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OGILLA DISPATCH.
OriLfiA, GEORGIA.
IGMH.rSON Hi HANLON, Publishers.
The inspectors of the board o
health have seized a consignment of
horseflesh sent to New York for table
use. Is the automobile driving the
horse from the stable to the kitchen?
Trade relations with the United
States will compel the people of Porto
Rico to learn the English tongue, no
nutter what their preference for the
Spanish language. Most of the trade
of this island will be with this coun¬
try, and if the people are to do busi¬
ness successfully, they must learu the
tongue that is spoken here. For this
reason there io likely to be little ob¬
jection to teaching English in the
Porto Rican public schools. It is the
surest way of fitting the coming gen¬
eration of that island for industrial
and commercial usefulness.
It may be recalled that at a certain
stage of the battle of Manila. Admiral
Dewey withdrew his fleet for break¬
fast, Breakfast at least has usually
been held accountable for that pause
in the fight. It is stated now that the
real cause for drawing oft’ was that the
Olympia had only fifteen projectiles
left for her big guns, and that as soon
as the fleet got around the point, a
new apportionment of ammunition
was made, and then the fight went on.
It is also stated that when the fight
was over there were only thirty big
gun projectiles ieft. With these, and
no more to fall back on, Admiral
Dewey sat down and waited, the Ger¬
man admiral, kind man, keeping liinr
company, from the 1st of May until
June 28, when the Baltimore arrived
with fresh ammunition. A long strain
on the nerves that.
The cost of feeding prisoners and
other dependents in Pennsylvania
varies from seven cents per day in
gome counties to forty cents in others.
In the Chester county jail the lower
cost named is attained, but the same
county pays twenty-two cents per
head for its boys in the Huntington
reformatory, Publication of these
facts iu the state has started an agita¬
tion for an inquiry, in the hope that
expenses eau be equalized and money
saved. It is also suggested that the
desired inquiry may disclose why it is
that the penal institutions need such
heavy appropriations from the state,
when the amount charged the various
eouuties for the maintenance of pris¬
oners ought to make the jails as self
sustaining as boarding-houses It
should he remembered also, that to
the mentioned income of the jails
must lie added the return from the
labor to the inmates, alfteit this has
been reduced largely by legislation at
the behest of the walking delegates.
The municipal authorities of Ber¬
lin, Germany, have decided *to ap¬
point medical officers to the municipal
schools. This step is in accordance
with frequent representations from the
medical profession, which for a long
time has been advocating the medical
supervision of schools. According
to the instructions drawn up by the
Municipal school board the duties of
the medical officers will be as follow's:
(1 j They will examine children as to
their state of health before they enter
a school; (2) in cases of bodily or
mental abnormalities they may rec¬
ommend the adoption of special in¬
struction; (3) they will have to look
after children who are absent from
school without sufficient reasons; (4)
they will have to advise the headmas¬
ter in cases of infectious diseases; (5)
they must jgive uotice to the school
board when they have found the
health of the children unfavorably af¬
fected by the unhygienic conditions of
a school; (6) they will have to be pres¬
ent at a certain hour at the school once
a fortnight so that the masters may
obtain their advice in individual cases;
(7) they will have to control the class.
Tooms without reference to the hours
of instruction; and (8) all the medical
officers to the schools will have to
meet regularly under the presidency
of a member of the school board to
discuss matters relative to the hygieuio
conditions of schools, etc.
TAXATION IN PHILIPPINES.
War Department Receives Itemized
Statement of Receipts.
The war department has just receiv¬
ed the first itemized statement of re¬
ceipts from all sources of taxation in
the Philippines from the occupation of
Manila by the United States forces
August 31st last to December 31st.
The total collections amounted to
*1,819,813. Of this total $534,080 was
made up of funds seized by the Amer¬
icans upon the capture of Manila.
A LUCKY ACCIDENT.
“What, are you ready so soon, xvlr.
