The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-27
BROWN WORKING ON THE FAIR
ATLANTA PULLING HARD TO HAVE
1T TAKE PLACE THERE.

VIII he the First Fair the Agricul-
turaI Association Has Held in Five
Years-The Lyceum Row Badly
Mixed Up-EROrt to Make the
Home Insurance Co. Pay 100000
Back Taxes-Other Concerns In
vOIved.
Atlanta. Ga. Jan. 26.-Hon. Pope Brown,
president of the State Agricultural So
ciety. stopped over in Atlanta tonight
en- route to Washington.
Mr.. Brown is actively interesting him
self in the project to hold a state fair in
Atlanta next fan and will have a con-
ference here with a committee of citizens
when he returns from Washington next
week.
He believes that the agricultural so
ciety IS ripe for a fair 1t has not held
one for five years, and the suggestion has
already met with much encouragement
The only difficulty about the society hold
ing the fair, President Brown says, is
that it has no money in Its treasury
though he believes such an attraction
could be gotten up as would pay all ex-
penses from gate receipts.
Considerable interest has been awaken
ed in the matter in Atlanta and the local
committees appointed by Mayor Wood
ward and President Neal of the Chamber
of Commerce to take the matter up with
Mr.. Brown next week, says all the funds
necessary can be raised in the city
The Lyceum Row.
The row at the Lyceum theater last
night resulted in several new arrests TO-
day. Manager Sharp and Treasurer
Looney of the theater. as wen as the two
city detectives who figured in it, were all
placed under arrest upon warrants charg-
ing them with obstructing officers of the
law in the discharge of their duty.
These warrants were issued at the in
stance of the two bailiffs who were arrest
ed last night The case against these bail
ifs were dismissed in the recorders court
to-day, but they were placed under bond
for highway robbery before justice of the
peace.
The row over the box office receipts has
developed the fact heretofore studiously
kept dark, that the Lyceum stock venture
is being financed by several well known
men about town who have obligated them
selves 10 pay the company in the event
business does not pan out, which it has
not done so far. the angels being out OF
pocket nice penny already.
After Back Taxes.
Active legal steps were begun to-day to
force the Atlanta Home Insurance Compa-
ny to pay something like $50, 600 in back
taxes alleged to be due to the county The
company has never paid any except the
tax on premiums under the state law,
claiming exemption from all tax on its
property
A year or so ago the county authorities
began to press the company for a prop
erty tax, the county attorney, in an elab-
crate opinion, holding that il was so sub
ject. The telegraph and telephone compa-
MES were placed in the same category by
the county attorney, and if the insurance
company is forced to pay. they will be
next muleted, though the insurance COM
pany is the only one aginst which fl ia.
has yet been issued.
The outcome of the case is of statewide
interest, because If Fulton county can
collect these taxes, all counties can do
the same, and the result would be very
considerable increase in the revenues of
many of the counties.