The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-21

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The in teEnal revenue laws OF the United
States permit the conhscation 20 the govern
ment of land omwhich an Illicit distillery is
found II has not been the custom OF the
United States courts in Georgia to cOnhscate
che land, and tho judges have teen satisfied
to impose a fine and Imprisonment. II is re-
ported that il has been intimated Ia court
circles in this district that. hereafter, the
land on which an Illicit distilery is found
must he confscated. 1t is thought that this
will have a.salutary effect IN aiding to check
mo0nshinlng. for IL an Illicit dlsttller knows,
in addition to fine and Imprisonment, he
must suffer the coni1sCation Of his land, he
is apt to stop the violation OF the law. or
at least he will be more discreet in his opera
lions.
connection with the killing Of James Carey
by John Methvin, were made yesterday. the
parties arrested, Messrs. Mack Bivins and
Joe Wingate, being charged with having at
tempted TO rescue MethVin from Deputy
Sheriff Macarthur on Saturday last. The two
were placed in jail along with Dave and John
Wingate. who are held upon the same charge
Warrants are also out for Joe Roach, who is
said TO have taken a prominent par in the
rescue Of MethVin. Five men are now in Jail
for completely In the affair, and the end Is not
Yesterday by Sheriff Forrest and Jatler Hen
uersOn. While Deputy Macarthur arrested B,v-
ms in Macon county. Both deny that they as
sisted in effecting Methyin's release
The old soldiers had a great day OF IL
Wednesday down at AVera. on the Augusta
Southern railroad, and the happy time spent
wall huger long in their memories. The occa-
sion was the reunion Of Company I, Twenty
eighth Georgia Infantry, which marched from
Jefferson county at the first call of arms, and
never returned until the last gun had re-
sounded through the villages and echoed
from MIL top to hill top OF Virginia. 1t was
great Old ,ompany. and some Of the hottest
battles OF the war fell to their lot. In one en-
gagement, that of Ocean Pond, they went
INTO the night with ~ and returned with only
10 men ninety-six having hravely met death
10 show how desperate was the fight Napol-
con declared that one man hit out OF five was
extreHeiY severe, The orator Of the day was
Hon. Salem butcher OF Augusta
a fearful tragedy occurred at Rodgers mill
near silver creek. IN Floyd county, Tuesday
evening about clock. whereby Henry Bar
Lcr a young white man about p years OF age
lost his lie. Rodgers mill is on Squire sam
uel Ayle's place, two miles from Silver creek
station, ard Barrier was employed around
the mill Tuesday evening he was working
near tclt that connected the saw with the
large fly wheel, and in some strange manner
his lower limits became entangled in the belt
In an instant he was whirlng with fTighful
velO .ity over The large wheel, and before the
paralyZed OulOokers could offer any assist
ance the doomed man had been carried
around the large wheel twice. The miH was
stopped but Barzier lay where he fell CULVER
ing but Unconscious. He was fearfully
bruised anu torn lr Cheney OF Silver Creek
was slmmoneda at once but could do. nothing
to relieve thc wounded mans agony. He
lived a9oHt Two hours but neter gained con
.sci0usness,
The grand hodge of the Good Templars of
GeorFla aFesin session at AcWOrth. The fol
siogihg otfeerh are present Grand chief tenn
p ar. trankt5J. Slaley; grand vice .templar,
MISS Matte Mitchell; grand cpuuselor, Rev.
R+lS BAIRD; grand secretary, j. 9. Thrower
grand Treasurer, ). w. kreeger; G. :. j. T.,
4 J keith; q. NJ, F.. y. Clark; G. D. M.
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Secretary J. q. 1hrOwer shows an increase Of
eleven new lodges during the year. as follows:
Fulton, Atlapta, fulton county; Marietta,
Marietta, Cobb cobnty; StarsVille Starsyille
Newton county; Covington, Covington. New
ton couHtY; taast Macon, South Macon, Macon,
Blob county; Pomona, Pomona Spald-
ing county: DeOtee, Experiment, Forsyth
county; Suwannee, Coal Mountain, Forsyth
county; Macedonia, Oxford, Newton co lnty;
Rising sun, SunnysIde, Spaldng county The
juvenile department under the superinten.
deAce OF j. j. Keith shows gain of four tenn
PIES and corresponding increase of member
ship.
