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VOL X
CONVICT
QUESTION
Gov. Atkinson Trying to
Solve The Problem.
|MAY MEAN HIGHER TAXES.
The Suggestion Is To Estab
lish a Central Peniten
tiary For Women
and Juveniles.
Instead of a reduction of state
taxation it seems probable that a
new burden will be imposed by the
necessity for building a peniten
tiary, which will cost not less than
SIOO,OOO and maybe a good deal
more.
Governor Atkinson and Princi
pal JCeeper Turner of the peniten
tiary department will hold a con
ference this week in regard to the
disposition of the penitentiary,
convicts at the expiration of the
lease, and likely that they will a
groe on a recommendation to the
legislature. Mr, Turner has just
completed an elaborate statistical
review of the penitentiary system
of the United States and will
submit this to the goveiyior with
his own views as to the proper
disposition of the convicts. After
conferring with the governor he
will reduce tnese views to writing,
embodying the statistical informa
tion he has prepared, and the do
cument will go to the legislature,
probably as a part of the govern
or’s message.
women ano Juveniles.
Mr. Turner will not for the pres
ent make public the subject mat
ter of his report and recommenda
tion, but when it is published the
document will receive attention.
So far the governor and Mr.
Turner are agreed as to one factor
in the solution of thq problem. It
is that whatever may bo done with
the abled bodied male convicts,
the state ought to take charge of
the juveniles, the women and the
infirm or disabled, and separate
them from the other prisoners.
For this purpose it will be necesa
ry to construct a central peniten
tiary, which it is esteemed will
cost not loss than SIOO,OOO.
As to tho other convicts, it is
estimated that if the state buys
farms and works them on crops
the first year\expenae will be a
million dollars. On tho roads it
would bo over $300,000 the first
year.
To work 2,400 convicts on farms
will take at least 30 acres to each,
allowing for waste land. That
takes 72,000 acres which will cost
$lO an acre. That makes $720,00
to start with.
To maintain them until they
can make a crop, say one year, 25
cents a day, S9O a year each or
$216,000.
In addition there must be build
ing tools, mules, wagons. water
supply, feed for mules, etc., This
with the two items above will
make over a million dollars.
To work the convicts on the
roads it will take the maintenance
of $216,000 and the money to pur
chase mules, wagons, road ma
chinery and stockades, which
would probably exceed SIOO,OOO.
If the counties take some the
expense will be reduced in the same
proportion.
the tax Rate
While Comptroller General
Wright apd Attornev Terrell are
considering a question of law in
the construction of the tax act,
the governor has called attention
to a practical matter which
geemsjikely to put a reduction
of the rate out of the question.
The penitentiary lease will ex-
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS.
pire in April. 1899, and 2,400 con-
I victs will be on the state’s hand.
’lf the plan now in view and like*
! ly to be recommended by the gov
ernor for separating the juveniles,
the women and the decrepit con
victs and placing them in a central
penitentiary, is cirried out, the
state will have to spend not less
than SIOO,OOO in 1898 to be ready
for the emergency of April, 1899.
Competroller General Wright
has decided to postpone the fixing
:of the tax rate until all the coun
, ties have sent m their returns.
The question as to whether the
j rate shall be 6.21 or 5.17 mills is
1 undecided, but Attorney General
i Terrell is disposed to take Compe
i troller General Wright’s view. Ho
1 will not give his opinion, however,
until he has conferred with Chair
man Little and other members of
the house finance- committee,
who drew the tax act passed last
fall. ;
Governor Atkinson is inclined to
take the other view. He thinks
that whatever may be tho legal '
i technicalities, the legislature clear- ■
ly intended to lev}’ the same tax |
for 1897 as for JB9B, and ought to
have done so to meet the appro
priations they made. —Atlanta
Journal.
“It's no joke” when we say that
Dr? Tichenor’s Antiseptic is super
ior to anything offered si the dear
people” as a dressing for wounds,
burns, bites and stings of insects,
poison oak, etc. It’s cleanliness,
pleasant order and quick cures
makes it universal favorite whom
ever known. Sold dy all up to
date druggists.
PEARLS IN THE SOUTH
But No Klondyke Rush Will Be
Made to Get Them.