Thornton?” came in a clear, musical
voice from the dark shadow of the
creeper-shaded porch.
“Ready!” laughed the man. “Aren't
you ashamed of yourself,. Miss Ander¬
son? Here I’ve been kicking my heels
these twenty minutes waiting for you
to get that hat of yours on. Are you
sure it’s straight at last? There's a
tearing breeze up the river, and I’m
afraid it won’t stay long at the correct
angle.”
“You’re rude,” returned the girl with
a merry smile, as .she ran down the
steps on the lawn. “Well, come along,
now; you shan’t accuse me of wasting
any more time. I’ll race you down to
the bdhts.” And she flew ahead of
him so fast that he, laden as he was
with rugs and cushions, was left hope¬
lessly in the rear.
“Not fair,” he gasped, as, coming out
through a belt of rose-hung trellises,
they arrived on. the low wooden land¬
ing stage that edged the gleaming wat¬
ers of the sunny stream.
A sailing dinghy of fair size lay off
the wharf tugging at its painter as the
current caught it. A piping breeze
hummed in the great oaks and elms
which lined the shore, and curled the
clear waters into crispy wavelets.
Carefully the young fellow arranged
a cozy nest amidships for his compan¬
ion and gave her a hand In. Then,
slipping the knot of the painter and
himself jumping in, in a minute he
had got up the big main and tiny fore
sail, and, heeling slightly over, they
were away, the sharp bow slapping
through the short ripple.
"Isn’t this perfect?” cried the girl,
as, reaching the middle of the stream,
a strong puff filled the sail and sent
them spinning along before it at a
glorious rate. The excitement had
flushed her cheeks and made her dark
eyes shine. Gerald Thornton’s glance
betrayed the admiration he had so
long striven to conceal.
"What an ass I am,” he said to him¬
self for about the hundredth time,
“fluttering round the candle like some
wretched moth. I shall get singed in
the end. Yet—yet—sometimes I al¬
most think she does care^ Oh, if only
I wasn’t such a wretched pauper I vow
I’d try my luck—get out of my misery,
anyhow.”
Carrie Anderson’s quick glance noted
his momentary abstraction, and she
turned away to hide a smile. It was a
soft, little smile, and would have told
Gerald something if he had seen it.
Only, unfortunately, Gerald was too
busy with the sheet and tiller to notice
it. »
Gerald Thornton was a young man of
a type rare, perhaps, but not so rare
as some novelists would have us be
lieve. He had so strong a sense of
honor and personal pride that though
sincerely in love with Carrie Anderson
he would not ask her to marry him
simply because she had a good fortune
of her own, and he, comparatively
speaking, a mere pittance. He tried,
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indeed, to keep away from her, but
could not always refuse the kindly in¬
vitations of old Mrs. Anderson, her
aunt. And Gerald had another rare
quality—modesty; another man would
have read a good deal more than he did
in the girl’s manner toward him.
They were now rapidly approaching
the “narrows,” where a long, low spit
covered with thick shrubbery cut the
stream to half its usual width. The
w’ind was freshening and full on the
beam, and the little craft lay over till
its gunwale was rimmed with, a racing
streak of snowy foam.
“We shaP just clear it without tack¬
ing.” said Gerald, as they neared the
point. The water was fairly deep right
up to the bank, and they slipped by
without touching bottom, though the
long boom rustled against projecting
houghs.
Ob, what lovely flowers, cried Car
rie, reaching over in a vain effort to
grasp a great spray of dead white
syringa which hung far out over the
water.
“Duck, Miss Anderson, duck!” cried
Gerald, sharply. As they passed he
had suddenly noticed that around the
point a strong slant of wind would
take them right aback. He threw his
helm up, but just too late. The long
boom swung sharply over and struck
the girl full on the forehead, With a
little cry she slipped back into the bot¬
tom of the boat.
