Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-16
GE0RGIA'S CENTRAL CITY
A WORKMAN SLAYS CONTRAC-
TOR HIGHTOWER.
wesieyan's Commencement Exercises

/ Under Full Headway- Names of the
Fair Participants In the Exercises
| UnveilinG OF the Portrait OF Bishop
| Pierce-MRoOn Not Apt TO have the
Fair.
MACON, June l5.--A serious crime was
committed here this afternoon at .
o'clock IIIghtower & Rider are Macon
/ contractors. Among their employees is q
man named II. G.. Campbell, who COM
4 plained to others that the firm for whom
/ he was working would not pay him or
any Of the other employees. Ilightower,
hearing of these remarks by Campbell,
asked him for an explanation. Some
words followed and the men finally came
TO blows. Campbell drew knife and
cut Ilightower through the bowels from
hip TO hip. lie will die. Campbell was
arrested. He claims that he did the cut
ting in seldefense.
TELEGRAPH RATES.
Manager Friend, OF the Western Union
telegraph Company, publishes a card in
the EreRjpg NelrS to-day DENYING the ru-
NOR that the rate tariffs O; the company
had been raised. He explains the mis-
take as arising from a wrong interpreta-
ti0n OF a message from the superintendent
received mt the office. People still believe
that the Southern Company has been
usurped by the Western Union, and are
looking for an increase in rates.
Col. Grier, Secretary of the State Agri-
cultural Society, in an interview to-day,
says that no fair will be held in Macon
this year In his opinion. He says that he
has no idea that Macon will raise the
$4,000 needed.
SCARLET FEVER IN HOME.
Scarlet fever of a malignant type has
broken out in the Appleton Orphan
Home, this city.
Gus Newsome, Of the firm of Cole
man & Newsome, died last night in the
9th year Of his age, and was buried this
evening at o'clock.
The commencement exercises of the
Pic Mono College win occur on Thursday
night next.
The commencement exercises of the MI.
de Sales Academy will occur on Tues
day night, June %. Both of the above are
Catholic institutions.
wEsLEYAN's COMMENCEMENT.
"Standing room only" was the notice
given out at the Wesleyan Female College
this morning. Strangers arrive on every
train and the fair girls and their admirers
are seen everywhere. The compositions
named below were read. The reading
was interspersed with music.
"Jane Welsh Carlyle" by Miss Lynn
Branham, Oxford, Ga; ''DO All the Good
You Can, ETC." by Nj iss Annie Il. Baird.
Mobile, Ala; NQueeus-" by Miss Emmsa
Norris, CRrtersvillU, Ga. "D8srerot son,
an Inspiration" by Miss Laura G. Brown,
Americus, Ga; ''Step by Step the Ladder
is Assembled" by Miss Berta Harde-
man, Macon, Ca; "Famous Women"
by Mics Annie Hyer, oxford, Ga;
''The Hungry Majority" by Miss Ada
Murphey. BarnesVille, Ga. "Per Aspera
al Astra." by Miss Merit Mufphree, Troy,
Ala; "Notes,v by Miss Anne Allen,
oxford, Ga; Lights Along the Shore"
by Miss Chloe Smith, Jasper county, Ga;
"Moral Lessons from Entomology by
Miss Emma o. Smith, Macon, Ga; "Why
Those Tears" by Miss Lizzie Wiley. Troy.
Ala. Awarding medals in English com
position and elOcutiOn to the second,
sophomore ana junior classes. Address
by Il. w. Patterson, Esq.
BISHOP PIERCE's PORTRAIT.
The heunyeiling ceremonies OF the portrai
of Bishop Pierce were very interesting
and solemn. The portrait was presented
20 the trustees Of the college by President
w. G. Bass, in well chosen remarks.
The faculty were quite fortunate i'm se-
curing Hon. X. W. Patterson to deliver
the junior address and the prizes 10 the
successful contestants in the second.
sophomore and junior classes. lie is a
graceful speaker.
The following young ladies were sue
cessful:
In the second class Miss Annie Knox, of
Darien, received the medal for English
composition.
In the sophomore class Miss Flewellen
Reese, Of Macon, won the medal for Eng
llsh composition, and Miss Louise Hunter,
Of Macon. the Evolutionary medal.
In the junior class MISS Murphree, Of
Troy. Ala, won the medal for English
composition.
The exercises tonight were very inter-
estiug, consisting Of the reading OF origi-
nal essays by the first section Of the Sc
niOr class. An immense crowd was
in attendance. The following were
the participants, with their subjects:
''U. S. +. o." by Miss Bella ID. Abraham.
Macon, Ga; "The Human Face" by
Miss Susie A. Berry. Ellaville, Ga;
Charcoal Sketches of Frantic Females"
by Miss Lester Brantley. Troy, Ala;
"Florida," by Miss Annie Bryan, Kissim-
NEE, Fla; "Ihe Mission Of Tears,v by
Miss Alice y. Burch, IIawkinsville, Ga;
"Gather Up the Fragments" by Miss
Annie Cargill, Columbus, Ca; ''fruest
Truth, the Fairest Beauty byMiss Fanny
II. Cherry, Macon, Ga. "If Were You"
by Miss Mary G. Clayton, Macon, Ga:
personal Characteristlcs," by Miss
Annie l.. Smisson. Newton, Ala; "The
English Language" by Miss Ay0nia q.
Conway, Augusta, Ga; "a Peep Into the
Future" by Miss stella COrput, Macon,
Ga; DIFFICULTIES Make Men" by Miss
Dollie Daniel, Millen. Ga; Novels" by
Miss Rosa A. StOvall, Madison, Ga; "My
nftt.aDf. f.n Mfaa Haaatn