Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-09
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ATLANTA, June The item i'm tn
Georgia news column in regard to Ass
Gum, has one important error. He wa.
convicted, but through the zeal of his at
tOrney, Frank l.. Haralson, ESQ.,, he was
granted new trial and acquitted. The
conviction was a farce. The same lawyer
is now defending the newly discovered
murderers { - of the DeFOOr family, and
is confident Of being able to prove their
innocence. The whole affair is wrapped
in mystery, and may never be made clear
to the public eye.
Capt. John Frey, who has his headquar-
tiers i'll Atlanta, has become terror to
crooked postal clerks and officials. He is
i'll charge of the Detective Service of the
| Post Office Department in this part of the
South, and has been remarkably success
full in his operations. He is shrewd, fear
| less and prompt of action, and the postal
thief OF any grade that escapes his clutches
is sharp one indeed. With fine corps
of assistants he covers Georgia and her
| sister states, and does his best to protect
the public in the safe transmission of
their yaluables bv mail. He deserves the
confidence and support of business men
III his too often thankless and unpleasant
| work.
AS | telegraphed several days ago.
Major W. III. Smyth was made the success
| Sor to Assistant Postmaster Nall, but he
required some little time in which to close
up his business matters at the Dade coal
mine. This necessitated the appointment
OF Mr. Charley Tuller as temporary as
sistant, as he has been Nalps right hand
man for several years, and his integrity
ability and worth have been fully tested.
! Young fuller is the only son of the late
| Sir Knight w. II. Tuller, whose comrades
in Palestine COmmandery will be glad to
know that the only one to keep alive the
family name has passed safely through
many temptations and won the conf
dence and esteem of his employer and the
! public he so well serves.
The complaint in regard to the low sal
airy of Judges is not we'll founded, in one
| sense. No vacancy goes begging for an
! incumbent norris it necessary to fill the
| place with a secOnd-class man. The Su-
| preme Court bench has never been better
! filled during my observation. and with
! Hutchins, Simmons, Lawson, Clark. Ham,
| mOnd, Carswell, Mershon, Roney, Adams
| and others on the Superior Court bench,
it is useless to talk about low salaries
| driving good men out of judicial places
Lawyers who claim to have yearly prac-
| tice worth $4,000, eagerly seek Superior
Court Judgeships. | do not say the sala-
ries are not too low, but do assert that
plenty Of good men are always ready to
fill vacancies at present prices.
AS | write thunder storm is prevail
ing, and from my office window | see the
folly of one-horse sewers in a two-horse
city. The water has Overflowed several
street corner crossings and pedestrians
are compelled to go block out of the wav
IN order to get across the street.
Major j. W. Warren, much to the relief
OF his friends, is in town to-day, and
shows scarcely any evidences of the Slight
attack of paralysis that came upon him a
few days ago. 1t will, however, require
considerable prudence on his part to ward
Off more serious attack in the near fu-
ture.
Gov. Mcdaniel is now giving the
TreZevant claim matter his careful at
tentlOn, and if there is anythiRg that has
been left undOne in the matter to pro-
mote its collection, he will act promptly
and prudently. Gov. BoyntOn took
action after the decision was made against
the payment of the amount of the claim,
and 1t is now uncertain what further
steps, if any, can be taken. Senator
Brown also made a strong appeal to the
authorities at Washington in behalf of
the prompt payment of the money, and
the injustice of attempting to apply
it to GeOrgia's supposed Indebtedness to
the Federal Government.
Excursion tickets are being sold by the
Western and Atlantic Railroad to the
Great National Exposition of Railway
Appliances at Chicago, which is attract
ing much attention from railroad men
and mechanics generally. Georgia is pro-
life in railway inventions, especially car
cOuplers.
Your correspondent has this week seen
some fine peaches from Mrs. T. j. Smiths
orchard at OcOnee, on the Central Rail-
road, that We're large, handsome and fine
haYOred. 1t is a mistake to suppose that
West Point and Griffin have all the finest
peach orchards in the State. Washington
county has for several years occupied a
prominent rank among the best peach
growing sections of Georgia.
Some unfayOrable comments are being
made upon the continued reappOintment |
of certain persons as members of the |
Board of Visitors to the State University,
some having served six or eight years in |
succession. 1t is claimed that a new |
board ought to be appointed each year, !
otherwise the board becomes a close cor |
pOration, and no Improvements can be |
secured to the institution. The work of |
the Board of Visitors of one year ought to |
be reviewed by an entirely different board |
the following year, and Gov. Mcdaniel |
will no doubt inaugurate this reform in |
his next appointments, as it can then be |
done without personal prejudice to any |
gentleman.
The real estate boom in Atlanta has run |
into a lively warfare between the Post |
Appeal and the real estate spectators. |
and to-day the contest has reached fever |
heat. | look for some startling develop |
ments tomorrow, as one feature of the |
contest has this morning assumed a per- |
sOnal bearing. Sti1 the bells of the real |
estate auctiOneers are heard ON every cor |
ner, where free rides are offered to the |
sale of gilt edge property, with iced lem
Onade and other refreshments. The fact |
is patent that no ordinary calamity can |
repress the ardor and enterprise of At !
lanta real estate dealers. They see mil |
lions in her precious dirt,7 and nothing |
can daunt them in their unwearied efforts |
to give purchasers chance to share in |
this mine of untold wealth,
Mr.. Joseph NJ, Brown, the liberal and |
progressive General Freight Agent of the |
Western and Atlantic Railroad, has issued |
in pamphlet form Watermelon Tariff |
from Atlanta, which contains much valu- |
able information for fruit and truck grow
ers. One valuable feature is a list of
Northern and Western fruit dealers and
commission merchants. Then comes
list of Southern vegetable and fruit grow
ers, and also shippers. Every truck
farmer and fruit grower in Georgia should
send for a copy of this timely publication.
Mr.. Charles E. Harman is the General
Soliciting Agent for the traffic in truck
and fruit. CHATHAM.
Imprisoned by Covetous Relatives.
NEW YORK, June S.-LeWis F. Sloat