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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
KILLING OF PosTox.
w. II. Price Arrested as an Accessory
Bat Discharged.

Valdosta, Ca, Jan. NV. H. Price the
white. merchant of Georgetown, S. c., who
was accused of being accessory to Tic
killing Of Constable Poston Thursday be-
fore Christmas, was arrested here last
night. He was arrested upon suspicion,
but after his arrest he confessed that Die
was wanted in South Carolina. He says
that he was in no way responsible for the
killing of PostOn, and that the warrant
which was sworn out against him by Pos
tons friends was 10 get him and visit sum
mary punishment TO him He did not
fear trial, he says, but left there to
escape mob violence.
In an interview with the Morning News
spondent, he said that he had a store
in Georgetown county and that Cons able
Poston of Williamsburg county came there
TO arrest a negro named Sam. Turner.
The warrant charged Turner with quar-
reling over some settlement at a black
smith shop. The warrant he says. had
not been approved by an official of George
town county, hence the negro was not
obliged to go 70 the other county with
the officer. The negro asked him O2ricc)
about it, and he advised him TO go with
the constable, but told him at the same
time that the warrant was
not strictly legal paper. The negro told
Poston that he would not go to Williams
burg county under that warrant, and re-
sisted arrest. Poston called Price to help
arrest the negro, but he refused because
he said his store was crowded with Gus
toners, and he didn't care to take any
trisks, especially under a warrant that
was defective. He says he heard the ne
gro ask Poston if he intended to shoot
him, and at the same time saw the ne
lgro run his hand in his coat pocket for a
in, J, sa do,
and he pushed them out. closing the door.
A moment later he heard the pistol shots,
and when he opened the door Poston was
dead and the negro was mortally wounded.
He says that PoSton was accompanied on
the trip by a lad named Harmon, who
spent the balance of the day with him.
The negro was taken to jail next day in
wounded condition and mob shot him
TO death while the sheriff was gone to
get some one to help get the negro in
the house. He says the mob then turned
their attention toward him and he skip
ped out. He says the newspapers treated
him unfairly in their reports, as they
gave only the side of his enemies He
was looking for a location through this
section, but says that he intended to go
back to Georgetown to the February term
of court.
kilograms have been received from both
Georgetown and Kingstree stating that
there is no warrant at either place for
Price. He says the warrant was issued
by magistrate in the interior and that
the officers in the town know nothing of
1t. He appears to tell very straight
story of the killing and of his connection
with it.
The police suspected that he was a
fugitive by his demeanor and arrested
him. He was released when the kilograms
were received from South Carolina stat
ing that he was not wanted in the towns
mentioned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

system of education in an editorial, but if
any of our readers desire TO pursue the
subject further we refer them TO Prof
Peck's enlightening essay on The Down
ward drift in American education" which
is to be found in his recently published
volume of essays, entitled The Personal
Equation" Our reason for abiding to
the subject at all is for the purpose of Of
fering an explanation for not only the
downward drift, but the actual fall of the
American bar from a learned profession
to a trade. The moral is clear. If boys
are taught that life is trading, all their
efforts will be for success in trading. If
the country wants men who love learning
and who have nigh and spiritual ideals,
we must have some institutions of learn
ing where utilitarianism does not thrust
out the hurnanities
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

Abbeville, Jan. 1O-The municipal cleo
ton passed off quietly here yesterday, and
the following ticket was elected Mayor,
T. L. Holton; aldermen, w. A. Cherry,
w. Fl. Wilkinson, e. A. Moody, L. Story,
Paul Hair and w A. Brown; city treas
urer, A. j. Harp; city clerk, J. w. Mel
ton; city attorney Max f. Land
The spring term of the Abbeville public
schools opened last Monday.
Judge Smith of the Oconee circuit has
granted a temporary receivership for the
Kentucky Whisky Company of this place,
in the matter of assignment, heretofore
mentioned in the Morning News. S. p.
Lasseter has been appointed receiver, and
the hearing of the case will be held in
chambers at Hawkinsville on Jan. "a.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
vALDOsTA's NEW RAILROAD.
The Mortgage for $2,5OO,OOO Now Be-
ing Placed or Record.

