The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-31

Georgia exhibit at the Jamestown ex- position reached the city today, and ar engagements are now being made for un- loading them. These cars contain the mineral and agricultural exhibits which were awarded the gold medals at the ex- position.
 This Is the largest and most complete exhibit the state of Georgia has ever made, and as soon as it can be unloaded will be placed in it's entirety on the third floor of the capitol building, where it will occupy practically every available square inch of space.
 Commissioner T. G. Hudson, chairman of the exposition commission, who has just returned from Jamestown, where he remained to snperlntend the packing of the state exhibit, stated today that he would recommend the paying of the $465 livery bill charged against the state on account of Georgia day and the Presi- dents visit, and for which suit was re- gently brought, in order that the suit may be dropped. The 1iveryman who presented the bill Is trying now to secure a lien against the Georgia building on the strength of his bill
 Commissioner of Agriculture T. c. Hudson today heard arguments from rep resentatlves of the Virginia Carolina C1eIllcdl COInpdnN4 the SWlII ferllllZef Works and Armours, as to the respec- tive claims of each to the right to use the brand Monarch" on a certain kind of fertilizer which each makes. Each of them has used the brand name since 1890, but the Virginia Carolina company claims a prior title to it as having bought the Southern Fertilizer Works of Macon, which was the owner of the brand at the time. Commissioner Hudson has taken the matter under consideration.
 Three new Georgia laws will go into ef- feet Wednesday, January l, the prohibit tion law. the anti-pass law, which is in reality an order of the railroad commits sion prohibiting the use of free passes and franks, and finally section of the child labor law passed two years ago. In the case of this latter law it will be unlawful after January 1 for any child under 14 to work in any mill or fac tory without having had three months of schooling the year before. and no child under that age will be allowed to work in any establishment between the hours of D. m. and 6 a. m.
 Secretary of State Philip Cook today granted a charter to the Bank of Spring field, in Effingham county, with capital stock of s25.OOO Springfield is the coun- ty seat of Effingham, and has recently taken on quite a boom since it secured a railroad
 Paul Edwards, an employe of Uncle Remus magazine, while asleep in his room at the Fulton hotel on Hunter street, at 3 o'clock this morning, was att tackled by an insane stranger and but for the prompt arrival of the night clerk 'jn response to his cries, might have been killed.
 The stranger who gave his name as w. J. Cavanaugh of Chicago, slipped into the hotel and forced open Edwards room. When the clerk arrived the crazy man ran out and into another room, where he was held prisoner until the arrival of the police. Edwards was nearly uncon- scious when reached, but proved not to have been seriously injured.
 Cavanaugh says he recently escaped from the state sanitarium at Milledge- vile and his case is under investigation.