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grief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
Mu r dered by Unkn own Party.
coroner's jury impanelled at
The o n Snipes, into the kill
Tb0m f aS Mrs 6 L°A after a sec
l3fc jtting returned the verdict that
°! d U* murdered by an unknown
she
party. C.‘
English Syndicate Sells Lands.
j Coppage, of Valdosta, purchas
Recently, from the Florida Land
e Company, of England, 20,
and Trust in DeSoto
000 acre , 0 { timber land
county, Fla. Mr. Coppage sold the
land for pasture purposes to E. Skip
realizing a handsome profit in the
tier, good and the timber
, The land i 3
it said to be about the best is
on the countr*. The
that section of con
sideration in the trade was over $50,
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Incendiary Goes to Pen.
Henry Morgan, the white man con
victeJ of burning the town of Preston,
last April, and sentenced to a term
of twenty years in the penitentiary,
has been carried to the penitentiary
camp at Jenkins, in southwestern
Georgia. Since conviction Morgan and
If- alleged confederate, Sid Harrell.
have been confined in the Americus
ed Harrell will be tried in October.
Both “ were well known citizens of
Webster , county. .
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Big increase in Tax Returns.
A gain of $12,505,891 is shown in
the tax returns of 101 counties of
the state over the same counties last
year. Saturday morning 101 counties
had been heard from, showing the
big increase given. There are 137 comi
ties in the state, leaving 36 still to be
heard from. If the remaining 36 coun
ties show the same percentage of in
crease as those counties whose retruns
are already in, the increase in tax re
turns for the state over the returns
in 1903 will aggregate something near
515,000,000.
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To Fix Rate s on Syrup.
The railroad commission will pass
on the question of rates on syrup at
its next regular meeting on August 26.
The commission has determined to
give the railroads an opportunity oi
fixing the syrup rates themselves, and
it was announced that the commission
would, on August 26, either approve a
schedule of rates on syrup from points
of production to all other points in
Georgia, to be submitted by the rail
roads, or would iTself promulgate a
scale of rates on this product, in the
event the rates submitted by the rail
roads are not satisfactory.
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Wants Railroad Fare Reduced.
'hat all the main lines of railroad
ln the state be required to reduce their
passenger fare to 2 cents per mile is
the motion which Chairman J. Pope
Grown, of the railroad commission, has
!ai ' d before that body for its considera
tion.
Chairman Brown makes this motion
111 3. long report which he has sub- j
ffiik ed to the ai . Sbi0n . ea mo
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with inadennto i n ,f CC T m0 ff 3 '
,
« various To ™ T" nf 3 State aml he
T ■takes '
Se tha u ‘ ' he rai!roads !
n„ no u disposition to remedy the sit
nation.
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Egyptian Cotton Prolific.
ne I ar mers in the Waycross sec
tion ai ’e greatly interested in R. D.
Harris’ experiments with Egyptian cot-
11 ’, Harris has nearly acre
f an
tile cotton planted in Waycross, and
farmer s from all parts of the county
visited the field to examine the
Ple w hile it is growing.
Th l
heav e cotton is young, but is bearing
ie r than any other cotton in the
Go one limb were noticed fif
teea bolls, and two bolls on the same
stem. i n niany places five bolls can be j
found xvithin 2 inches of each other.
Mr. Harris will send bale of this
a
"° n f° the world’s fair to be exhib
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Judge Speer Releases Prisoner,
Armed with a writ of habeas cor
Pus i ^ hU ed by Judge Speer at Mount
' ^ r L Deputy Marshal
ed to Thomas journey
few the Bibb county chain gang a
days ago and after serving the
0R Superintendent Wimbush, re
<eG t0 Macon with J -ouis« Pennthg
0ll a negro
ser *t up from the record
Statp C0Urt ^° r s * x mont Hs. United
ton’ * -H ars hal White fixed Penning
Hee JOnJ at The negro is now
f r ° m ’He shackles and of
re chain stripes
It gang.
xvas another Henry Jemi°cn
and it case.
