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OGILLA DISPATCH.
OCILLA, GEORGIA.
1UWIN COUNTY I’UHLISIIIMJ CO.,
Proprietors.
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T« life one frequently meets with
men who are not getting down the
oorn row very rapidly because they
are using too heavy a hoe.
The information received by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
shows that the total increase in railway
lines of the United States during tho
calendar year 1891) was 4587 miles,
the largest increase being in Iowa,
572 miles; the next in Minnesota,
310 miles, and the next in Arkansas,
209 miles.
Consul-G eneral Guenther reports to
the Department of State at Washing¬
ton that the courts at Frankfort, Ger¬
many, have decided that an employer
is entitled to all the results of the
thought and labor of the men in his
employ, including any inventions they
may devise. Iu the particular case
referred to a workman was found
guilty of larcencv in selling Lis own
invention to a stranger, the court
holding that it was uot his property,
but belonged to his employer.
A Chicago woman has undertaken
lo solve the “servant question” by i
having , . two gangs of , servants, who di- ,
vide the work between them, each do- j
iug eight hours work. Thoso people I
who have so much trouble with their ■
servants now ’ will perhaps find !
double trouble ill dealing with twice I
the number. Moreover the question
of wages come in. Undoubtedly the !
servants will not want to take less, ’ I
and it . not supposable that the ;
is aver- ■
age family can afford to double its ap- :
propriation for outside help. Iu
hotels and largo establishments tho
plan mav work. !
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-It lias long been known that ;
1 ozone j
is the active agent by which bleaching
is effected in the open air, but for
many yoars, owing to the difficulty of !
producing ozone in quantities, at-
tempts to bleach mechanically by this
agent proved unsuccessful. More re- !
eontly, thunks to electricity, the trick i
has nas been been done done. There nneie aic are now now se\ sev-
era! ozone generators on the market, j
nud a big plant for the bleaching of
yarns entirely by means of ozone has i
recently been established at Greiffen-
, burg, I foiicsia. . It T , takes , little !
in a
longer to bleach cotton by ozone than ;
it does by means of chlorine, but the i
former method precludes the possi- ;
bility of the cotton fibre being dam¬ j ;
aged in the process, while, remarks
the Dry Goods Economist, cotton
goods are frequently tendered in the
process of bleaching now usually ern- |
ployed. ____________
“The Reformation of Youth” was
among the topics discussed recently
by legal and medical officials at a gen¬
eral debate in Chicago on “Society
aud its Relations to Criminals and
Crimes.” Speakiug on the subject,
Superintendent Terrance of the Illi¬
nois State Reformatory is quoted as
saying that he was inclined to discard
the theory of hereditary crime, aud
regard environment as the greater
cause and sourco of criminal conduct.
He thought an administration of the
law of kindness would be more effec
tive thau a rigorous enforcement of
the penal code. He made a distinc¬
tion between tho delinquent boy and
the dependent one, as to treatment
and care, arguing that the latter
Bhould not b8 brought into contact
with the former, and should be placed
within a different environment. These
remarks emphasize the advisability
and desirability of preventing as well
as punishing crime.
One of the glories of California is
her superb growth of redwood trees.
The finest of these ale iu Calaveras
County. For size and majesty these
trees are not equalled anywhere on
earth. They are one of the attrac¬
tions of the Pacific slope, and thou¬
sands of persons travel far every year
to see them, The grove which con-
tains the greatest of these wonders of
nature was purchased by a specula¬
tor, who intended to proceed to cut
thorn down and convert them into
timber. This exercise of vandalism
would have entailed an irreparable
loss upon tho United States and the
world, if the National Government
had not intervened and assumed con¬
trol of the great redwoods. We shall not
be surprised to hear of a scheme to
cut down the natural bridge in Vir¬
ginia to get the rock that is in it, or
to blow out the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky and use it as a railroad tun¬
nel. It.seems that any outrage upon
nature will be attempted iu this coun¬
try provided there is a prospect of
making money out of it.
