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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Secret Orders to Celebrate.
The Fourth of July will be celebrat
ed by The secret orders of Atlanta at
Ponce de Leon Springs. Arrangements
for the celebration have already been
made, and it is probable that it will
be The largest Fourth of July celebra
tion that has ever been held in the
South.
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Commission Urges Reformatory.
Strong reference to thr necessity for
a state reformatory for youthful crim
inals is made by the prison commis
sion in its annual report, which has
just been sent to the printer.
T'here is a measure now pending be
fore the legislature providing for an
Investigation of toe reformatory ques
tion. with a view to taking some ac
tion at this suion.
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Slaton Is Commuted.
Governor Terrell, on recommenda
tion of the prison commission, has
commuted from the death penalty to
life imprisonment the sentence of
Jack Slaton, colored. Who was convict
ed of the murder of a negro woman
In Wilkes county, and sentenced to die
on the gallows. This case has been
pending for some time and one or two
respites have been granted in order to |
allow time for a proper consideration
of the case.
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New Electric Line Proposed.
The latest railroad talk is that ilie
electric company of Gainesville will
run a line to Homer, Banks county, via
White Sulphur Springs, Gillsville,
Commerce to Homer. A meeting has
been held at Homer and the puc » c
there are enthusiastic over the pros
pects of securing railroad facility.s.
They stand willing to pledge large
subscriptions and to* secure the right
of way fo>- the line.
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Still Waiting for Their Money.
Can a dead man be adjudicated a
bankrupt? This is a question, being
freely asked by attorneys interested
in the affairs of the late R. H. Plain
estate, and an answer to this question
will determine just about when the
hundreds of widows and orphans, poor
people and rich will get whit is com
ing to them from the I. C. Plant’s Son
Bank.
Since the collapse of the two banks
the depositors of the private institu
tion have waited patiently for the af
fairs of the dead banker to be straight
ened out by the receiver.
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Raided Treasury First Day.
Members of the legislature, or at
least some of them, sw'ooped down
upon the state treasury on the first
day of the session and drew there
from the sum of $280. Some of the
members apologized to Treasurer Park
for seeming eager ic> get their pay,
hut stated that they needed the mon
ey. Another delegation of solans call
ed at the treasury on the second day
and drew two days' pay. From now un
til the close of the session there will
he lively times in the treasury de
partment, and the officials there will
be busy paying out money and keep
ing a record of it.
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Quota of Troops Cut Down.
An order recently isued cutting
Georgia's quota of soldiers from 2.200
to 1,500. and cutting the time of their
presence on the Gettysburg battle
field 15 to 16 days is the obstacle
which seems now to stand in the way
of the Georgia troops, and which will
likely debar them from participation
in the maneuvers.
Much correspondence is now going
on between the adjutant general’s of
fice and the different commanders in
the sta.e and the war department at
Washington in an effort to have a
contingent from the Georgia stare
troops present. I
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Farmers’ Institutes.
An interesting and valuable meas
ure that has made its appearance in
the house is that by Mr. Leigh, of Cow
eta, providing for the establishment
anu maintenance in Georgia of a sys
tem of farmers’ institutes. This meas
ure provides that a farmers’ insti
tute shall be held in each senatorial
district in the state annually, and
that tihe sum of $2,500 shall be appro
priated in addition to the $1,000 now
guaranteed by the state university to
pay the expenses of the director and
the lecturers at these institutes. These
institute® are to last not less than
days in each senatorial district.
Last year for the first time,
ers’ institutes were held in each
atorial district of the state.
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State Owes Teachers $60,000.
The $60,000 which is due the
ers of Georgia by the state cannot
paid for some time yet. The
has informed State School
sioner Merritt that no more payments
can be made at present, as the eondi- ;
tion of the rreaury is very much de- i
pleted, and with the legislature in sev |
iiloa, it will take nevly all The
money that is coming in to meet the I
demands of the sole ns; j
On that account the teachers .•in
have io wait until the treasury get ;
an overplus before they get that $;-0 j
000. Many of the pedagogs have be- !
gun a complaint to the stau houl
commissioner, but he is powertes in
the matter.
If a loan is made by the ate. it is I
likely that the teachers will be paid, I
but borow the governor docs not want to ! |
any money unless it is ahso
lately necessary.
