Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-27

IIungerford, Of Bradley. and ID. V. Childs' OF
Wayside.
DUBLIN Ga. Aug. 94.-Editor Il. NJ. Stan
lev of the Dublin Courier Dispatch. was pre-
Of the West Point News chairman " the com
mittee appointed BY the Georgia Weekly Press
association. with beautiful gold handled uT'7
brella which Mr.. Stanley prizes very highly
FITzGEEALu. Ga. Aug. 24-This market IS
one of the most important inland markets Tor
cotton in South Georgia. This morning before
noon 200 bales had been brought here and sold
at from Ike to l2e
although II has been slow to start. and all over
the county the farmers are producing good mld-
ding The yield viii not n be sOce a SS ts
scaiding showers have reduced the crop tuily
twenty-five per cent.
ACwoRTH Ga. Aug. 24.-The hoard Of cdu-
cation of The Acwortn public schools have pro
yided for tenth grade and have employed an
additional teacher 10 the already strong faculty.
! Mr. J. n Johnson. Jr was the additional
teacher employed and Will teach the eigh, n
grade. AcNorth has system OF public schoos
which ranks first among the public schools OF
| The school board also adopted the one-session-
s-day system as the result of strong petition q,
addition to the man school buildings will be
ready for occupancy. The schools viii open
last session that better results are obtained by
opening sooner in the fall and closing sooner In
the spring. az ,,....
MACON. Ca. Aug. 2l-The recent action n
The Legislature in raising the nrarIoeer AK
to $500 for all retail dealers VIII nave me
effect Of putting several places in Macon out
az business when the licenses for thls year e&-
pirc Many smaller dealers will be unable 10
pay the new license, and VIII have 10 smut up
The Acme Brewing company will not stop be-
cause of the increase to $1,000, but VIII con
The The section of the bill which says: that no
near beer places can operare: outside. of Ger
pcrate limits will force st- Least a dozen places
lust outside the limits 10 close down "heh
the law becomes effective. ...... .-. e.,
ACWORTII Ca Aug. 24.-The following were
elected members of the board Of education o.
the .Acworth. public schools today; a. J. Dur
ham, president; L. W, Ray, vice president; j..
f. ,Carnes. secretary and treasurer: The other
members ]. \. Johnson. u A. Reed, e. w
Lemon and A. j. Clark ..
GAINESVILLE, Ga.el Aug. 24.s7The city
ELECTION for mayor andethree aldermen was
held here atoday,o 1t being "a very qllet
election, the white primary having been
held. yesterday. resulting in the nomina-
ton of Mayor T. w. Cochran for another
two-year term, and Messrs, ID. l.. ~Ander-
son, w. H. Mitchell and NJ. W.. Smith,
for aldermen. -. 49,
This. breaks the record for Mayor Cocht
ran making. four terms of two years
each, the only man VINO mas ever Deeu
mayor so long here. The three holdover
aldermen are .Messrss A, H English, Y,
C. Jordan and L, S. Fifleld,, The new off,
Gals will be installed on September 8, The
following is the new executive committee:
J. F. Howard. T. J. Berry, B. H. Butts,
j. T. Middlebrooks and l.. A. Collier
AMERICUs, Ga. Aug. 25.-Cotton is
pouring into Americas today at unprece-
denied rate for the season, and receipts
at warehouses this week alone win ex-
coed 1000 bales Blistering. whitening
drouth is causing the entire crop SEEM
ingly to open at once. and farmers are
overwhelmed by unexpected condition.
Receipts for August will exceed 1000
bales.
JACKSON. Ga, Aug. 25-The first bale
of new cotton was sold at jackson this
morning 1t weighed sos pounds and
brought 20 cents pound. 1t was bought
by Manuel & Ham and shipped by them
TO Inman, Akers & Inman, of Atlanta.