The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
JOHNSON is FOR DELEGATE.
HE OFFERS HIMSELF AS NORTH
GEORGIA'S CANDIDATE.

Neither Judge Maddox Nor Judge
Akin VIII Run-They VIII Support
Johnson of Rome for the Place.
Corporations Cutting Into Their
Property ana Franchise Returns.
Montgomery Soon out, Only to Go
I'm Again.
Atlanta, April 9O.-Hon- J. Lindsay
Johnson will be the candidate for dele
gate at large to the National Demo-
cratic Convention from the section
north of Atlanta, instead of Judge Akin
or Judge Maddox, as was first an
nounced. Mr. Johnson, who is editor
and proprietor of the Rome Tribune,
was here to-day and announced his
candidacy for the place. He stated
that neither Judge Akin nor Judge
Maddox would run, and it is under
stood both OF these will support him.
Cutting Off Their Returns.
Several important railroad tax re-
turns were made to Controller Cen
eral w. A Wright to-day. The Geor-
gia Railway and Electric Company of
Atlanta, the Atlanta Gas Light Com
pany and the Macon and Augusta
branch of the Georgia Railroad all re-
turned their properties at the same
figures as were agreed upon last year
by the arbitration boards.
The returns of the Georgia Northern,
the Wadley and Mt. Vernon railroads
and the Macon Gas and Water Com
pany were rejected by the controller
general, and they were directed to in
crease them to at least the same fig
ures as were given in last year. The
Georgia Northern reduced its franchise
from SIS, 900 to $780, 900 and it's physical
property in proportion. The Macon Gas
and Water Company reduced it's fran
chise from $40, 900 last year to $1,000 this
year. and the Wadley and Mt. Vernon
reduced its franchise from $4,000 to
$3.50, making also a reduction of some
$4,000 in it's physical property.
Montgomery Goes to Indiana.
Charles Montgomery, who will COM
plete on Monday a three-year sentence
for burglary committee in Savannah,
will be turned over to the Indiana au-
thorities and taken back to that state
to serve the balance of a ten-years'
sentence for grand larceny. Montgom-
cry was convicted in Savannah in 1894
and after serving less than year es-
capped. In 1897 he stole a horse and bug
gy in Indiana and after serving one
year of a ten-year sentence was pa
rolled. He wandered back to Georgia
and was sent to the penitentiary to
complete his sentence. Now that his
time is out he must go back and serve
nine years in Indiana for violating his
parole.
Leaves $1s6,OOO to His Widow.
The will of the late Capt. Isaac S.
Boyd, proprietor of the Southern Saw
Works, was filed for probate to-day.
He leaves $125,OOO, all to his widow,
Mrs. Mamie S. Boyd.
Veteran Tries Suicide.
w. c. Haley, 81 years old, a Con-
federate veteran, attempted suicide as
the result of dependency shortly after
| noon to-day by shooting himself with
a revolver. The bullet did not pene-
trate the brain, as he appears to have
| intended, and at the Grady Hospital
| 1t is said he will probably recover.
Republicans Split Up.
Since the meeting of the State Re-
| publican Convention in March the
! party has been apparently split into
| two factions with the bosses consti-
| tuting one wing and the advocates of
| a state ticket the other. AS a result
it is learned to-day that a movement
is on foot for a meeting to be held
during the early part of May in the
Peoples Tabernacle on Yonge street,
this city, at which time protest will
| be issued against certain actions of
| the State Convention. The movers be-
| hind this meeting, 1t Is stated, are Re-
| publicans who wanted state ticket
| put out. They assert that the bosses
were in control of the convention, and
that they prevented the formation of
| sllCh n ticket