 by the statute of limitation—
’seven year’s—the suit having been
commenced in 1902. The road, there
fore will be compelled to pay about
$70,009 on its million and a half of
stock. The Central of Georgia road
will pay these back taxes .for 1900, the
only year involved.
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Strohbar Makes $5,000 Bond.
James N Strohbar. who was
brought brought to to Atlanta Atlanta a a few lew days days ago ago
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in the Tower, is at liberty again. He
has been reteaseil ou a $5,000 bond.
Strohbar arrive 1 in Atlanta in the
custody of Det> olive Lockhart of the
Atlanta p< Uce rho went to Cat
nda to get him. Solicitor Hill inform
eJ him tbit his bend had been hxcl
at ?r, an t that, in default c
such • bond, ho must go to jail, gtroh
bar could not then make the
so he went to the Tower for the
night.. Later he succeeded in malting
the bond and was released.
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Court Biffs Pawnbrokers.
The Georgia supreme court has ren¬
dered a decision which in effect d€
dares that no city has the right,
allow pawnbrokers to charge more
than 8 per cent a year, which is the
,
j law of Georgia. The decision holds
that any ordinance providing for
higher rate is invalid.
The case in point was that of B. P
Lockwood against E. Muhlberg, a 3a
vannah pawnbroker. (Lockwood
brought trover proceedings to recover
articles he had pawned with Muhl¬
berg. He claimed that the interest
charges amounted to more than the
original loans, and that the interest
was 10 per cent a month on loans
smaller than $25, and 7 per cent on
loans above this figure.
The supreme court holds that, al¬
though corptin parts of the code allow
municipalities to the right to defif ■
by ordinance the powers and priv. :
leges of pawnbrokers, they do m
confer Lockwood, the power to charge usury. f
having paid interest r
tie late of ip per cent a month ur,
til In- had paid 8 per cent per annum,
was authorized to demand his goods.
On tile main question of whether
a cTiv ordinance has the right to
make legal what the law forbids in
plain terms, the supreme court hoias
that no city has this right. This de¬
cision does not refer mainly to Sa¬
vannah, but to “a municipality,’’ s
is general in its te;ms.
Colonel Estill’s Announcement.
Colonel J. k. Estill of Chatham, edi¬
tor o. tli Savannah Morning News,
has made definite announcement of
In intent.a n to enter the race for gov¬
ernor.
Those who have so far submitted
their can lidacy to the public are the
foliowia-:, given in the order of their
announcement; Hon. Clark Howell of
Fiiiton, Hon. Hoke Smith of Fulton,
Judge It. B. Russell of Jackson, Kon.
James M. Smith of Oglethorpe and
-Colonel J. H. Estill of Chatham.
Colonel Estill’s announcement,which
is short and direct, and addressed to
"The Democratic Voters of Georgia,”
follows;
"In response to requests from many
parts of the state, but more especial!''
from the of^-’-.. Go ujf
, IV ambition
and my own desire ana to
flii the highest office in your gift, I
hereby announce that 1 am a candi¬
date for the democratic nomination for
governor.
“Between this time and the pri¬
mary election 1 shall endeavor to meet
the people cf the several counties and
discuss with them such questions as j j
shall be uppermost in the public mind,
My platform, other than the constitu- j
tion and laws <»f Georgia, is the im¬
partial enforcement of the laws, and j
the treatment of all people and every j
Interest with justice and fairness. j
“Asking your support, I am y r our i
fellow citizen. J. H. E-STILL.”
SOLICITOR SUSPICIOUS OF JLR3RS.
tnnis Demanded Right to Question Vlen
Mho arc to Decide Santord Case.
The Sanford case was resumed at
Rome, Ga., Tuesday afternoon at a
o’clock promptly and the names ot
the jury were read out as follows: S. I
G. Bray, It. A. Jones, A. W. Chap
man, \V. S. Barnett, Harry Donkle,
S, C Sclinan, J. T. Lathrop, L. M.
White, B, A. Blalock, J. E. Watson,
It. F. Smith and ۥ H. House.
After the jury was in the box and
before the jury was sworn, Solicitor
Ennis spuing a sensation by demand
ing the right upon evidence that had
come to him since the jury was made
up to propound certain questions to
certain jurors concerning their com¬
petency, with a view to challenging
the same. For a long time the state
and the defense argued the right of
the state to do this. Judge Wright
finally deciding that the sclicitor had
no right to propound any questions
unless the juror was first attacked by
extrinsic evidence.
L0SI lift Dtff NDING HIR HONOR.
Woman foully Murdered bv Brute Who
Attempted to Assault Her.
Mrs. Bessie Hollister. 30 years olfi,
the wife of Franklin C. Hollister, of
the printing firm of Hollister Broth¬
ers. one of the largest concerns of its
kind in Chicago, was murdered Fri
t by Richard , von8 . 34 years
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Around the woman s neck was twls.
ed a fine copper wire. Death had
; been caused by strangulation.
I yens, who had pretended to find
I the body, an i had reported crime to the short po¬
lice, confessed to the a
time after being arrested.
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