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Epitomized Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Father Slays His Child. It was reported Sunday that Jodie Cook, white, who resides about ten mliles from Colquitt, while under the influence of whisky, shot and killed one of his children Saturday night. Whether intentionally or accidentally the future will have to develop. # * * ~ Reward for Blayer of Chiid. A reward of SIOO has been offered by Governor Terrell for the unknown party who on October ¢, set fire to and burned the residence of J. C. Cole man in Fayette county. . In the fire the 3-year-old son of Mr. Coleman lost his life and the 18- months-old baby narrowly escaped death in the flames, The crime 18 said to have been one of the most atrocious in the HRistory of Fayette county. Mr. and Mrs. Cole man were out in their cotton fleld looking after the work of gathering the crop when the fire wag discovered. * * * ; " Will Try to Indict Lynchers. | Governor Terrell has mailed the court of inquiry proceedings to Sq—} lcitor General Rawlins of the middle circuit, who will endeavor to secure indfctments against the mob which burned the negroes Reid and Cato, at Statesboro. The proceedings of the court of inquiry contains the names of many of the leaders of the mob, and I every effort will be made by the soliel tor general to bring about indict ments, The testimony which has been fur nished him was given under oath be fore the court of inquiry which sat at both Savannah and Statesboro. X * * Georgians Win Prizes. Georgia and Georgia exhibitors are the winners of many valued prizes in the awards made in the agricultural buildings at the Bt. Lou!y worid’s fair. Commissiongr 6f Agriculture O. B. St4vens, who has just returned from St. Louis, where he has been looking after. Georgla’'s interests, brings with him a list of the awards made in the (Georgia exhibit, both to the state and the individual exhibitors. s The state of Georgia took one grand prize, which is the highest award, and ‘ one gold medal, which comes second ia rank. The grand prize was glven’ for Georgla’'s collective exhibit eof hays and corn fleld peas, a distinot ive exhibit in which Georgia's surpass ed most of the other states competing. * * * Captain Hitch Intimateg Action. Captain R, M. Hitch was asked for a statement relative to the finding of the courtmartial in *'q case. He said that he was yet in th '?:ervice of the state, and would be until he received his formal order of dismissal, and did l not, on that account, care to make B‘l written statement at this time. He, | however, intimated his position. . “The only regret I have to express on the whole affair is that any of the other officers should be made to suffer. From the first I assumed entire re sponsibility and have never censuredl or criticised any officer under my com mand. I am therefore very sorry that the court should have taken their cases under advisement or inflicted{ punishment on them. I am particu larly sorry in the case of Lieutenaat Mell.” Captain Hitch Intimated that the af. fair had not yet closed. * » * ) Says He Did Not Vote. Rev. A. M. Williams, of Savannah, who made the charge from his pulplt’ recently that there had been extensive l fraud in counting the votes in the election in Chatham county, and that the ballot boxes had been stuffed tc the extent of more than 3,000 votes was at the capitol a few days ago for the purpose of making an investiga tion of the returns from Chatham county in the hands of Secretary of State Philip Cook, : Rev. Mr, Willlams found upon in apection of these returns that his name was on the list of those who had voted in Bavannah on October sth. “I did not vote in the election,” gaid Mr. Williams. “My ballot seems to have been cast for me without my ' going to the polls.” | Rev. Mr. Williams charges that this was done in several thousand cases so that Chatham returned 4,520 votes, though he alleged that less than 800 were actually cast. ; * =% » Chapman Under Heavy Bond. J. H. Chapman and A. D. Rodgers, brother and father in law of H. D. ’Chapmun, who killed H. A. Videtto, at Augusta a few days ago, have been released on SIO,OOO bail each. They were present when the kill ing took place, and were indicted by the grand jury as being accesories. At the hearing, a sensation was sprung when W. H. Ellison, the star witness for the prosecution, swore that the shooting was not done by H. D. Chapman, the man whose wife was in- } sulted and who is charged with t,hei killing by the grand