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- LOW TAX RETURNS
~ Made by Roads in Georgia
L to Comptroller General.
- SLUMP REACHES BIG SUM
Central and Seaboard Air Line Show a
Falling Off in Values of More
Than Two Million Dollars
Each.
The annual tax returns of the Cen
iral of Georgia Railway company and
| the Seabsard Air Line Railway com
) pany, which reached the comptroller
general of Georgia Monday, each show
3 falling off, as eompared with the
returns for 1907 of more than $2,000,
; 000.
It was expected that the tax returns
of these large railroad systems would
sliow some reductions this year, be
<ause of the slump in their earnings,
and the prespect is, it is stated, that
returng from the other large systems
will show similar falling off.
The Ocean Steamship company of
sSavapnah also shows a reduction of
more than $150,000 in its returns, as
compared with last year, despite the
fact that it has added a new ship to
its line,
The Central of Georgia retuing its
total property this year, physical and
franchise, at $18,724,628, as against a |
total of $20,861,646 for 1907.
In addition to and not included in
the foregoing the Central returns $l5B,- |
. 900 of income bonds of the Charleston
and Western Caroling railroad, and‘
$900,000 as its valuation of its 15,-
000 shares of the Western Railway of ‘
Alabama. These are returned sepa
rately because the Central disputes'
the right of the state to collect taxes
upon this property.
The Scaboard Air Line returns this
year a total of $10,300,928 as compar
ed with $12,651,450 in 1907, Thesel
figures include both franchise ;md'
physical property, and as in the case
of the Central of Georgia, the 1907 fig- !
aires were fixed as the result of arbi- ’
tration.
The Seaboard’s franchise is returned
this' year $1,625,008, as against $2,-
138,106 for 1907, a reduction of more
. than $500,000.
Y The returns of the Louisville and
" Nashville railroad, as received by thei
compiroller, general Monday, tctal $2,- |
285,467, of which $232,050 is I‘l-an~=
<hise,
Cemptroller General Wright has not ’
yet had time to inspest the iorego- |
4ng returns, and it will procbhably be
some days before he can make ther
ough examination of them.
INMAN & CO. BANKRUPT. i
Receiver Appointed for Augusta Firm. |
Over Million Dollars Involved. '
The firm of Inman & Co., of Augus
ta, Ga., one of the best known cotton ‘
firms of the gsouth and a prominent
member of the New York cotton ex
change, went into involuntary bank
ruptey Monday. On the petition of
King, Spalding & Little, representing
the Gulf Ccmpress company, J. C.,
Evans and C. R. Sims, Thomas W.
Barrett, Jr., of Augusta, was appointed !
receiver by Referce Percy H. Adams.
The firm which is a partnership and
not a corporation, is composed of Jas.
F. McGowan of Augusta and James R.
Gray of Atlanta, they having acquired
the other interests, which for several
years past were represented in the
firm. The debts and assets are said
to exceed $1,250,000.
The firm of Inman & Co, of Augasta
is in no way connected with the rfirm
of Inman, Akers & Inman of Atlanta, ‘
Ga., which has branches in Liverpool
and Bremen and which is connected }
with the firm of Inman, Nelmg & Co.
of Houston, Texas, and Inman, Swann
& Co. of New York. These firms are
: in mo way affected by the suspensicn.
PROMINENT BROKER SUICIDES.
Ccster Lost Money and Caused Failure
of Big Firm.
Following the suicide Tuesday night
; of Charles Coster, a prominent broker
: and society man, the stock exchange
firm of Coster, Knapp & Co., at New
York, ¢f which Coster was a meamber,
announced its suspension Wednesday
©on the floor of the New York siock ex
<change. In an announcement given
©out at the time of the suspension, it
was said that the action was directly
due to the death of Mr. Coster.
i STATE SENATORS INDICTED.
Several Arkansas Solons Are Charged
. With Perjury and Brikery.
Indictments have been returned by
. ine grand jury at Little Rock, Ark,
' charging state sepators with perjury
b and bribery.
e Warrants were issued for six sena
~ tors, together with two other mnon
. residents, charging them with perjury.
| ORDER SIGNED BY SPEER
in Complaint Filed Against Railroads
; by Georgia-Florida Sawmill
- Association.
