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ninistsf jailed for Bigamy.
Woodard, a Baptist m.n
i' • been lodged in
,j commerce has
loiter son on a serious charge
y of the county found
rand JUI him for bigamy.
•II 1 against
Station for Brunswick.
rsless meeting of the Bruns
recent petition was re
ifV council, a Atlantic DeForest
, from the
jelegrah Company, asking
to erect necessary poles in
gsion the es tablishment of a
j L t v telegraph for station.
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omicide at Tallulah Falls.
Siiore. a prominent and well
citizen of Tallulah Falls,was shot
times Saturday night by Colonel
Parris, a prominent lawyer of
in. rja. Mr. Shore died Sunday,
s a son. daughter and se\ ai
MVQ
rs t 0 mourn his loss. Parris gave
, sheriff. The cause
E up t 0 the
tragedy is not given out.
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Brown Assumes Duties.
i; -, M. Brown, of Marietta, be
ia member of the state railroad
fission .Monday last, succeeding
G. Gunbv Jordan, of Columbus.
> resignation went into effect on
Lgh Ljgnation Mr. Jordan resigned in May.
to take effect August
L fact did not become known
[ a few days ago, when Governor of Mr-
1! made the appointment
L as his successor.
I alpers Barred From Georgia.
state of Georgia is now free
ticket scalpers and is the only
in the union that enjoys this
ction, with the exception of
kylvania. legislature What is more, the Geor
just before the end
te present session passed a bill,
laced by Senator Howell, of Fu(
entitled “An act to prohibit traf
non-transferable signature tick
sued by common carriers and to
re common carriers to redeem
n or partly used tickets,” which
a the death knell of all scalpers
is state for all time to come.
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Dr. Mumford Passes Away.
er an illness of nearly three
u bon and founded the Georgia
tr >a! Home. An orphan himself at
age, Dr. Mumford knew well
l2re that should be given to chit
to shift for themselves, and
he founded the institution hun
1 of children have been cared
F placed on the road to becom
[ood citizens.
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creas ® Will Break Records.
- increase in the total tax re
°f the state for this year, aside
ihe public utility corporations,
aGout $23,000,000. with the
ltion of last year’s, the largest
ise ever known in the state in
Ste year.
I the counties have not yet sent
r‘ l ( ^S es ts, but with the exact of
Information °f already received
r C9 the comptroller general,
P e est imates from the counties
F digests are not yet in. Captain
Sor >. chief clerk in the comptrol
ofhee, has been able to make
-urate of the total increase. This
a?e fixes the net additions to
axable wealth of the state at
523,000,000 even.
- raoroads and public utility cor
bav e also shown a goodly
ls and given evidence that they.
“ av e been enjoying their share
e general prosperity, the increase
fi.loads, .
for instance, being
1 with the individual
'
ls es, wifi amount
icd to $24,500,000,
numbers.
s increase taxed at 5 mills will
the sum of
’ 0I wbe n the cost of collection
(i , about
$100,000.
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Ta * Rat ® May
kin the Be Lower.
next few days Governor
and Comptroller General
.t will fi x tll
e state tax rate for
die definite
r "as been conclusion on the
•
tax reached ,it is learned
rate f°r 1904 will be less
mills. Thp governor and the
general have not finished
on r ^e matter yet, and will
0 receiv'!'; ti!
a11 tbe returns liave
However, the governor is satisfied
that they will be able to make the
rate less than 5 mills, though just how
much less it is impossible to predict
at present. !
The fact, however, that there will
be i reduction, in the state tax
this will rate
year be welcome news to
every section of the state. This tax
rate is to secure funds for expenses
for 1904. The appropriations bills just
passed by the general assembly were
for 1905, and the tax rate under which
the money appropriated for next year
will be raised, will not be made until
about September 1, 1905.
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Populist State Convention.
