The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-07

SUOutlY deny tnat this regiment l0sL
its colors to the Fourteenth New Jer-
sey at Sp0ttsylvania courthouse in
1864 A press dispatch from New
York stated that the New Jersey reg
iment was soon to return the captured
standard, and members Of the fourth
are denying that they ever lost their
colors and declaring that they Will
not receive any flag from the four
teenth New Jersey. A survivor of
the Georgia regiment states that the
fourth carried its colors throughout
the war, surrendering them at Apo
mattox; that there was no lighting
at the Bloody Angle" on the day the
colors are said to have been taken,
and that the fourth never took part In
any fighting at that place during the
entire war.
After cessation of nearly two
years. the railroads will renew their
fight on the order of the state railroad
commission, as issued in the summer
OF 1907, by which sweeping reductions
were made in passenger rates on all
the important lines of Georgia.. The
application of the Atlanta and West
Point for an injunction to restrain
the enforcement Of the order will be
taken up on its merits before Judge
Pendleton in the Fulton county supe-
rior court.
The state court of appeals has de-
cided that sub-lessees OF conyicts un-
der the old system are liable for dam
ages that may be sought by an ex-
inmate of the penitentiary, instead Of
the original contractor. The decision
was made In the case of Mason VS..
Handy & Toomer.
Governor Hoke Smith granted a
pardon to f. H. Armand, Columbus
young man, convicted OF the alleged
incorporation of funds. Armand,
who was member Of one Of the most
prominent Columbus families, had
made his shortage good, two months
before his trial. He was sentenced to
four years Imprisonment, however,
and has served four months Of his
sentence. A petition for his pardon
was signed by over two thousand Co.
lumbus people, members of the state
legislature and attorneys of that city.
A coloney of South Carolina farm
will settle upon farms already prepar-
ed for them near the city. The new
comers are progressive, Industrious
farmers and delighted with this Sec
ton and surroundings @. H. Gale
tion ard surroundings. G. H. Wad-
dell OF Greenville had previously pur-
chased a fine estate here and upon
this the newcomers are located while
others are expected to follow imme-
diately.
Although the usual early orders
were delayed at the beginning Of the
season, the fertilizer shipments In
Georgia this year will, so it is report
ed, exceed those Of last year by near
ly one hundred thousand tons. The
season has closed, but the additional
orders that the being filled will bring
the total far above the shipments OF
last season. The large increase in
the tons bought comes as an indica-
ton of prosperous times for the farm
ers and is a forecast Of successful
year of planting and harvest.
s. L. Sowell, formerly a farmer OF
Screven county, was arrested In Au-
gusta by deputy United States mar
sinai, on a charge of counterfeiting
A search of the premises Sowell oc-
cupied revealed mould for 25-cent
pieces and, with other paraphernalia,
win be used as evidence against him.
Honorable H. M. Stanley of Dublin
president of the Georgia Weekly
Press association, has notified the peo-
pie of Douglas that the date for the
press meeting, which will be held at
Douglas this year, is set for July 49,
IA, Mr. Stanley is planning for trip
for the Georgia editors, visit to Gu
pa after the session at Douglas He
says the indications are that there
will be large attendance this year.
Governor Smith has disapproved
the finding of the court martial which
sat, in Savannah last fall, and sen.
fenced Musician Lamar Keller and
Private j. Ward Supple to pay fines
OF $25 each for firing their guns from
the rear OF train, on the ground
that the punishment was totally in
adequate to the offense, and that to
let 1t stand would be "travesty ON
Justice" These two were supposed
TO be the leaders among a number of
members Of troop A, first squadron
of cavalry, who engaged in firing
blank cartridges from their guns
while returning to Savannah from the
encampment at Chicamauga Park.
The firing took place at several points !
between Atlanta and Macon, on the
Southern Railway, and negro track
hand was wounded in the arm by one
of the shots. Governor Smith, in his
order, drawn in military form, APP
proves the proceedings Of the court
and the finding as to the first specif- |
cation and charge, to the effect that
the men did the shooting. The balance
Of the courts finding he disapproves
in toto, because he considers, in view
az the nrauftv Of the nfRnncn Tint thn