The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-26

Eagle and Phoenix Mills at CO.
Iumbus-A Document With sad
History Iva the DeIIz AGaIr-The
Hoard of EducntIon OF Bibb County
Ask FOR an Appropriation.
GEORGIA.
During last week there was shipped from
Darien 1.369OG9 feet Of timber and lum-
Der.
A negro boy was drowned Saturday al
most in the heart of the city In a deep
gully in East Americus a deep pool Of
water had formed and into this the me-
gro slipped. head first. in 5ucn manner
that death resulted before he could be
rescued.
J. A. Osborne. a car conductor TN the
service Of the Consolidated street rail-
way shot aad very PAINFULLY injured w.
W. Lucas, a colored Methodist preacher,
at Atlanta SATURDAY afternoon. The shoot
ing was the sequel TO a quarrel between
the TWO men on Friday.
After a trial Of several days. argument
In the case Of the state against John Ca
die. charged with the murder of W. r..
Buchanan Saturday afternoon. and the
jury returned q verdict Of guilty, with "a
recommendation 10 mercy.
Julius L. Brown receiver of the Geor-
gia Mining, Manufacturing and Invest
ment Company. has filed a petition in the
superior court at Atlanta asking tnat
the action OF the governor in imposing
fines upon penitentiary camps Nos l. 2
and 3 be set aside. The petition, Wnicn Is
lengthy and elaborate. states that the mn
ing OF the lcssees was not in accordance
with the law and IN so doing the governor
exceeded his authority and jurisdiction.
The board Of education Of Bibb county
has decided to ask the county commits
sloners to appropriate $4,000 or 50 900 to
help maintain the schools of the city OF
Macon and county OF BlbD Tor next year.
beginning September 1896 ana ehdlnS
June 1891 This Will be supplemented
with $4,000 to so 900 from the state. Inc
board asked the commissioners last year
for about $4,000 for the year lo9o-yo, ana
the commissioners ahoWeu ABOUT @to,WV
Owing to the rapid growth OF the pubic
schools of BIB county, larger apprO-
priatlon is necessary for the coming year
John Frey Of the board of administra-
ton. and City Engineer Stanley, both Of
Cincinnati, are in Atlanta. Their mission
is to make another investigation OF an
the granite quarries in Georgia. OF late
there has been so much discussion and
alteration in the Cincinnati board over
the granite tests that after a consulla-
ton Ii was decided that an OF the quar-
ries in Georgia that are shipping material
TO Cincinnati shall be tested. From these
various tests a standard VIII pc created
all stone that comes i'm the city for street
improvement purposes
Since the reopening of the Eagle and
Phen.x mills at Columbus, they have been
in operation only one-half of the time, but
yesterday the operatives began working
on three-quarter time. In a week or UWQ
the employees of the factories VIII De placed
on fun time The mill management is
contemplating extensive Improvements az
the plant, which VIII very pIooaDly ne
made in the next month. len per cen Ceill i;
of the present machinery Will pc Ieplaceu
with new machinery, which viii pc strict-
" up TO date in every respect ms I'M
provement viii necessltate an expenditure
of $4,000. A new wooden mill VIII pc
built by the company on the ALABAMA sue
of the river just across from lhe plahS,
which will cost $l5O,VU ana Whlcn WIN
give employment 10 about 200 more peo-
Pile
Atlanta Constitution: Chief Of Police
Connolly received three warrants from
Pike county for the Delks Saturday. Two
were for the old man-one Tor nuIuer anu
the other for rObbery-and anotheI, loI
Tom on 1.-THE charge OF murder; one OF We
documents has quite sad history Inc
warrant for Taylor Delk for ROBBERY IS the
same one Sheriff Quinn tried 10 serve on
old man when ne was shot Before the
deathly bullet pierced the brave ofncer 5
heart It went through this warrant and
little hole in the paper stAl remains 70
tell the sad tale. Taylor Delks case Is SET
for trial in Pike county before Judge Mar
shall ]. Beck this week. Col ". II. Den
son has been retained as counsel for the
defense, and realizing the fact that Delk
could probably not get justice in Pike
county, where the feeling against the prls-
oners Is so strong, he viii possibly at
tempt to secure a change OF venue. Tom
is stiH confined in his cell. He is not even
granted the liberty OF the corridor for eX-
ercise and he often longs for the fresh
air, and rugged mountains of his country
home AS time advances he is beginning
to realize more forcibly his position, and
is growing exceedingly nervous and dis
coultented Chief Connolly Is determined
that while the desperate Is in his charge
there shall be no possible means for his
escape. An officer Is kept on guard at the
door of Toms cell night and day, whC
watches with an eagle eye almost every
move of the young prisoner. Tom has not
as vet engaged amy counsel for his de.
Tense He is waiting until his father is
released, who he expects to make all ar
nangements for his case. The date fol
Toms trial has not been fixed.