The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-11


He Made to Run an Original Pack
age Store at Dawson in the Face
of a $4,000 License.
GEORGIA.
Rev. ]. w. McCrary, a well-known At
lantian. 'is very low with an attack Of
grip.
Enlargement of the Kincaid cotton mill
at Griffin has been suspended until the
war clouds pass away.
John Mccullough, the alleged wife nun
derer, who was to have been tried yes
terday, viii not be tried until the next
term OF Clayton court.
Judge Roland T. Ross died at his home
in Clinton. Jones county twelve miles
from Macon, Wednesday, of pneumonia.
He had been ordinary of the county fol
thirty-five years
The r. e. Lee Camp of Confederate
Veterans in Forsyth county are fully or
gained They are arranging to purchase
new uniforms and viii meet in Atlanta
with all the old soldiers at their summer
reunion.
The A X and n Railroad offers a re-
ward of SEQ for the arrest and convic-
ton of the party who placed a spike on
the track of the road, near Canton ana
derailed the engine of the south-bound
train on March l.
Prof Phillip Dudley YoungbIood has
been selected by the committee on books
and teachers of the board of education t.
fill the chair of science in the Boys High
School al Atlanta, left vacant by the resig-
nation of Prof. E. E. West.
It is said that The bill now being rushed
through Congress authorizing the war de-
partments to enlist two additional regi-
ments of artillery in effect makes Lieut..
Charles b. Satterlee a captain of artil-
lery, and he will be again called into ac-
tive service.
At a meeting of the City Council. held
at Americas Wednesday night Judge Al
len Fort, Hon. W a. Jobson, Capt John
a. Cobb anu C. A. Huntingdon were re-
elected members of the board of educa-
ton for the term of six years The board
thus remains the same.
Jessie Bell was convicted in the County
Court at Eastman Wednesday of robbins
the mails. He was sentenced by Judge
Elias Herman 10 one year penal servl-
tude, TO be released on the payment of $50.
The evidence showed that he opened the
individual boxes, and stole articles there
from.
George Bush, a white boy who lacks
four years of having attained his ma,
jority. was placed on the stand in the SUI
perlor Court at Columbus Wednesday,
charged with murder. He shot and killed
Enoch Tyler, another boy, some time ago.
Upon the Investigation of the case by n
magistrate he was released, but the grand
jury subsequently indicted him. He left
Columbus soon after his case was dis
charged, but came back before long and
was rearrested when the Indictment was
returned.
car load of whisky was received in
original packages at Dawson Wednesday
by W. II. Plumb. Mr. Plumb will soon
have in operation an original package
house In operation TO the dispensary A
clause was embodied in the Dawson dis
pensary bill fixing the tax on original
package houses at $4,000 to prevent oppo-
sition 10 the dispensaries. Mr. Plumb
seems satisfied that he win have no trou-
bic in sustaining his action in court should
he be opposed by the dispensary authort-
ties. Under a decision of a United States
judge in South Carolina, the sale of whis.
KY shipped from another state cannot be
prohibited in quantities in which ID is pack
ed for shipment and ii is probably under
this ruling that Mr.. Plumb expects to do
business.