Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-13
ATLANTA.s POPULATION $4,000.
Turner's Hanging Not Yet Certain
Major Burkes Coming.

turner's Hanging Not Yet Certain
Major Burke's Coming.
ATLANTA, April Weatherby has
just issued his directory Of Atlanta. 1t
contains 53.2l2 names, and does not in
clude any of the small towns bordering
on the city, such as West End and Tight
Squeeze. These join Atlanta, but operate
under laws of their own. With their as
sistance the Gate City's population car
safely be put at $4,000.
Governor Mcdaniel, accompanied bv
DR.. Willis F. WestmOreland, Principal
Physician to the penitentiary, and Col.
Towers, Assistant Principal Keeper, has
gone to jefferson county on a visit to the
convict camp at Old Town. He will re-
turn tomorrow.
TOBE TURNER'S CASE.
TObe Turner, the Meriwether county
man who killed Shuttles two years ago. is
sentenced to hang Friday, the 18th, but as
yet it is not certain that his neck will be
broken on that day, as a strong appeal is
being made to have his sentence COM
muted to life time in the peniten-
Harris, Hon. W. 4. Turner, of
COweta, who is distant relative
of lobe Turner, the father, mother and
wife Of.the doomed man and dozen other
citizens of Meriwether county have been
before the Governor in behalf of the con-
victed man. The testimony, records and
papers Of the case are YOluminOus and
Will require time for examination. At
the Executive office it is believed that
some definite information relative to the
action of the Governor in this case will
be known Tuesday.
IT Is STATED HERE
upon what is believed to be good au-
thOrity that DR.. FELTON, viii be a cand;-
date for the lower house in the next Legis-
lature from his county, Barlow As he
usually carries Barlow by from POO to
1,S00 majority when he runs for Congress
he will in all probability be elected.
Major L. A. Burke, of the Times Demo
cfut, Director General of the Worlds D.
dustriai and Cotton Centennial EXposi-
tiOn, is seXpected here tomorrow. He will,
no doubt, be met here by State Commits
siOner d. c. Bacon, Major c. II. Smith.
Judge John 7. Henderson. Commissioner
of Agriculture, and Col. l.. +. Livingston,
President of the State Agricultural So
ciety. He comes to Atlanta for the pur-
pose of comforting with parties here rela-
tive to GeOrgia's exhibit at the Cotton
Centennial.
Interest in North Georgia S undeveIOp-
ed wealth seems to be on the increase.
a day or two ago a citizen from the
mountain section came here with fully
forty specimens of granite, marble and
ore of various kinds, to ascertain the
value and use of each. The specimens of
ore were found to be rich in iron. and some
contained gold and silver. The marble
specimens were very fine. The citizen
when asked how much he had Of this or
that lump, would invariably answer.
"Nhy, thar's whole mountain OF it."
A heavy frost fell in the counties along
the line of the Georgia Railroad Thursday
night. When the people woke up Friday
morning they found the ground white and
the fruit trees looking sick.
THERE Is SOME TALK HERE
among the politicians and manufacturers
of getting up ajoint debate upon the tarif,
question between DR.. FELTON, and DR.. ,IiI-
Ter. AS these gentlemen are fast f,.iends
it is claimed that no ill-feeling could re,
slllt LnIrEnAn tham- no matter - = =