The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-05
NEWS OF ATLANTA
HAPPENINGS OF DAY IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
NO RETIRED OFFICER
GOVERNOR TERRELL SAYS, FOR
THE STATE TROOPS.

Informed the War Department That
Unless an Active officer, of Rank
at Least Tint of Captain, Can he
Sent, None Is Wanted For the
Georgia TrOOps-Reward Is Paid
TO Laurens County Lawyers-Fruit
Nurseries Inspected.
Atlanta, Dec. 4-Gov. Terrell has de-
clined the offer Of retired army Of
ficer to be detailed to Georgia in con-
nection with the State Troops. I'm
less he can get an active army officer,
whose rank is not lower than that of
captain, he does not want any detail
at all. Following is a telegram. which
the Governor received to-day:
Washington. d, c., Dec. 4.-Hon. ].
M Terrell, Governor of Georgia, At
lanta, Ga: Answer requested by tee-
gram to letter of Sept. 20, as to de-
tail of retired officer for duty with
| organized militia OF your state. Several
| governors urgently requesting details,
| and department is awaiting your an
swer before making assignments,
which cannot be held back longer than
Dec. 9. Hull Acting Adjutant General"
To the foregoing, Gov. Terrell prompt
ly sent the following reply;
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 4.-Adjutant Cen
eral u. S. Army, Washington, d. c.
l do not desire detail unless it be an
active army officer, to rank not lower
than a captain. j. M. Terrell, Governor
of Georgia"
| 1t will be remembered that Gov. Ter
rell originally made a request for Capt
r. L. L. Spence, we'll known Geor-
gian, but owing to the scarcity of ac-
tive army officers the department deter
mined to furnish only those on the re-
tired list.
Reward of $3.50 Paid.
| Gov. Terrell to-day paid a reward
of $3.50 for the conviction of w. B.
Walker on the charge of burning the
ginhouse of B. F. Barfield, in Laurens
| county. The reward was paid to S.
| w. Sturgis and w. S. Kent, two law
| yers. The peculiar part of the matter
| is that Walker was in jail on another
charge at the time the reward was
offered. Sturgis and Kent discovered
| evidence that convicted him of the
burning, end he was given four years.
| The Governor was at first in doubt
about paying the reward, since no ar
rest had been made, but finally paid
it on the advice of the Attorney Gen.
| eral.
| Report ON Nurseries.
State Entomologist Wimon Newell
has just finished the work of inspect
| ing the fruit nurseries of the state,
and in statement regarding them
he says, among other things:
''The nursery business of Georgia
has shown a marked increase during
| the past year, both in number of
| nurseries and number of trees grown.
| During the season of 1902 there were
but 108 nurseries in the state, whereas
since Aug. 1, 1903 the state depart
ment of entomology has inspected and
| issued certificates to 191 nurseries,
containing a total of 10,514O0O trees.
! The number of different fruit trees
| grown in these nurseries are as fol-
| lows: Peach, 100000; apple, 10000;
pecan, 7SS,000; plum, 21SOO0; pear, 49,
900; cherry 10000; grape, $4,000; China
| trees, 1000; mulberries, 5000.
These figures do not include six
nurseries, containing 100000 trees,
| which were infested with the San Jose
scale. 1t is needless to say that none
or these infested trees Will be allowed
upon the open market. OF the total
number of peach trees, S,370,000, we
estimate upon a safe basis that ap-
| proximately one-third, or 2,790,O00, are
available for planting the coming win
ter. Eighty-four nurseries outside OF
| Georgia have complied with the Geor-
| gia laws"
Farmer Now Asks Divorce.
| Basing his allegations upon statutory
| grounds, w. T. Farmer, who was re-
| Gently arrested and imprisoned on a
charge of bigamy, and who was con-
victed and punished as for a misde-
| meanor, to-day filed a petition for a
divorce from living wife No. 1. Farmer
was a widower before he contracted
| marriage with the woman from whom
| he now seeks separation. 1t is under
| stood that he is living with wife No
| q Farmers first wife died in 1899. In
| December of the next year Farmer con-
| tracted marriage with Miss Matte
| Lewis. After three months they sepa-
rated and on Feb. "a, 1908, he welded
Mrs. Laura Husk.
Killed by a Woman.
Information was received at the Of
| flee of the Prison Commission to-day
| that in the misdemeanor convict camp
| near Ocilla, in Irwin county, a negro
| George Rice, had been stabbed to death
| by a negro woman, Carrie Alexander
| The killing occurred several days ago.
| and the report was made to the COM
| mission to-day.