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Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
Daly Succeeds Evans.
Governor Terrell has signed an or
der appointing Hon. A. F. Daly, of
Wrightsville, judge of the superior
courts of the middle circuit, to suc
ceed Judge Beverly D. Evans, who has
been appointed associate justice of the
supreme court in place of Justice tHen
ry G. Turner, resigned.
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Gordon Fund Growing.
Over $4,000 has already been sub
scribed by the committees in charge
of the subscriptions to the monument
to be erected by the people of the
gouth in memory of General John B.
Gordon,
Committees are gtill being appoint
ed and al] are beifi urged to get to
waqrk in earnest, so that the [ull
amount may be raised withln a short
time,
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Disastrous Blaze at Preston.
At Preston, Sunday morning, fire
broke out on the south side of the
business section, burning every store
on that side. Following were the
losses: Cobb & Montgomery, $8,000;
Stapleton & Nicholson Company, $2,-
000; Welch & Mzjors, $2,000; J. L.
Horn, $6,000; R. T. Nicholson & Co.
saved most of their goods.
There was no insurance on any of
the property. The town has no fire
apparatus, i
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Trading Stamp Tax Approved.
The ordinance which places a tax
of $lOO per annum upon all Atlanta
merchants who give trading stamps
to customers or who use rebate sys
tems of any kind has been approved
by Mayor Howell, and it is now a
law of the city. The ordinance goes
into effect May 1. l
The trading stamp companies have
announced that they will appeal to
the courts in order to continue their
businesses, The municipality will con
tend that it is perfectly legal to levy
such a tax and that $lOO per annum
is not prohibitive.
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Georgia Taxed Five Millions.
A Washington special says: As
their share of the cost involved in the
army and navy appropriation bills just
passed by congress, the people of
Georgia will be called upon to pay
no less than $5,000,000. That means
$5,000,000 in a single year. That sum
would build five state capitol buildings
like that in Atlanta.
Senator Bacon showed how much
the cost to Georgia—the cost of the
state’'s share of support of the army
and navy according to the size of the
appropriations carried in the pending
supply hills—in a speech he made on
the navy appropriation bill.
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County School Commissioner Wins.
State School Commissioner W. B.
Merritt has rendered a decision up
holding the county school board of
Banks county in re-electing Profes
sor G. G. Strange, county school su
perintendent. It seems that a contest
was made on Professor Strange by
Colonel Oscar Brown and Professor
H. P. Hewitt, who alieged fraud and
irregularities during the examination,
these irregularities implicating a mem
ber of the county board. Commis
sioner Merritt made a thorough inves
tigation of the case, and came to the
conclusion that Commissioner Strange
did not receive any outside assistance
in his examination as was charged.
He therefore upheld the county board,
and Commissioner Strange will con
tinue in office.
Benedict Memorial School Burned.
The Benedict sMemorial school
building, located near Cedartown, was
burned to the ground at 2 o’clock last
Saturday morning.
In addition to the school building
proper the large library was also coun
sumed. The pupils of the school lost
practically all of their clothing.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
At the hour the fire was discovered
all the pupils and members of the
faculty were asleep. The pupils were
roused ag rapidly as possible and bare
ly had time to provide themseives
‘with clothing for the night air before
the entire structure was a mass of
flames. No clothing was saved except
‘the little they put on before leaving
{the building. There was no insurance
carried on the buildings, hence they
lwere a total loss.
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| Pleaded Guilty to Theft.
Samuel McClurkan, the young At
lanta and West Point railroad clerk,
and Willilam Edwards, formerly porier
in the general passenger agent’s office,
charged with having stolen and sold
to ticket brokers a number of one
thousand mile interchangeable tickets
from the West Point Route, pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor before Judge
L. 8. Roan, of the criminal superior
court in Atlanta, McClurkan was fined
$2OO, including court costs, and Ed
wards was fined $lOO, to include costs.
In default of payment of the fines, the
men are to go to the county public
works for a term of twelve months.
Judge Roan gave the men ten days in
which to pay their fines.
