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GEORGIA GROW
tance o! of 15 miles. It is desired
to make the river navigable for a
greatev dutance between Madison
and Tocca.
In Manner to Strongly Empha
size Increasing Prosperity ol
the . State—Seaboard In the
Lead,
That prosperity in Georgia is get
ting greater [every year is conclu
sively proven by the statement of the
gross receipts of the railroads oper
ating within the state, which was
given out at the state capitol Sun
day.
The gross receipts for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1910, were
$44,276,186; and this is more than
$8,500,00 above the gross earnings
for 1907, which was considered the
banner prosperity year all over the
country, and also the year'in which
the country suffered the disastrous
financial panic. j
And in addition to the railroad
figures, are the figures on the bank
deposits in banks controlled by the
state, which a few days ago were
announced, showing a phenomenal
gain of more than $12,000,000.
Tbe railroad in Georgia whose bus
iness increase more than any other
fdr the; period mentioned in the Sea
card Air Line.
Another significant fact about the
.gross receipts is that they show a
gain of $4,769,088 over the year
ending June 30,1909.
Not only have the gross receipts
increased tremendously, but the net
earnings as well. For example,
the Western & Atlantic shows a
gain of $259,859 over the previous
tear.. The gain in net earnings of
fhe Nashville, Chattanooga & St
Louis railroad amounts to $1,826
per mile within the state of G eor-
gia.
The full statement of the increas<j
in gross .earnings of all the roads
is as follows.
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic,
$411,014; Atlanta and West Point.
$125,234; Central of Georgia,$666,-
793;-Atlantic Coast Line, $524,890;
Oeorgia railroad, $360,184; Louis
ville & Nashville, $352,389; Nash
ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis,
$486,632; Seaboard Air Line, $921,-
<009.
Cream of Georgia News
* Rich Tucker and John Harold
took sides in a fight near Al&palha,
in Berrien County, against Owen
Burns and Cheslev Mims as these
..'White boys were at a country home
and in in a intoxicated condition,
so it, is said. Mims was badly beat
en in the face.
In Elm City Park, LaGrange, Roy
McDaniel was shot and killed by D.
Patterson, who claims that the kill
ing was accidental, and he claimed
that he and his brother were fight
ing, and that McDaniel was acci
dentally shot in trying to seperate
them.
Deputy Sheriff M. D. Goode, of
Stewart county, carried back to
Lumpkin from Thomasvillo, Will
Ella Miller, who ran away, Ella be
ing the wife of another negro.
J. D. Faulk, an employee at the
plant of the king Lumber and Oil
Company., at Unidilla, experienced
what is proving to be what is a rather
painful mishap while at work. In
catching at a piece of lumber from
One of the planers a splinter broke
off and lodged in one of his hands.
The report of City Marshal A, B.
Milton, of Thomasville, shows that
for 1910 the number of cases made
in the police court therejwas 621 ;the
convicted were 454.
The Banks county convicts, un
der Captain A. A. Frost, have com
pleted the old state road from Bald
win to the foot of the mountain,
thereby giving the people of Banks
county a first class graded road to
market. Captain Frost with his
force is now at work on the road
leading to Franklin county through
Banks county and is making a first-
class road in every particular.
C. H. Anderson and son narrow
ly missed serious iftjury when their
automobile took to the ditch. They
were going to Statesboro when the
machine got contrary at this point
and turned over in the ditch. For
tunately none of the occupants sub
stained injury. The machine was
• bruised slightly.
Leonard Worley, charged with
the murder of his brother in Hall
county, near Belton, has been con
victed and sentenced to life imprison
ment. (
James Henderson and Alvin Wil
son, in their effort to prevent lun-
ming into two negroes, Gay Scott
and Julia Shelton, turned their au
tomobile, crashing into telephone
pole, wrecking the machine and re
ceiving slight injuries near Hamp
ton. Both negroes were knocked
down and slightly' injured.
Hoboes to Meet in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 30.—Pro
fessional hoboes and knights of the
road, Socialists, anarchicts, chronic
neyer works and charter members
of the Sons of Rest, with a consid
erable admixture of honest working
men out of jobs and equally honest
sociological workers who are anxious
to provide work for everybody, are
among the delegates of the conven
tion to- be held here during the week
by the brotherhood Welfare Associa-
tioy. Preliminary gatherings were
held today and the convention pro
per is expected to open tomorrow.
Mayor Seidel, the Socialists cheif
executive of Milwaukee, has prom
ised to deliver an address.
New York, Chicago, Philedelphia,
St. Louis and various other cities
are represented by delegates who
will tell of the labor conditions pre
vailing in their home municipalities.
James Eade Howe, the “millionaire
hobo” of St. Louis, is chairman of
the organization and will preside at
the meetings. ^
James H. Hall, appointed post
master at Broadhurt, Wayne county
vice E. F. Fleming, resigned.
Congressman T. M. Bell, of the
Ninth District, asks for a survey
of the Tugal River, which is the
boundary line between Georgia and
South Carolina, with the view of in
creasing its navigability. At pre
sent a 20 -ton boat is operated a dis-
With Aid of Little Red Ox
Negro Becomes Land Owner
With only the help of a little red
ox to do his plowing, hauling and
everything else of the kind, Henry
Mitchell, a negro, living near Pavo,
in Thomas county has in five years
paid every cent that he owed for fifty
acres of good Thomas county land
and is now the owner both of that
and a neat dwelling house, which
he has built on the land.
Henry is a good reliable negro
and gets along well with his white
neighbors.
Starting out with practically noth
ing, he has, by hard labor, done
what very few could accomplish and
is an example of industry to both
white and colored.
Site l or Quittman
Federal Building
Washington Jan. 30.—The Treas
ury department has announced the
purchase of a site for the federal
building at Quitman. It is the
northwest corner of Scriven and
Jefferson streets, 20x130 feet, at
$5,000. The vender is II, C. Mc
Intosh,
Our motto; is to sell absolutely the
Finest Quality Obtainable
for the money invested in each article
we have. This statement is well borne
out in our big stock of the
FINEST FURNITURE.
Our prices are as low as the lowest
and are our besl business producers. ;
We Sell for Cash or Credit.
Our terms are liberal and you pay
for anything in our store so easy you
hardly know it.
WE DELIVER THE GOODS
anywhere within a reasonable distance,
WATCH OUR ADS each week.
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