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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1895)
THROUGH GEORGIA. BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATE, Being a Summary of Interesting Hap penings From Day to Day. Georgia’s governor and his staff will bo in Chicknmanga at noon September 19th, and will participate in all of the exercises attending the opening of the national park. * * * The city court af Monroe oounty is to be abolished. Tho jury after ex amining the records of the city court and books of the oounty commission- 1 ers, entered into a full discussion of the meritB and demerits of the court. • The jury then balloted on the ques tiod with the following result: To abolish court, 13; against, 10. * * * Mr. W. S. Withara, of Atlanta, pres- 1 ■ ident in several banks in this and other southern states, has organized a strong bauk in Davisboro. The stock was j. over-subscribed and paid for on the spot. A new bank building will at once be erected. In the meanwhile temporary quarters have been ar ranged for, and the bank is expected l • to begin business at once. || Wine-makiDg is becoming a promi | \ nent industry in Lawrenceville. More |;%ver gallons have been made this year than I before. Right in the town fully 3,000 gallons have been made. Colo ! nel T. E. Winn has made about 1,600, | Bagwell Brothers about 800 gallons and J. B. Shackelford 500 gallons. ||Oiher tities.—Athens parties have News. made smaller quan Vice-President and General Mana ger W. B. Sparks, of the Georgia Southern and Florida railway, has been asked to resign by President Wm, Checkley Shaw, There is no bitter personal feeling between Messrs. Sparks and Shaw, but it is simvly a difference arising from re fusal of Mr. Sparks to recognize Mr. B. C. Smith, an appointee of Presi dent Shaw. * * * The program for the International •'ire Chiefs to be held at Augusta next nonth has been announced and prom ses to be extremely interesting. A pecial train has been procured to con vey the chiefs attending the convention 3 the exposition in a body, and ne otiations are on foot to engage one :om Atlanta to Augusta to those of le chiefs who may wish to attend the eposition first. ; The prohibitionists of the state will eet in annual convention at Atlanta, h the 30th of October, for the pur pse of considering matters of inter tt to the members, notably the anti ^irroom bill now pending before the gislature. The president of the as ciation, Hon. C. R. Pringle, of San rsville, and the secretary, Mr. A. A. jjLoacb, icial call of for Atlanta, the convention. have issued the The synod of the Presbyterian Birch \ of Georgia will meet at Macon November 20th next. This will be ' semi-centennial session and it has bcial significance from the fact that !) synod was formed at Macon fifty krs ago. There will be from 200 to it delegates in attendance, consisting preachers, elders and deacons. The jii-centennial ^resting. Some exercises of the will ablest be very and it eloquent preachers in the south members of the synod of Georgia. L he plan for the rehabilitation of } Savannah, Americus and Mont lery railroad has been unanimously roved by the reorganization com See, and promulgated by General n Gill, chairman of the committee. . plan provides for the raising of j 75,000, which is deemed sufficient ipe out the indebtedness of the pany, extend the road from Lyons ' avannah and provide a considera amouut for the improvement of property. A new corporation lifts i formed under the name of the rgia and Alabama railway. jvernor Atkinson has returned to ata from Lithia Springs, where he oeen spending the last two weeks, governor walked into the execu tnansion with a steady step and ared much stronger than he has i since the violent attack. In fact, £ pronounced by his physician, Dr. ies, to be in a better condition he has yet been since the opera Dr. Holmes made a trip to the igs and removed the coating from •onnd caused by the operation, e meantime the wound has entire »ied and will give the governor !rther trouble. len the Brunswick State bank ^-30,000 j it was of a the state state’s depository and H money on secured by local boudsmen. lithe Kid failure Receiver Brobston off $23,000 of this debt. The Ululated interest added to the bal lue makes $10,000 in round num- bers yet due. Comptroller General Wright has written that he can wait no longer for a settlement of this bal ancr and unless the bondsmen pay up the state's attorneys will bo instructed to bring suit against them. Ho prom ises, however, if the bondsmen pay up at once without suit, he will try and get the legislature to refund the in terest. Atlanta is to have a new jail. This was decided at a meeting of the coun ty commissioners when the tax rate was fixed for the county at $6.64 on the thousand. Of this