The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-05

to BE Reduccd-An Evangelist Ar
rested at Atlanta for Drunken
ness.
GEORGIA
John r. Crawford's gin at Athens was
burned Friday The loss is $1,000, with
no insurance. The fire was caused by
a cartridge exploding in the cotton.
A man named J. Todd, whose home is
said to be at Charlotte, y. c.. has been
arrested at Atlanta on a charge of trying
TO sell to a ticket broker forged rail-
road ticket.
Mrs. W. R. Hoyt, wife of a prominent
physician of Rome died Friday. She had
been in i'll health for years. She was
Miss Florence Stevens, and was born
in Liberty county.
Three residences at Palmetto were
burned Saturday noon. One belonged to
T. j. Billiards and the other two to A. ].
Lyndons. They were occupied by J. r.
Sims and the Lyndons. The loss will
reach $4,000 r. J. Billiards. residence was
insured for $500.
The report of Chief of Police Connolly,
to be submitted to the board Of police
commissioners of Atlanta at it's next reg
ular monthly meeting will show that up
TO Oct. 1919 cases were made by the
officers for city offenses, beside the great
number Of state cases.
The state railroad commission viii take
up the thousand mile rate question on the
18th of this month The travelling men
have asked for a rate of cents per mile
on thousand-mile books and the case win
be heard on the day stated. The cele-
brated Miller marble case will also be
taken up by the commission on that day.
A special bill will be introduced into
the next session of the general assem-
bly,, authorizing a change in the city
limits of Americas so as to exclude the
property of the former Lection Park Com
pany on the south side. The property is
now used for farming purposes only,
hence the desire to put it outside the linn
its where it formerly was.
Jack Massey, a member of the junior
class of Mercer University at Macon, had
hold of a street car of the Consolidated
Company Friday night and was running
on the ground alongside of the car, when
his foot went into a hole and his left
leg was thrown under the rear truck
1t was so badly torn and lacerated that
1t had to be amputated Mercer students,
training for football, have been in the
habit of exercising in running by catch
ing hold of street cars on Tattnall square
near the campus, and racing along the
side.
]. p, Bailey, a young preacher about
twenty-three ears of age. was arrested at
Atlanta Thursday night and locked in
the station house on the charge of being
drunk. Bailey was once an evangelist of
some prominence. Several years ago he
was associated with the great Moody.
and was graduated from Northfeld Col
lege, in Massachusetts. Fortune has not
favored him lately, and he has been de-
spondent. Friday night he walked down
Decatur street, and thought he would
drown his trouble in the cup. He entered
saloon and took three drinks In a
short while he was maudlin drunk. A
friend paid his fine.
There are many guesses being made
as to the outcome of the presidential
election. Judging from an incident that
occurred at Athens in 1892, II would be
well to consult Editor Larry CAN'T of
the Piedmont Is. c. Headlight. In 1892
IN the Athens Banner office. fully a month
DeTore the election, he startled everybody
by declaring in a solemn manner that
Cleveland would receive an even three
hundred electoral votes. He said he was
not guessing at it, but he figured il out
scientifically and logically. He then gave
MS reasons for putting each state in the
Cleveland column, and they were good
ones, too. He gave each state Cleveland
was to carry, mentioning California, Wis
consin, Illinois and Ohio. The bows in the
office laughed at him, but he stuck to
: his figures and backed them up with ar
gument. The election came around and
Cleveland carried every state that Editor
CAN'T said he would carry except Ohio.
In that state out of an enormous vote
he received just 1912 votes less than Har-
rison. If there had been change of $50
votes in that state CAN'T would have hit
the election absolutely. Now Editor
CAN'T says Bryan is a winner. and a
httle later he will put up his figures.
At Monticello Saturday jury in the SUI
perior court brought in verdict of muir
der against James Campbell and Alkaline
Murray and recommended both to life
imprisonment. William Campbell was a
wealthy and well known farmer and was
shot down from ambush near
ms house one afternoon while
plowing. The murder was one
of the most atrocious ever commit ed
IN Jasper county, and for a long time
there was no clue TO the murderer Fin.
ally suspicion began to rest upon the
brother, and the neghbors of the dead
man, aided by the officers began q thor.
ough investigation. The circumstances
were strong against the brother, strength.
ened by the testimony of Leroy Camp
bell, negro boy, who was in the field
near the murdered man when he fell nor.
tally wounded. 1t was dicovered thai
where the murderer stood and suisse.
quently buried his knees in the ground in
the effort to steady his aim, a piece OF
cork from a bottle was found and on the
cork was the odor of whisky. The negro
boy declared that he ran from the OWNS
man TO tell some one of the tragedy: he
met, not far from the scene James
Campbell, talking with Alkaline Murray
a woman who James Campbell had beer
associated with to the great annoyance
OF the dead brother. He told James
Campbell of the tragedy. An.
other strong circumstance was tho
TACT that James and William Campbell
had quarreled a day or two prior to tn,
homicide about the Murray woman. Re
marks were made by James Campbell
which are now construed as threats Of
death. Still another circumstance wa,
that each OF the brothers, who lived n
afhuence, carried life insurance for So, 600
ana that the policies were payable to each
other; 1t was also understood that in tn,