The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-15
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
COMMISSIONERS TO MEET
TO ARRANGE FOR THE TRANSFER
OF STATE CONVICTS.

On April 1 the New Law Relating TO
the Dispositions of the state Cen
victs Becomes Elective The
Counties That Elect 10 Take Con-
Nfcts in Lieu of Their Proportion
of the school Fund-Baxter a. Co.
Promise to Pay 100 Goats ON the
Dollar.
Atlanta, March IA meeting Of the
County Commissioners OF those conn
ties which have decided 10 AXE their
proportion Of shorr term felony con
victs for work On the publlc roads in
lieu Of their share q the public school
fund from convict hire E ii be held az
the Capitol OF March = 70 make the
final arrangements for he transfer on
April l, when The new Law goes into
effect Arrangements viii then Be
made % have -hz o1avIcts transported
from their present. amps 20 the new
ones. This IS II be done al the ex-
psnse OF the co1n1ies taking them,
and, in the case Of private lessees
at their exgsrse-
The following are the counties which
have applied for oOnvic1s and the num-
Der 70 which they are entitled. Bibb
county. -. Burke. 2: Clarke. IS; Cow
eta, = coffee. =: Columbia, 10;
Doughsrty. L.. DeKaIb, -. Ebert, Is;
Fulton, is. Floyd. %. Greene. Is;
johnson. 10; Jefferson, IS; Jones, Il;
jackson. 2; Lee. ;; Laurens. 3; Lin
coin. s. Monroe. 1s; Morgan. "A; Nc
DufHe. 3: Oglethorpe. IS. Pulaski, II;
Richmond. -. spalding. Is; Terrell. 10
anted. Walton. IS: Wilkes. II want
Cd. making 4 total Of el5. The follow
ing counties asked for cOnvicts, but
have cancelled acquisitions: Troup, p:
Tzttnal. Is. BuilOch, 10, Ware, Il;
Wilkinson. 10: Houston. 20.
To Pay Dollar for Dollar.
John L Gatins, formerly the mana
GER Of the Southern Exchange, a
branch Of the defunct A. B. Baxter &
Co, stock brokers, returned to Atlanta
to-day from New York. Mr.. Gatins
stated that Baxter & Co. would pay
credit CTS 100 cents on the dollar for
their Indebtedness. THE creditors of
the Arm will not lose one cent" said
NT. Gatins. "Of course, II Will take
Some little time to straighten out the
accounts OF the Nfiu, DuL the IAeuilOAS
viii receive their money"
Judge DAILY sworn i'm.
Hon. A. r. DAILY of Wrightsville was
here to-day and called on Gov. Terrell
70 be sworn In as judge of the Superior
courts Of the Middle Circuit, in which
position he succeeds Judge Beverly d.
Evans on March 10. Just before taking
the oath Judge DAILY happened to re-
mark that he had a case TO argue in the
Supreme Court.
You had better go and attend TO
that first" said Gov. Terrell, "or you
will be disqualified 10 make your aTgu-
ment." Judge Daily took the Cover
nOr's advice, argued his case and re-
turned and took the oath.
judges from practicing in any of the
courts Of the state.
Railroad Mortgage Deed.
There was fled for record to-day at
the Fulton County Court House a
mortgage deed given by the Atlanta
and Birmingham Air Line Railway to
the Morton Trust Company and Hiram
B. Berry, trustees. to secure an issue Of
second mortgage gold bonds amounting
70 not over s., 0O0, 900. The mortgage
was given on all the lines Of the rail-
road Of the grantor company in the
states Of Georgia and Alabama. It Will
secure an issue Of 5 per cent, second
mortgage gold bonds. due Jan. /. 1924
This issue will be subject to the first
mortgage made 10 the Knickerbocker
Trust Company and Frederick l. Ed
ridge. trustees. dated May q, 1903, Sc
curing an issue not TO exceed $40, 900, 900
in bonds Of the Sea board Air Line