Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-10
Condensed Nequs An1s Gathered From AA Parts of the State

for which fixed schedule was arranged
till December 16 and I'm which he and
DR.. f.. Lee Worsham, state entomolOgist,
and representative of the State Agricul
tural college. joined their efforts in Il
campaign for the determination of black
root cotton's most dread disease. The
, tour has been highly successful. interest
I ing and instructing many thousands of
farmers: but the work was too strenuous
to, be easily withstood without respite.
and finally the unfulflled portion of the
schedule had to be postponed till Janu-
ary About eight points have yet to be
visited by the lecturing party.
COLUMBUS Ca, Dec. SIT appears
that the body of G. VI. Brown, the show
man. who committed suicide in Columbus
last Thursday night will have to rest
i'm a pauper's grave. 1ne body. which
was embalmed, has been held at a 10
cal undertaker's establishment since the
tragedy and the mans relatives i'm Ohio
notified. but as. yet they have given no
direction as to the dispositionof the body.
Unless they are heard from some time
today. it is said that the body will be
buried tomorrow by the city.
Approximately 100000 was added
recorded by the state treasury of taxes
for the last quarter of 1909. making
the total balance now in the hands of
the treasurer about 100000.
The first big corporation to deposit
it's taxes was recorded Wednesday
when the Atlantic Coast Line system
paid in 69,45610 to the credit of it's
err items was $3,S22.O6 from the
Wrightsville and Tennille railroad;
$4,000 from Fulton county, and $4,000
from Gwinnett county.
DALTON, Ga, Dec. S.-The local chap
ter of the Farmers union met today with
large attendance and elected the fol-
! lowing officers for the ensuing year OF
! 1910: l. f. Duckett, president; William,
Bayn. vice president; j.. w. n. Bray,
secretary; B. H. Trammell, chaplain; w.
A. Wyatt, conductor, and j. w. Smith,
doorkeeper. All of the above are new
! officers, with the exception of Mr.. Bray,
! who served as secretary last year.
JACKSON. Ca. Dec s.-Judge Robert T Dan
iel of Griffin, is In the race for judge OF
the Flint circuit. to succeed Judge f. ]. Reagan.
the incumbent, who will not again be a eandi-
da te for reelection.
Dupree. Of Zebulon. 1t is thought these win
, be the only two candidates to make this race.
Judge Daniel Is well known In this county and
will receive strong support at the hands of his
friends t'@ ". ..-r..- .''
ROME. Ga. Dec. s.-The Rome Chapter no.
26 Royal Arch Masons, at their regular meet.
ing last night. elected the. following OFFICERS
to serve for the ensuing year: A s. Harvey,
high priest: William McDuffie. king; WilsOn
NJ. Hardy, scribe; A. c. Shambln, captain or
guard; E. A. Green, principal solourner; b. NJ,
Brown. royal arch captains; T. II. Nandlver'
sentinel; w L. Funkhouser. w IL. WiIkerson,
i f. +. Murray masters of wells.
Some Christmas money. IS in store
for about 600 rural school teachers
of the state-over 100000 Of it,. to be
distributed among them all some time
before Christmas eve.
The machinery Of the state govern
mcnt was started in motion toward
this end Wednesday when the state
school department filed with the execu-
tive department its requisition for
/ $247, 900, in round figures, and the eX-
ecutive department began preparations
for drawing the corresponding warrant
upon the treasury.
About December Is, it is stated, the
school department hopes to mail the
checks covering this big payment.
! Treasurer Brown is quoted as saying
that by next week the Golfers of the
state will have more than sufficient
|
When the warrant is drawn and cred
tied, the checks will go out in the
mails, reaching the country. school
teachers scattered all through the
counties of Georgia in time for them
to make their holiday purchases.
OF the entire amount reQuisitioned,
$2S,756 will go to the city teachers,
being tine states share of their pay
for the period covered.
The amount requisitioned by the
school department Wednesday repre-
sents 10 per cent Of the years appro-
priatiOn, and will. it is said, about sat
isfy the states teaching bills for last.
March and April.
Plans for the hospital building that
the state prison department will erect
at the state farm at Milledgeville,
! were i'm the hands of the prison COM
mission Wednesday, and were under
, discussion at a conference which the
commission held with Dr.. John p At
kinson, physician at the farm, and
A. c. Bruce, of Bruce e. Everett, az
chitects, Atlanta. Chairman Hutchen
Of the commission says that the, plans
f, are about, completed. and that the
work of erecting the building will be
begun soon. FIT - .
This is to be the farms first real
hospital building 1t will be used
mainly for the startling number of tu-
| berculosis patients invalided 10 the
farm from among the 5000 convicts of
the state. -..