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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Saved by Call of Child.
The home of George F. Cole, who
lives four miles from Villa Rica, has
been destroyed by fire. Had it not
been for one of Mr. Cole’s little boys
waking and wanting some water, the
whole family would have been burn
ed to death, for Mr. Cole just had
time to get them out when the roof
fell in.
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Preacher Willing to Help.
Dr. J. L. White, of the First Bap
tist Church, at Macon, has offered
hig assistance to Alderman Ben L.
Jones in the work of driving gamblers
out of Macon. He and the alderman
entered into an agreement to pay a spe,
cial detective out of their own pockets,
and let him go about and get evidence
to convict the men who hazard money
on games. He is to go through all of
the fake clubs as well as the profes
sional gamblers’ dens. ;
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Coweta Has Top Rate,
With a very few exceptions the coun
ty tax rates have all been reported to
the comptroller general and the figures
sent in by the various counties tell
an interesting story.
The. highest county tax rate in the
gtate yet reported is that of Coweta,
whigh is 10 60-100 mills, while Johngon
and Mclntosh follow on its heels
with tax rateg of 10 mills. On the
other hand, the lowest rate yet report
ed is that of Clinch county, whi¢h is
2 mills. ; :
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. - Ordered to Stand Firm.
A few days ago Receiver W. J. But
ler, of the First National Bank at Ma
con, received instructions from Comp
troller Ridgely, at Washington, direct
ing him to stand firm as to his de
mand on the stockholders of the bank
for $200,000, the amount for which it
ig claimed they are liable under the
national bank law.
The instructions came in reply to
an inquiry from the receiver as to
what course to follow, in view of the
fact that several stockholders are reg
sisting the assessment, on the ground
that it is too high.
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Verdict Considered a Vindication.
Chief of Police R. N. Westbrook, of
Albany, was the guest of honor at a
barbecue tendered him by his friends
the past week and largely attended.
The affair proved to be a sort of
love feast. Since the conclusion of the
officer’s trial before the board of po
lice commissioners he has been busy
receiving the congratulations of his
friends. It is true that the commission
declared the chief guilty of drinking
while on duty and imposed a fine of
$5O, but none of the more serious
charges were sustained, and the chief’s
friends consider the verdict a vindica
tion.
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Good Remedy for “Sharkitis.”
Those in position to know claim
that the good effects of the Howell
bill, which is now in force have al
ready materialized in the much needed
regulation of the business methods of
the money sharks in Atlanta. It will
be remembered that this bill was pass
ed at the last session of the legislature
and its purpose was to restrict the mal
practice of money lenders and protect
borrowers who were in many cases
from the very poor and ignorant class
es. The campaign against these shy
locks was waged to the bitter end by
the members of the last grand juty.
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Virginia Man Claims Damages.
A resident of the vicinity of Thor
oughfare, Va, where one of the camps
was established during the Manassas
maneuvers, called at the office of the
adjutant general in Atlanta a few days
ago and stated that he ought to be
reimbursed for alleged depredations
made upon his —hay racks, his or
chards and his turkeys by members
of the Second provisional regiment of
the Georgia state troops. These al
leged depredations, he said, were con
siderable, and had cost him a neat bit
of money. The adjutant general re
ferred the complaint to Colonel Clif
ford Anderson, who commanded the
Second provisional regiment.
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‘ Griffin’'s Valet Suspected.
The mystery of the disappearance of
8. H. Griffin, the Quitman man who
a week ago left his crutches in his
rcom at the Pulaski House, Savannah,
and $325 and two revolvers with the
clerk, is as deep as ever, though some
light may be shed upon the matter
by the discovery of the missing man’s
valet, Bill Bailey, a negro, who is
supposed to know about Griffin’s disap
pearance, as his own flight was gimul
taneous with Griffin’s disappearance.
No other demand than ‘that of the
wife of QGriffin, who lives at Camilla,
has been made for the money, which
is still in the hands of the ordinary.
A dispatch from Quitman says Bai
ley does not know where Griffin is, that
they were to meet at the depot to go
to Alabama, but Griffin did not show
up and Bailey went to Quitman.
