The age-herald., 1898-02-18
OVER THE LINE,
 IN GEORGIA


 ernor and that he would easily be nom-
 mated and elected. the whole face of the
 canvass was suddenly changed by the pub
 lication of a personal letter addressed to
 Judge Max Mayerhardt, of Rome. Judge
 Meyerhardt explains that he does not per
 sonally know Col. Candler; that he had
 never written him line; that he received
 a typewritten letter signed "Allen D. Can
 dler," marked neither personal" nor "prl- l
 yate," nor "confdential." It bore all the
 appearance of a carbon copy, presumably
 sent broadcast over the state. When the editor of the Rome Tribune asked for the letter, Mr. Meyerhardt handed 1t to him in the belief that he was violating no con fdence whatever Personally Judge Mey-
 erhardt is. or rather was, supporter Of Col. Candler. However much the author of the letter may be blamed, no one seems to cast any blame upon the recipient Of the letter.
 The publication of the Candler letter throws the canvass for the democratic nomination wide open, bringing to the very front the name of Spencer R. Atkinson, for merly of Brunswick, where he resided until he was elected justice of the supreme court. He then became a resident of At lanta. He is now one of the state rail- road commissioners, having nearly six years to serve He is one of the best stump speakers in the state, and withal very popular man. He is not related in any way to the present governor of the state. 1 Now that he has decided to become candidate for the democratic nomination | for governor, there many inquiries as | to whether he will do as Col Candler has l done, lay down one office before seeking | another.
 Georgia has had a commercial convention, 1 the delegates coming up to Atlanta from | the big towns and the little towns, but mostly from the little ones. The commer- | cial agitation of the state arises over the | fact that Georgia is dropping behind in the l manufacturing race. As Maj. Hanson, of l Macon, explained at the Bohemian dinner l in the Kimball house, Georgia twenty | years ago the leading manufacturing state l in the south. Now she is fifth in the list. l Some say, added Maj. Hanson, that she l is really holding seventh place. The Macon major blamed the decline of the state onto the anti-corporation sentiment of the last constitutional convention, and onto the law creating the railroad commission. It | is not stated that any one agreed with | his view of the case. In fact, his views | as to protection and the railroad commits sion were combatted by one speaker after another. The states that outrank Georgia l in manufacturing enterprises are North | Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee and | Alabama-possibly also, Virginia and West l Virginia
 | All will rejoice that the prospect is good l fa, o;1at of ho Eao ola PhOe- nix mills at Columbus, good working | basis. The property is to be sold in May, l and the bondhoders are acepting the plan of reorganization. The bondholders will
 buy the property, and pay the depositors ofc the bank that the mill formerly con ducted. MT. Gunby Jordan will probably become the president of the corpora | tion, and the great mill will again be put in frst-class condition.
 l Large lawyers fees are not by any | means confined to northern cities. In the | litigation growing out of the Southwestern l railroad case, Col. Miller, of Augusta, was 1 paid -$25 O00, and Senator Bacon, who stood | out for twice that amount, received some bonds which will net him something over | $30 900.
 | Georgia is to be well represented at the coming Omaha exposition. The railroads | are lending hand, and so are the lumber | men, and so are the various cities of the | state There is to be a state building, con | taining 5000 square feet of floor space. 1t | is to be built wholly of Georgia pine, and | the material necessary for its construction | is to be itemized, and the various lumber l interests of the state will be asked to con- | tribute the lumber in a finished state, ready | to go into the building. The building itself, | designed by an Atlanta architect is to be an advertisement of Georgia's timber re- sources. The filling of the building is subject that will come up later.
 The towns of Georgia are growing old,
 even Atlanta, the Capital City, will soon be 1 fifty years old. Mrs. w. H. Felton won-
 ders how many living who saw the en- | zine and passenger car pulled over the | dirt road with teams of mules to Marthas- | vile, "when it only had two houses, one l to shelter the freight of the states new | railroad, and the other a groggery that kept things noisy and in a str?' She also
 wonders how many are living who went | from Marthasville to Marietta on the first
 railroad passenger train that was ever
  | But Augusta is much older. It has cele- | brated it's Tooth anniversary, and the town was really laid off in 1735, becoming the | capital of the state during the last cen | tury, and city one hundred years ago.
 Savannah, on the tenth of the present l month had passed the millionth-bale point.
 Twice before she had received a million
 bales, but never in her history so early in the season this year. It Is estimat- ed that the seasons receipts of the port will go to 1,20o0 900 bales
 l Two new Georgia books will soon be | published. One by MT. Salem Butcher, of | the Augusta bar, defines the meaning of | 4,oOO words and phrases that have been | passed upon by the courts of the state. l The other volume is by Georgia's grand old | man Judoe Rleckley. Its title is "Vaue.