Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-14

STATEsRORO, Ga. Sept. l0.--A verdict for |
II cents was returned by jury in the 'Ity
court here yesterday, and established record
for small verdiets. OF this amount 10 cents
was principal and one cent interest from Janu- ,
The case was a suit on account. ]. b. Ken
nedy VS.. d. l.. Kennedy. Plaintiff had built /
house for defendant and claimed balance 7
jof $4S due him. Defendant claimed as offset
certain amounts necessary to be paid 10 com ,
picte the work. .t-
Governor Brown has announced his
intention of visiting the Georgia-Carolina
fair and will be in Augusta November
s, on which occasion President Taft will !
open the fair. Governor Ansei, of South
Carolina, has accepted similar invita-
ton.
GAINESVILLE Ga, Sept. 10-Al-
though Liberty. church, near the extreme
southern edge. of the county. has been ,
established for many years. the first
burial in the churchyard cemetery oc-
cured yesterday. with the funeral of Mr..
William Cronic. The deceased was a
prominent citizen.
EAToNTON, Ga, Sept. 10.--At recent
meeting of the fair directors prepare
tions were decided upon for the fair,
which will take place the last week in
October. The track Is in excellent condi-
ton, and 1t is expected that the racing,
which has always been very fine, will be
far ahead Of any previous fair.
Great interest is being taken in the ag-
ricultural contests, and this will also be
good. Many attractions are already book
ed for the midway and all points to a
most successful fair.
ADAIRsvILLE, Ga, Sept. 10
Adairsville Lodge of Masons gave de-
lightful barbecue at Lewis Spring
Thursday. The crowd was estimated at
500 people Ample arrangements had
been made and the refreshments were
we'll prepared. -.
Adairsville lodge is now considerably
over a half century old and has num-
bered some splendid citizens as Its
H. NJ. Veach. ..--.
GRIFFIN, Ca Sept. 10-Judge and Mrs.
Robert r Daniel left yesterday. for Sc
attic. Wash. Judge Daniel, who is grand
representative from Georgia to the SOW
ereign grand lodge, has accepted an In
vitation to deliver an address for the Odd
Fellows on Fraternity day at the Alaska
Yukon-Paci1c exposition in Seattle on the
23d of this month.
Judge Daniel is recognized as one of
the leading fraternity orators of the coun-
try, and the Odd Fellows selected him to
present their cause. -..- ..,.
GAINESVILLE, Ca, Sept. 10-The
meeting of the Ninth District Medical
society, of which DIR. ]. H. Downey, of
the Gainesville infirmary. is president.
and Dr. A. D. White, of Pendergrass, is
secretary, will hold it's meeting, in Toe
Goa, Ga, at the court house of Stephens
county at II o'clock Wednesday, .Septem-
/ Der 15. .-s... s-r
There will be about 100 Of the prominent
| physicians and surgeons Of the IS coun-
| ties of this district present. Among the
speakers who will take part in the pro-
gram will be Rev. c. A Owens. DR.. John
| Edge, DR.. w. B. Hardman. DR.. ]. H.
Goss, DR.. Laetus Sanders, Dr. w. B.
Hardman DR.. H. M, Freeman, DR.. G. L.
! Ayers and DR., A. D. white. ~.
r. MACON, p Ga. Sept 1O-In dispatches
relating to automobile cross-country
runs in Georgia the Bib county thor
oughfares have often been, referred to OF
late as the "high-gear' roads of the
state, or of all this section, at any rate
Road improvements have been going on
at a good rate since the organization. of
the state good roads association" here
during the early. part of the summer.
Superintendent Wimhush has been taxi
1 ing a great deal of pride in the work
and wants to make the connecting links
of roads out of this county the very best
in Georgia. They. are in that class now
out there is always room ror some i'm
I provement.
! LAGRANGE. Ga, Sept. 10.-Mr Fuller
Galloway, president of the National bank
! of LAGRANGE, has just returned from a
trip to the far west He spent some
time in California; where he met for
mer resident of LAGRANGE, Mr.. Fannin.
Mr. Galloway, Mr. Fannin and another
Georgian, had a great deal of amuse-
ment while in the California towns when
Mr. Galloway would go to pay his share
of the bills of the sightseers. He carried
with him to California a large number
of National bank notes issued by his own
bank and signed by his cashier. He did
not have these notes cut down to the
| usual size but carried them out in sheets
/ lust as they are issued to the BANKS by
| the government There would be four or
five Of these in sheet and the bills
would be of assorted denominations.
When Mr.. Galloway would pay restau-
| rant checks and such things he would
not pull money out of his pocket in the
conventional way but would flash one
of these sheets of money and after cut
( ting It away from its fellows with his
pocket knife he would calmly take out his
! fountain pen and sign it.
CANTON, Ca. Sept. 1o.-J B. Kellogg,
the negro convicted of killing ]. e. Ian
! ders white man, in a gambling game,
was today sentenced to be hanged No
! vember 10. e.
The court at the same time pronounced
sentence of 20 years in the, penitentiary
, on Lester Davis, white man, who con-
fessed to criminally assaulting Mrs. Eu-
la Huey, living near Woodstock. this
county. - ~.
CORDELE, Ca, Sept. 1o.-Dr. Stephen
Neal. a prominent physician of this city.
! died this morning at 5 o'clock at the Cor
dele sanitarium, from an attack of appen-
bdicitis.
! He was just recovering from an. attack
of fever when appendicitis developed and
he was Immediately removed to the sani-
tarium and the operation followed from
which he never rallied. e, ..,
|, A few years ago DR.. Neal came here
from TaIbotton, Ga, and invented a new
process, and by this process he reyolu-
tionized the turpentine manufacturing In
the south. From the Neal pattern he
/ realized a considerable fortune. -.,.,
| ABBEVILLE, Ca, Sept. .1o.-Steve