The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-23
GEORGIA..


Dr. Levi G. Brantley, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Social Cir
Gle, died Wednesday night, Dec. IA.
Arab now has a building ana loan as
ISOLATION with H. w. Patterson, as pres
ident, ]. F. Champion vice president; L.
F. Cox, secretary and treasurer.
The cotton and seed storage house con-
nected with the ginnery of Smith, Kel-
lam & Williams in the eastern part of
Dublin was burned to the ground last
Thursday night.
jim Scott who shot and killed another
negro at Nichols about three weeks ago,
and who in turn was shot and painfully
wounded, is the only prisoner in, the coun-
ty jail at Douglas.
Social Circle Sentry: Mr.. w. ]. Lloyd
had hog-killing time yesterday. His brag
pig weighed 600 pounds net. He could not
get il to the scales 10 weigh il gross. Mr..
j. O. Shepherd also killed some nice ones.
The Fulton county property owners ae
slower in paying their taxes this year
than they have ever been before. Tax Col
hector Stewart said that despite the great
rush Monday, when he took in about S65,-
co., there is still about $45O00O of taxes
due and unpaid. Only about one-third of
the total amount has been paid.
Thomasvile Times Enterprise: We like
the way Savannah received and enter
tained the President. There was no un-
necessary gush, and every arrangement
and detail was carried out with perfect
proprety, all tinged and colored by that
charming hospitality which Savannah
knows so we'll how to dispense.
Young Gresham, negro man who
claims TO have cooked for Col William ].
Bryan while the latter was connected with
the Seventh Army Corps at Savannah,
was arrested in Atlanta Tuesday on the
charge of highway robbery, and is now
behind the bars at the police barracks,
wishing that he had never left the service
of the statesman soldier He is charged
with stealing a pocketbook from a wo-
man.
The first official steps towards securing
a site for the federal prison were taken
Wednesday, when Mayor Collier of At
lanta appointed committee from Council
and the board of aldermen to begin the
preliminary work. AT the meeting of
Council Monday Mayor Collier asked for
authority TO appoint a committee of mold
over members of the city legislative body
TO begin an investigation of the situation,
which was granted.
Monday night, Phillip Hires, a farmer
living two miles south of Sparks, had
very fine horse stolen from his barn. The
theft was not discovered until early Tues
day morning, but Mr.. Hires thinks his
horse was stolen early in the night Two
negroes We're seen riding horse last
night in the direction of Moultrie. Mr..
Hires thinks il was his horse they were
riding. Parties are out in pursuit, and it
is hoped they will recover the horse.
Triton Gazette: We have earnestly en-
deavored. to dwell in peace and harmony
with the Georgia legislature; have trou-
bed it with little advice, and no harsh
criticism. But when it Tops 100000 from
the children's school fund, adds $4,000 to
the already burdensome pension fund; cuts
salaries where we need the best men and
raises those of walters and at last refuses
to pass a dog law, we are glad the ses-
sion is over, for our patience is about out.
Dexter, one of Laurens county's ;hriv-
ing little towns about twelve miles
from Dublin on the Oconee and Western
Railroad was visited by a disastrous fire
last Thursday night Five business houses
and one dwelling were burned 10 the
ground The houses were all situated en-
the main street running parallel with the
railroad. Hard work was expended in try
ing to check the fire, and it is almost
miracle chat a greater loss was not sus-
tanned.
Macon News: There is evidently mys-
terry concerning the death of the negro,
William Bagwen, who is alleged to have
been killed by the Southern Railway train
near Holton Monday night George Dean
has been arrested on suspicion and is now
in the police station. On examination the
coroner's jury found that the mans skull
had been crushed in and the jury is OF the
opinion that It was impossible for the
train to have made such a hole. IT is
said that Dean and Bagwell Were hght-
ing, and that Dean struck Bagweh with
some blunt instrument, crushing his skull,
and that the man being in dazed condi-
ton staggered on the track and was unable
10 move.
Judge William T. Newman of the Unit
ed States Court in Atlanta, is now hearing
argument in the Oglethorpe county peon
age cases. Indictments were found in the
Federal Court in this city last summer
charging William Eberhardt, Albert Boy
kin b. B. Williams, Tom Erwin, George
Cunningham and Charley Johnson with
keeping men on their farms in state OF
slavery, in order TO secure labor at
low cost. The defendants have taken the
position that il is true as alleged that they
have held men in involuntary servitude,
that il is a state and not a federal offense.
On this ground they have demurred TO the
Indictments The case is being watched
with much interest.
FLORIDA.