The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

The people of Murray county. in this
state. made resolution on New Years
day that promises to be of the greatest
benefit to them. They assembled at the
county seat and solemnly resolved to
stop making Illicit whisky
The making Of Illicit whisky. while it
has been o source OF profit to the poor
mountaincers, has brought them an i'm
mense amount OF trouble. They have
been at war with the revenue officers
for a long time and there have been many
tragedies in consequence of it..
Among the population We're many who
were opposed to the business and some
of them We're from time to time suspect
ed OF being irformers. This suspicion
bred distrust. i'll feeling and finally white
capism. And the doings of the whltecaps
would make a thrilling story If they could
be told I'm all their hideous details.
The people have become tired of the
disturbances and the crimes which Illicit
whisky distilling has caused. and so
they have turned over a new leaf. In
future they will feed their corn to hogs
anu utitllu upon Ab6o itl1AfsaNA VI NAlioNN
to provide them with the cash they need
to purchase the few things they want
from the stores.
The New Years resolution is a good
one It is sincerely to be hoped that it
will not be broken as such resolutions
usually are. II it is relslously kept the
people of Murray county viii be happier
than they have been in many years and
they will be more prosperous.
An Ohio judge named Rookwalter re-
fused the other day to turn a colored
prisoner over to the Kentucky authorities
unless the governor of Kentucky and the
sheriff of the county to which the negro
was to be taken would give him writ
ten guarantee that the prisoner would be
amply protected and receive a fair trial.
Gov Brown of Kentucky has refused 20
give the judge any such guarantee. And
he is right. The judges action in demand
ing any such guarantee was a gratituous
insult to the state of Kentucky He had
no shadow of right to exact or expect
any such guarantee. Neither the con
stitution of the United States nor the
laws of the states call for pledges when
criminals are passed from one state to
another. The fact that the prisoner was
under a legally drawn indictment should
have been accepted as a sufficient pledge
that all the safeguards of law would be
thrown around him. Exasperated mo5s
sometimes lynch people in Kentucky; so
do they also in Ohio. The Ohio judge
probably only sought little cheap noto-
riety He has got it-about as cheap no
toriety as judge ever achieved.
We hear frequently in romance and
occasionally in real life. of hair turned
white almost instantly under stress of
fright. pain or grief An incident of hair
changing color in a few hours, but from
white to black, instead of the other way,
occurred in Louisville "a few days ago.
Engineer Cambria Of the fire department
was coated with ice at a fire during the
recent cold snap. He was unconscious
for some minutes. When he was revived
by a physician it was found that his
hair, previously snow white had been
changed to raven black The doctor
thinks intense cold must have stimulated
the hair cells into immediate and hasty
action This incident. however. should
not induce gray-headed persons to put
their heads into cold storage in the hope
OF taking out u black head after period
OF time.