The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-07
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
WILL MEET FEB. 20 AND FIX PRI-
MARY DATE.

An Early Primary Is Generally
Looked for - Governor Wants
Georgia Troops to Go Into Camp
at Waco by Regime nts-GOvern-
ment Rifle Range Is Therefor
the Cities to Add to the Fund for
the Georgia Building.
Atlanta, Feb. 6.-Chairman e. T.
Brown of the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee to-day issued call,
converting the committee at the Pied
mont Hotel in Atlanta at IL o'clock
on Monday. Feb. 20.
This is considerably earlier than the
State Committee has been convened in
a good many years. Chairman Brown
said however, that everybody was
anxious to know what was going to
be done about the primary date. He
selected Feb. 20 because it is the fifth
Monday in the month, and it will be
more convenient for the out-of-town
members to be here, there being no
court that week.
The general idea seems to be that
there will be an early primary and
convention held sometime before
July 6, so that it may name delegates
to the national convention as well as
attend to all other matters before the
party.
For Camp at Waco.
Gov. Terrell will take up with the
War Department the proposition to
have the Georgia State Troops go in
to camp by regiments this year at
Waco, Ga, where the government rifle
range is located. 1t has been gener-
ally thought that there would be no
encampment this year, but the sug-
gestion about Waco has been received
most favorably and Gov. Terrell will
urge the War Department to authorize
the encampment there.
Have $4,000; Need $21 900 More.
Commissioner General Dudley M.
Hughes, for the st. Louis Exposition
for Georgia, Vice Commissioner Hugh
v. Washington and Assistant Commits
sioner Glascock Barrett made a report
to Gov. Terrell to-day, in which they
showed about $4,000 in cash had been
subscribed for the Georgia building at
St. Louis, besides the material, and
that about $21, 900 more would be need
ed. Georgia's prominent cities and
towns which have not contributed are
called upon to make good this amount.
A meeting with Mayor Howell and
other Atlanta officials has been arrang
ed for next Thursday, when plans
will be made for securing subscriptions
in Atlanta.
Fite Not n Candidate.
Hon. A. w. Fite, Judge of the Chero-
kee circuit, comes out in card to-day,
in which ne denies emphatically that
he is a candidate for Congress from
the Seventh district, as reported in
connection with the announcement of
Judge Maddoxs withdrawal He is
running to succeed himself as Judge.
He says he could have made the race
for Congress unopposed either by
Judge Maddox or Gordon Lee, but
some time ago concluded not to do so.
Won't Insure the Jail.
The insurance companies here hav-
ing put up the rate from IS to SO cents
per $1,000 on the county jail, because
the insurance carried was cut in half,
the County Commissioners declined to-
day to insure the building, and will
let the county carry the risk.
TO Jail for n Cattle Deal.
Charged with cheating and swindling,
w. b. Talley, a well-known cattle deal
err, was convicted to-day in the City
Criminal Court and fined 5000 with an
of twelve months on the
public works. The fine was
not paid, and Talley was taken to the
Tower, where he will remain pending
a motion for n new trial by his attor-
neys. The trial was the outcome of a
cattle deal.
Southern Refuses to Pay Taxes.
The Southern Railway through Dor
sey, Brewster and Howell, division
has notified Controller General
Wright it will refuse to pay the taxes
which the counties of Monroe, Clayton,
Pike and Epson have imposed.
because, in the opinion Of the road, the
tax is unreasonable. Controller Gem
eral Wright will notify the tax collec-
tors of the counties at once, and in
quire whether or not they desire him
to issue execution for collection.
Epson county has already decided to
litigate. 1t is claimed these counties
failed to comply with the state law.
Curran Receiver for Baxter & Co.
A. v. Curran was appointed tempor-
airy receiver by Judge Newman this
afternoon to administer the affairs Of
the defunct A. b. Baxter & Co, brolx-
ers. He is not required to give bond,
and has the power to indorse checks
for current expenses by mutual con-
sent OF counsel. and Is ordered to en-
ploy three clerks for six days In order
TO place the accounts In shape TO be
taken charge Of by the court.