! Wa s alleged in the petition pre
e °ted to Judge
? -as Speer that Penning
< onvicted without due pro-
t
ce^>s of law and in violation of
iourteenth amendment the
of the federal
constitution.
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Governor Has New Fiddle
Governor Terrell has received
: fiddle and bow from a
John W. Phil; lips,
; a convict serving a sentence j n the
| state Penitentiary. The fiddle
| made by the was
convict himself si since his
imprisonment. and shows splendid
.
i SeTf "* 'V 3 5 C ' °' Ph,! V ‘ PS the - Chattahoochee wfcc
j camp. Governor Terrell Prizes the
j very hJgh.'y and is showing it to
j : -*i xvao cal, v. u him at the staie capitoi •
! Philips also presented a petition for
. . j ns n pardon. , r inn He says __ va that he has a „ good ,
wife and six children, whom he loves
’
dear.y, . , at . , his . , home, and that he ‘dongs
to return unto them.”
! T'.rwriter states that he has heard
| j Governor Terrell was a fine performer
on the violin, and hopes that he will
j find a great deal of pleasure in playing
[ a few Georgia break-downs on the
| prison-made instrument. Major Irwin,
the governors secretary, wrote a let
ter thanking Philips for his “fiddle,'
and conveying the governor's promise
to look carefully into the merits ot
the petition for a pardon.
May Refuss Agent's Proposition.
A mass meeting of Waycross citi
zens was he!d recently for the purpose
ot considering the proposition to lo
cate German families in Ware
c °unty. While no action was taken,
ifc is not likel J" that the proposition
of the German emigrant agent will
be acce P ted - His proposition was that
G ’ 000 acres of l2nd and fif( Y dwelling
houses be furnished the colony, and
t * iat sufficient funds to maintain them
one year be guaranteed. Also that
twenty-five mules and wagons, farming
implements, household furniture and
other necessary articles be furnished
on credit by a supply company. The
emigrant agent agreed that within five
years the colonists would nay for their
land and everything else advance '. -ni
would be self-sustaining. Between $17,
000 and $20,000 would be require^ io
maintain the colony the fir.-t year.
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Allege Trick Was Worked.
Opponents of the proposition to in
crease the governor’s salary to $5,
000 charged that a trick had been
practiced on them when the measure
came back to the house from the sen
ate with an amendment increasing the
amount from $4,000, as voted by the
house, to $5,000.
Neverthelesg the house voted to con
cur in the senate amendment by 63
to 44, and the measure now gees to
the governor for nis signature.
The governor’s salary bill xvas ono
of the special orders fixed for consul
eration, and when it was reached and
the senate amendment read, Mr.
Knight, of Berrien, claimed that the
advocates of the bin had practically
entered into an agreement with those
who had opposed it to fix the govern
or’s salary at $4,000, and it was on
that understanding that the measure
had passed. He appealed to those who
had assented to the $4,000 amendment
in the interest o7 harmony to stand
by that action, and not to give their
assent to any such trick as had been
perpetrated in changing the meas
ure.
Mr. Gross, of MCEuffie, held that
those who assented to the $4,000
amendment had entered into a tacit
agreement to accept this amount, and
that agreement amounted to a contract
He tel ‘ «»' tho3e «■» ■»* given this
MWH In the interest of harmony were
bound by the action taken,
School Improvement Club.
During the summer school the la
dies in attendance organized the Geor
gia School Improvemeit Club, Its
special object is to enlist the women
of every community in the state to
organize themselves into local school
improvement clubs, having in- view
the improvement of school buildings,
and the introduction of pictures and
books, the beautifying of the grounds,
the addition of school gardens and ail
the facilities for making the schools
neat, clean and attractive. The officers
of the state club/will be elected an
nuaily during the second week of the
sumnfer school when local clubs wnl
send delegates and make reports of
improvements that have been made
in school buildings and premises. The
management of the affairs of the state
club will be vested in the executive
committee composed of the officers
named below and the president of
the summer school and the state
school commissioner. The following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: Mrs. W. B. Hill, president; Miss
Jesie Snyder, vice president; Mrs. G.
