The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-07

men struck for back pay, the compa y not
/ having paid Off for several months. Harvey
Jones the man who sent the telegram, Is
said to be a negro boarding houSekeeper.
| Both are railroad men, and have friends In
| Macon Mr. Manuion WIS an engineer on
the Central for fourteen years.
Ex-oopfederate veterans met at Blakely
/ Oh the Fourth, and amid the din of drums
and boom of cannon, unfurled the stars and
/ stripes from the towns ninety-foot confed-
/ eInte flag pole Union soldiers stationed
there in 1865 started to cut it down, bnt
were warned not to do it and de'lsted
| Twenty-seven years ago 1t was raised lore
/ the Blakely court house Since then the
! United States soldiers struck an AK in it for
the purpose of telling it. The lightning OF
| heaven has Tiven the sturdy oaks near 1t,
/ the storms of more than quarter Of cen
/ fury have warred upon it, but still 1t stands,
/ lea nipg southwark. BY the same hands,
| though aged now that raised the stars ana
! bars in 81 the stars and stripes went up
! Wednesday The speeches were fine, the
dinner sumptuous, the enthusiasm great.
Baldwin county is the first county to re
turn It's tax digest for 1888 to the comp
! troller- general. 1t was received Thursday.
! The digest shows a decrease of about Sl5,
/ 600 in property valuation in comparison
with the digest of 1887 The aggregate
value of land outside Of Milledgcville is
! placed at S578, lS0: of tins $515, SIG belongs
! to whites and S22,G64 to negroes. The
| aggregate value of city property is placed
! at $I06 290, Of which 1866, 500 belongs to
whites and S39,67O t) negroes The aggre-
/ gate value Of the whole property in the
/ county IS placed at Sl,Gll, 1871, of which
/ 81 ~, ~ Is credited TO the hiteS and 800
/ Isl to negroes. The total number of polls
returned are Dos, Of which 70l are white
and Sj7 colorcd The total number of acres
Of land returned outside of interpretations
is 1873, SG0'3 Of which l4S, ago hcioag to
whites and 5,400% acres to negroes.
On Wednesday lightning struck n Lopsr
in East Mncon occupied by Mrs FJosc and
her father, al aged gentleman, Mr.. Gran
| berry. The lightning entered a window at
the east end Of the house, breaking the
Gas and struck against the opposite wall,
tearing it to pieces. 1t then ran down the
side Of the chimney into the CROWD under
athe house. Mr.. Cranberry aud his little
grandiaughter, who were sitting il chairs
near the front door, were thrown out OF the
chairs onto the floor. They were badly
shocked but not seriously hurt. Mrs.
FooSe was in the dining-rOom putting
away some dishes, and she, A so, was
shocked and made deaf, and has not re
covered her hearing. Joe Andrews who
occupies the next house, says he felt the
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OF fire had passed over his head. j. H.
Kenny, who occupies the second house from
Mrs. FOOSc. says he was standing up drink
ing water from dipper, and the first thing
he knew was seeing blaze of fire at his
feet, and then a tingling, painful sensation
up along his leg and side. He felt the pain
of the shock quite while after it first oc-
Cured The dipper # water was hurled out
of his haGd to the floor.
II. l.. ~. :
riot Thursday night A conference was
called to expel all the members who are in
bad standing, and that a lively meoing
was expected was shown by some of the
brethren asking for police to ho near at
hand. A motion to expel Elder Jones set
tho ball rolling in earnest. A about 10
O'Clock the police were called for. Tho
bishop asked that the church be cleared,
and the officers started to work, but were
stputly fought by the women. Finally
however, the church was cleared They
! expelled a number of members who were in
bad standing and these rallied around
Jones. Jones, it is said, was a pal of IIoov-
er, the aGltatOr, who tarcl s. badly ut
| WarrentOn, and no left there about
that time. He made an incendlary speech
! to the members. telling them 10 talk al
! they wanted to, as he had money enough to
| pay for any trouble they might get into.
Alo dhhOluOcu, LUZ uhol tldG us NpIlu SCH
the church in the morning, as they owed
him tie price of it, He said he had studied
law and knew what he was talking about.
Bishop Turner asked TO have one Of the
officers escort him home, as no was afraid
of personal injury The negroes talked
ominously, and threatened to do violence TO
the hackers of the bishop. The faction
who supported the bishop fear that the
church will be vnndalized by the expelled
members.
A citizens, reform association is being
organized at Macon. The following oentir1
men father the movement. Virgil Powers
John INGALLS, Berry II smith 7 Han.
son. " II Burdon ! = Boxter ! NJ
Johnston. A W Reese William r. vder /
s Dukes r Crockett CulLorson = r
JhVpucS' tool iloEe' UeoTge w. udoIV. L. II.
ti'l NJ " ,ui Ne y. Ol.Ie, W; -.
10 l''I p'u,'o' III ~ VI
ciritate anv contest in this ronnty urYIor
the existinc, local ontion law Inv ,ya rncIe,-
nize the fact chat the numerous bar-roons
OF the city and county exercise an undue
influence in public matters. Their organ
lied activity and control in politics are an