Attorneys representing H., H. Tift
and others forming the Georgia-Flor
ida Sawmill Association filed com
plaint,in the United States court at
Macon Friday against the railroads
of the Southeastern Tariff Associa
-1 tion on account of alleged failure
pf the lines so make the wretuypns
every three months of such collec
tlons of freight charges on lumber to
Ouio river points and the west as
come under the ruling in the famous
| Tift case In which a permanent in
junction ordered by Judge Emory
Speer stopped the payment of an ex
tra 2 centg per hundred pcunds.
Judge Speer signed an order in the
bill requiring the railway lines to
show cause before him in Macon, on
May 12, why they should not be called
upon to pay over the $500,000 indem
nity bond.they made when. the court
agreed to allow the returns to be
made and the shipments to continue
under the tariff which was attacked
by lumbermen. A large number of
claims have been established by the
Jumber producers under the arrange
ments, but it is now a requirement
upon tne part of the railway lines that
they make reports of what amounts
they have received on the extra tar
iffs every three months.
FIRST STEPS ARE TAKEN
Looking to the Erection of Embassy
Buildingg by Uncle Sam.
The senate committee on appropri
ations Friday took the first step look
| ing to the acquisition of property for
the American embassy at Paris by in
' serting an advertisement in the dip
lomatie and consular appropriation biil
'appropriating $400,000 for the pur
chase of a site and the erection of
' a building for the use of the embassy
in that city. . |
An appropriation of $3,267, also,was
made for the purchase of the residence |
of the Japanese secretary of the |
lAmericau embassy at Tokio, Japan.
l Still another addition to the bill made |
by the committee is that of SIO,OOO tc ‘
pay the expenses of representatives
of the joint high commission of 1898
for the settlement of questions relat- |
ing to Canada. All told the commit- |
tee increased the appropriation car- |
riled by the diplomatic bill to the !
to ihne extent of $463,642 over the |
amount carried by the bill as it pass- |
i ed the house, bringing the total up to
l $3,967,985.
| LOST SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND.
i Wells-Fargo Company Says That
Amount Was Taken from Train. |
The Wells-Fargo Express company |
hag reported to the authorities of Tor- |
reon, Mexico, a loss of $63,000 in |
! Mexican currency which, they claim, {
lwas taken from a through safe 'on‘l
| their City of Mexico train. The mon- }
ey was consigned to one of the banks |
of Chihuahua, |
It appears that one of the agents |
of the company boarded the express
train at a station between the City :
of Mexico and Torreon, atterwards‘;
leaving the train. I{ is said that he |
wag the only man who was in the;
car who knew the combination of the
,safe. He is being searched for, but
!has not yet been apprehended. j
\ LETTEN GIVEN SEVEN YEARSG. |
Embezzling Tax Office Clerk Found
Guilty by Jury in New Orleans.
Charles L. Letten, formerly chief
lclerk in the office of the state tax
collector for the first district of New
?Orleaus, was Friday sentenced to
l serve seven years in the penitentiary
after a jury had declared nim guilty
| of embezzling SIOO,OOO.
Letten disapeared last summer and
upon the discoverey of the shortage in |
his accounts a search for him was be
gun. He was fnally found on the
river front, where he had been attempt
ing to summon up sufficient courage
“ to drown himself.
‘ TAFT OFF FOR PANAMA.
! Goes to Isthmus on Special Business
for President Roosevelt.
Secretary Taft left Washington on
Thursday afternoon for Charleston, S.
C, where he embarked on the United
| States cruiser Prairie Friday and pro
ceeded to Colon, whither he goeg at
the suggestion of the president to in
| vestigate several important questions
| connected with the construction of the
\‘Panama canal and the relations be
| tween the United States and the Re
| public of Panama, and also the boun
dary dispute between Panama and Co
i lumbia.
TENTS FOR THE HOMELESS.
| l Federal Aid Is Being Generailly Extend
ed to Storm Sufferers,
‘ Federal aid is being extended to the
| storm sufferers rapidly through the
. | department of the gulf, with headquar
ters in the Candler building in Atlanta,
.| Ga. Already 350 tents have been ship
.| ped out and more will be sent as soon
| a8 requisitions are received.
r |BHALL TH! SOUTH FORGET ITS
eL b CHISTORY?
| (The Charles T. Zachry Chapter of
the United 'Daughtsrs of the Confed
eracy of McDonough, Ga., will appre
ciate it, if the newspapers of Georgia
, | will publish this editorial, or at least
. | that portion of it suggesting an annual
. | memorial edition in every county. Any
, | editorial mention urging tais will like
| | wise be appreciated. All chapters re
- | ceiving this are likewise requested to
| take up the suggestion and consider
| it seriously.)
