The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-16

StaEe-W OT4u reputation SHOWN &c
be Decreasing Contesting the wash
ineton Dye VIII Fifteen Years {
County Paupor- Bringing a Husband
to Taw With Hot Water Sand Lo'
Labor Orators Wildcats in Florida
GEORGIA.
HaweinsviI,e Dispatch. The man who
knows all about the silver question is still on
deck Unfortunately ha was not on the deck
O. the City OF Savannah when she was
wrecked.
Wilcox County Banner; Montgomery coun
& viii have public hanging on sept ~
Five negroes viii pay the penalty for murder
"A number Of our citizens express "a desire 20
witness the tragedy. and an excursion Will
perhaps be arranged for the occasion
Americas Times Recorder, Homer willis,
the Terrell county prisoner confined In tAe
lail here for safe keeping and who attempted
T. e-t ape with other prisoners lew weeks
since. received "a visit yesterday from his
father. The elder Wills q DE all the way
from Texas to see his hoy WHO is under hf-
teen years sentence for murder.
Atlanta journal. An Atlanta genius has
discovered that the population OF the world Is
rapidly decreas Ing and this is how ne hglres
IT out. Every man OF TINS generation mad
four grandparents, eight great grandparents.
and sixteen great great grandparents, etc.
SO as YOU 90 back each man : family IN
creases, and the population OF the world must
have been greater one hundred years ago
than il Is now.
Houston Home Journal: Old man Bob Da-
Wis. the Oldest pensiOner upon the bounty OF
Houston county, died at the poor house last
Sunday night. He came here from Dooly
county. where NE was Well-COuncCtCd, about
twenty years ago, and for about fifteenyears
has been a county pauper Through a com
plicatiou OF diseases, he has been practically
an invalid since he became paupcr and Tor
about four years he has been absolutely help
less He was about 60 years old.
Telfair Enterprise a reward of 10 cents is
hereby offered every faulthnder who viii
hold his peace Tor one twelve month, and an
additional reward OF five cents if such fault
finder illdeyOte his time and talent to discv
ering something TO commend in his town
Who viii be the first to claim either or both
rewards SEND in your name that we may
know who are in the race. II there is use-
less character 10 % town it is he who sees
everything TO condemn and nothing TO com
mend.
Augusta News: The little lackey who is on
the stage as Socrates is an Augusta negro,
and enjoyed the soubriquet OF Chicken 80
when ne soldpapers and BACKED boots here.
He ran away with The Little Tycoon" com
pany last season and, later on, was with the
"BlueOeard' company He joined the Nc
Henry aggregation in New York this season.
and is under contract for the tour. Chicken
regards himself as a full-hedged actor now
and looks down in disgust on Shine, -
"knock-em' and the companions Of his poorer
days.
Montgomery Monitor: There have been
some filings made 10y some Of our cOntemp0-
rarles about the little crampedup Jail OF Mont
g0merY county. Wen admit that il is not
the biggest structure of the kind we ever
heard Of but results show that it Is about as
safe a any Of them, or else 10 has an extra
careful keeper AT all events il has proven
quite AIDE luate 10 the safe Ike ping of all our
criminal population and quite a gOOdly per
cent. OF that of North Carolina, which we
have been compelled 10 take care OF until
they can be hanged.
A special from ElhertOn to the Consititu-
uon says that the contest over the viii OF the
late George Washington DYE promises to be
much like the famous Dickson case which is
still fresh in the public mind. Gov Owe "
as he was called, was familiar to all the citi-
zens OF Ebert county, and his familiar char
actersuCS IN lie have furnished food for
many Preside talk Indeed there are few
persons who knew him well tina. have not re-
galed themselves ana friends with stories
some true and some exaggerated, concerning
the strange man ways doings and sayings.
10 say he was strange but mildly expresses
II, lie was never married, and the only Wo-
man who lived at his home was his old slave,
Lucinda. TO whom ana her eight children he
LETT the bulk of his fortune He seldom left
his home, ana never wanted white man or
woman TO invade the premises II is
salo That he had not slept on a bed
1or upwards OF forty years before he
died, but had used a pallet on The
moor with several pillows under the guiftS
uHUer uiuereut parts of his body to suit his
peculiar ideas of physical comfort nthIs
pallet he died, attended by the faithful Luz
clnda and her children, When ne was taken
SICK MIR. Dye told those about him not 10 let
any OF his white friends know OF his illness
as ne wanted nobody hanging around his
mouse after dark. He furthermOre requested
That he be buried on his oWnsand and so he
was quietly LAID away ina sight of the uucofu-
Portable house in which he had lived so Ion.r
governor Dye was very wealthy. He had
on hand nlnety-one bales of cotton. and scat
tered around through some old trunks and
boxes MS executors found $1,000 In cash
Besides this lie held check on a bank in Am.
guSta Tor $1,000 more. In connection
~lth this property he had 200 acres
OF valuable land, all or nearly all of
whlch he Willed TO Lucinda DYE and the
children lie had one living brother, who is
very old, 10 whom he wlled the Interest on
SI,uVJ. This old brother who spent the
greater part of his life in Alabama. moved
pack TO Georgia few years ago after an "A ~
sehce OF about forty years. He went at once
70 PAY the old governor a visit 1t is said
lhaJ ne was received very cOolly. Whether
TINS is true or not. the brother did not trouf7le
MN any more. The old man was suspfejous
OF every body ana seemed to feel that the
World was bis enemy. He was said 10 he "A
thoroughly honest man. He was true 10 his
principles IN politics. was harmless to his
nel2huOrs ana suprcmely indifferent TO re-
ARlon. lie had 40 desire TO harm any oriu
mere was no malice or spirit OF revenge III
ms disposition. He lived "a secluded life and
even his nelghbOrs did not see much OF him in
his later years.