The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-05
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
RACE TO SUCCEED MADDOX
PROMISES TO FURNISH THE SEW
ENTH DISTRICT A LIVELY TIME.

Gordon Lee Has Announced for Con-
Ercss, and Moses Wright, A. w.
Fite and w. A. Knowles Are Mem
tioned-AtIantn Claimants Say
Baxter ~ Co. Had Nearly $2O0,O9O
of Their MOney-InterestinG InfOr-
nation Relative to GeOrgia state
Troops.
Atlanta, Feb. 4.-As the result of
Congressman ]. w. Maddox's withdraw
ing from the race in the Seventh, it
looks as if there is going to be free
for-all fight for the succession. Cor
don Lee, senator from the Forty
fourth district, had aAeady announced
in opposition to Judge Maddox and
the others were keeping in the back
ground. Now the names of Moses
Wright, solicitor general of the Rome
circuit; Judge A. w. Fite of the Cher
okee circuit, and w. A. Knowles, rep
resentative from Floyd, are coming to
the front, and lively race is in pros
pect. There is little doubt that Mr..
Wright will get into the race and it
has long been Judge Fites ambition
to go to Congress.
Scott to study RIOTS.
w. NJ. Scott, former state entomolo-
gist, and now pathologist in the Bu-
reau of Plant Industry at Washington,
was here to-day and stated that Geor-
gia and Virginia constitute the terri
tory assigned to him for the work OF
the spring and summer Georgia fruit
growers especially will be glad to
know they have not lost Mr.. Scott al
together, for they set high value on
his services. He will investigate the
brown rot of peaches in Georgia and
the bitter rot of apples in Virginia.
Wants to Send Mail Free.
Commissioner of Agriculture o. B.
Stevens is writing letters to Georgia's
senators and members of Congress,
urging them to vote for and support
the bill of Congressman Glass of Vir-
ginia, which proposes to give the mail
Thanking privilege to the agricultural
departments of the various states on
second class matter.
Nearly $2OO,OOO Against Baxter & Co.
Two Atlanta clients have placed
claims with their attorneys here against
the defunct concern of A. b. Baxter
& Co., aggregating nearly 100000. One
of these is claim for $21, 900 paid on
account of certain stock bought out
right, which the firm was holding I'M
til the amount due should have been
fully paid. The other claim is for $780,
600 trade balances on cotton and
stocks.
The attorneys have not yet filed suit
on these claims but are getting the
necessary information preparatory to
doing so.
Cleveland Gurr Killed.
While riding on the pilot of a switch
engine in the Georgia Railroad yards
this morning, Cleveland Gurr 10 years
old, of Gainesville, Ca. was struck by
a post-holding safety signal ,c and
knocked under the engine wheels. He
was horribly mangled and died in
stantly. Relatives in Gainesville were
notified.
b Georgia's Troops Rank Sixth.
According to a census of Georgia
State Troops, made under the direction
of assistant Adj. Gen. A. ]. Scott, the
safe of Georgia ranks sixth in the
United States in the number of men
in service, the total being 1854 officers
and men. New York comes first, Penn
sylvania, second: Massa chusetts,
third; Ohio, fourth; Illinois, fifth; and
Georgia, sixth.
$1I5,OOO Spent on Troops.
One hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars was spent by the state last
year on the Georgia troops. Forty
eight thousand dollars in cash was
spent $4,000 was appropriated by the
state. and $4,000 was given the state
by the United States government
under the provisions of the Dick bill
for the purpose of encampment. The
remaining amount came from the
government in the shape of arms,