No Increase in Pensions. ! *
Commissioner of Pensions Lindsay j !
announces that it will not be- neees- !
sary for the legislature to increase j j
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the appropriation for pensions for the j
r- ar siln!fican 1 lb ft"™' H !
t S S f. * t * 1 i” ,n :,i v i
n u 1,1 aMOU appropriations .'V, *...
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i)].i> grow css ..mil io year, i
Not that the state of Georgia will to ;
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joice over the tact, but it does , not
stancl , to reason that ...... the old ,, . heroes 1 .
who , wore the ,, gray will ... live much ,
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longer, , and , every year now- will ... wit- !
ness their , , gradual passing away. | i
The amount , needed , , fur - next year j
will ... be . $85,000. AAA Commissioner . . Lindsay . . , ;
. busy with ... , his . rolls „ for - next , year
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and , wall ... be . engaged , in . getting 0 ... them ,,
m shape tor some time , to - come. :
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Corporation Tax Bill.
The feature of Frday’s session o 1
the house was the passage by a vot
of 125 to 3 of a bill providing for tin
appointment by the comptroller gti
oral of a board of state tax asses
sors.
The bill, in substance, calls for the
appointment by the comptroller gen
eral of three disinterested persons
whose duly it shall be to assess all
corporation property in the state which
is new returned to the office of the
comptroller general. The assessors
shall have the power to summon wit
nesses and to examine hooks, and the
valuation which they shall place on
any corporation!! property shall be
final and not subject to appeal.
Ir, is ihe purpose of the bill to ap
ply only to the property in the state
owned by corporations.
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The Georgia Educational Association.
The Georgia Educational Associa
tion at its closing session in Warm
Springs elected cffireis for next year
as follows:
G. F. Oliphant ,of Barnesville. pres
ident: M. M. Park, of Milledgeville,first
vice president; Miss Ella Mitchell, of
Sandersvllle, second vice president;
M. L. Brittain, of Fulton, treasurer.
E. B. Mell, of Athens, the present
secretary, was elected for a term of
three years.
The time and place of the next
meeting will be selected by the exec
tive committee.
The committee on legislation for the
summer school at Athens was contin
ued in office. Pl is composed of .T. C.
Woodward. G. F. Oliphant and W. M.
Slaton.
The educators heartily endorsed the
local school taxation amendment pro
posed for the constitution of Georgia.
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Want Negro Trops Disbanded.
Inspector General William G. Obear,
Georgia state trcapi, in his report, just
filed wi'h Adjutant G enera! Harris, rec
nnmends the mustering out of all the
negro troops in the state. He deals at
lengwi with the : abject and thinks
that the question should be determin
ed once and for all. Th? mustering out
of the negro troops has been recom
mended from time to time for the past
several years, and the Georgia Officers’
Association in Savannah some time
ago made a similar reccnieirdation.
The negro troops drill fairly well,
but they do not come up to the ether
standards of efficiency. Besides it has
cost the slate about $20,000 to equip
these troops and it costs about $1,200
a year to maintain them.
A bill passed by the legislature
would he necessary to muster ihe
troops, as the state law now says
that there shall be a battalion oj col
ored troops. These troops. Colonel
Obear says, are absolutely useless to
the state as the governor is unable
to order them out anywhere when the
services of troops are needed.
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County High Schools.
Perhaps the most suggestive recom
mendation of Governor Terrell in his
message to the General Assembly was
that providing for county high schools.
Our educational system has never been
completed. We have a common
course ef seven years and a univer
sity system, but between the two
there is a gap of at least three
Thousands of boys complete the
school course and seeing
ahead are satisfied and begin life
poorly prepared for its duties.
have heard of the college and its
uable trainings, but find several,
of preparation needed and no
in the county that can help them.
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the common school the boy learns his
toots, the arts of reading, spoiling, of j
accounting and of language. In the
high school he gets breadth of view,
technical training, cultural knowledge, j
On their completing the elementary
course as prescribed by the state
board the pupils will enter the county j
high school driving in daily or on Mon
day and returning home on Friday. Co- j !
operative hoarding facilities will be
provided so that board should not ex- i
oeed $7 a month and much of This i
can be provided from the products of j
the home. English, history, agriculture, j
Physical geography, physics will be i
S iven their proper place in the eur
riculum while the classics and math- I
ematics will retain their just relation
to the whole. I
To establish these high school we I
must have united community effort,
The state should appoint a high school
commission composed of the chancei
ler of the university, the state school !
commissioner and one representative :
citizen in e-ach eongre-sional district, |
to have general supervision and to i
gr , w j^ the local authorities in high ;
c^hool matters. The state should set !
