Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-06


thrOpIst-LOcaI News Items-AbouI
the Woods FalniIy-PersonaI Mem
tfOn-GoVernOr Brown and Captain
EIxey-NeW Years Dinner-Final
Paragraphs.
ATLANTA. January Ave had hardly re-
covered from the severe chill of our first snow
storm and commenced to rejoice over the dis
appearance Of the ''fleecy staple" when an.
other and more severe storm came upon us.
The first storm took advantage of US in the
night. and we awoke to find the ground covered
with snow. But on Saturday the last storm
struck US heavily at dinner time and created
quite panic in business circles for nearly
three hours
Happily for the New Years visitors, the
storm subsided between four and five o'clock,
and soon the ''tramps'' were out making their
calls. :" All kinds of sleighs were improvised
for the occasion, and many persons voted it
the jolliest New Years day of their lives.
Alas this was not the case with the poor,
who were without food or fuel and who had
suffered SO much from the first storm In the
second fall OF snow they only saw bitter pro-
longation OF their loss cf work aud CONSEQUENT
inability to provide for their destitute families
As nearly all kinds of work out of doors.
and good deal in doors, has been suspended
Tor the past ten days, it is easy to understand
why SO many families Ia Atlanta are now OBJ
jects of charity. A large part of the popuIa-
ton consists OF poor people, who depend upon
their daily labor for support. Five days sus-
pension of that labor, especially in winter,
brings poverty and distress TO ali such persons.
Happily, however, the Weather classes of
Atlanta have responded nobly to the appeals
made in behalf of all classes of sufferers by
this severe weather, and food AMI fuel have
been distributed with an open and impartial
hand. In fact the distribution has been so open
and prompt that many unworthy persons have
been ass sted. But this is an evil that always
attends large distributions of charity in such
emergencies.
NOBLE PHILANT4RoPIsT.
And right here l desire to pay a Justly de-
served tribute to one Of the noblest and most
devoted philanthropistS have ever known in
all my life. because his quiet and unwearied
labors deserve such a recognition, especially
by Savannah journalist !
/ refer to DIR. Amos Fox, q gentleman whom
have observed for the past six years with a
feeling of deep admiration and respect,
although he is, in one sense, mo SAINT But
II ever cry OF distress reaches the public ear,
whether It come from scourged Savannah, or
smitten Brunswick, or afflicted Memphis or
any other place in need of help, it is DIR. Amos
Fox who is the working man" among those
who respond here.
1t is a comparatively easy thing for man
of even small means to put his hand in his
pocket and give ten or twenty dollars to relieve
distress, but it is far different thing to leave
ones business and the comforts of home and
t0ork of relieving the distress of the hour
Without such self fsacrihcing men it would be
Impossible TO properly apply the contributions
of the rich to the relief of the poor. When
Savannah was in distress it was DR.. Amos
Fox whose hands were busy, and when
Brunswick called for relief his never tired feet
went the rounds in her behalf So, ALWAYS and
at all times. he has been the same active, un-
tiring worker, and to-day hundreds of desoIate
homes in Atlanta owe their prompt relief to
his ready zeal and efficient executive ability
The world is always the better for having in
it such big-hearted and never-discouraged
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Major Livingston Minis, formerly of Savan-
nah, has opened his heart and pocketbook and
given the liberal sum of twenty dollars to the
rsllef fund Tor the poor. Many richer citizens
have given less than half that amount,
There are two funerals here to-day worthy
of mention in my letter. One is that OF Mrs
Boyd, the widow Of Col w. W. Boyd a promi-
nent Mason and knight Templar, and the other
that Of the wife OF Capt. John w. Nelms, the
Principal Keeper of the penitentiary.
The elections for Justices of the Peace and
Constsbles passed off quietly on Saturday, al
though there was lively contest on the part
of some of the candidates. The negro vote
was in good demand for all the candidates,
and one colored Constable was elected as the
result of a full negro vote.
The friends in Savannah of Sister Cecilia and
her devoted associates will be gratified to learn
that sne mas succeeded in establishing a hos
pital in Atlanta, although it has not been sun.
ported as literally as it should have been by
the citizens generally. A fair has been held
during the holidays closing last night from
which considerable aid for the hospital viii be
realized, but not as much as is needed or the
Iabors of the faithful and Jealous Sisters de-
serve. sssn.r5 e-r -e.IfrIsr ~
Lieutenant s. A. Day (brevet Captain) of the
Fifth Artillery, now at MCPHERSON Barracks in
this citv, has been granted prolonged leave
OF absence. and Is to prepare a score book"
for army rifle practice. His own scores have
been remarkable at Creedmoor for the past
two years, and he now wears the badge for the
military championship. And yet this officer
commenced his military career as q private
soldier in q volunteer regiment from Ohio ia
1861, was hospital steward in the regular
army in 1863. and Second Lieutenant in the
Fifth Artillery in 1864. He received two bre-
vets for gallantry during the war, and Is to-
day an honor to the service. -
ABOUT THE WOODS FAMILY.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, in a lengthy sket h
OF Justice VIM. b. Woods, says: AT the break
ing out of the rebellion brother of William
B. Woods was made Colonel of a regiment
William b. Woods Lieutenant Colonel, and a
brother-in-law, William Warner Major
This is hardly correct statement of the mat
ter William Warner is no doubt intended for
Willard Warner, who, like Justice Woods be-
came a General, and after the war with
him settled in Alabama, where Woods was
elected Chancellor and Warner United States
Senator Both still own an interest in the Te-
cumseh Iron Works (named after General VIM.
Sherman) in that State. 81 d
But the point wish to correct is this: Justice
Woods brother was not made Colontl of that
"at the breaking out of the rebellion
Charles r. Woods was in the regular army at
that time, a Captain in the Ninth Infantry 1t
was not until the middle of October, 1861. that
ne was assigned to duty as Colonel of the Sew
enty sixth Ohlo regiment, the one referred to
Oy the Enquirer He was a West Pointer. hav-
ng graduated in the class of 1s48, and been as
signed to the First Infantry. ssS77f -
Both Justice Woods and his brother served
With Sherman in his ''March to the Sea. and
we're Generals of moro than ordinary ability.
len Charles B. Woods was made Brevet Ma
or General OF volunteers, for special gaIlantry
u Griswoldyille, a breyet Brigadier General in
he regular army for gallant and meritorfous
services in the battles around Atlanta and bre-
ret Major General for gallantry at BentonyilIe.
\. @. He was retired in 1874, with the rank of
colenel of infantry, for disability resulting
rom disease contracted in service AS the
Enquirer says. the WoocS family was "boi n to
but they achieved it only after
years of long and patient endeavor. r
2 PERSONAL MENTION. 1a9
The rush of Northern and Western visitors
ceeps up, and is making it lively for hotels and
airoads. Few. of the people, however, ex-
ected to hnd the cold wave so severe at the
'outh. especially in Florida.