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VOL. XL
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
IN THE HOUSE.
August 4.
By the vote of 71 to 75 the house of
representatives Tuesday defeated the
hill by Mr. Fraser of Liberty provid
ing for the increased protection of
fish and game.
The bill provided for the appoint
ment of a game warden and deputy
Wardens, named the condition* under
Which hunting and fishing should be
allowed and sought to make an appro
priation of $50,000 for the purpose of
enforcing its provisions, the money to
be taken from the funds accruing
from the violations of the law and the
fees received for issuing hunting and
fishing licenses. The discussion of
this bill had the attention of the
house the entire session.
Auguit 5.
The first business done in th« h,..,..
of representatives Wednesday morn
ing was the passage under unanimous
consent, of the bill according to the
ne" county of Ben Hill a representa
tive in the house. At the request of
Mr. Perry of Hall the bill was sent
immediately to the senate.
A resolution by Mr. Alexander of
DeKalb was adopted, providing that
until otherwise ordered, the house
shall hold afternoon sessions from 3
until 5 o’clock.
A bill which provides that every
Confederate veteran in the state who
is not worth more than SI,OOO shall
receive a pension and every widow of
a veteran with the exception of those
who shall have re married since 1870,
was passed by a vote of 139 to 1.
At the time of adjournment of the
morning session the "near beer" bill
was under discussion and was made
the special order for the afternoon
session.
The house of representatives spent
most of the afternoon session discuss
ing the resolution to call the attorney
general to take action against the
Ducktown copper mines and at the
time of adjournment had not heard
all the arguments that are to be pre
sented.
The following bills were passed by
the house: By Mr. Mercer of Terrell,
to abolish Dawson light and water
compiission; ,by Mr. Eaves of Haral
• son, to incorporate town of Buchanan
by Mr. Massengale of Warr<“. to I
amend act incorporating Norwood ;
by Mr. Payton of Woxti, to amend
charter of Sylvester
August 0.
A bill placing a tax of S2OO per an
num on all places dispensing near
beer, and taxing all manufacturing
plants and distributing agencies S3OO
per annum, was passed, 132 to 24. No
reference was made in the bill of the
amount of alcohol to be contained in
the near beer, it was estimated
this bill would bring at least' $200,--;
000 per annum into the state treas
ury. Having raised this ■ much, mon- ;
'ey, the house proceeded-to spajidit.
A bill increasing the salary <it fhv •
state entomologist from. - <! *' r< -JM.oJ>2, i '
'<o.frer'vear
' passedby h"'vote of 124 to 5. A bill
was passed which appropriates $30,-
000- to pay off the notes of the Uni
versity of Georgia at Athens. The
next measure offered was that which
diverts to the use of the eleven dis
trict agricultural schools of the state
all of the fees arising from the inspec
tion of fertilizers, oils and the sale of
pure food tags. With the sum al
read v appropriated from the sale of
fertilizer tags this sum is brought up
to about $77,000, or $7,000 for each
school, enough to operate each. This
measure was fought, but passed by a
vote of 141 to 8. The final measure
acted upon at morning session
was that which appropriated $25,-
000 for the year 1908 and $50,000 for
the year 1909, direct, for the support
of the agricultural college at Athens.
The entire afternoon session of the
house was occcupied in discussing a
bill which calls for the recodification
of the laws of Georgia The bill was
defeated by a vote of 117 to 30, but
will be reconsidered.
August 7.
The house of representatives con
tinued its work of passing appropria
tion bills, $26,671 being the amount
appropriated Friday morning, of this
amount $7,000 was given the State
Nodmal school at Athens, $7,671 was
given for the improving of the infidm
ary of the Georgia Normal and Indus
trial college at Milledgeville; $5,000
was allowed for the erection of a wall
around the confederate cemetery at
Marietta and $5,000 was voted for re
pairs the Confederate Sodliers’ home
at Atlanta.
A resolution requesting the senate
to take immediate action on the Hol
der convict lease bill was passed.
The following bills were read the
third time and passed by the house:
By Mr. McMullan of Hart —A bill to
amend the charter of the town of
Bowersville. By Messrs. Heard and
Adkins of Dooly —A bill to authorize
the state railroad commission to per
mit or require physical connection
between railroads in any city or town
of the .state. By Mr. Ward of Coffee
—A bill to amend the act creating the
city court of Douglas. By Senator
Cowart of Coftee--A bill to amend
the act creating the board of county
commissioners of Calhoun county.
The following bills were passed by
the house: By Mr. Young of Troup,
to authorize city of West Point to sell
certain streets, to empower west
Point to close these streets; by Mr.
Ballard of Newton, to change the
number of county commissioners in
Newton county; by Mr. Jones of
Mitchell to amend act incorporating
Pelham;' by Mr. Calbech of Gordon,
Cuthbert continues to suffer from
not having residences suf “ c *° n ‘
those who desire to move there. The
demand for residences is much in ex
cess of the supply, notwithstanding
the fact that quite a number have
been built and several are in course
of construction.
