The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
WOODWARD TO BE MAYOR.
TALK OF OPPOSITION TO HIM Is
sIMMERING DOWN.

The Nominee Declares He Will give
Atlanta n Thoroughly Honest ana
impartial Administration. and His
Opponents Are Not quite So De-
termined in Their Expressed Pur-
pose of Putting out Some Strong
Man TO Oppose the PrImary's Nom
inee.
Atlanta, Oct. 6.-While there is less
talk to-day Of an Independent moves
ment against the election Of James g.
woodward as Mayor. there is dis
position manifest in many quarters to
push the matter and to see If some
steps cannot be taken to bring out
strong candidate against him.
Friends of Stockdell to-day attrib-
ute Woodwafd's success to John B.
Goodwin, while Goodwin's friends say
Stockdell did 1t. The indications are,
however, that the people will have to
be content with Woodward. Woodward
has the advantage in his favor that
he owes his election to no political
clique or faction and to no corporate
influence. He can, therefore, If he will,
give the city a thoroughly honest and
impartial administration. and this. in
a card published to-day, he has prom
Used to do
Bnnier showed He wasn't DeAd.
A short time ago Gov. Terrell ap-
pointed Bannie banier of Stillmore to
a scholarship in the State Medical Col
lege at Augusta. Later he received
NJ Ill -
Swainsboro, stating that Lanier was
dead, and urging that he appoint =.
D. Smith of Swainsboro. The Gov
ernor complied with this request When
the college opened the other day La
nier appeared and called for his schol-
arship, assuring the faculty that the
report of his death was erroneous.
Gov. Terrell was consulted and gave
Lanier the scholarship, at the same
time stating he would endeavor to pro-
vide also for Smith.
Two More state Dep0sitorfes.
The TattnAli Bank of Reldsvllle ana
the First National Bank of Sparta
were named by the Governor to-day
as state repositories.
Mansion was Indicted.
Charles A. Mansion, foreman of the
Southern Engraving Company plant,
was indicted by the grand jury of the
United States court to-day on two
charges, counterfeiting and conspiracy
in making plates to print counterfeit
notes.
Railroad Commissions Demurrer.
The Railroad Commission, represents
ed by Attorney General John G. Hart |
to-day filed in the United States court
demurrer to the petition of the Gen.
trial Trust Company for injunction 10
prevent the enforcement OF the low
rates promulgated in circulars 301 and
S02. The demurrer seeks to hold and
show that the plaintiff has no cause
of action. Argument will be had on
this feature Of the case before Judge
Newman Saturday morning.
Treasury Has Funds.
A vigorous denial is made by Gov
Terrell and the state treasury officials
of a publication in this afternoons |
Journal TO the sffeet that there is no
money in the treasury. AS d matter |
of fact. there is over $4,000 In the |
treasury for general purposes, and the |
state institutions and departments |
have received all that is coming to |
them for the present month.
The report egrew out of refusal on |
the part of Gov. Terrell to honor the |
demands of the Prison Commission for |
its monthly allowance of $3.50, OH the |
ground that there was no money i'm the |
treasury belonging to the department |
The Prison Commission can only use |
money received from the hire of cofi-
victs, ard under the law all that was
received for the last quarter ending |
June so was distributed among the
counties of the state which don't re-
ceive convicts.
Within ten days there will be $S2,-
600 more of prison money in the treas
ury. The receipts of the quarter end
ed Sept. 30, and the Prison Commits
sion's allowance will then be paid out
of the fund from which the law re.
quires that it shall come.
Pays by the Month.
Gov. Terrell has adopted a new
financial method this year, paying each
institution and department on the first
of each month only it's pro rata for
that month, instead OF paying the full
quarters allowance in advance. iii
other words, he now pays out to these
institutions and departments a total OF
$4,000 on the first of the month, in
stead of paying them a total OF $1S0, 900
the FIRST Of each quarter. AS a re-
suit or the new system the state has
not had TO borrow any money this
year for the first time in twenty years,
and, besides. the state gets 2 per cent.
interest from the state repositories on
whatever amount may be carried from
month TO month.