The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-04
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
MANY PROTESTS AGAINST THE AP-
POINTMENT OF ". 3. HILL

dis Withdrawal from the Dem ocratic
Party the Ground of the Objections
The Row Over the Taxes on sleep
ing Cars-FL Fas. Against Insurance
ompsnies-Camdea County Teach
ers Can't Get Their Pay.
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. S-Numer letters
and kilograms were received from Macon
today, protesting against the apDoiatme7t
Of ". B. Hill 70 the superior court judge
ship. on account of his letter, published dur;
ing the Cleveland campaign, witad-a wing
from the Democratic party. Toe governor
IS urged TO ill the vacancy with 81 stanoa
democrat The governor Is st.l absent
from the city. and nothing las beea bosrd
from him in regard 70 the MISTER.
TAXES on SHIPPING CARS
The controller IS il rsoa.pt Of s letter
from the Est Te1nesses Ra.lros6 C--l1say
fatty refusing - psy the tax for operating
sleepers belonging 10 nonresident corpa-a-
tions, Oh the ground thst the sci imposing
the tax Is illegal
The sheriff OF this county hSs levied on
engines belonging 20 the &c rEls PScldc
Richmond an1 Danvllls. ana Atlsn1s sd
OF tie slespinE csr tax The c20trCi.er i
awaiting he opinion Of tie attorney gen
eraI as 70 the constitutional Z the lsw
under which ele tax 5 lsvlsl Judge john
l. Hall, who drew ths SCI, lEs written ths-
the obJecs g TIE legislature a passing X
was u make rail7os Is p5y tie tzx in tie
event CT tie failure OF tie STATE - collect
from tie Sleeping car companies No
further steps Viii Be tsken 70 enforce the
e fss- I'LL tie attorney general announces
bis opinion
II FA'S AGAINST INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Fl fas have been issued against the
Equitable Accident Insurance Company Of
Cincinnati, Metropolitan ri ate Glass Com
psuy. sDd the Home Benefit Life Assess
meat Company 4 New York, TO compel
the pSynsnt Of $500 forfeit for fai ure to
settle their taxes w1thia the time required
The Metropolitan company has dech ed 70
pay. aud the Others ignored the states de
naad. Tue fl IA against the Equitable
COMPANY Is for the tax and forfeit.
TEACHERS IN HARD LUCK.
Recently Birn baum, tax collector of
Camden, became too i'll to attend to bust
ness, and his bondsmen turned over the
Office to Nat Long, who gathered the
county's taxes under Collector Birnbaum's
Instructions. The latter inadvertently
omit Ell TO notify his substitute of tho man
ner in which the school fund is disbursed,
and Mr. Long, instead OF holding, the funds
to meet the school commissioners draft for
warded the total collections TO the state
treasurer. WheA tue drafts came there
was no money IN the county to cash them,
and the teachers were unable 10 get their
pay. Controller Wright was then appealed
70, but he decided that the money having
gone 10 the treasury, would have to remain
I'LL the collectors account with the state
was settled, there being no legal way Of
getting at 1t lefore thea. The amount thus
tied up amounts to about 81 500. Owing
10 this awkward little mistake, unless the
county authorities advance their pay, the
Camden county teachers will be unable to
draw one cent for a month or two.
TAXES ON SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES.
The recent legislature amended the law
imposing tax of 500 on sewing machine
companies and IS Tor eacl agent il q wav
which has brought the companies to time
The act had been previously ignored 1t
was made applicable to 1889, ana the COM
panies have only just finished paying for
that year. All the special taxes are due
Jan. /, ami now the controller calls upon
the companies to duplicate their recent pay
ments for 1890.
DEALT A FATAL BLOW.
Today ii. NJ. Nash was knocked in the
head by j. NJ. Dobbs and hurt fatally.
Both parties are white Nash went to
Dobbs' planning mill with a bin to collect.
Dobbs thought Nash was drunk and declined
to pay until the latter should become sober.
This made Nash angry, and a quarrel
Finally Nasa rushed at Dobbs
with a kuife IN his hand. Dobbs then
caught up a stick Of sharp-edged molding
and strucE his assailant over the head.
JUDGE PORTER KING DEAD.
Tonight Judge Porter King of Marion,
Ala, died in this city. He has for some
time past been suffering from a dropsical
and came to Atlanta TO receive
treatment He was juris5 of renown in
his own state. His wife was daught of
Chief Justice Lumpkin. Judge King was
president of the board of trustees of Judson
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