The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28

they were turned loose and allowed to
20 TO MOnteZmua, where they were billed
70 snow Nednesday. IhurSday a laIiHeI
Tiding near Montezuma found the dead
body of negro near the railroad track. He
mad been thrown from the train by some
Of The circus people, who had concealed
the body on the train while in Fort Val
ley The farmers attention was attract
% TO- the body by buzzards lowering over
II. lie "a once reported the find to the au-
ihoriues of Houston county, and the gen.
eral opinion is that the body is that of
the man the circus people were reported
70 nave murdered.
Y. J. Harrington, died unexpectedly
Wednesday night at his home several
miles east of Gainesville. Heart disease
caused his death. He was "A years of age,
ana had by industry. economy and a re-
markable business ability amassed a for
tune Of between $4,000 and 100000 He
leaves a wife, but no children. He had
made several wills, and destroyed them,
and il is not known yet whether there is
any existing testament or not. Mr. Har-
rlngton was one of the largest property
holders in Hall county.
A survey has just been completed by
Prof. b. NJ Hall of Atlanta for the con-
struction of an electric line from Dahlon-
ega to Gainesville. An easy and practi-
cal route has been found. The scheme
is backed by George w Scott of Atlanta
and G. X. Baldwin of Savannah, who own
immense pyrites mines six miles from
Dahlonega. There will he two power
houses, one four miles from Gainesville.
on the Chattahoochee river. and the other
at the mine on the Cheslatee, where, per
maps, there is the finest water power in
the state.
MAJ. Smith, the new postmaster of At
lanta, says he intends to have the salaries
of nearly all the clerks in The office "a 'sed
if he con get congress to coincide with
his views The carriers are having an
eaGy tirlt beside the clerks They only
W"rk eight hours day, are given fil-
teen days VaCa ii0n every year their sal
acles sun continuing, and if trey cbnnot
deliver ell their mail in the eight Eours,
th=v have q right to return to che office
AMI FINISH the delivery the next dav The
salary Of the head carrier is 81 900 per an
mum. ON the other hand the clerks work
ter hours a day. If they fail to finish
rneir "orI by that time they must remain
az the office until the work is ilnlsned.
Their work is conceded to be the hardest
in the office. The salary of the head
clerks is only $lO00 per annum.
Atlanta Constitution: The churches of
Atlanta are in a deal of trouble by reason
of the decision of the city authorities
that they must pay taxes on their par
sonage property and also for street i'm
provements. Many of them will find It
very difficult to raise the necessary funds
TO pay off the Indebtedness to the city
and the trustees of the churches will
have serious problem confronting them
when meetings are next held. Many of
the churches owe the city large sums of
inptON LOT parsonage property taxes and
for street Improvements and their prop
erty is hOpeleSsly involved in this way.
Until every cent is paid over to the city
that is due the property will remain I'M
der lien 10 the city and it cannot be sold
by the churches for any purpose The
deeds TO the property are now in the pos
session of the city much of it having been
sold by marshals' cutlery for the indebted
ness The church people have petitiOned
the council TO relieve the churches from
payment of the assessments against them
for street improvements and for taxes on
the parSonageS and the question was de-
cided against them. The petition of St
Philips church is similar to many others
and the same rule will apply to all the
churches.
Macon Evening News: Representative
Craig of Bibb has introduced a bill in
the House making it illegal to serve p
garnishment on a certain class of la
borers in Georgia. Mr.. Craig's bill is sim
ply intended to make effective the already
existing laws of Georgia on this point and
it should be passed. 1t is not intended Ia
help any class of citizens escape the
payment of their debts, but simply TO give
those who are exempt from garnishment
the rights already guaranteed them under
Georgia laws AS il is now, shyster law
yers and a certain class of justices OF
the peace pay no attention to the law
and do not hesitate to garnishee the sal
airy of a day labOrer, though knowing
that he is clearly exempt The SINISTER
simply uses this method to annoy his vic
tim, in the hope that he can force him tc