amount $2.20 on the thousand was levied to r public buildings. This will raise about $100, 000, $00,000 of which will be used tor building a new jail. The location of, the new structure has not yet been de cided upon. The direct tax for the jail will necessarily raise the rate in Fulton county, the county rate being $6.44 and the state rate being $4.66, the total rate for state and connty taxes being $11.00, or in plain figures $11.10 taxes to be paid on every one thousand dollars’ worth of property. The dates for the sale of the Central and Savannah and Western railroads have been fixed. Judge William D. Harden, who represents the reorgani zation committee in Savannah, has re ceived a letter stating that October 5 has been fixed as the date for the sale of the Savannah and Western, and October 7 the date on which the Cen tral railroad and its property and franchises will go under the auction eer’s hammer. No reason is given as to why the Savannah and Western is to be the first property to go on the block, but as the sale, in any event, is only a matter of formality, it really makes very little difference wliiok property is bought in first. The Middle Georgia Horticultural Society met at Experiment a few days and proceeded to dismiss the leading to the financial failure the present year’s fruit crop. Quite a large crowd was present and attentively to addresses from members, prominent Colonel among J. being those given by Boyd, Judge J. J. Hunt, George Stewart, S. M. Wayman and Colo F. W. Flynt. The causes fixed up were excessive freight rates, de packing, lack of co-operation shippers and others. Various com was appointed and the reg routine of business gone through with. This was perhaps the largest the society has yet held, and display of fruits and flowers were especially fine. The parade on the opening day of the exposition will be one of the great est in the history of Atlanta. There will be no civic organizations in the line which marches from the center of the city to Piedmont park. It is to be a military procession entirely. Col onel Kellogg, who has charge of the arrangement for the parade, has an nounced that he will confine the pa rade to the military companies which will be in Atlanta on that day. As a result it is probable that the parade will be the most imposing in the his tory of the state. Every effort is be ing made to induce the military com panies from every portion of the state and the surrounding states to join in the parade, and Colonel Candler ex presses the belief that there will be a full brigade on hand. FARMERS RESENT IT. They Declare They Will Not Pay tho Extra Charge. The warehousemen of Griffin have announced that during the coming season they W'ould assess the farmers 15 cents per bale in addition to the amount paid by the buyers. For several years post the weighing has been done free so far as the farmers were concerned, and when the raise was announced it caused a great big kick. One prominent planter from near the city even went so far as to say that he would haul his cotton to Jack son, a distance of twenty-one miles, before he would pay the extra amount. It is also said that a petition is being circulated asking the farmers of the surrounding territory to carry their cotton to other markets. On the other hand the warehouse men claim that they have lost money right along while the old system was practiced, and claim that as the price of cotton haB gone up that the farmers ought not to grumble at 6uch a small increase in the expense column. They are not worrying themselves over tho matter, as they claim their market will pay higher prices for cotton than any of the surrounding towns, a circum stance that will be sure to bring them all to Griffin. BASS DEFENDED. His Attorneys Present Some Sensation al Affidavits. Those muchly talked of affidavits in the case of Baker A. Bass, the com mission man who was murdered at At lanta have come to light. The affida vits are seven in number, all of which are sensational in the extreme. In addition to the affidavits, the attorneys for the wife of the murdered man have written a card for the public touching SCHLEY COUNTY NK\V*. on the case. Tho card refers to one written by Detectives and Me haffey, wherein they denred that they liail any ill will toward Bass and cited instances in which they nllego that tho commission man received stolen goods. Messrs. C. D. Camp, T. W. Itucker and C. L. Pettigrew, attorneys for Mrs. Bass, have been' securing affida vits attempting to show that efforts were made to bribe witnesses to swear against Bass, and that his life had been threatened by certain detectives. In one of tho affidavits tho affiant alleges that ho heard Detective Conn threaten tho life of Bass. Several of tho affiants allege that efforts were made to bribe them to swear