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To Raise Campaign Funds.
George Foster Peabody, of New
York, treasurer of the democratic na
tional committee, has written Mayor
Herman Meyers and [Miles Belare, of
Savannah, and R. F. Maddox, of At-
Janta, asking those gentlemen to as
sist in raising funds for the national
campaign. They are wanted to can
vass Georgia for funds.
None of the gentlemen has accept
ed. They have written, suggesting
that it would be right and proper for
the state democratic committee L 0
take the matter up.
The three gentlemen desire it un
derstood that they sanction the plan
for raising funds in Georgia for the
nional campaign, but think that the
work should be conducted through the
committee.
Mr. Peabody’s letter says, in part:
“Ag you are well aware, the demo
cratic party has no favored or protect
ed interests to whom it may turn for
a campaign fund, and must rely upon
cintributions from patriotic citizens.”
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According to a dispatch from St.
Louis, Georgia eclipsed all her sis
ter states in the brilliancy of her
celebration at the fair. President
Francis stated to Governor Terrell at
the close of the festivities that no
state in the union had executed such
a brilliant program or attracted to
the fair such a magnificent crowd as
did Georgia.
The day’s celebration was brought
to a Dbrilliant conclusion at night with
a reception at the Georgia,K state
building, From 8 to 12 o’clock “Suth
erland ’ presented an entrancing scene.
Fully a thousand Georgians were re
ceived during the evening.
The firemen’s drum corps created
a sensation everywhere it went, and
it took in the entire grounds and
paraded down all the principal streets
of St. Louis. No single organization
of its character attracted such con
spicuous attention.
Atlanta played an important part in
the Georgia celebration and when
Hon. C. E. Dunbar paid glowing trib
ute to her in his oration, he precipi
tated a demonstration that lasted
many minutes.
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Georgia Road Wins Case.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company is not liable to the state
Georgia for any franchise tax, accord
ing to the decision handed down by
Judge William T. Newnan, at Atlanta,
in the case of he Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company vs. William A.
Wright, as comptroller general of the
state of Georgia petition for perma
nent injunction to prevent the collec
tion of a franchise tax. ;
The decision is against the state,
and unless reversed by some higher
court means that the state is forever
enjoined from -collecting 2 franchise
tax from the Georgia railroad.
When the franchise tax act was
passed in 1902, Comptroller General
Wright made an effort to collect such
a tax from the Georgia railroad. The
railroad declined to pay the tax on
the ground that it was exempted from
all taxes by its charter granted by the
state legislature in 1833 the only pro
vision being that the company should
pay annually to the state one-half of
one per cent of the net earnings. .
Comptroller Wright comtended that
the franchise act, repealed ail acts ex
cepting railroads from taxation, so
far as a franchise tax was concerned.
CANCER SBERUM BASIS OF SUIT.
New York Man Beeks to Recover Big
Fee Paid to Paris Surgeon,
George H. Crocker, of New York
and Ban Francisco, has instructed his
attorneys to institute suit for the re
covery of $20,000 pald in advance to 1
well known Paris surgeon and discov
erer of a serum for the treatment of
canocer. The treatment wasg given to
Mrs. Bmma Crocker last spring, 1n
France, but she died a few months
later at Newport, R. I, having heen
brought to America after hope of sav-
Ing her life was abandoned. :
ORDINARY IS HOLDING MONEY.
Property of Missing Man Turned Over
L to County Official.
Charleg F. Graham, proprietor of the
Pulaski House, Savannah, has turn
ed over to Ordinary McAlpin $325
left on deposit at his hotel by E. H.
Griffin, of Quiman. The ordinary will
hold the money until the whereabouts
of the missing man is learned. Griffin
is the man who disappeared so mis
teriously.
Rhodes Students Sail for Oxford.
Thirty-five students living in va
rious states of the union, who won
the Cecil Rhodes schclarship for a
course of study at Oxford university,
sailed from Boston Tuesday on the
steamer Ivernia for Liverpool.
Record Broken at Savannah.
