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Various methods have been used to encourage gen- 

 eral fanning by proving to landowners the adapted- 

 ness of the soil to the cultivation of grains and hay 

 and the facility for cattle raising. The Georgia 

 Southern and t lorida Railroad has offered 6 prizes 

 of $25 each for the best acres of corn, wheat, oats, 

 tobacco, strawberries, and garden truck; and at Al- 

 bany an annual hay festival, inaugurated two years 

 ago by the Hon. H. M. Mclntosh, has for its object 

 the increase of acreage devoted to that crop. Pre- 

 miums are given by the Albany Board of Trade for 

 the best crop on a five-acre plot, and for the second 

 and third best, for the best ton of native hay exhib- 

 ited, the best crop of peavine hay, and the best and 

 second best hay floats. 



The State at Omaha. From an account by 

 x-Gov. Northen, chairman of the commission for 

 making a display of the products of the State at the 

 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, the 

 following extracts are taken : 



" It is of course known that under our Constitu- 

 tion the State could not appropriate money to make 

 the necessary arrangements for suitable advertise- 

 ment of our resources at Omaha. The commission 

 therefore made direct appeal to the people and 

 realized, in cash contributions, $7,700. Of this 

 amount $3,150 were contracted to be paid for a 

 State building, and $450 were paid for the ground 

 space for its erection. Georgia was the only South- 

 ern State represented by a State building, and the 

 only State of all the States that installed its exhibit 

 in its own building. 



" For each of seven separate entries we received 

 seven separate gold medals, as follows : First, State 

 exhibit ; second, fruits ; third, building stones ; 

 fourth, aluminum ore and manufactured products; 

 fifth, ornamental timbers ; sixth, cotton seed and 

 its products; seventh, the best small farm, by John 

 A. Mangett, of Marietta. We were awarded two 

 silver medals, as follow : First, mica, graphite, and 

 asbestos; second, grains, grasses, and cotton. We 

 were awarded seven bronze medals, as follow : 

 First, for gold ores ; second, for clays ; third, for 

 iron and manganese ; fourth, for timber specimens ; 

 fifth, for cheese; sixth, for Indian corn; seventh, 

 for sugar cane and sirup." 



Immigration. In June 51,000 acres in the 

 southeastern part of the State were bought by the 

 Shaker Society, of Union Village, Ohio, for the lo- 

 cation of a colony. Other large sales of lands for 

 colonies have been reported one of 5,000 acres 

 near Baxley, on which it is designed to plant a col- 

 ony of farmers from the northwest, and one of 12,- 

 000 acres near Jessup for a colony of Dunkards 

 from Ohio, Minnesota, and other States. Both 

 these tracts are in southeastern Georgia. A site 

 for a colony of Mennonites has been selected at 

 Lithia Springs, De Kalb County, about 18 miles 

 from Atlanta. 



Damage by Storm. A storm swept over south- 

 western Georgia about Oct. 2. There was little 

 damage at Savannah, but the losses in Brunswick 

 were heavy, and the cotton and rice crop suffered 

 severely. Many persons were rescued by boats from 

 second-story windows in Brunswick, and the livery 

 stables were flooded so that it was necessary to 

 quarter some of the horses in the Baptist church. 

 On the wharves there was great destruction of prop- 

 erty, naval stores in quantities being swept away. 



The loss of life there was remarkably small, the 

 only deaths reported being four negroes, two of 

 them children ; but the loss of life on the sea 

 islands was believed to be large. 



Mob Violence. A negro was lynched near Grif- 

 fin, Aug. 8, and one near Quitman, Aug. 21, both 

 for attempted assaults on white women. Another 

 negro, charged with murder, was put to death by a 

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mob of people of Fredonia and West Point, Oct. 23. 

 according to an Associated Press dispatch. At 

 Augusta, Nov. 22, a mob made an attack upon the 

 jail to take a negro held for attempted assault. The 

 jailer resisted, and in the fight that followed a vol- 

 unteer soldier who was at home on furlough was 

 shot and mortally wounded. The attempt at lynch- 

 ing was then abandoned, and the negro was tried, 

 Nov. 5, and sentenced to twenty years in the Peniten- 

 tiary. At Monticello a negro named Merriwether, 

 who was lynched for murder, made a confession im- 

 plicating three others, whereupon the mob, after 

 disposing of him, " rushed back to the jail to get 

 the other negroes, who had been arrested on sus- 

 picion. Ropes were put around their necks, and 

 they were dragged to the place where Merriwether's 

 bullet-riddled body was hanging. A large number 

 of citizens rushed to the scene. It was only by the 

 most vigorous efforts that this lynching was pre- 

 vented. One of the negroes was about to be drawn 

 up on a limb when a young white man jumped for- 

 ward and cut the rope. The mob then gave up, and 

 the three negroes were turned over to the sheriff." 

 On Dec. 6 another negro, suspected of complicity in 

 the murder, was lynched near Monticello. 



At Wood's Bridge, Dee. 24. a negro charged with 

 murder and arson was taken from the officers on 

 the way to jail and lynched. In June the grand 

 jury was engaged in the investigation of the alleged 

 demolition of a general merchandise store in Chicka- 

 mauga by two regiments of soldiers, said to be 

 Pennsylvania and Illinois troops. According to 

 the statement, "the men reached Chickamauga arid 

 a few of the hungry soldiers stepped into Berger's 

 store to buy food. While he was waiting on the 

 men their comrades made a rush into the store and 

 began to help themselves. Berger made an effort 

 to stop the robbery, but was helpless against hun- 

 dreds of reckless soldiers. He had to stand and see 

 the men demolish his store and carry off its con- 

 tents. The soldiers did not confine their foraging 

 to the eatables, but took the dry goods and wasted 

 what was not wanted. There were other disouders 

 in the neighborhood of Chickamauga and Lytle 

 connected with the attempted enforcement of liquor 

 laws. 



The State Boundary. Georgia and Tennessee 

 have a boundary dispute which involves possession 

 of the city of Chattanooga. The present boundary 

 line places the city in Tennessee, but several expert 

 geographers have recently found information which 

 goes to show that the boundary line is not located 

 properly. The boundary line between the States is 

 the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude, and this 

 was located by a survey in 1818 at a point one mile 

 south of Tennessee river. Georgia will claim that 

 a correct survey will place the "thirty-fifth parallel 

 north of Lookout mountain, and that more than 

 100,000 citizens of Tennessee will have to become 

 citizens of Georgia. 



Peace Jubilee. Dec. 14 and 15 were set for a 

 jubilee in Atlanta over the return of peace, but 

 the President sent a telegram in November request- 

 ing the committee to change the name of the cele- 

 bration from ''peace jubilee" to a demonstration 

 over "our victorious arms," giving as the reason for 

 the change "the uncertain outcome of the Paris 

 conference and the exigencies which may arise." 

 The executive committee of the celebration held a 

 special meeting and decided to call the demonstra- 

 tion "the Atlanta jubilee." The President ad- 

 dressed the Legislature, Dec. 14, and a banquet was 

 given on the evening of Dec. 15. The President 

 also made speeches in other cities. At Macon an 

 address of welcome was given by the commander 

 of the Bibb County Veterans' Association and Bibb 

 County Camp, No. 484, in which he said : 