The state board of arbitration has
placed the valuation of lh « quanta
and West Point railway ai $3,163,it-.
The West Point returned its property
at approximately $2,300,000, and the
comptroller, declining the return,
2ftasaeumsut of $3,800,000.
The Miller County Liberal.
Ito authorize city of Calhoun to sell
1 certain lands; by Mr. Candler of.Pw
Kalb, to incorporate cnamblee, to au
-1 thorlze county of DeKalb to Issue
3 s3oo,floe in bonds, to ament' charter
■ of Kirkwood, to authorize state libra
f ry to furnish clerk of court with cer
tain Georgia reports; by Mr. Max
well of Twiggs, to mark out and re
' establish county lines between cer
r tain counties; by Mr. Buchanan of
) Early, to amend act creating city
- court of Blakely; by Mr. Blackburn of
I Fulton, to allow the trustees of the
> Georgia Soldiers’ Home to sell a strip
[ of land belonging to home on Confed
i erate avenue; by Mr. Hall of Bibb,
I to allow individuals and corporations
t to construct dams across non-navlga
i , ble streams for the purpose of devel
oping water power;; by Mr. Couch of
Coweta, to add Senoia to list of state
, deunsitories- i-s- u *-. wait*
son, to add Comer to list of state de
, posltories; by Senator Stephens of the
, First, to allow judge of city court of
Savannah, to appoint a special bai
, lift.
The afternoon session of the house
was taken up in passing local bills
, and pension resolutions:
The following bills were passed :
, By Mr. McMullan of Hart, a bill to
I amend the charter of the town of
Bowersville; by Messrs. Heard and
Adkinson of Dooly, a bill to authorize
, the state railroad commission to per
mit or require physical connection be
i tween railroads in any city or town of
’ the state; by Mr. Ward of Coffee, a
bill to amend the act creating the city
court of Douglas; by Senator Cowart
, of the Ninth District, a bill to amend
the act creating the board of county
; commissioners of Calhoun copnty; by
Mr. Warnell of Tatnall, to remove
Tatnall and Toombs counties from the
middle judicial circlut to the Atlantic
judicial circuit; by Senator Maddox,
to amend charter of St. Marys; by Mr. |
, Huie of Clayton, to Incorporate For
, rest Park; by Mr. Parker of Talbot,
to amend act incorporating Junction
: City; by Mr. Davison of Greene, to
amend act creating board of roads
and revenues in Greene county, by
Mr. Chamlee of Floyd, to authorize a
. city hospital for Home.
Tp P fallowing pension resolutions .
„ere passed: By Mr. Adams of Wil-'
i Hinson, to pay pension to Mrs. Lucy
Lockhart; by Mr. Trent of Heard, to
pay pension to Peter Currous; by Mr. i
Johnson of Jasper, to pay pension to
i Louisa Hodge; by Mr. Ward of Coffee,
' to pay pension of John M. Surrency to
his widow; by Mr. Barrett of Ste
! phens, to pay pension of F. M. Rice
;to W. A. Mitchell; by Mr. Trent of
Heard, to pay pension to Mrs. S. F.
Ciain; by Mr.' Bond of Forsyth, to pay
pension to W. J. Stanford; by Mr.
Ballard of Newton, to pay pension of
;Tnomas n. vrew , ..
Mr. Calbeck of Gordon, to pay pen
sipn to Mrs: Mary McDougal; by Mr.
; Taylor of Sumter, to pay pension of
Frank Johnson to his widow.
August 8.
jiprßvlstoWJ f e defeated the b»l exempt;
1 vote of 89 to'A, The bill frP? tre
. considered.
An appropriation of $3,000 or so,
much more or less, as may be neces
-1 sary to cover the expenses of the leg
islative investigating committee pro
-3 bing the convict lease system was
. passed.
f Two thousand dollars were appro
priated to build a public comfort bulld
f ing on the state's property at Indian
y Springs.
! ; Mrs. L. H. Ladstnger was appropri
-3 ated $62.50 for copying pension rolls
t and the Palmer Locker Club of Sa-
> vannah was refunded SSOO which they
i had paid for a state charter that was
. never granted.
r At the afternoon session of the
t house Saturday the following bills
were passed: By Mr. Pope of Brooks,
j; to incorporate town of Dixie; by Mr.
i White of Screven, to establish a syg
i tem of public schools for Sylvania;
; bv -Mr. White of Madison, to incor
tiporate Danielsville; by Mr. Cook of
Telfair, to provide board of reads and
revenues for Telfair county; by Mr.
