The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-06
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

reelected grand master; Henry
Banks, LAGRANGE. deputy grand mas
ter; J. M Russhin, Boston, Ga, grand
treasurer; w. /. Wollihin, Macon.
grand secretary, and r. l.. Childing,
Savannah, grand senior warden.
Engineer Charles F. Pease of Attain
ia and his negro fireman, Watts Par
due, were killed when northbound
| freight train on the Southern railroad
crashed into an open switch in the
outskirts of Rome. The switch had
been thrown during the night. The
lock had been broken and is missing,
The wreck appears to have been the
work of train wreckers, and officers
are now on the case, though no clew
has been found to the identity of the
perpetrators
/ In view of the effort being made by
several southern cities 10 secure some
of the troops which are soon to be re-
turned fro mCuba, a letter received by
Congressman w. G. Brantley Of
Brunswick, from Adjutant General f..
G., Ainsworth, states that the troops
upon return from Cuba will be sent
directly to their stations in the Unit
ed States. The letter to Congressman
Brantley says: Il have the honor to
acknowledge receipt today Of your
letter of October %, 1908, in which,
with reference to newspaper state
ments that the troops now in Cuba
are shortly to be returned to the Unit
ed States and that they will probably
be stationed at some southern point
or points, you ask whether some Of
them could be stationed at Brunswick,
Ca, and in response thereto to inform
you, by the direction of secretary of
war, that, upon the relief Of the troops
from duty in Cuba, they will be sent
directly to their station in the United
Estates"
The Gress zoo at Grant park, At
lanta, will have added to it water
buffalo and a female elk. The park
board recently agreed to let the Van
Amberg show and the George Rollins
show winter at Piedmont Park. The
former will contribute the buffalo, and
the latter the elk. There are said to
be only three water buffalos in this
country, and Atlanta is TO have one
of them
/
T. w. barley of Wrightsyille, was IA
tally hurt by the accidental discharge
of a gun with which he was playing.
The bullet took effect in the right
temple, going through the head and
breaking mirror on the opposite side
of the room.
Condemning text books now in use
! in the public schools in Georgia, Miss
Anna c. Benning of Columbus in her
report before the state convention Of
the United Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy, that convened at Savannah, de-
clared that the history of Georgia
throughout the public school curricu-
lum is ''conspicuos by it's absence"
! She declared that "Georgias children
should be taught that Georgia has
everything that goes to make state
great, and there is no use for her sons
and daughters to leave the state to
find it. They ought to spend their
lives in their home state"
w. w. Hunter well known civil
engineer, is in Augusta running flood
and water levels, haying been en-
ployed by the city council flood COM
mission appointed to devise ways and
means of protecting the city in future
from a recurrence of the recent dis
aster.
The first meeting OF the NoAtheast
Georgia Cotton and Corn exhibitors
was held in Gainesville at the Hall
county court house. Every county in
the Ninth congressional district had
exhibits of corn and cotton, for which
liberal prizes were paid to the win
ners. The exhibition was arranged to
stimulate interest in corn and cotton
breeding and seed selection in this
district and much good was derived
from the exhibition.
| A hundred horses snapped in as
many minutes, was the remarkable re.
cord accomplished at the first horse
swappers convention, held in Ameri-
Gus. From dozen counties the in
congruous collection Of horses and
mules were brought here, and the
court house park resembled a Gypsy
camp during trading hours. The con-
vention was successful beyond expec-
tation, and will be repeated.
The board CT health of Augusta has
found that persons residing in the up
per part of the city may use city wa
ter without first boiling it. People all
over the city are doing that very
thing, but the board Of health refuses
to give it's Official o. K on the drink
fluid until ii show no eitrates Of 9TH
err poisons or bacilli. The water sup
ply is now excellent and plentiful and
the people remember the flood only
as bitter experience that has en-
tirely passed.
One of the largest verdicts in
damage salt ever recorded against
railroad in Georgia, if not the largest,
was upheld by the court of appeals in
decision handed down at Atlanta.