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GEORGIA REWS
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Randem,
Old Time Telegraphers to Meet.
The Old Time Telegraphers and His
torical Association of the United
States Telegraphers’ Corps will hold
a meeting in Atlanta on September
21, 22 and 23. The meeting will be
the twenty-fourth annual reunion of
the association, and it promises to be
a very interesting €vent.
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Jack Bone Not Hanged.
Jack Bone, the slayer of Z. T. Hall,
did not hang at Rome at the time
gscheduled. A motion for a new trial
hag been made, and the case is now
pénding before Judge Henry, of the
superior court, of Floyd county.
Motions for new trials were also
made in behalf of the negroes, who
were sentenced to be hanged.
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Georgia Day at St. Louis,
A St. Louis special says: At a meet
ing of the Georgia commissioners of
the St. Louis exposition, presided over
by Governor Terrell, it was determin
ed to donate to the Georgia Industrial
Home at Macon, Ga., the entire fur
nishings of the Georgia state building
at the close of the exposition.
Arrangements are being begun for a
areat celebration'of Georgia day on
September 28, and the most interesting
programme is being prepared. |
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To Fight Dispensary. |
What promises to be the most close
ly contested and hardest fought po
litical battle yet in the history of
Terrell county was set in motion by a
mass meeting held at the county court ‘
house in Dawson a few days ago, when
it was decided to present a petition
to the ordinary, which had been circu
lated and signed by one-third of the
registered voters of the county, call
ing for an election agaifst the dis
pensary and in favor of prohibition.
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Lost Job and Suicided.
William J. Montgomery, vice presi
dent of the Georgia Cotton Oil Com
pany, at Atlanta, shot himself to death
in his private office on the ground
floor of the Austell building, and was
diccovered an hour later by W. B.
Lester, superintendent of the building.
The universal opinion is that he killed
himself in a sudden fit of despond
ency following the request for his
resignation from the office of vice
president of the eompany with which
he had been connected for the past 23
years.
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Agricultural Society Officers.
The new officers elected by the
State Agricultural Society at Hawkins
ville, are: President, D. M. Hughes;
general vice president, J. J. Conner;
Secretary, Martin Calvin; treasurer,
J. C. Clemenis; vice presidents, G.
M. Ryals, R. F. Crittendon, John A.
Cobb, W. R. Burrows, George Gil-
Mmore, J.. M. C. Bryan, R. L. Leon-;
ard, W. H. Lumpkin, A. J. Smith,
J. E. Cloud, John D. Williamson.
The Society will meet next year in
Albany.
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Train Kills Mammoth Bear.
At Sandy Creek trestle, between
Bonaire and Kathleen, about 25 miles
south of Macon, on the Georgia South
ern and Florida road, the engine struck
and killed a mammoth black bear,
weighing about 200 pounds. It was |
thought at first that a man had been
struck, and the train was stopped, and
the. crew went back to investigate,
when they found the corpse of Bruin
beside the track. It was supposed that
the bear was crossing the trestle when
the train, at a speed of nearly 50 miles
an hour, rounded the curve, and was
upon him before he could escape.
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; Freight Rates Too High.
An investment of $120,000 was lost
to the city of Atlanta a few days ago|
because of exorbitant freight rates.
This investment would have been
made in a glass factory employing a
large number of skilled workmen and‘
placing many thousands of dollars in'
circulation. It would have been thel
addition of an entirely new enterprise"
of an enlirely new character to the
list of *Atlanta’s manufacturing inter!
ezts. \ ’
The prospective investors had prac- |
tically decided to put up their fac-|
tory, but after investigating freighti
rates dropped the propos’tion like a:
hot coal. . I
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A Boarding House Tragedy. ;
A quarre]l about an open bed room;
door in a boarding house at No. -4GE
East Mitchell street, Atlanta, endel|
Sunday raorning by Andrew A. Wal|
line, superintendent of a tag company,
shooting to death Frank E. Brett, a
traveling salesman.
The only person who claims to have|
been an eyewitness was a negro cham-l
bermaid, and she says she saw Breit
catch hold of Walline and strike him
just before the shooting took place.
Walline and Brett had not been on
the best of terms for some time. The
cause of the trouble hetween the men
was a habit which Walline f{s sa!dl
to have had of leaving his bed room
door open wheén he was undressed.