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aside , • $‘2ol> » 0 - A e tor each , county . to , , be given
to tnat Lign school matters. The state . i
should , set aside ., $-m0 for each county
to . , be . nrat ..... high schol, . .
gnen „ to select- ,
ed , . by the ,, commission, . . which will best
meet the ,. requirements .__, m curriculum, . .
equipment, . , management and . .
provision
tor boarding students . , , trom the . conn
i>J. . .... the selected high school would
become , ______ an accredited ... . school-of , , the uni
i-rsity, subject „ . , . to inspection. The
plan would assure a high school in
each county, it would prevent loss
of time in the rural schools and con
centrate the work so that it could
be done successfully. The appropria
tion would be sufficient inducement for
acceptance by any progrf ive com
munity when the prestige and added
hoarding students are taken into con
si deration. Ir would develop self help
on the part of the communities and
knit the parts of our educational sys
tem together, carrying out the orig
inal plans of our fathers T'iie plan
has ” the .endorsement of the county
sehool commissioners, of the teachers’
association, of Dr. True of the agrieul
tural department at Washington and is
in successful operation in several of
the states. J. S. STEWART,
PARKER MOST AVAILABLE MAN.
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So Decide Vermont Democrats in State
Convention at Burlington.
1-he democrats . of . .. \ermont . at . their .,
state convention ... Burlington „ on
in
Wednesdav aeclined to instruct the
delegates to the national i. , convention .*. A
, to for , the ,. nomination . of „ Judge T .__
vote
Parker for president, but just
adjournment a motion was adopted
giving expression to the opinion that
Judge Parker was the most
candidate.
The delegates were instructed to
act as a unit on all questions, but
were not bound outright to vote for
the ,. .. New ... \ork man.
VACATED SEAT LEADS TO MURDER.
Fatal Affray Between Two Young Men Oc
curs at a Picnic Gathering.
At a picnic at Adrian, Ga., Friday,
Ed Spivey, of Adrian, and Charles Hil
ton, of Vidalia, became involved in t>
fracas in which Spivey shot and in
stantly killed Hilton. Spivey claims
he shot in self-defense.
His clothes were cut and a knife
was found in the dead man's hands.
The trouble was brought about by
Hilton occupying a seat which Spivey
had vacated for a short time to get
some water.
WISCONSIN GOV1RNOR IMPLACABLE.
Declares His Faction Will Bolt the Action
at Chicago Convention.
Governor LaFolleite, of Wisconsin,
says;
“We are going before a higher court
and I do not care what the credentials
committee reported in Chicago. The
situation is not understood there and
the delegates did not want to learn.
«> Our campaign is ready to go on
and wo are ready to meet any move
ment the ‘stalwarts’ may make. Our
dependence is on the people.”
HELEN KELLAR LOSING HEALTH.
Gifted Deaf, Dumb and Blind Girl Student
Breaks Down from Study.
Miss Helen Kellar, the gifted deaf
and dumb and blind student of Rad
c.liffe college, Boston, has broken down
and is reported to be on the verge of
nervous prostration.
It is believed she will get a degree
with the class of 1904 in spite of her
inability to fill all the requirements.
Costly Blaze in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fire at Cleveland Saturday, suppos
ed to have been of incendiary origin,
caused losses aggregating $300,000 in
the lumber district lying along the riv
er front. Several acres covered with
big lumber pi’es were swept clean by
flames.
TERRELL’S MESSAGE
To Georgia Legislative Assemblage.
Summary oi Host Important
Recommendations.
Governor Terrell’s annual message
to the general assembly of Georgia
contains many timely suggestions, as
the folowing extracts will show:
“I call your attention to and invite
your consideration of the growing sen
t intent in our state in favor of placing
around our primary elections every
safeguard necessary to make them ab
solutely fair in every particular. These
elections are now practically the
equivalent of general elections in
Georgia, and no voter should he al
lowed to vote therein unless consti
tutionally and iir pursuance of law
eligible to do so, and every vote de
posited should be sacredly guarded,
and with scrupulous honesty counted.
