The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

Redwine Declines to Talk About His
Case-Dixon and Glover Given Two
Years Each for Counterfeiting-A
Small Girl Badly Burned-Two Ne
Rroes Still on the Macon Police
Force.
GEORGIA.
The ministers Of Gainesville have organized
to fight the liquor trafic.
A little colored child was burned TO death on
Friday night last near Miner.
The people of Henry county are urging
Hon. E. j. Reagan to enter the race for con
gress in the Sixth district.
DR.. Dixon and Dr., Glover were both sen
fenced at Augusta. Monday, for counterfeit
ing. Each got two years in the Columbus
(O.) penltentiary.
Fire Sunday night destroyed the building
OF the colored Odd Fellows at Dawson. There
WIS no Insurance. The fire was doubtless OF
fncendiary origin.
w. 7. Arlington. dealer IN general merchan-
disc at Dawson, has assigned to w. G. kim
brough. The amount of the assets and La
bilities is unknown.
The municipal election at Butler Saturday
resulted In the election of the entire demo-
cratic ticket headed .by James N. Mitchell
for mayor, by twenty one majority.
Nat Harris, Jr., bright young Mercer stu
dent, who was seriously injured in rock riot
between the attendants OF black and white
city school at Macon, Friday, is doing well
Mrs. Lucy Carnegie, the owner of Dungeon
ness. has had built palattal steam yacht,
which will be launched next month. The
yacht has been named Dungenness. Mrs
Carnegie will come south on the yacht, stop
ping at Dungenness several days.
Gov. Northen is having tusssl with the
grip. He has been fighting to keep On his
feet for week past. and at no time during
this time has he had more than bare advan-
tage over the insidious foe. Monday he was
having such set-to with it that he remained
indoors oil day
DIT. L. johnson. pastor of the First Baptist
church, of Columbus, Miss, has been called
20 Tattnall Square church at Macon to sue
coed the late DR.. Warren. DR.. Johnson was
for a long time professor Of English in the
University OF Mississippi, and recently
preached the commencement sermon at
Mercer
The election of mayor and councilmen of
Covington occurred Monday and the follow
ing persons were elected without opposition:
j. M. Pace, mayor; O. II. White, II. B. Ander-
son, J. y. Robinson. T; @. Swami, j. w. Peek
and A. n. Hays, councilmen. This ticket had
been previously nominated and not a single
name was scratched from the same.
The hearing of the application for q receiver
for the Consolidated street Railway Com
pany, OF Atlanta has been postponed until
Jan. %. This application was TO have been
heard before Judge Pardee, in Anew Orleans
next Saturday. As Col Hammond has other
cases to argue in new Orleans on Jan. 90, the
time.
ne Sai6 OF OOOk BIOS, OF RarrOtt, In Ter
rel county, was blown open Sunday night
and $500 was taken out. There is no clue to
the perpetrators. The burglars dropped q
package containing 800, which was found
near the depot at PARROT and identified by
Cook Bros, as belonging to Pride Pritchard,
who had left 1t on deposit with them. The
burg lars failed TO carry away about ten dol
lars in dimes and nickels contained in a tin
cup in the safe
Saturday evening about O'Clock Hessie
the little l0-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
M. l1F1t1nnnnn 9
store, on the A. & f. railroad, was seriously
burned at the residence of K. l.. Davis where
she was playing with some other children.
She was standing with her back to the fire,
her clothes caught and she ran through the
door out into the yard where she was caught
by colored man, who extnguished the flames
with the help OF two white gentlemen, Mr.
Graves and Mr.. Ridley. The little girl suffers
intensely from her burns, hut her physician
thinks she VIII recover. The colored man
was very severely burned while extinguishing
the flames; Mr. Graves and Mr.. Ridley re-
ceived slight burns.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution from
Gainesville says Capt Tom Hanie, of the
Richmond and Danville railroad captured
Jeptha d. Myers and Bill Palmer in the woods
IN Banks county Monday. They are charged
with safe blowing, among their victims being
Messrs >. s. Carter and w p. Carter and
Messrs. Scroggins and Lipscomb, at Bolton,
on Oct. II, 1893 IL is supposed that they also
blew a safe at Buford about the same time.
They also blew w. A. Sharp's safe at Long
view about Nov. /, 1893. They had perfected
pldn 10 nolu up a passenger train on the
Richmond and Danville railroad a short time
ago, but they had falling out among them
selves and their plan went to pieces. The
party arresting the defendants consisted OF
Messrs. Tom Hanie, S. S Carter. c. II. Faux.
ner, p. T. and w. A. Shore. The searching
party made raid on the gang at O'Clock
Sunday afternoon, and "scoopedn the whole
gang, but turned ten loose they not being con
nected with the matter. Tom Hanie and John
Lipscomb are now in Jackson county for the
purpose of catching Kale Yarbrough. one of
the celebrated Banks county kuklux, and
John NJ. Grain who are members Of the same
gang. There was another member Of the gang,
abouts uncertain"
Macon letter in Atlanta Journal: For some
years the Macon city government has allowed
the negroes representation on the police
force This was charged as a part of the po-
lfticaI policy Of the ring. " One OF the pur-
poses OF the new charter was to dispose ofthe
ring, It's influences and Objectionable Gus
toms. The new charter divided the govern
ment machine into several different divisions
one OF which was police commission. TO
which was assigned the supervision OF that
department. One Of the first onicial acts of
the commission was TO draw the color line
on the force and depose without ceremony
rho IN p9nch the three negro members.
TAls caused some comment at the time but
was generally approved. The leading mem
Der OF the board of commissioners was asked
the reasons for pulling of the negroes. and re-
pied; 1t was done on general principles.
There was no charge against any OF the men,
nut no other city IN Georgia has negro patrol
men anu we ueclueu tnht II would ada con
slderably to Macon credit TO be able to say
the same. For this reason the negro mem.
bers OF the force were all dismissed, and their
places Will be Tiled with white citizens" It
has been hardly a month since this interview
put 70 DAY two negro patrOlmen are on regu-
lar duty Saturday afternoon the board OF
police commissioners elected nine policemen
10 complete the force and two of that number
were negroes. The two negroes put on are A.
A Gordon, weu-known politician, editor
ana stump speaker, and a genius at Club or
gaming ana wire pulling. and George WAL
lace, whose ability TO "whoop en- up In the
wards and at the polls, makes him a valuable
man In close contest
Jacksonville Journal: Lewis Redwine has
so far refused 70 make any pulzic statement