The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-20
GEORGIA
NEWS

federate Veterans, has announced his
stan. 1t contains the name Of some
of the best known veterans in this
section OF the state. The announce
ments were made by Lieut. Col. r. M.
Gibbes, adjutant general and chief OF
STAFF The appointments are as fol-
lows: Adjutant general and chief OF
staff, Lieut.. Col. r. M. Gibbes; as
sistant adjutant general, Maj. G. A,
Seamans, Arlington; inspector gener-
al, Maj. j. G. Mccall, Quitman; chief
quartermaster, Maj. p. M. Edwards,
Eden; chief commissary, Maj. G. @.
Grace, Screven; assistant chief COM
missary, Capt. D. B. Null, Fitzgerald;
Judge advocate, Mai. James Lachli-
son, Darien; assistant Judge advocate.
Capt. ]. s. Patterson, Baxley; chief
surgeon, Maj B. S. Purse, Savannah;
chief of artillery, Maj. H. G. Ward,
Savannah; assistant chief of artillery.
Capt. L. ]. Johnson, Graham; chief
Of ordnance, Maj. j. ]. Easterling.
Reidsville: chief of engineers, Mai.
a, j. Perham, Waycross; assistant
chief of engineers, Capt. w. P. Dash
err, Sylvester; chief paymaster, Maj.
J. C. Overstreet, Sylvania, chaplain,
Maj. j. w Quarterman, Beach; aides
de-camp, Capt. G. w. Nichols, Jesup;
Capt. d. w. Dyal, Hazlehurst; Capt.
J. M. johnson, Blackshear; courier
from Sons of Veterans, Capt Abner
zlttrouer, Savannah sponsors of the
brigade, Miss Kate G. Hall, Bruins.
wick.
Waycross. stockholders voted pm
issue of bonds in the sum of $4,8OO.-
900 and stock to the amount of ST.
100000 to build and equip the Allan
tic, Waycross and Northern railroad,
projected from st. Marys, on the At
lantic, through Nichols, Broxton and
Abbeville, to either Perry or Fort Val
ley, thence to Atlanta. The estimat.
ed cost of the line exclusive of the
mileage already constructed, is S..
100000. The prospects are favorable
to the early completion of the line,
as strong backing has been assured
the promoters throughout the terri.
tory to be traversed. The attorneys
Of the railroad will appear before the
railroad commission within short
time to petition for the sanction Of
the issue of bonds and stock Way
cross has been made headquarters OF
the new line, and offices are already
opened
Albany. One of the greatest polit-
cal surprises in the history of Alba
ny was sprung when it became known
that the resignation of Chief Of Po-
lice r. N. Westbrook had been placed
In the hands of the board of police
commissioners. Chief Westbrook con-
hrmed the report when seen, but stat
ed that the police commission had
taken no action in the matter. That
blind tigers are responsible for the
retirement Of Chief Westbrook is in
dicated in statements which he made.
Rome.-Astonished and alarmed by
certain figures in the annual report
Of the board of public works, the city
council authorized the mayor to ap.
point a committee to investigate the
affairs Of the board. The mayor ap-
pointed Messrs. Powers, May and Nc
Donald, the finance committee, to in
vestigate the board and report back
to council Two particular items caus-
ed the trouble. One was the report
Of the board as to the street depart.
ment. That department had an over
draft of s9,964.40. The report showed
that during the year the board had
spent $4,000 for permanent improve.
ments and maintenance of the streets.
The income had been $4,000 for per-
manent improvements, $4,000 for
maintenance and $1,5O0 profits from
the waterworks This amount they
had spent and nearly ten thousand
dollars more. The other item of trou-
BILE was the report of the waterworks
system This report showed that the
receipts of the system for the year
had been $25,954 The book profit
was about $4,000. OF this amount,
however, $4,000 is represented by de-
linquent and uncollected water rents.
AS a result Of the discussion the re-
port of the board Of public works was
not received, but was held over for
investigation.
Cartersville.--Mis Jessie Cobb Of
this city, president of the Barlow
county chapter of the United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, has been ap-
pointed maid of honor for the north
Georgia division of the United Con
federate Veterans for the general re.
union which will be held at Little
Rock, Ark, in May. This is great
honor to Miss Cobb and to the Bar
Macon.-H. F. Northington, propri-
etor of the Newberg Poultry Farm,
has a Barred Plymouth Rock hen that
he declares has laid an egg on each
Of the last "A days She still appears
to be in laying trim, producing her
74th egg recently, and is showing no
symptoms of wanting to set.
h.-Savannahians are now
chicken mad, and plans are on foot
for poultry show here in the fall.
There are probably more chicken
farms in the back yards Of Savan.