A special from Little Rock, Ark.,
says:
For a month or more the people ,
living near Bald Knob, Ark., have ,
been finding valuable pearls in a
lake near that place. Hundreds
of people have been opening mus
sel shells in search of the pearls
and some rare gems have been
found, some being sold for as much i
as S3OO.
A special from Bald Knob today 1
says that a syndicate of Memphis '
parties has leased the lake for a
term of five years for SIO,OOO. The .
syndicate will build a fence around
the lake and begin work with a
steam dredger. It will also erect 1
an elegant' clubhouse. The lake -
is said to be the richest pearl-pro- ,
ducer in the United States.
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The True Remedy.
W. M. Ropins, editor Tiskilwa, i 1
111., “Chief,” says: “We won’t keep ]
house without Dr. King’s New Dis 1
covery for Consumption, Coughs ,
and Colds. Experiment with many ■ (
others, but never got the true rem
edy until we used Dr. King’s New
Discovery. No other remedy can
take its place in our home, as in it
we have a certain and sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough
etc.” It is idle to experiment with
other remedies, even if they are
urged on you as just as good as Dr.
King’s New Discovery. They are
not as good, because this remedy
has a record of cures and besides '
is guaranteed. It never fails to sat- ■
isfy. Trial bottles free at Arringtons
Drug Store.
The Lines OF the Hand,
They were out driving and had
come upon a fine stretch of shady
country road.
“Do you believe in palmistry,”
he asked —“the readings of one’s
fortune by the lines in one’s
hand?”
“I believe,” she said, “that if I
could see the lines in only one of
your hands I could ’ foretell that
we would have a very pleasant
drive.”
He immediately caught on and
grasped the reins with ' one
hand and the situation with the
' other.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUBT 18, 1897.
J STATE
STORIES.
1 i
, Short Items of State And
s General News.
BATCH OF PASSING EVENTS,
i
' What The Busy World Is Do
ing—Short Paragraphs of
interest.
1 The survivors of Phillips and Cobb’s
’ egions held their annual reunion at
Big shanty last Wednesday. It was a
notable gathering of old veterans.
The Chickamauga Park Hotel
’ has been closed for the season, the
’ reason given being lightpatronage.
An effort may be made to open it
later in the season but there is lit*
' tie hope of its success. t
Whisky drinking in the United
I States has fallen off during the
past year nearly 6,000,000 gallons.
It is doubtful, however, whether
I this heavy decline is to be ascribed
! to a sudden spasm of temperance.
The hard times no doubt had much
to do wii h the matter.
The grand jury has called the
druggists and soda water dealers in
Griffin before them and. adminis
tered the information that they
will no longer be allowed to sell
the cooling beverage on Sunday,
nor to dispense any other article
not strictly necessary, not even a
cigar or a package of soap.
Jordon Hudson, of Bibb, was I
struck by lightning last Monday
evening at the house of E. L. Win
kles. Me was struck just above
I the hips, the lightning running '
down both legs, splitting and ,
scorching the clothing and burn
ing the flesh. It came out at liis
feet, bursting both shoes. His
condition is not serious and he is
doing well. ;
Dr. Powell, superintendent of the
Lunatic Asylum, says that many of '
his patients are fitter subjects for (
the penitentiary than the asylum. 1
He could with equal propriety ’
broaden the field and say for the
gallows as well as the penitentiary. 1
So long as lawyers seek to use the
asylum as a refuge for murderers, t
Dr. Powell may expect trouble with 1
his patients.
The prospects are very bright for
the largest cotton crop that has ,
been raised in the history of the i
South. A larger acreage has been f
planted than heretofore, and the t
condition have been exceedingly
favorabl 3. Recent reports from all
parts of the South say that the j
farmeis have forsaken other crops <
and aie relying in localities almost i
I entirely for the year’s yield on cot- j
ton.
Bud Brooks who, with Grady '
Reynolds murdered M. C. Hunt, a
merchant of Belton, Ga., sunk his *
body in the river, stole several
hundred dollars in money from
his person and sold out his stock
of goods was found guilty of mur- .
der in the first degree by* a jury at ’ <
Jefferson, Ga., last week. This <
means that he will be sentenced to j <
hang. Grady Reynolds, Brooks’ <
partner in the crime, will be tried >
next.
i . | 1
Henry Dickson, a prominent
Murray county farmer, was mur
ered Saturday by a man named
K? er, near Alaculsey. They were
attending a picnic and both were
drinking, and had a few words when
Keer got out his knife, which was
taken away from him. He went
off and borrowed a razor and re
turned and cut Dickson’s throat
from ear to ear. Dickson leaves a ,
wife and ten children. Keer had
married only that morning and is
now in jail at Spring Place.—-? Elli-!
jay Courier. j
DEAD IN THE PULPIT,
Sudden Demise of a Prominent
Alabama Minister.
