Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-26
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From a sta0 Correspondent
HISEsvILLE Court HoUsE, LIBERTY COUNTY,
| NOVEMBER 3.-To-day opened chilly. cherries.
and drilling rain contributed to the general
discomfort OF those in attendance upon the
court and tonight a hard, steady rain is fall
ing with indications Of early cold weather.
In CONVEX sation with some Of the citizens here.
I have CLEANED many points Of interest con-
corning this little village. which was founded
| about forty years agn. aud was named in honor
Of Hon. Charlton Hines, = prominent and iDhu-
ential tizen OF the county. and at the time a
member Of the Legislature. The court house.
a neat two story frame building. forty feet
square, was one of the first buildings erected in
the town which comprises twenty acres, the
curt house being located in the centre of the
tract. aud avenues forty feet wide leading
to it from different quarters were laid out,
aud the ORIGINAL plans are preserved.
Directly opposite the court house is the Oldest
Methodist Church in the county. having been
erected forty years ago. and now presents
neat appearances. having recently been repaint
ed and refurnishsd. The county is high pine
land, and is considered very healthy.
| The county in which Hinesville is lOcsted has
| a history. and derives + name from the active
| AMI gallant courSe pursued bY the people
/ during the colonial days. and was the first of
| the counties OF the Georgia colony TO send
| delega'es TO the Colonial Convention It was
| formerly Known St Johns parish. but after
| the formation Of the State II was given the
| name of Liberty. It is the birthplace and wa
| the home of two signers or the Dec aratinn or
| Independence Lynn an Hall and Button G vim
/ nett. The present popula alton of the county
- - 900, TO which HinesvilIe contributes s5J
souls
HNEsvILLE ACADEMY.
| The academy which vas established in 1872
| ny the Hinesville Educational Society. an in
| cOrpOrated society with authority to grant
| diplomas. is under the management of Capt
S D Bradwell. 1t is fiae institution, and
has now some forty scholars. Recently a uni
form has been adopted, and a semi military
| system il in vogue and has been found to
| work we'll Capt Rradwell has a very fire
collection of curiosities al the academy, which
| had the pleasure of inspec'ing. Among IT, m
| vas a hippoTee's tail probably the only one
| in the STATE, which is four feet long. barb-1
| and which was emf from fish caught in the
waters in South Florida Another curiosity is
| a bezl stone cut from the Daunch OF a deer
which was killed near this very town nearly
| forty wears ego by the father of the present |
NJ VIM. Clifton. now Of Savanna. The
| collection is varied ard embraces miner
| rails. petr f al Shells fish, skeletons and
| woods OF various kinds-in facg q Fegu ar
| museum Of curiosities There is a Chm
| iStrv and Astronomical Department attache
| TO the academy. a d the study of uhy>ica
| SreUces il made a feature Of The institu'i n
Verv naturally the people of L berry are proud
| of Hnesville Academy. as in the past few
| years some very promising young men have
| been graduated there. At present there are
| several pupils from Savannah. the remainder
| being from this and adj lining unties. have
| mentioned this academy specially, as it is an
| institution of the county and deserves 8 more
liberal support than it has
IN EREsTINs RECORDS.
find that there are in the office Of the Clerk
| of this Superior Court large number OF inter
| rsring and valuable documr nts, records and
papers relating Z colonial times. These relics
| + the past are fast becoming egible ard are
crumO ing to pieces with &c and decay endfrom
| ne hZence. ave not had time to examine
| hem carefully. but underst and that much his
| orical and lo-al information Can BE- obtained
| from them. Among thu cumpnts Is deed
| 70 It. GATHERINGS Island dated ia 1875 The
| preservation OF these records has been urgef
| upon the lunty Commissioners. but il seems
| they are IL fuenced by mist AIKEN economy and
| on lhe ground that the county is poor, have
| failed to take ans action in the mater. II
| would cost but little TO have these documents
transcribed. DO n and put IN so ia shane for
| reference. and 1t should be done. D ubt
i les the Georgia Historical Society Of Sa
| vannah Wo I'D be glad to GET hold of these re-
cords. anG if the officials Of Liberty county are
| ind!ff rent TO Their preservation. or consider
| the county too poor to have them properly
! compiled, they might contribute them 10 the
sOcielys archives.
A MAMMOTH TEA FARM.