“The scarcity of labor during the.
growing and harvesting season has
become a serious problem to the farm
ers of Georgia, and similar conditions
throughout the southern states have
checked , , . the , production , ,. of cotton
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„ Beyond j question it . . to
is wise en
ocurage the immigration . ... to our state
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of . thrifty American . . people. , This . has .
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been the ... policy of „ western states, , , and .
. growth , . wealth,productive ... , pow
meir m
er, ’ and , all ,, that , makes a common
wealth , great, , has excited , the , wonder
and , admiration , , . of ,. the . world. Imnn
gration may be best
through a state commission, and 1
recommend that one be established,
* * * The railways of the west are
working hard to induce our popula
tion to leave us. Texas alone has 75,
000 Georgians. If we do not set. coun
ter influences to work, the drain will
increase, and the labor problem will
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become far more serious than it is
at present,
“The inflexible rule of the consti
tut ion which forbids the creation of
any new county, has brought, about in
some sections unexpected and unin
tentional hardships. The matter is
one calling for an appropriate amend
ment bo the constitution providing for
the creation of new counties up to a
fixed limit, or by such other legislation
as will meet a condition of serious and
permanent hardship to many good citi
zens who are entitled to relief.
“In my message of November 8,
1902, your attention earnestly
called to the propriety of exempting
college „ ^endowments , . from taxation, ...
where the fund is not , so invested . , , as
to , come mto . , actual , . competition .... with ...
the mis;ness and , commercial . , . interests . .
f . other ,, citizens. ...
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“I . _ wish . , x to urge again upon your ta
vorable conmueration the question of
agricultural schools, as presented m
my message of November 8, 1902. I
feel sure that, a thorough investiga
'
tion of Ihc audition will convince you
that such schools will supply, in a
very large degree, the gap which now
exists between our common .schools
and the state university .. the School
of Technology, and other colleges
! throughout the state.
“With pardonable pride I think the
state may look upon the continued im
provement in her convict system. An
I examination of the systems of other
j states, where conditions are similar
| to those in Georgia, will show that we
: are far in the lead,
“The act passed at your last'session
disposing of the convicts for a period
j of five years, commencing April 1.
\ 1904, has been carried into effect, and
j seems to be operating very satisfae
; tonly m those counties which met the
, requirements ot the act for the work
ing of such convicts. There is a pro
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vision, ... however, in . section .. 4, . of - the ,
i act , to , winch .... I destre . to , call „ your spo
cal attention and suggest the proprie
tv of an amendment thereto.
•__ The governor calls ,, special . , atten- ,.
tion to the necessity of r equalization ..... of
| ; tax returns . and . quotes . , irom . his . men
of _ , last this ... subject. , . .
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TROPHY GOES TO THE OREGON.
\ Famous „ Battleship ,. Bears Oil the Honors
in Gunnery Contest.
It was officially determined by the
navy department Wednesday that the
; battle ship Oregon was entitled to
I the tr °P h y for excellence in gunnery
in the last annual target practice for
which the ships of the navy have been
in competition and the award was or
dered made accordingly.
COUNTERFEITER RECEIVES SENTENCE.
Given Thirty-Year Term But Wil! Serve
Only Half of the Time.
At St. Louis, Saturday, Marcus C.
Craban, of Providence, R. I., pleaded
guilty before Judge Elmer B. Adams in
the United States district court,
printing and uttering counterfeit bills,
and was sentenced to fifteen years
hard labor in the government prison
at Atlanta, Ga., and to the
of a $2,500 fine.
The sentence imposed on Cralian
was that he should serve fifteen
on each charge, but he will be allowed
to serv‘e two periods concurrently,
making the total fifteen years.
OVER THOUSAND DEAD]
Thorough Investigation and hjj
Reveals Fully the Extent 0
Steamer Slocum Disister.
A Now York special lays that
wards of 1,000 persons perisheQ I
the burning of the excursion stead
General Slocum is now- practically J
tain.