Toe populists of Georgia will meet
in state convention at the state capi
tol on September 1st for the purpose
of ratifying the nomination of Thomas
E. Watson and Tibbies for president
and vice president. State Chairman
Hollaway, who issues the call. savs
he does not know whether there will
be a state ticket. The following is the
call:
Notice is hereby given that 1 state
convention of the people’s parry of
Georgia is hereby called to meet in the
state capitol at Atlanta, Gst., on Tues
day, September 1, 1904. at 10 o’clock
a. m.. for the purposes of ratifying
the nomination of Watson and Tibbies
for president and vice president of
the United States, for putting cut an
electoral ticket and for such purposes
as the convention may decide upon.
Each county will be entitled to twice
as many votes as it has representatives
in the general assembly, and to as
many delegates as may be chosen by
the party in each county in such man
tier as sTfaTT be determined by the ex
ecutive committee of each county.
J. J. HOLLAWAY,
State Chairman, Clem, Georgia.
J. D. WOODALL,
Secretary, Barnesville, Ga.
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No Money Provided for Judges.
An interesting oversight on the part
or the genera! assembly is general
ly commented on at the capitol. While
the legislature passed a bill increas
ing the salaries of judges of the su
preme and superior courts to $4,000
and $3,000, respectively, and the sal
ary of the governor to $5,000, it failed
to appropriate any money to pay the
increases given.
This makes it necessary for the judg
es to wait until after the legislature of
1905 appropriates the money to pay
the back salary increases, to which
they will be entitled under this bill,
before they can get, the monev.
The bill provides that the ir reases
shall not apply to any judges who were
in commission at the time of Us pass
age, hut it will apply to all judges
who are to be elected at the coming
election in October. Associate .Justices
Evans and Lamar, of the supreme
court, will get their new commissions
as soon as the election is over, and
the result declared, because they are
serving uuexpired terms, and the $n
crease for them will then begin. The
increase for Chief Justice Simmons
and Associate Justice Fish will begin
January 1, 1905, but all of these must
wait for the money until after the next
legislature has appropriated it. It
is the same with the judges of the
superior courts, whose new term s
practically all begin on January 1 next
that is ,for all those who are elected
at the coming election.
Strangely enough, however, the bill
operates to the decided disadvantage
of Associate Justices Andrew J. Cobb
and John S. Candler. Justice Cobb will
not get the advantage of the increased
salary until January 1, 1909, when
his new term will begin, if he is
elected in 1908. Notwithstanding the
fact that they must wait for three
and five years to get tne increased
salaries, they must, in common with
all other judges, give up any free
railroad passes and franks, which
courtesies may have been extended
to them.
Educational Conference Resolutions
The Georgia Educational Conference
at its session at the summer school
in Athens passed some important, res
olutions, a condensed report of which
we give below:
Education -is the iright of every
child born into a civilized common
wealth, a right that is independent of
circumstances of life or conditions of
fortune. To guarantee and secure to
the children of the state the oppor
tunity for such development is the
prime duty of organized society.
We rejoice in the fact that Georgia
was the earliest in the Union to rec
ognize these fundamental truths oy
providing in its constitution for the
first system of public schools; was Hit
first to grant a charter conferring
upon a woman’s college the right to
bestow academic degrees; the firs
to recognize agricultural education in
the gift of Dr. William Terrell for .a
chair of agricultural chemistry: anl
the first bequest for strictly normal ed
ucation in the will of Governor Gil
mer.
