The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Balentine OF Savannah was made
president; G. G. Bum Of Cedartown,
vice president; 4. e. Thompson of
Cordele, secretary; Chief James OF
Albany, treasurer; Chief Macarthur Of
Americas. Ca, statistician The con-
vention goes to Savannah next time.
A state organizer will be out with
view of bringing together all the de-
partments in the organization by the
time another session is held.
SO far there has come nothing but
approval Of the plan to work the
white convicts temporarily on the
public roads in the larger counties,
which are prepared to care for them
as the La wfequires. The belief is
growing that this will ultimately
prove to be the proper and satisfac-
tory solution of the problem Of deal
ing with the white convicts.
The mutilated skeleton Of woman
was found under the steps of the old
Second Baptist Church at Augusta by
negro. 1t was placed there by boys
who found it in yard nearby. 1t is
thought that the body was stolen
from the dissecting room of the med
zeal college some days ago.
Thirty white convicts who are able
to do manual labor were brought from
the state farm III Baldwin county and
divided equally between Fulton and
DeKalb counties. This gives Fulton
gang of about eighty and DeKalb
about forty white convicts on their
public roads, il addition to the negro
On NH frh Ia.
eral distribution.
The supreme court decided in the
case Of j. D. Holloway, against the
Macon Gas Light and Water Compa-
ny, that a citizen cannot sue for an
alleged loss on account OF failure In
the performance OF contract made
between a municipality and private
corporation.
Indications are that the railroad
commission was not unit in the mat
ter of certain suits for penalties for
failure to conform to the commits
gion's rules with regard to the pay
ment of reciprocal demurrage, which
the commission has requested Cover
nor Smith to have instituted against
the Central Of Georgia and the South
ern Railway. There is said to be at
least one member Of the railroad COM
mission who thinks that the law in
this matter Is largely on the side OF
the railroads. 1t involves the old
question as to whether, after a car
load Of freight reaches the city of its
destination a subsequent movement
to the side tracks or yards of anoth-
er railroad company is. transporta-
ton movement or simply a drayage
service. Under the present rules Of
the Georgia Railroad Commission it
is a transportation movement and iB
required to be performed at a speci-
fed rate, under penalty OF demur4
rage, which must be paid the con-
signee In the event of delay or re-
fusal. The railroads hold that 1t is
a drayage movement and that as they
are not in the drayage business they
are not in the drayage business they
there is legal question In the case
which has never been definitely de-
termined by the courts, and the rail-
roads contend that they are not liable
for demurrage under these circum-
stances. This Is said to be the rea-
son why Governor Smith proposes to
make full investigation Of the mat
ter before he orders the suits brought
as the commission has requested
State School Commissioner Jere NJ.
Pound, DIR. A. NJ Soule, president Of
the State Agricultural College at Ath-
ems, and State Chemist r. e. Star
lings Of Georgia have been named
by Secretary Wallace Of the Cotton
Seed Crushers' Association of Geor-
gia as the state judges to pass upon
the compositions, now being written
by the school children of Georgia. In
February this association offered 500
in gold for the four best compositions
written by the school children OF
this state on Cotton Seed Products
limiting each composition to $50
words. The prizes are $50 for the
first, S25 for the second, SIS for the
third and $40 for the fourth. Several
weeks ago School Commissioner
Pound sent out circular letter to
the county school commissioners call.
ing their attention to this offer and
asking their cooperation in having
the children study up on this won
derful southern by-product OF King
Cotton and enter the contest. AS q
result the department OF agriculture
has been besieged with requests for
literature on this subject Of feeding
cotton seed meal to cattle, Its use as
an ingredient for commercial fertili-
ger and the relation 1t bears to the
pure food law as human food.
A $4,000 plant for the manufacture
of steel work for buildings and for
railroad and county highway bridges
has been located in Atlanta, and dirt
has already been broken for the foun-
dations, The Virginia Bridge and
Iron Works will erect the plant as q
branch of it's main plant at Roanoke,
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