The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-20
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
INSPECTION OF TROOPS
ABOUT HALF COMPLETED ny
OBEAR AND FRENCH.


Ehe Officers Thus Far Are Very Well
Pleased With the Condition in
which They Found the Commands,
A Few of Them Have Been Put ON
Probation for Ninety DRys--w. S.
HUMPHREYS Appointed Judge nj
MOuItrie.
Atlanta, March 19.-Inspector Gem
eral William G. Obear has returned
from lengthy tour of inspection of
the. state troops. With Maj. French
of the United States army he has in
spected one-half of the military COM
panies in Georgia. While all of them
have not shown up to the. best adj
vantage, a majority are reported to be
in excellent condition. Some few have
been put on probation, and have been
given ninety days in which to get in
shape for another inspection.
Maj. French is greatly pleased at the
showing which has been made by the
companies as compared to the inspec-
tons he made last year. Col. Obear
and Maj. French will leave again Mon
day to complete the tour of inspection,
as it is necessary that it should be
completed by the first of May.
Humphries Appointed.
Gov Terrell to-day appointed Hon.
w. S. HUMPHREYS of Colquitt county
Judge of the City Court of Moultrie
from April l, next, through the I'M
expired term of Judge w. A. Coving-
ton, resigned. Judge Covington gave
no reason for his resignation. Col
HUMPHREYS formerly resided in Brooks
county, which he represented several
times in the House of Representatives.
He has also served a couple of terms
in the state Senate. He is one OF
the best known lawyers in Southern
Georgia.
RequisitiOn for LoOmis.
Gov. Terrell to-day honored the
requisition of the Governor of North
Carolina for Ward E. Loemis, who is
wanted at Hendersonville, N. c., for
the larceny of 1913, said to, have been
taken while he was ticket agent of
the Southern Railway at that place.
Loomis intended to resist extradition,
and the case was set for a hearing be-
fore the Governor to-day. Charles N.
Hall, LOOMS counsel, however, noti-
fed the Governor that he had given
up the case. The requisition was then
honored, and B. B. Jackson, chief of
police of Hendersonville, went to Ma
con to get LOOMS.
Fulton May Have Senator.
On account of the dispute over the
state senatorship in the Thirty-fifth
district, it may be that the rotation
plan will be abandoned and Fulton
county may yet have a candidate in
the field to succeed Senator Clark How
ell. Both Cobb and Clayton are claim
ing the senatorship.
Recently, bv a vote of fourteen to
fifteen, the Fulton County Executive
Committee Endorsed the candidate OF
Clayton county. Hon. A. C. Blalock
as against the candidate of Cobb, Hon
D. w. Blair, who is Senator Clay's law
partner. The Fulton County Commit
tee has accepted the assessment of $5C
for primary expenses from Mr.. Bla-
lock. but when Mr.. Blair rendered his
contribution. it was rejected.
The relations are at present very
strained among some of the district
politicians, and the outcome is being
watched with q great deal of interest.
The latest talk is that a Fulton coun-
ty candidate may appear in the field,
and Hon. Thomas B. Fielder is being
talked of. At the recent meeting of
Inc county NIL
sided with the Clayton county candi-
date.
Willingham Acquitted.
Matt Willingham. the negro who was
held on suspicion of the murder of IL
year-old Berta Jackson in DeKalb
county two and half years ago, was
acquitted at Decatur to-day. there be-
ing insufficient evidence of his guilt.
He had been held in Jail for two years.
Controller Wright Returns.
Controller General w. A. Wright re-
turned to-day from Orlando, Fla,
where he has been to recuperate from
his recent illness, and is much i'm
proved in health. He will resume his
duties at the Capitol on Monday.
Artistic Statue of Psyche.
life-sized statue cast of Psyche,
done by Prof. Isaac Broome, who
lives near Jonesboro, and who is
one of the most famous sculptors
in this country, is attracting con-
siderable attention, and a deter
mined effort is being made by wom-
en- of Atlanta to have the figure sent
to the worlds fair at st. Louis to
grace the Georgia building. The figure
was made in Georgia and occupied
four years of the sculptor's time. II
is plaster cast, and is said by those
who have seen it to be one of the most
marvellous bits of statuary that has
been seen in Georgia in years,