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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Elberton Again Enjoined.
Another injunction has been granted
by Judge Holden which prevenis the
city of Elberton from going outside of
the city limits to condemn land for
¢ity purposes.
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Carroll Letter Carriers Organize.
The rural letter carriers of Carroli
county, while relieved from duty on
Thanksgiving Day, met in Carroliton
at the court house and perfected an
organization for the ceounty. There
were twentytwo carriers in the ser.
vice present.
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Gordon Monument Fund Grows.
The Gordon Mounment fund has al
ready reached $12,000 and it is be.
lieved that fully that much more can
be secured within a short space of
time. The work in securing subscrip
tions is still in progress and will be
kept up until $30,000 is secured .
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Receiver May be Appointed.
The Macon, Dublin and Savannah
railroad has gone into the hands of a
receiver—that is, if the defendants in
a suit brought before Judge Speer, of
the United States court Saturday, can. '
not show cause January 23, why such
action should not be taken. |
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Bonds Bring Good Prices. ‘
What is said to be the best sale of
bonds made in Georgia this year has
been made by the ecity of Dublin.
Bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent.
and running twenty-nne years and
amounting to $45,000, sold for $47,761,
accrued interest, and the payment of
the bill for engraving the bonds. |
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Henderson to be Arraigned.
The eriminal case against Mr. E. R
Henderson, the ex-auditor of the Ma
con and Birmingham railroad, who is
charged with defaulting in the sum
of $40,000, will in all probability, come
to trial in Bibb superior court during
the second week of the session after
the court reconvenes, or the last week
before the Christmas holidays.
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Sues Railroad for Insult.
Because one of its station agents, as
alleged in a petition; made indecent
proposals to her, Mrs. Maude Shobe,
of Cordele, has filed suit against the
Savannah and Statesboro Railway
Company for $20,000 damages.
The suit is flled in Bryan county
superior court, the alleged misconduct
on the part of the railroad agent oc
curring at Cuyler, while the plaintiff
was- waiting for a train to take her to
Kidora.
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Cotton Baie Causes Killing.
Hamilton Glvens shot and killed nis
brother-in-law, 8. H. Wilson, at their
home near Alexander, in Burke coun
ty, one night recently. Wilson was
shot in the left side with a shotgun,
and died immediately. The trouble
arose about a bale of cotton.
Givens 'is a single man: while Wil
son leaves a wife and fatily. Givens
was arrested by Deputy Sheriif Sykes
and lodged in the Waynesboro jail.
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. Hope Not Abandoned. .
Hope of establishinz in Atlanta a
great Presbyterian university has not
diminigshed as a result of the legal
complications that have arisen over
the orignal prososition to bring the
Clarkesville and Columbia institutions
together as a great university in this
city. Indeéd, the prime movers were
never more hopeful of establishing a
great Presbyterian insttution of learn
ing in the Gate City of the South than
they are at present. statements to the
contrary notwithstanding.
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Colonel Estill is Willin’.
Following the announcement of the
candidacy of Hon. Clark Howell for
gubernatorial honors in Georgia, Colo.
nel J. H. Estill has just made a
practical, though not formal announce
ment of his candidacy. When askgd
about his intentions he said:
“Barcas 1s willing. [ suppose it is
pretty well understood that I will
make the race provided the people
want me, I have received many let
ters urging me to make the race, and.
if the sentiment continues strong I
will run.”
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Gifts to University of Georgia.
The University of Georgia auxiliary
has announced the raising of $20,000
through the gifts of Hon. James M.
Smith, of Oglethorpe county, Gé€or
gia, and Mr. George Foster Peabody,
of New York, conditioned upon the
rasing of $5,000 additional from the
people of the state. This $25,000 will
be used in the erection of a science
andustrial hall on the campus of the
State Normal school af, Athens and
will make available $25000 appropri
ated by the last general assembly for
building purposes at the Normal.
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Three Sentenced to Hang.
At Rome, Saturday morning, Judge
Henry resentenced Jack Bone, Court
ney Baker and Bob Sutherland to be
hanged. Bone is a white man and
killed Z. T. Hall, a prominent farmer.
He will pay the death penalty on De
cember 19. The others are negroes§
and were sentenced to be hanged on
December 20. |
It is understood that the attorneys
for the condemned men will appeal to
the governor to have the sentences
commuted to life imprisonment. When
gsentenced the men showed perfect
calmness. .