jury. Elligon, in hig statement, says that when Videtto turned and started to walk away from his aseailant, J. H. Chapman, the brother of the atcused, fired the shot that killed Chapman. Bllison further swore than the Chap mang started to beat Videtto after ne had fallen to the floor, The preponderance of testimony, however, was to the effect that the accused Chapman, the husband of the insulted woman, did the shooting. - xR W : Prospective New Railroad. Galinesville {g to have a new rail road. As to who will built it cannot be definitely stated at present, but in all likelthood it will be constructed vy the Southern railway. : It 18 {6 Tun from Galnesville west- | ward to a point en the Atlanta, Knex-! ville and Northern and perhaps thence | to Rome. In fact, the survey mude! last year by the Southern was fmm! Gainesville to Keith’'s ferry, Silver City, Barrettsville and Ledbetter’s | bridge, connecting with the Atlanta, | Knoxville and Northern at either Ball | Ground, Nelson or Tate, proc:eeding§ thence to Rome via Cartersville. E This would give Gainesville a west ern outlet and such a road would (lez;t velop the large and untold marble de-' posits in Cherckee county, the vast | farming interests of Foreyth, Dawson | and Cherokee counties, the iron and; Soldiers Get Into Trouble. ; The soldiers belonging to the Sec- | ond Provisional Georgla regiment,} which was at Thoroughfare, Va., dur- | ing the recent maneuvers, who pil-i fered chickens, corn, turkeys, straw and apples, are likely to be dishonor-! ably discharged from the state troops. ! Strong and vigorous protests about the l conduct of the Georgians have come to the adjutant general's office fmm'i the war department at Washington,l and am immediate investigation and | settlement for the damage done has! been requested. ‘ * * * { Yeomans Issues Warning. ! Hon. M. J. Yeomans, chairman of | the state democratic executive com-: mittee, has issued a statement to the | democratic voters of Georgia, in which | he tells of the dangers confronting‘@ the democracy in Georgia, and urging i that a full vote be polled. Unless the ‘ democratic electors get a majority of | all the votes polled it may be neces-i sary for an extra session of the legis- | lature in order to elect electors, andi as there are republican electors, popu- | list electors and prihibition electors, in addition to the democratic electors,! it will take a big democratic vote io secure the necessary majority. He says Thomas E. Watson, the populist candidate, is gling to poll a large vote, as will his electors in the state of Georgia; nearly all the ne groes in the state will vote for Roose velt, ana the followers of Swallow are sure to cast a few votes for him and his electoral ticket. In the last national election McKin ley got 85,000 votes in Georgia, while Bryan got only SO,OOO. Chairman Yeo mans wants a bigger vote this year. He wants a majority of 100,000 if pos sible, and ever since the state ection closed he has been devoting himself to work for Parker and Davis. The situation, as Mr. Yeomans views it, is indeed very grave, and he says unless the democrats show more interest on. November Bth the party will have serious trouble in this state, I for-if the electors do not get a major "i®y of all the votes cast, the legisla ture must be called in special session | to selecy electors. : * x B - The Looal Tax Amendment Passed. The local tax amendment for schools was carried in the recent state elec ition by over 10,000 majority. The ipusa{e ¢! this amendment marks aJ ‘new era in public education. In the past we have looked entirely to the general treasury for support of our common <chools. The progressive county or district must needs wait upon the hackward community. The towns ani cities having the right of voting a supplementary tax were ad vancing faster than the country dis tricts adjoining them. The amendment gives equa: rights to all communities. They may continue to support their schoolg on what the state pays or they may levy a 10 to 25 cents tax on the hundred dollars to increase the term, improve the teaching force and the gschool bu:lding. I do no* believe there will be any sudden widespread change from the present system. It hag taken forty vears to put local taxation for schools in one hurpdred towns and cities in Georgia notwithstanding the universa: success of these local systems, It will doubti:ess take ten years more to complete the work in the tewns. We ’ may expect a few districts to impose a tax as sarly as the law will permit, l