We note with unbounded gratifica
r i°o the evidences of cordial and ora
tie-ally unanimous support given ;r
all the counties of the state to tht
Pending constitutional amenrimeu*
schools. Permitting local taxation for public I
We deplore the agitation for tak 1
in S away from the negro schools tht !
support they have for thirty years pa-. j
had in Georgia, and limiting thei: I
support to negro taxes alone. It won! i
be an unspeakable'calamity to
down this policy which has been our
proud boast and the complete cindi
cation of our justice and kindnes
to the negro. As soon let us say thai
the poor counties of the state should
receive for education only the taxer
paid in by them; or that in any com
inunity the monies drived from the
wealthy be expended upon the wealthy
and only those of the poor upon tht
poor. Such a measure against negre
schools w r ould be a violation of that
high obligation which the superioi
race by virtue of its power owes 1o
the weak and disadvantaged race. The
existing educational oolicy has be^-a
confined in its administration to the
whites alone, enabling boards of edit
cation in each county to adjust the 1 d
lation of the funds for the separate
schools as is equitable and proper lo
cally.
We appeal to the women of Geor
gia to organize themselves into schoil
improvement societies and thus to
bring to bear in behalf of educational
interests and of school building gs those
fine qualities and powers of woman
hood which make them so indispen
sable to the churches of the land.—
J. S. STEWART, of State University,
UGH f REIN ON MONEY LENDERS.
Georgia Legislature, at Last Moment
rasses “Anti-snark” Measure.
The “money shark” bill was favora
bly acted upon by the Georgia legis
lature at the closing session and will
j now become a law.
Despite the strenuous and determin
ed opposition of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, who
fought it at every turn, and left no
stone unturned to accomplish its de
feat, the house adopted the substitute
reported by the general judiciary com
mittee by a vote of 10G to 34, and
then passed the bill on rising vote, by
92 to 7.
Thus has the house put, itself on rec
ord along with the senate in favor of
protecting the poor and ignorant bor
rower, and warnings almost amount
ing to threats had no avail to stop the
tide of votes in the measure’s favor.
The main provisions of the house
substitute, which will now become a
| law, are:
| The kinds of security dealt with by
j the bill, as enumerated in section 1,
| i are:
Household or kitchen furniture,
household goods, wearing apparel, sew-
1 ing machines, musical instruments and
wages.
Section 6'.provides for the keeping
books showing facts concerning ev
: loan made, the of the bor
ery name
! rower. amount, date of maturity, etc.
Section 8 provides that these books
3 h a n be open to the inspection of the
| ordinary or grand jury of the county
! wherein the business is located,
j Section 10 provides that fees for
investigating the security or title may
be charged as follows:
Fifty cents for amounts of $5 or
less; seventy cents for amounts be
tween 55 ant 510; one dollar for
amounts between $10 and 520; one dol
lar and a half tor amounts between
$20 and $35; two dollars tor amounts',
between $35 and $60. No fees shall
be charged for reversals and one loan
of practically the same amount follow
ing closely on another shall be con
strued, under this section, as a renew
al. No original loans shall be spl't
into smaller loans for renewal pur
poses. On loans of more than $60 the
fee charges are left to be settled on a
fair basis between borrower and lend
er. provided such charges <lo not ex
ceed 6 per cent of the amount of the
loan.
Section 11 provides that all pay
ments aggregating more than 8 per
cent interest and fees permitted shall
be construed as payments on the prin
cipal.
Section 12 forbids charges for fire
insurance on property mortgaged.
Sections 14 and 15 provides for for
feitures of licenses for violations of
the feat
Section 16 provides that before any
criminal demand shall be issued on
any transaction growing out of ths
business dealt with by the bill the
lender shall make oath that he has not
violated the terms of the bill.
Section 17 voids assignments of un
earned wages.
Section 18 excepts banks, bankers
and pawnbrokers.
A Chicago girl wrote a thesis of 5000
words on the psychology of the guinea
pig. Now let the man who deems the
feminine mind unfit to cope with giant
problems wander disconsolate to the
rear and be seated.
CZAR HAS A SON. I
Kidling of the Male Persuasion Finally ;
Breaks Monotony in Household
of Nicholas.
