Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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. > T - 8 1V / , •> v » 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?