To loosen the halyards from the
cleaks was with Gerald the work of
but a single moment, and as the big
sail came flapping downwards he ten¬
derly raised in his arms the tumbled
white heap and bent over her in a per¬
fect agony. An ugly red mark show¬
ed just where the tittle rings of hair
curled over the forehead, and a single
drop of blood had started and stood
out on the white skin. Her face was
deathly pale and her eyes tight closed.
“My darling!” cried the poor boy.
"Carrie, speak to me.” But she lay
quiet and motionless. Was she dead?
He could hardly perceive her breath-
Ing. Quickly Gerald pulled out a
handkerchief, and, soaking it over the
side, began bathing her forehead with
the cool water, murmuring air the
time broken expressions of endear¬
ment.
Minute after minute passed, and still
she did not move. Gerald will never
forget the misery of these moments.
He was just making up his mind to
give it up and pull ashore for assist¬
ance when suddenly her eyes opened.
With a wan little smile she looked up,
realized what had happened, where she
was, and then—Gerald could never be¬
lieve his 'eyes and senses—sank com¬
fortably back Into his protecting arms.
“Don’t worry,” she whispered, “it
isn’t much; I shall be all right soon.”
And she looked up again through long
black lashes. Gerald’s resolutions
were like wax under a summer sun.
Whose would not be? He stooped and
kissed her.
She blushed a little. “You’ve been a
long time making up your mind, Ger¬
ald,” she said.
Gerald’s head was in a whirl be¬
tween ecstasy and a remembrance of
his resolutions. He made another
struggle.
"I’ve always loved you,” he said,
simply; "yott know that. But I can’t
ask you to marry me; you must feel
why.” 1
Carrie’s lips were wreathed in a lit¬
tle smile.
"Must I ask you, then?” she inquir¬
ed. “It isn’t usual, you know.”
Gerald stammered something to the
effect that he could not live on his
wife.
“You’re a foolish boy!” Carrie laugh
ed. “I see I shall have to propose in
due form. And you can’t refuse a
lady, can you?”
* *
It was a year later. Again a bril¬
liant day, and again Gerald and Car¬
rie were spinning up the river in the
self-same dinghy. The girl, looking
distractingly pretty, was leaning back
on her cushions and gazing with quite
undisguised admiration at her belov¬
ed husband’s skill in managing the
boat.
“Well, are you tired of ‘living on
your wife’s money’ yet, Gerald?” she
said, suddenly.
Gerald laughed. "I believe I earn my
living,” he replied.
“It’s rather a good thing for me you
pocketed your pride and condescended
to manage my affairs for me. That
colliery is paying for positively the
first time.
“Why,” she went on, “here we are
at the ‘narrows' once more.”
They spin fast, neither of them
speaking, and this time without a jibe.
«• Do you think you would ever have
proposed, Gerald, if it hadn’t been for
that accident?” musingly continued
Mrs. Thornton, when they had rounded
tbe bend '
Gera i d hauled in the sheet a little,
„j don>t kn dear> .. he gaid „j nev _
er guch a rf M ln ' life j be _
]ieve j feU of mu der when l
gaw your face g0 pa , e an(J he)d your
limp little body in my arms; but for
me at least it was the luckiest of acci¬
dents.”—The Rambler.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
Railway tracks can be cleaned of
snow or dirt by the use of a Pennsyl¬
vanian’s invention, consistig of a res¬
ervoir, with outlet pipes extending to
the rails, with means to supply water,
air or steam or a combination of all
three to the surface of the rails.
One of the newest flashlight dis¬
chargers has a bowl mounted at the
end of a hollow stem, with a lid to keep
the powder in place, a match being
slipped into the stem until the head
is at the entrance of the bowl, when it
is forced through a grated opening by
a trigger in the stem.
A Georgia man has designed an at¬
tachment for rocking cradles, consist¬
ing of a coiled spring set in a casing
and geared to a vertical arm to rock
the upper end in a horizontal direc¬
tion, tw’o springs at the lower end im¬
parting a reverse motion to the arm to
sway the cradle.
