The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-12

TO cross a rail fence he happened to look
down before he placed his foot on the Op-
p0s.te side. Had he not done so his foot
would soon have rested on a big four-foot
rattler To say that BIZ was scared doesn't
express it. He jumped back, crossed the
fence at another place and with a stroke
that Woul1 have killed an elephant. sew
cred !ts head from its body. burrying the
AK deep into the ground. 1t has made quite
change IN Bill Next Sunday he was at
the church house long before anybody else
arrived and when the minister appeared
and finished his sermon BIN didn't wait
until the contribution basket was present
cd 20 MIN, but he went up voluntarily and
gave freely for the support Of the minis
terial cause.
The Dahlonega Signal is celebrating its
hfty-sccOnd birthday this week. This
staunch old-timer says that notwithstand-
lng lts ripe old age, II feels that.lt is Just
in its prime. full of life and Vigor and
good for many more years yet TO come. II
has stood wars and rumOrs Of wars. never
for "a single issue failing to visit the fire.
sides of its hundreds of readers during all
this time. During the late unpleasantness
between the north and south. at which
time so many papers went down, the Sig
nal stood the storm and chrOncled the
many bloody battles that were fought be-
tween the hostile armies FOR Its patrons,
and continued on and on until now II is
the oldest weekly paper in Georgia. The
Signal says 1t has good cause for being
proud Of its success in having stood these
long years of trials, troubles and great
wishes to return thanks to its many pa
irons for their liberal patronage in the
past. and asks a continuance of the same
I'm the future. 1t expects to renew its euer-
gies in keeping the Signal up 10 its present
standard. the leading paper of Lumpktn
county, and abreast with those of North
east Georgia.
Dahlonega Signal: Some weeks ago a
couple of valuable rings were missing
from Col. Charters house. but he said
nothing about it to outsiders with the hope
of being able to recover them. one day
last week John Franklin was discovered
with one of them on his finger. The idea
of poor shoeless young man wearing
diamond ring caused some comment and
the news soon reached the ears of Col.
Charters at the same time the married
boy. Goodman Beck, "a kinsman. who has
recently separated from his little girl
wife, informed Col Charters that his bet
ter half had taken the ring while they
were living together. The colonel sWore
out a warrant for GOodmans wife and
John Franklin and sent over Marshal
Anderson and Sheriff Pruitt to their places
of abode with Instructions to execute the
papers provided they refused to give up
the stolen property. John willingly dis
ROBBED his finger of it's ornament, stating
that he had given the little married girl
a pocket knife for the ring some time ago.
1t was believed that GoOdman's wife had
the other and she was given until o clock
that day to get it up or else go to jail. The
girl asserting that she knew nothing
about this one, and the matter was drop
ped as they are extremely poor and have
a hard way of making living. The dia-
mond ring is worth about $I5 and the one
that is still missing is valued at $40.