R. Alexander, secretary, and Miss Mil
dred Shepperson, treasurer.
For years the women have been
active in missionary societies and in
many societies connected with their
several churches, but have had little ^
to do with the schools, in which they i
are so vitally interested. They can
see that the building where their
children must spend so much of their
time snail be comfortable and attrac
tive. The; r heart i s already with the
children. It is the purpose of the im
provement club to definitely enlist
their efforts in behalf of the proper |
education . cf their children. Our teach I
ers can learn much from our pastors j
by observing the methods they use to j
enlist the help of all their dock in the 1
work cf the church. What an eppertun- !
ity the tea her has in organizing all j
«•« Uh. of the community, irrespec
live of sectarian lines m the cause |
of education' Let the teachers of the
| state COrres pond with the state of
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fleers 2 nd organize a local club dur
| *8 the Present session of the school,
The teachers need the help “ A 1 of the "
mnt motners, is the chndren , need it and the
| ladies will find here a noble field for
their endeavors.—J. S. STEWART, of
\ State University.
CONCERNING RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
A f ew Untoward Conditions That Tend to
Thsir Frequent Occurrence.
The Savannah Morning New r s, eom
j menting on the frequency of railroad
! accidents, says among other things:
The number of railroad accidents
is appalling. There is scarcely a morn
ing that the newspapers don’t contain
i an account of an accident in which
anywhere from a dozen to a score or
; more people are killed and injured.
These railroad accidents are so com
mon that they cease to excite feelings
of horror. Indeed, the people have
become so used to them that they pay
very little attention to accounts of
them. The accidents make the travel
ing public nervous, however, and
many people never feel comfortable
wfcen traveling by rail. The number
of casualties on the railroads of this
country for the year ending July 1,
1903. as shown by the records of the
Interstate Commerce Commission was
9.840 killed and 76,553 injured,
There is no doubt that many of the
accidents are due to the unfitness of
employes for their positions. It is
stated that boy operators are often
placed in charge of important stations,
| and that they go to sleep at their
! posts or become confused and make
mistakes which cost many lives and
a great deal of property.
Legislatures are to blame for the
employment of cheap • labor to some
extent, because they permit railroads
that have been built up at great ex
tense to be paralleled, and they insist
upon freight rates that leave but lit
tie margin for profit after the enor
mous taxes are paid. Cheap labor re
sults from the effort of the roads to
make something for their owners.
It is true, of course, that, as a rule,
railroads are overcapitalized, but all
cf them are not, and the probability
is that the "majority of them couldn't.
ke duplicated for the amount for
which they are capitalized. In dealing
with railroads a broader spirit should
be exercised. They should be given a
chance to make a living and, at the
same time, they should be held to a
stricter accountability in the matter
of the destruction of life.
S1EP.V10THEK CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Tou'-j Woman Mysteriously Murdered in
Hcriiard City, Indiana.
The arrest of Mrs. W. R. Krauss,
; the young wife of a leading druggist
j and business man at Hartiord City,
j ind., l'cr the murder of her stepdaugh
! ter, one of the mo.t popular young la
I „i e3 of the city, taa caused intense
! excitement
All the property owned by Mr.
Krauss is in his name. At the time
! of his marriage throe months ago, he
made a will bequeathing all his prop
erty to his daughter, Crystal Krauss,
the dead girl, except $2,000, which is
is to go to his widow six months after
his death.
DIVIDEND ON INCOME BONDS
Declared by Central of Georgia Railway for
First Time Since Reorganization.
The Central of Georgia railroad, for
the first time since its reorganization,
declared a dividend on the second in
come bonds Tuesday. On the preferred
bonds a dividend of 5 per cent was
eclared and on the seconds a dividend
of 2 per cent.