POWER OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Widespread Krror In Regard to Their
DoriMlatlrifl' 1C fTec U
There is a widespread misapprehen¬
sion in regard to the devastating effect
of theao high explosives, for when un¬
confined the effect even of large
charges of them upon structures is
comparatively slight, says Popular Sci¬
ence. At tho naval ordnance proving
grounds, so long ago as 1SS4, repeated
charges of dynamite, varying from five
pounds to one hundred pounds in
weight, were detonated on tho face of a
vertical target consisting of eleven
one-inch wrought iron plates bolted to
a twenty-inch oak backing, until 440
pounds of dynamite had been so de¬
tonated in contact with it, and yet the
target remained practically uninjured,
while at Braamfontein the accidental
explosion of fifty-five tons of blasting
gelatin, which was stored In railway
vans, excavated but 30,000 tons of soft
earth. This last may seem a terribio
effect, but the amount of explosive in¬
volved was enormous and the material
one of the most energetic that we pos¬
sess, while, if we compare it with the
action of explosives when confined, its
effect becomes Quite moderate. Thus,
at Fort Lee, on the Hudson, but two
tons of dynamite placed in a chamber
in the rock and tamped brought down
100,000 tons of rock; at Lemberic,
Wales, two tons and a half of gelatin
dynamite similarly placed threw out
ISO,000 tons of rock, and at the Talcen
Mawr, in Wales, seven tons of gun¬
powder placed in two chambers of the
rock dislodged from 125,000 to 200,000
tons of rock. We might cite many
such examples, but on comparing these
Ws find that the gunpowder confined in
the Interior of .the Talcen Mawr was
over forty-two times as efficient as the
explosive gelatin on the surface at
Braamfontein, while the dynamite at
Port «Lee was over ninety times as de-
^tractive,
DAWSON OF 1900.
City Has Changed Greatly Dor log the
Pant Tear.
The Dawson of 1899 is no longer the
? the h av;son year of previous. 18 ® 8 ’ ^ Tne “ thousands less that of of
bateaux that were formerly lined up
against the river front, in rows six
deep and more, and comprising ail
manner of craft from the small canoe
*° s,iced se f ti0] \ s of s '™ s ’ haV ° m ° 3tly
disappeared, and m their place , we now
find the graceful and ungraceful forms
of varying types of steamboat. It is
no uncommon thing nowadays to find
five or “ore of these larger craft tied
up at one time to the river front, and
the amplitude and majesty of the Mis-
issippi boats gain but little in com-
parison with some of the larger craft
of the Yhkon river. Overhung signs
ca ^ attention to the flying queens of
the river ’ thfi Bonanza Kins ’ Canadian
&nd gibyl> and thousands are o££ere d
upon the resuit of the race to the
White Horse rapids. So here, as in the
olden days of the Mississippi, the
struggle for supremacy has led to the
opening of the throttle and to the
scraping of the a , e . box _ Upwa rd of a
hundred arrivals from down the river
were registered at Dawson during the
season of open water of 1S99. Apple-
ton’s Popular Science Monthly for Feb-
ruary.
EDOUARD DRUMONT.
The leader of the anti-Semite party
In France, Edouard Drumont, 3trange
as it may seem, is a Jew himself. His
career seems to have been one of in¬
consistencies. At one time he was in
the service of the imperial police and
employed to shadow and draw up re¬
ports against such people as the Mar¬
quis de Rochefort and others, who are
now his friends. Some time later he
acquired the confidence of the great
Jewish banker, Isaac Percire, who at¬
tached him to his newspaper, the Lib-
erte. When the old banker died, Dru-
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moat wrote the most fulsome eulogies
of him, but when the heirs of the old
banker dismissed him from the paper
and he learned that he had been left
nothing in the will,he became the most
bitter' enemy of the family and like¬
wise of all members of theJewish race.
Since then his time and effort have
been devoted to opposing the interest
and advancement of the Jews in
France. He is considered a fanatic by
his countrymen and is seldom seriously
taken. Despite his peculiar actions and
apparent ingratitude he is not a cow¬
ard and has fought several duels Ho
is undoubtedly one of the most unique
characters now before the eyes of the
French public,
Sheet Lead in Formosa.
The method of making sheet lead for
tea packing in Formosa is most in¬
teresting. The lead ie from Australia
in pigs, and after being melted is
poured between two large tiles, the
required degree of thickness for the
sheet being obtained by pressure by
tha feet. The sheet is afterwards
trimmed to suitable sizes and shapes
for soldering and is used for packing.
MB. WEBSTER DAVIS.
WHOSE VISIT TO OOM PAUL
CHEATED A STIR.
IIo Bosun T.lf© as a Sl»oe*na?cer, Then
Turned to L»w and Ultimately Be¬
came a Power In tho Political World
—Ills Din Ike for Trade.
