The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-24
MONEY FOR WARES SCHOOLS.
Senator johnson to Introduce a Bill
for County Tax.

Senator johnson to Introduce a Bill
for IA County Tax.
Waycross, Ga, July 23.-Hon. Lem.
Johnson, Senator from the Fifth Sena-
torial District, announces his inten-
lions of introducing a bill in the up
preaching session of the legislature,
providing for a special tax to be levied
in Ware county for school purposes.
This bill will not include the city of
Waycross in its provisions. as this
place already levies special tax for
the support of its schools. The object
of Mr.. Johnson's bill is to raise more
money for the support and equipment
of schools in the rural districts. AS a
rule in the country the schools are
very poorly equipped in the matter of
buildings and other necessary equip
ments. There are barely enough funds
received from the state to run the
schools five months and this amount
very poorly pays the teachers for that
length of time, making 1t next to I'M
possible to secure the best talent. The
teachers institute held in Waycross
week or two ago, recommended such
bill, and the people of Ware county
measure. Mr.. Johnson is of the opin-
ion that not over three mills or three
dollars on the thousand Will be Suf-
ficient to create fund that would / un
the schools in the county nine months
in the year. This would pay the teach
ers sufficient salaries, so that the best
talent might be secured and all the
school property kept UP to a degree of
excellence that is not even dreamed of
at present.
EpwOrth League in Good shape.
Mr. E. Prentice Peabody, president of
the Epworth League, executive coun-
Gil of the South Georgia Conference,
reports the leagues in his territory as
being in a fiourishing condition, and
as rule doing good work for the
church. This council met a few days
ago at Indian Springs and discussed
plans for the years work for the
league.
A party of hunters have returned
from Raulerson Swamp, down the Sa-
tlla river and report having caught
nearly one hundred pounds of fish, and
having killed sixteen alligators rang
ing in length from to feet.
Hon. William H. Reynolds, who died
Thursday at Tallahassee, Fla, was an
uncle of Lawyer j. Chandler Reynolds
of this city.
1t is reported that the Indiana Lum-
Der Company has purchased about $780,
600 acres of land in the counties of
Clinch, Charlton and Echols in the
past two months, and that they are
still buying all the land that is avail
able in those counties.
There has been talk recently of or
ganizing a bank in the town of HON.
erville, with a capital of $4,000. 1t
has been decided to postpone the or
ganization until the latter part of the
year. when there is a strong probable
ity of the bank being established.
The Teachers Institute of Clinch
County will convene at bonneville on
July 20.
May Arrange Another shoot.
The members of the waycross Gun
Club are discussing the matter of hav-
ing another shoot at their grounds IN
this city early in August. 1t is pro-
posed to issue formal challenges to all
clubs in the four states of Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and South Carolina
for team match of FIVE men for $50.
a side, AMI a match of ten men for
a hundred dollars a side. They are
planning also for a dozen or so other
events. The members of the local club
practice shooting every Friday after
noon at their grounds in the northern
part of the city.
News comes from Camden county
that the firm of Mizell Bros. are build
ing a tramway from the st. Mary's
river to a point in the vicinity of
Mays Bluff and Burnt Fort. They are
building this road in order to carry
their timber for their mills to the wa
tiers in the st. Mary's river.
A. S. Pinckney of Camden county, q
negro who went to Africa for the pur-
pose of exploring that country five
years ago, has returned home. He ex-
poets to enter upon a lecture tour ad-
vising the people of his race as to the
best things to do in regard to emigrat-
ing to Africa. He says that one col
ored Georgian went to Africa in 1872
and since that time has accumulated a
fortune of forty to fifty thousand dol
lars.