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ROADS’ 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. Grady County Furniture Co G. S. Johnson’s old stand CAIRO, GA. ^illli=illli t® s We’d Like to Have that Next Job of ~ 11111=111111^ ' ./hi o PRINTING A splendid assortment of newest and tastiest type styles and highest grade papers have just been in stalled in our Job Department. II Good Printing costs but little more than [i poor work, and is much more satisfactory 5 ii Let us figure with you on anything in the PRINT ING line. We’ll do our level best to please you. i lk Prop Puna; (o.. I PHONE 141. 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