Since McClurkan and Edwards have
pleaded guilty to the theft of the mile
age books, it is almost a foregone
conclusion that an effort will be made
by the grand jury to indict the ticket
brokers who received a number of
the tickets.
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Mrs. Wood Goes to Pen.
Mrs. Capitola Wood will spend two
years in the penitentiary unless Gov
ernor Terrell decides to overrule the
recommendation of the prison com
mission, for that body has refused her
application.
Mrs. Wood is under a two-year sen
tence for assault with intent to mur
der upon her husband in Atianta.
Attorneys for Mrs. Wood took the
case to the supreme court for review,
but that body affirmed the decision of
the lower court. During the interval,
Mrs. Woed was out on bond. When
the decision of the supreme court was
made known, Mrs. Wood surrendered
and made the appeal to the prison
commigsion for a commutation of the
sentence, desiring to spend the time
of her sentence in jail or to pay a
fine. '
After going over the application
carefully the prison commission decil
ed that it would be impossible to make
a recommendation.
The only hope for the woman now
is with the governor, who has the au
thority to commute the sentence.
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For Public Buildings.
A Washington dispatch says: The
first step toward seouring a $1,000,000
public building for Atlanta ,was taken
Saturday morning, when the senate
committee on public buildings acted
favorably upon the bill of Senator
Clay. As originally introduced, the
bill carried an appropriation of $l,-
250,000. The committee, after going
over the needs of Atlanta, decided
upon $1,000,000 as the proper fmit of
expense,
1 The sub-committea of the senate
which had in charge the bills making
appropriations for Gainesville, Griffin
and Albany has acted favorably, these
bills carrying $lOO,OOO in the case of
‘Gainesville and Albany, and $50,000
in the case of Griffin.
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Official Primary Ballot.
The official form of ballot for use in
the coming state democratic primary
on April 20 has been completed and
sent to the printer. These forms will
be mailed by Secretary J. W. Gold
smith, of the state executive commit
tee, along with copies of the rules and
instructions, to the chairmen of the
county committees in each county of
the state.
Upon the official form appear only
the names of the state house officers,
including justices of ine supreme
court. In the cases of congressmen,
superior court judges and solicitors,
county judges and solicitors, senafors,
representatives and couniy officers,
blank spaces are left on the form
showing where these are to be insert
ed in the printed ticket for use in the
primary.
This official form of ballot is intend
ed only as a guide to the county com
mittees in preparing the primary
tickets. Special attention is called to
the fact that the name of every can
didate must appear upon the ficket ot
it cannot be counted.
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The University Summer School.
We present below the first official
announcement of the great summer
school of the University. Last year
690 teachers were in attendance,,
though it was the first year of the
school. This year preparations are
being made for eight hundred. With
the able faculty selected from our
leading institutions there is no need
for our teachers to go north for spe
cial instruction. The railroad ex
penses north will amount to about as
much as the entire expenses for the
five weeks at Athens. The summer
school is fast becoming the rallying
point for Georgia teachers and offi
cials.
The approaching session will occur
July 5-August 6. The school was a dis_
tinct success last year. Six hundred
and ninety teachers were registered.
The second session will offer greater
advantages than ever to teachers who
are anxioud to raise their grade of
certificate and to prepare themselves
for better work in the common school
subjects. The organization is as fol
lows:
(1) School of Pedagogy; (2) Schoo!
of Common School Methods; (3)
School of Common School Reviews;
(4) School of Rural School Problems;
(5) School of City School rroblems;
(6) School of Elementary Agriculture;
(7) School of Manual Arts and Handi
crafts; (8) School of High School and
College Subjects; (9) School of Ex
pression; (10) School of Domestic
Science; (11) School of Physical Cul
ture; (12) A Course of Lyceum En
tertainments by Famous People.
A one-fare rate for the round trip
has been secured. New bulldings and
equipments will be ready; ampler and
better arrangements in every way
have been provided. Athens is in the
hill country; the summer climate is
delightful. The teachers of Georgia
cannot do better than spend a portion
of their summer at the University
Summer School.
