The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19
STATE GLEANINGS.

DemurrerS were fixed in the supe-
Tior court to the indictments against
H. T. Thornton and w. F. Many,
president and vice president. of the
failed Neal bank Of Atlanta, charging
violation of the state bankink laws.
The annual tax returns of the Allan
Ia, Birmingham and Atlantic railway,
made 10 Comptroller General w. A.
Wright, shows an increase of nearly
$l,200,000 over those of 1907.
Robert Il. Dawson of Athens, who
received the second largest vote for
prison commissioner In the recent
election, has withdrawn from the Sec
Ond primary, thus leaving the field
open to Wiley Williams who received
the greatest number of votes.
The Commercial Telegraphers' I'M
ion OF America, which has just closed
its convention in Milwaukee selected
Atlanta for their next meeting place.
The Rockmart Hosiery mills resum-
ed operations and will employ about
thirty operatives. The mill has been
shut down for several months.
The supreme court has reversed the
election held in Lafayette some time
ago in which bonds were voted for
the establishment of an electric plant
and water works system.
The leading railway lines of the
Southeastern Tariff association filed a
bond amounting to 100000 and will
go to the higher courts with the latest
issue in the famous Tiff lumber rate
case at Macon.
The farmers cooperative demon
stTation work under the supervision
OF DR.. S. A. Knaff, of the department
of agriculture of Washington, is meet
ing with much favor in Floyd and ad-
Joining counties.
Work of actual construction has
been begun upon the fertilizer plant
to be built by the Germofert Manu-
featuring company Of Charleston, at
the cost of $250,000 near Atlanta.
When completed, early in September,
this will be the largest factory for the
manufacture of fertilizers in the south.
Attorney john r. Cooper of Macon,
has entered fight in the state courts
again to keep Jim Yeates from going
to the state penitentiary for life for
killing OF the town marshal at Donald
sonville several years ago.
Captain Archibald w. Butt, who has
recently been detailed as aide to Pres
ident Roosevelt, is native Georgian,
being from Augusta, and appointed
into the service from there in January
The following officers were elected
by the Georgia Bankers association at
the annual meeting in Savannah. For
est n. Crane, Savannah, president; q.
d. Walter, Brunswick, first vice presi-
dent; L. P. Hillyer, Macon, secretary.
| The steamship Merrimack, Captain
Pratt, which arrived at Savannah,
brought in the survivors OF the crew
Of the British steamship Caribbee,
Captain Ellis, which was lost in the
gulf stream.
At the last meeting of the city coun-
ell license of $1,000 was placed ON
the sale of near beer in the city of Tiff
ton.
Georgia's horticultural and agricul-
raj products for 1908 will be worth
about $200000,000 according to the
/ estimate of T. G. Hudson commission
er of agriculture, who has compiled
report from information received in
response to 1000 letters sent out to
reliable persons in all parts of the
state.
A terrible death was that suffered
| by j. E. Rodgers of Ellijay, Ca, at q
saw mill plant in Murray county. Mr..
Rodgers was operating the mill, when
he was caught i'm some of the flying
gear and was almost torn to pieces be-
fore the machinery could be stopped.
Bob Tuggle, a meat cutter at a Co
dartown market, was run down and
! killed by Central switch engine
\ Tuggle was walking close beside the
track reading a letter, and the engine
came up from behind with string Of
cars and struck him.
Unexpected activity developed in
Augusta cotton circles as the result Of
the purchase by Augusta mills of 1,164
bales, bought on the local market and
sent direct to the warehouses of the
local manufacturing concerns.
] Governor Smith has offered a re-
ward of 5000 for the arrest and evil
dence to prosecute the unknown per-
son who burned the gin house and
grist mill of Angus Morrison and also
the school house in Morven district.
Brooks county
I Work has been begun at Coyington
on the new cotton seed oil mill The
company has bought the old machine
works on the Georgia railroad and
the manager is on the ground getting
it equipped.