Naldosta, Ga, Jan. 1.-THE first mort
gage of the Atlantic, valdosta and West
ern Railroad. was put on record in the
office of the clerk of the Superior Court
yesterday. The mortgage is 10 secure the
bonded Indebtedness of the road which
IS limited TO $2.500,000 The mortgage is
In favor OF the Central Trust Company of
New York. and Is signed by Walter Fer
gerson, president of the Atlantic, Val
dosta and Western road. 1t is understood
by the filing of this mortgage that the
money for the completion of the line has
been arranged for, and that the road will
be pushed on TO Valdosta without any
hindrance Mr.. Barnes, of the G. S. Bax-
ter Company, who brought the mortgage
here to have it recorded, said that The
road would be finished to Jacksonville
some time in May and that it would be
completed TO Valdosta by August or
little later.
1t Is probable that Confederate Vet
eran camp will be organized here shortly
A letter was received by a citizen here
yesterday from a gentleman in Atlanta
stating that r. II. Barnes, who was i'm
plicated in a jewelry robbing case here
several years ago, Is both blind and paral-
ized, and that friends We're DESTROYS of
having any case against him settled. so
that he might return to this state and
spend his last days.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Lip
sey, near Cecil, was fatally burned late
yesterday afternoon. In some way the
childs clothing caught fire, and before
any one could reach her her clothing was
burned entirely off.
There have been three fire alarms here
IN the last twenty-four hours, but no dam
age Of Importance was done by either
blaze Al O'clock last night an alarm
was sent in from Tenders mill, and at s
o'clock this morning the firemen were cnll-
ca 70 a storeroom on Ashley street, which
mao been burglarized and fired. This even
ing there was blaze on the roof Of the
c9,lon shed at the Plant System depot.
al % the tlres were promptly subdued.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
WASHINGTON NEWS WAITS.
Quick Work Made in the Conviction
of Negro Murderer.

of N Negro Murderer.
Washington, Ga, Jan. ia special term
of court was convened here this week to
try the case of Sim Thomas VS., the state
for the murder of Aleck McCauley.
The grand jury was called, charged and
true bin made out, the special Jury
made up, the prisoners statement heard
speeches for the defense and prosecution
heard and the jury retired to make up the
verdict, all before o'clock.
The negroes defense was that the kill
ing was accidental. This morning at 20
o'clock the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty with recommendation to the mercy
OF the court. The judge then pronounced
the sentence of imprisonment for life, and
within an hour Sim Thomas was on his
way to the coal mines. None of the
laws delay in this. Court then adj
journed.
The birthday of Gen. Lee, Jan. 10, will
be observed with appropriate exercises by
the pubic schools in this place. Rev. j.
l.. Gross Will deliver the address.
M. L. Andrews and Miss Mary Willis
both of this county, were married on Jan
., Rev. A. w. Quillian officiating
Harry Chew of Millen and Miss L. c.
Tanning of this county were married to-
day.
S. D. Tanning of Wilkes raised three
S%ANo ~ 1CAtD4i pAl tWO dNISS Oh ldllu last
year He says that some of the stalks
had over 200 matured bolls on them The
cotton was not planted till May z, after
the grain was cut off.
The merchants burned out have all
started up business at other stands Its
an III wind that blows nobody any good -
and those who owned unoccupied store
houses can't be expected TO grieve much
over the fire.
This town has had a smallpox scare.
which, happily, turned out TO be false
alarm. A negro girl came here from At
1anta with very bad arm, the result of
vaccination. The report that smallpox
had arrived here spread like wlld-fire ana
the doctors were besieged with those
wishing to be vaccinated. The mistake
was corrected by the physicians
D,sH. Fouche and Miss Eliza Waller OF
this county were married last week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
THE AMERICAN BAR.
Not the saloon Bar, But the Other
Is in Need of Dignifying.