against Bass. Tho detective dejmrtment makes a sweeping deuinl of the charges in tho affidavits, especially as to the allega tion of threats and as to attempting to bribe witnesses. Through their attorneys they have dared the men who made affidavits to the test and have taken vigorous steps. They have employed legal assistance and propose to meet every statement that comes with a strong answer. They announce ready for any sort of investigation that may be suggested by those making the charges. A BOOK ON GEORGIA. The State’s Resources and Possibilities Presented in Neat Form. There has just been published, un der the direction of Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt, a valuable and important book, showing the resources of the state. It will be remembered that at tho last session of the legislature a resolu tion providing for such a publication was introduced by Representative Fo garty, of Richmond county, and was adopted. Since then the commission er and his assistants have been kept busy preparing tho material for the handbook. It has just been issued from the press and is entitled “Geor gia, Her Resources and Possibilities. ” This is the most comprehensive work of its kind yet given to the public. It covers the entire field, and it is ar ranged admirably, so that the seeker for information will have no trouble whatever in finding just what he de sires to know. The book closes with a condensed statistical description of each county, the counties arranged by sections. The imputation, the and re sources of every kind, agricultural mineral, is given in convenient form. Especially valuable just at this time is the information given about water powers and manufactures. Throughout the book are maps and illustrations affording an excellent in sight into the physicial and product ive character of the state. Commis sioner Nesbitt has devoted not only time but enthusiasm to the prepara tion of the work. It is a subject which is near his heart, and the result is a valuable addition to the literature rel ative to Georgia. ANOTHER CLAIM Against the Spanish Government Will be Presented by Uncle Sam. Another claim of as much importance as the Mora indemnity is going to be presented by the United States govern ment before the government of Spain in a demand for the restoration of the property confiscated by the Spaniards during the last war from Martin Cas tillo and Agramonte, an American cit izen. Like the Mora claim, the case has been the subject of no small amount of correspondence between the two governments and it was ru mored late in Havana that owing to tho demands made by the state depart ment at Washington the Agramonte claim would be paid immediately after the settlement of Mora’s. One year ago the prospects of a set tlement were so bright that a Spanish capitalist came all the way from Mad rid to New York and tried to buy Senor Agramonte’s claim. Agramonte refused, stating that he had his case in the hands of the state department at Washington. Seven months ago Mr. Agramonte died, leaving five daughters, one of whom is married to Senor Miguel de Morales, of this city. The claim is for the amount of $1,500,000 with in terest. OVER A MILE A MINUTE. Satisfactory Speed T,;st of an Electric Locomotive in Baltimore. The first speed test of the electric locomotive v hich has been used to draw trains through the Belt line tun nel at Baltimore was made Saturday. A speed of sixty-one miles an hour was developed. This was mado on the heavy grade of the tunnel and the en gineers say it was equivalent to seventy five miles au hour on a level track. Bepresentntives of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and of the General Electric Company were in the cab of the electric giant and are well pleased with the result. l*lug Tobacco Manufacturers. The plug tobacco manufacturers held ft meeting at New York behind closed doors. It was announced that it has been decided to manufacture cigarettes aud flood the market. Tho first of the new brands will be placed on sale within thirty day. WON BY GEORG IANS. SAVANNAH RIFLEMEN SECURE TIIE PRIZE AT SKA GIRT. They Were Closely Pushed, However, by Washington’s Team. Tho south was victorious over the north Wednesday in one of the most important matches ever held at Sea Girt, N. J. It was the third day’s programme of tho New Jersey State Rifle Assi ci ition, and tho event was the intemato military match. The trophy shot for was a large bronze “Soldier at Marathon,” presented by the commander-in-chief on behalf of the state of New l'ork to be shot for annually and to be held during the year by the adjutant general of the state whose team wins it now. It iB at the statehouse at Trenton, it having been won laHt year by the New Jersey marksmen. When the Savannah shoot ers start for home they will take this