J Center, Ala., 10.—Rev. Wil-
liam H. Lawrence, one of the lead
j ing Baptist ministers of the coun
ty, fell dead Sunday while conclu
' ding the services of his church near
Lawrence Station. He belonged to
. one of the most prominent families
iof the county and was esteemed
• 1 wherever known for his upright
; Christian walk and useful life.
He served through the war in the
» famous Nineteenth Alabama regi
t ment, and was never absent till
i disabled by a grapeshot that caused
the loss of a leg in the fighting
around Atlanta. He was 56 years
old.
AV anted —Everybody to go to
his druggist and get a bottle of Dr.
Tichenor’s Antiseptic, the most
wonderful healing compound of
the nineteenth century. Money
returned if it fails to give satisfac
tion after fair trial. Heals Wounds,
Burns, etc., like magic. Pleasant as
perfume and does not stain the
clothing. . 50c.
De Soto’s Old Mine.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 11.—It
is reported that the famous Span
ish mines, which have existed for
years largely in tradition, have
been discovered. For the last tw©
years the Pearl Silver Mining com-'
pany has been engaged searching
for the hidden mine. At the <end
of a drift eleven feet from the main
j shaft an opening was made in an
other shaft, which is said to be that
operated by the Spanish pioneers
in the latter part of the seventeenth
century.
GRIFFITH’S BIG MAJORITY.
Democrat Elected In Fourth
Indiana District.
Indianapolis, August 11.—The
majority of Griffith, democrat, over
Lee, republican, in the special e
lection for congress in the fourth
district of Indiana was 1,152. Hol
man’s majority last November was
825.
The populist had no candidate
against Holman, but M. W.
Browder was their candidate
this year. He received about 600
votes.
May Get New Trial.
Atlaa-ta, Aug. 11.—Flanagan
will in all probability get a new
trial. His counsel have applied
for another hearing and there seems
to bea little doubt that it will be
granted.
The main reason is that one ju
rymai, Hathaway, expressed an
opinim. before he was summonsed,
whichdisqualified him for the ju
ry.
Thy also claim to have a num
ber of new affidavits that will
have i strong bearing on the
case.
imagnative Creatures.
Didyou ever go to church and see
someittle feather-headad girl sit off
and gjgle at everything that in done
or sai?—she will laugh at the music,
she wl look scornfully and giggle at
’ some Id lady’s bonnet, she will look
enticingly r or rather foolishly at eve
ry onthat enters the church that is
not dissed to suit her, she will see a
thousad mistakes that the choir
doesn make, she will make a fellow
think e could span round her at one
graspjut she has no inclination in that <
direebn, if h 6 is the right sort.
Theountry is just full of such
thingas are herein-before mentioned
and its my honest opinion that such
girls, II may so call them, know no
more »out the nature or habitation of
I'
Hoyt’i calogne. They are always
’ lookiufor something that is not
thingsa the air—heavenly things
maybebut poor things, it will be ’ a
' great srprise, if they ever get there.— 1
: Unadm Advertiser. '
CHEAPER
BOOKS.
For The Public Schools of
Georgia.
THEY COST TSO MUCH NOW.
The Governor Takes Issue
With The Teachers
On The Question
The governor is making life a
burden for the teachers. Almost
without exceptin they oppose state
uniformity in school books, and he
taken a position againt them. He
says the present system makes
school books cost too much and he
has prepared figures based on the
cost of the Georgia code to show
what the school books ought to
cost. These figures he used in his
apeech at Gainesville and when he
transferred them from dollars into
bushels of corn, the farmers look
ed crossed-eyed at the teftchVrs.
Here are the figures:
“The code, in con
tain 1,500,000 word's cost $4.00.
“Five school books, containing
659,000 words, cost $4.00.
Five school books, containing
215,000 words, cost 1.88.
The cost of printing the same
number of words in school books
as the code contians, would be $9,-
52.
