The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30

The Spanish-American war. The fund
represents the amounts due the en-
listed men from the time OF their en-
r0lIment until they were mustered in
to the service of the United States.
The amounts due range from forty
two cents to $4 for each individual
The fund includes pay only for en-
listed men as the officers have all
been paid, The money has net been
distributed for the simple reason that
no claims have been made and the
enlisted men, who are due their dis
bureements, cannot be found. The
five thousand dollars Is held by State
Adjntant General Al j. Scott, subjects
to the approval OF all claims by Jndpe
G. ID. James Of Cedartown, discussing
officer
Judge John r. Wilkinson OF Atlanta
ordinary OF Fulton county, past mas.
ter Of Gate City Lodge No. 2, f. and
A. M, thirty-third degree Scottish
Rite Mason, and honored in many
branches Of Masonry, was eIecteu
grand master of the grand council,
Royal and Select Masters, Georgia
Masons. The grand council met at
Macon in its sixty-sixth session and
was attended by leading Masons from
all parts Of the state. The full rep
Presentation comprised thirty-two
Georgia councils. The retiring grand
master lis /. G. Postell Of Savannah
j. b. Roberts, also Of Atlanta, was
elected grand conductor Of the work
OF the grand council. The other on
GERS elected by the grand council
were as follows: ]. G. Hartman, dep
uty grand master, Tennille; w. A.
W0lihin, grand treasurer and grand
recorder; ]. NJ Rushin, grand chap
lain, Boston; r. ID. Ethridge, grand
captain OF the guards, Conyers; A. b.
Sansburn, grand marshal, Newman;
wv. b. Kent, grand conductor Of the
council, Mount Vernon; Joe p. Bow.
doin, grand steward, .Adairsville; r.
ID. Tan, grand sentinel, s-acon.
The state convention Of nurses ad.
jOurned In Augusta after electing Of
fcers and selecting Atlanta as the
next place of meeting. The officers
elected were: President, Mrs. Az
mes C. Hartridge, Of Augusta; nrst
vice president, Miss Emily r. Dendy,
OF Augusta: second vice npresident,
Miss Finlay,. of Atlanta; Lprecording
secretary, Miss Mary Moran of Ar-
gllsta; correspondents secretary, Miss
Angela Sullivan, Of Augusta; treas,
urer. Miss Margaret Stevenson, Of
Augusta.
According to an opinion furnished
Secretary of State Philip Cook by
Attorney General John G. Hart, there
is no question as to the, constitution
atty Of the Georgia law which re-
quiTes all corporations doing business
In this state, both foreign and domes-
tic, to register with the secretary of
state and to pay therefor registra-
ton fee-one dollar the first time and
fifty cents year thereafter.
The Western OF Georgia Railway
Company was granted a charter by
Secretary OF State Philip Cook, the
company having been formed with
capital stock OF 100000 to construct
a railroad SO miles long from a point
ON the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic In Fayette county, to the Ala
hama state line, in Heard county 1t
h proposed that the new road shall
connect with the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Atlantic at Aberdeen, in
Fayette county, rum to Newman in
Coweta. thence to Franklin in Heard
county. thence to the alabama line.
Heard county IL at present without
single mile OF railroad. The princi-
pal Office of the new company will be
at Newman. -AafGl rf
For the twenty first time in the his.
tory Of Carroll county and in the eA-
perience of j T. Norman, justice CT
peace. \ marriage ceremony was per-
formed by long-distance telephone the
contracting parties being Joe 5Creedi
and Miss Essie Fowler. The justice
: was seated at the telephone at Car
rolltOn, with authority in hand and
the young couple, standing at the
phone of J. w. Barrow at Bowdon,
twelve miles distant, were pronounced
man and wife.
The Grand Lodge of Georgia Ma
SONS, through special committee ~
pointed for that purpose, will receive
the sum of $4,000 in exchange for
the Masonic temple, located i'm Ma
con. This tempie mas been used by
the Masons OF Georgia for many
years. but has been cutgrown and is
no longer adequate. For this reason
IL was offered for sale. A committee,
with John X hickey OF Atlanta as
chairman, was empowered to sell it
for the above named price. The pur-
chaser is John S. Schoheld, a well-
known Macon man.
Although the railroad commission
has for one of its main objects the
prompting of competition, a singular
petition has been received by that
body asking the assistance of the
commission In cutting out destructive
competition between two electric
light companies of Savannah From
the complaint of ]. G. Tyson, presi-
dent 81 the Savannah Electric Repair