Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-27

hands with Lafayette" Aaron Dunn IS
his name, and he was born in 1880, and
was slave for sixty-tve years.
The negroes met in the court house at
Vaidosta last Saturday for the purpose OF
agreeing to the ticket for county officers.
Five districts in the county were repre-
sented by delegations. OF the numerous
candidates in the field they Endorsed the
following and resolved to support them:
For Clerk, r. T. Myddleton; for Sheriff,
j. @. Hunt; for Tax Collector, r. +. Line
berger; tor Tax Receiver. +. r. G. Ellis;
tor Treasurer, c. II. Paine; for Surveyor,
V. f. Dasher; for Coroner, G. q. Scruggs.
There is in the field, besides these, for
Sheriff, A. j. Harrell aud s. l., Martin;
for Tax Collector. Byrd Delote; for Treas
uFer. Jesse >. Scruggs; for Coroner, Allen
Powell.
An old negro tenant near Buckhead, in
Monroe county, has mule which he
bought in 1866, and which is now worth
less from old age. When young it made
him fine crops and was thoroughly faith
full, and answered the demands of the
farm until two years ago, when IL became
a burden. The old man bought another
mule, but refused to abandon the one of
'66, to give 1t away or put 1T TO death.
Unlike many tenants, the old darky has
made corn, kept out OF debt and is very
poor as he is, he wouldn't take any price
for the mule, and intends, if he is the
longest liver, to see that his faithful
animal has an honorable burial.
Senator A. Fl. Smith, of Valdosta,
brought home with him last week very
handsome pg0ld-headeG cane with tSis
legend on lits "The Fog Thickens. To
A. 81. ), from r. U. H." When The tax
bill was going like a shuttlecock from the
House to the Senate, those two bodies
having disagreed about the rate of tax to
be levied Nor next year. Capt. Smith
beeamequite tired of the thing and took
the G6or. He fired in quite a lively man
Lsr into some of the performers" in
The. House and Senate, and said among
e8Aer things that the endless discussion
only tende d to confuse the matter worse,
and illustrated by very happy anecdOte
which brought down the house. Treas
urer Hardeman was present, and the
thrusts made by Capt. Smith strength
ened the side which was oontendlng for
the figures submitted by the Treasurer.
That official was greatly pleased and
amused, and to attest his appreciation of
the happ hit made by our Senator, pre-
sented him with that caue.
Tuere seemed to be belief on the part
of the Legislature that the average sew
ing machine agent was subscriber TO
the doctrine that nothing is wrong II you
are not caught at 1t, and they decided to
nix the tax upon these clever and enter
prising gentlemen so that they would be
sure to be caught. There was an impress
sion that these agents sometimes eXcurt-
ed into county and got in their work
without interviewing the tax collector,
and in order to meet this contingency the
law has been amended so as to require
each company when taking out its license
to do business in the state, from the
Comptroller, to file with him list of its
agents with the counties in which they
are TO work and to pay $40 for each. The
Comptroller Will then issue certificate
to each agent. In going into county
the agent will present his certificate to
the Ordinary and register and will then
be at liberty to work the county. An
agent OF one company who finds an oppo-
sltion company's agent working its terri
tory without being registered at once re-
ports him and thus becomes an assistant
TAX collector and cheek upon unlicensed
agents. Insurance companies are also
subjected TO the same rule. These
changes, il is thought, wiilresult IN con-
siderable increase in the revenue from
these companies.
About eighteen months ago q lady liv-
ing in a quiet part of Cedartown was
called to her door sometime about 8 O'Clock
in the night, and when she replied, found
a strange man, who addressed her in
most insulting language, at the same
time trying to force his way iuto the
house. The outcries and desperate strug-
giles of the lady frightened away the
scoundrel, aud all Investigations and sur
misses failed to identity him, as, in her ex-
oitement, the lady had only noticed that
he was a white man. While excitement
was still running high over the affair, a
white man, or presumably so, for mis- skin
was white, went to citizens house
one night while the gentleman was away
on business, forced his way into the hall
and pursued the terrified ladies into their
room, where they barricaded the door, and
after eXhausting his vocabulary OF OBJ
scene language the man left Since that
time hardly a week has passed that the
community has not been electrified and
enraged by this kind Of proceedings, first
in one part OF town and then Another,
always at houses occupied by highly re-
spected people, and always when the men
OF the family were away from home. Two
cases were reported last week, the scoun.
drel beiag shot at at both places, but, un-
fortuaarely, missed Every effort has been
and Is being made to discover who the
man is.