The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-19


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GEORGIA.
At Atlanta Wednesday w. B. Lee struck
Will Williams in the chest with hammer
inlicfing injuries from which he may DE.
a debt OF 81 was at the bottom OF the
trouble.
d. X. James, the young man VINO shot
his brother-in-law, Il Z. S. Cooper at At
lanta several weeks ago, will not be pros
<cuted The warrant mas been Wlthdf dHH
and the young man was released from jan
Col. w. NJ Tate, father of Congressman
Carter Tate, and joint owner of the Geor-
gia marble beds with his brother, Col.
Steve Tate died suddenly at MS nonfe a.
Jasper Wednesday as he was rising from
his bed.
The Lincoln Guards, leading colored
COMPANY of Macon, desire to go to wash
Snpton 10 attend the Inauguration of Nc
Kinley and in order TO DO TINS a corn
mittee from the company Is SoiicllllS
cash from their white democratic Hlehus-
The Bank Of wrghtsvile has opened for
business. The officers are T. j. Airline
president; DR. j. NJ. Page, vice president;
w W. Cook, cashier; T. ). Ar4ne' II r. r.
M Page, w W. Cook, j. NJ. Fan, A. /
Daley, B. B. Tanner and j. W. A CIaW-
ford, directors.
A cyclone passed through the southern
portion of Thomas county Monday after
noon. The barn of M. =. Jones vas
blown down. two mules killed ana three
others injured Several out-houseS were
demolished and others unrooled' NO
other damage is reported yet.
Committees from the Young Mems
Christian Association at Macon have com
menced to canvass for funds for the pur-
chase and enlargement OF the Macks
property, corner First and Cherry Streets
for permanent home for the lnstltu-
ton. The amount desired to be raised no"
is $500
The Daton Argus does not believe that
the proposed pike road from that place TO
Chattanooga would do the town of Dalton
any good, since 1t will take some OF It's
trade to Chattanooga. The edtof tllhhs
pike roads TO the small nelghDofnB towns
would work far greater beneht thdh 70 d
larger and better market.
Moonshiners tried to murder in Fay
cite county Tuesday night. They riddled
hack which was used in conveying reVe-
enue officers TO their distihery and drove
the team and driver away. They also
fired a dozen shots at william Cates ana
only narrowly missed killing him. The
revenue officers left without making an
arrest.
on next Tuesday the people of Column
bus are 20 vote upon the question OF
the city's issuing $500 900 of bonds for the
purpose of building new system OF
water works, to be owned and operated by
the CITY This question has been twice
voted upon and defeated. There ls sur
prising lack of interest in the election TINS
year.
An effort is being made to establish
national bank at West Point. II. Hertz
field of Alexander City, Ala, and Mr..
Thompson OF Iuskegee, AIa:, ere c aIt
dates for president OF the institution Each
of these gentlemen has agreed 70 turhish
$4,000 of the capital stock, providing ne IS
elected to the presidency of the lnstltu-
ton, the citizen TO subscribe the balance
of $4,000
Mayor Price of Macon has appointed
DR.. c. Mccarthy. a colored physician, to
vaccinate all negroes in the city who de-
sire to be vaccinated. The vaccination
will be done free, and It is not compul-
sorry but 1t Is suppose 1aa su nF f6s
city's lberanty. The city Will furnish
the vaccine free, and the city Will pay
DIR. Mccarthy to do the vaccination.
Annie Napier is the manager of the
womans Exchange of Macon. Miss Ma
pier has conceived the idea of all the wo-
mans exchanges in the south making an
exhibit at the Paris exposition, and a re-
quest has already been forwarded TO
Paris asking for space There are eX-
cities of the state and other southern
states The headquarters of the move
ment will be in Macon.
Perry DeLeon is at Washington, the ad-
vance guard of the Georgia ofice-seeling
contingent, though he denies the soft inn
parchment. He win not talk OF his aspi-
ratiOns on this line but 1t Is beheVed ne
has his eve on a fat consulate and Is not
very particular where II is. He has
strong influences working for him, but If
Col Buck is given place in diplomatic
service as is his ambition, there will be
small chance for any other Georgia man.
A state official from Atlanta has made
a thorough inspection of the chain-gang
Of Bib county The official found the
two county camps in splendid condition.
There are 1O3 persons in the county chain
gang. The city OF Macon does not allow
any chain-gang to work on her streets but
trades her prisoners to the county for
81 500 per year, and the county gang works
the road, and as result Bib county has
the best system of public roads in Geor-
gia.
According to the last balance made by
the controller general. on Feb. IS. there is
nearly million and half dollars In the
state treasury al the present date. And
a considerable sum still uncollected be-
sides such incdentals as will come in from
time TO time. The county of Bulloch is
stu in arrears, not one dollar Of the taxes
for 1896 having been received as yet. The
controller has not been informed as TO the
reason why there have been no returns
and il is supposed that they will turn up
some time soon. Experts were required TO
examine the condition of the books of Tax
Collector johnson of Oconee county, who
has been in office for about twenty years,
and whose affairs had got into such
muddle that he was unable to straighten
up his accounts with the state and county.
A year ago last December Charles Miles
(colored) shot his sweetheart, young coll
ored woman. east of Columbus 1t was
charged that he did so in a ft of jeal-
ousy, but he claimed that IL was purely
accidental Just before Christmas Miles
was put on trial on the charge of MUIR
der. He was acquitted, for the reason
that the woman did not die until a year
after the shooting, and there was some
doubt as to whether II was altogether due
70 the wound that the death occurred.
Tuesday of this week Miles was placed on
trial for the second time. this time the
charge being assault with intent TO muir
der. The defense took the position that
the prisoner could not be tried n second
time for the same offense, entering plea
of former jeopardy. They claimed that
when the negro was acquitted OF the
charge OF murder he was also acquitted
Of assault with intent 60 murder, taking
the position that the greater included the
lesser crime. Judge Butt sustained the
plea. and Miles was accordingly released.
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