His room was directly across the hall
from Breit’s and Mrs. Brett had com
plained of Walline leaving his door
open. On two or three occasions Brett
had spoken to Whalline about the mat
ter, so Mrs. Brett states. Walline is
being held under a charge of mur
der. :
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Effect on Manassas Trip.
Military men are wondering now
what the effect the -Statesboro ep!-
sode will have on the trip of thel
Georgia gsoldiers to the encampment at
Manassass next month. Fifteen hun
dred Georgia soldiers are going into
the camp there, and the officers are
fearful lest there will be serious trou-.
ble, as it will be natural for t'ne'
other troops there to guy the Geor
gians because of the Statesboro hap
pening, and it will be natural for the
Georgians to r<sent any slurs that
may be cast on the national guard.
It is safe to say that there will be
serious trouble if the other soldiers in
Virginia attempt to make light of the
affair, for the Georgians who are go-’
ing from Atlanta are not going to
stand, so they say, for any raillery
from the other soldiers in camp.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry, com:
manded by 6aptain Hitch, is one of the‘
companies which has been chosen tol
represent the staté at the Virginia ma
neuvers. ‘
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Judges Give Up Their Passes. l
| Judges of the supreme court no long
’ex' ride on railroad passes. When
GovernQr Terrell signed the bill which
gin-creases ‘their salaries, and which pro
‘hibited the use by judges of the su
preme court or the suQerior court, the;
six judges discontinued™ the use of
the free railroad transportation and,
hereafter will pay their fare. e
There was some doubt as to \Vh@fh«?jl
the law passed by the legislature was)
operative or not until the judges re
ceived the benefit of the increase in
salary, but the court took the position
that it could not be in a position to
be criticised about the matter, and be-‘
sides it seemed from the act to be the
intention of the legislature to prohibitl
judges from riding free. |
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Gang of Counterfeiterg Flushed. ’
0. L. McMichael, C. W. Rebb and
J. N. Little were arrested in Atlanta
Friday night by Secret Service Agent
J. M. Wright, assisted by city offi
cers. Sk
} The men are charged with counter
feiting, and at the time of their ar
rest a considerable amount of spuri
tous ten-dollar bills were captured,
’along with a number of exceeding fine
plates. ;
i McMichael and Rebb are pressmen,
‘and have heen employed by the La
’Hatte Printing Company, and they
’were operating in his printing estab
flishment at the time of their arrest.
They were caught red-handed in the
fact of printing the bogus bills, near
1y all of which are of the “Buffalo
Exposition” type. Mr. LaHatte knew
nothing of their operations, and when
the officers told him of their suspi
cious he gave them every aid.
? J. N. Little was arrested about two
miles south of the federal prison, out
on the McDonough road.
Later, a man named Coffee, living in
Upson county, and C. W, Wynne, a
former citizen of Atlanta, now living
in St. Louis, were -taken in charge.
All of the men have confessed. ‘
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The General Assembly and Education.
i The general assembly which has
just closed its third session has been
remarkable for the interest shown in
the education of the children of the
state, Others may doubt the state’s
duty to educate, others may oppose
public education, both lower and high
{er, but the members clearly recognized
lthe education of the youth of the state
as the highest public duty. Nearly
every other question had its friends
and opponents, but I heard no word
on the floor of either house unfavor
able to the state’s obligation to the
young. Ii has come to pass at last
when no man may hope for political
success who seeks to weaken the state
system of schools.
The.legislature appropriated $l,OOO,
000 dir®ct tax for common schools, thus
!making the entire appropriation for
11905 about $1,900,000, an increase of
‘about $350,000 over this year. In ad
dition to this the constitutional amend
ment was submitted to. the people
allowing the right of local taxation
for school districts or counties. This
measure, when adopted in October,will
probably double the school fund in a
few years. Appropriations to all the
parts of the University system were
increased and new buiidings were
given the normal school, the Normal
and Industrial schopl, the Technolog
ical school and the University proper;
an appropriation was also given the
school for colored youths at SavHp.
nah,
By these recent appropriationg the
equipment at all these institutions xo‘
be increased, the expenses made IlCss,
and special training more easy for
every Georgia boy and girl
The campaign in behalf of the chil-
Idren and youths is well backed by
| the best thought of the state. A mil
|l'l'on three hundred thousand little
' hands are uplifted for helpfui prepa:
!ration and the great state of Georgia
will not stay her help—J. S. STEW
,ART, of State University.
| “A COWARD AND A LIAR.
