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The Lee County Journal.
M. E. TISON, Editor and Publisher.
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Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
Gordon Fund Climbing Up.
The fund being raised for a memo
rial monument to General John B. Gor
don has grown considerably withia the
last few weeks, and the reports made
at recent meetings of the associations
show that the subscriptions have run
up considerably over $5,000, '
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Mayor of St. Mary’s Commissioned.
Governor Terrell has commissioned
thé* new mayor and aldermen of St.
Mary’s, Camden county, Georgia. The
new officials are: Mayor, L. M. Vo
ccelli; aldermen, J. R. Bachlott, J. F.
Arnow, H. L. Long, R. Lee Buaikley
and J. M. Miller. Under a spernisl act
these appointments are made by the
governor, :
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Morris to Make Contest.
Hon. N. A, Morris, of Cobb, speak
er of the house of representatives,who
lost the race for the judgeship of the
Blue Ridge circuit against Judge Geo.
T. Gober, the incumbent, by about 200
votes, according to the official count,
states - positively that he intends to
contest the race, both as to the vote
in Fannin and that in Cobb county. He
has filed formal notice to this effect
with the executive committees of each
of these counties, and it is said that
an interesting investigation will be the
result. Judge Gober has also filed a
contest as to the vote in Gilmer coun
ty on very much the same grounds,
and this will probably be investigated
at the same time.
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Military Companies Disbanded.
Four companies of Georgia state
trcops have been ordered disbanded
by special orders issued from the of
fice of Adjutant General Harris. The
companies disbanded include two col
ored military organiation in Savannah,
which, it is said, have never made a
satisfactory showing. :
Two white companies, both attached
to the Third Infantry Regiment, were
-also dishanded. These are Company
‘B, Third Infantry, located at Augusta
and known as the Irish Volunteers,
and Company C, Third Infantry, locat
ed at Greensboro, and known as the
Greene Rifles.
The two negro companies disbanded
were the Georgia Artillery and Com
pany C, First Battalion, Georgia State
{roops, colored, both of Savannah.
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Convict Law a Great Success.
From all the information received at
the prison commission the new convict
law is working well. All of the coun
ties which have convicts at work on
the public roads seem to b 2 woil
pleased with the results which are be:
ing accomplished, and are highlv grat
ified at the success of the plan.
When the law was first passed, it
was claimed that to put the five-year
men and those under five-year sem
tences on the public road would de
tract materially from the school fuupa,
but many of the counties decidad to
take the convicts anyhow, believing
LEESBURG, GA., FRIDAY. APRIL 29. 1904,
that public roads in good coad.iion
would be almost as valuable io the
county as good schools, and thac lhe
people, when they got good roads,
would be willing to pay the additional
tax for schools.
~ So far the convicts have given no
‘trouble, and seem to enjoy the open
transfers of the convicts to the zoun
ties as some of them are constantly
being freed on account of the expira
tion of their sentences.
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Cuthbert Has Line to Gulf.
Cuthtert is rej»eing over the offi
cial announcement of the purc..ase
of the Tallahass:e. Carabell: and
Georgia Railroad by the Gevigia,
Florila and Alabama Railrcad. By
this Cuthbert is piaced on a diract iine
of only 156 miles to the Gulf of Mex:
ico. At Carrabelle direct conaieetion
is made with Pensacola, Mobi{'> and
New Orleans steamers. At Tal'shas
see, Fla., this road already givag an
other connection with the Seaboard
for Jacksonville and Pensacola. Be
sides this, it places Cuthbert abori 20
miles nearer the gulf, over their ilie
to St. Marks. It is stated that the
Georgia, Florida snd Alabama will be
gin the operafion of the Tallahassee,
Carrabelle and Georgia at once.
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Injunction in Sheriff's Race.
The most exciting contest in the pri
mary election in Coweta county la:st‘
week was that for sheriff, the randi
dates being J. L. Brown, the !n-?um~‘
bent, and John H. Jones. Browl was.
defeated by a small majority and on
Saturday filed notice of contest with
the county executive committece. To
this petition Jones demurred on the
ground that notice of contest was not
filed within the time allowed under the
rules adopted by the executive com
mittee and for other reasons. The com
mittee overruled the demurrer and ‘
decided to allow the contest to pro
ceed. Later Judge R. W. Freeman is-I
sued a temporary order restraining the
execuiive committee from taking anyl
further action in the proceedings and
he will hear argument May 16 on a 1
motion to make the injunction per
manent. : !
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Two Railroads Chartered. |
Secretary of State Phil Cook has
issued two railroad charters, one
of these being to the Augusta and
Elberton Railroad Company with a
proposed capital stock of $lOO,OOO.
This company proposes to build a line
about 60 miles in length from Augus
ta, running through the counties of
Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and El
bert to Elberton.
The other railroad chartered is
known as the Chattanooga Electric
Railway Company, which will build a
line about five miles in length from
Rosgville, on the Tennessee line, run
ning out past Chickamauga Park, io
a point near what is known as the
Dixon House in Catoosa county. The
capital stock of this company is $25,
000, and the principal office will be
at Rossville, Walker county.
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The Encampment at Gainesville.
On April 11 the TUniversicy of
Georgia Cadets, 180 strong, went into
camp near Gainesville, for the pucpose
of instruction in camp usage and ex
tensive military practice. The camp
was laid out hy the engineering corps.
Every detail of regular military camp
was carried out. There were inree
drills a day, besides guard momnnt, of
ficers’ school, rifie practice and zuard
duty. The boys enjoyed the weex.
