The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
THROUGHOUT TIE STATE.

The states total receipts from tho
Mease Of convicts for the quarter end
ing December 81, 1908, according to
the statement furnished the comptrol-
Ter general by the prison commission
will be $94, 368.72. OF this amount
one Jesse, w. B. Handy, Will pay the
state $37,420.23.
Governor Smith has offered re-
ward Of 800 for the arrest with proof
to convict, of Joshua Swoin, who is
wanted in Montgomery county for the
murder of w. C. Beasley, on October
10, 1908 Swain is said to have abb
Quoted the daughter Of his victim and
when the father came upon them, at
tackled and killed him.
The first Chatham county near beer
license tax has been paid. This Is
regarded as the solution TO the trou-
BILE and end OF the notoriety into
which Savannah has recently been
forced for it is thought every near
beer, or real beer dealer will pay the
near beer tax.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
board of embalmers was held at Ma
con. President H. H. Patterson of At
lanta, C. L. Tolbert of Columbus, l..
H. Burghard of Macon, w. E. Plat OF
Augusta, and c.. L. Stevenson Of Moul-
trie, the five members, were present.
AZ number of applicatants for licenses
were given examinations, and their
work was passed upon. The follow
ling were admitted to practice under
the laws of the state: j. H. McDor-
man, Toccoa, Ca; N. N. Lttlefeld,
FITZGERALD, Ca; w. s. Galloway, East
Point. Ca; E. r. Collins, Acworth,
Ca; e. R. Hemperly, East Point Ga;
Thomas Elliott (colored), Albany,
Ca. c. H. Royal (colored), Savannah,
Ga, Paul J.. Steele, Savannah, Ca;
TR. D. Kirkendall, Atlanta, Ga; 5. Q.
Pursley, Macon, Ca.
The large sales of mules at Val
dosta for the past ten days indicates
that the farmers are buying more
mules this year than ever before. Dur
ing the past ten days there have been
sold there several car loads Of mules,
or about one hundred and seventy
Ave head. OF this number one hum
dred and fifty were for farm purpos-
es and twenty-five for naval stores
and milling.
Lots Of trouble is being experienced
at Macon by City Marshal Ben L. Hen
bricks in getting from property own
ers of Macon the real value OF the
iewe1ry they own. Such values must
be known, if possible, before the full
tax returns can be made
That this is the sunny south in fact
as well as in name is proved by the
fact that the second crop Of apples
NAV be seen in orchards around jack
son. E. G. Cawthon, sexton Of the
Jackson cemetery, brought to States
boro an apple as large as an egg. He
has a tree that has at least a dozen
apples of that size on it. City Tax
Collector J. A. MeMichael has straw
berries almost ripe on his lands, 1t
has been one of the warmest falls
ever seen in this part of the coun-
try and vegetation is still growing.
In response to a request from State
School Commissioner Jere M. Pound,
Attorney General John G. Hart has
rendered an opinion regarding the
! change in the boundary lines OF a pup
! TIC SCHULZ Ql5LllOb III WhASA NAS 49,
zens have voted for local taxation for
support of schools. The question was
asked as to whether a county board
of education has the power to extend
or enlarge the limits of school dis
trict wherein the right of local taxa
ton exists, without favorable vote
of the citizens and property owners
who would be affected Attorney Gen
eral Hart holds that the county bord
has no such right If the county
board sees fit to make any change
whatever in the limits Of a local
school district wherein local taxation
has been voted, then an entirely new
election must be held throughout the
district,
AT a conference, council between
the lumbermen at interest, and coun-
sci for the various railroads involv-
ed. a settlement was effected Of all
the reparation cases which have arIs-
i en- in connection with the famous,
lTift two-cent overcharge freight case
and the Central yellow PING case.
This settlement involves claims 70
the amount of about 100000