The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-15

The bone of contention I'm municipal
politics in Macon continues 10 be the re-
tail liquor license. All business licenses
have been raised except that of liquor
and the whisky men are doing all they
can TO prevent an increase. AT the coun-
en- meeting week before last, the license
was fixed al 300 per annUm, the same
price as i'm 1894. but at the meeting of
council this week the entire license Orli-
nance was recousldered because of the
KICK OF the mercantile community AGAINST
the raise ina license In order to satisfy the
public il is said that the finance COM
mittee of council will restore licenses to
the same amount as last year. except
the retail liquor license, which viii be
raised In order to meet the discrepancy
m the citys revenue and expenditures
which Will occur by reducing the licenses
on other business. The liquor men say
mat the Good Government Club made "a
positive promise that there would be no
Increase In the liquor license. and be-
cause Of this promise no fight was made
on the altermanic ticket nominated by
the Good Government Club. n the license
Is raised the municipal contest next De-
cember viii be fought sQuarely on the is
sue of high license. mayor and six
aldermen VIII be elected and the contest
VIII be redhot
Or II. r White i'm Crawfordvile Dem
ocrat A find was made in Augusta the
other day that may prove valuable. An
Egyptian mummy that had long been In
possess on OF the Augusta Medical col
iege was examined by a gentleman who
mas made special study of Egyptian am
tlqu.les a piece of papyrus. which was
the material the ancient Egyptians wrote
ON, was found luClosed ina the wrappings
of the mummy There was writing on this
piece of papyrus, the writing was trans
have fallen under the sorCeries of the ac-
eused Aperln, yet blot not me ont utterly"
The Egyptians called the jews Aperin,
which word referred to their occupation
as shepherds. The Egyptians We're SUI
perstitious, though intelligent people. and
some OF the most Intelligent Biblical stu
dents of Augusta think that they readily
attributed the death of the first born in
every Egyptian home, as recorded in the
twelfth chapter of Exodus, to the sorcery
of the jews and especially so as they
had just seen Moses and Aaron do many
marvellous things. Hence the Augusta
Biblical students believe that the person
represented by the above mentioned mum
my was one of the Inflated first born
Egyptians spoken of in Exodus. BE this
as It may, the person represented by the
mummy certainly died before or about
fact is of historical value.
Augusta News: Jabez Virgins the triple
murderer, Was q picture of remorse and
terror Saturday During his trial he never
finched. When bullets were raining about
him to-day three weeks ago he showed
10 sign of fear. When there was outside
the walls of the jail an angry mob crying
out for his life, he never quivered He
was as q rock. He either had no dread Of
death. OF did not believe that death was
near az hand. Nothing seemed to move
a sign of interest of an extraordinary
nature. He looked unconcerned. One
would not have judged seeing him in the
court room, that he was a man who was
being tried for his life When he was
put in the patrol wagon Friday night and
carried 70 the Jail he showed no sign
of tTepldatlou. a change came over him
in the night Saturday morning. after
his breakfast had been served him. he
sat thinking awhile When next noticed
IL was seen that he was crying bitterly.
EifS ira shook VIOLENTLY His hands