The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-12

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Roswell B1nner: The appearance Of some
/ suspicious characters in town last week caused
( our citizens TO be more watchful and little IN
I easy. on friday night a noise was heard In J {.
I A JOhnston's store and a crowd at once sur
. rounded the premises armed with guns, pistols,
/ knives and brickbats The proprietor was mt
( for, and with breathless tread he approached
| the front door, An army Of guards were ready
I TO capture the burglar and make him sorry that
I he ever came to Roswell 70 pilter honest men 8
! homes. Everybody was ready and eager. Amos
was breathing ike an engine, hands were treu. b.
ling, but Mr.. Johnston unlocked the door. gave
/ it shove and-out jumped a huge tom cat.
There is trouble between Albert Jones. the
+ tax coll 'ctor, and the Cook Brewing Company,
/ represented in Macon by T. e. Drew. II is a
Z legal battle as T. whether the Cook company
should pay 500 for license for dong business
IN Bibb county. The petition Of the brewing
company reCtes that the F. W. Cook Brewing
Company Is a nonresident OF this state; that It
does not DO business in this state except through
agents, and IL is not liabl- for the tax That
the state imposes tax Of 500 on dealers IN
malt and spiritu0us liquors, and tnat Mr..
Drew al offered TO pay this SlOe, nut
Jones refused to accept il. The brewing com
pany claims that the state puts no tax on resi-
dent brewing companies agents, and that the
tax is unjust and unequal They also claim
that the tax act Of the state Is unconstitutional
The petition goes on to ask that Mr.. Jones be
enjOned from proceeding with said H. IA, and
that upon the payment OF 800 as tax as
dealer, Jones be perpetually enioined from
attempting 70 enforce the Fl. IA. for any other
sum. Judge Bartlett granted a temporary in
junction, and the case will probably come up
before Judge jenkins in a few days
Rev John Sharp Of Waters district Floyd
county, is supposed to have become insane He
was on the streets Of Rome Thursday preaching
to everybody who would stop and listen. He
saws that on the night of Jan g he saw vision
that ma 1e a deep and lasting impression on his
mind. He the Savior walking In the stree.s
OF the New Jerusalem and everything shOne like
living fire. The Lord delivered to him a mes
sage saying, 60 forth and warn the people to
make rea iy, for the time is short. Gather them
together" Next day he went to his brother, II.
W Sharp, and some OF the members OF his
church and related to them his
They could give him no advice aud he
returned to his home and prayed for q long
time and then fell into a trance. For nine days
his brother and other members of his family
watched over him. He appeared in a condition
of deep abstraction. and became spe -chless.
His friends bAthed his face and gave him every
attention, but could not arouse him. Finally
his speech returned and the power Of the Holy
Ghost came upon him, ana he told his people
that he had q message from the Lord and that
it must be delivered to the people. Mr.. Sharp
is the pastor Of several Baptist churches in the
vicinity Of Plainville, and he preached at one OF
these last Sunday. His sermon told Of the
coming Of the millennium, and 1t was four hours
long.
on Friday night last Ed Holland a white
man. shot and killed Harvey Moore, negro, at
the old Verdell Geemes' place, across the river
west Of CGrtersville. Both men were married
and had families. On Friday morning a crowd
had assembled, as is usual, on a rainy day in
the country, and Ed Holland and Harvey Moore
were present. 1t seems that the former, think
ing to have some fun, commenced to guy the
negro for being too intimate with a mullato
girl IN the neiRhborhood, but the negro turned
the joke aud got the laugh on the white man
for the same cause The crowd enjoyed the
joke and nothing more was thought Of it.
On Friday night Holland went to Moores
house, and calling him up, told
him that some one trying
to steal his mules, and he wanted
the negro to 20 up to the stable with him.
Moore got up aud made a light, and when he
opened the door his wife saw the shiny barrels
of a shotgun, and called to him to look out. He
blew out the ligh and started to the door, pre-
sumably to shut it, when Holland stepped in
side and the two men clinched in a struggle for
the possession of the gun. In tho struggle the
gun was fired and the load Of shot entered the
Negroes side just above the hip piercing his
bowels, aud killing him almost instantly. Hol-
land Immediately left, and has so far success
fully eluded the officers. The coroner's Jury
rendered a verdict of wilful murder and a war
rant to that effect has been issued for Hollands
arrest.