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The Lee County Journal
YOL. IX.
GEORGIA NEWS
- Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
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Advised to Hold Cotton.
In his monthly talk to farmers, Com
riissioner of Agriculture O. B. Ste
vers recommends that the farmers
Zhould hold the cotton they now have
on hand, and urges that more grain
be planted. - ;
B R R
Carnegie’s Cash is Ready.
The city authorities at Albany have
received from Andrew Carnegie notice
that as soon as the city announces
that it has prepared a site for the
Carnegie library funds for putting up
the building will be made available.
The site will be secured and title
perfected without delay, so that in
the course of a few weeks’ work will
be in progress on the building, it is
hoped. .
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v Potter is Badly Wanted,
The stockholders and directors of
the Bank of Davishoro are prosecut
ing a vigorous search for the default
ing cashier, Maro S. Potter, who left
Davisboro on the night of November
16 last, having absconded with be
tween $25,000 and $35,000 of the bank’s
funds, so it is alleged.
A reward of $l,OOO has been offered
for his arrest and delivery to the
sheriff of Washington county by the
Dayvisboro bank.
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Two Negroes Sentenced to Hang.
‘Courtney Baker and Bob Sutherland,
both colored, have been sentenced at
Rome to hang on March 7. The ne
groes seemed perfectly unconcerned
ag to their fate.- The hanging will
be held in private, and only a few
will be aliowed to witness it. Suther
land killed two negroes at a dance
and wounded two others by firing into
a crowd. Baker killed his wife some
time ago at Cave Springs. The su
preme court affirmed the decisions of
the lower court in both cases.
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Central Enjoins State Officials.
Comptroller General William A.
Wright and John W. Nelms, sheriff
of Fulton county, have been tempo
rarily enjoined by the Central of Geor
gia railway company from collecting
taxes on $1,500,000 worth of bonds
of the Western Railway of Alabama,
alleged to be owned by the Central.
The road denies ownership in the
bonds, and asks that a situs be es
tablished by -the court, telling where
the bonds really belong,
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Damages Wanted for Libel.
Hon. John H. Derrick, member of
the legisiature from Rabun county,
has entered suit lor libel at Clayton,
asking for $lO,OOO damages, against
J. F. Earl, a merchant and prominent
citizen of the county. The suit gréw
out of a circular issued before the
late democratic primary in which Earl
alleged that Derrick, then a member
.of the legislature, had been guilty, in
effect, of bribery and other gross ir
regularities in the discharge of his
duty as a legislator, A
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Injunction Not Allowed.
Judge Speer has refused to grant
LEESBURG. GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1905.
the injunction sought by the Southern
railway to restrain the mayor and
council of Eastman from tearing up
the tracks of the road. In rendering
his decision he said that it was not
within the jurisdiction of the United
States court, as the disputed ground,
claimed by the Southern as part of
its original grant, and by the mayor
‘and council of Eastman as the prop
‘erty of the town, could hardly be set
at a valuation of $2,000, the lowest
limit of the court in such cases.
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To “Tone Down” Report.
General Usher Thomason will amend
his report which was recently filed
with Adjutant Generaz Harris. It is
said that several passages in the re
port will be toned 'down somewhat.
The report will not be given to the
public until the changes are made.
The report deals at length with the
Georgia troops and the work they
did last summer at Thoroughfare, Va.
Gepveral Thomason was in command
of the trcops throughout the man
euvers. ‘
- The part that General Thomason
has decided to cut from his report is
said to be the part in reply to the
comments on the Georgia scldiers
made by General Thomas H. Barry,
commanding the department of the
gulf. .
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Date Fixed for State Fair.
The State Fair of the Georgia Ag
ricultural Society will be held in At
lanta from October 9 to 21, inclusive.
Not only was it decided to hold the
fair from October 9 ‘to 21, inclusive,
but it was decided to have racing
during every week day of the fair.
There is going to be all kinds of
premiums for everything that is raised,
grown, made or found in Georgia. Spe
cial rates are going to be given by
the railroads from the remotest por
tions of the state, and preparations
will be made for the entertainment
of the largest crowds that have been
in the city since the days of the Cot
ton States and International exposi
tion, ; :
The members of the executive com
mittee of the Georgia Agricutlural So
ciely are preparing to co-operate to
the fullest extent with Atlantans, and
every efforl that can be miade will be
exerted tov make the fair a success.
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Back Taxes Demanded.
Comptroller General W. A. Wright
has called on the Georgia Railroad and
Banking company to pay into the state
treasury the ‘total sum of $125,974
back taxes on 15,000 shares of the
capital stock of the Western Railway.
of Alabama owned by that company.
In addition to this the Georgia’ rail
road must pay interest at 7 per cent
on all taxes due since 1890, which
will amount to an additional $35,000
or $40,000, making a total of about
$165,000, that is declared to be due
the state from this source.
The demand for these back taxes is
made following a decision of the Unit
ed States supreme court to the effect
that under the constitution and laws
of Georgia it is the duty of the state
officials to require payment of taxes
on stock in a foreign corporation
which is owned and held in Geor
gia,
The remittur from the United States
supreme court in this case reached At
lanta something more than a month
ago, but the work of making assess-
ments of this stock for the 'various
years during which it has been owned
by the Georgia railroad has required
no little time and study on the part
of the comptroller general.
