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Reports of Department of Agri
culture Show Shortage.
Cotton Acreage in Georgia off Eight
Per Cent. Peach Crop also
Short.
Atlanta, Ga.—~The May report of
erop confitions and prospects, issued
by the department of agriculture,
shows that the acreage planted 10
cotton in Georgia this year is 8 per
cent less than that of last year, and
the condition and prospect report on
cotton shows a decrease of 18 per
cent,
The explanation for the smaller
cotton acreage is said to be the ten
dency to plant grains in ovder to real
ize the high prices now prevailing. A
further reason is the grassy condition
of farmiug land throughoewt the mid
dle and northeru part of the state,
resulting from the continued rains of
April and May, The report shows a
large increaee in the aereage of corn,
wheat and oats.
Corn, The average acreage for
the state is given as 105 per cent, as
compared with last year. Condition
107. Percentage of oat crop sown
last fall 69 2-3.
Wheat, Acreaze 106, Condition 111,
Condition and prospects compared Lo
average 100 2-3.
Cotton. Acreage 92. Average time
of planting 15 days late. Percentage
of entire crop replanted 10 per cent.
The percentage of commercial fertil
izers used on cotton as compared to
last year was 95 2-3. The percentage
used under other crops than cotton
was 93 2-3, as compared with 75 2-3
last year,
Sugar Cane. Acreage 98 2-3. Stand
as compared with last year 99 2-3.
Sorgum. Acreage 106 2-3. Condi
tion 100.
Clover and Grasses: Acreage 94 1-3.
Condition &9 1-3.
The labor supply as compared with
last year was 98 per cent. The per
centage of farm laborers hired for
wages is given as 23 per cent. The
percentage hired on shares is 40 per
cent. The wages with board paid full
hands is $13.50. The cash price of
corn per bushel is given at SI.OO, and
the credit price as $1.16.
Fruits,
Per cent of full crop now indicated:
: Pes. Apls. Prs. Grps.
PC PL. PO T L
Northern sec, .40 38 gs 1
Middle sec. ...40 24 37 88
Southern sec. .50 43 31 8
Aver. for state. 42 38 1-3 35 84 2-3
Last year some of the orchard men
because discouraged on account of
small profits and, in some instances,
losses in the shipment of peaches, and
as a consequence, many bearing peach
trees were cut down and the land
put to other uses,
JUDGE ORDERS ROAD SOLD.
Contractor Oliver to Recover $289,515
From S. A. and N. Railroad.
Macon, Ga.—A decree of sale was
signed by Judge Speer in the case of
W. J. Oliver against the Savannah
Augusta and Nerthern railroad wihcen
authorizes the sale of that railroad
in Statesboro, Ga., on August 3, 1909.
J. N. Talley, who acted as master in
the case, was appointed commission
er to conduct the sale. Attorney Hin
ton Beoth, of Statesboro, filed objec
tions to the decree and stated in open
court that he would take steps to ap
peal the case at once.
The deecree of the court will allow
Contractor Oliver the sum. of $286,-
515.84, together with interest and
costs. He will receive this sum for
constructing the Savannah, Augusta
and Northern railroad from States
boro to Louisville. Should the sale
price not amount to what he is given
by the court, he will get a deficiency
decree. Before any bid is made for
the railroad property, the sum of
$20,000 must be deposited with the
‘commissioner to show the good faith
of the prospective purchaser. C. Hen
ry Cohen and J. R. Lamar of Augusta
represented Oliver. The road was oi
dered to pay Oliver for his work, and
its failure to do so brought about the
decree.
Judge Emory Speer named Bowdre
Phinizy as receiver for the Savannah,
Augusta and Northern Railway. The
application was made by the counsel
acting for W, J. Oliver and for the
Carnegie Trust Company. Phinizy
takes charge at once as temporary
receiver, y
PLAN NEW RAILROAD.
Will Be Operated From Rome to
Gainesville,
Gainesville, Ga. — A “Rome-to-
Gainesville railroad” was the slogan
of a party of prominent Romans who
visited this city.