Hines of Baldwin, to amend act ere
' ating board of roads and revenues for
‘ Baldwin county; by Mr. Johnson of
Jeff Davis, to create a board of roads
3 and revenues for Jeff Davis county ; by
' Senator Brantley, to amend act creat
’ ing new charter; by Senator Dobs,
to amend charter of Marietta; by Sen
ator Henderson, to abolish office of
i roads and revenues for Irwin county;
to create board of roads and revenues
for Irwin county; by Senator Hayes,
to provide for maintenance of bridge
over Flint river, in Macon, county.
IN THE SENATE.
, \ August 4.
A resolution was offered in the sen-
> i ate Tuesday that the governor be
f requested to call an extra session of
I ' the legislature to consider the convict
, lease system. It was defeated by a
- vote of 32 to 7.
II Senator Felder’s bill to abolish the
i; convict lease system after eighteen
> j months and place the convicts on the
. I public roads was then taken up as a
- special order and a number of amend
i meats offered. The bill was still un-
• der discussion when the senate ad
journed at 1 o’clock.
The following bills were passed in
, the senate, By Senator Dobbs—To
1 establish a new charter for the city
t of Atlanta. By Senator Dobbs—To
create a new charter for the city of
> Marietta. By Senator Dobbs—To
i Incorporate the town of Battle Hill,
fßy Senator Dobbs—To provide a mu
; I nlcipal government for the town of
’ j Edgewood, DeKalb county: By Sena-
< More than 250 Masons from Heard,
• Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and Car-
,■ roll were present to participate in the
J exercises of the Carroll County Ma
, j sonic convention at Carrollton. Offi
; cers were elected as follows: J. D.
, Hamrick, worshipful master; J. A.
F. Broom, senior warden; James
Beal, junior warden; R. F. Hyatt, sec
-1 retary and treasurer.
1 Moving has been finished and the
: postoffice at Macon is now in the new
, tederal building. The Macon office
now boasts of one of the prettiest
homes in the state,
1
COLQUITT, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 190 S.
> tor Hudson —To require a license or
1 tax of all persons selling, soliciting
‘ or taking orders for photographs.
portraits, etc. (Bible alone excepted),
I in Harris. ««nnty.
August 5.
>i The senate voted not to hold after-
- noon sessions and after hearing the
. reading of a special message from the
. governor decided to table all bills
. dealing with the convict lease system
. pending the decision of the governor
. to call an extra session of the general
[ assembly.
The following bills were passed by
’ the senate: By Senator Wilkes, to in
. coiqicrate town of Kingwood, in the
i county of Colquitt; by Senator Hen
. dersen of the Fifteentht, to amend
, I the charter of the city of Ocilla; by
; Senator Overstreet, to regulate the
. publication of all legal advertisements
. in all counties of the state having a
■ population acccording to the census
, of 1900 of not less than 20,400 and
not mtnc iintii zu,ovu mm lor
. purposes; by Senator Felder, to reg
. ulate the exchange between Georgia
’ and other states of state documents
. and for other purposes; by Mr. Hall
of Bibb, to amend the constitution by
, adding to the end of section 6, article
: 7, “to pay the county police and to
provide for the necessary sanitation;"
by Mr. Pope of Dade, a resolution to
authorize the county authorities of
Dade county to relieve sureties on
bond of John M. Castleberry; by-
Messrs. Cooke, Stubbs and Mclntyre
of Thomas, to Instruct trustees of the
University of Georgia to convey real
ty to the board of of the
city of Thomasville; by Messrs. Hold
er and Flanagan of Jackson, to cre
ate the board of commissioners of
roads and revenues for Jackson coun
ty; by Mr. Summer of Turner, to es
tablish the city court of Ashburn and
for other purposes; by- Mr. Flanders
of Johnson, t<s create a board of com
missioners of roads and revenues for
the county of Johnson; by Messrs.
: Young and Tuggle of Troup, to change
the time of holding the fall and spring
terms of the Troup county superior
court; by Mr. McMahan of Clarke, to}
amend the charter of the city of Ath
ens and for other purposes; by
.Messrs. Heard and Adkins of Dooly,
to authorize the mayor and council of
I the town of Byromville to Issue and
sell bonds to erect a pubfic school
building and waterworks and electric
light plant for the city of Byromville
and for other purposes; by Mr. Bur-
I well if Hancock, a resolution for the
relief of A. M. Hutchinson.
August 6.
By a vote of 21 to 16 the senate
defeated the bill placing the solicitors
general of the state on a salary.
The bill providing for the creation
of the proposed new county of Geor
gia was also killed by a vote of 19
ayes to 20 noes. ,
Thn two Mil- toM- . .K- ._»•— I
morning session.
The following bills were passed by !
the se ,ate: By Senator Hawes, to In-,
-corporate the city of Union City and
for 'Mier purposes; by Mr. Smith o' ■
f left, to prohlbi».Jhe. sate of Bud
D of Buckhead and for other
a’ -’JJW-es; by Senator Henderson of
’> R. g c Thirty-ninth, to authorize the
’’ mtlyor and council of the town of
’■ Cumming, with the trustees -of the
Cumming public school district, in
3 Forsyth, to order and have held an
election by the qualified voters of said
H district to determine whether or not
' bonds shall be issued by the said dis-
II trict to .be sold for the purpose of
erecting, acquiring and equipping a
school building for said district and
3 for other purposes .
