The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-17

j. u. cochran OF lineage baiU u III Al
bany Netos aud Advertiser man that the
worlds fair will give the Georgia water
melon the biggest reputation 1t has ever
known, and will put it where the whole
world will clamor for It. Dir. Cochran says;
Nv hen the worlds fair is held in chicago,
it will result in the best advertisement the
Georgia melon ever had. The fair VIII be
held from May until October, and the
crowd that iccks there Will lld the teoF-
gia melon monopolizing the demand untlI
I Aug l. The melO-s from the other
sections that follow will not compare, OF
I course. with your pred .ctlon here. and
/ the only result will he that the reputation
/ of yoI,r melons Will be esta hllsEed SO that
| nothing will ever interfere with II. But the
/ main thing about having melons at the
| worlds fair is that every nation Will be
represented there, and thousands OF visitors
| from foreign lands will eat Ct the luscious
! fruit. II they once partake OF 1t, you have
got them captured righO them They will
have them atterward ~ spite cf everything,
aud the inevitable result viii be that the
Georgia melon viii be exported and will be
one 4 the most desirable exports the south
ern country nas ever produced,
The Houston Home Journal has investi-
gated the rum to the effect that negro
prisoner had been sold for 81 Ia that
county The prisoner was tied, and IN
charge Of three other negroes, one leading
and two driving. Mr.. Jones says that Sow
man, the self-elected officer, told him that
the Justice Of the peace instructed him to
get the costs Of court, and he construed 1t to
mean that he should dispose Of the pris-
oner for that amount. to any one who
would pay it. Mr.. Jones paid al, and the
prisoner agreed to work a specified time.
The prisoner told him that the officer
in charge had not given him anything 70
eat for tweuty-f1ur hours. and Mr.. Jonss
says be was nearly exhausted. The prls-
ouer, Bill Irwin, worked with Mr.. Jones
several days, and was then delivered to a
negro who brought note from the justice
Of the peace who presided al the trial Tnis
note stated that the bearer was on the pris
oner's bond for good behavior, and that the
sale" or hiring out was illegal. The negro
to whom Irwin was given il charge sad lie
would carry him 10 Macon county and there
have him tried for breaking a contract.
The above certainly shows a strange state
of affairs, and further investigation will be
made.
The Atlanta correspondent Of the Macon
Telegraph writes his paper as follows: The
geological board had u salty interview Tues
day afternoon with Gsologist Spencer and
Assistant Whatley. The two have never
been on good terms, and the result Of it has
been that little or no work has been done.
DR.. Spencer has always protested that his
help was incompetent, aud several months
ago he made a formal complaint to the
board concerning Mr.. Whatley. This was
the time that DR.. Spencer and Treasurer
Bob Hardeman had personal difficulty.
But Tuesday afternoon the board
took a very decided position. They
told DR.. Spencer aud Mr. Whatley that
they must work together in harmony or
they we're drawing money
from the state treasury and gave no re-
turn. This brought both DR.. Spencer and
Mr. Whatley to terms, and both of them
promised to 60 to WORK and to continue to
work in harmony. The truth OF the matter
is that, mot speaking as they pass by and
working each III at all ia conflict with the
other, absolutely no advance has been
made with the survey. DR.. Spencer is
very fine geologist, but has no business |
Or executive capacity and his admins |
trstion has been anything but satisfactory.
He mas dubbed about ethics and author |
ty, and preferred cnarges and written |
-etracted newspaper cards, all at the states |
expense, while for days and weeks at a
line, the work of the whole department |
VAS practically suspended. As to Mr.. W hat
ey, DR.. Spencer's charge OF incompetency |
S so explicit and emphatic that there is |
probably something in it-at any rate, Mr.. |
Whatley has failed to show to the con-
-rary. The other assistant, c. c. Ander- |
son, has sawed wood and said nothing |
There is no complaint against him specifi- |
cally. Messrs. Whatley and Spencer are |
very busy shaking hands with the legisla> |
lure now. The common danger of losing |
their positions has harmonizsd their differ |
ancas for the first time in twalVa mOntha