Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-30

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are serious, though not dangerous. . '-N-1
:, Mer1wether indicator: THE infant son IF
M. brlog es, or the First district was sraiiad RI
ueatn JaSt saturday under the folIoVvinr, CIR
SunIlstanees; MRS. Bridges was engaged in
pot OF water boiling on the fire. her ittle how
eighteen months old playing about the 7oor'
10 prevent the pot from boiling over. Mrs
Bridges took out a bucket full Of water and
set it aside. The little boy cravled mn 70 az
oucket, turned over the boiling water A nor
tion running into his mouth and scaldinD him
InteInalIy- lie was also fearfully scalded out
Wardly and expired immediately"
Noting the timber trade the Darien J;n,b.r
Sdzette says; "A moderate supply of timber
mas been coming down during the week The
rivers are now quite low. and rain is much
needed IN the timber region Since our last
issue there has been five arrivals and eiobtaar
CleATa nceS. There are now twenty-elght
vessels IN port. The vessels are beinp rr,1rnnt-
" ulspatcned, and IN the course Of ten DAYS
mere WIN De but few timber vessels in port
) me OF the timber merchants will r11n their
business right through the summer months
ana a good deal Of timber will J ct be shipped
from this port between now and fall"
Dublin Gazette: There are old nen ner
maps, VINO never knew why the cotton wood
was 50 called, nor did we, until Wednesday
last, Wnen Mr.. w. b. Jones handed us a bundle
OF the fruit or cotton, for it really is cotton.
me tree grows In nearly every swamp, and at
TINS season OF the year, or at least this year
TOR we never heard of it beforel the ground il
covered with it and the waters look as though
tney were covered with snowfiakes. Who
KNOWS but this may be a neglected industry of
Immense value. The fbres are as fine as silk
ana very near as strong as real cotton. The
stsapIs y aoout Two inches long and hangs from
the poll precisely as the cotton plant now In
cultivation II this tree were cultivated and
properly nurtured who knows but that it might
yield and unfold hidden treasures. 1t is a spe-
cles OF poplar and resembles it very much"
Athens Chronicle: Officers Holcombe and
Cain, few days ago, went to Mr. Ferd Har-
dy's place, in Jackson county. in search of
negro who had RON away from Mr.. Young. in
Green county. Mr. Hardy said he had recently
employed negro who was stranger in these
parts. The officers arrested him, but found he
was not the culprit they were in search Of IL
was larger game ON being arrested he
victs who had murdered Mr.. Langston at
the convict camp in Greene county, two or
three weeks ago. He says that he and jim.
Allen and Willis VIM were the parties but
they did not intend to kill LangSton. They
wanted TO whip him They neglected their
WORK, and when Langston said they were not
doing it right and laid down his gun to give
them instruction, Jim Allen struck him on the
back of the head with hoe, which felled him
to the ground. Willis VIM jumped on b IN
and Jim Allen fired the gun. They then es-
capped. Joe harris in the negro's name. He
thought the officers were after him. and hence
his confession. He said that Jim Allen said
that he was going to South Carolina. The off,
GERS brought their prisoner to this city, and
lodged him in Jail :"
Edrly County NetCS "On Thursday morning
last intelligence reached our town of terrible
murder that was perpetrated on the old GrsU
or Sutlive place, now occupied by Mr. J R NJ
Sanders, on which Major w. J. Bethea was
overseer or manager. The particulars, as de-
tailed 70 US, are about as follows: AT or about
dark, Major b. was in the horse lot superin
tending the feeding of the stock, Mr. Sanders
himself also being present. The Major gave
orders TO a negro man named Matt Butts to
bring oats for the stock. The negro insOently
replied that he'd be damned il he'd do it, and
Immediately left the lot He went into a cabin
near by. picked up knife, came back to where
Major Bethea was standing. aud at once com
meuced cutting hun. The first stab was m 3de
in the left breast, and it is supposed pene-
trated to the heart. Two other thrusts were
made, both across the abdomen which almost
diSembOweled him. st the first thrust of the
knife Major b called to Mr.. Sanders that he
was killed. AS the negro walked off he called
back, if you follow me 10 The quarter, I'll
xiii you il / have not already done So The
negro made his escape, and so far as we can
learn before going TO press his whereabouts
are unknown. We sincerely hope no effort
will be spared to secure his capture. 1t is a
matter in which all good citizens, white and
colOred, should interest themselves The
| murderer is about six feet tall, weighs one
| hundred and ninety to two hundred pounds,
is of dark brown or ginger cake color. His
upper front teeth project well forward, and
his face is Ditted as if from smallpox. but the
pits much smaller These are about the only
marEs remembered by the party describing
him to US"
Columbus Enquirer Sun: THE question iu
vOlving the liability of daily wages to the pro-
| cess o. punishment was yesterday decided by
| Judge Willis, Of the Superior Court a writ
| of certiorsri, sued out by the Eagle and Phe-
/ Xix Manufacturing Company, plaintiff in GER
/ tiOrari, against Pioneer Cooperative Compa-
/ ny, defendant in certiOrari and directed to N.