There are $4,000 G00 worth of firsts
and $7,000,000 worth of seconds, mak
ing the total dividends declared on the
bonds amount to $340,000. The divi
dends 2 re payable October 1.
PROTEST LODGED WITH CASTRO.
Minister Brown files Objections to Righ
Handed Action by Verzuela.
Minister Bowen, in Venezuela, lias
cabled the state department that he
has lodged a strong protest with Presi
dent Castro against the action cf the
government In teizing the asphalt
mines belonging to Americans. The
receiver of the government is said to
be supported by two Venezuelan war
ships in bis occupation of the compa
n >’' s property.
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Judge Parker Relinquishes His Post as
Chief Jurist on New York Supreme
Couit Eench.
A special from Albany, N. Y., says:
Alton B. Parker ceased to be chief jus
tice of the court of appeals of this
state at 2:20 p. m. Friday and became
the untrammelled candidate of the
democratic party for the presidency
of the United States, lacking only the
icrmal notification of his nomination,
which will take place at Rosemount.
Without any advance announcement
or intimation of his purpose, lie came
to Albany, took part with five of the
other judges in clearing up practically
all of the cases which has been argued
before the court, and then sent a mes
senger to file his formal resignation
in the office of the secretary of state,
as the constitution and public officers’
law' required.
He left Esopus accompanied by the
newspaper men who have been on
duty at Rosemount ever since his
nomination. Until after fhe train had
left Kingston he would not divulge his
destination.
He arrived in Albany just after 2
o’clock and after luncheon went to
the capitoi and at ones joined in con
sultation with his colleagues over the
cases pending before the court.
The consultation lasted a little over
one hour, and at 3:05 the judges filed
into the court room aild handed down
to the clerk sixty-six decisions, which
practically cleared up the business be
fore the court. The only cases re
mained are two or three in the hands
of Judges Gray and Bartlett, who are
in Europe. All of the cases in which
Judge Parker was assisting judge were
disposed of.
The court was in session less than
two minutes, and adjournment was im
mediately taken until October 3. It is
a long time since any such number of
decisions has been handed down at
one sitting of the court.
His business as chief judge being
thus completed, Judge Parker then
took up the matter upon which he had
come to Albany, the filing of his re
signation. He called in ai) the news
paper men, took them through the
court chambers, private offices nd con
sultation rooms, and introduced each
one to his associate judges. In nis
own room, which he has occupied so
long, he stopped aikl looked out of the
window to the distant hills across the
Hudson. His. voice trembled percep
tibly as he said:
“This room, boys, was mine.
The very slight emphasis upon the
word “was” was the first indication he
had given of his intention to resign.
Returning to the consultation room,
he took a long envelope from his pock
et, and turning to Buell C. Andrews,
one of the officials of the court, said:
.. Andrews, will you do a kindness
for me? Just take this drwn stairs
and file it with the secretary of stite.”
The document read:
a Hon. John F. O’Brien, Secretary of
State—Sir: I hereby respectfully re
sign my office as chief judge of the
court of appeals of the state of New
York, such resignation to take effect
immediately.
. • ALTON B. PARKER,
i l Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y., August
5, 1904. ft
Judge Parker spent the remainder of
the afternoon in conversation with his
late colleagues in the court. He re
fused to make any statement or com
ment fh connection with his resigna
tion beyond saying:
ti It speaks for itself.”
His fellow judges were not so retic
ent, however, and each one of them
had something to say, all testifying to
the esteem in which they hold him
as jurist and man.
FREIGHT RATE FIGHT CONTINUES.
Georgia Commission Gives Railroads Some
Specific Information.
The railroad commission of Georgia
jj ag announce( j to the railroads that
Atlanta is entitled to the same freight
* a tes as Birmingham from the Ohio
r j ver crossings. The letter was formu
] a ted by the members of the coramis
s j on p r iday and were sent to the va
r j OU3 railroads during the afternoon,
SIMILAR TO “INDIANOLA” AFFAIR.
A Negro Woman Made Postmistress in
Another Mississippi Town.