The career of Webster Davis, assist¬
ant. secretary of the iuterior, whose
recent visit to South Africa and to
O ora Paul occasioned considerable
comment, is in many respects a re¬
markable one.
He began life as a shoemaker’s son
In Gallatin, Mo., and ills father was
barely able to give him the education
which town schools afforded. Young
Davis, however, pushed on, took a
course in the poor boys’ school at
Parkville, where he received the idea
that he was cut out for the ministry.
He found his way Anally to a religious
seminary near Chicago, and there, he
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said afterward, he discovered that the
more he learned the farther he got
away from the idea. So lie went back
to his father and set to work at the
cobbler’s stool. His dislike for the
trade did not escape the attention of
his father. One day ho made a bad job
of a pair of shoes, which came to the
notice of Judge McDouglass, of Kansas
city. “Send him over to my office,”
said the judge. “Ke is certainly a poor
shoemaker, but he may make a good
lawyer.” That was the beginning of
his climb to the present official posi¬
tion, which he left to go to South Af¬
rica. From the beginning he attracted
the attention of rich and influential
men and they started him for the law
school at Ann Arbor, where he com¬
pleted his course.
Upon his return as a full-fledged
lawyer, Maj. Warner, one of his pa¬
trons, found a place In the office of the
surveyor of the port in Kansas City.
There lie was thrown into contact with
politicians and started on this bent of
his career. He had a command of lan¬
guage and a fluency which made him
what they were pleased to call “a won¬
derful orator,” and he came Quickly Maj.
into demand as a stump speaker.
Warner becoming a candidate for gov¬
ernor in 1892, Mr. Davis took to the
field and went up and down the state,
and, through Warner’s influence, he
himself secured the nomination for
congress. Both went down to defeat,
but Mr. Davis had won fame through¬
out the state which was to help him in
the future.
The campaign over, he went to Colo¬
rado, thence to Chicago, where he held
a position with the Harrison Tele¬
phone company during the world’s
fair. When the company failed he re¬
turned to Kansas City. It was the eve
of a mayoralty campaign, and, since no
one else cared to run, Mr. Davis was
easily persuaded to make the race. The
Republicans did not expect to succeed.
Neither did Mr. Davis. The Demo¬
crats said that he had forfeited his
residence by going to Chicago, and in¬
dulged in several riots before the elec¬
tion was over. Mr. Davis won, to
everybody’s surprise, including his
own. He inaugurated an aggressive
policy, began the building of an exten¬
sive park system, but went out of of¬
fice retaining only sufficient popular¬
ity to name liis successor, “Jimmy”
Jones.
Upon the election of the president,
Mr. Davis had come to be called ’’the
administration orator.” Following the
election there came a period of inac¬
tivity for the orator until 1897, when,
under Secretary Bliss, lie wa3 made
assistant secretary cf the interior.
During ail his career it has been ad¬
mitted on all sides that his claim to
attention is his ability to hold large
audiences. He is emotional, tearful,
but his speeches do not read so well.
Marching While Asleep.
“Two days after the battle of Glen¬
coe we were suddenly told to get what
things we had, as we were going to
march to Ladysmith,” writes a British
private to London Tit-Bits. “We had
hardly left tho camp when the Boers
started shelling it again. They did
not know we had shifted. The whole
brigade was about two miles long. We
were marching all night until abdut 5
o’clock in the morning, when we had
three hours’ rest, and then started
again until five o’clock in the after¬
noon. On again at night, then another
rest. On again at 6 o’clock next morn¬
ing, till 3 o’clock In the afternoon.
Forward again at 6 o’clock, marching
all night. The transport kept losing
the path, and could not keep up with
us. Raining all the time. Through
drifts up to our lcnee3, nothing on but
khaki. We reached Ladysmith about
8 o’clock next morning, very nearly
dead. Most of our fellows were walk-
ing while fast asleep, Others fell out
and dropped to sleep directly they
touched the ground. I don’t mind the
fighting, but I never want to go
through such a march again.”
UNIQUE HAND-WRITING.
Roumanian** Nt rvou* Malady Compels
Hina to TVrlte Backward.
An almost, unique case of nervous
disease was investigated at the last
sitting of the French Academy of Med¬
icine. Tho patient is a young Rou¬
manian, whose malady has boon ob¬
served by Dr. Marlnesco of Bucharest.