Some fifteen miles from the court house is
Gated the sp endid tea farm OF Dir J. Jack
| sou. a ScOtchmsn. who settled there about
| three years ago and commenced the cutiva-
ii N Of TIA lea n that h IL has r forty
| thousand plants. and his experience s sans
| fed him tnat tea can be pro 'uced success
| fully and or as fine grade in Geo "a as 10
China, ana that with proper MACH sry 1t can
| b. made very profitable. Mr.. JackSon was
| formerly superintendent Of the tea farm rs
| b ished in south Carolina under the regime
| of Commissioner LeDuc but which was DIS
1 I'D Tan ssfato
| produce Of ths farm has ready sale at one J.
| lar per pound. and when Mr. J.ckson h his
arrangements complete il viii b. reg ,larly
| placed on the market. or its excellent quality
| can personally bear testimony. though not
| protesting to be a cOnnoisssur YESTERDAY the
savannah delegation. with Judge Mershon,
| we're Hospitality entertained az the plea
| ant residence Of Captain Bradwell, and
| after dinner this Georgia ra SD
tra was serves, and was pronoun ed by one
| ard all to be delicious in fl lvor. lt may not b
| equal to the imported, but an expert in tea
| irinkiDg wou be r.qureI to discover the
| fact me five miles from Mr ia .ksop's
lace, in this county also, is the farm Of Mrs
| Screven, where tea is also successful iy raised
| as your readers are aware. Tea culture in
| Georgia should. and doubtless will receive
| more attention in furure, now that t%success
| has been demonstrated, and IL is hoped in the
near future it will b one Of our important in
| dustres.
Mr. Jackson's farm is in larial section hut
| he has avoided ali tro1 ole t. himself and wife
| from that SOURCE by a novel scheme His
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| blocks. is forty feet hi2h, and access is had
| thereto by means Of an improvised elevator
| Here Mr. Jackson has livef til year around
| and has cheated the malaria poison Of victims
and bis elevated N nsi IN has molly stood sew
| August last
| must now return to the discussion Of court
| matters. The celebrated murder case, . full
| synopsis Of the nam particulars OF which l
have already given. Is concluded, and viii soon
| cease to be the talk OF the cou aty The result
|
to
CONVICT on cIRcuMsTANrIAL EVIDENCE.
A stronger case tn n that made up against
| Jasper Price by the State have never
| known. The chain Of evidence was so defty
| worked up every circun stance ia connection
with the crime so tntelligently combined that
| r. amounted to almost positive evidence No
| one saw the crime committed, but as the
| sketch OF the testimony shows. a wonderful
| train of circumstar ces pointed to Price as the
| guilty man and many or these could not be
| explains away despite the earnest and zeal
i Gus efforts of his counsel, who be iL remem-
bered, were appointed by the court TO de-
| fend There was, however, IL seems. In the
minds OF the jury possible dou't, which they
| z I'VE the benefit of to the prisoner. an 1 on the
akin that 1t Is better that ninety nine guilty
| men should go unounisbed than for one limo
/ cent man TO suffer-" they came into court
after ABOUT kgo hours absence, and returned a
! verdict OF
''SoT GUILTY.
amidst breathless silence in the densely
/ doubtedly surprise. as the amo.t universal
| opinion Of the spectators who had he , d he
| ev dence and the arguments was that the pris-
| oher would be found guilty and recommsn ded
10 me cy, tut I anticipated an aeQuittal
| The jury were composed OF some Of the best
| men in the county, and whilst a conviction
| would have accustomed no ensston, vet the
evidence, being circumstantial. there is no I'M
| kind comment heard. On the announcement
| OF the verdict Price arose quickly and said in q
| loud voice thank. thank you " and being dis
charged from further custody of the She if,
s-iz d his crutch and hmped from the court
room.
RowDYIsM ON RAILROAD TRAINS.
The conductors the Savannah, Flori "a
and Western RailwaY are frt quently annoyed
by the disorderly and roWdy canduce of
dru ken negroes, who board the train ct way
stat ons and endeavor to ride without paying
their fare. When accosted by the conductor
thew ara insulting and abusive, and in two
instances pistols and knives we're Drawn on the
conductors and tram hands This has become
a serious trouble, and a severe rem -dy should
be applied for its suppression Two negroes
are now before the court who have been con-
cerned in these outrages One Of them, VIM