The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24

ford e. Sons. The bale was classed as strict
middling, and brought Z = cents per pound.
1t weighed So pounds. The price paid is
regarded as Indicative Of the early Seasons
market
Lucy Simmons, young colored girl of
Florence, gave birth to an infant about TWO
weeks ago, which was hurriedly buried.
SUSPICION being subsequently aroused the
body was exhumed, and the post mortem
showed that the child did live. Several
ribs were found broken, and 1t IS supposed
the child was killed at birth. The girl
and her mother claim that the caild never
lived. The jury failed to agree, but the
parties are under close surveillance, and an
other attempt to reach a verdict Will De
made.
John Weeks, a negro, and lately c7n-
Wet of Richmond county, Ca, about
whom n good deal OF talk was made IN
Augusta q week or two ago as to his hay-
ing been cruelty treated out at the county
chain gang works by the guards, was ar
rested Tuesday night in Hamburg for at
tempting to commit burglary. He broke
open the window of Robert Johnson's
house and was discovered and caught just
as he was about to enter the house. He
was put in jail under the warrant issued by
Trial Justice Getzan aud on Wednesday,
sent to Aiken and lodged in Jail there.
A question having arisen before the con-
troller general as to what the Building and
Loan Association of Aiken could be taxed
on, and he being unable to answer IL, it was
referred to the assistant attorney general,
who Yesterday rendered the following de-
cision, which has equal bearing on other
companies OF like kind The opinion Is as
follows: "The SUI ject of the taxation OF
the Aiken Is. CT Building and Loan Asso-
citation having been referred to the attorney
OaOaral e. bis pyini0O I haVa the honor TO
state to you that, after consideration OF the
whole matter, the shares of said association
should be taxed at their true value in
money, and also any real estate owned by
said association. and any personal property
owned thereby"
At Midway on Friday last. Sheriff Lam
caster arrested w. d. Bennett, of the firm
of Bennett & Co., on the charge of
arson. The arrest was made on
the warrant Of Trial Justice Rowe OF Bam-
berg. based upon the affidavit OF Mrs. Sarah
Walker Bennett a. Co. have been doing a
large mercantile business at Midway, occu-
pying a frame storehouse owned by Mrs.
Walker. The storehouse and contents were
destroyed by fire on the night of July %
last. The insurance on the stock was 81 800.
There was no insurance on the building.
Mr.. Bennett waived a preliminary hearing
and submitted to being taken to jail. DEEM
ing ~ u dCb bnlS, huQ bLuSGlhS lis
legal adviser, Col Robert Aldrich, for
further proper steps in the case Mr.. Ben
nett is a gentleman of more than ordinary
business ability aud geniality. and his many
friends sympathize with him in the troubles
that have befallen him. The charge of
arson against him is a surprise to many
who know him.
Columbia State: Allen Dye and Jim
Jones. the negro robbers, broke ont of the
guard house at Kershaw Thursday night
and escaped. Proper precaution was not
exercised by the trial justice, as the guard
house cells were perfectly secure. The
prisoners were out of their cell in tire front
part of the guard house when they broke
out. They had keys to the stores of DR..
Halle, J. b. Ashe, Gausor 81 Williams and
l.. ID. Blackwell, and would enter the stores
at night, taking out whatever suited their
fancy. The merchants of Kershaw have
offered reward of $50 for their appre-
hension. Dye is a black negro about Is or
30 years of age weighs about ITO pounds,
b light about Elk feet, dresses neatly, and
walks very straight He is clean shaved
with the exception of small mustache.
Jones Is mulatto, about the same hight
as Dye, probably q couple of years younger,
and weiggs 16O pounds. Whom last seen Dye
was wearing a. peglige shirt, striped fan
mel coat, checked pants, black straw hat
and new pair of shoes. Jones had on a
white shirt, faded blue overalls with tur-
peltine and rosin on them, dark slouch
hat and no coat.