Another Indianola case is threatened
by the appointment of a colored wo
man as postmistress of Erald, located
on a plantation several mEles from
Friars Point, Miss. The news of the
appointment leaked out Friday when
the Mitchell woman went to Friars
Point to make bond. Many citizens
favored taking summary action, but it
is thought nothing will be done until
investigation reveals the number oi
whites who receive their mail at the
postoffice.
GIRLS
MEET DEATH
la Playful Pr^nk: Taev P.aaje to
Watery Grave.
MOST SAD CATASTROPHE
Father of One of the Children Went
Down With Them--Story of a
Survivor.
While Lathing in the Mississippi riv
er at Alton, 111., Friday night, Michaet
Riley, his daughter and six of the tat
ter's little girl friends wrnre drowned.
One child, who was in the party, was
rescued.
Riley lived near the river in the
southern part of the city and was ac
customed to bathe on the beach in
front of his home after his return from
work.
On this occasion his little daughter
begged to go with him and Riley took
her and seven of her little friends to
the beach with him. The children
ranged in age from 8 to 14 years.
When they entered the water Riley
bade the children join hands and they
all waded into the water and walked
along the sandbar, which stretches out
into the stream at that point.
They had gone some distance from
the shore when suddenly the whole
party disappeared beneath the water,
having in the darkness stepped from
the sandbar into the deep channel.
Riley, w’ho is said to have bean a
good swimmer, is thought to have
been made helpless by the girls cling
ing to him and hampering his efforts
to save them.
The only one in the party to re
gain the sandbar was Mary Timinv, 8
years old. The child is unable to tell
how she saved herself beyond the
statement that “I snatched my hand
loose from the gr-sp of the little girl
next to me, and scon found that I
could stand up and that the water
only came to my knees.”
The beach where the accident occur
red is practically deserted after night
fall, and the screams of the little Tim
my girl failed to attract r.ny one to
the scene. The child ran frc*.n the
beach and reached her home scream
ing. It was some time after before
her parents could gather an account
of wliat. had occurred.
Immediately Mr. Timiny organized
a rescue party. Boats were hastily
secured and in a short time four of
the bodies had been recovered.
According to the account of the acci
dent given by the little Timiny girl
the drowning was caused by the ex
citment incident to the passage of a
largo river steamer.
Before entering the wa-ter Riley had
instructed the little ones to maintain
a tight grasp on each others hands, he
taking a place in the center.
The wash from the steamer created
considerable confusion among the
girls. Mary explains, and in the dark
ness they lost their bearings and be
fore they were aware of their danger,
two or three of them had stepped off
the sand bar, into the channel, drag
ging the others with them.
Mary w r as at the end of the lino
and w r hen her companions dragged her
from the sand bar she was nearest to
shoal water, and to that fact she owes
her escape.
HEAVY RUN ON CHICAGO BANK.
False Rumors Frighten Strikers Inta Hasty
Withdrawal of Deposits.
The strike in the packing houses at
Chicago was practically lost sight of
Friday in the excitement attending a
run on the Drover’s Trust and Savings
bank, one of the stock yard’s institu
tions.
The rush of the depositors to the
bank started early in the day, because
' of an unfounded rumor that one of the
packers’ representatives had drawn his
money from the institution.
The officials of the bank, 'aetermmed
to meet the emergency, called in ex
tra tellers, and the placp was kept
open until every depositor who pre
sented himself at the window had been
satisfied.
CHINESE DIPLOMAT RESIGNS POST.
Wu Ting Fang, for Many Years Represen*
tative at Washington, Quits Politics.
Wu Ting Fang, for many years the
Chinese minister at Washington, ac
cardiag to his son, Wu Chao Chu, who
has baei attending school at Atlantic
City, N. J., ha« resigned the vice presi
dency of the foreign board at Pekin
and is said to have permanently re
tired from politics.
Wu Chao Chu said that his father
has determined to lead a quiet life, and
has built him a country home near
Shanghai.