The morning news., 1899-12-31

the arrangements for the event have about
Fe n completed and the building Itself is
IN rerfect order 90 receive the store OF
ccrt,ibuticns which have arrived
aTr William Morris aged 81 years, died
Friday mel ht at Alpharetta. ''Uucle Bily,"
rs e was famllia ly called was the oiiest
itTsln In that county. He was an honest,
upri ht law-abidiug citizen. He leaves
yIcow ard several children 10 mourn his
loss.
Tom VIII Jams, negro man, living in th'
southern portion of Albany hit his pre-
in the face with burning lamp Last night
inf log serious injuries. The oman will
{ .r4}tlss lose both eyes, ifcshe RECEIVERS,
,<h ch gems doubtfi ,ynis morning. VIII
- Inns Waz -arres-,eu~'and lodged in jail
Mr.. Thomas Hardy was accidentally
killed Thursday at Chipley Mr. Hardy
was splitting Hghtwood and his pistol fell
out of his pocket The ball ente ed his
breast killing him lus !antly. The &c
ceased was IS years old and leaves o wlie
aud one child 10 mourn his unimeiy
death.
The Columbus City Council has changed
the whisky ordinance. making the hour OF
closing for saloons 10 o'clock instead of
~ o'clock, as in the past. The change
was vigorously opposed by a NUMBER ol
Chappell cast his vote in favor or 10
O'clock The Council then tied on various
amendments and the Mayor voted mo- IN
each instance.
The statement given out to the effect
that the salaries of the professors at the
state Normal School were not changed by
the commission al its meeting few days
since in Atlanta was erroneous. on ac-
count Of the failure of the LEGISLATURE 20
appropriate money for sanitary ana other
purposes, the commission was forced 20
make cut in the salaries of the profess
sors They reduced all the salaries by a
graduated scale from that of the president
down.
Moultrie Observer: We believe that
Coiquitt county grand jury will readily
recommend that the dog tax law become
operative in this county The law II
a good one intended for the protection
of the sheep industry, and as Colqultt II
the banner sheep county OF Inc state. IL
would seem strange If her people dldh
want the sheep protected. If a dog is
worth as much as a hog. he ought TO be
taxed and If he isn't worth the prescrip-
ed tax, he certainly ought TO De hlle'I
and what he eats fed to the pigs. We hope
hat the next grand jury VIII act hrHhy
this matter
Woodbne Southeast Georgian: Old man
"a
rear he big road between Woodbine and
Co'essurg, fell into the fire Wednesday
mo ming and was so badly burned that he
d;ed on Thursday The old man lived alone
nd his reghbots hearing him scream ran
to his house and found him on the bed
With hi clothing and the bed clothes on
tr They extlne ushtd the flames ana dlu
al ,fey could TO relieve his sufferings. II
stems that he old man was subject to hts
and ad fal en into the rre several times
! G GRE, and it Is supposed that ne teil IN
ire nre and was burning, when he crawl
ed t, the bed and set II on IRE with MS
brrnng clothes.
w T. Channel, the young Mississippian'
who is un5er sentence of dealh for the
murder of Postmaster Thompson, of
G. enwood Montgomery county, will prob
ali know his fate next Tuesday. The res
pfie re sently given TO the condemned man
will EXPIRE Friday Jan 3, and unless his
s. nte ce is commuted, he will hang that
day The Trison commissioners nave n&ed
next Tuesday as the day when they VIII
render their Judgment in the case, and as
soon as their recommendation is received
by the Governor he will take up the mat
seer for q final decision. Channel was
railroad agent at Glenwood and mad re-
siS ed in Montgomery county but a snort
time before tie killing
The people of Buena Vista were shocked
Friday morning at the arrest OF A. K
Pickard charged with arson. Last sat
urday night DR. Edwards, who lives et
TasweH seven miles east OF IN place,
lost by fire three small store houses ana
their contents. amounted to some S5V9i
no insurance. 1t Is now charged that
young Mr.. Pickard, a clerk in anol her
store at Taswen, in company with Grant
Carson, colored, set fire TO the prope ".
Carson tried to escape. but was arreS ell
fifteen miles below Americus. He alone
tells the story of Pickard's connection in
the matter. Carson Is a very bad negro,
and the people at Buena Vista are incline1
to believe Pickard innocent Mr.. Pickard
is young man highly respected and be-
longs TO one of the best families living in
that community.
Americus Recorder: The many
friends of Miss May wheatley. the bright
and talented young daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George D. .Wheatley, are congratu-
lating her upon winning two handsome
prizes yesterday in contest open TO all
of youthful Georgia. Recently the Apple
ton Company offered a prize of $40 in gold
for the best composition written upon
THE Mining and Agricultural Resources
of Georgia.. and this was supplemented
by a prize of $40 in gold offered by MAJ.
Van Holt Nash, of Atlanta, for the best
composition upon any subject. Little Miss
Wheatley went in for both and won,
though among her competitors were nun
dreds of Georgia girls her seniors by sew
eral years. II was an honor of which she
may well be proud and reflects most cred
itably upon the talent and ability of
school girl of A.
The fire insurance companies doing busi-
ness In Georgia are preparing to relieve
the treasury of the state of between $780,
900 and 81 100000 OF bonds deposited by them
TO secure the payment of their policy
holders. The fire companies from other
states and countries doing business in
Georgia number between sixty and seven
ty. The deposit formerly required OF fire
companies was SIS 5000. and under the old
law there is now on deposit in the treas
ury the sum Of sl,725,o00, including the
bonds placed there by both fire insurance
companies and guarantee companies. The