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Emanuel Jail Delivery.
One of the biggest jail deliveries
in the history of Emanuel county, oc
curred at Swainsboro one nght the
past week. The escapes were Ed
Spivey, for murder, already under life
A gold medal was awarded to the
state for "the exhibit of building
stones. A silver medal was also giv
en -Georgia for the display of gold
nuggets. A silver medal was also
glven Georgia for the exhibit of glay
and clay products.
State Geologist W. S. Yeates was
awarded a gold medal for the magnifi
cent manner in which he arranged
the Georgia display and Assistant
Geologist Jones was given a silver
medal.
The officials are well satisfied with
the new awards. With the small ap
propriation Georgia had for an exhibit
it is regarded as marvelous that such
a splendid showing was made.
for life imprisonment and received
that sentence.
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Question as to Value of Stock.
Some question has been raised as
to the value of the capital stock of the
Western of Alabama Railway, and this
question will figure to a large extent
in determining the amount of taxes
due the state under the decision of the
United States supreme court.
Attornéys for the railroads which
own the stock and who have appeared
against the state in the litigation, as
sert that a great mistake has been
made in assuming this stock to be
worth par. One of them stated he
thought it was worth about 50 per
cent; saying that according to his rec
olection, it has paid only one or two
dividends 1 ithin the last eight or ten
years.
There are $3,000,00% of this stock
outstanding of which half is owned by
the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company, and half by thé Central of
Georgia. If it were worth only 60, the
state could levy a tax on a value of
but $1,800,000, or in the case of the
Georgia railroad’s share which is the
only one that has been litigated, the
taxable value would be but $900,000.
But the state authorities contend
that this stock is worth fully par, if
not more.
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Fair Prizes for Georga.
The supetior jury that judged the
prizes- awarded the different siaie ex
hibits at the St. Louis exposition did
not agree with the Inferior jury, and
on the new awards which were made
Georgia received a great deal better
treatment.
The grand prize was awarded to
(Georgia for the marble and mineral
exhibit. For the bauxite exhibit a sil
ver medal was given.
The state geological survey was giv
en a gold medal for the excellence of
its publications. A gold medal was
also given to the survey for the min
eral, ore and rock exhibit.
sentence and held pending a new
trial; W. E. DeLoach, for cheating
and swindling; Bob Patterson, for
cheating and swindling.
The break was effected by the pris
oners working their way through the
concrete floor and into one of the flues
used for heating and ventilating pur
poses and out into the jaiyard.
After reaching the yard they elimb
ed a fence 15 feet high, it being built
of lumber with the cleats nailed on
the inside. ¢
Spivey killed young Hilton at Adrian
last July. He was tried in October
and convicted with a recommendation
FATAL BLAZE IN WASHINGTON.
One Man Meets Death While Others
are Injured by Jumping.
Fire Bunday morning in a row of
kouses on Thirteenth and C streets,
Washington, D, C., burned one man to
death, caused another to jump from a
second-story window and break both
legs, while two women who jumped
each broke a leg. All of the inmates
have not been accounted for, and it is
feared several dead bodies may be in
the ruins. _
RAILROAD WAR IMMINENT.
'Frisco Company Serves Notlce on Ak
ton and Wabash,
The St. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad Company has sent a formal
notification to Eben E. McLeod, chair
man of the Western Passenger AssO
ciation, Chicago, that unless the eight
hour schedule between St. Louis and
Chicago was resuined by the Chicago
and Alton and the Waopash railroa4s,
the ’'Frisco system would ri:duce the
fare between these two points.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS MEET.
Six Hundred Delegates Assemble iln
Columbus for Annual Convention.
With 602 delegates from all sections
of Georgia present, the annual conven
tion of the Georgia Baptists met in
Columbus, Ga., Tuesday night, with
ex-Governor Northen presiding.
The large auditorium was complete
ly filled, and at the outside it was
seen that the occasion would be one
of the largest conventions of Baptists
ever held in Georgia.
GERMANY IS WILLING.
Kaiser Approves Second Meeting of
The Hague Cenference.
Secretary Hay has received from the
(ierman government a cordial nots ac
cepting in principle - President Roose
velt’s suggestion for another confer
ence at The Hague,
As the president’s suggestion con
tained no reference to the time for the
meeting, the German government does
‘not commit itself on this point and
awaits the pleasure of the other powers.