/ l.. Redd, Justice Of the Peace, who presided in
/ the court below, and whose decision was COM
| planned Of and " hich was that the act passed
On IA of nhar limo tbea
/ law of garnishment, repealed the act of
| 1876. exempting daily wages from garnish-
ment. Judge Willis reverSes this decis-
ion, by the following, as taken by
| the stenogrsphic reporter, Mr. 9ignsr: / don't
think there Is any conflict between the act of
/ 1880 and the act that exempts day laborer's
/ wages from garnishment / don't think it was
| the intention of the Legislature to repeal that
act. think the clear object OF this act was to
/ amend the garnishmeut laws and authorize
/ garnishment in some cases where it was not
/ authorized before, specifically. dent think
/ there is anything ia that act that would au-
/ thorize the court to decide that it did repeal
that law which exempted laborers' wages
/ from garnishment. | have no idea that there
| was a member of the Legislature at the time
/ this act passed that ever dreamed OF such an
effect: and il they had. there would have been
| some other amendment offered, l think. by
/ some OF them. But don't think it ever raised
a suspicion in their minds, even, that any such
construction of it could be given by the courts
| as has been given by the magistrate in this
| case. And for that reason l shall sustain the
certiorari in this case. and render Judgment.
| This being on question Of law, can settle it
! without sending 1t back"
| Sparta Ishmaelits The Covington Star is
authority fer the statement that bill will be
| introduced into the Legislature at s July ses-
| sion to exempt from levy and sale for the next
| three years all cereal crops produced in this
/ State and all provisions of any kind, together
1 with all live stock The object of the bill is
/ declared TO be not to impair the obligation Of
any contract heretofore made, but to stay exc
cutions on all farm products except lint cotton
for the years ISL 1882 and 1883 Ii is easy to see
the design of this measure. 1t is to furnish the
/ farmer a way OF escape from the snareS which
/ he himself has set for his own feet It is to en-
1 courage him to get up q rebellion against the
| tyranny of king cotton 1t il, in plain language,
| o place a sort of bonus on the raising OF farm
supplies at home. II is sort of bride to the
| farmer to do what all the time his best inter-
| ests have demanded that he should do. There
| ought not TO be any peed, in any State, for the
| massage of such law. TheFe ought not to be
/ any necessity for legislation 10 place pre-
/ MUM on the doing of that which is demanded
i by the pIaineSt principles OF self interest. And
/ vet we are not sure but such legislation would
be proper, under the circumstances, as a spe-
| cieS OF war legislation II this measure were
| in its nature ard design similar to the
| miserable, misguided stay law, which, just
| after the war. undermined and almost totally
| DESTROY ed public credit and business conf
| dence we should not hesitate to array The
| LSltundelife against it; but un9Omplimentary
! as it is to the average farmer, It does not go
/ to the extreme that the stay law went, and 1t
/ NAV really subServe a wise and b6nettcent pur-
/ nose There can be no doubt that there is
| urgent need for a change in the methods and
! purposes Of orr Georgia farmers; and II 1t re-
/ quireS legislative h6ip to enable them TO make
! the change, it ought to be e<tended TO them.
/ The soil of Georgia ought to furnish the people
/ of Georgia with provisions, and measure
/ tandiny 70 SecurS that end Is one in which