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Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
On a Dispensary Platform
The real sensation in Coweta coun
ty politics occurred, when Judge W.
B. W. Dent, candidate for the legisla
ture, came out squarely for a dispen
sary and will make the fight on that
ispue,
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Sylvester Wins County sgite.
After a -hard fought contest in
Worth county to move the county site
from Isabella to Sylvester, the election
the past week resulted in 2,126 votes
for removal to Sylvester against 430
opposed. The election passed off
quietly everywhere, :
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Pulaski Wants Bchool Fund.
A petition signed by a number of
citizens asks the county commission
ers of Pulaski to rescind their action
and hold on to the $2,800 school fund
that the county will have to forfeit on
account of accepting seventeen con
victe from the state to work on publio
roads.
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New Electric Line Chartered.
B. F. Curtis, of Atlanta, has secured
from| Secretary of Stata Cogk a char
ter for the Piedmon} Electric Rallway
Company, the road o extend from At
lanta to Roswell, Alplarette and Cum
ming, & distance of 23 miles. The pro:
moters say the railroad wijl be con
structed or the charter disposed of to
others who mght undertake the .work.
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Two Georgla Offices Re-Established.
The postoffice department, at the in- ‘
stance of Representative Howard, has
re-established the postoffices at Par
ker Store, Hart county, and Mize,
Franklin county, which were ordered
abolished upon the establishment of
rural delivery routes in the vicinity.
1t was foundtnat the abolishment wag
a mistake, hence the change was made.
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Bride Only Thirteen Years Old.
C. R. Daniel and Miss Hattie Lou
Blount ran aw .y from Waynegboro a‘
few days ago and were married in|
Augusta by Rev. Dr. Eakes. Daniel
js a prominent merchant of Waynes-l
poro. Miss Blount is the 13-year-old
daughter of A. H. Blount, a prominent
citizen of Waynesboro. The parents
of the bride objected.
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Majority of Only One Vote.
The returns from the- Muscogee
county primary consolidated by the
democratic executive committee,
gshowed that P. E. Whittlesey was
nominated tax collector over D. A. An--
drews, the incumbent, by the narrow
majority of one vote, he having re
ceived 1,183 votes and his opponent
1,182 votes.
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To Fight Pulmonary Diseases.
At the fifth annual session of the
Medical Association of Georgia, which
will convene at Macon on April 20,
remaining in session throughout the
22nd, a Georgia Anti-Tuberculosis As
gociation will be fermed. The move
ment has been on foot for some time.
and the promoters are now confident
that a permanent organization will re
sult from their efforts.
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Captain \glrlgh‘t Has Recuperated.
Comptroller General W. A. Wright
has returned from Orlando, Fla., where
he went to recuperate after his recent
illness which kept him so long confin
ed to his home. He is looking much
petter, and has practically regained
his health. The comptroller general
will soon have to take up aguin the
tax refurns of corporations, which
must be made by May 1.
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Road Purchased Outright.
It is stated on good authority that
the Atlanta and Birmingham had pur
chased outright the Brunswick and
Birmingham and that the papers have
all been signed up.
The officials in Waycross, however,
refused to make any public statement,
but the facts have been obtained from
a reliable source, and there is no fur
ther doubt about it. The only thing
that now remains to be done is (o
have the sale ratified by the stockhold
ers of the Brunswick and Birmingham
road.
There are rumors that the general
ofices and shops will be moved to
Brunswick, but it is all merely rumor
and nothing of this kind has yet been
determined,
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Money for Wesleyan College.
At a mass meeting held in Atlanta
last Sunday afternoon in Wesley Me
morial Church, the sum of $1,610 was
raised to aid in the erection of a new
chapel and for other improvements at
Wesleyan Female college at’Macon.
The meeting was projected by and
held under the auspices of the Atlanta
Alumnae Association of Wésleyan col
lege and that organization contributed
$l,OOO to the fund realized. The occa
sion attracted a large audience that
filled the spacious church auditorium.
Several prominent men participated in
the meeting and made talks in the In
terest of the college. |
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May Enlist Aid of Children. |
At a meeting in Atlania of the ex
ecutive committee of the John B. Gor
don Monument Association, the propo
gition to enlist the aid of the school
children of Georgia, and of the entire
gouth in raising the fund to build &
memorial to the late General Gordon,
was extensively discussed.