From Harper's Weekly.
When the bar was at its best, when
pride in the profession, respect for its ira
ditions, glory in its learning and in its
achievements for humanity and for self
government, pervaded the whole body of
lawyers; when even the shIfty practition-
ers who were unable TO comprehend it,
yet paid the respect of hypocricy to the
beauty and dignity Of the code of ethics
which was as the conscience of the law
YER the educational system of the country
had not been revolutionized by utiltarian-
ism The old theory was that the youth
seeking a liberal education should be
withdrawn from the world for four years,
for the study of the humanities and for
the training of his intellect in the retire
ment and seclusion of his college. For
four years he was guided by teachers who
undertook to teach him himself, to give
him control of himself, and TO make him
know and feel the intellectual and spiri
tual nights TO which the antique mind had
attained out of the old-fashtoned col
lege or taught according to its system.
came first the great clergy who dominated
New England thought; most of the writ
ers who gave us our first noteworthy lit
erature; the statesmen who won the adj
miration of Chatham by the conservatism,
the wisdom, and the ability of their ad-
dress to the crown who afterward franz
ed the constitution, and then interpreted
it, out of the old-fashioned college came,
also, the great lawyers and judges of the
early part of the century.
The new spirit which animates our uni
Versities and colleges is not conducive TO
the dignifed retirement in which the
healthful aloofness of "A cult is preserved
in which a priesthood. whether 1t be of
religion or of the law, keeps itself un-
spotted from the world The modern boy
is tossed into the arena of competitive
struggle when he Is sent to a university
or a college, and is told to prepare him
self for the business of making money
Not that there are no scholars nor in
struction i'm the modern babels There is
more scholarship and there Is more OPP
portunity than ever before. But the at
mosphere is hostile to reflection, and it
would be as pertinent to ask a Brahmin
20 fulfil his destiny in boiler-shop as 20
demand of.the average boy that he satu-
rate his mind and. soul with the humani-
ties in the midst of the noisy competitions
OF companions who are training them
selves in the arts OF getting the better
of one another in the future business
struggles of the world.
it is impossible, OF course, to discuss
the relative merits of the old and the new
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
TO ANSWER FOR BURGLARY.
Lucius Akin Arrested for Robbing
Robert Newton's House.

Lucius Akin, colored was arrested by
the police yesterday and turned over to
Justice Wickham on warrant charging
him with burglary. He was bound over
to the Superior Court on the charges
Akin entered Robert Newton's house ar
an early hour Monday morning and nil
LACED different rooms for what could be
found. After going through one part
of The house, he entered the room where
Newton was sleeping and took $40 from
a pocketbook found in his clothing. on
making his escape no clue was left be-
hind, ana the proof against the negro IS
not point-bank, it is understood.
The police were notified by Justice
Wickham when the warrant was issued
and 1t was through them Akin was
caught.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity I'M
til midnight. Thursday, Jan. 10. 1898 Fairs
colder Thursday night.
Forecast from Washington
For Georgia and South Carolina-Gen-
orally fair; southwesterly winds; colder
Thursday night
For East Florida-Falr; variable winds.
For West Florida-Fair and light show
ers in the early morning, followed by fair
colder; northwest erly winds.
General Conditions: Generally clear
weather is observed in the South Atlan-
tic states and Florida, but in all other
sections unsettled conditions prevail.
with snow falling at Marquette rain a1
New Orleans and Cincinnati and sleet at
Davenport.
Cooler temperature changes have taken
place in the Upper Mississippi valley and
the Northwest, but to the east of tho
Mississippi river high temperatures still
continue.
Light to fresh southwesterly winds are
blowing along the Atlantic coast.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature 4 D. m. .76 degrees
Minimum temperature, a. M. 81 degrees
Mean temperature ...........69 degrees
Normal temperature ............ AZ degrees
Excess of temperature ...........2 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS degrees
Halhfal '.......'...,.. ......."... 90 inch
NOIndi .'...s...... ................ III lncn
Deficiency since Jan. 1...........1.1S inches
River Report-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at s a. m, 18th me-
ridian time, yesterday, was so feet, there
being no change during the preceding
twenty-four hours.
Observations taken Jan. u, 1898, p m.
G5th meridian time), at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
LIVELY WEEK AT GREEN COVE.
The TabaccO. Association to Meet
and n Fair to BE Held.