To prevent food from burning as It
Is being cooked a piece of tin is bent
around the kettle, with the ends con¬
structed to interlock ln notches at in¬
tervals, with a sliding yoke to hold
them in place, the device being’ ad¬
justed to any desired size by moving
the ends.
A Minnesota woman has invented a
wash boiler having a w'ire basket car
ried by a flanged ring, which rests on
the top 0 j tbe boiler, the basket being
inserted before the clothes are put In
and lifted out when the clothes have
vioiled sufficiently, bringing all the gar
ments wit h i t .
Jn the Levant.
The Oi’iental official chuckled glee¬
fully. The iron boot had been placed
on the foot of the victim, and the
royal minions were screwing it tighter
and tighter to force a confession from
his lips. “Aha!” merrily laughed the
official. “Dost thee not feel almost
persuaded to confess that thou wert
in a conspiracy to poison the waters
pf the Golden Horn, with the contents
of the vial which my faithful officers
found in thy pocket? By the beard of
the prophet! Screw tighter, men, for
he seems to be enjoying the whole af¬
fair!” “Why, you doddering old fos¬
sil!” cheerfully replied the victim,
“that vial had corn cure in it; and as
for your old fashioned iron boot here,
why, let me tell you that I lived in
America, when the styles of shoes
changed from broad toes to pointed.
Screw away! You bring to my mem¬
ory a hundred society dances in New
York.”—New York Journal.
THE MAKER OF FABLES.
gome Anecdote* of Aesop, the f»mou
Grecian.
Aesop, the celebrated fabulist, was
born about 620 B. C. He Is supposed
to been a native of Phrygia, but
tlie place of his birth is .very uncer
tain, several Grecian cities claiming
the honor. While quite young he was
brought to Athens as a slave, where
he served several masters, but was
finally made a freeman In considera
tion of his wit and beauty of mind,
It is said that he was at one time the
chief servant of a philosopher named
Xanthus. One day Xantlius wished to
give a grand dinner to some of his
distinguished friends, and he in
structed Aesop to buy for the occa¬
sion the very best things in the mar¬
ket. Aesop went to market, purchased
a great number of tongues, and told
the cook to serve them with differ¬
ent sauces. When the dinner was
ready, there was “tongue in all styles,”
and not one thing else. Xanthus was
enraged. He called Aesop to him and
said: “I ordered you to buy the very
best things in the market. Why did
you not obey me?” “1 did obey you,
Master Xanthus,” Aesop replied. “Is
there, master, anything better than
tongues? Is not the tongue the bond
of civil society, the key of science,
and the organ of truth and reason?
Is it not by means of the tongue that
cities are built, and governments es¬
tablished and instructed? Do not men
instruct, persuade, and preside in as¬
semblies by using their tongues?”
"I’ll excuse you this time,” said Xan¬
thus, “for your reasoning is truly
good; but these same friends will dine
with me to-morrow, and as I want to
diversify my entertainment, go to
market again and buy the worst things
you can find.” The dinner the next
day consisted also of nothing but ton¬
gues. Xanthus, violently angry, de¬
manded an explanation of Aesop.
“Master,” said the servant, “you told
me to buy, for this dinner, the worst
things I could find. Is there anything
worse than tongues ?Is not the tongue
the instrument of strife and conten¬
tion, the fomentor of lawsuits, and
the source of divisions and wars? Is
not the tongue the organ of error, of
falsehood, of calumny, of blasphemy?”
Aesop was not punished; for he con¬
vinced Xanthus that the tongue, when
used aright, is the best of all things,
and the very worst when put to a
wrong use. Soon after Aesop was
made free he visited Croesus, and he
and the rich Lydian King became close
friends. He went to Athens, and while
there composed the fable of “Jupiter
and the Frogs,” for the instruction of
the Athenian citizens. About 564 B.