' At the afternoon session of the sen
ate several local house bills were
3 read the first and second time, and
the following were passed: By Mr.
“ Strickland of Pike, to repeal an acl
3 to establish the city court of Barnes
’ Ville; by Mr. Strickland of Pike, to
establish the city court of Barnes
' ville; by Mr. Sumner of Turner, to
’ : create a board of county commission
'■iers in and for Turner county; by Mr.
f Williams of Dodge, to establish the
1 city court of Eastman; by Mr. Gibson
• of Glascock, to change the time of
holding the superior court in Glascock
r county; by Mr. Gadley of Camden,
f to establish the city court of St. Ma
-3 rys in and for the county of Cam
'' den; by Mr. Strickland of Pike, to
’ incorporate the town of Williamson,
’’ lin the county of Pike; by Mr. McWll-
• liams of Henry, to abolish the county
f court of Henry; by Mr. Reid of Ma-
■ : con, to amend sections 4 and 39, re
’ spectively, of an act approved August
■ 22, 1907, entitled an act to establish
3 the citv court of Oglethorpe; by
Messrs. Jones and Keith of Meriweth
er, to Incorporate the town of Prim
rose, in the county of Meriwether;
by Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson, to es
tablish a local school system for the
- town of Bartow: by Mr. Dorminy of
■ Irwin, to amend an act incorporating
I the city of Fitzgerald; by Mr. Harde
: man of Jeierson, to establish a pub
i He school system for the town of
Spiead; by Mr. Bouren of Tifton, to
■ amend an act to create and establish
i the city court of Tifton; by Mr. Fran
s ders of Johnson, to establish a public
i school system within the city of
■ Wrightsville; by Mr. Townsend of
■ Clinch, to establish the county court
■ of Clinch county; by Mr. Wynne of
Pulaski, to amend the county court
i of Pulaski county; by Mr, Buchan-
> nan of Early, to provide for an exam-
■ ination Into the affairs of the dlspen-
> sary in Blakely, Ga.; by Mr. Williams
t of Dodge, to amend an act creating a
> board of commissions of roads and
revenues for the county of Dodge;
■ by Mr. McWilliams of Dodge, to
I amend an act creating the charter for
the town of McDonough; by Mr. Sim-
, I Lightning struck the barn of A. M.
- 1 Griffin at Buchanan, killing two
: horses. Mr. Griffin’s two little boys
■ were in the barn at the time and
■ I both were severely burned. It is fear
. ed the younger boy will lose bis eye
sight as a result of the shock.
’ Captain J. A. Stafford, the original
■ peach man of Barnesville, is now pre
paring for the gathering and shipping
: of his crop of Keifer pears, which
will amount to about ten cars. It is
: another illustration of the varied op
portunities offered for profitable em
i ploymeut in Georgia,
- mons of Gilmer, to <■ eate a new c! ir
: ter for the tow-n of K lijay by .Mes -s.
. Alexander and Camler of DeKalb, >o |
, amend the charter of 'he town of
Kirkwood; by Mr. z- oi Glynn o
amend an act entit -d an act to cre
ate a board of com: >-sio is of roads
’ and revenues in Giy , <:• ,nty; by Mr
' Lee of Glynn, to ai nd act ii.eor
' porating the city if p. .nswici,; by
1 Mr. Lee of Glynn, amend an act
1 authorizing an issu ' mds by the
county of Glynn; Mr Fullbrlght
of Burke, to amend act establish
ing the city court o ivnesboro; by
Mr. Matthews of to Incorpo
rate the town of ove, I: the
county )f Laurens Messrs. Alex
ander and Candler ’ DeKalb, to in
corporate the tow: it East Lake, in
DeKalb county; b; d McMullen of
Hart, to abolish i >oard of com
‘ mfssioners of road Ir i.d revenues In
1 and for the count of Hart; by Mr.
: McMullen of Hart ;o reate the of
Lflce of CXMIUtv czin • sslon-r yf rciwU*
• and revenues for rt county,
‘ Angus 7.
I After a spirited di nssion, in which
about half the mem, rs of the sen-
■ ate participated F k y the Felder
i bill to cut off the i ropriatlon for
the compiler of reci 1 after the first
of next October, wi ost by a vote
of 25 to 12.
The following bill vere passed in
the senate: By Sei tor Wilkes—To
amend section 492 ' ilie penal code i
of Georgia. By Sen .tor Hardaman— '
To amend an act t< incorporate the
town of Statham in Jackson county.
By Senator Willifod—To regulate
the number of hours of telegraph and
telephone operators a I other persons
engaged in the hai ling of trains,
prescribing penalties or violation of
said act.