The governor told the farmers
the $9.52 expressed in corn, would
take the crop off one acre..
Here are some of the books the 1
governor figured on:
Maker. Books. Words. Cost.
• Am. Book Co.—Geog. 210,465 $.125
Am. Book Co—Reader 76,880 50
Am. Book Co.—History 163,440 1.00
Am. Book Co.—Arithmetic 141,240 65
’ Am. Book Co.—English 97,920 65
689,945 $4 05
Ginn & Co.—Geog. 224.000 $1 25
Ginn & Co.—Arithmetic 134,050 65
Ginn & Co.—History 145,116 1 00
Ginn & Co—English 77,000 60
Ginn & Co.—Reader 48,670 50
629.236 $4 00
In discussing the subject the
gentleman said:
“These teachers are opposed to
state uniformity. I know that the
books are costing too much. If
they can get them cheaper by any
other means I am willing, but
state uniformity is one way to get
the books cheaper. I put the bur
den on them to suggest some oth
er method by* which it can be
done.
“These teachers have been clam
cring from year to year for an in
crease of their salaries, and they
have been increased. Now they
o ight to show enough regard for
the people who pay the tax to con
sent to a reduction of the school
biok bill.”
State School Commission Glenn,
I’ke almost all teachers, is opposed
to state uniformity and says the
governor’s figures take no account
of the cost of manuscripts, the
authors’ royalties, the expensive
illustrations costing 30 cents a
square inch, and the greater num
ber of binding in small volumes.
He calls attention to the fact
that the plates for one geography
cost $50,000.
The governor says that is offset
by the fact that school books are
printed by the hundred thousand,
against 10,000 of the code, and that
the code has leather binding, which
is more expensive than the/ board
of cloth binding of the school
books,
'lt is evident that when the
legislature meets there will be
a clash between the governor and
the t&ach.o,.*. —Atlanta Journal.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure*
Celebrated lor its great leavening
strength and healthfulness. Assures
the food against, alum and all forms of
adulteration common to the cheap
brands. Royal Baking Powder Co.
New York.
ECHOLS ACQUITTED.
Result of A Murder Trial a Great
Surprise.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 11. —After being
out all night the jury in the Ech
ols murder case returned a verdict
of not guilty before noon today,
the verdict being a great surprise.
The scene in the court room al
most beggars description. Old man
Echols hugged Judge Henry, while
the mother wept and tho defend
ant shook hands with the jurymen
and thanked them. The defend
ant, who is only 18 years old, says
he is going to quit drinking and
carousing and be a good man, and
then added: “The next thing I do
I am going to steal a girl and set
tle down to life sentence” The
foreman of the jury says the irre
sponsibility of the witness was the
reason of tho verdict. The state’s
principal witness had served four
years in the penitentiary, apti
some of those for the defense it
was proven were of the lowest type
of men.
An afternoon paper, “in a caustic
criticism, says ; “Let us sell our
temple of justice to tho town of
Seny for a dance hall and have a
reunion of the murderers in’ our
jail.” *
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarfhooa Remedy always af
ford prompt relief. For sale by
H. H. Arrington,
Paradise of Peaches,'
A number of Cliattanoogans
have become interested in fruit
growing in Chattooga county,
Georgia, in the neighborhood of
Menlo. It is said that fully 1,000
acres will have been planted to
peaches and berries in that vicin
ity by Chattanooga people this
year. A. S. Corbly and Dr. S. B.
Cook have purchased 316 acres in
that section and are having it clear
ed up. They wid plant fifty acres
to peaches and fifty acres to straw
berries this fall.—Chattanooga
Times.
Reynolds Convicted.
Jeffersonville, Ga., Aug. 11. —
Grady Reynolds was convicted of
murder today.
Only about five hours was con
sumed in the trial. The jury was
not only a few minutes. Sentence
will be passed both on Brooks and
Reynolds in the morning and it
will probably be death in both in
stances.
What has become of the old
fashioned boy whose face was the
mass of freckles? He was the
smartest boy on earth.—Atchiston
Globe.
Adam—“ Hurry up, can’t you?
We’ve got to get out of the gar
den before sundown.” Eve—
Adam, dear! Are my
leaves on straight?”—New York
Press.
NUB,AN TEA cures Dyspep
■ IhIIIvIv sia, Constipation and Indi
gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, ?5 cts.
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