C. Aesop met death in a very cruel
way. Croesus had sent him to Delphi
with a large sum of money that he
wished to have distributed among the
citizens, but a quarrel arose over the
matter, and Aesop refused to distrib¬
ute the money. Then, the Delphians
became angry, accused him of sacri¬
lege, and hurled him from a precipice.
A Palpable Defect.
Uncle Silas—“I tell you, we’ve got
the grandest and most glorious govern¬
ment on the face of the earth. You
can rail against it purty easy, but I
defy you to produce a single defect in
the hull system.” Uncle Hiram—
“Look here, Si, we’ve got twenty office
hunters for every office, an’ the popu¬
lation growin’ at a fearful rate!”—New
York Sun.
PERSONALS.
More than 100 laudatory poems have
been sent to Lord Kitchener since his
return to England.
H. K. Baker, cashier of the Hallow
ell. Me., Savings institution, who cele¬
brated his 92d birthday last week, at¬
tends to his official duties daily.
Mrs. William C. Whitney, who was
injured while horseback riding some
time ago, shows no sign of further im¬
provement. She is confined to bed,
from which it is feared she can never
rise.
Governor-elect Roosevelt of New
York, driven to desperation by the
army of office seekers by whom he is
besieged, has issued this notice: “No
person, no matter who he may be, need
come to see me hereafter unless he has
an appointment.”
Princess Theresa of Bavaria is a
scientific writer of considerable merit.
She has already published one book on
South America, and is now at work on
another, to get materials for which she
made a journey of exploration in the
wildest parts of Brazil.
The bazaar, in London in aid of
wounded Spanish soldiers and of the
widow's and orphans of the Spanish
war was opened by the Princess Bea¬
trice, and a Spanish dance was given
by Otero. The pope sent a cameo like¬
ness of himself and there is a collec¬
tion of paintings by Spanish artists.
The prince of Wales is unable to ap¬
preciate the solemnity of the ancient
game of golf. One of the caddies at
St. Andrew, asked of the respective
merits of the prince, Mr. Asquith and
Mr. Balfour, gravely replied: “Aye, I
mind the names. They’ll hae muckle
to learn. I telled the prince so, but
he only laughed. A light heart is
very well for cricket, but it’s a solemn
business is gowf.” *
Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, a Boston
woman and editor of the first woman’s
magazine published in this country,
worked for twenty years to have a
definite day set apart for Thanksgiv¬
ing. Time did not daunt her courage,
but rather increased her inslstance.
She wrote to governors of states and
to presidents of the United States. At
last President Lincoln adopted her sug¬
gestion in 1864, when there was reason
to rejoice over the success of the north
in restoring the union.
POWELL AQREED WITH MILE
flakes Corroborative Statement Before
“Beef” Inquiry Court.
A Washington Miles special court says: of inqu l|he iry
sess j on 0 f the
| )e g an Tuesday with Colonel William
jj/ Powgll, of the Seventh infantry,
w j 10 was stationed at Madison barracks
a t the outbreak of the war. He said
that he started for Tampa on Aijiril [did
w ith a month’s rations, and
ncd come in contact with the food of
commissary department at Tarppa
till about ready to start for Tampa.
The regiment went through the Sw
^iago cam paign, and after the city was
captured and the regiment quartered
in the city he received requests from
his men for money to buy stuff to eat.
He investigated the so-called cauiied
roast beef, and had some of it served
a t his own table.
“I could not eat it,” he continued.
“It was a stringy, unwholesome look¬
ing mass, more like wet sea-weed thim
anything else I can think of. «ie
men were sick and debilitated, Jnd
could not keep it on their stomachs.
We had at the time 152 sick. Soon after
that the fresh beef began to arrive and
the men ate readily and began to pick
up in health. Afterward we were
moved out of camp near the San Jiaan
battlefield. Here much of it.” our njeat
spoiled before we could get
ARHY BILL DISCUSSED.
Hasty Action On the Heasure Will Be
Forestalled.
Formal discussion of the Hull-Haw
ley army reorganization bill was begun
in the senate Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Hawley and Mr. Warren, repub¬
licans, supported the measure, and
Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Cockrell, demo¬
crats, opposed it.
