The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-13
WAR TROPHIES FOR ATLANTA.
SPANISH CANNON AND REGIMENTAL
FLAGS TO co THERE.

Secretary of War Ordered Them Put
in the CnpitoI-Capt. WiIcoxOn
sworn in-No Other GcOrginns Yet
AppOinted-Rathcr Than Have Ne
gro Carriers Judge Bartlett Said
Macon Would DO without Rural
Free Delivery of Mail.
Washington, July l2-(SpeciaD. D.-The cap
tured Spanish cannon allotted to Georgia,
and the stands of regimentaI colors car
ried by the three Georgia regiments are to
80 70 the capitol at Atlanta
Co. Livingston brought the matter Of
the captured cannon 10 the attention of
the Secretary Of War to-day. ana urged
that the proper pace for them to be put
was In the state capitol His argument
prevailed, and before he left the order for
this disposition of the cannon, as wen as
The Georgia regimental flags was issued
Capt Cleveland Wilconon of Atlanta is
the first of the Georgia officers to be
sworn in under the recent appointments
Capt WlcoXon has been assigned to the
Twenty-ninth Regiment.
No other Georgia appointments were an
nounced to-day It is expected that the
appointment Of Lieut.. Col. Spence, Capt
w. c. Davis of Perry Capt Miller of Au-
gusta, Lieut. Kimbrough of Griffin and
Lieut. B!ount Of Macon viii be announced
tomorrow.
No Rural Delivery.
Senator Bacon and Judge Bartlett left
this morning for home In addition TO
loplkiuo 9ffpf fhp iDtarpefs ,of Constituents
aspiring to army commissions, Judge Bart
lett has had other matters of interest to
Macon. one of these related to the eX-
perimental free rural delivery of the mail
that had been arranged for some portions
of Judge Bartlett's district.
After il had been decided to give this
delivery the authorities mere at Wash
inglou, acting on the recommendations
and through the influence Of the colored
Republican politicians, announced that
negro carriers would be appointed. To
this Judge Bartlett entered strenuous OBJ
lection. He held that however unobjec-
tlorable negro carriers might be for the
cities. they would necessarily be very OBJ
jectionable to the country communities.
He has had the matter before the depart
meut for some time.
To-day he had a final conference with
the Postmaster General 1t was in effect
left to Judge Bartlett to say whether
he would have the rural delivery with the
Objectionable negro carriers, or would do
without entirely. And he promptly de
cided that he would prefer TO have no de-
livery at all
Postmaster General Smiths position was
that he did not want to put upon the peo-
pie of the community Objectionable men
but that the thing had progressed so far
that he could not establish the system
and leave those men out The result is
that there is to be no rural delivery, and
for the reasons stated.
Macon's Public Building.
Judge Bartlett also had a conference
with the supervising architect Of the treas
ury about the improvements on the Ma
con public building 1t has been decided
by the architect that these improvements
shall take the direction of two additional
stories to the present building rather than
additions to either side of the building. II
was found that such additions could not
be made without destroying the symme-
try.
Under this plan, the postoftice depart
ment is to have additional room, an ele-
vator viii be put in, and there will be
two additional stories.
Col Lester is here looking after a
number of matters. amSng them the as
prations of First district men for army
places.