The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-18

a Wardrobe Made by an Old Negro
Out of Willow Limbs Buford's Pri-
mary for Postmaster Highly Unsat-
isfactory-Result ofthe Enumeration
OF Macon's School Children.
GEORGIA.
The Greene county grand jury has given the
Greene Rifles $500
Mrs. A l. Marlborough died at Athens Satur
day morning. She had been an invalid for sew
ersl years.
Friday about noon the residence of J. C.
Beard, near Locust Grove, in Spaldlng county,
caught fire from defective stove tiue and was
completely destroyed. Most of the furniture
was saved.
At Athens Saturday the case of A. J. Booth
VS.. the Clarke County Building and Loan Com.
pany was thrown out of court on the ground
that the same case was already under process
of adjustment il the city court Of Clarke
county.
Epstein & Lenstein and other creditors,
through their attorney, l. } Brown, have fled
a petition for a receiver for Z. RogOwin, at No.
3O6 Bay street, at Brunswick, and he was ac-
cOrdingly closed up by the sheriff Saturday
afternoon at o clock.
A. C. Turner, late editor and proprietor of the
WeSI HJlSbOrO Times at Clear Water HarbOr,
Fla, will begin in about two weeks the publica
ton OF the star at SJatesboro, a democratic
weekly in 5.columu quarto form. The publish
ers will be A. c. Turner & Son.
IN the case OF lale DIXON a &c. vs.. saunders
Bros. argued before Judge Hansell at Ihomas-
vile Saturday. he required the defendant TO
give bond in the sum of 81, 900 as additional Sc
curity TO the mortgages, and II not given In
ten days the property TO be held by per
maneut receiver.
Saturday a negro &c years of age arrived at
Athens from OgletuOrpe county bringing with
him beautiful wardrobe that ne had made out
of pieces of willow limbs. There were $50
pieces OF willow limbs on the outside nicely
vanished. The time it took the old man TO
make it was nearly forty days.
lie Jones' a negro who cut hickman named
Barney Hicks very severely at Columbus about
five years ago, and for whom there was war
rant for assault with intent to kil, came to
Columbus from Birmingham last Monday for
the first time since the crime was committed,
and Deputy Mac located him Saturday and
placed him under arrest. The negro gave bond
in the sum Of $50.
Dr.. Robert II. Harris the pastor Of The
First Baptist church at Colum bug,
has accepted invitation to preach
the commencement sermon Of the
Howard Male a ID the Atheu@um Female col
leZes at Birmingham. The commencement eX-
ercises Of the two institutions will he held
jointly, and il viii be a large body of students
that Dr. Harris will address.
From one of Sumters best farmers, living in
the Fifteenth district, and who was at Americas,
twas learned that It IS mistake to suppose that
all the people were planting largely Of cotton.
lie said that in bis neighbOrhoOd very much
less acreage will be plan, ed this year than last
anu more corn. The Arge amount of fertilizers
bought was to grow corn and waJerm elons, and
thus to take the place OF cotton seed sold at
high prices. He also sal that bis neghbors
were raising hogs more than ever, and tERL the
oat acreage was larger than ever before
w. B. New, supervisor of the Atlanta and
Charlotte division Of the Richmond and Danvilie
railroad. aud J. l.. Martin of Toccoa were thrown
from crank car two miles north OF Mount Airy
Friday and severely hurt The car was running
down the mountain at good rate of iced,
when a small rock that had been laid on the rail
F,rr .
New and Mr.. Martin on tleir heads in front OF
the car. MIR. New was hurt in the back and
shoulders ana picked up by a local fret ght
ana carried to his home at Ioccoa. Mr.. Martin
oscar ed with few bruises and will soon be all
right again
Saturday the dry goods store of II. a. Curtis
on Broad street al Columbus was closed by the
sheriff at the instance Of certain unsecured
cre1itors on a bill filed by GOetChius 4 Chap
pell, their attorneys attacking the recent sale
of Curtis & Futch Sheriff J. G.. BurruS was
appointed temporary receiver, and took charge
of the stock The hearing before Judge Butt
for a permanent receiver Is set for next SRtur-
day, April %. The Fourth National Bank and
several private parties hold mortgages on the
stock. Ii is claimed that the assets of the firm
are greatly in excess of the liabilities. the lat
ter be ne about $4,000 and the former from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The enumerators appciuted by the board of
education have completed their canvass of the
Macon schools, and Supt. ZettIer has compiled
the consolidated returns from the city wards.
The returns from all the country districts have
not yet been made but all will probably be in
within the next few days Following are the
statistics of the city and suburban schools. The
mum Der of white children is 2,460. The cOlored
children number 2,647. The number OF whites
who cannot read or writ is 1903, and the colored
number 55l. The number of whites who have
never attended school is 50 and colOred 3O3
The number of blind, white and colored, in the
city is 5, deaf !, dumb 4 and idiot l.
In order to settle a contest among themselve;
the citizens of Buford held a primary last week
to determine the choice of the people for post
master at that place. The result was: j. G.
Power 49, G. l.. BrOgdon 6S and @. E. Smith IS
But still this does not seem to satisfy !, fol
the Gazette says: las we knew and predicted
the election he'd here last Saturday led t
scenes and acts which are very much to be de
plored Bad feeling, which it will take some
time to heal, was stirred up, and the result was
80 close that really no fair expression of the
choice of the people was obtained, and, there
fore, what was desired was not realized. Carter
Tate will be as much perp.exed as to whom the
people want as he was before, and while mucl
harm has been done, no good has been accom-
pllshed. We still say IL was a grievOus mistake
TO have had it at all and regret that our disu
terested advice was not needed in time. 1t il
over but not its effects, snd our regrets arr
well meant and sincere. IL unanimity had ex
listed it would have been all right. but as it wa
it was mist axe not easily rtcGfed. Marx ou
prediction: dark horse will get the BuforC
postofice"
Atlanta has new firm Of attorneys at law
jackson, Leftwich & Black. The gentlemen
composing the firm Capt. Henry Jackson
7. J. Lettwch and w. II. Black Ali the mem
bers OF the new firm are we'll known. Capt
Jacksonis undoubtedly one of the foremos
lawyers IN Georgia, and, indeed. in the entir
south. He is especially prominent in corpora
ton law He is now division counsel of tn,
Richmond and DauvilIe Railroad Company fo
Tennessee, Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi
attorney for the Standard OF, Company. for tn,
Atlanta Home Insurance Company, for boti
the gas companies, for the New York Life In
surance Company, for the Pullman Palace ca
Company, for several states and r OF or largt
Institutions. Capt. Jackson was, up to within
rev years ago, the represe .LaJIye Of the
Central Railroad Company for all business
north OF Macon and in all the company's bi.
Cases When the Cahouus occurred co troll Of
the Terminal aud Richmond and Danvllle com
panies Capt Jackson became division course
anu so q sistaut general counsel. He repre-
fents the company in al the Rowena Clarke
matter aad in all the litigation that has crow
out or 1t. Mr.. Leltwicn nas teen pract!clui
law Ia Atlanta about year, but ne came not a
stranger. His father Rev Dr. l-ettWich, wa
Tor several years the brilliant aston Of tae Cen
trai Presbyterian church and the son had many
old acQuaintaucss u welcome him upou his re-