The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
THROUGHPUT THE STATE

way King, Outllned Inc pOllcy OF mis-
railroads In the state Of Georgia, and,
in condensed form, they are as fol-
lows: II the people Of the state will
cease to be antagonistic to the rail
road interests he will spend ten mill
lion dollars on the Central OF Geor-
gia railroad, of which road he is the
controlling factor, and that If he inn
proves his property, the other roads
will have to do likewise. His address
was impromptu and he took up state
ments of the leading speakers of the
evening and defined his future atti-
tude In this state. He complimented
the people of the state upon the cleo
ton Of Honorable J. Brown to the
governors chair, and said that he be-
lieved 1t would result in prosperity
to the entire state. Mr.. Hartman
came to Augusta for health, and he
says that he has gained back his
health. 1T is UP to Georgia to raise
the embargo" he said. He only
vouchsafed promise of railroad ex-
tension in this state insofar as the
attitude of the law and public senti-
ment will justify.
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Monticello has been authorized to be-
gin business with $4,000 capital, q.
H. Jordan, president; J. A. Kelly, vice
president; d. N. Harvey, cashier.
Rev. B. r. Fraser Of Gainesville,
since November the North Georgia
Conference missionary evangelist was
notified by Bishop Hoss Of his APP
pointment as presiding elder Of
Augusta district to succeed the late
DR.. j. W. Heidi, whose death occur
red few days ago.
Evangelist Burke Culpepper of Val
dosta, though not very strenuous
preacher, has succeeded in making it
necessary to deny some very sensa-
tional reports which it is said that
street preacher has been circulat-
ing about him in Florida. The re-
port was that during one of his meet
ings in the upper part of this state
he became involved in an affray with
a man in his congregation and that
he shot at the man, striking woman
and killing her.
Much has been heard Of the alleged
cruelties of the prison system of
Georgia, but the negro who has just
been pardoned after fourteen years
service as a convict in a coal mine,
and received with his pardon $500 in
cash which he had earned in that
period by working overtime, evident
ly has small reason to make COM
plant.
In the clerks Office in Bib supe-
al lnw ~ frsVy NV
the Central Georgia Power company
to the Windsor Trust company, of
New York, for loan Of $3,000,000 is
being placed on record. The agree
ment covers an issue of bonds bear
ing interest at 5 per cent, the last to
expire in 1918 The funds are going
into a large power plant now in con-
struction on the Ocmulgee river near
Lloyd's shoals, in Butts county.
Fifteen indictments were returned
by the Ware county grand jury
against alleged night riders, for TAX
ing part in the recent shooting up of
the town of Beach, that county. In
the trouble, Miss Maggie Taylor, aged
IA, was shot and very seriously
wounded. The indictments charge a
midemeanor, riot and assault with in
tent to murder. The indictments are
against five young men, who, it is
said, are not under arrest. They, 1t
Is alleged, rode into the little town at
night and fired over five hundred bull
let's from pistols, firing into houses
at random, and into groups of per-
sons on the streets, throwing the en-
tire community into terror.
President j. j. Conner of the board
of trustees Of the 100000 Agricul-
tural college at Athens and also the
president of the State Agricultural
society of Georgia, while in Atlanta
recently announced, definitely, that
the agricultural College on Wheels"
would not be operated this year, as
first contemplated. The reason Civ
en- for this action is not on account of
any lack of cooperation by the roads
in Georgia or opposition by the rail
road commission of Georgia. or lack
of interest in the train by the plant
ers of the state, for these three ele-
means were heartily in favor of the
train, but because of the splendid
growth in the interest of the Agricul-
tural college, which would prevent
DR.. Soule and his able corps Of as
sistants from devoting the time ne
cessary to the trip at this juncture.
President Conner had just returned
from Athens, where he has been in
attendance at the Farmers institute
and that of the Farmers wives. He
declared it has been so successful
that it had been decided to repeat
the conference next year. At this
conference some of the best known
authorities on agricultural topics in
the state were heard in lectures. One
of the chief industries generally dis
cussed at this conference was that
of cattle raising in Georgia. Dr. Soule
is bending all of his energies in this