The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
pr0NAGE AND WHITECAPPING
.orGHT BY BONsAL BUT NOT TO BE
FOUND.

-, York Newspaper Man, After In
xestiGating Reported PeOnaEe and
wbitecapping in Georgia and Ala
,o,o. Uas to Return With a Story
Tint Will BE Minus narrowing
and Frequent HOrrOrs-COntrO llcr
General Reports Pension Figures.
Atlanta. Jan. 29.-Stephen Bonsal Of
.ba New York Herald, well known
journalist and war correspondent,
spent the day in Atlanta after investi-
eating peonage and whitecapping cases
in Alabama and Georgia.
"Anv story l may write on this mat
Tor will be disappointing from news
standpoint, Mr.. Bonsal said in speaking
Of the matter "Of course there have
been some isolated cases of peonage
and whitecapping, due largely to ig-
norance or misinterpretation of laws,
hut not to any such extent as has been
made to appear in some of the stories
that have been published"
saloon Was Raided.
City detectives to-day raided the
orig Bonanza" saloon on Decatur
street and arrested L. M. Prouty, pro-
nrietor. Charles Graham and r. Adair
These men are charged with operating
a gambling house. The foundation of
the charge is that a sort of poolroom
was operated in the place, bets being
placed on horse races by telephone. The
men will be tried on the charge.
snow Is Disappearing.
The heavy snowfall that struck At
lanta yesterday is rapidly melting,
and within a day or two will have en-
t3rely disappeared. A large force of
hands was put to work clearing the
principal business streets. The snow
was not frozen over at any time, and
though several sleighs were out they
were of little use. Work has been
stopped for two days on the fifteen
story bank building now going up be-
cause of the snow.
AmOrOus for Mayor.
Councilman Martin F. Amorous, who
is we'll known in Savannah and South
Georgia, has announced his candidacy
for Mayor of Atlanta, subject to the
summer primary.
GeOrgia's Pension Rolls.
In response to a letter from r. A.
OBrien of Washington, D. c., Con-
troller General William A. Wright to-
day furnished the following interesting
figures and information regarding the
pension rolls of Georgia: For the year
1903 this state paid pensions as fol-
lows: To disabled Confederate soldiers,
SlS1 ,635; to INDECENT Confederate SOL
diers, 1894 140; to widows whose hus-
bands died in service or from disease
or wounds received therein, 1882, 400; to
INDECENT widows of soldiers, 500, 240. Ag-
"a a re
paid up to 1902 to all beneficiaries, ST.
260,622; aggregate pensions since 1865,
$S11S037.
There are now enrolled in Georgia
nearly $1,000 pensioners. They are paid
an average of $50 per annum, in adj
vance, for INDECENT soldiers and wild
Ows. The disabled are paid according
to the character of the disability, from
S. for loss of one finger or toe to $3.50
per annum for loss of two limbs or to-
tai blindness. This list of disabled
pensioners has been paid annually since
1887, and the payments average about
$50 per annum."
Chatham's Pension Money.
Judge Henry McAlpin, Ordinary of
Chatham county, was here to-day for
the purpose of securing the pension
money for the veterans of Chatham
county Judge McAlpin secured a
check for something like $4,000, which
will be distributed to Chatham'S pen
siOners upon his return there to-mor-
row.
Colony i'm South Georgia.
The Salvation Army will establish
its next colony in South Georgia on
the tract of land, consisting of several
thousand acres. given by a large land
owner of the state. Col. R. E. Holtz
of Cleveland. o.. who is in Atlanta
attending the annual conference. when,
seen to-day, stated that the only rea-
son the work had not already COM
menced was on account of lack of
FUNDS Efforts are now on foot to
interest some capitalists in the move
ment so that a sufficient loan can be
obtained for the enterprise. The col
ony as are all the others, will be in
corporated. Bonds will be issued bear
ing per cent. the last to be paid in
thirty years. >
McCIurkin bound Over.
Samuel McClurkin, the young rail-
road clerk, who was arrested on a
charge of stealing forty 1000 inter
manageable mileage books from the At
anta and West Point Railroad. for
which company he worked, was to-day
pound over to the Superiors Court by
nudge Walter E. Ormond for larceny
from the House. His bond was fixed
Ht $1,000, in default of which he was