Mr. Cockrell’s speech, though brief,
was particularly notable, as he spoke
definitely for the opposition to the
army bill.
He declared practically, in so many
words, that the Hull-Hawley bill could
not become a law at this session. He
and those wlio stood with him were
willing to give the president all the
money and every man he desired, but
they were determined that no great
standing army should be fastened Upon
the country without full and free dis¬
cussion.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
passed during the session.
UNIQUE MILITARY COMPANY.
“Yanks” and “Rebs” Join In Forming
an Organization at Fitzgerald.
A unique military company is in
course of formation at Fitzgerald, the
new Indiana colony in the southwest
part of Georgia. About a hundred
Union and Confederate veterans have
banded together for the purpose of or¬
ganizing and adding to the state con
tingent of the National Guard, and
have applied to Governor Candler for
charter and equipment. They will in
all probability be issued to them, and
the company will be the first x>uits
kind in the south to join a state ,fili
tia. The commissions will be equally
divided between “Yankees” and
“Johnnies.” Should the militia at
any time be called into requisiton the
erstwhile enemies will have the satis¬
faction of fighting side by side.
TOBACCO MEN WILL SUE.
They Want Honey Returned Which
Was Paid to Government Illegally.
The tobacco manufacturers and deal¬
ers of Richmond, Va., have set on foot
a movement in conjunction with sim¬
ilar interests elsewhere to institute
suit against the United States govern¬
ment to recover the amount of tax paid
on tobacco under the retroactive clause
of the war tariff act.
They claim that the collection of the
additional tax on tobacco that had al¬
ready been stamped was unconstitu¬
tional, in that the law was in the na¬
ture of an ex post facto law, The
amouut involved is about $800,000,
Able counsel has been employed and
the suit will be brought in the name
of Mr. James D. Patton, of Richmond.
DEADLOCKS ARE UNBROKEN.
Contests In the Various States Show
No Material Change.
A Washington dispatch says: No
breaks were reported for Tuesday in
the senatorial deadlocks existing in a
number of states. In Nebraska and
California there was some change in
the voting, but nothing developed to
indicate that the end of the struggle is
aDjwhere in sight.
QUIET REIGNS A I' HANILA.
Otis Gets Favorable News From Gen.
Miller at Iloilo.
The United States transport New¬
port has arrived at Manila from Iloilo
with dispatches from Genera! Miller
to General Otis. She reports all quiet
at Iloilo. The American troops there
are occupying the suburbs of Jam and
Molo, business has been resumed gen¬
erally with the outside world, some
rice is coming iu from the provinces
and there has been no fighting- since
February 12th.
All is quiet at Manila. The* heat is
causing some inconvenience, but no
casualties have been reported.
COULD NOT AGREE.
The High Joint Commission Has Ad¬
journed Ui til Midsummer.
A Washington special says: The
high joint commission decided to ad¬
journ Monday until midsummer, when
it will reassemble to seek to agree fin¬
ally on questions of difference between
the United States and Canada. Agree¬
ment on several of the most important
issues pending is apparently impossi
ble at this time.
G-EOEGIA STATE NEWS.
The obscene letter ease at Augusta
resulted in a verdict of “not guilty”
I for Mrs. Gleason,
The senate reported the river and
harbor bill with but few changes bo
j far as Georgia is concerned. The chief
| feature in tiie bill of local interest is
; the retention of the paragraph cover -
| ing unanimously the work at retained Brunswick. by the This commit- was
:
j j tee, General in the Floyd face of King the against fight made Colonel by
| Goodyear and bis work, and the corn
mittee’s action is a substantial indorse
J ment of the work which has been done
j at and Brunswick his associates. by Colonel Goodyear
The Medical Association of Georgia
will hold its annual meeting in Macon
on April 19th, and indications are
that it will be the most interesting
session ever held since its organiza¬
tion. This will be the semi-centen¬
nial meeting, and an unusually inter¬
esting programme is being arranged.
