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Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State,
Case Postponed to February.
The celebrated Bank of Americus
case, wherein former stockholders are
being sued under a charter clause ren
dering them individually liable for
the bank’s indebtedness, was taken up
a few days ago and a continuance
granted until February.
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‘Money for the Pedagogues.
A warrant for $266,000 has been
drawn by Governor Terrell in favor of
State School Commissioner Mer
ritt for the purpose of paying the
school teachers of the state money that
is due them The money will reach
the pedagogues in time for Christmas,
and they will no doubt be made hap
py at the coming of the funds.
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Grand Jury Returned No Bills,
“No bills were returned by the fed
eral grand jury at Columbus in the
cases of John Pines, Jack Pines and
Jagper Carter, three well known citi
zens of Webster county, whoe-were
charged with conspiracy as the result
of the killing of Eli Daniel, a negro
witness in, a moonshine case last
April,
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Farmers Move to Hold Cotton,
News from many counties of the
state tell of mass meetings held by
farmerg in an effort to further the
movement recently inaugurated to
hold cotton for a price of 10 cents, In
most of the counties strong resolu
tions were adopted setting forth the
fact that the farmers should hold all
their cotton possible and appealing to
local banks for aid.
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Special State Tax. ‘
The special state tax, levied under
the last tax act, on many businesses in
the state of Georgia, must be paid by
January Ist, or the proprietors of these
businesses will be guilty of a misde
meanor. It is necessary for the pro
prietors of these special businesses to
register with fhe ordinary then pay
the special tax to the county tax col
lectors. This tax is exlusive of any
city or state license. Dealers in pis
tols, dirks, artists, whiskey dealers
and others are subject to this tax.
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Ne¢ Pardon for Senator Dodd.
. Former Senator W. P. Dodd, of Gor
don county, will spend Christmas in
the Georgia penitentiary and he will
not be given back to his wife and chil
dren for a Christmas present, as his
friends in every section of the state
had hoped, . -
CGovernor Terrell was counting on a
favorable recommendation from the
prison commission and had sai® he
would gladly sign the pardon papers
and send them to Dodd for a Christ
mas present, but they were not forth
coming.
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Death Claims Prominent Educator,
Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt, aged 69 years,
a prominent citizen of Atlanta and edi
suddenly Sunday night.
Dr. Hunnicutt was well Kknown
throughout the state as an educator of
unusual] merit. He had been editor
and proprietor of The Cultivator for
the last six years, and during this
time he made the magazine a promi
time he made the magazine a promi
nent factor in souhern agricultural
sections,
* Before accepting the editorship of
The Cultivator, Dr. Hunnicutt held
.he chair of agriculture at the Univer
gity of Georgia. This position he held
for many years.
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Dates for Pension Payments.
Commissioner of Pensions J. W. Lind
sey, has completed his schedule of
dates for the payment of pensions to
confederate veterang and widows cf
veterans for 1905,
Commissioner Lindsey will begin
paying pensions on January 18, and
expects to complete the work by the
end of February, a period of less than
sBix weeks being required. It took
about six weeks to do the work in the
early part of the present year.
Commissioner Lindsey having fixed
the dates, will make,.no changes in
them. He has mapped out a full day’s
work for each during the period, and
any change would only break into and
interrupt the work. The schedule,
therefore, will remain as fixed.
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Georgians Invited to Inauguration.
Governor Terrell has réceived an in
vitation from the committee in charge
of the ceramonial at the inauguration
of President Roosevelt on March 4th
next, to send Georgla troops to partici
pate in the exercises,
Governor Terrell has replied to the
invitation, stating that the state has
no appropriation, to defray the ex
penseg of troops on such an occasion,
but that he has referred the letter to
Adjutant General Harris and that the
latter will communicate with the com
manders of the various regiments in
the state, telling them if they desire
their Tegiments to do so, they may par
ticipate in the exercises by paying
their own expenses.
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Federal Court Work at Valdosta.
