The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-18
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IN TAYLOR COUNTY.
Trial of an Important Case at Butler.
other Items.

Trial of an Important Case at Butler.
other Items.
Butler Ga. Jan. 17.-Taylor County Su-
perior Court. at the close Of the October
term, 1897, was adjourned tin last Monday
The main case to be tried was that of DR..
+. c. Johnson vs. Central Of Georgia
Railway Company for DANA es received in
a wreck near Howard, i'm the western part
of the county. DR.. Johnson sued for 800
600 and got a verdict for $4,000. The fight
was a stubborn one, and was conducted by
Hon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta, Albert A.
Carson of Columbus and Walter f. Steed
of Butler for DR.. Johnson, and John o.
Little and Cary ]. Thornton of Column
bus, Lawton & Cunningham of Savannah,
the company's general counsels, and w.
$. Wallace local counsel" and A. NJ.
Calbert additional counsel looked after
the railway companys interests. The ar
gument was made by Hon. Hoke Smith
and Albert A. Carson for plaintiff and
by Messrs Little. Thornton and Cunning
ham for the railway company and was
among the finest speeches ever made in
Taylor Superior Court. The medical pro-
fession was in demand as witnesses.
Among them, DIR. Elliott of Savannah,
chief surgeon of the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, and number of his
assistant surgeons, DR.. William PerVine
besides all the surgeons who live at the
different stations on the railway. Ten Of
the jury wanted to return a verdict for
$50 900, but the other two prevailed on the
ten to come down to $4,000 The railway
company gave notice of their intention to
carry the case up to the Supreme Court
The trial of this case consumed over four
days.
Friday morning McLendon Riley
colored charged with the murder of Jim
Tamplin ia July 1897, pleaded guilty of
manslaughter, and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years, after which
court adjourned to regular term in April
next. While only two cases were disposed
of in the session of nearly five days, the
plan has given general satisfaction, and
will be tried again.
AT the recent session of the Legislature
a bill was passed creating a board of
roads and revenues for this county, COM
posed Of r. G. Tomlin, A. II. Sealy and
w. w. Foy. The two former are Demo
Gratis, the latter a Populist, and all will
give good satisfaction.
AT the same session bill was passed
repeating. the act creating the county court
of TAYLOR county, which act has given
more general satisfaction than any legis-
lation since the creation of the county.
The organization of the court under the
general law was the act of a few polti-
clans, solely for their profit and author
ity, and as there was never any show OF
effort to benefit the county. The Popu-
lists fought it from the beginning in 1893
1t was fostered by the Democrats, but one
year ago they, too turned against it, and
decreed its death. This saving of two
to three dollars in the matter of cost in
each case VIII be quite an item to it'll
giants.
The fire clay and Fuller's earth business
is doing well in this county. two of the
largest firms having opened up in two
miles of Butler. AT present they haul the
casks Of clay to the depot, but will build
a railroad track of two miles in length
from the mines to Shepherd, where they
intend TO connect with the Central OF
Georgia track This point is one mile
west of the corporate limits Of Butler