The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-30

From BrOnWoOd-Edgar Orr'S Views
on the E ducation of Negroes-Eow
an Augusta Clerk Sells Shoes.
GEORGIA.
Mcintosh county needs county court.
Darien is to have at least one bank during
the coming winter.
Sumter county will get $3.50 more for
school purposes from the state this year than
she did last.
Henry Wilson, a negro who was confined
in jail at Madison, for attempting to kill
Sheriff HsIlsman, died Wednesday.
Theouarautine costs the citv of Darien
and Mcintosh county about $500 a month.
All quarantine will be taken off on Thurs
day next.
Minnie Perry, the 11-year old daughter of
George Perry, who lives near Americas,
picked $50 pounds of cotton in one day last
week. She says that she will beat this be-
fore the season closes.
Mrs Davis, the wife Of Maj. B. F. Davis
of Groverville, Brooks county, died Fri
day. Her coffin was Is inches deep and 30
broad. She weighed $50 pounds, and the
united effort of six strong men we're re-
quired to lift her.
A dwelling house belonging to A. II.
Blount of WaSnesboro was burned on last
Sunday morning about o'clock. 1t was
unoccupied at the time, and the fire was
evidently the worn of an incendlary. There
was 5000 insurance.
2. B. Middlebrooks of Clarke county says
that his wife has now in her possession the
first shoes she ever had. All of her children
wore these shoes, and they are in good
state of preservation. The shoes cost fifty
years ago 371S cents. The shoes will be on
exhibition at the Athens fair.
The contest over the soicltorship of the
southwestern circuit will be very spirited
when the legislature meets in November
Three candidates are already in the field ::
Hon. c. B. Hudson, the present incumbent;
Hon. w. M Hawkes., ex-senator, and Col
L. j. Blalock, solicitor of the county court.
A municipal ticket will be put out at
Griffin which will run on the strength of
promise to give the people good lights and
good streets. There is great dissatisfac-
ton among the residents of Griffin about
lights and streets, and there is under discus
sion movement to pay no more taxes until
they can see that their money is being spent
for these necessary improvements
At Americas Saturday Dick MAXWELL a
colored man who drives the express wagon
lost about SIS in money, tied up in his han
kerchief. Later In the day Henry Doughtie
colored porter at Tom Mitchell's store, re.
turned the handkerchief, minus the money,
to him. Dick asked him for the money, but
Henry said ne had not seen it. Dick was
not satisfied with this, so had Henry ar
rested and placed in Jail. He afterwards
confessed having found the money also.
At Atlanta funeral procession was de.
layed short time Saturday morning near
the Whitehall street bridge at the East Ten
nessee crossing. A surveying corps of the
United States government was at work
there, and the chain was directly in the
path of the procession. At first some of
the party refused to give way to the hearse,
and in consequence passage of words oc-
CURED between the driver of the hearse
and some of the members of tie corps
One of the surveyors drew a pistol City
cases were made against some Of the corps.
j. B. Cavell, the assistant superintendent
of the railway mail service of the United
States, was in Atlanta a few days ago. He
says that in the past four years the volume
of the mails has increased about so per cent.
in the United States. The increase in the
southern states has been the largest, and
ranged from 60 to 100 per cent The in
crease in newspapers and periodicals has
been phenomenal. w thin the last twelve
months the increase in second-class matter
has been 20 per cent. This increase has
been principally south Of Mason and Dixon's
line.
A young woman who was deserted at
Eufaula last week is now in good hands and
being taken care of until something can be
learned from Brentwood, Ga, which is her
home, and where she will be sent as soon as
her friends can be informed of her situa-
ton. Her name is Dora Kane, and the
mans name who brought her there is
William johnson, also of Brentwood She
says he had promised to marry her, and
brought her away from home because his
parents were opposed to the marriage, and
that she thought he was in good faith until
he deserted her.
An Augusta clerk tells the following
story: "a lady, said he, "comes in and
raises some trivial objection to pair of
shoes; still Others are brought, but without
success. / suddenly remember that a case
of new and elegant shoes were received
that morning and had not been opened
Bidding the lady wait, | take the first pair
of shoes condemned to the rear of the
establishment and, after due delay, return
and drawing the same shoes from an ele-
CANT box tell her that it is a new style
which will certainly become popular. in a
manner both tempting and convincing
Have any of them been sold YETI she in
quires. No, ma'am; but let me try this
on you; what delightful tit and what a
pretty look it gives your FOOT In nine
cases out of ten this plan works and the
woman purchases, not suspecting, of course,
the deceit that has been practiced. Itharms
no one and adds to my receipts as well as
reputation"
Edgar Orr of the state department of
education said yesterday: II have had a
good opportunity to observe the effects of
education upon the colored race | am sat
isfied from my observation that education
improves both males and females morally.
i believe it makes the Romen better daugn-
tiers, wives and mothers, and the men better
sons, husbands and fathers. IL is true that
education makes colored people, to some
extent, dissatisfied with manual labor. But
don't it have the same effect upon the white
racel Now and then | see a paragraph
floating around IN the newspapers about the
forgeries committed by colored men as d
result of education. The truth is that these
forgeries are rarely committed by educatei
colored men. The bungling manner in
which they are done proves this point. No
sir; / don't { ink there can be any doubt
that education makes better citizens of til,
colored people, both male and female: but
of course there are exceptions 10 the rule
Brunswick, Netcs man has had tn,
pleasure Of examining the plans of tn,
lovely live oak. water oak and hickory
grove east of the cemetery, fronting on the
salts and the boulevard which borders it
aid it gives promise of great beauty wher
completed, as we understand it very soor
will be. All the trees have been mar. ed
In the plan there is 10 be a central Tark
shaped like the letter o. an avenue sur
rounding it, drives radiating from 1t north
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