The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

yor Of the prison commission for 49,
900 with which to pay for supplies
purchased on the state farm since
January /, 1909. With this warrant
approved the prison commission can
now wind up its books and issue the
annual report fer the year.
It is probable that In the near fu-
ture judges of the supreme court, the
court Of appeals and possibly OF the
superior courts In Georgia win wear
robes. The practice was suggested
and endorsed at the recent meeting OF
the Georgia Bar association at Warm
Springs, through resolutions
AS the result Of his inspection OF
the prison farm at Milledgeville, Gov
ernor Smith pardoned twenty-five in
mates Of the penitentiary whom he
thought should 60 free. In some OF the
cases upon which he took action the
governor acted upon his own initia-
tive without regard to whether apDlf-
cations for clemency had been filed or
not.
The auditing company which has
been at work on the books Of the
prison commission reports that no Inn
provement has been made since it
conducted an examination into the
books and accounts Of the commits
sion last July; that there IL an abso.
lutte lack of system at the state farm,
no bookkeeping at all the state re-
formatory, and only the simplest form
Of single entry bookkeeping kept at
and instructive program will be rsn
capitol.
Captain J. w. Lindsay, commission
er OF pensions, has completed his an
nual report for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1908, and has Submitted
1t to Governor Smith. The report
shows that the total number Of pen
sioners paid in 1908 was 1859 at q
cost of $927, 775.35. The appropriation
made by the legislature for the year
was $950,000, leaving a balance now In
the treasury of $22,224.15. The roll
for 1908 shows q decrease Of eighty
eight, as compared with 1907. The
commissioner points out that 1t is i'm
possible to- estimate the amount of
money. the pension department will
need until the general assembly leg
ment adopted last year.
A chip has been discovered in a
potato patch at Lindale that had
growth of hair on one side of It, The
growth is on one side OF small pine
chip and is about two and q half
inches in length It is of very dark
hue lightly touched with gray. The
roots OF the hair have grown down
into the chip quarter OF an inch,
and one can observe with a micros-
cope Just how the roots are mingled
together in the wood just as on hu-
man head. The article was found by
little Willie Ray, son OF BailifF and
Mrs. G.. a. Ray. It has been a source
Of much curiosity to observers.
Miss Ella May Thornton of Atlanta
has been appointed second assistant
state librarian to Mrs. Maude Barker
Cobb. Miss Thornton's appointment
fills a vacancy left by the promotion
of Miss DAILY to the position Of first
assistant, Miss Marian Toombs Cool
ley, the former first assistant. having
resigned.
The annual report Of the medal
committee of the Georgia division,
Daughters of the Confederacy, has
been made public. This committee
supervises contests in composition by
school children, the subject always
having to do with the states part In
the confederacy. The papers were all
good, several of them differing In ex-
cellence by very small fraction of
point and decision was no easy mat
ter. The highest grade made, ninety
eight, was made by Mr.. Oscar Bfenson,
OF the Thomasville public schools, and
the medal has been duly awarded to
him. The second best grade, 81 3-16
was made by Mr. Harry Griswood Of
Macon and the third, 81 1-S, by Miss
Nell Hardwick Of Jackson
That c. E. Clyde and a man named
Langford, now serving four-yehr SEN
fences In the penitentiary for robbing
the Menlo postofflce last August, are
innocent, and that he himself commit
ted the robbery, was the confession
made in Atlanta in the United States
court, by James Martin. Martin was
convicted and sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary on charge of
r0bbing the postofice at Waleska re-
Gently.
With the organization of state banks
at Jacksonville and Jasper the num-
her of "bankless" counties in Georgia
has been reduced to four, fact to
which the state treasury department
referred with considerable, pride. The
counties that boast of new banking
institutions are Dade and Towns, in
north Georgia, and Echols and Cam
den in the southern end of the state.
Secretary Fielding Wallace, of the
Cotton Seed Crushers' association Of
Georgia, has issued, the program for
the annual meeting of this associa-
a. 4 4. A IL