Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-01

Some Of the people Of Macon are considers
ply exercised, ahd there is much discussion
rsgerding the propriety and possibility OF the
Mayor and Council putting a muflef on fhe
church bells by an ordinance fOrbiddine the
ringing Of the church bells calling people to
church service They say that the ringing Of
the church bells Is a nuisance and an unneces.
sary custom II they succeed in having the
ordinance passed. the glory Of Macon will have
departed; s,sp ss 4 viii clearly show tolthe world
that the MacOnites are averse to the heautifr1I
old song OF the Oxford students:
r nafk tne merry Christ Church bells
Which every day at four and ten
Ssry come; come! come! come TO prayers,
Ana the Nergers troop before the Dean
We trust the opposition won't stop the mo-
Zion and music OF the church bells haDDv
chimes in the good Old city OF churches and
colleges.
A gentleman gives the following reminis-
cenee OF Judge Cone. 70 the Eatonton Aessen-
ger; ~forty years ago Eat0ntOn was a fast
toTn. Gambling Of all kinds, cock fighting
ana horse racing was the rule. as IL Is the ex-
ceptlOn now. Why, sir, at one term OF the
court, ls45 ar lS46. the grand jury returned
one true bill against forty persOns--JnO. W.
Ashurst. solicitor General and a number of
prominent lawyers ineluded-in one batch for
gaming 1t was in this case that il is said
Judge Cone made himself famous. When the
case was reaehed, al Of the defendants arose
and plead guilty. Judge Cone 7fined-each of
them ten dollars and costs. and lectured them
severely upon the Hselessness and immortality
Of such habits, and the yieiousness OF the
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youth OF the country; then commanding the
defendants 10 takstheir seats. with a solemn,
taee, but merry twinkle in, his eye,s he
5ierx. enter sftsr Sisse ea@es, State 81 Georgia
vs.. Judge Cone; gaming. special information
by His Honor; plea of guilty, and fine him one
sir
Atlanta puplie schools have 4 regular fire
drill which the children practice. Every
schaOl IN the city, white and cOlOred, gram
a p h.. Nu.a a 4 frrN.sr H.
tenn OF drill. At the tap of the bell or the crv
ot fire the children spring to their feet step to
the aisle and march out of the building three
abreast. They are not permitted to take with
them any Of their books, hats OF ANYTHING
else. The Walker street school is the largest
Oi the eight grammar schools, and has seven
hundred and twenty five pupils on the roll.
\ test OF the lire drill was made there few
days ago. As soon as the bell was sounded
lhere was Fumbllng noise made
by the numberless feet inside the build
ing. and in instant almost the steady
stream Of young folks began to pour
out Of the building. They came out with Il
tramp, tramp, tramp, like soldiers, three
abreast AID bareheaded. The last child filed
out IN one minute and ten seconds. At a SINH
lar test. the girls high school was cleared in
forty five seconds, and the Crew Street School
III siXty-three seconds. The children never
know when there is fire and when there is
not. They are instructed and trained simply
10 rise when the alarm Is given, form into line
anu march out without looking back. The
not word Is spoken. Throughout all the
drills there has never been an accident. At
the Ivy Street School fire broke out one day.
The janitOr tapped the bell, and the children
went out laughing. They supposed that it
was a test drill.
BarSs and Cunningham the two mur,ierers
OF Rudd, in Walker county recently, who
were captured in Chattanooga and removed
from thence TO Atlanta jail, about two weeks
ago, were taken to Ringgold on their way to
Lafayette. the county site of Walker county,
Monday night. The news of their coming had
reached RinggOld before their arrival, and a
large crowd OF between three and four hun
dred people had assembled to meet them. At
first the officers were at a loss to what
course to pursue.but after a consultation with
the Sheriff Of Walker county it was decided
TO put them in Jail at RinggOld and place
strong guard about it to prevent them from
being lynched. The crowd followed the prls-
Oners 70 the jail. and it was with the utmost
difficulty that the mob was prevented from
taking them. After placing spies around the
Jail 10 see that no attempt would be made to
remove them the mob left in body, il is
pectcd they Will rescue the prisoners and
hang them, which they avOwed they
would do when the train first arrived.
The greater portion Of the who
composed the crowd were strangers, and
il Is thought were from Walker county
men, and appeared fully capable of carrying
ont their threats. 4 special dispatch to the
Chattanooga Times from RinggOld, dated /
O'Clock Tuesday night. SAYS: "As vet no at
. tempt has been made TO lynch Barks and
Cunningham, but crowds of men can be seen
tlOn, and the authorities are expecting every
minute for the lynchers to make an attack.
The guard around the Jail has been increased,
and the officers say they will fight to the last.