The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23
GEORGIA.


Mr.. A E. Grady, who for the past few
-,o,ths has resided with her grandson,
-. Horny w. Grady, in Atlanta, will In
,bs future make her home in Athens.
The new bonds issued by Tennille have
tssn printed. The aggregate amount is
=, "a hearing per cent. interest. The
,nonev thus raised is for school purposes
car5ersville Middle Georgia Progress:
Ar Thomas G. Smith, a one-legged Con-
fs1erate soldier. lost 200 pounds of choice
nat one night last week. The thief priced
~ srnokehouse door off the hinges. Any
ars that would steal from a one-legged
confederate soldier ought to be lynched.
There has been no further spread of
smallpox in Washington county, with the
,vcsntion of two or three cases at the
ann among those who had been expos
"a Several who had the disease have
entirely recovered. There has been only
ono death since the outbreak of the dis
case No alarm is now felt, as lie is not like
" there win be any more cases.
big raid on moonshine. stills occurred
in Harris county last Saturday afternoon,
in which Deputy Collector F. S. Brown
nrominently connected. The raid was made
in broad. open daylight but unfortunate
IL the operators made good their escape
nv running up the side of a mountain as
fast as their legs would carry them. The
officers destroyed the stills, but their game
escaped.
Americas Times Recorder: The wind
storm that passed over this section Sat
10
lands fences and small cabins on plan
tations. Lands were badly washed by the
tremendous downpour of rain, while fences
and several negro houses were blown
down on the Jenkins farm a stable was
carried away bodily, leaving the mules
standing unframed. Several narrow es-
capes were made by negroes as they rush
ed terror-stricken from their tumbling
houses.
The state militia is recuperating from
the disastrous effects of the war with
Spain.and the reorganization of the vari-
Gus militia regiments is progressing very
rapidly and satisfactorily. Inspector Cen
cral Obear was in Newman Tuesday. Yes
terday he went to LaGrance, and to-day
he will inspect the company at Chipley,
and then go to Columbus, where he has
more than one company to inspect just
as rapidly as he can, he is inspecting all
the militia companies in the state, and is
seeing that every inspection is rigid and
complete.
A negro, Jackson Duncan, was killed
near Mount Zion Colored Baptist Church,
about eight miles from Greensboro Sun
day night. Ben Stocks, the man who did
the killing, is likewise a negro. The
Stocks negro suffers from a physical
weakness and Duncan joked him concern
ing it. Stocks became infatuated and warn
ed Duncan that if he repeated a remark
he had just made he would kill him. The
offending negro did not heed the warning
and repeated the words he had used in a
bantering manner, whereupon Stocks dealt
him terrible blow in the temple with a
rock breaking his skull and knocking him
senseless. Stocks escaped and is stIn az
large
Deputy Marshals George White and
George Thomas made a remarkable cap
ture az an Illicit distillery in Putnam coun-
ty Monday afternoon. They caught the
Whole family, consisting of mother, two
sons and a whole drove of little daugh-
tefs, right at work in the place. The
mother was a white woman, whose face
showed that she had seen far better days.
She was Mrs. Florence Walker, and one
OF her daughters was about 16 years old.
her name is Lola Walker The two sons
were Frank and Jim Walker. All of the
men about the still escaped, but the wo-
man and her children were captured. The
oflcers, however, turned them loose, after
getting full information about the distil-
eTy and its operations.
Washington Chronicle: Hon. d. C. Hill,
VINO owns a large tract of thousands of
acres of land up in Northwest Wilkes, on
Whlch he lives, says that he was talking
win some of his neighbors about the
moonshine stills in other parts of the coun-
~ Mr.. Hill remarked that he thanked
'ue LORD there was none in his part of the
county, when one of the men spoke up
alo said he would show him one on his
avn .3h place. provided Mr.. Hill would give
I uie moonshiner two days to get out Mr.
I'M says that as this was a sure way 20
make the discovery and get rid of the null
ss1uce' ne agreed. The man then took
lrl INTO the dense swamp on Iont;
eeeh' on MIR. Hilrs own land, and there
was the still. II was moved away al
Vlce' and Mr.. Hill again feels assured
u way mere are no moonshine stills In his
heighborhood.