The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-17

as they had been camping in a church near
/ by The man seen was white.
/ The people about Euharlee were greatly
| excited Saturday over what came near be
! ing riot. Just before day a burly negro
| entered the sleeping apartment Of one OF
/ the daughters Of a respectable farmer IN
the county, and attempted an outrage.
! The young lady awoke just as the brute
! approached the bed, aud gave the alarm.
| The would be Tapist became frightened, and
I before assistance could reach the lady, he
made his escape, but was seen by the father
/ as no jumped out of the window, who
| recognized him t. be a negro living on the
| premises. He was arrested and placed
under guard, but before a committal
trial could be had he made his escaOe.
| Chase was given and he was arrested
second time. The negroes of the community
| heard that the prisoner would be lynched.
| About twenty-five of them, armed with
pistols and guns, gathered at the place
| where the prisoner was neld and declared
| their purpose 30 rescue him. But for the
GOODNESS of the officers and citizens there
would have been serious trouble and blood
| shed. Sheriff Roberts was notified and
| went to the scene of the trouble and sue
| caeded in quoting affairs and arresting
| fifteen of the rioters. They were placed in
| jail charged with riot and an ATTEMPT to
rescue a prisoner. Sheriff Roberts will use
| mis- best efforts to catch the other ten. The
rapst is also in jail and no further trouble
is apprehended.
Twelve years ago Tom Swift was stewing
roots and herbs in a wash pot and selling it
as Swift's Specific. A few days ago DIR.
Rankin and Mr.. Swift were offered 81, 200,-
900 for the Swift Specific patent and cOpys-
right. In the past twelve years they have
paid out more than 81 COCOON advertising
that medicine. and it has made as much
more in dividends. 1t now sells all over the
American continent, and is established as
a standard article in England. That is
pretty big Jump-from wash kettle and
old negro woman in twelve years, is it not
Few men know the value If patent medi-
cines. A month ago Mr.. Warner of
Rochester sold his remedies to an
English company. The published price
was S5,OOO,OO0, but private advicss
are that S3,0000O0 was the price
actually paid. TIE transfer was to be
made about Sept. l. Ten days prior to that
Mr. Warner telegraphed every reputable
druggist in the country Offering his goods
at cut rate provided a quantity was pur-
chased, and stating that after Sept. l the
price would be advanced. 1t is said that he
sold $S00.000 worth of goods in ten days
under this offer, on which there was a
profit of perhaps 100000. The goods, of
IN America, and the advertising necessary
to sell them must, of course, be done by the
new company. The same English company
that bought Warner was the company that
offered TO buy the Swift's Specific Com
pany. 1t has a capital Of 100000 900. and
an executive committee that travels through
America looking after investments OF any
kind that promise well. 1t Invested
$l6,OOO,O0O in Chicago.
1t is reported that the committee of the
Capital City Club of Atlanta, which was
appointed t. investigate Postmaster Lewis
and decide whether or not he should remain
member of the club, is ready to make its
report. 1t is stated that the prosecution
has failed to make out a case. Mr.. Rem
frOe, Mr.. and Miss Lyons went on the stand
aud stated precisely what they had been
credited with saying in the Constitution,
and still adhere to their position. Gen.
Lewis made a statement covering about
twenty pages Of foolscap, in which he takes
the poslti n that he put the negro in the
registry office to keep him from contact
with the public, and that the work can be
done in separate rooms and without com
munication between the lady clerk and the
negro. 1t is said that in this statemenJ
Gen. Lewis denied bitterly what has been
charged concerning him and his former
relations to the races. He admits, it is I'M
negro, but claims that it was Prof. Iangs-
ton whom he met, or overlook coming
from some exhibition near Atlanta, and as
it was raining and stormy, lie halted his
carriage and asked Prof. Langston to take
a seat, and carried him to the city. The
episode in Macon, which has been alluded
to in the prints, did not involve Gen Lewis,
and all the testimony thereto was ruled out
by the committee. In his statement, Gen.
Lewis distinctly stated That he was opposed
to social equality between the races
in any shape or form On the
other hand it is contended that the
case against Gen. Lewis was made out. The
main point urged is that Postmaster Rem
froe went to Gen. Lewis before Penny was
appointed and urged that it should not be
done as it would throw him in contact with
a lady, and the people would not stand it,
and that Mr.. Renfroe pointed out clearly the
way in which this could beavoided. Mr. Rem
froe reatiirmed these facts before the COM
mittee and the testimony of Mr.. Lyons and
Miss Lyons was positive and in the same
direction. The American Surety Company
has refused TO make II bond for Penny, the
negro clerk. They declined through their
attorneys, N. j. * T. A. Hammond, on TIE
ground that he has had no clerical expert
ence, and that they did not care to become
his security.