The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-29

Thursday morning. Mr.. Pope was one of
Montioelgo's most popular citizens.
A floating body of a man was found In
the river near Rome Thursday afternoon
by the captain of the steamer Resaca,
who was ON his journey from Gadsden.
The barn and stables of J. T. Patten at
Conner were struck and almost destroyed
nv lightning on Thursday. A number of
hogs in q pen near by We're also klhed'
Charlie Nfbblett. a white man, was ar
rested Friday by Sheriff Beauehamp, at
Indian Springs Holiness camp meeting
grounds for operating blind tiger on the
grounds.
Rome's city board of education has
adopted DR.. S. G. Hliyer's book on the
Morality of the Bible as a supplement
ary reader in the nth and sixth grades
of the public school.
Coroner Butler of Blakely summoned
jury last week and repaired to the coun-
try to hold an inquest over the body or
negro woman. The jury and coroner
found the woman bent over wash tub
and as merry and lively as a jayblrd.
There is an interesting contest on at Ma
con for the position of king Of the Macon
carnival Several candidates are in the
race but the contest seems 10 pc NANNY
between Mr.. Prentiss Huff and Mr.. EMS
NJ Tolbot. Ballots cost cents each' ana
the winner will run up in the thousands
washington Gazette: An old darkey by
The name of Jacob Combs, and over one
hundred years old, lives in Tyrone he Is
Jolly and gets about we'll does some Work
and walks to church ana an over !ne
peighborhood He was raised by the
grandfather of Mr.. Sam Daniel VINO was
the age of Gen. Toombs.
Thursday morning the main arch of the
NeLamore bridge across the Great Dhoo-
nee river. a few miles from Swainsboro,
gave way with four-mule team belonglhg
Ia Cant. James of this county. The driver
and the team fell headlong into the water
below. The heroic teamster rescued the
drowning mules but the wagon ana
freight lies in the river yet.
A farmer of Russell county was in Col
umbus Friday, and said that all OF the
farmers in his section were very much de-
messed over the crop outlook. He sald IL
had been raining almost continuously since
the first of July and that as result the
farmers would not make much more imam
hasf a crop. Corn has been blown down by
the rain and wind and the weeds nave
grown rup nearly waist high. He said that
II was feared that unless the rains ceased
a great deal of corn would spoll before 1t
could be gathered. Cotton picking mas
scarcely commenced on account OF so mueh
wet weather. An this. together with the
low prices he said, was enough to as
courage the farmers.
The Injunction restraining the Shylocks
Of Macon for collecting enormous interest
rates on small loans to negroes was as
solved Friday and they are at liberty 10
onerate as before The injunction was ask
ed for by Mr. NJ. H. Aver, and was based
upon the complaints of about 300 persons
who had become entangled in the mesHss
of the shyloeks, and sought TO restrain
them by law from collecting the poulus
Of flesh" Judge FELTON, was the portia ana
upright judge of the affair, ana atter con
eidering the case, decided to dissolve the
Injunction on the ground that separate
Injunction would be necessary tor each ia
diyLaual case whereas Mr.. Ayers petition
was an omnibus affair Mr.. Aver SAID ne
recognized the point made by the court
and that the only way TO reach the Grass
of money lenders referred to was by spe-
cial legislation, therefore, the next teSisia-
ture would be called upon 10 enact spe-
ciaI law to govern such cases. AS almost
every town in the state is injected WIN
shylocks, ii Is thought that there VIII pc
no trouble in getting such law, passed
Mrs. Bessie Redwine McClelland filed an
ceiver against her father, John b. Red
wine who, the petition states, has ned
from Atlanta. Redwine was the guardian
of his daughter and she claims that he Is
indebted to her in the sum of &0J9.oS.
Mrs. Cleland is now 20 years OF age ana
she sues through her next friend, w. X.
McClelland The daughter claims that
the debt due to her is trust DEBT ana
that IL ought to have precedence over the
~. fl,.4,s
tally over the claim of Mrs. ]. 3. RedWlne.
The petition also states: Mrs. Redwine
is openly aVoWng her intention OF leaving
the city. She has been actively endeaVor-
ing to dispose of the property transferred
TO her by j. b. Redwine. If she Is permit
ted 10 dispose of such property or to leave
the jurisdiction of the court petitioner
debt will be wholly lost" Judge Lump
kin granted an order making Mrs NC
Clelland a party plaintiff and directing
her petition TO be heard with the main
case.
Columbus dispatch to the Atlanta Con-
stitution: AS a result, it is believed, Of
some trouble he had some time ago with
negroes a dastardly attempt was made to
assassinate ]. NJ. Pickett white citizen
of Webster county, at his home in the
Slaughter Creek district, in the northern
part Of the county, one night this week.
Mr. Pickett was in his house, in lighted
room. and the would-be assassin fired in
ct him through the window from the
darkness outside. Mr.. Pickett was reclin-
ing on his bed at the time, 1t Is under
stood 1t is believed that the man outside
rested his gun on the fence where he
could get a good aim when he fred. De-
spite this, the bullets went wide of their
mark. Mr. Pickett being uninjured. Some
time ago a negro who had a contract to
work for Mr. Pickett ran away. Mr.. Pick
EFT went over to a neighboring town.
found the darby and started back home
with him. when, at a point in the road
he was met by a party of negroes. who
forced him 10 release the man. II is con-
jectured that the present affair grew out
of that trouble.
FLORIDA.
o. l.. Frisbee, who was superintendent