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’ Both of Thege is Atlanta Councilman
if Charges are Not Proven.
Captain J. W. English, who has for
_twenty-three years been an Atlanta
b{{i{ge commissioner, and who is one
of the most prominent and progressive
men I ~the city, declares that Coun
cilman \Axorous made false state
ments when\the resoiution fending to
break up fac{ions on the po}ice.board‘
was introduceld and passed in the city
council récentiiy. J
Captain English challenges Amorous
to prove his Astatements, failing to do
which he is Wranded as a “coward and
a lar.” | .
'~ Family Government.
Family affection thrives only when
matters in the family are decided on
their merits, without reference to age
or strength.
Slipshod family government and al
lowing children to tyrannize over one
another are responsible for absence of
“affection in families. |
Sometimes a tyranny of weakness
exists in a household, the youngest
end weakest holding a whole family at
bay—Dbut this is the exception.
~ Some mothers decide every ‘quarrel
according to the age of the dispuatanis,
the younger child always being forced
to give up to the older. Children
brought up this way are likely to show
a hatred for each other and prefer to
play with other children than with
each other. ;
Often these family hatreds start in
child life and continue until death, and
“are the direct result of maternal mis
management.
Children should be brought up to
serve the laws Of etiquette, not only in
{ society but at home. :
' The mother should set the example
and see that it is followed by the chil
dren.
The rights of each member of a fam
ily should be recognized by each other
member and a well-regulated house
hold will follow.—Philadelphia Press.
! -#You Are a Cab, Sir.”
% How Hon. Joseph H. Choate, am
‘ bassador, was mistaken for a lackey
. by an English peer and how the dis
tinguished American lawyer by a
l ready turn of wit humiliated the oth
er, has been a favorite story at sév
eral dinner parties recently. The
Honorable Joseph at a high social
function in London was attired in the
regalia of -his diplomatic post. A
peer, mistaking the costume for the
( servant’s livery of his host, said to
{ Mr, Choate:
“Call me a cab.”
With proper deference Mr. Choate
' replied:
“You are a cab, sir.” .
With some show of ire the noble
man repeated, “Call me a cab imme:
diately.”
Again Mr. Choate replied very
quietly, “You are a cab immediately,
sir.”
| In high dudgecn the offended peer
! sought his host and complained of the
| pertinence of his lackey, pointing out
| Mr. Choate.
“Why, that is the United States am
bassador!” exclaimed the host.
, There were introductons and ex
t treme apologies but Mr. Choate only
'laughed, and so the incident ended.
‘ Our Daily Papers.
The first number ot any American
newspaper was Benjamin Harris’s
S“Publick Occurrences both Foreign
‘and Domestice,” published in Boston
on December 25, 1690. But the au
thorities suppressed it after the first
‘f’l’ssue. Fourteen years Jater on April
| 24, 1704, James Campbell, postmaster
{ of Boston, issued the first number of
!the Boston News-Letter, a weekly
| newspaper, which lived for seventy
| two years. The sccond American
| nefvspaper, the Gazette, was printed
I in Boston, and the third, the Weekly
| Mercury, in Philadelphia. The first
New York newspaper, the New York
’ Gazette, was established in 1725. Now
i there are more than 2000 daily news
| papers and 15,000 semi-weeklies and
‘ weeklies published in the TUnited
‘ States.—Kansas City Star.
l Feeding a Dying Tree.
! I once saw a very old tree rejuven
| ated in a remarkable manner. It was
‘; a very ancient walnut that had for
},years shown signs of decay. But the
| keeper in front of whoese house the
| tree -gtood took to slinging the car
' cass of each deer he killed on to one
of its boughs for dressing. During
!ths process all the blood drinned on
| the ground and was absorbed. Ther
following spring this tree * put forth
' an astonishing. crop of leaves, and in
less than threQ\aseasons it was mak
ing new wood Yand showing all the
Ivigor which had characterized it 30
years before.—Country Gentloman.