The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05
FOR DUTY AT CAMP
OFFICERS OF STATE TROOPS DE-
TAILED.
THEY WILL GO TO AUGUSTA
TO HELP OUT THE FIRST AND
THIRD REGIMENTS.

Company of Regulars VIII Go to
Augusta From Fort MCPHERSON.
Col. Mills, U. S. A., VIII Be Camp
Instructor Controller General
Makes More Assessments-RurnI
Free Delivery Carriers Perfect an
Organization and Elect Officers.
Atlanta News Notes.
Atlanta, July 4.-Orders have just
been issued from the Office of Adjt
Gen. j. w. Robertson, detailing a num-
Der of officers to duty at the encamp-
ment of the First and Third regi-
ments, infantry. to be held next week
at Sand Hills, Augusta. Col. w. G.
Obear, inspector general, will be as
sistant post adjutant Lieut.. Col. Nash,
assistant inspector general has been
detailed as brigade inspector; Maj L.
H. Kenan will be post quartermaster,
and Lieut.. Col. Harry Silverman will
be aide to the post commander, Col.
Usher Thomasson.
Capt. Johnson's company of regu-
lars will go down from the Sixteenth
United States Infantry, Fort McPher-
son, on Monday, to assist in the in
struction of the Georgia troops. Col.
S. c. Mills, U. s. A, will be camp in
structor as at Camp Northen.
Assessed Western Union.
Controller General William A
Wright to-day assessed the franchise
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany in Georgia al $52O,294, and on that
amount the company will be doubled
taxed for failure to make a franchise
tax return. The controller general
called the company's attention to the
penalty, but no franchise returns were
made and he made the assessment.
which will be arbitrated
The company based it's refusal to
make a franchise return on the fact
that its poles and wires are all on rail-
road rights of way, and no condemna-
ton of private property was neces-
sary to locate them. The tangible
property was returned at $9SO,55O and
this was accepted.
1t appears that the Macon and Au-
gusta branch of the Georgia Railroad.
the only portion of the system that is
taxable. will not arbitrate the fran
chise tax assessment of $153, 552 made
by the controller general as the time
| within which 1t should have given no
tice expired on Thursday and Moth
ing was heard from it. 1t returned
its franchise at $780, Hon. G.. Gunby
Jordan of the Railroad Commission has
been appointed to represent the state
| in the Atlantic Coast Line arbitration.
Hon. Spencer r. Atkinson, chairman
4 - (N<,a o4esefr mill
resent the state in the arbitration of
returns of the Augusta Union Station,
the Augusta Belt Railway and the Au-
! gusta Railway and Electric Company.
Rural Mail Carriers.
The rural free delivery mail carriers
| from all parts of Georgia held a meet
| ing to-day in the Federation of Trades
Hall here and perfected a permanent
! organization known as the Rural Let
| ter Carriers Association of Georgia.
| About 100 mail carriers. from the ru-
raj district were in attendances. Aft
err a short business meeting the car
riers spent the day in seeing the sights
around the city. The following off,
GERS were elected: j. A. Giles of Ell
! berton, president; w. w Venable of
| Decatur, secretary and treasurer; G..
| w. West of Cedartown, sergeant at
arms These officers and P. A. Coker
| Of Atlanta and NJ. c. Herring of Win
der will constitute the executive board.
Three vice presidents, as follows, were
elected: r. L. Conner, Kennesaw, first
vice president from the Second dis
trict; T. A. Grady, Cusseta, second
vice president, from the Third dis
trict; l.. D. King, Covington, third vice
president from the Fourth district. The
president comes from the First dis
trict and on this account no vice presi-
dent was chosen from this section.
Pope Brown Dissents.
Hon. ] Pope Brown of the Railroad
Commission has filed dissenting opin-
ion in the case of the freight on the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad. He
thought the West Point should be al
lowed to charge only the lowest rates of
freight fixed by the commission, and
opposed the action of Messrs. Atkinson
and Jordan in giving the road one year
of the higher rates.
The Fourth in Atlanta.
The Fourth was more generally cell
ebrated in Atlanta to-day than ever
before. 1t was a general holiday, and
all the stores closed in the afternoon.
Exercises were held this morning in
the hall of the House of Representa-
tives under the auspices of the Joseph
IIabersham Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution. Patriotic airs
were sung and the address of the oc-
casion was delivered by Lieut.. Col.
Samuel w Small, who appeared in full
dress uniform. The Declaration of In
dependence was read by Col. Butler
Price of the Sixteenth Infantry, U.
S. A.
Killed by Poison.
Isaac Bankston of Hogansville died
at the Grady Hospital from the effects
Of an overdose of some poisonous drug.
When found and taken to the hospital
he was in a stupor and never recovered.
The nature of the drug was not ascer-
tanned. The body will be sent to his
brother at New Decatur. Ala
Used New Pacific Cable.
Gov. Terrell to-day helped to cele-
brate the opening of the Postal Com
pany's new Pacific Cable by sending
d cablegram of congratulations and
greetings to Judge j. II. Blount at
Manila. Congressman Adamson of the
Fourth District also sent a message
of greeting over the new cable to Judge
James Liddel at Manila.
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Taken to NatcheE.
Natchez, Miss, July 4.-Caton Gar