The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-30
NO MORE CAPITOL LoDGERS.
STATE OFFICIALS MUST SLEEP
SOMEWHERE ELSE.

GOette Recommended for EmbaIm-
ing Board, But II was Too Late.
Gov. Gambler Coming to Savannah.
Taxes on RaiIrOads-EntOmOI Ogist
scott on Tour of Inspection.
Southern Bank "A DepOsitOry-state
Republican Convention.
Atlanta. Dec. 2e.-For the past few
years. the top floor Of the capitol has
been converted into lodging house" for
some of the state officials and their
friends. But Gov Gambler has put stop
10 it. and there will De no more sleepers
in the capitol except Col. Byrd, and he
wi remain there at the request of the
Cs.o.ernor to look after the building, so it
repAted.
The dodgers remained in the capitol
tin just previous TO the assembling OF the
Legislature when they moved out, as was
their custom But they will not move
back as was their wont, as it now trans
pires that when they we're preparing TO
temporarily move out to make room for
the committees there would be no more
lodgings 40 let by the state.
Two years ago some of the federal Off
Gals were snugly housed in the top floor
of the custom house on Marietta street,
and even went farther, it is said, than
the capitol officials alluded to, as they
esta blished, along with their lodgings, an
excellent cuisine department.
The state Senate passed a resolution just
before adjournment instructing the keeper
of public buildings not to allow any OF
the furniture to be moved from the SEN
ate chamber or any of the committee
rooms. 1t had been the custom, il was
affirmed for the officials down stairs TO
utilize the tables In the committee rooms
by having them brought down to lneir
offices, and il was a hard matter to re-
place them when they were called for by
the committees.
No doubt Col Byrd will profit by the
hint given him by the Senate and prohibit
the use of the House furniture as well.
GOette Was Recommended.
Gov. Gambler says he has received sew
eral applications for positions on the EN-
balming Board, since he made the appoint
ment. One of these came from Savannah,
the Governor to-day having received a let
ter from Hon. Fleming duBignon, recon-
mending Undertaken Goette of Savannah.
He says he would have gladly given one
of the places to Savannah had there been
any application from there before the
time when he made the appointments.
The Governor will attend the marriage
in Savannah of Miss duBignon to Mr. Ais
ton of Atlanta, and says that while there,
he will inquire of Chairman duBignon
of the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee as to the time he will cali the COM
mittee together. 1t is the belief here that
the committee will be called to meet some
time in January.
Railroad raxes.
The railroads of the state have, with
one or two minor exceptions, completed
the payments of their taxes to the state,
counties and cities for the year 1899, and
the total aggregates about $6S5,000 and is
divided as follows:
ITO the state $4,000 counties S265,000,
and cities and towns, $4,000. The rail-
roads in arrears will be made to pay 7 per
cent. interest for the deferred time which
Controller Wright says viii inuTe to the
benefit of the state anyway, as 1t would
receive only ? per cent. interest if these
delayed payments were on deposit in the
banks.
VIII welcome Them.
DR. w. c. Stubs, director of the Louisl-
ana Sugar Experiment station has written
10 Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens
tfat they have reserved enough cane to
give The state commissioners an exhibit
ton OF the manufacture of sugar by the
improved process. and that the Louisiana
Sugar Planters Association, the Cane
Growers Association, the Cotton Ex-
change and the New Orleans Board of
Trade have all voted to give. the associa-
on Of Southern Agricultural Commits
sioners a royal welcome on Jan. 10, the
date of the convention.
EntomoIOgist on a Tour.
State Entomologist Scott is on a tour of
inspection at Cuthbert and Albany, his
mission being to inspect a nursery stock
and examine several orchards in that Sec
ton. Mr.. Scott has condemned already sew
eral orchards in the state, and had the
trees burned in order to prevent the spread
of the San Jose scale to others.
To-day A. N. Flanagan of Winder, Jack
son county, Georgia, brought to the agri-
cultural department a box of plum leaves
and twigs, stripped from trees suffering
from blight, for inspection.
Or. John w. Stanford of Cuthbert re-
ports the discovery of some fine deposits of
mica on his farm near there and wants TO
know the best means of developing the
same.
Acting Adjutant General Byrd is cutting
down the contingent expenses of the state
in every way possible, there being a saw
ing alone for this year of over $500 in the
states gas bill. For the three years pre-
vious to this 1t has averaged over $1,000
year, while for 1899 it foots up just a
triie over $780,