The morning news., 1899-12-11
GEORGIA..

NHEsOA1AAs
A meeting of the ex-slaves of Bibb coun-
ty was held Friday afternoon at Central
CITY Park. The question of pensions for
ex-slaves was discussed, and resolutions
passed for presentation to Congress
The Confederate veterans Of Clnch
county have done Hon. Augustus DUPONT
the great honor of naming camp No. l,l25
Augustus DUPONT" and selected him 70
honorary memh hershp and their orator ana
historian Possibly Mr.. Dupont is the only
person, not being a veteran, for whom a
camp was ever named.
The Athens Foundry and Machine Shops,
which has been idle for two years, was
sold Tuesday at sherin's sale, and was
bought by Capt. James White. Judge j.
r. White bought the stock on hand for
s., 500 For many years this was tie most
valuable property IN Northeast Georgia,
and the probability IS that the foundry
will soon be again In opera tion
The resignation Of Prof james E. Dickey
from the chair of history and political
economy in Emory College to enter the
conference as a regular pastor is a matter
of universal regret TO the students of the
institution Although It has been known
for some time that this was his intention,
the shock of his loss was not realized by
the students until they read of his APP
pointment to Grace Church, Atlanta, as
pastor for the coming year
The 1s-months daughter OF A. S. Poole
was accidentally drowned In a washtub
partly fIled with wafer in Atlanta Friday.
The accident was as sad as IL was remark
able. The child must have LOST her bal
ance while leaning over the tub, and fan
en- into the water. There was just enough
water to barely cover the head. The lttle
the tub, and Il Is be ieved fright kept her
from rising and that she remaired with
her face in the water until drowned.
For the first time MnIedgevine adopted
the white primary In the selection of her
city officers The election Friday for city
officers passed off quietly, and as there
was no opposition to the white primary
nominees, everything was smooth and sat
isfactory. The following ticket was elect
ed: Mayor, Julius A. Horne; clerk, +. l..
FAIR aldermen, L. II. Andrews c. T,
WheIan. ]. F. Johnston. Joseph Staley, j.
d. Howard, A. NJ. jackson. This is Mayor
Horne's second term, and his reelection
without opposition Is the highest compii-
ment that could have been paid him.
statesboro Star: We understand that
Osborn Collins, colored, mas been APP
pointed postmaster at Echo in this coun-
W. Wnen the 10Y NlduuldClhiltAS 0otI-
pany moved away the postmaster resigned
and the citizens petitioned for the appoint
ment of Mr.. D. c. Finch, but there arose
some opposition 20 him. It was charged
that he had been a partisan In politics.
No other white man in that community
would accept the office, and now we hear
that negro has been appointed. We
have since learned that the appointee win
make no effort to take charge of the Of
fee.
Hog killing was the order of the day in
Gordon Thursday and Friday and few
towns can make a better showing in this
industry than ours. Rev. w. ID. Dewell k i
cd Two Duroc Jersey red pigs twelve
months old that tipped the beam at 226
and 237 r. +. Kyle killed four OF his six
pet pigs that aggregated 943 pounds. DR.
Lee killed two pigs five months old that
net 1SI pounds for the two. Mr.. William
Stevens killed five that would go 1,0o0
pounds. Mr.. F'rasuer is killing to-day five
that win weigh 1000 pounds AMI j. G.
Pierson will bring up the rear this even
ing with the largest hog In town. His
weight is variously placed from three to
400 pounds. &4l
Clifford Beauchamp, OF Jackson, while
out hunting yesterday afternoon, made a
ghastly discovery of the remains of an un-
known white man on the farm of J. w.
Moore. three miles from that pace. He
discovered the body near Yellow Water
creek. in an iso.ated place, half a mile
from any public road, protected on one
side by a dense high bluff, on the o,her
by large canebrake on the creek swamp
an ideal place TO hide the murdered man
and foil detection of crime. The body was
badly decomposed and scattered all around
the Place. An examination was made this
morning of the murdered victim and this
disclosed the fact that he was foully muir
dered Buckshot wounds were found on
the body and the barb wire fence near by
showed Pieces OF hair en- the wire