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0 ¢ ’ GEORGIA. ¢ 0V VeLTDOD “‘vt“‘d 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. W - * ‘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. *. % % 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, * % % 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. * K W 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. * % % 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. : *® * % 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. . .2 9 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. * % % : 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. * % % 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 . 2 5 9 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. %k %k % 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. * » =® 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.