There was some opposition to this
plan, but it was finally decided to ap
point & committee to take the matter
wader consideration and report at the
next-meeting of the eXecutive commit
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No Encai‘ument This Year.
It is now a cer<fainty that there will
be no encampmient of the Georgia
troope this yoar ' That much has been
ascertained by Governor Terrell, who
gays that he has beem informed by the
United States governmxgnt that it has
no money on hand for \Georgia this
year. The governor had‘jhoped to b 2
able to make arrangemeni‘xy«s to again
put all the Georgia soldiers\ in camp,
but there is nmot enough mojhey from
the Dick bill this year to gi\-’$ the gol
diers in every state a campj and the
Georgia soldiers were camjped last
year at the expense of the stfite.
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Shoplifters Come t rief.
In defauit of §5,000 | bonds, Mrs.
Edith Briggs and Mrs. Elllie Rivers, the
two alleged shoplifters, \were sent to
the Tower in Atlanta [by Recorder
Broyles on five separate| charges of
larceny from the house. ‘
Both women claim Cliarleston as
their home. They arrived in Atlanta
some time ago and began| their work.
A merchant reported to dejtectives that
‘he suspected the women) .of being
lshoplifters and they were followed tc
their place of boarding. | There the
officers found a trunk full Jof valuable
goods which were akfterwé-ards identi
fied by five leading merchants. In the
trunk was found a curioysly arranged
bag which was especially adapted to
shoplifting. )
Mrs. Rivers claims tlhat she was
only a chance acquaintance of Mrs.
Briggs and that ghe met, her in Atlan
ta while en route to visl‘.;t relatives in
Tennessee,
l The officers belleve both'women are
| professional shoplifters since Mrs.
Briggs has made a full confegsion.
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Cyclone Fund Statement,
P. N. Parker, of Gainesville, chair
lman of the relief committee appeinted
for relief of the distressed in the cy
clone of June Ist, 1903, has jus! cOm
pleted a full report of the amounts
used for the benefit of the sufferers,
subscribed by the people of the coun
try. & |
This report shows a fotal amount of
cash received from all sources, $43,-
752.73; a total value of clothing, pro
visions, merchandise, ete, from all
gources, $12,171.96, making a grand
total of $55,924.69. Household furni
ture, provisions, merchandise, etc., to
the value of $6,371.96 was received
from the Atlanta relief committee, and
$BOO in rations from the TUnited
States government. :
The $12,171.96 in provisions, mer
chandise, ete., was judiciously distrib
uted. Cash disbursements were as
follows:
For burial expenses of killed, $l,
583.50; provisions, clothing and furni
ture, $3,693.84; labor, freight, express
and -livery hire, $1,195.17; paid physl
ciang for services, $3,445.25; paid
trained nurses for services $594; paid
board physicians and nurses, $619.79;
paid hospital expenses, court houss,
New Holland and colored hospital, $l,-
626.47; distributed among the families
and wounded, $13,808.66; Ninety-five
homes rebuilt and repaired, $13,338.05;
five churches rebuilt and repaired, $3,-
655; expenses of relief committee for
secretary, postage, etc., $2OO. Making
a total of $43,752.73.
The killed, including those who died
since from injuries received during the
storm, numbered 112; the number of
wounded was 355 in addition to the
killed.,
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Negro Barber to Oppose Hardwick.
The republicans of the Tenth Con
gressional district met the past week
at Sparta, Hancock county, agd nomi
nated Sim Walton, & colored barber of
Augusta, to oppose Congressman T. W.
Hardwick, the democratic incumbent
from the district. The convention was
composed entirely of negroes.
Besides the nomination of Walton,
resolutions were passed indorsing
President Roosevelt’s administration.
A. W. Wimberly, a depufy revenus
collector, was indorsed as a delegate
to the national convention.
INFERNAL BOX EXPLODES.
Work of Miscreant at Liege, Belgiym,
Results in 'Disaster,
An infernal machine explcded Fri
day outside the residence of Com
missioner of Police Laurent, at Liege,
Belgium, wrecking the house, fatally
Injuring an artillery officer and se
riously wounding half dozen other per
sons.
