The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-13


will be djusted before the courts.
At Walker superior court last week Jerry
Garner (colored) was tried for burglary. At
the opening of the trial Garner's attorney
said, in substance, TO the jury: Gentle.
mel, l don't want it said of Walker county,
as it can be said Uf some neigh oring coun-
ties, that it is only necessary to have a
court jury and bill of indictment in
order to convict a negro" The principal
evidence against Garner was given by a
lady, who, while he was attempting to enter
the house, saw his hand. She struck a
match to the hand, which was inserted
through the window, and which was the
only part of the burglar she saw. She
identified the hand as Gamers, and on this
evidence, corroborated by other testimony
a Walker county jury convicted Garner,
and he was sent to the penitentiary for
twelve months.
William White, ST., of Summerville, has
silver dollar which he has mad since 1915.
The Latin inscription on one side is: ".Sit
nomen DomiRt bensdictunl,'n meaning,
May the name of the Lord be blessed. "
On the other side are these initials: "Lud.
XIV. f. G. FIR. ct Nav. Rex :" or written in
full: "LudOuicHs Ky. Det grdtid France
ct NdudFre rer;" meaning, Louis XIV. by
the grace God king Of France and Navarro.
On the the edge are the words: "Regem, Do
mine, SaLU1rm-the next word is not plain,
but probably was "Serpd;" the whole mean
ing: Lord, keep the king safe" 1t has
apparently been hammered where the date
was. The figures 17-5 are tolerably plain,
but there is no trace of the third fig
ure. Louis XIV. was king Of France from
l7l5 to IVA, and the dollar must have been
coined between those two years.
While out rowing in the river at Macon
Sunday afternoon near Flood island, a
point about two miles up stream from the
city, Messrs. Ayers, Conner, Jim Butner
and Wertner Hines noticed a tightly-corked
bottle amongst the pieces Of driftwood on
the shore of the island. Picking the bottle
up one of the boys uncorked it and drew
out piece of note paper, on which was
written the following: FEB. II, 1SS9-Dear
Sir: Let me know who is the finder of this
bottle and where you found it. 1t is now
cruising at this place to-day. NV post
office is Smiths Mills, Jasper, at Smiths
ferry. Truly yours, j. D. Watson and j.
W. Fears, the same place and family" The
point referred to is forty miles up the river
and the bottle had been on its Journey
twenty-five days when found by the boys.
They took their treasure to Librarian
Charlie Herbst, who will notify the par
ties.
There came up before the recorder at Au-
gusta Monday case of inhuman brutality.
William Davis was the offender, and he
was punished by a sentence of ninety days
on the public works Davis on going to
his home for his midday meal, found that
its preparation was not quite complete. 1t
was his mothers duty to cook and serve the
meal. Enraged at her tardiness, he cruelty
beat her, not breaking any bones,
but bruising her face by slap after slap
TIL the woman approximated insensi-
bility. Davis was drunk at the time, and
seemed utterly ignorant as to when the
punishment should cease. Even when the
woman was half unconscious, he gave her
parting blow, and his future policy on
repetition of the hardness, as outlined be-
tween his blows and emphasized by his
oaths, induced the woman to seek the pO-
lice for future protection and redress for
her wrongs.
Recently Mr.. Thomas Maddox and wife
OF Meriwether county went to Columbus
to visit their daughters, Mesdames Thomas
Hendricks, james Hendricks and James
Thornton, who have recently moved to that
city. Though Mr.. Maddox and his wife
are both over rs years of age this was
the first time either Of them had ever
Travelled in a railway car. They were both
quite nervous over the novel experiment,
but soon grew used to it, and were quite
delighted. Mr.. Maddox had not been to
Columbus in forty years, and expressed the
greatest astonishment as he approached the
clty,at the wonderful growth of Columbus.
He could hardly recognize any of the old
landmarks. Mr.. Maddox has resided in
Meriwether county for fifty-two years, and
claims to have sold to Peter Farrar the first
bale OF cotton ever sold in Griffin. They
are both hale and hearty, and bid fair to
enjoy life for many years to come.
A oF
Monitor says: 1--WE had the pleasure Of
visiting Gov. Troup's monument at Rose
Mount, near Lothair, a little while
back, and we found it sadly neglected. 1t
is shame that the grave of this great
Georgian and statesman should he so neg
lecued- Let us hear through the columns
of the Monitor how many Of the good
people Of this county, ladies and gentlemen,
are willing to 60 and spend the dav in clean
ing up and caring for this beautiful mouu-
ment The writer and his family would be
glad of the opportunity of devotng day
at work cleaning up the brush and trash
that has accumulated around the place.
The great words he uttered in defense If the
rights OF the citizens of Georgia are carved
upon his monument and will rise higher and
higher in the hearts of every true Georgian
as long as time: Now that the argument
is exhausted, we will resort to our arms. ;"
A company who now have a knitting
factory in one Of the New England states
will move their plant to Quitman in time
to begin operations about June l. The
will make all kinds of underwear,
from all kinds of thread, including silk
For this latter work they have no less than
six different machines, and the whole
plant consists of forty different
kinds of machines. About eighty
five operatives, all females, will be
employed in the factory, and in
the whole establishment there will not be a
single male except the engineer, fireman
and perhaps a porter. The factory has
beeFl run successfully for two years, but a
failure of the water supply caused the own
err to look about for a new location, and
having some relatives and acquaint ances in
Brooks county, who doubtless have in
formed them of the great advantages pos
sessed by this section for manufacturing
enterprises, they decided TO move to the
sunny south.
At Macon Monday afternoon deliberate
attempt was made TO burn Wilder Bros. ;
shop, or the property in the rear. A fire
was kindled with pieces of fat lightwood
between the rear of the shop and fence
which runs parallel with it, the distance
from the house TO the fence being only
about two feet. The fence had caught on
fire and was burning briskly when dlscov-
cred by negro woman, who gave the
alarm, and the hands in the shop ran ont
and extinguished the flames In a few
minutes more the fire would have reached
to the lime house, thence TO the main build
ing, where, OF course, is great deal Of in
tiammable material Suspicion rested on