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letter from any one directly interested,
was least expected.
Would or did another clerk in Geor
gia take the same view of this matter
and act as Mr. Bell did? He not only
has the courage of his convictions but
has a keen insight to what is best for
the people who trust him With a pub
lic office.
Madison Ga., Nov. 15th. 1901,
Mr. T. M. Bell, C. S. C.,
Gainesville, Ga.
Dear Sir: The Supreme Court hav
ing recently decided that there is no
law in this State authorizing the pay
ment of the fees of the Sheriff for ser
ving subpoenas before the Grand Jury
out of county funds, * and It being ap
parent that this decision will apply to
the clerks of courts in issuing such
subpoenas wb have concluded to have a
bill drawn and introduced authorizing
and requiring the payment of these
fees* out of the county funds. To this
end we desire the co-operation of all
the Clerks and Sheriffs in the State.
Please write to your Representative
and Senator urging them to support
the measure.;
Fraternally you rs,
Chas. W. Baldwin,
Clerk Superior Court, Morgan county,
Ga. t
Edgar Fears,
Sheriff, Morgan county, Ga.
Below is a copy of a letter addressed
by Clerk Bell to Representatives R. F.
Quillian and J, H. Pierce, and Senator
J. N. Holder, which explains itself:
Gainesville, Ga., Nov. 19. 1901.
My Dear Sir: Herewith I enclose a
copy of a letter received yesterday.
You can at a glance see the intent, but
I dare say you caunot see the end from
the beginning. If a satute like ; this
Was enacted, it would be big money to
Represetative Bull of Rho'de
Island has in trod uced a bill to do
away with congressional funeral
scandals. He p^pposes to fix the
the limit cost of funerals of mem
bers of Congress at.not more than
$8^000. In times past there have
been congressional funerals that
cost as much as $25-000 each, and
in connection with which there
was more drinking, smoking and
carousing than mourning for the
dead. Mr. Bull thinks that $1«-
000 is quite sufficient to “put
away” any congressman m first
class shape and pay all of the ex
penses of the official mourners;
and there is no doubt that he is
right.—Savannah News.
provided that any Confederate
veteran owning property valued at
$1,000 or having an income of
$300 a year or more, should not
be entitled to a pension, did not
pass the senate, as many people
supposed. In fact it- never came
up in the senate, but remained! iD
the committee room. While the
bill would have saved the state
$200,000 every year, there was
considerable opposition /to the
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measure, and the result was that
it was never acted upon.
AND
Georgia Sirup For TedcLy.
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Savannah, Ga., Dec. 18.-—Geor
gia sirup will soon appear on the
white house table at Washington.
Today a shipment of thirty-six
one-gallon cans went forward by
express addressed to Dr. ^H. W.
Wiley, chief chemist of the agri
cultural department, who recently
made a tour of investigation of
tie cane fields of Georgia.
The shipment was made by Cap
tain D. G. Purse, president of the
Savannah board of trade, and the
indefatigable promoter of South
Georgia development.
The sirup was donated by J. T
Wells, of Guyton, who has acquired
considerable reputation from the
* t
high class article of sirup pro
duced by him. Each can bore a
neat copper lable, conveying the
compliments of Mr. Wells and
Captain Purse to the recipient. -
He Saved the Horse;
“J. Brisben Walker has one of
the most adventurous natures of
any man of importance I know,”
said Harvey Wells of Denver.
“When Walker was remaking a mile
ci so of river front in Denver that
he later turned into a fine park, a
sudden rise of the Platte washec.
away a lot of things, including the
ground from under a stable on the
improvement Walker was making.
Don’t Let Them Suffer.
Often children are tortured with itch
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Much .Wheat Being Put In,
Farmers from all over the county say
that a great deal of wheat is being
planted. This is good news, for where
the farmers have plenty of wheat they
usually have plenty of hogs, and this
means that they dont have to go to out
side markets for their bread and meat.
|Let them keep planting wheat and
Raising hogs, the cotton will take care
of itself. v
payers of Hall county in the poor
house in one term. I am unhesitating
ly opposed to this -measure and trust
you will lend your best endeavors to
defeat it. With kindest regards, I re
main, Your friend.
Thos. M. Bell.
In reply to the above, Representative
Pierce wrote as follows:
House of representatives.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20. 1901.
Hon. T. M. Bell*
Gainesville, Ga.
My Dear Sir: Your letter just re
ceived ,and in reply will say, I think
withopt^your letter 5 ! would have been
unable to have defeated the bill you
spoke of. I am glad to know you have
the interest of the tax-payers at heart,
more than yourself.
Your friend.
J. H. Pierce.
The above letter from two promi
nent county officials . was written to
Hem. Thos. M. Bell, Clerk of Hall Su
perior Court, just before the adjourn
ment of the legislature.. The purport
of the letter is visible to a thinking
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A FALSE STEP MEANT AN EVEN CHANCE.
look over tne damage done, a horse
that had been in the stable was half
submerged and in danger of being
smothered in the quicksand and
rolling mud that the angry waters
made of the half** prepared new
ground. Walker asked several men
to go and help the horse. When
they refused, he started laying
planks along the treacherous
f round, just as they do to get
rowning persons from out an icy
river. In a short time he was in a
position where a false step meant an
even chance for life or death. He got
both the horse and himself out of
the scrape. Then he turned around
and discharged every man on the
job and wound, up by giving the
horse away.”-—New York Times.
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Cincinnati,' Dec. 18.-—4 special
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m his pocket. As soon as Mr. Bell
received the letter he wrote to both
our Representatives and Senator, the
letter signed by him as above. A ' vote
was taken the following day and the
bill was defeated by only 8 votes. Mr.
Pierce immediately called Mr. Bell up
over the telephone and advised him of
the result of the vote, and stated that
he was satisfied after reading ins let.
ter to many of the members that it
changed at least twenty votes. Mr.
Pierce had 1 been working arduously to
defeat the bill, but found that this lefc-
although such a
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ias “ten wise virgins” as a sort of
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Harmony Regardless of Expense,
“Beg pardon,” said the postal clerk
who had sold her the stamps, “but you
don’t have to put a 5 cent stamp on a
letter for Canada.”
'but the shade
Col. Bob Cochran, after successfully
doing the Georgia legislature and see
ing all the members off home safely af
ter adjournment, is on the streets of
his home city once again greeting his
friends with the glad hand.
“I know,
ust matches my envelope, you know.
-Philadelphia Press.
ter was a ^clincher,
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