' With the diffidence of newcomers iu
| to the field cf editorial endzavor, The
| Memorial Edition of the Heary County
| Weekly greets its friends. |
' Our courage in sending its lorihi
linto a world blessed with the labors !
of editors of far superior skill and‘
experience is born of our sacred pur
pose, which is twe-fold: The direct end
sougnt is the raising of funds for rear
|ing on the public square of our town
)a fitting monument tc our Confederate
| soldiers; but, ag equally importang,
we are herg attempting to contribute
cur mite to the collection and preser
vation of the materials for a truthful
history of the civil war. So that our
children shall not, at some future day,
behold before their eyes the enigma of
’spe-aking marble and silent history,
the monumental shaft commemorating
I'their sire's hercic deeds, of which no
|records exist and there is no lhis
| tory.
" And our beloved organization, the
| United Daughters of the Confederacy,
lare much concerned about thiz work
lof preserving tae true facts of our
{glcrious history and teaching them to
{our children., But the Daughters can
not collect and preserve these facts
Ewithont the co-operation of the parti
icipants in those stirring events. In
;this county, and doubtless in every
| county of our beloved Scuthland, are
Imen and womsan now living, whose
memories of those times are worthy
?of being recorded in permanent form.
f'l‘}‘.ey are fast passing to that land
' where the recorder of humana annals
|cannct fillow them.
| Why cannot the Chaptars in every
county issue such a memorial edition
iui’ their county paper each year, pub
%lishing especially local history and
11'ecoliections of citizens who lived in
| these trying times? Let us encourage
{the old “rebel” who loves to tell of
Ehis adventures, let us coax into talk
i'the reticeat, and by our deeds show to
"the last Confederates whose presence
| stiil blesses us like a benediction, that
| their deeds shall not be forgoiien, nor
’i;their motiveg misunderstood.
: We dread the dangers of indifference
‘il\ere. It is a tals of horror, ’tis true,
land a noble woman who endured those:
flen'ih‘;e days says:
5' “We presg our breast against a thorn
| when we recall the anguish of those
Idays of death and disaster. It is often
| said that it is still too early tc write
[the story of cur Civil War., It will
|soon be too late. Some of us still
live who saw those days. We should
not sarink from recording what we
‘;lmow to be true. Thug only will a
| full history cf American courage and
{fidelity be pieserved,—for all were
E Americans.”
| Our own lamented Gordon enter
ituiued fears on this lin2; and in one
{of his addresses thus vividly voices
_fthem:
i “There is danger that the South may
| be inadequately represented, or wholly
| misrepresented, in the future of this
;coantry. Misrepresentation threatens
‘tae ccnquered always—the conquercr
flle\'e;‘. In the average estimation of
| mankind, victory vindicates, while de
'teat dooms to misjudgment and
| thoughtless condemnation. There is
|in this truth a philosophy ag plain and
im ofcund as the laws of human nature,
[involving consequences so calamitous
| that every lover of his people should
| anite to avert them. " Should such mis
;fm-tu.le befall us, it requires no proph
et to foretell the character and extent
';of those consequences. First, there
!would follow a decrease of our appre
!ciation of this section and of its peo
iple; second, as an inevitable conse
| quence, a diminution of our self-re
i spect; next, gradual but the certain
Iretregression and impairment of our
;manhc::d; and, finally, the loss cf those
idistinctive characteristics which are
[the traditional recognized, and chief
| sources of thig people’s greatness. No
!m::re important service could be ren
| dered this country—not only tee south,
but the whole countr,\'——thax{ to clea
iy comprehend these dangers, and to
E(Arect firm and immovable Dbarriers,
lymountain high, against the possible
| consequences.”
' We would here appeal to those who
;sur\ive to seek cut some of our young
| friends, who will wiilingly write, while
i they dictate, their cwn experiences.
For the future historian, in gathering
his material for correct history, if he
weould do justice to our cause, must
! kncw the very life of the old south,
| so different from the life cf today ;
and how can he know it, save as he
| | catches its atmospaere in the treasur
!;ed reminiscences of the survivors
| who were a part of those times? To
’lihim even the commonplace events
l'}transpiri'ug in the daily lives of the
humblest and the highest wil be equal
‘ly valuable. Let our brave men and
[noble women who are the last linger
ing links binding us to that é"sloriqu‘s
past, ponder these thoughts and con
|ribute their share to the story grand
ler and more sublime than the story
|of any other peoplz in history.