others will follow; soon a whtole com munity will vote the tax. Within twenty years I look for lo cal tax for school! purposes to be the rule In ali the progressive sections of the state The people have too long the support of their schools to make a sudden (hange; but it behooves all lovers of the young to continue the agitation for local support, education being a civie duty. I believe we should drive home these three propositions. First—lt i 8 the duty of every parent to see that his child attends school. Second—lt is the duty of every | community to provide proper educa tional facliities for its young Third—:: is the duty of *he state to provide higher educational insti tutions for the youth of the state.— J. S. STEWART, of State Univer-. sity. _ ; ! FOG HIDES BOTH ARMIES. Thursday’s Dispatches from Seat of War of Minor Importance. Thursday’s dispatches from the Farl East state that with the country en-! veloped in thick fog and the roads In i wretched condition, activity is, for the time being, impossible for the Japan ese or Russian army south of Mukden. There have been several brisk skirm: {shes and some surprises of a minorl character, but the lifting of the fog must precede any notable conflict of | the histile forces. No official repo’rtl from the commander at Port Arthur later than October 10 has reached St.i Petersburg. | RAS ART EXONERATES CARTER. Declaration Made that Former Ca Did Not Get a Cent of Mone Wrongfully—May Shift Suit. “The government has never C.. . . cated any of.the property of former Captain Oberlin M. Carter,” declared Horace G. Stone, of Chicago, attorney for Carter, who arrived in Savannsh Ga., Saturday from Quebec, Canada “All that property is held under - receiversgip established with the cor sent of the government, and it is tc revert to Captain Carter just as soon as the latter can establish his irro cence of the charges of consiig upon which he was convicted and” ack to Leavenworth for filve years. & “This trusteeship will end early next year, when we have a trial before Judge Kohlsaat, in Chicago. Then Captain Carter’s innocence will be es tablished and he will get his property. “l am just from Quebec, where I saw Greene and Gaynor. Greene told me himself that Carter had received not one cent from the Savannah har bor contracts and that he was abso lutely innocent. Greene told me that, of course, I would understant that he could not profit anvway by saying this, and that the evidence would go for naught, but that he was neverthe less ready to swear it in the interest of truth and right.” Sl Stone is in Savannah to take testi }mony before the United States com ‘missioner with the view of submitting it to Judge Kohlsaat. ; When the innocence of former Cap tain Carter is proven, as Attorney Stone declares it will be, the govern ment will shift its suits against the possessions of Carter and seek to re cover from the estate of R. F. West cott, father in law of Carter. The action against the estate of the late Westcott will be based, it is said, upon the alleged relations betwesn Westcott and Greene and Gaynor that would render Westcott liable for the amounts secured from the government by fraud. 3 ) It is said to be certain that, Carter establishing his innocence, as Ston- is convinced he will do, the government will proceed against the Westcott es tate. . NOTED COLORED DIVINE DI D. Bishop Clinton Passes Away Ter Fifty Years in the Ministr) Bishop Isom C. Clinton, of the ifri can Methaolist Episcopal church, died Wednesday at Lancaster, . C., zed 74 years. He had been over 50 ' -ars in the ministry, having preached . hLen a slave before the civil war, H + ju risdiction extended over Tenn see, Florida and Western North Carc a. BRYAN IN DAVIS’ STATE Nebraskan Starts off Short Camr in-West Virginia. W. J. Bryan began his two 5t campaign in West Virginia for t : tional democratic ticket at Pa burg Friday afternoon. - Henry G. Davis, who had been ait-_ ing in the city since Thursday to wel come the Nebraskan, was the first to extend his hand as Mr. Bryan alight. ed from the train. ’ NO REVOLT IN PANAMA. Qovernor Davis of Canal Zone Says Reports Were Untrue. A Panama dispatch says: General Davis, governor of the Panama Canal zone, authorizes the Associated Press to deny the reported disturbances <t Culebra, or at amy place in the zone or in its vicinity. President Amador confirms General Davis' statement. Official investigation by the military authorities discloses the fact that the reported presence of armed men at Culebra is untrue.