Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-28
ATLANTA IN A LETTER.
A Club Indicted-The Guards Divided
over the Trip to mobile.

ATLANTA, April 27.-The present grand
jury Of Fulton Superior Court, now upon
the eve of Adjournment, has perhaps
found more indictments than any other
that has met in Fulton county in many
years. The total number Of indictments,
it is said. VIII reach 17j. These are for
selling liquors to minors, keeping tip
ping houses open on Sunday and card
playing. The card players indicted are
mainly the Young men Of the town who
have been INDUCING in private games in
their rooms. Among this class of indict-
ments are also 70 be found some of the
best citizens of Atlanta.
CLUB INDICTED.
The Capitol City Club, from the Presi-
dent to the cOlOred ianitor, has been in
dlcted for keeping open tipping house
on sunday, and now circus lemonade is
about the only beverage to be had within
the walls Of the club house. The officers
Of the club say that their organization is
a private affair, and that they do
not keep tipping house. Be
lieving this, they feel that
they are not guilty and Will
20 TO the courts to settle the matter. The
grand jury that kicked up all this rumpus
is composed of the best advertised moral
lists in the city, ana it is safe to say that
the members Will in the future get a good
deal more advertising than they have in
the past in view of their vigorous work,
now about concluded.
A MILITARY SPLIT.
1t is said that there is trouble in the
camp Of the Gate City Guard, all of
which is brought about over proposition
to take part in the Mobile drill. one fac
ton, It is reported, is anxious to 90,
while the other thinks 1t inadvisable,
as the chances Of winning are
not considered bright. Capt.
Jackson, it is said, fayors the idea
of going and competing for the prize, but
the opposition is so strong that there is
great difficulty in securing the requisite
number of men. The faction that wants
to 90 charges that the other faction is try
ing to break up the trip, and so the ball
rolls.
THE PROPOSED MONUMENT.
The Battle Monument Association.
which is composed OF the survivors of
both sides in the war between the States,
who reside in and about Atlanta, is meet
ing with considerable encouragement in
the work that is before them.
The association proposes to
erect in West View cemetery monu-
ment that will cost in the neighbOrhood of
the gray" A prominent eX-Federal sol /
der, when asked if good deal Of trouble
would not be encountered in raising such
a large sum, said that he did not antici-
pate any trouble whatever. He said that
there were 5000 Grand Army Posts in the
United States, and that contributions
enough could be gotten from that source
to pay for the monument. The monument /
is to be erected to the memory of the
"blue and the gray" and joint action is
the method being resOrted to.
Several drawings of the proposed mOnu- /
ment have already been perfected and /
placed in the hands Of the committee, and I
other preliminary work. is progressing. |
The character of material is not yet de- /
cided upon. The popular belief, however,
is that the monument viii be of marble.
THE GAINESVILLE MATCH FACTORY.
Col. Peter Lawshe. ex-pOstmaster of |
who is now largely engaged |
IN the manufacture Of matches in Gaines |
Vile, was in the city a few days AGO. |
He says that the factory works |
sixty hands, principally girls, who earn
from 81 to $40 per week, and that the pro-
duct of the factory daily is 800 gross. The /
enterprise is only year old. 1t Is owned .
by stock company, of which Col. |
Lawshe is member. OF the quality of /
the match it is only necessary to say that
the demand is such that no stock is
allowed TO remain in the warehouse of
the factory. The amount invested in the
enterprise is $25, 600, the greater part put
IN by capitalists from Cincinnati.