and n Fair to BE Held.
Green Cove Springs Fla, jan 12.-The
Florida State Tobacco Growers Associa-
ton will hold its annual meeting and ex-
hibition Jan. IS and 49, 1898, at Green Cove
and promises TO be very largely attend
ed from all parts of the state. Premiums
are offered.
The various local committees have been
very busily engaged getting things in
shape for the past ten days.
The military band from St. Francis bar
racks win be in attendance, and give daily
concerts. The official programme shows
that large number of interesting adj
dresses will be delivered.
The Clay County Fair will hold its first
annual meeting also on the 18th and 10Th
of this month, and offers a very liberal
list of premiums to residents of the coun-
ty for all kinds of farm products live
stock, etc. The following programme of
amusements has been prepared:
A prize for the best looking white baby;
prize for the best looking colored baby;
a horse swapping convention with prize
to the man doing the most swapping;
fantastic negro parade with torches,
headed by Green Cove Springs colored
banda prize to the funniest dressed man
ton and dance; illumination of the town
by bonfires; a boat race; shooting clay
pigeons, sweepstakes, etc.
The Magnolia Hotel with O. d. Seavy
Company as owner and William f. Ingold,
manager. will be opened TO the public on
The 25th.
The Clarendon will open formally on the
18th and have everything in readiness
when the State Tobacco Association and
the Clay County Fair meet.
The st. Elmo, Oakland and Riverside
are open now, and the st. Clair will be
tomorrow. The hotel season promises TO
be very good for Green Cove this year
DR. and Mrs. j. B. Read of Savannah
are expected in Green Cove soon. Dr.
Read has recently purchased the Oakland
Hotel property.
w. D. Randall, after having lived in
Green Cove for seven years, and edited
The Spring, has purchased an interest in
the Commercial of Columbus, Miss, and
has gone 20 that city TO live.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

The firemen were called out at $50
o'clock this morning by blaze in sta
bic on the north side of Bay street oppo-
site the foot of Houston street and next
to the Dixie Oil Company's stables. Smoke
was seen coming from the stable and an
alarm was sounded from box NO g. The
blaze was quickly extinguished and be-
fore much damage was done. Several
head of horses were rescued by the fire.
men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

Taking Firm Stand-"Pat, you COM
plain of being out of work, and yet
heard that coal dealer offer you a job 10
drive one of his carts, not ten minutes
ago"
"Yis, sor; but I'm dommed IL I'll freeze
meself to death to keep alive."-Cincinnad
Commercial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

Insulting Comparison-"How 10 you
like that you scavenger of the seasY'
said the cook, phinging the lobster into
boiling water The lobster made no replys
But It got very hot and turned red.-Chi-
cage Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
The Great Leader of Champagnes.

TIC UFt"I ItHutF OF Nhhmpagncs.
72,775 cases imported in 1897. or 42.293 more
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the remarkable quality, purity and nat
ural dryness Of G.. II. Mumms Extra Dry.
lad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

IT, temperature; ~, velocity Of wind
j. M Sherier.
Observer Weather Bureau.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-03
PROPERTY OWNERS GAIN.
The Reletting of Paving Contract
Will Be Money in Their Pockets.

Both branches of councils will meet
Friday evening to act on the mayors
veto of the paving and hydrant con-
tracts. Their action cannot be safely
predicted. 1t is possible they will sup
port themselves by passing resolutions
over his head, but probable they will
have seen the error of their way, sus-
tain the veto and instruct the city
clerk to readvertse for bids.
They might have reconsidered their
action prior to the mayors veto and
let the contract to the lowest bidders
without readvertising, but the two
courses mentioned are the only ones
now open. If the latter one is pursued
the affair will rebound to the profit of
the property owner. The bids have
been made public and each contractor
will, in all probability, shade the low
est little.
Two weeks delay seems to be the
worst feature of the case and that
Is not as disadvantageous as many sup
pose. The work will be very different
from that of Dundaff and Belmont
streets as the thoroughfares to be inn
proved may be closed to traffic and
the paving operations thereby hast
ened.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-03
ToWANDA.

