The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-05
STATE GLEANINGS.

Floyd county, Nathan H. Bass, vice j.
| A. Erwin. resigned; Leslie, Sumter
county, Elizabeth A. Watkinson, vice
/. HI. Wilkinson, dead; Lambert, Lib
| erty county, Melissa Miller, vice =. M.
| Hammond. resigned; Harris, Merri-
wether county, Geo. w. jenkins, vice
James BI Carriker, resigned.
Standing Master J. N. Talley, in the
Tiff lumber case has set June 10 as
a date upon which number OF Claims
against the railway lines involved viii
be heard
The first car of watermelons Of the
/ season arrived In Atlanta Monday
| The melons came from Umayille, Fla
The annual convention Of the Fun
eral Directors Association OF Georgia
| will be held in Atlanta on June 1917.
| J. B. Hart of Macon is the president
| OF the state association The execu-
tive committee is G.. H. Brandon of
| Atlanta, chairman; E. L. Altman Of
| Mansfield, w. T. Wilson Of Augusta
and J. B. Hart Of Macon.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bareheld of Lthia Springs was drown
ed in tub containing about two and
one-half inches Of water.
I The master plumbers of Atlanta
who pay $50 year for the privilege of
doing plumbing in the city limits are
complaining, owing to the fact that
| journeymen plumbers are not taxed
They are able TO compete with the
master plumbers on Atlanta work and
not be subject to the tax. The matter
has been taken up by the Atlanta
council
Frank Hunter, who shot and killed
Frank Wilson on April both at Val
dosta in quarrel over politics, was
found not guilty by the jury, after
remaining out several hours. Hin
ter introduced witnesses to show that
Wilson was advancing on him with a
knife when he fired,
For many months there has been
ans unusual demand for residences in
Cuthbert and on account of their. lack
quite a number of families have been
deprived Of the privilege of moving
there. Some Of the citizens are awak-
ening to the emergency and several
new residences are going up. They
are rented before they can be built.
The r. r. D. carriers of the sixth
and tenth congressional districts met
in Milledgeville and had one of the
most successful meetings yet held.
They selected Griffin for the next
annual convention.
County School Commissioner ]. O..
IA. Miller has just completed the
school census Of Spalding county,
showing there are 1881 white and
| 1857 colored children of school age
in the county, or total of 1893,
| which is decrease Of 80 since the last
census was taken in 1903. But the
census of the city of Griffin will show
an increase of several hundred, thus
showing an increase of population for
Spalding.
j. j. Weaver, indicted by the Full
ton county grand jury for the alleged
forgery Of Columbus clearing house
certificates, is in jail at that place. w.
| o. Bowden who was also indicted, is
under bond and so is G. E. Davis. of
Rome No date is set for the trial.
On Sunday in Macon a special COM
mittee from Tattnall Square Presby-
terrain church was appointed to call a
pastor for the church to fill the va
cancy made by the resignation Of Rev.
d. N Mclaughlin Rev. Mr.. Laughlin
will leave Macon on June 10th for
Austin, Tex, where he has accepted a
call to the First Presbyterian church.
In the future all fiat wheel" street
cars found in operation in Macon will
be ordered to the car barns BY the
policemen and both the conductor and
motorman will have cases made
against them for violating city or
dinance.
An ordinance to regulate the sale of
near beers" in Macon, both at re-
tail and wholesale houses, was intro
duced in council, The ordinance pro.
vides a license of 5000 for the retail
ing of 'near beers" and $3.50 for the
wholesale dealers,
w. P. Aubrey, prominent young
lawyer, who came to Della few
months ago from Young Harris, died
of typhoid fever after a short illness.
He was buried at Molena. He was
married only eleven days before his
death.
Seaborn A. Wright vas shot and
instantly killed at Eastman by Gus
Raglan. Both are of prominent fami-
lies.
Recent destructive storms which
have swept over Georgia ind adjoining
states was caused by series of nine
tornadoes, according to statement
issued by the weather department..
Mrs. C. A. Neither sf Savannah,
aged rs years, COMMITTED suicide by
taking poison because sic was about
to be evicted from proprty she had
owned for years and Don which a
mortgage had been forecOsed.
Hon. f. A. Butts dr0lped dead at
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