Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-19
NEWS OF GEORGIA CITIES
TOLD IN BRIEF FORM

DITBLIN.-The Southern Cotton Oil compa-
ny, of this city. has recently installed the
machinery for making fertilizers on an extern
sve scale. The capacity of the plant is one
hundred and twenty five tons per day. This
makes the third factory for the manufacture
of fertilizer in this city, each averaging one
hundred tons per day and furnish employment
for ninety employees
Charged with wife beating, w. L. Lovinger
was Monday afternoon sentenced to sixty days
in the city workhouse by Recorder Broyles
without the privilege of paying fine. Ihere
were two cases of drunk and disorder con-
duct against Lovinger and he was sentenced
TO thirty days in each case.
Plans are being perfected for the enter
tainment of the International Order of Rail-
road TeleRraphers when they meet here in
their international convention during the com
ing month of May. H. b. Perham, OF 81
Louis president of the order, was in con
ference during Monday and Monday night for
arranging for the reception. The Gate City
Guard armOry, on Hounton street, was Sc
lected and a contract for its use was signed
Perham conferred with local telegraphers and
5. J. Konenkamp, of Chicago, president OF
the International Commercial Telegraphers'
union, and Jerome Jones, editor of the Atlanta
Journal of Labor, were present
MILLEDGEvILLE.-w william Smith. aged %,
son of the late DR. Smith, died here early
Monday morning. after illness of three
weeks He leaves no relatives except his aged
mother. The funeral was conducted Monday
afternoon.
LAGRANGE.-Th funeral of Mr.. Stephen
d. Willis was held at 1880 Wednesday morn
ing from the residence, three miles south
Of LAGRANGE. DR.. A b Vaughan conducted
the services. His death occurred at $3.50
Tuesday morning. He was the son OF Mr.
and Mrs George Willis, and besides his pa
rents. leaves a wife. He was about thirty
years of age. The remains will be inferred
in Hill View cemetery in LaGrange
MACoN.-Eden Taylor Jr., DR.. o. H.
Weaver and several other Macon who
are trustees Of the local lodge of Elks have
just purchased $4,000 worth OF Cotton avenue
property, upon which a home for the Elks
will be built. For the last few years he
Elks have been renting rooms in the Grand
building, but they are very anxious TO nave
a place of their own.
CLARKESvILLE.--The Habersham county
grand jury, which has Just adjourned in It's
general presentmentS, answered certain crltl-
cisms which have lately appeared in some OF
the Atlanta papers regarding the size of this
county's pension list, and called attention to
the fact that the reason the list was so large
was because this county sent almost its entire
male population to the front in the COS anu
also that the present population is almost al
together white. 1t also adoped the alternative
road system. and adopted a resolution favor
ing a system of compulsory school attendance.
SAVANNAH special board of engineers
has been appointed by the chief of engineers
to consist of Col. Dan G. Kingman. of Savvan
nah and Capt. E. L. Brown in charge of the
Wilmington district; Capt. E. M. Adams. an
charge OF the Charleston district, and. CauC
G. r. spalding, of the Jacksonville district,
to make a survey of the inside route from
Beaufort. n. c., to Key West, Fla. and 10
also survey the Florida ship yard.
HIRAM.-H. T. Moon, a prominent farmer.
died at his home near here Monday His re-
mains were Inferred in the Billiard cemetery
Tuesday with Masonic honors. The deceased
was the father Of Prof. A. II. Moon, ,princi-
pal Of the Buchanan High school. He left a
wife and several children.
LUMBER CITY.-Mrs. Mary Vaughan died
here Tuesday afternoon at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. ID. p. Macarthur She arose
in the morning in her usual health, but suf
fered a light stroke of paralysis about z
o'clock and died a few hours later. Mrs
Vaughan Is years OF age. she leaves
one son. Mayor John ID. Vaughan, and Is
survived by four sisters, Mrs. Elmyra Vaughan
and Mrs. A. Moses of this place and Mrs
p Gabraith and Mrs Thomas Jordan, OF
Glenwood. The interment took place Wednet
day afternoon at Shiloh cemetery.