, Yes, old soldiers, help us now with
|year recollections; and we promise
you, for ourselves, our children and
children’s caildren, that you and your
|exalted manhood and the principles
| tor which you gave your homes, your
| hepes, and your hapiness shall live in
lour memory even when you no longer
walk among us, and we shall exem-
I plify to the world the beauty and the
| trath of these words of tha Coafeder
acy’s gentle poet-priest:
\
“There is grandeur in graves—there is
glory in gloom; ‘
For out of the gloom future bright
nesg is born,
As after the night comes the sunrise
of morn;
And the graves of the dead with the
4 grass overgrown
May vet form the footstool cf lib
erty’s throne.
And each single wreck in the war
path of might,
Shall yet be a rock in the temple of
right.”
We now commit cur effort to the
gentle readsr's tender regard. We
do not say, “Farewell,” for we hope
to come again, if we can ageain impose
upon the kindness of Mr. Editor. We
hepe we have accomplished something.
We know that we oursclves have bheen
invited to a clcser study of our glori
cus history, and we trust it wiil simi
larly influence many of iis readers.
This work has taught us something,
and we can prcfit by this experience in
cur next effort.
We ghall henceforth hopc and p‘.‘ay'
that ere long another such edition
will announce the unveiling of that
shaft which we shall rear to the doers
of deeds that do not die.—Mrs. E. J.
Reagan, Editor, in Memorial Edition of
The Hconry County Weekly.
“SUMMER.”
(By Lott Lee, Jr.)
S |
Summer comes once a year, I
0! how I wish ’twas here. l
Our heairts t 2 cheer. l
It fills our souls with glec,
Brings joy for you and me,
O! what good times have we,
When shall it be?
It fresheng all the tirees
And makes green all the leas,
Sweet summer breeze.
"Tis time for net and gnare
To be fixed here and there
Olf game to catch our share
From ev’ry lair.
The bees begin to hum,
They re’lize from their gum,
When summer’s come.
The birds begin to sing,
The woctds with music ring:
They, too, like ev'ryihing,
Glag tidings bring.
Humming birds on the flow'rs
Are drivn by summer show'rs
Into their bow’rs.
Aft all the pleasant Mays,
Then come the longest days,
Sun ithrows his strongost rays
When summer sways.
Tune: “America.”
RESOLUTIONS
By the Methodist Sunday School and
Bible League of Irwinton,
Georgia.
On Thursday, at the noon hour,
April 26, 1908, our beloved sister and
co-worker, Mrs. Mary Brundage, de
parted thig life to enter the lifa whiea
knows no sorrow, to join the ehurch
riumphant.
Qur hearts are bowed in scrrow for
the loss of one go faithful, so untiring
and =0 unselfish.
Our Sunday school and society are
bereft of a faithful and loved member,
but our loss is heaven’s gain. So we,
aer comrades, bow in humble submis
sin to the will of Him who giveth
and taketh away, saying in our feeble
way, “Thy will be done.”
Therefore, be it Resolved, first,
That we thank our heavenly Father
for her useful life, her untiring ener
gies spent fcr our good, for her efforts
in the conversion of the young people
of cur town, Her crown is surely one
cf many stars.
Secoud, That we honor her memory
in kecping up as best we can her good
works and recall with grateful hearts
her inspiring talks and humble pray
ers.
Third, That we extend to her family
and loved ones our prayerful sympa
thy. |
Fourth, That we will spend our lives
as usefully as she and be ready wheu
the Death Angel says, Come!
MRS. G. T. EVERETT.
MISS IDA HATFIELD.
Sl e e
Fire at Jamestown Show Grounds.
Fire of unknown origin on the James
town exposition grounds late Wednes
day night destroyed the several colo
nial buildings making up the arts and
crafts village. :
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BRIDGE WORK PER TOOTH ......ccooccoccsessceessse.. S4OO TO $ 5.00
BILVER AND GOLD FILLINGS: ........ccooscsasssrisuscsss 10610 $2.50
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| Baby Ease cures constipation, wind
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the food to be quickly and thoroughly |
asseimilated, relleves pain, regulates
the stomach and bowels and induces :
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tendant upon teething and carries the |
i little ones through this trying and crit
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l Baby Ease is as good for older chil- |.
ldren as for babies—especially for
school children, whose sedentary hab
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sary. It takes the place of calomel,
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but prompt and powerful in effect.
Sold and recommended by all drug- |
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Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills relieve pain
TAX NOTICE—SECOND ROUND.