The most curious manifestation of his
disease takes tho shape of what is
known among scientists as “mirror,-
writlng,” which means that the char¬
acters are written backward, so that
when reflected in a mirror they are to
bo read in tho ordinary way. Dr. Ma-
rinesco had observed that the hands of
his patient, when unoccupied, were af¬
fected with a nervous trembling, which
ceased to a great extent when they
were used for a definite purpose. Wish¬
ing to see what effect this symptom of
the malady had on tho handwriting
Dr. Marinesco asked the patient to
write a few lines from dictation; to
his astonishment he found that the en¬
tire passaga had been written back¬
ward with absolute accuracy. The ex¬
periment was repeated several times
with exactly the same result, and it is,
in fact, impossible for the patient to
write otherwise. When asked to trace
a word with his foot on tho ground it,
too, was found to be written backward.
The patient being a Jew, a final ex¬
periment was made with Hebrew. This ;
language, as Is well known, Is al- I
ways written backward, but the pa-
tient, reversing, as usual, the normal j
process, can only write it from left to
right. Partial cases of mirror writ¬
ing have been observed before, but
none in which the tendency was so ir¬
resistible.—Pall Mall Gazette,
DUTCH STREETS.
Delightfully Suggestive of Tranquil Eo
peso and Old Fashion.
Commend us to the ever-tranquil
Dutch streets with their mellow an¬
tique houses, says the Gentleman’s
Magazine. These mostly follow cir¬
cles, as is to be expected in a fortified
place. But the typical Dutch street,
found everywhere, is tho line of houses
by the canal, a range of old trees in
front, shading the Indian red brick
behind, with its bright white window
sashes, as bright as much polished
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them ’ where " 1 ” crn ' '
he together ,, alongside. , .. Even m very
popuous cap ta s ve come m the su- 1
uurba on some delightful, retired bits j
of canal leaving much the shine effect
as does Church row at Hampstead. Old
fashioned wel.-.o-do folk live here m j
retirement. 1 aere is one such at the
entrance of The Hague on the Sche-
veningen side, where the charming j
woods begin; anything more old world J
and solemnly attractive cannot be im- 1
agined. Wo might well fancy our- |
selves back in Sir William ’
the days of
Temple and of William of Orange, who
may have strolled along these banks.
FIRST WOMAN LAWYER.
Two years ago Mile. Jeanne Chau*- .
van of Paris applied to the authorities
to be admitted to the bar as a lawyer.
she had passed her examinations far ;
more brilliantly than most men and j
only waited the verdict of those in au- j
thority to make her a full-fledged ad- I
vocate with the right to practice. It 1
was a very sensational scene at the !
Palais do Justice when the affair was
brought up. All the students of the
Sorbonne were there and cheered her
as she appeared. They admired the
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girl who had been cleverer than they.
The verdict was that no woman could
practice law in France, and Mile.
Chauvan went out amid the cheers of
encouragement, and she has never
ceased to press her claims when they
would work the most for her good. At
last she has succeeded, for recently the
courts granted the right to women to
practice law with the full honors of
men, and Mile. Jeanne Chauvan is the
first to go to the bar. She is also one
of the editors and founders of the fa¬
mous woman’s paper of Paris.
Driest Spot on Earlli.
Payta, in Peru, is said to be the dri¬
est spot on the face of the earth, a 3
the average interval between two
showers of rain is seven years. The
flora of Payta consists of about nine
species—of these seven are annuals,
the seeds of which must remain dor¬
mant in the ground for eight years.
Notwithstanding the scarcity of rain,
the natives subsist by the growth of
the long-rooted Peruvian cotton, which
is able to maintain itself without rain
for seven years in tho dried-up river
bed, and yields profitable crops of col¬
ored short staple cotton.—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Glove Trad© in Franco.
France makes nearly 26,000,000 pairs
of gloves yearly, and of these IS,000,-
000 pairs are exported.
GEORGIA NEW? j
Brief Summary of erestinjj
Happenings Culled c and cm.
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Dublin To Have Two sepots.
The town of Dublin is ,;o have two
new depots at the end oil sixty days.
The railroad commission /a few days
ago directed the Macon, /Dublin and
Savannah railroad to prepare plans for
a stution to be erected at w|hich Dublin, giv¬
ing ibe road ten days in to com¬
ply with this order. The plans for
the station were submitted to the
commission and were approved. Work
on the station will begin at once. Tho
second road entering Dublin was di¬
rected some weeks since to build an
entirely new structure, and that work
is also under way.