In the federal district court in ses
sion at Valdosta one week, sentences
were passed by Judge Speer as fol
lows:
Walter Bracken, a young white man
of Bainbridge, charged with receiv
ing stolen stamps from the postoffice,
$5OO or one year and one day in pris
on. )
John Green, altering money order
and presenting it, two years in pris
on.
R. L. Jefferds, of Waycross, charged
with using the mails to defraud, fif
teen months or pay a fine of $3OO.
Armond Flowers, a postal clerk of
Valdosta, charged with embezzling
funds from letters, three years.
John Stoney, forging signatures to
indorsement on money orders, three
years. s
The fathers of Bracken and Flow
ers appeared before the court, appeal
ing for mercy, and created an affecting
scene. i .
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Jack Bone Respited.
Governor Terrell has granted a re
spite to Jack Bone, of Floyd county,
until January 13, 1905, in order +that
time may be given for inquiry into the
questions as to whether or not he is
insane. : , :
~ Governor Terrell, will not appoint a
commission of physicians under the
act of 1903 to inquire into Bone's men
tal condition. If this commission re
port that Bone is of sound mind, thoe
execuion will take place without fur
ther delay. '
Bone’s crime was the murder of
Farmer Zach Hall, of Floyd' county.
He was under the impression that
Hall had caused him to be sent to the
chaingang, and threatened to kill him.
He followed up this threat by going to
Hall and ghooting him down while the
latter was working in the field.
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Bonds May Cause Trouble. .
While they feel there is nb doubt
that steps will be taken which will
give Georgia trouble over her void and
fraudulent bond issues, which have
been outlawed by the constitution and
by legislative enactment, state officials
are confident that the state will come
out with clear skirts and without hav
ing to pay out a dollar, unless, per:
haps, it be for attorneys’ fees, as the
result of the litigation that promises
to be Instituted.
The report from Sioux City, lowa,
published in Sunday’s Constitution,
with regard to a tender of $lO,OOO of
.the repudiated bonds of a certain
gsouthern state to that state, with a
view to lowa’s bringing suit for their
collection in the supreme court of the
United States, came as no surprise to
them. In fact, gince the action of
South Dakota in bringing suit on a
similar amount of North Carolina
bonds, which were uncoliectable in the
hands of irdividual owners, similar ac
tions of this kind have been expected,
and they would hardly be surprised
any day to hear that some of Geor
gla’s fraudulent securities had been
dealt with in this way.
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A Notable Gift to a State Institution.
A few days ago Hon. James M.
Smith, of Smithsonia, made Kknown
to the undersigned and to Mr H. J.
Rowe, resident trustee, his gift of $lO,-
000 to the State Normal school, to go
towards the erection of a science and
industrial hall. On the following day
Mr. George Foster Peabody, of 'New
York, gave $lO,OOO for the same pur
pose. Both gifts were conditioned
upon the friends of the school raising
$5,000 additional, thus providing for
a $25,000 building. .
The last legislature appropriated
$25,000 to the Normal school, provid
ed the friends of the school raised
$25,000 within one year. As soon as
the $5,000 is raised the Normal will
have $50,000 for building purposes.
This will put the school in good con
dition for the present.
Mr. Smith spoke interestingly of ed
ucation at the time of our visit.
Among other things, he said:
“I have been considering for some:
time how I might best serve my state
in some permanent and useful way,
and I have decided that in helping'the
educational interests of the state I can
do, most good. A large portion of the
people of the state will always be edu
cated, but in order for the state to
grow greater and stronger in every
sense, it is nedessary for the masses
to be educated. How to reach the
massesg is the question. This can best
be done by well trained teachers.
What is put into the school through
the teachers will appear in the life of
the people. Now, we need more knowl
edge of the sciences, of the industrial
artg, our girls need to be taught, along
with their books, domestic science,
how to make home life easier and
more attractive. =
“This building will stand for the ed
ucation of the masses in these sub
jects. In helping the rural -school
teachers prepare themselves for their
work-among the children, we are help
ing those who need help.
