The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24
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taken before A county justice, who nned
them Slg.2j each for trespass ana sagrancy;
| Notwithstanding the fact that they nan
railroad tickets aud baggage. Ssferai c"s'
zens of N. Elmo interested themselves ~
the Doys' welfare and followed them " jan,
where they had been sent. WITH on na.ras
corpus was sworn out. and Judge noo"
aroused from his bed 10 hear the ars"nien''
| lie dismissed the young fellows u, o"ce.
The occurrence created much excitement
in that suburb snd in the city.
Disgusted at Harrison,
The colored Republicans Of Washington
county. Ga, held a big meeting IN sanders
Vile. the other day. 10 reorgsnize the party
in the county. There was q large a'pna-
snce. and the proceedings were interesting.
Noah johnson, who is practically the 'e'der
ot the colorcd folks in this county, was
elected chairman. johnson made long
speech. in which he said that the negroes OF
the south had not been treated right ny tne
present National Administration, ,hat ,hey
hid been completely ignored when mere
were any offices to give our, ana tna' ne 'oi
one was tired of the way the. negroes were
used. A..
lie wanted Harrison to know OF his dis
aust. "If lust had money enough ana
sense enough would like Ia 20 Ia iiarfi.
son. shake my finger in his face. and tell
him what think OF him." he said. johnson
said if things had % continue In the same
way he was in favor Of withdFawing from
The Republican party. even IL new parry
had 10 be formed. johnson made deep I'M
preston upon his audisnce, and with
travail Of the negroes from the Republican
party in Washington county ma! DC eN-
pected.
The Women Broke the Jugs.
For several wears James Phillips. a mer-
chant al Adamsyille. Tenn, has been en-
gagged in selling whisky in violation OF the
four-mile law. which prohibits the sale Of
whisky within four miles Of any Institution
u learning except in Incorporated towns.
His violation Of the law has always been
thorn in the side Of the women Of the locali-
~. and Yesterday they held meeting To
discuss the question. A. result notice
was sent 10 Phillips TO move his whisky
out of town Immediately. lie declined to
do 80, and twenty-five women marched I'D
his establishment aud broke I'm the door.
Several jugs were found and placed IN "a
row outside the buildins. Mrs. Sallie VOL
yerton then broke the jugs with An axe,
and notified Phillips that he Wouih os
whipped with hickory switches and tarreh
and feathered if he sold any more WHISKY
Poisoned 'Possrms.
one day last week large hawk invaded
the premises OF Mr.. Thomas Morgan. seven
miles east of town. and carried on iry-
ing-size chicken. He ate all he could OF ~,
and left the remainder for another meal.
The chicken had been poisoned for the pur-
pose OF finding out who had been steal,ns
them from MIR. Morgan. Next morning hr,
Nergan went out where the chicken had
been left by the hawk and found nine ueau
'possums that had been eating II. III Is now
in order for the Americus Postum ,luD 10
yet ont an Indictment against Mr. Morgan,
a the killing of these 'possums may ma
terially interfere with the evening ehleI-
tainments of the members thereon.
Texan Frog Made Useful.
W. Il. Jennings. of Marshall, Texas. has
discovered "A very effective and simple
means of getting rid of reaches. IL Is SIM
DIV 10 put toad in any room That u IN
tested with them. Last summer large
toad got into the po=toflice and remained
there over night. Afterward the once was
clear of reaches until a few weeks SINCE
when they rcappeared. Another toad was
placed i'm the room, and the reaches again
disappeared. Charles Doyle was greatly
ANNOYED by these yermn. He was toll
about the remedy. and placed Smali toau
in his saloon. which cleared it OF reaches III
very short time.
Increased Assessment.
The Board OF supervisors Of Grenada
county has ilst adjourned, after revising
the assessment tolls The assessed value OF
realty il. in round numbers, Sl,2sb.Dv, an
increase OF S3Ol.O0O over the last assess
mont. The total personally Is SODIUM,
which shows a healthy Increase over last
year.