The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31


Never Come sIngly Illustrated Mt
Leesburg-ScVcnty RaccOOns and
Eight Opossums Poisoned in a
Melon Field.
GEORGIA.
B. II. Hardy, proprietor of the Barnes
Vile Gazette, has purchased the Barnes
vile Enterprise, and the latter paper will
not be published any longer.
7. j. Billiard of Palmetto and ]. H. Lon
gino of Fairburn have announced them
selves candidates for the Legislature sub
ject to the action of the democracy Of the
county.
Capt. James B. Nevin of the Second Reg
iment of Georgia volunteers, has been
forced to leave his command at Tampa on
account of a painful and dangerous alb
cess of The right ear and side of the head
The Banks county Populist convention
nominated for senator, J. J. Gunnells; rep
resentadve, J. J. White; sheriff F. M.
Henderson; clerk, Dr. A. II. Stapler; tax
collector, J. ]. Ragsdale; receiver, J.
ODell; treasurer, Lum Acrey.
The Popu.ists, Silver Democrats and Sill
yer Republicans held a mass meeting at
Odum Saturday and appointed delegates
10 the county convention, to be held in
Jesup June f. for the purpose of nominal
ing candidate for representative and d
full ticket for county offices They also
appointed a campaign committee for the
next Two years. All three factions We're
well represented. From the general out
look, just al this time, there does not APP
pear TO be any great dissension among the
parties in this county.
Max Keckie, German who runs a ba-
kerry and restaurant at LAGRANGE, has
three little children, two boys and a girl.
| The girl is years old. Keckle had a ne
gro boy employed by the name of Peter
Shaw, who is about "A years old. Friday
the latter was discovered assaulting the
girl. The boy was arrested AS the sheriff
was moving the boy from the jail on Sat-
urday with the marshal on his right, some
one came up, the officers know not from
where, and shot the boy twice, one ball
taking effect in the left breast and the
other passed through the left arm and
ranged down into the stomach. He is ex-
pected to die.
A shooting affray occurred at Lovett
Saturday afternoon in which Baydy Grit
fin very notorious young negro, was shot
through the head and MORALLY wounded
L
cause of the shooting is not definitely
known, but according to information 1t
seems that Friday afternoon while Hicks
was at work on J. l.. Manning's planta-
ton Griffin, armed with a shotgun, en-
tered the field and began firing on the
fleeing negro. A few shots lodged in
| Hicks back, but We're not serious. Hicks
sought revenge Saturday afternoon with
! the above result. Griffin is an ex-convict.
and has a bad reputation Hicks has
made his escape.
Col. w. b. Jones, who was known in
battle as Gordons right arm, died at La
Grange Saturday night. Col. Jones first
went out at the beginning of the war as
a private in the LaGrange Light Guards,
| but soon returned on furlough and Joined
| the Fannin Guards of which company he
was elected captain. This company be
longed to the old Fourth Georgia battal-
ion and Col w. Fl. Sites of Savannah
was its colonel. At the battle of Richmond,
in June 1862. Col Stiles resigned and Capt.
| w. b. Jones was promoted direct to The
colonecy. This was the Sixtieth Georgia
Battalion, the regiment being commanded
| by Gen. Lawtou, afterwards by Gen John
| b. Gordon and Clement A. Evans. Col.
Jones fought in many of the hardest ba t.
| ties of the war. He was really made a
| brigadier general, but owing to the con
fusion of the times his commission never
reached him.