Sesame Seed For Farmers.
The state department of agriculture
has secured from the United States
botanist at Washington a supply of
sesame plant seed, a plant very little
grown in the United States, but one
of more than ordinary value to the
farmer. The sesame seed has been
examined fully by the state chemist,
who is satisfied that the plant can be
produced with success in Georgia.
The principal product is the oil taken
from the seed. This is known in the
market as sesame oil, used largely in
cooking and for pharmaceutical pur-
poses.
The United States botanical depart¬
ment has placed at the disposal of the
state chemist, John M. McCnndless,
forty pint packages of the seed re¬
cently imported from Russian Turkes¬
tan, and already a number of requests
have been made for samples. It has
been found that the sesame plant can¬
not grow well north of Virginia, but
in the warm soil of the south, and par¬
ticularly of Georgia, it will thrive.
The time remaining for planting the
seed is short, and for that reason all
who wish to receive samples should
apply at the state department of agri¬
culture at once.
Teacher Stabbed*
News has been received of the se- :
t« 6 stabbing of Prof. W. J. Wynn, in
Mariana, Fla. Prof. Wynn is a native
of Eatonton. A few days ago, accord-
ing to the information, he punished
of Mg ilg> a bv elve year-old
sQn of ex .(j overuor y. Atkinson,
The boy had a knife concealed with in his j j
s | eeV(J and str uck the teacher it. !
Th<j bJade entered near the heart, pro-
duoing a pa j n f u i wound. The physi-
c ; an gaya tbe esca j ie j rom f ata i results
was a narrow one.
Must Use “Official” Uallot.
In » notice directed to the chairman
of every county Democratic committee
in Georgia, Vice Chairman E. T.
Brown, of the state committee, who is
acting in the absence of Chairman
duBignon, calls attention finally to
the rules and regulations of that body
governing . the ballot to be used in the )
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miiry is expected t cf conform to_ the j
“official” arrangement of the ticket
niade by the sub-committee of the
state committee appointed for that
purpose at the last session.
The attention of the Democratic
committee has been called to the ac¬
tion of several counties that have al¬
not conformed to the general
and the reminder of the
state committee's rule has been given
in order that no misunderstanding
may exist, or no claim of such misun¬
derstanding be filed after the ballots
are cast on May 15th.
ed Copies by the of sub-committee the mod^l ballot prepar¬ sent
were
several days ago to officers in each
county so that by thi' time all are
aware of the arrangement of the ticket.
Vico Chairman Brown stated that the
only object of the state committee, in
providing for an official ballot had
been to avoid unnecessary friction and
insure justice to every man who is a
candidate for office.
It i3 understood that some of the
county committees, actiug possibly
before the rule of the state committee
had become generally known, have
prepared their ballots in various man¬
ners, and consequently are beyond the
pale of the controlling committee’s
rule on the subject.
What action the state convention will
take when it meets in June regarding
any county that voted an irregular
ballot at the primary is not even a
matter of conjecture at this time, since
it is presumed that every county will
follow the direction of the committee.
Stale Sunday School Convention.
The state Sunday school convention
at Augusta the past week was declared
to be tho best yet held in Georgia.
The time aud place of holding the
next convention will be selected dur¬
ing the year by the executive commit¬
tee.
Rains Belay Cotton Planting.
In his monthly talk to tho farmers of
Georgia, issued last Saturday, Commis¬
sioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens
gives the growers sound advice on the
management of the general crops dur¬
ing Mayfc The article is oue of the
best compiled by the state commis¬
sioner, for it deals with subjects that
cannot fail to be of interest and im¬
portance to tho agricultural classes,
subjects on the soil and its cultivation
in order that the greatest amount of
plant food may be at tho control of
planters.
Farmers are particularly warned not
to allow the May grasses to remain un¬
disturbed, and by clearing off tha
grass at the very start the grower can
remain the master of tho situation for
the rest of the season.
Tho monthly publication contains
in addition a valuable treatise by the
state ohemist on the production of
beef, butter and milk and the import¬
ance of the production of these sta¬
ples.
State Entomologist Scott, gives at
length his remedy for curling peach
leaves, as tho result of experiments on
a large orchard in Cobb.