By the arrival of 24 589 bales of cot:
ton in Savannah, Ga., Tuesday all reo
ords of receipts in the history of the
port are broken.
MUCH TYPHOID IN NEW YORK.
Over Four Hundred Cases Reported
~ During Past Three Weeks, .
Greater New York is at present
threatened with what may be the so
verest epidemic of typhoid fever in its
history.
.+ For the past three weeks the total
number of cases reporteld at the
health department was 44]. The fa
talitles numbered 74, or a death rate
of nearly 20 per cent.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
Alleged Lyncher at Huntsville Makes
Statement in His Own Behalf.
Jameg H. Mitchell, on trial at Hunts
ville, Ala., for lynching Maples, testi
fied in his own behalf Friday and said
Judge Speake made an address to the
mob on the date of the lynching and
said: “Give the law a chance to han®
this man, and if it does not do it, I
will help you hang him.” Mitchell ask
ed the judge to testify, but he refused.
NOT ANGELIC SO FAR.
“How long have you been married?”
“Oh, about two years.”
“And do you consider your wife an
angel yet?”
_“No, not yet.”—Superior (Wis.)
Telegram.
PREF{AREB FOR WARM FIGHT. ¢
State of Georgia Will Defend Railroad
Commission Before Court.
Attorney General John C. Hart, of
Georgia, is busy preparing the rail
road commission’s defense to the
freight rate suit, and will be ready for
the preliminary skirmish before Judge
Newman on October Bth,
Between now and the date the an
swer of the commissicn will have to
be filed, and *he state’s side of the
cage prepared generally.
WIFE CHASING HER HUBBY.
Woe Awaits Recreant Advance Agent
of a Theatrical Company.
Diamond-bedecked, armed with a
cowhide and aching for vengeanca,
Mrs. John Glennan arrived in Chicago
Wednesday on ‘the trail of her hus
band, who deserted her six months
after their marriage. :
The woman says her husband is
from Oxford, Ga., and is the advance
agent of a theatrical company, touring
in a play called “Why Girls Leave
Home.”
“I could tell him why his girl left
home. I left home to look for him,"
DENIAL FROM BROKERAGE CO.
Leak Inquiry at-Washington Comes to
a Sudden Termination.
The investigation of the ¢harges of
the Savannah, Ga., cotton excaange
regarding an alleged leak in the gov
-ernment cotton report of September 2
has teen concluded at Washington, the
department of agriculture accepting
the denial of the New York brokerage
firm that its telegram giving an esti
mate of the crop was a leak from the
department. o
CARRIED CONCEALED WE*APONS.,-.
First Case in Alabama of White Wo
man Convioted on Such a Charge.
In the second division of the crimi
nal court of Birmingham, Ala., Tues
day, Mrs. Jennie English, the wife of
s miner residing at Littleton, was cons
victed on the charge of carrying con
cealed weapons, and a fine of $5O and
costs was assessed against her.
This is probably the first Instance
in Alabama that a white woman has
been convicted on the charge of carry:
ing concealed weapons. ;
NEW SOUTH AMERICAN STATE.
Little Two-By-Four Repuhflic Seeks
Uncle Sam’s Recognition. -
The American government has been
formally requested to extend its re
cognition to a new state on this hemis
phere, the same being the Free State
of the Counani.
This is the small bit of territory
formally edged between the border of
French Guiana and Brazil, claimed by
both nations but decided by an arbi
trator to belong to Brazil. :
PASSENGER TRAINJUMPS TRACK.
Twelve People Injured and Half of
Them May Not Live. i
A through passenger train on the
Lake shore and Michigan Southern
railroad was wrecked Saturday .after
noon in the outskirts of Chicago.
The people claim the train ran inte
an open switch while others say the
locomotive jumped the track because \
of a broken flange. Twelve persons -
were injured, several of them may die.
HOW HE RAN. ' ;
“What’s' that Binklay boy doing?”
“Running for governor.” N
“Get out! He isn’t twenty years .
old.”
“No. He’s the governor’s errand
boy.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 3 ;