The state school commissioner,
Hon. M. B. Merritt, will order a sec
ond annual examination for license
about the middle of December,
J. S. STEWART.
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T'he Importation of India rubber into
the United States last year exceeded
50,000,000 pounds, and was valued at
more than $30,000,000. The imports
have increased about 50 per cent. in
‘he last ten years. Over $100,000,000
worth of manufactures from India rub
ber are now turned out annually from
American factories.
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THE SCHOOLMASTER'S BOAST.
In my school
The children, good and bad, I rule;
The children rule their mothers. So!
The mothers rule the men, you know:
The men with ballots—understand—
Elect the ones who rule the land;
So, consequently, from my stool
The world and all therein I rule.
k —H. C. Dodge.
RACE TROUBLE IN OHIO.
Lynching of Negro in Springfield Leads
to Serious Situation,
A special from Springfleld, 0., says: .
Tuesday morning great crowds visited
the scene of Monday night's lynching
of Richard Dixon, who had killed Po
liceman Collis. Hundreds came over
the traction lines and others in vehi
cles, attracted by the news of the
lynching. ;
Mayor Charres J. Bowlus did every
thing possible to prevent the work of
‘he mow. v
Threats throughout the day Tuesday
to burn the Levee, the negro district
of the city, confirmed Mayor C. J.
Bowlus in his belief that more trouble
was brewing, and he asked Gevernor
Herrick for troeps. Two companies
from Dayton and one each from Mia
misburg, Urbana and Columbus were
promised To reinforce the two local
companies. :
At 9:30 o’clock Tuesday night the
crowd in the Levee district had in
creased to 1,500, and one or two shots
had been fired at random. All the sa
loons throughout the city have bsen
closed. :
A crowd of about 2,000 men assem
bled along the Big Four railroad
tracks, almost blockading Washingtou
gtreet, which is known as the Levee.
The negro streets were unusually
quiet, and seemed to be walting for
a start to be made by the white men.
The other crowd was boisterous, and
there were frequent yells and several
pistol shots heard.
No eifort will be made to use Com
pany A, Ninth battalion, composed ot
colored men, because of fear of race
prejudice.
During the afternoon threats were
heard that the Levee would be burn
ed It is said that the negroes ara de
termined to avenge the lynehing of
Dixon. In one of the large shops the °
white men treated the negro employes
with contempt, and this resulted im
heated arguments and threats being
exchanged.
MORMONS SWAYED BY CHURCH.
Must be Chosen Apostle Before Secur
ing Senatorial Toga.
That Reed Smoct could not have
heen elected to the United States sen
ate without fiaving first been chosen
as an apostle of the Mormon church
and that after he was so chosen he
could not have been defeated, was as
serted by Judge O\gden Hiles, assist
ant United States attorney from 1886
to 1880 and later a judge of the dis
trict court of Utah, who was a witness
Saturday in the Smoot case.
He claimed to have procured more
indictments and conducted more
prosecutions against the Mormons on
charges of polygamous cohabitation
than any other official wno has served
in Utah. He told an interesting story
of the preosecutions and said the first
cessation in the flagrant practica of
polygamous cohabitation came after
the passage of the Edmunds-Tucker
act making aduitery a crime and pre
scribing heavy penalties for viola
tions. Up to thsat time the people
went to jail or paid fines, declaring
it preferable to obey the laws of God
rather than the laws of man. The
heavy fines for subsequent prosecu
tions for adultry, he said, brought &
change of view. Many of those prose
cuted were poor and unable to pay the
fines and then they accepted the offer
of the courts to waive punishment if
promise was given not to continue
to violate the laws,
An interesting feature of Judge
Hiles'testimony was a declaration that
former United States Senator Kaw
lins was still a Tlormon, even though
he stood against the church on the
matter of political interference. Attor
ney Van Cott took the witiiess to task
for the statement and”the colloquy en
livened the close of the day’s hearing.
%‘u area Is a Utg‘dm_gm than
S that of the Wi States.