trophy along with them, and each con testant on the team will wear a medal to show what he did toward maintain ing the reputation of the sooth. The wind was blowing about six miles an hour when the match com menced at 9:30 a. m. The guardsmen set their wind guages accordingly. As the day wore on the wind increased. Five teams entered the interstate mili tary match as follows: Georgia, Dis trict of Columbia, New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia. Each state selected twelve of its best marksmen. At 200 yards the position was stand ing and at 6,00 yards prone. An Exciting Finish Georgia led the Washingtons at the 200-yard mark, but they were afraid of the Capital City marksmen on the longer range. Captain Cann, one of the Georgia marksmen, said after the 200-yard scoffs were finished that he doubted very much if the southerners would carry away the trophy. The Washington marksmen bad made un usually good scores in the 500-yard range and Captain Cann based his prediction on that fact. Little atten tion was paid to either New York, Pennsylvania or New Jersey, as they were practically out of the race, al though the New York boys put up a fairly good score on the long range, but the low score of 473 gave them little mtie chance cuance of ot winning winning. lhe excitement between the District of Columbia and the Georgia teams was at fever heat. Captain William son, of the last named team, stood by Lis men and coached them. When Private Pollard, who is over 60 years of age and as spry and agile as a man of 20, missed the target at the seventh round on the 100-yard range, the Georgia boys were jubilant, but their joy was short-lived. Carleton mado. a score of 49 out of a possible 50. This dampened the enthusiasm of the southerners. to 1hat time lhe highest score wus 48, made by F. F. Wilson, of Georgia. Georgia Wins. It was anybody’s match until the last shot was fired. When the scores on the two ranges were added it was found that the Georgians had made 1,043 points to the District of Colum bia’s 1,037, a difference of only six. Then a cheer went up that drowned the noise of the shooting. Captain W. W. Williameon was the happiest man ou the grounds. He shook the hand of every one of bis men and congratu lated them on the good shooting they had made. No feeling of hostility was there among the gathering of national marksmen, no feeling of envy existed. It wus one nation bound together by a fraternal bond of friendship. The Washington guardsmen sent up a cheer and tho Georgia boys followed with three cheers and a tiger for their op ponents. SCOTT ACQUITTED. Jacksonville’s ex-Treasuror Gains a Victory Over His Enemies. Robert C. Scott, ex-city treasurer, of Jacksonville, Fla., who was on trial four days on a charge of embezzling city funds, was acquitted Thursday evening. The specific ground on which Scott was tried was the alleged embezzlement of a check of $2,0i)0, which the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad hud paid for taxes. There are five other cases of a similar character against Scott, but they will not be pushed. At the last city election Scott’a po litical enemies won and they started out to “Lexow” the out-going officials. It has been generally conceded that there was no basis for the charges against Scott and that they were made by his political enemies solely for the purpose of disgracing him. Railway Clerks in Convention. The first annual convention of the Railway Clerks’ Benefit Association met in session at Chicago Wednesday. The annual report of the secretary Bhowed a surplus of $33,000 agaiust $13,000 during the past year. The association has 3,448 members, 300 of whom have been added during the year. Eleven assessments, aggregat ing $58,000, were paid since the last report. There were 170 delegates in attendance. Colonizing Alabama. The Southern States Magazino has a special dispatch showing that recent sales of laud along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Northern and West ern people aggregate 40,000 acres. Of this amount 22,000 acres have been sold to a colonization company organ ized at Sioux City, la., which propose* to take active steps at once to settle people from Iowa and other western states on this tract. The land will be laid out for farmiug purposes with a town in connection with it for such settlors as prefer town life. This property ia located about sixty miles north of Mobile, No Fir© Works. Little Johnnie—Are you going to fire Rev. off Dr. crackers betweeu'your teeth? friend. I’m Primrose—No, my young , going to celebrate ths . , by delivering ^ 01 [ 10U9 anniversary an u f a ? D " ^ hatever put such a foolish 1 *I°. nr 1 0 ohnme I heard dad say 3 0U ^ ere lo shoot off your mouth.—New York Truth. Who Can Answer? 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