Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

scott CulbersOn. negro. was in the house OF
jim core, negro. near Trion factory in his
S.5PsVn s room, and saw that there were two
- hIils In ms satchel. Jim's stepson went Ia
meeting aud Scott came to town Here NTr
Fharr changed s. bill for him. and saw that
ne had another. When Cores stepson came
iIpu meeting, ms money was gone. As
tie vas not aware that any one except Scott
knew where II was, he al once tried to have
scott arrested; but scott avoided this bv 90
ing 70 Rome. There he accused several ne
6I"es OF stealing S3j from him. The charge
was not sustained. scott was arrested for
carrying concealed weapons, and sent to the
chain gang for three months.
The Western Baptist Association assembled
at Hebron Church, near Mountville a week
ago. and was organized bv the election of
Rev. r. II. jackson as Moderator and A Il
Caies as Clerk. The reading Of the letters
showed about 200 baptlsms during the wear
ami nearly $500 sent up for the mission boards
sixty dollars were collected during the meet
ing >lNty-one dollars and fifty cents were
utlgcu among four needy ministers Of the
association. Hon. \. ID. Freeman moved thar
the churches composing the body be re
gue~ted 10 raise $4,000 by April ], in aid Of the
centennial endowment of Mercer Tniversitv
y strong committee was appointed to further
the good cause An average Of 81 70 per mcn-
her VIII make the amount.
Last week was court week in Knoxville. \
prominent Crawford county man said that he
never ielt safe IN the court house. as the house
was liable TO tumble in under the weight of a
crowd IN the court room. He says that the
expense OF putting in new cells. girders and
-lceper~ would be trlting, and that if it is
not done soon the house will fall down. and
entail much greater expense on the county,
lie was recently ON "a committee of the grand
report. and the result was that
the grand jury IN their presentments re
commended that the repairs be made. Moth
ln- ha- vet been done. The good effects of
the no whisky law are apparent to any one
who notices. Not "a drunken man was seen on
the streets Of Knoxville during the court
week. This Is very different from the former
state 0i things.
\ competitive examination n ill "A vacancy
ln the Annapolis Naval Academy VIII be held
40 Rome Tomorrow. The successful candi-
date b. required To report at the academy on
the -lth inst. At the same time and place an
examination Of applicants for nomination To
tine position of cadet tO the United states Mil
Itary Academy from the Seventh Congress
-Ioual District. Georgia, vice +. l.. Palmer,
To graduate June. lSS4. The candidate for the
last position must report TO the Military
Academy. not later than the l4th of June
next. The following named gentlemen have
been requested 10 conduct the examinations:
DR. >. Is. =. Holmes, Rome, Ga. Hon. W. NJ.
sessions. Marietta. Ca. Prof. W. NJ. Over.
Dalton, Ca. Prof. J. L. Harris. Cedartown
6a., Hon 7. W. Miner, Gainesville, Ca,
and Col. W. NJ. Henry, Summerville. Ca
Candidates must not be less than Il, nor
more than 22ycar- of age.
\ negro hut. five miles from Boswell. Cobb
county, occupied by stephen Travis and Butler
Coles. was visited by masked men Tuesday
night. and after forcing an entrance into the
house the men took Travis out. and shooting
him in the back. left him for dead in the road
Complaint has been lodged with the Governor
The old man at whose house the tragedy oc-
CURED. d too OLD to support himself. and re-
celveS monthly pension of so fl ON a Young
mistress, Mrs. West. of Philadelphia. who
also gave him the place which he lives
Butlcr Coles. the man who in Atlanta
Friday. TO report the matter to the Governor,
looks like "a responsible negro. and has a good
face. The matter was put i'm the hands OF NJ
4. Bell. who laid the facts before the Gov
ernOr. Governor Mcdaniel VIII investigate
the ease. and viii do what seems TO be proper
IN reference To the occurrence.
The Eastman Tunes says: Ion Monday
night last four of the BegrOes confined in our
jail attempted TO escape. Owing to the eN-
IRENE hot weather they had not for some
time past been confined in the cells at night
bUt were allowed 10 rem ain in the inner cor
ridor. which Is surrounded by a net work of
iron. When sheriff RaWlms visited the iail
Tuesday morning he found that the wash
basin h3d been torn from It's position. and all
the rock work ma that part Of the building ly-
lug IN "a heap upon the floor. After doing
tins damage the negroes found that the iron
net work mpeded further progress. and gave
up the attempt as q futile one. The work of
repairing the damage viii cost the county
about $50. The names of those who were
Implicated i'm the work are aS follows:
Dave Davis, assault and battery, from Telfair
county: james Mmbush, assault with intent
y
carrying concealed weapons. from Neville.
and Jen Sparks, murder, from Telfair.;'
johnson, the recaptured convict who es-
capped with three others from LOckett n Co 5
camp ON the ChattahOOchee river, tells an in
tercstIug story of the wanderings Of the trio
lie expresses his belief chat the three con-
NIctS who are vet at large Will escape lie
SAYS that Monday after the escape they went
To farmers house IN Carol. county, where
they stole clothing. The suits were all good.
and attired iu them they looked nothing like
couyictS. They did most their travelling bv
night and rested I'M the woods in DAYTIME.
They spent but little time. however. resting
aud were constantly ON the alert until they
separated. Whenever their hunger demanded
food they went 10 Il house. and by telling
that they were officers in charge of the negro.
whose hands were tied, they got what they
wanted. To those from whom they got some
thing ID eat they said that the negro had raped
"a white lady near Marietta. and that they had
captured hIm in lieard.cOunty. They said that
their money was exhausted. but that they
would remit when they got back To Marietta
Their story WAS told M plausible manner.
and the negro played the part assigned TO him
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