At a public meeting the Romans
outlined the railroad proposition they
have in mind and in which project
they desire the co-operation of the
people of Gainesville. Briefly, it is to
organize a company, secure a charter
for the Rome and Gainesville railway,
have surveys made and either build
the road themselves or secure the co
operation of some of the big trunk
lines or other interests to insure the
railroad’s being built. The proposed
route is through Hall, Forsyth or
Dawson, Cherokee, Bartow and Floyd
Anti GO 5.0 l lpb ki
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~ GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
It is stated on reliable authority
that the legislature, responding to the
demands of the new administration,
will attempt to abolish the state rail
rond commission, . and create in ils
stead a board of control, to consist
of three members, who shall be ap
pointed by the governor, and whose
terms of office shall continue until
the ensuing general election, The!
plan, it is added, contemplates divest
ing the boaird, or commission, of au
thority over street railroads, gas and
electric companies, and other public
utility corporations whose functions
are confined solely, or in large part,
to municipalities,
Work of construction on the Ocilla
Southern railroad is rapidly approach
ing Allapaha, The track-laying gang
is four miles out from town, This
line will cross the Atlantic Coa%t
line at this point and extend to Nash-~
ville, where connection will be had
with the Georgia and Florida, or Adel,
Ga., for connection with the Georgia
Southern and Florida and Southern
Georgia railroad, It will open some
virgin timber land and traverse the
best farming belt of the county of
Berrien,
Wheat and oat harvest is now om
in Newton and Rockdale counties,'
The yield is much better than had
been expected. Corn and eotton creps!
conditions are not so goed on aceoant
of late planting.
With a view to relieving the state
of the necessity of caring for com
viets who are invalid or disebled and
unable to work, Governor Smith, iR
his message to the legislature, will,
recommend the inauguration of a sys
tem of reports from each county con
viect camp which will keep the prisom
commission and the governor con-,
stantly intormed as to the physical|
condition of any immate of the peni
tentiary.
Alleging that he was roughly treat
ed on numerous occasions, and that,
his finger was brcken when he was;
thrown to the floor by an attendant,
R. F. Dunnington, a young man of,
Augusta, who was an inmate of the
state asylum at Milledgeville in 1907,
appeared before the board of investi
gators at the capitol and gave evi
dence in the investigation of charges
of cruelty which have been lodged
against the management of the asy
lum. Dunnington stated that he had
been afflicted with nervousness and
had 'been sent to the asylum for
treatment. He said that all patients
received the same treatment for di
seases, and that when he was sick
they refused to do anything for him,
but one of the attendants came in and’
choked him,
The first public occasion in which
Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown will
participate after his inauguration will
be the big military tournament that
is to be held by the Fifth regiment in
the auditorium at Atlanta on the
evening of July sth. The tournament
will begin with a mammoth parade of
the Atlanta comp=nies of the regi
ment, the governor's horse gua.d .
ment, the governor’s horse guard and
talion from the Seventeenth intanty.
of the United States army at Fort Mc-,
Pherson, and the troop of calvary*
from Fort Oglethorpe that has re
cently returned after stirring adven
tures from the Philippines. Governor
Brown and his staff will review the
parade.
Believing that the state can estab
lish its claim to eight acres of land,
in Chattanooga which were deeded
to the Nashvitle, Chattanooga and Sk,
Louis railroad in 1860, Governor
Smith, in his message to the legisla
ture, will recommend that Suit be in
stituted at once to recover the prop
erty. The property was transferred
to the railroad for $8,006, but is now
worth more than a million dollars.
The chancery court of Tennessee has
held that the railroad’s title to the
property is ipvalid, and it is thought
that suit for the property would be
successful,
Honorable Roland Ellis, representa
tive-elect from Bibb, has withdrawn
from the race for speaker of the
house. And as a result Honorable
Jehn N. XMolder of Jackson will have
no opposition for that office and will
be elected.
From present indications there will
not be more than one-half of a crop
of cotton raised in Ashburn, of
Turner county, A large portion cos
the cotton stalks in some sections
have dicd frcm black root. :
The University of Georgia confer
red the degree of doctor of laws on
United States Senator A. O. Bacon ot
Georgia. The degree of D. D. was
was conferred on Rev. S. R. Belk of
Atlanta and that of doctor of science
on John P. Fort of Athens.
The farmers in Houston county
have finished harvesting their gramn
crops. The yield is larger than for
many years past. The oat crop has
yielded from forty to sixty bushels
per acre, wheat from twelve to twen
ty bushels. The growing crops, both
corn and cotton, are thrifty. The
melon crop is doing well and some
melons will be shipped by July 5.
Patents issued to Georgians: W. S.
Harbour and G. A. Kellogg, Atlanta,
overalls; B. J. Harrell, Eastman,
washing machine; J. Minor, Atlanta,
top; J. W. Mobn, Hiram, display
racks; W. J. Piempont, Jr.,, float for
logs.
' A sale of whiskey is still a sale,
even though made on credit, and is a
violation of the Georgia prohibition
law, said the court of appeals in a
decision handed down. The case was
an alleged violation of the law by W,
S. Finch of Rome. He pleaded that
he had received no money for the
liquor he was alleged to have sold.’
The court overruled this point, but
reversed the decision of the lower
court on another ground. FKinch will
get a new trial. The opinion was ren
dered by Chief Judge Hill.
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