“lT have made my gift to a state
college because of the permanent na
ture of these institutions. As long as
the sfate exists these institutions will
be cared for and this building con
tinue its services to adl the people, re
gardless of distinction.
“T believe in the education of all the
people. If education does not help a
child, then what does?
“He who is a good father and true
patriot will resolve to give his chil
dren the best of all starts in life, bet
ter than high birth or much gold—a
good education.”
These are golden words and deserve
a place in the current literature of our
time.—J. 8. STEWART, of State Uni
versity. :
BATTLESHIP BADLY BATTERED.
Last of Russian Fleet at Port Arthur
Torpedoed Ten Times.
A Tokio dispatch, under Saturday’s
date, says: The battle ship Sevasto
pol has been successfully torpedoed
ten times. Advices from Pert Arthur
say that she is agrouad and is evi
dently completely disabled.
Ware Leaves Pension Bureau.
Commissioner of Pensions Eugene
F'. Ware has relinquished his official
duties at Washington. Deputy Com
missioner J. L. Davenport assumed
charge of the pension bureau-and will
remain in that office nending the ap
po:ntment of a suceescor to Mr. Ware.
THE MOON IS CRACKER. -5
RIl Extends Lengthwise Through
Valley of the Alps Eighty Miles,
The discovery of a great crack or
rill on the face of the moon which ex
tends lengthwise through the qull&y' of
the Alps for a distance of eighty miles,
is one of the facts announced in the
latest bulletin issued from the Licß
obgervatory at Berkeley, €al.
IS RESOLVED ON CRUSADE. v
President Will Work to Aid the Inter
state Commerce Commission.}A
A Washingion special says: Pres
ident Iwoosevelt considered Wed;_neS
day with several friends, his recom
mendation that increased powers ba
conferred by legislation upon the in
terstate commerce commission. Those
to whom he talked were not only mem
bers of congress, but even in other
walks of life. .
SUSPENSION BRIDGE COLLAPSES.
Two People Killed and Others Hurt
in Crash of Ancient Structure.
Two persons were killed and five
otaers seriously injured Thursday by
the collapse of the ancient suspension
bridge across the Elk river,. which
conpects east and west Charleston, W.
Va. On the bridge when it went
down were six children on their way
to school, and a number of other p:
destrians, together with six teams.
KILLED BY STAGE FRIGHT.
Little Girl Drops Dead on Attempting
. to Recite a Bible Verse.
Excitement and nervousness be
cause she is to recite a verse from
the Bible at a Christmas entertain
ment of a church in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
cagised the death of May Young, 10
years old. While she and ninety-nine
other little girls were at the church re
hearsing for the entertainment she
stepped from the line to recite her
verse and fell on her face dead. '
MOTION TO QUASH DENIED.
Trial of White Woman and Negro at
Jackscnville, Fla., Set for Jan, 9.
Judge Call, in the circuit court at
Jacksonville, Fla,, Thursday morning
denied the motion to quash the indiete
ment{ "against Nellie Plummer, white,
and Jake Bradford, a negro, for the
killing of John Plummer, husbanl of
the accused woman. The defendants
were arraigned and nleaded not eyilty .
The trial was set for the 9th of Jafi
uary. ' : :
ALL ARE UNITED ON THE PLAN.
North Carolina Farmers Will Meex to
Discuss Cotton Prices. /
Letters are pouring into Raleir = ‘o
the promoters of the plan for ui i
action on the part of the cotton g.ow
ers of North Carolina to maintain
prices. So far not a farmer has been
found who does not favor the sug
gested plan. The alliance, the cottop
growers’ convention and other assc
ciations of farmers will unite the!
forces in this important work.
RAILROAD GRANTED CHARTE!
Savarnah, Statesboro and Northe i
to Build a Line.
The Savannah, Statesboro and Noth
ern Railroad Company has been grant
ed a charter by Secretary of ‘State
Phillip Cook, of Georgia. {
This company proposes to build a
line from Statesbore, in Bulloch eoun
tv, to Athens, in Clarke countyy a dis.
‘tance of 160 miles. The comipany's
rapital stock will be $3,000,000.