The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

cotton pests, with the exception OF the
boil weayil which is not known In
Georgia. III has taken long and expen- 2
sive series of experiments TO produce'
this resistant type, but this important
4 work has at last been accomplished,
and the department announces that 1T
4 has q limited amount Of the seed on
1khand Samples of the seed VIII be sent
ITO representative farmers throughout
the state, their names being. neces-
ksarily limited on account OF the recent
/ farmers institutes that havelbeen held
In various sections.
Information Of an experiment about
4 to be made in raising sea island cot
ton. in California was contained in a
letter received by Commissioners OF
\ agriculture II. G. Hudson from Robert
4 H. Harris Of HoltVille, Cal Mr.. Har-
his stated that an. association has
been organized for the purpose and
THAT about seven thousand acres OF
land will be planted in Egyptian cot
ton Of the Texas variety He express
es the opinion that the cotton raising
experiment in CALIFORNIA; will prove a
1great success.
j According to list compiled by Sec
rotary sGoodloe Yancey Of the prison
! commission, between sixty-f1ve and
i seventy counties have applied for con-
i victs' under the new law to the num-
4 Der approximately Of one thousand
4 eighhs.hundred. The counties which
have already sent in acquisitions for
conyicts. number only about half Of
/ those in the state, and do not include
Fulton, and many Of the larger coan-
ties From present indications the
$500 felony convicts Of the state will
all be employed upon the public roads
OF the various counties and there will
be no lovers" to dispose of.
The membership of the commission
to investigate the advisability and
feasibility of extending the Western
and Atlantic railroad to the sea with
the aid Of convict labor, was complet-
ed by the appointment by Governor
Smith Of Honorable. Paul sTrammel Of
Dalton, and Honorable w. fl. Burwen
i Of Hancock. The governor had form
Ierly appointed Honorable r. r. Gray
Of, Atlanta, and George Dole Wadley
! Of Monroe county, ais members Of the
\ commission. AS announced at the
time Of the passage OF the bill, Presi-
\ dent J.. y. Flynt appointed Senators ].
I'D. Howard Of Baldwin, and G. W.
u Brantley of Laurens; as members Of
tthaycpmmission. Speaker John NJ Sla-
t ton named Messrs. Hooper Alexander
Il Oh DeKaIb, Joe Hill of Bib, and H. ].
kFullbright Of Burke, as members Of
the commission.
: The citizens Of Wadly voted almost
unanimously to- grant to r. l.. Perkins
the right to operate electric lights
and waterworlls there. Mr.. Perkins is
tthe lessee of the Wadley yellow Pine
Company's plant at this place, and
! the light and power will be generated
I at his mill plant just outside Wadley
\ city, limits. So
i Mr.. w. A. DuPre, a prominent bus.
\ mess man of Marietta, has on exhibit
II ton fine specimen Of an American
\ eagle that measures eight and a half
feet from tip TO tip. This eagle was
/. killed by four school boys who were
out hunting near Marietta The eagle
came down and was making an effort
Ito capture the bird dog Of the school
boys and all the boys Immediately
opened fire and after shooting four or
fie stimes' each, finally succeeded in
killing the eagle. This is a fine spec
linen and is one Of the few eagles that
haze been seen in Cobb county for a
long time and is the only one that has
been killed in the county.
Savannah has developed what is
thought to be a brand new swindle. It
lis nothing more nor less than the col
lection OF city taxes on personal prop
erty from new corners to the city The
l'scheme seems to be to watch the col.
umns of the daily newspapers to see
where new arrivals live and to then
present themselves as city tax collec-
tors who want to collect money for
personal property. The scheme. has
d worked very we'll in one or two in
stances and 1t is not known how many
d unrepoFted tcases there. are. Mayor
II Tiedeman will make an effort to have
these petty crooks run down.
Stockholders of the former Bank Of
Waycross have announced that the. re-
4 organization and re-opening of the
bank was now practically. assured
Several have Cancelled their stock and
subscribed to the new stock. Colonel
w. M. Toomer and Colonel l. "A. Will
son We're authorized to appoint com
,Rmit}ee of ~fiveit6 confer. with leading
bankers, in; Atlanta, Sayannah and
\ Jacksonville IN the formulation of q
plan for the reorganization to, be sub
\ mitted at a meeting in Waycross De-
cember g.
W. R.McCants Of Winder, Ca, has
i been namedeby Governor Smith as a
d trusted Of the North Georgia Agrcul-
tural college at Dahlonega. Mr.. NC
Giants us. q welleknown business man
Of Jackson county. His appointment is
for six years foEsO october 1, 1905
An incident Of interest to the medi-