A St. Petersburg special says:
son and heir to the Russian throne I
has been born, The empress an 1 j
the child are doing well. The aceouch
meat occurred at 12:30 o'clock Friday
afternoon - The blrth 80 greatly wisa
f° r - tbat °f au heir to the Russian
crown, occurred not in the great pal
ace at Peterhoff, but in the Alexandra
palace, in a secluded corner of the
magnificent Peterhoff park, In one
of the buildings the empress had bean
living for weeks. The other three are
by members o the imperial
family, gathered there in expectation
of the event, including the empress’
mother, his majesty's two sisters, the
Grand Duchess Xenia and Olga; nis
brother, Grand Duke Michael, and oth
sr relatives,
The villa so called is situated about
oue and a half hours’ from St. Peters
burg by railroad, which runs northeast
from St. Petersburg to the shores of
the Baltic extending as far as Rigau.
The birth of the heir to the.throne
was attended with all the eeremoni ll
ordained by the imperial tradition.
The announcement from Peterhof
was immediately followed by a salute
of 101 guns from the imperial yacht
lying at anchor off the palace, but it
was 2:4.3 p. m. when the guns of St.
j Peter and St. Paul fortress, opposite
the winter palace in St. Petersburg,
conveyed the glad tidings to the peo
ple of the Russian capital.
The effect was electrical. With the
i boom of the first gun the people 'n
* the street, who had been momentarily
expecting the event for twenty-four
hours, stopped to listen and count the
guns. Only thirty-one are fired t'pr a
girl.
When the thirty-second boomed and
the people were aware that at last
an heir to the throne was born, there
was scenes of rejoicing everywhere
j and before .the salute was finished the
- whole city had blossomed out with
flag3 and bunting and the shipping in
j the harbor was dressed.
Then the bells of the churches be
| gan to ring wildly.
I In the meantime the announcement
had been telegraphed to the most re*
mote corners of the empire. In all the
j towns and cities the glad bells tidings and were th9
spread with the clang of
booming of cannon.
The emperor will signalize the eve it
by some gracious act, like the remis
sion of arrears of taxes and amnesty,
and for the next two weeks, until tae
christening, there will be a holiday
and public fetes of all kinds.
The heir's name will be Alexis Niko
laleritch, and if he reigns he probably
I assume the of AlGxis G. The
I laxt Alexis was emperor of Mosco/y
i ia 1645.
The emperor and empress of Rus
sia (formerly Princess Alix of Hesse),
who were married November T4, 1891,
had, previous to this latest event, four
daughters, Olga, born NovemTier 3,
1895; Tatiana, born May 29, 1891;
Mary, born June 15, 1899. and Anasta
sia, born June 5, 1901.
STRIKERS INDULGE IN RIOTING.
Sever «' «*” * r * H „ “ rt „ . » ConfltcU . ... , Over _
Botchers Strike at Chicago,
' A riot In crowded Ftfth avenoe.wlth.
“ * "« uare of the >’ al! - 2n<i r ‘™ !1 ’
j ‘"S «* teamsters’ strike two yearr
; •*». misatlea were hurled from
! "H"!™ of
ped the climax of disorder in the men;
j cutters’ strike at Chicago Friday.
During the day half a dozen men we-n
hurt in various encounters and shots
were fired during an attack on a train,
load of i i strike breakers.”
j CRUISER SHOT FULL OF HOLES.
i Vessel Enters Neu
j Badly Battered Russian
tral Port of Woosung.
A dispatch from Shanghai says: The
Russian protected cruiser Askold ar
rived at Woosung Friday with her
fifth funnel gone. All her other fun
nels riddled with shell holes, one gun
on the port side dismounted and sev
eral large shell holes above the water
! line. One lieutenant and eleven men
i had been killed aud fifty wounded.
; DEATH CLAIMS WALDECK-ROSSEAU.
Prominent French Statesman and Leader
Victim of an Operation.
Former Premier 4 Waldeck-Rosseau
died Tuesday afternoon at his coun
try residence at Corbeil, Franch, 18
miles 7rom Paris, from the effects of
an operation which his medical at
tendants deemed to be a final neces
sity.