When the machine was discovered
Major Papin was summoned and was
examining the package in which the
machine was concealed when the ex
plosion occurred. Papin’s legs were
were blown off and he shortly after
wards succumbed. A policeman who
also lost his legs by the explosion, ig
in a precarious condition.
Carnegle Gives to Winthrop Colle;e_
Winthrop college, the state college
for women at Rock Hill, S. C., has re
celved a gift of $20,000 from Andr §-
Carnegie for a library building. N
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A Mysterious C)lony.
A great deal of interest is being
aroused in the Canton of St. Gall,
Switzerland, as the time approaches
for the arrival of a rich American
colony whose agents have been re
cently buying the choicest plots of
land in the village of Amden, which
commands a magnificent view of the
mountains and has the little lake of
;Wallensta.dt at its foot.
A mystery hangs arouni ‘e identi
ty of the Americans, wlj. jo agents,
though they are paying Ww.ll for ev
erything, refuse to say for@whom they
are buying. A number of beautiful
villas have. been erected, while othery
are still in the hands of workmen.
Costly Business Property Burned.
A fiYe which started at an early
hour Thursday at San Angelo, Texas
‘burned until late in the day, destr
%%g business property valued at $20(),
900, Insurance about half. . |
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Most Important Ruling Mads
by Commissioner Ware.
OF WIDESPREAD IMPORT
Treasury Will be Thrown Open After
April 13th Next to All Federal
Claimants Beyond 62
Years of Age. Fi
Commissioner of Pensions Ware,
with the approval of Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock, promuigated the
most important pension ruling.'V‘v'edfii
nesday that has been issued in a long
time. ‘ |
It directs that beginning April 13
next, if there is no contrary evidence
and all other legal requirements have
been met, claimants for penslon uynder
the general act of June 87, 1890, who
are over 62 years old, shall be consid
ered as disabled ome-half n ability to
perform manual labor and shall be
entitled to $6 a month; 65 years to $8;
over 68 to years to $lO,-and over 70
years to $l2, the usual aillowances at
higher rates continuingfigr disabili
ties other than age. This order will
not be retractive. 5o ,
Commissione® Ware, just befc 3
leaving for a trip south for his health,
said the order would save both the
old soldiers and the goverument a
good deal of money and time. He said
it was based on the Mexican war pen
sion legislation of 1887, approved by
President Cleveland, which placed all
the Mexican war veterans on the pen
sion roll thirty-nine years | after the
close of that war. (s
“It would seem that if thirty-nine
years after the expiration of/service a
Mexican war soldier was entitled Lo
a pension at 62 years, and! no other
requisite for drawing a pensfion should
exist except age, that to sold iers o 1 the
civil war, who fought vastly} more -and
longer at least, as good a fule ou ht
to apply.
“The order could not have been .3
sued earlier because it is\only : sw
that the thirty-nine years fixjed by .he
congressional limit has been reac.'ed.
The civil war ended Aprilf 13, Ilui7
Hence the thirty-nine years\would ex
pire on the 13th of next ménth.”
Mr. Ware said the order vwould ~avn
the government at least $300,000 a
year. He was not able tol say what
expense the bill would ent]axl in the
shape of additional payments.
“The extent"To which it| will aug
ment the necessity for further appro
priation cannot be told,” lsaid Mr.
Ware. “It will, without doubt, in
crease the payments to somje extent,
but no one is able to fix th‘e amount.
The bureau has not considergd that as
the proper element of conlsideration.
I do not think, however, thjat the in
creased expense in the long run will
be very noticeable, becauseithe deatk
rate is also to be .considere.d,‘\and fpe a
is also to be considered the fact ';th'@t
the ones to whom we give the pension’
without proof other than their ages
would have proven themselves anyhow
under former circumstances as entj
tled to the pension by reason of their
disabilities.”
AUNT HETTY BUYS MANSION.
Richest Woman in America Joins Mil
lionaire Colony iin New York,
Mrs. Hetty Green, America’s richest
woman, has joined the millionaire col
ony in New York cily by purchasing
a home on Fifth avenue. She has for
years maintained a residencc in Ho
boken, N. J., but lately has lited in a
rented house on Fifth avenue, near
Washington gquare. Her new resi
-Idence is a handsome five-story man
sion of the most modern design.