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Groceries.
Roasted coffee, per 100 pou
$©12.80; Lion, #12.30; Blue ! :
Ground coflee, choice 10¢; {1
Sugar, stanaard granulated ;
New Orieans open kettle
mixed, choice, 20@ 28 cent
sacks $1.30@51.40; do bbl
ice cream $1.00; common 5!
fancy, full cream, twins,
Arm & Hammer, $1.75. O
63gc: cream To; gingersna
peaches, §1.75; table pea
8.00. Caunned tomatoes, ¥
corn, $3.00. Oysters, F. W
$1.20. Fancy head rice, 740
White fish, 60-1 b kegs., 32.
100-1 b keg:, $4.40; mullet fis
$4.50; macaroni, 7c pourd;
8¢ pouni. Sardines, oil, ci.
dines, mustard, sB.£o; salmon,
6.50. Peprer sauce, dozen 6
gints, dozen &s¢c; mustard. du
ic<les, 15-gallon, 600 s, $5.50.
Flour, Grain and Meal
Flour, Diamend patent, #6,
patant, #85.70; straight 5.
fancy $4.25; fanocy, i3.‘fs. F
ent spring wheat, $5.40. Cor.
white, 68c: No. 2do, 66c; No. 2 1
Oats, white clipped 58c: No. 2
No. 2 mixed B4c. Vietor food .
one hundred pounds. Qual
$1.25. Choice large bale hr
No. 1 small $1.10: No. 2 s:
Meal, plain, 65¢; bolted 60c. Br.
brown shorts $1.25; white shor
Pearl grits, %1.60.
Country Produce.
Eggs, fresh stook, 26@27%jc.
smoked bacon l4@1le; hams
Butter, Georgia fresh tabie, 16@}
nessee table, 16@18¢c; Jersey, £
cooking butter, 13!@15¢; eondit
dull, Live poultry, hens,
fries, large, 27@380c; medium
small 15@16¢c. Ducks puddle, &
Pekin 30@385¢c. Dressed poultry, he
l4c per pound; fries 16@17¢ pe
coeks B@iCe per pound; turkeys
Onions, new crop, 1.40@#%1.60 pe.
Cabbage, Dani:h, 3@34c per .
Bweet potatoes, new crop, 85@%
bushel. Peas, white, $1.50 per bus
lady, $1.75@2 00; stock, $1.25@1.3(
fruit, Georgia apples se¢ é)omu
geaches S@6ce. California dried
3go: California dried peirs 84c. I
turnips I}4@ 2.
Provisions, ;
Reguiar rib sides, boxed 7.60; !
7.60. peliies, 20-1 b average, 8:0); d.
average, 7.60, >tar hams, 18¢. Fu
6.95; rib backs 7.40; platess.7o. .
bams, 11}¢. Caslifornia bams Be,
pure kett.e renderei iea! lard 8%.
brand leaf lard 77¢c. White (lov
pound The. a
Cotton. ;
Market cior2d steady, mlddllfig {
SOCIALISTS FLOOREPR AG.
Federation of Labor Congention
feats Attack on Statff Troops.
The American Federatin of Lab’
at San Francisco, Tuesday, overwhelr
ingly defeated a resolution comit
from the socialistic element, reco
mending that the convention v?t_e fi
a measure abolishing the mi!i}' ‘-% i
now exists. 8
The resolution called foynx- @;abst’
tution of the system no);y folk %gue
Switzerland, where eve€hal We Gher
arms, but each individusl ‘f%“g M
to keep nis weapon in his .. “home
TRAIN DEMOLISHES BUGGY.
Girl Killed, Boy Weounded a<a .ief
Occupant Escaped Unhurt,
At Wartrace, Tenn., Tuesday morn
ing a passenger train ran into a buggy
containing three occupants.
Miss Sadie Waite, aged 16, was in
stantly killed and her brother, aged 1{
was so badly mangled that he cann
recover. The other occupant esca
unhurt,
WILL GATHER IN PANAMA
Physicians Will Hold Great Mas’
on the Isthpius. .
\ Secretary Guiteras, of the
American Medical jcongress has
ily completed . arrangements for
l!ourth annual meeting of that bo
in Panama from January 2 to J
! mary 6 next.
It is expected that about 300
['Lc._ia,ns from this country will at
+tend.