An able statesman and leader, he
distinguished himself as one of the
foremost men of the French republic.
He was also a writer of eminence on
judiciary matters. He was one of
those who favored a revision of the
celebrated Dreyfus case.
MISTAKE MADE
BY JAPANESE
They Seize Dismantled Russian
Vessel in Neutral Pert.
FLEET MAKES ITS ESCAPE
Heavy Bombardment ot Port Arthur
Forces Russian Warships to Seek
Safer Quarters.
boarding A social from Che Foo says: A
party from a Japanese torpe
do destroyer boarded the dismantled
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Reis
hitelni Thursday morning at 3:30
o'clock. The Japanese discharged
their small arms and during the firing
a Russian was wounded. Daybreak
showed a third Japanese destroyer
towing the Reishitelni out of the har
bor and all disappeared. The Japan
ese consul claims that the Japanese
ships were ignorant of the dismantling
of the Rieshitelni.
Port Arthur Fleet Escapes?
According to the latest information
obtainable the Russian squadron haa
not returned to Port Arthur. On the
night of August 9 heavy, cannonading
was heard at sea in the direction of
Port Arthur.
Advices from the fortress say that
the Japanese bombarded the town,
placing their batteries in dense kaolin
fields, where they were effectually
masked. The shells dropped mainly
in the western basin where the squad
ron was anchored. Many of the shells
fell upon the battle shjp Retvizan, bu'
no serious damage was done either to
the town or the fleet. Later the forts
got the range of the Japanese field
batteries and drove them from thek*
shelter.
On the morning of August 10, lh»
squadron put to sea, where heavy can
nonading was heard for several hours.
The result of the battle is not ’✓town,
and nothing definite has been learnei
regarding either squadron.
A special from Tokio says: Evi
dently driven to sea by the fire of the
Japanese land batteries, the Russian
fleet emerged from Port Arthur Wed
nesday morning. Admiral Togo im
mediately closed in artd opened a se
vere engagement, which lasted until
nightfall. Afterwards the Japanese
destroyers and torpedo boat flotillas
delivered a series of attacks. The
Japanese fleet withdrew during the
night. Admiral Togo has not yet re
ported the results of the engagement.
It is thought that the Russians at
tempted to escape seaward from a
basis which is no longer tenable, but
that they again refused to attempt to
force Admiral Togo inland.
Short on Ammunition.
Wednesday is said to have been
chosen for the escape of the Russian
warships at Port nrthur because th9
Japanese fleet was then exhausted by
the constant bombardment of the two
previous nights. Tukashan mountain,
near Port Arthur, which was taken by
the Japanese Monday night, was re
captured by the Russians next day.
Vladivostok Awaits Fleet.
A dispatch from Vladivostok says:
Preparations are being completed for
the reception of the Port Arthur
squadron. The departure of the squad
ron from Port Arthur is generally in
terpreted to indicate that the siege o*
the fortress is entering on its final
stage, as the program has repeatedly
been announced by the Associated
Press, for the squadron to leave as
soon as the situation at Port Arthur
becomes desperate.
VARDAMAN BALKS LYNCHERS.
Mississsippi Governor Again Goes to Res
cue of a Negro Rapist.
Governor Vardanian has saved the
neck of another black man by order
ing the sheriff of Panola county to
place him at once in the jail at Jack
son. Last October Lee Faulkner, ne
gro, aged 30, made a criminal assault
on the'17-year-old .laughter of Captain
J. R. Gary.
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
cording to his son, Wu Chao Chu, who
has beon attending school at Atlanito
City, N. J., has resigned the vice presi
dency of the foreign hoard at Pekin
an( j i fJ Id to have permanently re
tired from politics,
Wu chao Clm j5ald that h{g
jj ag determined to lead a quiet life, and
built him a country home naar
shanghai,