Distinguished physicians and surgeons
from northern and eastern cities have
signified their intention of being pres¬
ent and contribute papers, and the
meeting will be instructive as well as
pleasant.
The old boundary dispute between
Tennessee and Georgia is now en¬
gaging no little attention. Georgians
and North Carolinians are equally as
miucli interested. Georgia claims land
in Tennessee amounting to some 15,
000 square miles, more or less. Geor¬
gia’s legislature authorized the gover¬
nor to appoint a commission of three
men to meet with a like commission
from Tennessee. The legislature of
Tennessee has not seen fit to name a
commission. Georgia will, upon the
refusal of the Tennessee legislature to
act, bring suit to recover the land in¬
volved.
A co-operative Georgia town is soon
to be built on the Southern Railway
about twenty miles south of Jackson.
The Southern Kailway is interested in
the upbuilding of this new town. Six
hundred acres have been purchased on
the Ocmulgee river. There is a water¬
fall of seven feet, giving one thousand
horse power to whirl the spindles of
the factory. This is the first town¬
ship to be organized in this state un¬
der the co-operative plan, and it will
be interesting news to the state to
learn of the management of this town.
The object and plans of the new town
are along the same lines as those of
Buskin, Tenn., and Equality, Wash.
Professor J. M. Pound, president of
the Georgia Teachers’ Association,
states that he is at work on the pro¬
gramme for the next annual conven¬
tion, which will probably be held at
Cumberland island the last week in
June or the first week in July next.
President Pound says that he expects
to make the programme one of the
most attractive for teachers that the
annual convention has ever put forth,
and he hopes to see a very large and
enthusiastic attendance of teachers
from every section of the state. The
time and place will be definitely an¬
nounced as soon as hotel accommoda¬
tions can be arranged.
The fight over the petition of the
Georgia Northern railroad for an
amendment to its charter conferring
the right to extend its line from Moul¬
trie to Thomasville, Ga., took on an¬
other complication and assumed a new
and interesting phase when a petition
was presented to Judge John S. Can¬
dler at Atlanta to restrain Secretary
of State Cook from granting the
amendment. The petition from in¬
junction was refused by Judge Can¬
dler, after hearing the argument in
the case, but a rule nisi was granted,
calling upon the secretary of state to
show cause why the injunction applied
for by the Tifton, Thomasville and
Gulf road should not be issued.
Two important schemes are on foot,
which, if carried to success, will give
Cartersville an appreciable new boost.
A proposition is before the citizens to
donate $5,000 and a site, and a party
well prepared and able to do wbat
they offer will erect a 50,000 spindle
cotton mill that will cost $100,000 to
build and equip for operation. Prom¬
inent men are now working to raise
the amovnt asked, and have already
succeeded in getting more than half
the amount subscribed. A cotton seed
oil mill is another possibility, either
through local effort or by a party from
the outside, who has already proposed
to furnish the bulk of the capital if he
can control the majority of the stock.
The work of outlining the scope of
the state fair is rapidly progressing,
and the correspondence in reference
to exhibits is increasing every day.
Both Governor Northern and Presi¬
dent Brown are giving a great deal of
attention to the work of preliminary half de¬
arrangements, believing that
pends upon getting the movement
started aright. The fair committee, to
be composed of leading citizens of At¬
lanta and active members of the State
Agricultural society, has been select¬
ed, but will not be given out to the
public until all have accepted. Al¬
ready letters are pouring- in from
counties in the state promising full
and elaborate displays this fall. Nearly
one-half of the counties ha,ve been
heard from \nd all reports are encour¬
aging. Governor Northern urges that
every county in Ihe state take prompt
action and advise with him at once as
to the space they will need, The
buildings at the exposition park will
be put in good repair and a large part
of the fencing will be rebuilt. This
will be done as soon as it becomes nec¬
essary to enclose the grounds.