The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-25

siouer swore that z. G. Branson, on April
s. wrote him note requesting him to call
at bis room after tea, IL he would accept
fee; not knowing what was wanted he went
after tea 60 Branson's room. Branson told
him that he wauted him 60 advise him
and direct him in procuring the board to
recind certain orders they had
passed in favor Of the American School
Book Publishing Company, to do his the
Quinn Book Company justice that he
would pay him reasonable
fee for the service. Taylor told
him that he had no use for an at
torney for that purpose and that he Taylor
was county school commissioner and
couldn't accept fee at all, but was satisfied
the board would do him Justice; that Bran"
son then drifted off in abuse Of the Amerl-
can school Book Company and its agents,
and finally proposed again to pay him fee
90 procure the resembling order and stated
that he didn't see why he couldn't accept it.
The first note proposing a fee was rendered
in evidence; also another note insisting on
Taylor returning the first note;
also called on him and insisted that he
should give up the first note. Branson,
in his statement, said that he didn't know
Taylor was commissioner at the time. he
thought he had resigned, and didn't re-
member 1t il he had offered fee after
Taylor told him he was commissioner.
Macon EUening News: B. +. jacobson,
prominent Citizen OF Tennille and also post
master at that place, is out under $500
bond. Mr.. jacobson was brought to Macon
Friday by Postoffice Inspector Bulla, who
arrested him IN Tennille and he was
tried before Commissioner Erwin yesterday
and placed under $500 bond by him to apN
pear for trial before Judge Speer at Augusta
during the November session Of the court,
In his statement while on trial Mr.. jacobson
or hot ha RALLY hnvU his
business get SO mixed, that he had been
keeping his private money with his post
Office money and he supposed in that way
he got behlud. That he first began to find
out that his remittances we're in arrears Ia
December, and that since that
time he has been eudeavoring to catch up.
He says he adopted this plan. which he
thought was not unlawful. drawing drafts
in his own favor on the Southern Bank OF
Georgia, and afterward would sign appl-
cations for money orders in his own name
and issue the orders to try and keep the
back remittauces He found, however, that
this plan instead of decreasing the amount
of the deficiency made it, il anything,
larger, and when Mr.. Bulla came down
there the other day a1d checked up the
office he was surprised to find such an enor-
nous sum. AS soon as he found out the ex-
tent of the deficiency, which amounted TO
about 81 800, he procured the money from
Capt. j. D. Franklin, Hubbard Franklin
and Mrs. Laura Z. Smith and paid it
over TO Mr.. Bulia. He came right on up to
Macon before the warrant was issued to
see if he could not get the matter settled.
He said that he desired to make good the
shortage in his office, and had he known
the extent to which he had gotten behind
would have settled the matter long before
this. Mr.. jacobson is one OF the most
prominent men In Washington county ana
Is highly connected. No one deplores the
affair more than he does and his friends
very promptly rallied to his aid in his ex-
tremity and made good the shortage. His
brother-in-iaw wens on his bond and both
returned to Tennille, where Mr.. jacobson
will remain pending his trial.