Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-05

! speaker was advocating prohibition and
all temperance movements, societies, etc.
Another SPEAK er wa $ eXhaustiug his elO-
queDce against these immoral societies,
and only short distance from him,
/ liquor drowned a negro in Canton.
At LaGranSs Friday c. =. Lindsay,
colored, who was admitted TO the practice
/ OF law about three years ago, was ar
! rested for forgery by traudulcntlY alter
/ ing teachers license, which was issued
| TO him by Col. John f. Toole. School
| Commissioner, now dead. Lindsay, in
order to supplement the small income
! from his profession at the law, has
! been teaching IN the public schools
OF the county each year. The bill
of indictment charges that he changed
the word '-second'' before grade to
| first and at the Same time changed the
! dates of the expiration OF said license by
/ altering the words July, 1883, to January,
! 1885, and also changed the words two be
/ tore years TO three, witt Intent 10 defraud
! the County Boald of Education. Lindsay
/ has made himself exceedingly offensive
to the community, and especially TO the
members Of the bar, VINO have been cOm-
/ PEELED to come in frequent contact with
him in petty cases in the court house. In
default Of $3.50 bond he is now in jail.
Ct. Brown Goode, of Washington city,
will soon publish a book which win be Of
great interest to the large and well known
family of Goodies. 1t Is entitled, "Brit-
Ons, SRxons and Virglnians: A Study
| Upon the Ancestry and P0sterity of the
Goodies OF Whitley, Transplanted to Viz
ginia in the Time of King Charles l., with
a History OF the English Surname, Code,
GOad, GoOde or Good, from 1l4S to 1884"
The book is intended for private circula-
ton. The Goods are well known in Geor-
gia, and besides distinguished represen-
tatives of that name, there are In the State
many close connections of the family, such
as the Hollis, Hills and VERSIONS. The
book traces as eXhaustively as possible the
history of all the descendants of John
| GoOde, the emigrant, carrying this pur-
suit into the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kentucky
and Tennessee. AS an instance of the eX-
tent of the family, it may be stated that
at least 100 Of it's members carried arms
in the late civil war-all but seven in the
Confederate army. Many Of the descen-
dants of the original John GoOde are resi-
dents of Macon and Atlanta.
Arrangements have been completed for
a reunion Of the old Eighteenth Georgia
regiment to be had at Ponce de Leon
springs on July %. The Eighteenth
Georgia was made up of the following
companies: The Gate City Guard of At
lanta, the Newman Guards, the QUitman
Guards of Forsyth. the Dab
lonega Volunteers, the Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry OF Augusta,
the Walker Light Infantry of Augusta,
the Washington Rifles of Sandersville,
the Southern Rights Guards of Perry, the
Bainbridge Independents, the Southern
Guards Of Columbus. All of these COM
panies except the two from Augusta, the
Bainbridge Independents and the Dahlon-
ega Guards have sent rolls of their sur
viyors. BE hopes to secure the missing
rolls at the coming reunion. The regi-
ment went out into the service under Col.
j. N. Ramsey, who died since the war.
o. A. Clark of Augusta, who went out
as Lieutenant Colonel, succeeded to the
command of the regiment when Col. Ram
sey was promoted. G. IL. Thompson then
became Lieutenant Colonel and j. W d.
Anderson, Major. DR.. W. f. Westmore-\
land was the Surgeon of the regiment,
and Joseph Thompson, Jr., of Atlanta,
was it's Sergeant Major.