The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08
sANnERs71LLE SETTINGS.

SANoERsvILLE, GA, Oct 7.-BenJamin
Whiddon, one of Sandersvilles Oldest citi'
zens, died at bis home, in this city, Monday
night, from stroke Of paralysis. HIS re-
mains were inferred in the city cemetery
yesterday afternoon, a large concOurse OF
people paying their respects % the memory
Of the dead, who had enjoyed the fullest
confidence and highest esteem or all who
knew him. He had had charge OF the city
market for the past fifteen years
! TIE city election is taking place to-day.
There is nooppositiOn 70 the following ticket.
aud hence only light vote will be polled
For mayor, Bradford z. Roughton; for
alderI en- Beverly D. Evans, Jr., Richard
l. Harris, Morris COhn, Andrew J. Jerni-
gan and Robert L Smith This ticket gives
entire satisfaction to he people
/ The potato, pea AID cane crops are re-
! ported unusually fine, aud many farmers
/ will raise enough for home use and soma to
/ spare.
| There is great scarcity of small change
| The farmers require a good deal at this
season to pay of their cotton pickers, and
thus the town is drained OF fractional cur
rency.
THE SUPERIOR COURT.
The expenses Of the recent term of Wash
lngton superior court approximate 50 900,
or about BPS per day for the nine days
Thirty-six cases were tried by the superior
court. Fourteen convicts were sent t. the
county chain-gang, six to the coal mines
| Including one convicted at the March term
and one was sentenced to be hanged. Thir-
teen paid their fines, and the others were
/ not convicted
Maj. Newman informs US that he has been
considering the sdvisability Of charging the
court house by the addition of two more
| rooms on each of the stories, making four
1 in oil he -. a
story could then be used for jury rooms and
the present court room enlarged TO ample
proportions by removing the partitions.
This work has not been decided upon, and
will not be until the new Jail is complet ID
and paid for, but will perhaps be undertaken
soon thereafter. The county needs a larger
court room.
THE COTTON CROP.
1t is estimated that the cotton crop of this
county will be one-fourth less than il was
LAST year. The crop last year amounted tc
about sc, 900 bales, aud this year, according
to the estimates IL will be about ~ ,00(
bales. Last years crop, however. wa:
larger than usual. This years crop is about
10 per cent below the average.
Over fifty true bills for various ofsnses
were returned by the grand jury. If viola
tions Of the law continue to increase in the
same ratio as for the past six months the
| SSpNNAtJ "a Suo Lew JAZZ VIII uhfo u DS
doubled.
DIR. H. n. Hollifelds new residence is
nearing completion and presents a very
handsome appearance.
There is considerable complaint from the
farmers about the short cotton crop, and
from the merchants about dull trade
Local merchants continue to comp ain
about freight overcharges. The state rail-
road commission has issued an order COM
polling railroads to deliver freight at the
rate named on the bill of lading, or If this
/ is not done, the consiguee can sue for and
recover double the amount of freight
| charged If the amount overcharged is not
returned within thirty days.
| THE TAX RATE.
The state and county tax combined is 90.
| cents on 500 worth of property. The state
tax has been increased and the county tax
decreased, the latter being II mills, or l
cent and one-ifth, lower than it was last
year. The large increase in the value of
property returned for taxation in this
county is one reason the tax rate was re-
| duced. Another reason is that it obviates
the necessity OF making calculations in
| fractions to ascertain the amount due py
each taxpayer. The county's revenue will
be sufficient 70 meet current expenses, al
though jail is being constructed at cost
| OF $4,000. Ordinary Newman deserves
credit for his judiclous management of the
county finances
William Watkins, who lives in the Deep
step neighoorhood, is one of the prosperous
farmers OF Washington county who never
| knows what the cry OF hard times means.
de has not bought a bushel of corn or a
| pound OF meat IN forty years His home
IS noted FOR the generous hospitality which
characterized the southern people before the
| war, and it is always a great pleasure for
him and his family TO have friends to enter-
tain at his sumptuous board
BALE OF COTTON ABLAzE,
I X. d. Webster says that q bale Of IN
packed cotton In Col. r. i. Warthen's gin
about three miles north of SandersviIle
| caught fire one night last week, and strange
| to say the gin house was not burned Two
bales Of cotton had been ginued. one of
which had been packed, when the light
went out. One of the oolored hands strnclo
a match to light the lamp, when the loose
cotton lgnited and the fire spread over it in
an instant. Water had to be brought from
a we'll over hundred yards distant, but by
hard work the fire was extinguished. TIC
cotton was nearly all burned up or badly
damaged by fire and water.
Permanent teachers licenses have been
granted TO the following teachers OF this
county: Rev. B. H 1vey, Prof. S. Nj. Johu-
son, Mrs A lice Tanner and Misses Maria
Haynes, Pauline Hermann and Molie
| Duggan. This will obviate the necessity OF
being examined annually.
Louis Cohen has a banana tree in hi,
yard which Is in full bearing. He has been
considerably Interested in the development
OF the tree and the ripening of the fruit
| which is about the same size as that shipped
here from the tropics.