At the afternoon svision the senate
passed a resolution n buy a portrait
of the late Judge Join W. Akin. The
remainder of the ses ion was utilized
in passing local and iov.se bills.
The following bill were passed :
The bill by Senator Jenderson of the
ithirty-ninth to extt (1 the present
school book contrav until January 1.
1911, was the subject of a heated de
bate. but was even lally passed, and
was immediately trsusmitted to the I
house. By Mr. Rogers of Randolph, j
to create a board of commissioners of
roads and revenue? (or the county ot
Randolph; by Stator Martin, to
amend the charter f tlm city of Dal
ton; by Mr. Tracy of Webster, a res
olution to pay per i' n to Mrs. E. J.
Coker, deceased. f< be year 1903 to
A. M. Johnson of Weister county; by i
Senator Henderson of the Thirty
ninth, to extend the; present school
book contract until .$m ry 1, 1911 :
by Mr. McMichael o Marlon, to pro
tect the health an- provide for the ;
comfort of the traveling public, to in
sure good sanitaryj,*’,,hyrlene con
the, state of Georgia by Mr. Fuil
: bright of Burke, to G>e char
ter of Wavnesboro extend the
icity
’ i asl^e v fitf' itutic .
> ot tuberculosis an<S!|K>-v jKiatlng the
e' sum of $25,000 for purchasing of
r suitable buildings ani the suppor’ of
~ same. The $25,000 a :>roprfated shall
be appropriated as f< lows: SI,OOO in
a ! 1908; $12,000 in 1909 and $12,000 in
1 IS IO -’ „
t : By a vote of 34 0, the bill of
i Senator Martin, amending the -'gis
f 1 tration laws of the state of Georgia.
| was passed by substi ite. The princi-
1 i pal provisions of the bill are as fol
lows; That a real Us' of the qualified
. voters in each coviiy be furnished
, the tax collector; n close the rr--
I tration six month- Uelore - -
election, so as not i conflict with :Ue
I disfranchisement aiendnu '. of the
constitution, in c, it hould pass;
a compelling the vol- rs to take actual
. oath before the regular tax collector
3 or one of his clei ks to require the
. filing of voters' ok ten days after
the closing of the looks the regis
jltrars to complete ::mi fti’’ list of vot
-3 ers by June 1.
t By a vote of 25 o 7 'tie senate
j passed the bill of M-ssrs. Flannlgan,
Martin and Holder, itcre r the sal
ary of the state en omo „lst from
- $1,500 to $2,000 per year.
3 The bill by Senato- W liford, amen
ding the constitution by abolishing the
} office of county treasui t by future
- legislation and p’ ing th-- duties of
. this official in th. 'nds of banks, was
- lost by a vote of to 15.
I A motion by later Felder that
! the senate recon r its action in
• tabling bls bill n -g »h< liubtltt. <>f
. common* carriers railroads for the
. homclde or injur and damage done
employees where <h employees con
- tribute to the in , w s lost by a
■ vote of 20 to 17.
[ The following b i were passed By
; Senator Stephen. to authorize the
- municipal autho: > of this state to
. establish and n fain a place tor
I confinement of n.. tmeanor convicts;
iby Senator Bush amend an act in
i corporating the ' ! Colquitt; by
- Senator Steph > extend the 'itu®
■ for completion the Savannah,
‘ Statesboro and \ item railroad, by
[ Mr Godkev of ' (den, to repeal an
act to create a nty court in each
■ county in the sm of Georgia except
certain counties > tntioned herein;
.by Senator Can, to authorize the
• governor of the rt® ot Georgia to
■ contract and pu. ise a certain tract
i o Band or any Ss in the city ot
, Chattanooga tor ffniinal station and
i a switch vard to 'i’A W. & A. railroad
and to contract and open a street in
i said city of Cha aooga through the
• propertv owned by tlie state of Geor
gia.
By granting an imendment to the
i original charter. Jiyge Felton of Ma
-1 con allowed the Central of Georgia
I Power company to] increase its cap-
- ital stock from sl<lb,ooo to $4,000,000.
- At the same tim , the amendment
changed the name of the company
[ from the Bibb Pov.< r to the Central of
. Georgia Power company.
; Lamar Pate, a 14-year-old boy of
i Lihtonia, was bitte* by a horse, which
i later died in great agony with hydro-
■ phobia. The boy >as been placed in
- the Pasteur Institute at Atlanta for
treatment.
J I
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
Bradstreet’s Crop and Industrial
Report is Favorable.
70 LESS BUSINESS FAILURES
Output in Certain Lii e> of Cotton Good*
’ Are Being Curtailed-—Condition
of the Corn Crop.
New York City.-Bradstreet's review :
says: "Trade, crop and industrial de- '
velopments of the week are mainly
favorable. The first of the fall mer- >
chants’ excursions are reported in ;
leading cities, thereby enlarging sales
by jobbers and wholesalers. Indus-
I trial reports are generally of .ncreas-
I Oti vtaaßro iXtll, vr xmlrvTgjwxl wawX »
; the leading crops have approached a
! week nearer harvest. There are, I
however, some features accompanying j
these developments deserving of note.