The Susquehanna Collegiate insti-
tute will open Aug. 90.
The annual Bradford county teach
ers' institute will convene at this place
the week commencing oct. TO-
A five-cent Uncle Toms Cabin
play was given by few of our young
sters, Saturday afternoon for the bene-
fit of Company NJ, Ninth Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
Cashier N. n. Betts and II. Streeter,
esq, sailed last Wednesday from New
York for a ten days visit in England.
Arrangements have been made by
General Hill, of the Union Tanning
company, for the building of a railroad.
six and a half miles long to extend
from Foot t-of-Plane on the Barclay
branch of the Lehigh Valley up the
Schraeder creek to valuable timber
land owned by the company. The road
may be completed before winter, and
VIII be a lumber road exclusively.
The board of health have given no.
tice that hogs will not be allowed to
he kept in the borough limits after Sep
tember /, they being considered a nuis-
ance.
The hearing in the case of the United
States VS.. Hull, before the United
States district court at Pittsburg,
Tuesday, has been postponed.
The lovers of first class circuses
along the Lehigh Valley are now be-
| ing treated to an excellent railroad
show by the John H. Sparks circus
and trained animal exposition. They
are billed for Towanda Aug. 4. and at
Wyalusing Aug. 5, and will visit the
| principal towns down the valley This
| show is known the world over as being
| the largest and best 25-cent show on
earth with all new and up-to-date fea-
| lures The finest performing lions,
| wolves and elephants on earth are 10
| be seen with Sparks show, together
with a troupe of highly educated
| horses, ponies, mules, dogs, goats and
monkeys, also a fine acrobatic and
gymnastic performance and six funny
| clowns. See Romeo, the largest lion
| in captivity and Mary, the smallest
| baby elephant ever on exhibition. A
grand, free balloon ascension with a
parachute jump, also a free, thrilling,
| high tower dive from a ladder so feet
| high. This is given free to all from
| the show ground at and p. m. Mr.
| Sparks will give a handsome bedroom
| suite TO any couple that will take a
| trip in his bridal balloon and get mar
| ried.
e. F. Johnson, of Troy, who was
| cashier of the Troy bank and a manu-
| facturer Of fireworks. met a horrible
| death last Thursday morning by an
explosion of powder in his factory. The
| building was also DESTROYED. Mr..
| Johnson filled his last order for fire.
works at this place on July 4. He was
| a, oil laa
| lily.
Miss Mamie Skeahan, of Elmira, Is
being entertained by her friend, Miss
Name Ganley.
Judge Durham, of Laporte, had
business in town last week.
James Dalton, who was injured bad
| ly by an explosion in the Cash Creek
| sewer last fall, has brought suit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-03

against Towanda borough and Frost's
Sons for $4,000 damages. His attor-
ney is d. G. Dewitt, esq.
Fred Wilson, a Towanda recruit. is
seriously i'll with typhoid fever ut
Chattanooga.
Druggist Kirby has been entertain.
ing Scranton relatives the past week.
Mrs. X. L Scheufler and Mrs. Ira
Snedeker spent several days past with
Mrs. S. Dimon, at Jackson Valley.
Professor j. NJ. Arnold, late princi-
pal Of our High school, has been elect
ed to fiji the same capacity at Camden,
N. j., the coming year.
Burt Gaylord wheeled up from Wy
abusing Sunday and returned the fol-
lowing day.
G. w. Peck & Co.'S book store has
been purchased by G. II. Boyle, who
took possession Monday.
A. G. Miller, who is doing a success
full business In manufacturing cigars
at Wyalusing, was in town last Thurs
| day.