According to an exhaust
made Saturday by Police It!)
c °mmissi
er Sehmitburger on the n umber
dead, missing, injured and U ni D j
in the disaster, it Up 7
appears tkr I
bodies have been recovered and th
93 persons absolutely known to hj
been aboard the vessel 1 ar e still
counted for, bringing 1 ,
the total of t
disaster up to 1,031.
Those injured number 179 and
the throng of fully 1,500 who embark
on the excursion of St. Mark churr
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but 23G escaped without injury.
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The report is the result of a ismii
inquiry by a corps of 100 patrolai
under the direction of the inspect
uabie In the information course of the inquiry much v!
was secured fr
survivors vestigation which by the will district be used in the jj
attorney disasteJ
fix the responsibility of the
A thorough examination afternoon] of the M
of the Slocum Saturday I
Coroners O’Gorman and Berry and n
spector Albertson the resulted in the d|
eovery in locker in which the fi
started of a number of barrels wha
had contained kerosene and lubricatia
oil.
WORK OF MISSISSIPPI MOB.
Little Girl Assists in the Lynching of M
Assailant.
• Starling Durham, a negro, wantedq
the charge of criminally assaultii
the 14 year-old daughter of John Wi
son, a white man, near Bcllefontais
Miss., two weeks ago, and attempt
to criminally sault three young-ladii
named Dunn near Europe, all durii
the course of the same day. was ban
ed in the public square at Eupcr
Miss., Sunday by a mob.
The noose was paced about thepri
oner's neck by the little Wilson gi
| j who positively identified him as ii
assailant. The negro was then plao
| ; the back of large horse,
upon a and
the slgna‘froin the leader of the»
11 ,m “ !l
Irom under him.
Over 3,Q00 ’ persons, white and blac
witnessed . the , . Hanging. Alter ben
as sured . that the negro was dead, , , tl .
i down the . turned
i mob cut , , body , anu
over to , relatives , . for „ , buna . , .
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{ ,u " 10 ne "“ s 1
vv<1 I>m ts. p w,,.- < anmu to dw
Saturday mgut ^ by the sheriff of IB
a!n . f nf ot 6 l0! ’ "
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nit e ° s .° tn ntg, °; ,u! '/ r '! r i
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spirited , him away ana earned him I
the jail . at Walthall, six . miles dis,aa .. ,
where he was again met by a mob 6
determined men, who said their intei
tion was to burn him.
The officers in charge of the negr
■ ! succeeeded in prevailing upon the no
to give up this intention, but only a!
ter promising to deliver the negro t
the mob Sunday morning for exec.
l tion.
There was a strong sentiment fd
burning, but this was overcome as!
the lynching took the form of a hang
i j mg.
I Dunham stoutly maint ame d his inm
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eenoe tQ Mu , , ap aM deni6d th3i . a
had eyfer ‘ n th ^ ' W1ls0n ‘ _ 5rl
He admitted . having . visited . Dunn
place, , but , . denied , . , bad , , motive, .... H m i
any >
,„o a
(|mi M assemble
about the point of execution. Tvnnhaii Duncan
telling .. ,, them to . about . . a Q _, w h mi : tl
° never go
, mans house when women were a
j «ome , aione. ,
j I rhe three ,, _ Dunn sisters, . , the . eulesn t ,.. N
I whom is less than 18, witnessed tb
I lynching from the distance.
i A special from Jackson. Miss., says
Govern0r yardaman was not notifie
; <»f the capture of Starling Dunhai
and his return to Eupora unti i Sul
day afternoon. He immediately wire
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the s , herift . of Wilson county if
: were needed to protect the
The lynching, however, had occu
red before the governor was appraH
that Dunham , h , ad been brought
to Mississippi.
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PLAN OF ATTACK BY JAPS.
Russians Learn That Kai Chou Will B c 41
sailed from Two Sides.
reports ree eivod a
: According to Dial
the Russian headquarters at
Yang, the Japanese intend to al 3
either Kai Chou or Ta Che Kiao fro
twq sides. 1(
J Their armies continue to
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1 south and west. The leading
, ment of General Oku's army has o -
,
S pied Senuchen and Japanese
j have appeared in the vi. ,ni
skirmisniffi, is i
| tMiou. Constant Cos
! progress between rhe.n ar -“ the
vf
| sacks who are obbei\iU B
ment® of the enemy.