The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-05

coastwise and foreign, II, 1909 feet of
hewn and sawn timber and lumber, val
ued at $ll3, 400
Two men we're seen at Marietta Thurs
day fastened together with handouts
Some one informed the police and search
was made for them, but they had disap-
peaTed. A passenger on a train from At
anta said he saw them get off the train
3 Smyrna, a station five miles below Ma
rietta. When they were on the road be
tween Marietta and Smyrna they were ac-
comqanied by another person, who seemed
70 have them in charge. When seen they
were alone. They were nicely dressed and
seemed to be above the average III manner
and general appearance.
+. p. Simpson of Macon, had an excit-
ing experience with a mad Scotch terrier
Friday Eight. The dog was a pet and al
lowed to stay in the house. After the fam
ily went to bed the dog went mad in the
room where Mr. and Mrs Simpson were
lying in bed, and before Mr.. Simpson
found that the animal was really suffering
from rabies, 1t attacked him. He managed
to knock it off without being bitten until
he could jump back in bed. He and his
wife then pulled the covering tightly
around them until the dog became too ex-
hausted TO do any harm, when Mr.. Simp-
son dispatched it with Ratchet
At a recent meeting of the faculty the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted: Resolved. That the faculty of
Wesleyan Femaie College hereby petitions
the board of trustees of the college to have
the name of the institution changed to
Wesleyan college, giving as our reasons
for so petitioning the following: % The
present name is of doubtful correctn as
to the use of the term female 90 There
seems to be no more reason why we should
speak of Wesleyan Female College than
OF Emory Male College, Harvard Male
University, Chicago Male and Female
University. 90 The name is antiauated
and was given at a time when it was an
unusual thing to have colleges for young
ladies'. Now they are numerous, and those
of prominence more recently established
have not the female in their names: e.
etc
A young lawyer has started new indus
try al Marietta. He has been issuing di-
vorces to ignorant negroes who were tired
of their wives, charging them $25 for the
papers. Several of the negroes bought Ii
censes and married again on the strength
of the divorces gotten and two of them
We're indicted by the grand jury for adul-
terry. In defense they showed their "di-
vOrce PAPERS" and this is how the matter
came TO light. The lawyer had forged the
name of the judge and the clerk of the
superior court to the papers he gave the
negroes. One of them came to the lawyer
No help him out of the scrape. and the
lawyer entered a plea of guilty for the ne
gro, on the charge of adultery. So far
three cases have developed, and it Is not
known how many divorce papers" were
sold. Judge Gober of the circuit directed
that the sheriff serve papers on the lawyer
to show cause why he should not be dis
barred, but the sheriff could not find him
and he is still missing.
The Mercer University students, about
100 strong, escorted Prof. Moseley. who
was to depart for Germany, to the depot
at Macon, Thursday morning, for the pur-
pose of telling him goodbye. Upon theii
arrival at the depot the students gave the
college yell several times. They ther
started into the depot, but were told by the
gatekeeper that they could not go through
the gates without tickets. The boys rem.
onstrated, saying they wanted to see theii
professor on the train, but the gatekeepei
was acting under orders and refused tC
let them pass. The boys then filed out
and marched around to the back end OF
the depot, where there was no one to stoI
them, and entered. The gatekeeper Their
called the two policemen, who were OF
duty, and asked them to put the crowd
| out Meanwhile the students were giving
various kinds OF college yels. The po-
| licemen endeayored to get the boys out
but they refused to 60 and as there were
| only two policemen they were powerless
to make them do so. The students accuse
one of the policemen with being unneces.
sary rough and the policemen retaliatC
with a similar charge.