Cotton Grower** Convention.
The Cotton Growers’ convention to
be held in Macon, beginning May 12,
has become a matter of national im¬
portance and will prominent bo men from dis¬
tant states in attendance.
Some of the largest cotton bouses in
New York will send representatives
and have telegraphed friends iu Macon
to engage rooms for next Saturdaj'.
Tho cotton growers have invitod bank¬
ers, merchants and business men to
meet with them and a number will be
there.
The farmers are taking a great in¬
terest in the, meeting and many coun¬
ties have elected delegates. Thirty
counties heard from directly or indi¬
rectly will send about. 300 delegates.
After carefully going over the reports
from different counties, Mon. (J. £i.
Jordan, of Monticello, and Mr. N. B.
Hutchinson, of LaGrunge, Ga., who
are acting as a committee of arrange¬
ments, estimated that the convention
would have something like 1,000 dele¬
gates.
Editor* Will Visit Athens.
President W. S. Coleman, of the
Georgia Weekly Press Association,
has accepted in behalf of the associa¬
tion the invitation of the University of
Georgia, the State Normal school and
Athenaeum Club to spend the after¬
noon and evening of July IGtli in
Athens previous to attondin; the an¬
nual convention at Elberton lie next
(lay. The press delega’es will be
shown over the university aUl State
Normal school during the afternoon,
and at night will be banqnetted by the
Athenaeum.
Pat Kearney Pardoner l
A day or two ago Governo Candler
signed a pardon which giv r liberty
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once more to Patrick Kearne , the Sa-
vannah citizen who shot auc Af’i!, skilled J.
W. Wyness in that city, in 1890.
Eat Kearney was convicted of mur-
der in the first degree and Vnfenced
to the penitentiary for life. tThe sen-
national trial which ended in the con-
viction of Kearney was eclipsed, so far
as human interest is concerned, by the
subsequent proceedings iu which an
entirely different jury determining the
suit of J. W. Wyness’ widow for the
payment of her husband’s insurance
policy, declaring that the killing was
not murder, but the result of accident.
Thus two juries passed on tho facts in
the case. Under the verdict of the
first jury Kearney was sentenced to
tho penitentiary for life, while the ver¬
dict of the second jury held the shoot¬
ing to bo accidental.
The policy for $5,000 taken out by
Wyness recited at length that if the
holder should meet his death at the
handg of a mnrderer , the policy should
bq void. When the jury of‘.the superior
court of Chatham declared Kearney J
guilty of murder, the insurance com¬
pany refused to pay the policy, and a
suit was begun by the widow to force
the company to meet its obligation.
The facts of the shooting were gone
over agiiu at length, with the result
that the jury declared Wyness had
not been murdered, and the insurance
company was liable for the payment
which it was forced to make.
The application for thq pardon of
Pat Kearney was argued i before the
pardon board by his Savannah counsel
some days ago.
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Embalmer# To Me^t.
It is expected that there will be
fully two hundred embaliners in Ma¬
con on June Gth to appear before the
state board of examiners, which meets
on that date. The visitors will be
given a reception while in the city.
Under a law passed at the last leg-
lature this board was created and the
governor given the power to make the
appointments.
It will be necessary for every em-
halmer in the state to appear before
this board, pass the examination and
secure a license before they will be al¬
lowed to practice the profession, 'the
law makes it a misdemeanor for any
one to practice after July 1st without
a license.
It is expected that there will be em-
balmers present from every city and
town in the state and fully two hund¬
red in all. The examinations will be
in writing, but it has not yet been de¬
termined what average will be required.
Getting Heady For tlio Fair.
Preliminary steps are being taken
to put Exposition park in Atlanta in
proper sliapo for the coming southern
industrial fair. In about a week the
board of directors will have acted on
reports as to what changes are needed
and men will begin work at tho park.
Mills For Woodstock.
Arrangements are about completed
for building a cotton seed oil mill and
a rope factory at Woodstock, This
mill and factory will be built by the
citizens of the community. There is
a rope factory iu three miles of the
place, which has paid so well aud the
demands for rope being too great, for
it to fill, it has been decided to build
another at once.
For Constructing Bridges.
Senator Vest has reported favorably
a bill authorizing the Mobile and
West Alabama railroad to construct
bridges across Warrior river between
Walker and Jefferson county, Ala.,
and across the Alabama river between
Marengo and Choctaw counties-