The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-15
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF h HOG.
The Rumpus that the Festive Porke r
Is Kicking Up in Guyton.

The Rumpus that the Festive Porker
Is Kicking Up in Guyton.
The recent election in Guyton, which
hinged upon the liberty to be allowed the
great American hog in that burg, it will be
remembered, resulted in the defeat of the
hog men, and the consequent triumph of
the anti-hogites. The MORNING News
contained full accounts of the issue.
1t seems, however, that the victory of the
anti-hog men is not as complete as might
have been expected, and the enemies to the
hog are said to be in an unhappy frame of
mind. The trouble seems to be that, while
the anti-hog party has effectually sat
upon" and "downedn the porllerS within
the limits of tho town, and though the fiat
has gone forth, Let every hog which
rashly rooted upon these streets PERISH" so
that the Guyton hog now wisely stays in his
pen. yet his country cousins are creating
much dismay among the anti-hogtes by in
vading the town whenever they feel dis
posed to do so.
The question has now arisen: Has the
town authority to lay hands suddenly upon
the rash porkers, and punish them for roam
ing the sreets' The hog men, disgruntled
over their defeat, say not, and CAIN that
the hogs outside of the town limits are
county hogs and as Etiingham county is
"no-fence" county, Guyton will have to
fence against the whole county before she
can legally pounce upon one of these offend
ing invaders An interesting question has
thus arisen, and it remains to be seen
whether the point will be sustained or not.
Certainly" said an ardent hog advocate,
n day or two since, in speaking on this sub
ject, if the county hogs are allowed to roam
the town at will, there is no sense in forcing
the owners of hogs il town to keep 'em
shut up. The hog men say no hog upon
the streets is their motto Now let 'em
keep these other hogs out of town, or let
them admit it is failure, and let every
body turn their hogs out again"
Another citizen, who is neutral as he
owns no hogs, said that he did not well see
how these ill-bred country hogs could be
kept out. Ii is possible, he said, that they
had not read IN the papers how the election
resulted, or they would not be so rash.
Probably, If the riot act was read to them,
they might desist
hlilen passed an ordinance some time ago
forbidding hogs to run at large on the
streets but the same question arose there
that has arisen at Guyton, rs to what could
be done with the hogs from outside the
limits. Some heated discussions ensued,
authorities were looked into, and finally the
town council revoked the ordinance. This
may have to be done in Guyton.
IL is reported that the authorities bounced
upon a couple of hogs belonging to "A citizen
of the county, which were found at large
upon tue streets recently. The porllers
were impounded and left to reflect upon
the enormity of their offense in entering
the forbidden precincts. The owner of the
hogs shortly after opened the pound and
released the hogs and drove them home.
1t remains to he seen what steps the anti
hog rulers of Guyton will take to keep ont
the country hogs. IL is hardly probable
that the town viii decide to fence" against
the county.