The mangled and dismembered remains Of
VIII r. Witcher Of Six Miles station, in
Floyd county, were discovered by james A.
McGinnls Wednesday afternoon. about 8
o'clock about one and a half miles from the
Atlanta junction, on the Alabama division OF
the East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia
railroad. On the side of the railroad Law a
shapeless mass that had scarcely the vestige
right arm were some distance from the
body and completely severed from the
crushed trunk. The left arm was torn
from the shoulder and Law beside the remains.
The body was torn open and the whole nte-
rlOr exposed The man was mangled and
beaten out of all sem blance of humanity
The superstition is that Witcher started
home Tuesday night in an intoxicated cOndf-
ton. and becoming sleepy, laid down on the
track, ana was run over by the south bound
passenger Witcher was a son OF b. w
Witcher. He was about % years old. and was
married He was a farmer and lived near
Six Mile station.
At this weeks meeting of Macon's CITY
council a petition signed by a large number
of citizens living at the intersection of Second
and Plum streets ana between Second and
Fourth streets, on Plum, was read asking for
the removal of certain class OF undesirable
residents alleged to lie members of the demi-
monde, embraced in two blocks in that neigh.
borhood. 1t was asked that immediate action
be taken as the residents mentioned were
said 10 be source of annoyance TO ladies and
children who lived in the neighborhoOd OF
passed by the houses in question. The peti
ton Was referred to the police committee OF
the council with power to instruct the
chief OF police to give the parties complained
OF notice to remove within five days and II
by that time they had not removed to sum
mon them before the recorder Chief OF
Police Butner commenced Wednesday night
. TO give the necessary notification. The in.
mates objected very strenuouSly to remove
and said they had the houses rented and
could not be forced to remove. Chief Butner
did not argue the question with them, but
gave fair warning. The limit for removal
expires next Monday. A lively rumpus has
been raised by the parties affected, and the
owners OF the houses who rent TO the inmates
are also strongly Directing to the removal OF
prompt paying tenants 1t is said that the
council Is firm. in the matter, and that the
law will be enforced.
Atlanta Journal: DR. r. j. Massey. who
recently moved to Atlanta from Doug Iasyille
but who used TO live in Atlanta many years
ago, Is full OF interesting "reminiscences Of the
early history OF the city. he was in the drup
business before the war on Whitehall street
the firm name being Massey q Landslide In
1899 the firm had five barrels of kerosene on
hand. The oil had been used for two years
or more in Middle Georgia but there was
a deep-seated prejudice against It ln
Atlanta, ana nobody would buy il. DR.
Massey wanted to introduce 1t in
Atlanta so he ana his partner decided upon q
novel plan. They selected Ave Of the most
prominent citizens in the place, Gen Alfred
Austell president of tine Bank of Fulton.
Col Ware agent Of the Macon and Western
railroad; Col. A. A. Gaudin. proprietor of
the Atlanta Daily Inteligencer: judge Jared
J. Whitaker and Judge Hayden; and gave
each OF them lamp and a gallon of kerosene
oil, asking them 10 use 1t for month and re-
port progress. The month passed OF and al
It's close, Or. Massey saw the gentlemen
coming up the street together. They walked
IL single Tile Gen, Austeu in the lead and
each had his lamp and his Kerosene
can in his hand. They said they were sorry
but they were forced to report that the oil was
no good, and besides. IL was very dangerous
This put damper on the business and when
the year closed there were still three of the
i've barrels in stock. In 1860 about twenty
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