Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-12

made in the entire county. Now it is the pro-
duet Of few neighbOring farmers" From
the above II VIII be seen that Randolph county
Is literally bathing in sweets.
We are pleased to know and To score that
the fair Of Burke county held AT Wavnashoro
was phenomenal success" The fair closed
on saturday last. Every feature was reeeiv-
edwlth unbOunded enthusiasm. and the mana
gers nave every reason to be proud Of their
nrst effort. Fine racing. good exhibits and
appreciatlye crowds have signalized the eX-
lstence OF the enterprise. The grand tOurna-
lnent bail; representing the beauty Of the State.
came of Friday night, and the blaze Of Geor-
gla beauty assembled gave proof that there
was lie IN the old county Of Burke vet.
The Berrien County Gazette cOrrects slight
Inaecuracy OF the Atlanta Constitution in this
wise; u nder the caption Of y Berrien COun-
" hanging the Atlanta Constitution gives an
account of the preparation for the hanging Of
I'd Conyers, sentenced TO be hanged on the sth
INST, by Judge simmons. and credits the same
10 this paper. The credit is improperly given,
as there was nothing OF the kind to occur in
TINS county We can say, furthermore, that
the sentence Of death was never passed on
criminal in Berrien superior Court"
The Brunswick Adrerfisel. and ADDsoE gives
lne following account Of the death of Mr.. G.
IL Dexter Of that city, brief notice of which
appeared IN the NEWS at the time of the un-
fortunate accident: at becomes Our sad duty
10 announce the death Of our townsman. Mr..
= IL. Dexter. which occurred last Tuesday
morning at his residence in this citv He was
d
leNer, and vas sitting up for the first time in
an easy chair before the Open fire
place His wife had only left him
moment, when she heard a
noise in the room in which he was sitting.
and. fastening back found ne had tainted and
fallen head foremost into the fire. summon
ing all her strength, she drew him from the
hames, but too late, for the fire had done its
work. and after forty-eight hours he breathed
MS last He leaves a wife and two little chill
dren to mourn his loss. The remains were
taken 10 Providence. X. L., for burial His
ueath has cast gloom over our entire com
munity."
y discovery has been made in Atlanta which
mas developed the fact that the anti-prohi-
Dltlonlsts Of Berrien county have been guilty
oi the crime Of forgery, in order to defeat the
passage of Mr.. Paulk's bill increasing the tax
on the sale Of spfrItuOus liquors in that county.
Ihe 6dsette says: 'On this petition appears
me me names OF many who are known to be pro-
HiDllonlsts, Two OF whom are Baptist minis
ters. That fOrgeries had been committed was
apparent to Mr.. Paulk. and he forwarded
these names that the truth of the matter,
might be ascertained. The following names
were forwarded to Nashville, tO-wit: G.. W.
Goodman, W ii. Snead. Jas. Goodman. W. b.
GOODMAN, Rev. W. +. Morris. Il. w. Connell,
W. ii. Norris. +. ID. Morris. J. II. Nor
rlS. John j. OveTstreet. q. r. COnnell. Rev
+. W. Overstrpet, DR.. !. J. Goodman and
James +. Goodman. an of whom have made
aifdavits TO the effect that if their names were
signed to petition in the hands of senator
Knight to secure his infuende in defeating
the passageof bin introduced in the General
Assembly OF Georgia to fix the whisky license
al $S,OOO, that such signatures were fOrgeries {;
I that they signed no such petition, but, on the
contrary, were the friends of that measure.
as well as all others to restrict or prohibit the
sale Of whisky here or elsewhere"