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Return Freight at Half Rate.
An important step was taken by the
railroad commission of Georgia Satur
day morning when a rule was passed
requiring the railroads of the state
to give a half-rate on returned
freight,
T#e rule is a very important one
to all Georgia shippers, and will pro
tect them to a large extent from big
losses. When a shipper ships a car
of goods from any point in Georgia
now, to any other point, and the
same is not accepted for some rea
son the goods can be returned to the
original shipper at half the regular
rate.
Heretofore it had been necessary for
shippers in having freight returned to
them to pay the regular rate for the
freight which was returned. The half
rate rule adopted Saturday has been
in vogue in other states for a number
of years, but it has never before been
observed in Georgia. :
The rule makes an exception of
goods shipped as first class, and also
bars machinery and agriculture im
plements when the said implements
and machinery are not returned to
the original shipper for repairs.
WON'’T WAIT FOR A THAW,
Indications of Impending Great Bat
tle in Manchuria.
Manchurian headquarters reports
that the Russians have continued bom
bardment in the direction of the Shak
he river two days and are entrench
ing.
The impression prevails that an im
pending battle between the armies of
Oyama and Kuropatkin will occur be
fore any material thaw takes place.
BETTER MARKET I 8 SOUGHT.
A Memorial from Recent Cotton Con
vention is Presented in Senate,
‘A Wihashington dispatch says: Sen.
ator Clay read. in the senate Friday a
memorial from the Cotton Growers’
convention forwarded to congress by
W. L. Peek of Georgia.
The object of the pstition i 3 to se
cure for the south better markets for
cotton in foreign countries. It asks
for an appropriation to emplsy agenis
to be sent to foreign markets with a
view to investigate and-enlarge such
markets and securing betier prices for
cotton,
GRAFTERS OFF TO PENITENTIARY
Machen and the Groffs Leave Wash
ington for Moundsville, W. Va,
August W. Machen, the former head
of the free delivery system of the
postoffice department,who was indicted
as a result of the postal investigation,
and Diller B. Groff and Samuel A,
Groff, convicted in connection with
the promotion of a letter box fastener
scheme, left Wiashington with a party
of eleven other convicts for the
Moundsville, W. Va., pexnitentiary
shortly after 6 o’clock Tuesday night
to serve a sentence of two years im
prisonment.
MILES STILL MOUTHING.
General Insists That He MHad Authon
Ity to Manacle Jefferson Davis.
In a statement issued at Boston
Thurseday concerning the recent dis
cussion of the imprisonment of Jef
ferson Davis at Fortress Monroe im
1866-66, General Nelson A. Miles says:
“The matter has been agitated at
different leriods during the last forty
years, but never before has it been
dlscussed in the halls of congress. As
far as my official action is concerned,
it was directed by the highest author
ity; it received the approval of and
has never been questioned by my su
periors or the governmeént. I have
no apology to offer of any kind to
any person. The charge that the acts
of the highest officials of the govern
ment or myself were prompted for
the purpose of humiliating Mr. Davis,
or the people who associated and
sympathized with him, is as puerile
as it is utterly untrue.
“It is to be regretted that the high
officials, President Johnson, Secreta
ries Stanton and Dana, Judge Advo
cate General Holt and Major General
Halleck are not living in order thaé
they might answer the vicious vituper
ation by which their names are now
assailed. Still, I am sure that they
acted in good faith, and as they be
\leved for the best interests of the
country upon the information then in
their possession and the condition of
the country at tuat time.”
RATE MAKING BILL CINCHED.
1 Republican House Members to Boost
Esch-Townsend Measure.
A Washington special says: The
republicans of the house of repreésen
tativeg in conference Friday afternoon
adopted as a party measure the bill
extending rate-making powers to-the
interstate eommerce commission as
agreed upon by the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce and
known as the Esch-Townsend bill
MEW POSTS FOR DIPLOMATS.
MoCormick Slated for Paris and
Meyer for St. Petersburg.
The president has finally arranged
for transiers lin the high European
diplomatic posts which he contem
plates putting into force March 4.
\Amba.sswdor McCormick, now at
St. Petersburg, will become ambassa
dor to France. George Meyer, ambas
sador to Italy, replaces McCormick.
Henry White, secretary of the em
bassy at London, will be ambassador
‘to Rome.
EX-MAYOR McCUE DOOMED.
United Status Supremg Court Denies
Condemned Man’s Petition,
Justice Harlan of the United States
supreme court denied the application
for a writ of error in the McCue case.
Edward McCue and Mrs. Rhodes,
brother and sister of J. Samuel Me-
Cue, and the .latter’s daughter, Ruby,
visited the governor of Virginia on
Thursday, but the result is not an
nounced. It is not thought the exeec
utive will interfere. McCue’s attor
ney is waiting for the report of three
physicians, sent from Alexandria,
Washington and Fredericksburg, to ex
amine McCue as to sanity,
NO. 29.