The Danjonega boys came down for
two days and joined In the sham bat
tle. Governor Terrell and his staf in
spected the camp on Friday. He stat
ed that he had not inspected as neat
or more orderly camp and that he had
‘heard nothing but praise from tho peo
ple of Gainesville of the conduet of
the young men. In its military depart
ment the university has an exce'lent
opportunity for the physical develop
ment of the students. Military exer
cises are regular and not spasmodie,
reach all the students and not those
alone who are fond of athletice, are
kept within bounds and tend to de
velop all the muscles systematically.
Under proper training the cadet’; hody
straightens, his head is held ercer, his
step is firm and graceful, his shoul
ders are thrown back, his chest ex
pands and a manlier bearing takes
the place of the slovenly gait, ronnd
ed shoulders and uncertain look.
The increased physical vigor result
ing from military drill acts directly
upon the central nervous systew, and
the intellect is quickened. The mind
is clearer and better prepared for
the studies of the night after the in
vigorating drills of the afternoon Vol
untary attention becomes habitual. The
soldier must attend. Mind-wandering is
fatal, From concentration on the Arill
to voluntary concentration of attention
upon the preparation of his studizs is
an easy step.
Obedience and self-control b2acome
second nature to a well trained cadet.
Respect for authority is inculcated and
the student becomes a law-abili'ng,
law-sustaining citizen. The effect up
on the character here is most marked
for a good character is a comuictely
fashioned will. Thus the habits of
attention to details, of exactness and
thoroughness, of executing commands
and of commanding follows a voung
man from the school room to thel
counting house, office or factory. The
university, in bringing the military
feature of the institution into prom
inence, is doing a great service to the
state by using it as a means of phys
ical training and of establishing good
habits—J. S. STUART, of State Uni
versity. |
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- Paying the School Teachers,
State Treasurer R. E. Park is pre
paring the checks for the second
month’s salaries of the Georgia school
teachers, and State School Commis
sioner Merritt is busily engaged in
the work incident to sending out these
checks so that the teachers may re
ceive them with the least possible de
lay. This payment will amount to a
total of $260,913.98.
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‘ Bankers Change Meeting Date.
~ The executive council of the Geor
gia Bankers’ Association have fcund
it necessary to change the date cf the
meeting of the association at Loo%out
Inn, Lookout Mountain, Chattancoga,
‘Tenn., from June 28th and 29th to
‘July 12th and 13th,
In the schools of Rhienish Prussia a
change of stockings and shoes is pro
vided for the ume of sehool children
who arrive with wet feet,
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
~ APPEAL MADE TO VETERANS.
!Confederate Camps Asked to Aid in
Gordon Monument Fund.
President W. L. Calhoun, of the
John B. Gordon Monument Associa
‘tion, at Allanta, Ga., has issued an
appeal to the various camps of Con
federate veterans throughout the
south, to the Daughters of the Confed
eracy and other patriofic societies,
urging them to take prompt action in
the matter of making contributions to
the Gordon monument fund.
The appeal is as follows:
“Appeals to all the Confederate or
ganizations throughout the southern
states and elsewhere, having been sent
out and asking aid in the movement
to ralse funds for the erection of a
meénument or statue at the capital of
Georgia to perpetuate the memory of
General John B. Gordon, the late com
mander-in-chief of the United Confed
erate Veterans, and one of the south’s
most distinguished military leaders
and statesmen, the association would
most earnestly invoke the speedy ac
tion of the different camps, chapters
and other Confederate organizations.,
If the several thousand Confedera'e or
the several thousand Tonfederate or
ganizations will make even moderate
subseriptions to this fund the monu
ment can be erected.
““W. L. CALHOUN, Presiden!.
“JOSEPH T. DERRY, Secretary.
“E. H. THORNTON, Treasurer.”
REGENTS AND VICE-REGENTS.
Chosen by Southern State Delegations
at the D. A. R. Congress.
The southern states delegations to
the thirteenth continental congrese of
the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, held in Washington, have chosen
the following regents and vice-regents:
Alabama—Mrs. J. Morgan Smith,
Mrs. Aurora P, McOlellan.
Florida—Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher.
Georgia—Mrs. T. G. Sage, Mrs.
Mary Ann Lipscomb.
Mississippi — Mrs. Alice O. Lovell,
Mrs. Egbert Jones.
North Carolina — Miss Mary L.
Stringfield, Mrs. Edwin L. Gregory.
South Carolina—Mrs. Henry W.
Richardson, Mrs. George H. Nicholls.
Tennessee—Mrs. Charles B. Bryan,
Mrs. Edwin Gardner.
Virginia—Mrs, Eleanor W. Howard.
JUDGE REDUCES VERDICT.
Jury’s Finding Against Railroad Char
acterized as Excessive.
At Columbia, 8. C., Wednesday,
when the case of Fitz William Mec-
Kay against the Seaboard Air Line
railroad, who was, on Tuesday, given
a verdict of $25,000 for the loss of
a leg, was about to be entered upon
the motion for a new trial, Judge Gary
reduced the verdict one-half, or $l2,
500 because, he said, it was exces
sive. _ :
New Hampshire now counts up
2,100 non-resident owners of summer
homes. Most of them have reglaimed
abandoned frwvms, They and their
families, guests and employees add
20,000 to the warm weather popula
tion. “The Good Old Summer Time”
should be a permanexntly popular sorg
in the CGranite State,
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