The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-13
CHAIRMAN DALE OBJECTS.
HE DOESN'T LIKE SENSATIONAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT THE
CHANGING.

OEeechee Road, beginning ut the
city Limft--The board Refuses 10
Relieve Charles 4. Deutsch From
Taxes for ISsG-The Commission
ers DONE Want Any Lunatics ON
the Poor Farm.
The June meeting Of the county commits
: sioners opened yesterday afternoon with
protest from Chairman J. J. Dale against
the publication Of sensational reports with
/ regard to occurrences at the county con-
Wet camps.
/ Chairman Dale read an article from the
/ Press. with regard to statements made
! to the effect that Ben Jarvis. a convict, is
/ now at the Georgia InGrmary suffering
I from wounds which are the result Of
/ whipping or whippings administered by
! the guards at camp No. 2 which is now
working on the Avondale rifle range.
1T is reflection on this board, and on
( the community" Chairman Dale said,
and 1t demands an investigation. 1t is
| due to the board and to the community
that it be investigated, and if it is true
we should gladly do whatever is our duty
under the circumstances, but if not
/ think some steps should be taken TO have
such publications stopped"
Dr. T. b. Chisholm. the county physician,
I appeared before the board to make a state
ment with reference to the case. DR..
Chisholm said on May 81, he was called
out to camp No. ?, to attend negro who
had been shot by one Of the guards. while
trying to escape. At that time Jarvis came
up to him and told him he was sick and
was suffering from bowel complaint He
spoke to Maj. Blandford about the mat
ter and had him sent to the county farm.
The negro, he said, was weak and sick,
and after getting worse he had him sent
in to the Georgia Infrmary for treatment.
He said the negro was suffering with a
loathsome disease, had a broken down con-
sutution, and was practically unable to do
any work.
DR.. Chisholm stated that he had Jarvis
sent to the inhrmary on account of his
disa bility and not on account of any whip
ping that he may or may not have re-
ceived. DR.. Chisholm stated that there
were no wounds on Jarvis body that he
would say had been caused by whipping.
and Jarvis made no complaints whatever
to him about having been whipped by a
guard.
Maj. Blandford said he had looked into
the matter. and so far as he could ascer-
tain there was no truth in any of the state
ments. DR.. Charlton said he didn't see
that there was anything the commission
ers could do in the matter though it was
clear that Jarvis disability was in no wise
due to whipping. He said a little more
trouble should be taken to investigate such
matters before they are published as there
are many who might be inclined to believe
them whether they are true or not.
With regard TO the convict Joe Harris,
who claimed to have been badly whipped
by the guards. and who died at the camp
hospital night before last post norton
examination was made both by DR.. Charl-
ton and DR.. Chisholm and it was found
that he had died of malarial fever.
DR.. Chisholm asked If the commissioners
would take some action with regard to a
negro named Peter Fleming, who is now
confined in the county Jail, and who. after
trial before a jury of the court of ordi-
nary, was recommended to be sent to the
county farm. letter from Fleming ask
ing why he was detained in Jail and stat
ing that he was not a lunatic, was also
read. The matter was referred back to
the court of ordinary before which Flem-
ing was tried, the commissioners deciding
that they had no jurisdiction to act in the
matter.
The bill from the city for the Smelling of
that portion of Drayton street Just back
of the court house, amounting to $1O.97, was
reported back by the committee and or
dered paid.
The commissioners refused to grant the
request of the Vernon Shell Road CompA>
ny that the county keep up the bridge
across the Harmon canal on the Vernon
shell road.
The following order introduced by Com
missioner Chaplin. chairman of the COM
mittee on roads and bridges, was unani-
| mously passed:
Ordered, That the committee on roads
and bridges be authorized to continue the
| improvements of the Ogeechee road where
the city stopped, with such material as
| they may select, to the Charleston rail-
road crossing.
Commissioner Charlton had made a mi
nority report on the order to await a dis
| cussion of the question of road improve
ments, but consented to ithdraw it, The
! commissioners are all in favor of using
| ebert for the pavement between the city
| limits and the Charleston and Savannah
| railroad crossing and this will proba blv
be the material decided on by the com
mittee. 1t was suggested also that it
would be good place to test several of
| the materials which have been recon-
| ded for the purpose.
| An order was passed providing that on
and after June Is until Sept Is, the office
at o'clock daily except on such days a
may be designated for regular or special
| meetings of the board.
1t was ordered that Messrs Dale. Chan
| lin and Kehoe, they constituting ma
| jority of the board, be authorized to Sc
lect and appoint the managers for the
! fence election to be held July g.
j. R. Saussy, Esq, the county attorney.
| reported favorably on the bill from the
| clerk of the court of ordinary for Sc for
swearing in two lunacy juries, as is al
| lowed under the law. The report was re-
| ceived as Information.
Charles A. Deutsch, who wants to reg
lister for the coming election. and who
has not been allowed to do SO on account
of the fact that he owes taxes for 1856
on the stock of goods which he had in his
store at Drayton and Henry streets, and
also his pole tax made application 10 the
| commissioners for relief from that tax
| on account Of the fact that. as he claimed
he was a resident of Florida and not OF
Savannah al that time. He made an af-
fidavit to that effect. The file Of the
/ Morning News for 1856 was consulted to
-1rn no ,1,s 1.