The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
GEORGIA AID FLORIDA,
The News Of The Two States Told
in PaTaeTaphS.

ton 8 Aged Postmaster Dies on TIT
Dav His Commission Expired-A
Snake Starving Itself to Death.
GEORGIA.
The state normal school at Athens opens
tomorrow.
The State Bar association meets a
Rome tomorrow.
The teachers. institute of Marietta
opens Saturday Of this week.
The Cherokee farm, near Waycross
has shipped about six car loads OF
pears
The Forsyth street bridge at Atlanta
will be thrown open to traffic and travel
this week
The Superior court reporters of the
state, from % judicial circuits, meet IN
Atlanta at the Markham house tomorrow
To form an organization.
The Peabody trustees have sent 81 500
to Captain Bradwen, the state school
commissioner, 10 be used in conducting the
Peabody Institutes. He expects to get
about $500 more.
years, head porter for therwholesale groce-
ry firm of S. r. Jaques & Co, dropped
dead Saturday while at work at the store
of his employers on Cherry street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Il. King of Waycross, will
receive a pension from the government as
widow whose husband served IN the
Sminole war. Mrs. King is quite an
aged lady. She will receive 500, TO be
paid quarterly.
A stamping machine is the latest i'm
provernent introduced in the postoffice at
Atlanta. 1t stamps and automatically
counts letters with wonderful rapidity
4 Il. e nj
too, with the greatest neatnesS.
The Macon Brokers' Association, com
prising about twenty brokers, left Macon
Sunday night for Cumberland Island,
where they will remain for several days.
The brokers take this excursion each
year, which is given complimentary by
the East Tennessee railroad.
In the city court at Macon Saturday, in
the case of BlOOdsworth VS.. City of
Macon, and Indian Springs Railway, a
verdict for $50 damages was awarded
plaintiff. Hesued for $500 for injuries re-
ceived to person, horse and buggy by
driving at night into an excavation made
by the railroad on Third street.
The Bib county commissioners met
Saturday and discussed building a new
bridge over the Ocmulgee river. Instead
of calling an election to issue $4,000 of
bonds to build an iron bridge, the election
viii be for only S25. 900 and the bridge
will be built of wood instead of iron. The
day for the election has not been set. The
commissioners discharged some important
routine business.
S. G. Pruden, postmaster of Eatonton,
died Saturday while sitting quietly in his
chair He was more than IS years
old. Mr.. Pruden was the oldest
postmaster in the United States. He was
FeaH INV nd
served up till the day of his death. A pc
culiar circumstance in connection with
his death was that he died on the day
that his last commission expired,
There will be a big rally at Bakers
spring, in Epson county, on the Macon
and Birmingham railroad tomorrow of
the alliances of the following counties:
Epson, Monroe, Pike, Meriwether and
Talbot. Addresses will be made by
President Ellington, of the state Farm
ers, Alliance; State Lecturer G. E.
great singing at the church near by
to-day.
Chief Clerk of the Railway Mail Ser
vice J. ]. Griffin of Atlanta was at Macon
Saturday holding the civil service exami-
nation. There were fifty-six applicants
who stood the examination, three of
whom were women, and about two-thirds
of the whole number were colOred people.
The women stood exceptionally good ex-
Rminations, and many of the others came
out very creditably. The majority, how
ever, did not come up to the usual mark
The regular semi-annual examination of
applicants will be held August 5, and APP
plicants will be received until July "a.
The state school fund for 1898 is 81 ,O63,-
657.Sl. The Official figures were given
Saturday afternoon. The fund is made
up as follows: Liquor tax $115, SOS. AZ,
show tax 50, sos 90, One-half rent w. & A.
r. r. $40 10000, dividend from Georgia
r. r. g, 04600, oyster lease "a, 944. 90, oil
inspection fees $l4, 600 81, fertilizer fees
IS, 000,02. conviCts' hire $40, 025. As, account
1892 100000, tax on excess over
s4l5, 900. 600 $SS, $1,000. Total 81 1853, 657 81
The fund last year was 1851, 700.67.
From the gross fund for 1898 must be de-
Quoted the expenses of the department of
education, total of s., 1888 leaving a
net fund TO be apportioned of 81 ,05S, 532, SO.
This does not include the poll tax which
Is part of the fund but Is not apportioned
by the state school commissioner, each
county handling separately it's own fund
from that source. The total poll tax is es-
timated at $500, 600, so the real school fund
of Georgia is very near 81 ,25S, 532-over a
million and quarter That money gives
five months teaching TO an average at
tendance of $4,000 children. white and
black-about 90 per cent. of that mum Der
white, and 81 per cent. colored. The
school population is about 600,000-the
exact figures not TO be had, the census by
counties not being quite complete-Of
which number about 400, 900 attend school
the average attendance, as stated above
being only $4,000. The money goes uIti-
mately into the pockets .of about 10, 00C
teachers. The 81 ,05S, 532 SO, or that fund
which is TO be disbursed by the state
school commissioner, is apportioned
amongst the 1877 counties of the state
on the basis of their school popu
lations, according to the new schoo
census.
Elk Marshal A. E. Buck stepped dowr
from Office Saturday. He spent the day
in winding up his affairs and last evening
he left the custom house out Of a Job
Samuel Dunlap remained at the Fedora
building Just long enough to be mad,
Bucks successor and distribute som,
patronage, when he left for his home il
Gainesville TO be gone until tomorrow
The ex-marshal would have spent quie
day but for an interesting scene durine
the forenoon. 1t was when he wa
called into the room adjoining the offic,
of Assistant Mitchell, where a doze1
deputies or more had congregated Yanc,
Carter was spokesman for them in tn
presenta tion of an elegant walkin.
cane and "a fruit stand. TIL
latter was almost forgotten in tn