The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

opened to the public tomorrow.
B. T. Higgins was fined $50 and costs
by Judge John D. Berry at Atlanta Fri
day for practicing medicine without a Ii
cense.
Col. Livingston has appointed Byron
s. HUE, of Clayton, and w. J. stansell
OF Rockdale, as cadet and alternate 10
West Point.
The city of Atlanta is forever enjolned
from inforcing the street car transfer or
dinance, and the costs of the litigation
have been assessed against the city.
Richard Mckay, who killed Dave Will
liame, was convicted of Involuntary man
slaughter at Macon Thursday and sem
fenced to two years in the penitentiarY.
Mckay who is about % years Of age, was
charged with murder, his victim be-
ing only 10-year-old boy.
Fairburn Will celebrate the Fourth of
July In grand style. There will be speak
ing, a sham battle and stormng of Moro
castle, bicycle races, a baby show music,
dancing and various other attractions.
The celebration has been arranged by
the Young Peoples American League,
very lively Organization.
negro of Palmetto Lige Glass, shot and
killed Charley Mcclure of Fairburg. Not
a negro in the place would let the body
be taken TO his house for the night neither
would they consent for it TO be placed in
any Of their churches or public buildings,
hence the coroner was forced TO care fer
it in the calaboose.
The Governor has again respited John
i -,
be hung for criminal assault upon Miss
Jennie Gum, In Epson county. He was
sentenced to be hanged on June II, and
was respited until Friday. Thursday the
Governor extended the respite to July 10,
in order that due consideration may be
given to new evidence which is filed by
Viewers attorneys.
Brig. Gen A c. NJ Pennington, who
was recently relieved from duty at. Camp
Black, Hampstead, l. l.. was ordered to
proceed to Atlanta, and relieve Maj. Gen.
John T.. Brooke of the command of the
department of the Gulf. This order does
not affect Gen. Brooke's command of the
First Army Corps in camp at ChicIamau-
ga, and which is to proceed to Tampa for
embarkaton 10 Santiago, either to rein
force Gen. Skaters army or to cooper
ate with the army of invasion of Porto
Rico
During the month ending on the 31st
ultmo, there was measured at the public
boom in Darien 9O0,O 900 feet of square, scab
and sawn timber. This does not include
the sawn timber and lumber which came
in during the month and was carried di-
rect to the private booms During the
week there was shipped from Darien
coastwise and foreign 2,75l, 43O feet of
timber and lumber, valued at $27, 348. Dur
ing the past month there was shipped
coastwise and foreign, S,472,049 feet of
hewn and sawn timber and lumber, vail
ued at $50, 430.
The committee on resolutions appoint
ed by the chairman of the Annual Insu-
tute of Clinch county have submitted
the following: First, That we tender our
sincere thanks to the members of the last
legislature for their untiring efforts in
maintaining the increase appropriation for
the public school fund of Georgia. Sec
ond That I'm view of the fact that a bill
will be introduced at the next general as
eembly providing for the monthly pay
ment of the teachers of Georgia we
heartily indorse such a course and ask
that our next representative and senator
use their personal influence in the be-
half of such measure"
Congressman Maddox was at the war de-
partment at Washington Friday in the
interest of Capt Smith of Rome who
wants to know whether there is any way
for him to recover from the government
the money he has expended in getting to-
gether an infantry company. He shows
that he was acting on authority granted
by Col Ray, or rather by Mayor Buclki,
who was himself acting on written au-
thority from Col. Ray. This is one of tie
echoes of the Bucki matter. Smith claims
IL l.
is a man of excellent standing at Rome
and Judge Maddox proposes to press the
matter to the limit at the war depart
ment There seems very little chance of
his getting anything, however, as there
are a good many similar complaints en-
file and there is little disposition at the
department to pay attention to them.
Several of Atlanta's wholesale grocers
have entered protest with the commits
sioner of internal revenue, through Sena-
tor Clay and Congressman Livingston,
against a wholesale liquor license assess
ment which Collector Rucker has made
against them. 1t seems that these firms
have been in the habit of supplying me
of their country customers with elders
which they. in turn, have purchased from
dealers. These original Dealers they
claim. are regularly licensed and all tho
grocers do is to purchase the cider for
the accommodation of their customers to
whom they. Of course, sell it. There is
chance Of these men getting rebate or
relief from the assessment, but not a very
good chance The matter Is complicated
by reports from Revenue Agent COlquitt,
who says that most, if not all, of this
cider is native wine and that so long as
the gr0cers have sold il they must pay
the license charged of all these dealers.
If they had simply transferred the sales
TO the original dealers, allowing the latter
10 bill the customers direct, there would
have been no trouble.
FLORIDA.
J. r. Campbell of the st. James Hotel
at Jacksonville has assigned. j. N. c.
Stockton has been appointed assignee. Mr.,
Campbell has been steadily losing money
for the past few years.
Private Jevlin of Company X, Second
Georgia Regiment, who had. his hand
crushed under a street car was not so
seriously injured as was first thought.