There are statements from quite a
few markets that early fall buying Is I
hardly up to expectations, and that j
caution and conservatism govern buy
ers' notions.
"In the industrials there is percep- !
tlbly more doing in Iron and steel, !
hardware manufacturing, western coal [
, mining and the Himber trades gener- ■
ally. The railorads are certainly buy- j
ing more of rails, cars and also light j
supplies. The building trade evident
ly turned the corner in July, but re- j
ports of curtailment in output of cer
tain lines of cotton goods are still
prominent.
"Business failures in the United
States for the week ending August 6
number 205, against 275 last week, and
157 in the like week of 1907.
"Business failures in Canada for
the same period number 19, which
compares with 32 last week and 18
I in the like week of 1907.
Washington, D. C.—The crop-report
■ ing board of the bureau of statistics
of the department of agriculture find
ings, in a bulletin just issued, shows
| that the condition of corn on August
1 was 82.5 per cent of a normal
crop as compared with 82.8 last
month, 82.8 on August 1, 1907, and
j 83.1 the ten year average on August
1. By states the condition was:
Illinois . . .. . . 77
lowa . . . . . . . . 83
Texas . . 86
Missouri 74
Nebraska 86
Kansas 76
Oklahoma . 80
Indiana .. . . 75
Georgia 89
Ohio . . 85
Kentucky . . 83
Tennessee 84
North Carolina ~ .. ft
Arkansas 70
Mississippi 88
J''
! Kala j;-'
'land Manufacturers" Asst-via.-~
; : filed with the interstate c -mmcrce
i commission a protes' against putting
into force an increase in rates to ;
the southern class on terri*'-
1 ; proposed by the railroa- to go Into
effect this month. The in < Vice
President Shepardson of Ur <y, who
announced the tiling oft,. - protest,
says, ranged from 10 to 25 per cent.
The protest deciares shippers in a
’ : thousand towns are affected, and
says: ...
“We trust your investigation on this
i subject- will enable you to annul the
rates in southern classification terri
tor the day they are to take effect.”
Bloody Kentucky Fight.
Harlan, Ky —A pitched battle was
fought at the Howard store at. Lay
man. John Blanton was killed. Sher
man Blanton was shot in the arm, and
Stokley Osborne was mortally wound
ed Lee Russell was seriously wound
ed. and a young man whose name is
not unknown, was also shot. He ran
into the timber, and has not been
found.
The trouble was caused by long
standing enmitv between the Taylors
and the Blantons, which dates back
several generations.
Dealt s Object to Army Methods.
Chicago, 111. —Manufacturers of the
west are severely criticising the
methods employed by the war depart
ment in awarding contracts for army
ctot’Hlie Th" apeclal hoard to pasc
on all bids ordered a special sample
of twenty yards of cloth to be used
; in the uniforms to be furnished. The
manufacturers, in an informal protest,
declare this virtually creates a mo
nopoly. as the cost of manufacture of
a special sample is prohibitive for
small dealers.
47,000 Barrels of Whiskey Destroyed
Midway, Ky—Fire threatened to
wipe out this town. It destroyed five
warehouses of the S. J. Greenbaum
‘ Distilling Company, entailing a loss
)of about. $300,000. More than 47,000
barrels of whiskey were destroyed.
CaptaOuthrie a Suicide.
Savannah. Ga.—-Captain A. H. Guth
ria ot thf" schooner Frank A. Williams
of Naw York committed suioida by
jumping overboard eight miles west
of Cape Lookout. The schooner was
being brought from New York to
Southport, where it had been recent
ly sold. The schooner was left with
I out a navigator, but the mate sailed
! It safely to Savannah.
Passing of “Stage” Money.
Washington, D. C.—Chief Wilkie cY
the secret service proposes to test the
law in relation to the rights of per
sons to make "stage" money such as
is freely sold in the form of SIOO
■bills A case In which one of these
! SIOO bills has been passed as lawful
money has come to the attention of
the secret service and Chief Wilkie
believes the issuance of such "stage”
money will be adjudged unlawful when
I a test case is made against one of
■ its manufacturers.
LATE NEWS IL TES.
General.
I The New York Central railroad has }
| decided upon the immediate ex;- , :
tuie of two millions of dollar in the
i Pittsburg, Pa. district for improve- 1
i ments.
After saving her husband's life by I
wrenching a hammer with which he I
had been beaten into uneonscicusie.** :
from the hands of her brother-in-law. i
Ira Cody, and knocking him to 'h- ,
ground. Mrs. Wade Rigcan a
and killed by Cody at Cox' ' ■
Mississippi.