1 will be at the following places be
low mentioned for the purpose of re
ceiving state and county taxes ior the |
year 1908: ’
Irwinton, on Méonday, May 4, from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Bethel,-on Tuesday, May 5, from 10
a:m. fo3 p m.
Gordon, on Wednesday, May 6, from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Ivey, on Thursday, May 7, from 10
a.m,to 3 p. m.
Bloodworth, on Friday, May S§th,
from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m,
Toomshoro, for Passmore and Lords,
on Saturday, May 9, from 10 a. m. to
2 p. m.
Griffin, on Monday, May 11, from 10
a, m. to 3 p. m.
Turkey Creek, at B. Arnold’s store,
on Tuesday, May 12, from 10 a. m. to
3 p.m, l
High Hill, on Wednesday, May 13,
from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
This April-6, 1908.
C. W. BELL,
Tax Receiver Wilkinson County.
ts
WANTED
We want two or three men in each
county to place catalogues and adver
tise our FAMILY UNION DEPART
MENT; SIB.OO per week salary with
oppertunity for extra commissions. Per
man<nt positions. Address LAKE
CITY WHOLESALE CO., 4533 West
63rd Sireet, Caicago, Il ts
Ask the Editor.
If you wish to know something <orv
cerning the standing of our colleges,
you would do well to call on the edi
tor. He can give you full information
concerning this institution. ..He has
investigated our references and knowsg
whereof he speaks. He knows that‘
| when we say that we can give a com
plete course of shorthand in three!
months with a speed of 150 words per |
minute, or a graduate course of busi-|
ness and bookkeeping in four months, l
that we are speaking from actual rec
ords of tke work previously done by
| us.
: Write for large free catalogue.
_ ATHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE,
' 184 1-2 Clayton St.,
Athens, Ga. ;
Ten Thousand
Telegraphers
Are Wanted
BOUTHERN TELEGRAPH SCHOOL
CONTRACTS "TO FURNISH TO
FURNISH GEVERAL HUN
DRED OF THAT NUM#
BER.
NEWNAN’'S SCHOOL TO THE
FRONT.
The Southern is the South’s Foremost
Telegraph School and One of the
Beat in the United States.
Professor F, P. Johnson of the
Scuthern Telegraph School was in At
lanta Thursday to meet several prom
inent railroad officials.
The new law that requires telegraph
companies to put on a man for every
nine hours work will go into effect next
January and it is estimated that 10,-
000 men will be needed to satisfy the
demand in the south and west.
Professor Johnson agreed to furnish
and get ready 300 of this number, The
salaries will run from fifty to one hun
dred dellars per month. Many of these
pesitiong can be filled by ladies and
it is thought a great many girls will
turn their attention to telezraphy in
stead of stenography as the work is
much lighter and the pay much bet
ter.
As a result of this unusual contract
to furnish so many operators in so
short a time, Professor Bowden and
Johnson are making a splendid propo
sition to all who wish to work for a
good salary another year. The regular
fifty-five dollar scholarship that has
never been cut down since the school
was established several years ago is
now being offered at S3O for life schol
arship, including all books, stationery
and positions guaranteed.
New students are coming in nearly
every day and it seems now that Pro
fessors Bowden and Johnson will fill
their contract to furnish the 300 oper
ators to one road. Other roads are
wanting similar contracts. The rail
roads recognize the splendid equip
ment of this school and want all the
students it turns out. Several students
left this week for good jobs. — New
nan (Ga.) News, ts
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County,
W. H. Freeman guardian of L. G.
Freeman, having filed his application
f2r discharge from said guardianship,—
Notice ig herchy given that said ap
plication will be heard at the regular
term of the court of ordinary to he
held on first Mounday in June, 1908.
This May 4th, 1908,
itt’ J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary.
\
; GUARDIAN'S SALE,
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County.
By virtue of an order from the court
’oi' crdinary cf Laurens county, Geor
’gia, at the April term, 1908, of said
court, will be sold before the court
fhonse door at Irwinton, Ga., on the
]filst Tuesday in June, 1908, between
;t'ne usual hourg of sale, that house
izmd lot known as the J. F. Williams
lplace, fronting ocn Meclntyre street one
hundred (100) feat more or less,and
srmming back at right angles with said
!street three hundred (300) feet more
‘Ol- less. Terms cash.
This May 4th, 1908,
W. L. WILLIAMS,
Guardian of Marie, Frank and Lind
sey Williams. ts