Wilber Wright of Dayton Ohio, ■
: made a successful flight with hi* aer- J
. oplane at Lemaus. Franc® The ma- ,
| chine covered 2.17 miles and the of- j
, ficial time of the flight wa- one mln- ;
i ute and forty-six seconds
I Becoming angered at his wife hn i
: Goolsby, a welltodo farmer. <' Ox I
1 and while she was lying , ros st
j urated her clothing wnn on -u-
I set fire to the clothes, a-d <. :
’ badly burned before the flames were .
’ extinguished by neighbors.
The Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mill
' ing company has been placed in the
j hands of a receiver. This is one of j
I the largest flour-making concerns In
j the world.
I Hundreds of the Turkish govern-
I ment officials of the old regime are
scurrying to the other side of the
I frontier. They are loaded with mil
' Hons of which they have been plun
; derhig the country for years. It
' is estimated the graft has cost two
million dollars.
Godfriend Probst, a worker in a
Brooklyn restaurant, has been notified
that he and his sister are joint heirs
to an estate of nearly sixteen million
dollars, left by their uncle, who died
intestate in Bombay, India.
Seth M. Rlchereck, a former Indian
apolis banker, who absconded a year
ago with something over a hundred
thousand dollars of depositors’ mon
ey. has been located at Johannesburg
South Africa. He is living under an
assumed name and is doing a -banktnn
business.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has is
sued an order for the reopening of its
locomotive shops in St. Louis, Sedalia,
Fort Scott, Atchison, Osawatomie, De-
Soto and Baring Cross. The reopening
will provide employment for more
than one thousand men.
Notice has been given to the resi
dents of Argenta, Ark. by the St. Lou
is and Southwestern railroad, that un
less suits for $70,000 damages, aileg
ed to have resulted from the construe
tion of about a mile of trackage
through the principal street of the
city, are dismissed, the track will be
torn up and all orders for improve
mens, ln< luding a dept t : q cost S2OO,
I "' A Tfll’lltUlO Wtu”'l/ SHUCK I..UUIHU6,
Nebraska, a town of 1,000 inhabit
ants completely destroyed, all te’"
phpne and telegraph lines In tbs to- u
■ and suwounding country. The jr-
Jitx'p laid wa: 'e to many
- -nvt-ral large bui' Jingu -,u <
'1 ha-s u-rta.-en'a
1 I 2 1-2 *, er cent and 7 1-2 p -
’ j extra 5u the con.mon stock.. This i
cor ires wi a 2 12 per <en’ _t> ' :
i per cent <“xtra three month. >. i
2 1-2 p r cent and 2 1-2 per cent e j
tra six months ago and nine months |
' I ago, and 2 1-2 per cent and 7 1-2 p--r |
} cent extra a year ago.
George H. Sommers ,a conductor on
|tt • Baltimore and Ohio railroad. us
arrested by United States olii ers
; charged with violating an act oi con
j gress in carrying a passenger free
I while In charge of his train. He is |
lie.d under $1,090 bail.
Mrs Ethel Gaylord of Rich ;
mond, Va has been inform ,
ed that he r husband, whom she 1
though she had burled in Jacksonville,
Fla., a year ago. had turned up alive }
: and was searching for her. The man ■
i buried in Jacksonville was found
i floating in the ocean at that city, and
I was identified by Mrs. Gaylord as bar
i husband.
Twelve hundred mechanics emplo.-
: ed by the Canadian Pacific railroad
arc out on a strike The engineers
and firemen are in sympathy with the
mechanics and may call a sympathetic
strike. Owljg to’ the fact that Jap
anese laborers are being used aa
strikebreakers, feeling is running blgb I
and serious trouble may result if the i
Japanese are not discharged.
Washington.
China has formally accepted the
! date, January 1. next, and the seleo
tion of the citj ot Shanghai na the
j time and place for the holding of the
! meeting of the international opium
■ commission The commission Is to
| make a preliminary investigation into
; the general question of the opium traf
I sic. it has no plenary powers, but will
i make recommendations for future ac
: tion by the various countries.
President Roosevelt refused U- I
I grant an audience to James M. Har
alson of Alabama, a midshipman,
i whose rismissal from the Naval Acad
, emy was approved by the president
some time ago. Haralson seemed to
} think that if he could lay his case
i before the president, he would have
a chance to be re-inatated
Major J. H. Russel'-, U. 8. A., one
sergeant and ten privates ot th®
am& expeditionary regiment ot ma
rines. have arrived in Wuhlngtor.
and entered the new navy medical
eollege hospital to receive the Pasteur
treatment against hydrophobia. The
: officers and men were severely bitten
or scratched by a puppy Shepherd
dog at Camp Diobolo on the Isthmus
July 21 and 22.
Honduras has declined to comply
with the wishes of the American gov
ernment requesting the revocation of
the decree issued by President Davila,
canceling the exequaturs of American
Consul Drew Linard and Vice Consul
Virgil C. Reynolds at Ceiba, on the
ground that they had interfered in
the internal politics of Honduras and
I that with the vice consuls of France
and Norway, they advised the surren
' der of Ceiba to the revolutionists.
The trademark and copyright treaty
between American and Japan has
' been passed by the privy council at
■ Taklo.
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THRDLiGHDIIi THE SHE
w!
j m l ' ar ' 7‘
tans who rr>? !<■ Macon b
happened to us > ' i-.-im
while presiding . ■ r,'°r's
In rebuking a prism:- ;ay
advertently made use c" > -■
sion with malice toward n» e.
A lodge of Woodmen of the '■'«<■
was organized in Eatonton wt-b 'h«
following offlceis James C. GriffV*
C. C.; E. J. Wilson, adv lieutenant;
W. S. Tomlinson, banker: Caril In
gram, escort, 1. F. Griffith, watch; H
E. Wilson, sentry, W. B. Moore, ex
aminer; J. W. Robertson, clerk.
Dr. A. A. Smith, a prominent Gaines
ville physician, was drowned la ths
Chattahoochee river near Key’s ferrv
while seining with a party jot friends
Dr. Smith was a son of H. D Smith,
a prominent cotton merchant M
Gainesville He is survived by bl»
wife.
The shippt : ’ orgia have filed
a complaint w- ie interstate com
merce commission .cai;r* the propox
. d inc of ft 'gin n 'n the
southca. "in territory
The cotton crop in thirty south
Georgia counties is reported to State
Entomologist E L Worsham to be
suffering from black root, which he
estimates will reduce the crop in that
section of the slate by 10 per cent.
The counties which report this black
root are Columbia, McDuffie, Washing
ton Bibb. Talbot, Harris, Muscogee.
Chattoogn. Marion, Sumter. Ma
con, Houston, Pulaski, Dooly, Stew
art, V. i lister, Randolph, Terrell Csl- 4 ..
nour, Dough ciy, Earl,, Worth,
—... , i • > aw-,. a »
It was deemed gilvisa' IP to
Journ the Spnld’r.g county shperior
eoffri, and alb'W -he. far mere to re- ’?
..iairn u> CieJr 1 Fork, is » very' se-
able r.Hn hbe’falieti 4* W
4av v- hie:-' ’’ b'» d' vast Mtc
the .
l of nc'ding a, ’a’’ t”* r ' r ’’ *• city
1 wa>- i • ; . :,ent in i, .w a
I otton io lie scored ■ ".e sUee.. j
I Sl-.-w who wr ''l’l? imurod
by eolldiu; ’.’iih tbc i- : uetk ■ i
rued tha* city for sll. a) damages.
Tn remov-iiv ~<t.» ■- on k
building of ’ H. K< iL- company
at Monticello 1 e.ch was built in 18S6.
, , P; ,■, , i lac og of new shoxv
I wfi'u'Wb. a pir connoting the follow
lin in : nrd del mi w s found in otse
of bl cornet no ie-' A copy of »♦•--
Atlanta Cons’ ■ ion bearing date ■*
' s.-,t a :.e. 1 ib.’ii in which
Gained ac..-ou’u of .h- Ch:-loet
earthquak ■ ■ ew' t the
Madtn.iolsii ■ f ss: c 'u. e r 'Py
the Jasper < inn '*
Grier’s Alm -a
various kit.d ■
The diutr' i . -r .es by t*„
Uniform H Ku.gbis of
thlaa was .-.adv before the elc
that lodges convention st H
Company L of Georgia w v
prize in the Hifai t
,bil”. Ala... coni,- woo >■
company coming .:o'tbe<:
I During Jie .wi f :o
two men in i- i
applied for is-ni
States Army, but >
men were turn" !
enteen accept t
I’KO.MJSE.VI I’l
York Citv s ids eigh
blrthda.
perc W’ll
first liohcnKi.i: ' i deg
■:<’< Rens-.-elf he.
range a course . a
freslinci'.
Preside.
the year’s ’ !
$1,250,009
given to th:, sc-:
With tha fit.’: ;■
Bon anothci of tb> few
Amerlf
ninetei r 1 u ' ‘>-1
Jacoo / ''■in
City, ,-a- "
don's methods ot co.- oi n.. ora -
tion ot property so; improvem.sn;
would give better hemes to evicted
thousands in New Yv
Dr. Adolf Meyer, recently ■ ■
director of the psychiatric cliu. ■’
the Johns Hopkins University :n
--dewed oy Henry Phipps, will ris t
Europe with the architect of the new
building to in-. rct foreign psychia
tric clinics.
William H. Taft left Cincinnati for
Hot Springs, Va . after accept inc hon
orary membership in the Internal'*"
a! Brotherhood of Steam Shovelerr
and Dredgemen. He will return to
Cincinnati about September 1 for tha
remainder of the campaign
Who knows but what Mr Roosevelt
will find that the key to the African
situation is a taon-key?