The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-04
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
l..,of Slg6 for decorating the capitol
., IN. peace jubilee which was criti-
l'' 5.s being too big by the Senate has
ben paid.
,..,l legislative committee ap-
-..5 p, investigate the geological de-
pun. ,..l commence work next Mon
,r senator Wingfield OF Putnam -
.alrmau
o3s sod at the Georgia Southern
.r,,rt73 Railroad office at Cordeie sun
....s TO the amount of $3.50 for ne
4 .-,as sojne to Florida where they wiz DC
,assi in urpentine ana cro9s'ie 0''9i-
ress.
Il, Is raported that S. Lafayette Armand
.resad absconder from Conyers, for
.,n reoui4.tioh papers have been sent
Tgl5re cal, VIII resist pelhS extra
va The case VIII be tried there on d
u1l Of haoeas corpus.
The city public school of Cordeie opened
,,.-,., morning with 1l5 pupils present,
4 .-o,,,.fye of them being new scholars
r,s prospects of the pubic schooi are
-,a brighter than ever, and prosperous
-.,, for the institution is anticipated.
rs. uepbztbah postofice was burglar
"a sunday Night. All of the storage,
~. money and money order blanks in
n u, ofiea were taken awaw. The govern
rsr- officials have been notified ana every
T,rr win be- made 30 apprehend the guilty
n ren
C. Bowen, the noted alleged counter
4 s,er vino has been badly wanted by the
n ,,y4r5ment. was arrested at Mt. Airy
u,rdav afternoon and jailed. Bowen is
charged with passing counterfeit money,
and ir is reported that his tools are in
POSSESSION of tne officers.
Il The legislature, at its recent session,
4 made so many changes in the tax laws
at Controller General Wright has been
q compelled 20 issue an entirely new series
Of Instructions to tax receivers and col
etors throughout the state. They are
now being printed, and will be sent out
through the mails the latter part of the
. week
Albany Herald: Albany can now hold
eIepbone communication with Chicago,
but as long as the price per three min
mes' conversation remains as at present
We Georgia pencil-pusherS will most prob
ably continue to conduct our correspond
ence with The Windy City by means of
those less ostentatious but eminently eco
nomsal and wen known missives at 2
cents an ounce.
A number of railroad cars have been
loaded at the plant of the Georgia and
Carolina Planters Company at Augusta
with the Lowry round bales of cotton for
foreign shipment There are a number of
cars there at present already loaded with
10 Lowry bales to each car, averaging $50
pounds per bale, which makes the car con-
Tain $3.50 pounds. This is 12,500 pounds
more than double the amount usually
baded in a car of compress cotton.
It appears that Gov. Gambler vetoed
4 three bills instead of two, as has been gen
galy reported The third was House bill
No 255, INTRODUCED by Representative
Hosea and Holder, of Jackson county, to
amend the charter of Harmony Grove, so
as to provide for the issuing of bonds to
etc. Three-fourths of the taxpayers of
Harmony Grove have opposed the i'm
potements, and the law would not, there
fore be constitutional even had the Gov
eInor permitted il TO so on the statute
books
The jury in the case of a. D. and Wis
oom Appiewhite, father and son, who have
oeen on trial at Cusseta during the past
lATee days, charged with the murder of
D. Hickey on Dee. %, brought in YER
itI OF murder in The case of Wisdom APP
NS"hie ana ne was sentenced to a life
g'H In tnat state penitentiary. A. d. APP
pe|hile was released. From the evidence
sven 1t appears that Wisdom Applewhite
was intoxicated a the time of The MUIR
"" Inc evidence introduced by the pros
Duuoh tried TO prove that A. D. Apple
SIte stabbed Hickey, but they failed to
ul's' Inc case caused considerable ex-
cement at Cusseta. Counsel for the de-
eASe viii appeal the case.
tension Commissioner Richard Johnson
Aatd at work at the capitol preparing
W vouchers for the payment of pensions
tsIi ',.-'seht Confederate veterans. The leg
fa. Appropriated for this year S23S 900
NJ. .'o!senl veterans. and the disburse-
T l.n' Oh This money will begin on Jan. Il.
n. CORPORATION is $3S, 900 larger than It
was lor 1897 and 1898, and this constitutes
na, u me additional amount given to
5la,[l 9reIs oy this legislature. The in
rt 5.'. us pensioners receive $50 a year each.
bs "'uo|s OF Confederate soldiers viii be
ar,o, @sl'''H class TO receive pensions. The
and 1'' pa'o to this class is $50 per annum
g31 o' 'De appropriation for this wear is
win ne payment of widows pensions
soo, ,'4u'ie about three weeks. ana as
Me- as 'hat work is completed. say ahout
viii H.. J., lne payment of invalid pensions
c3s, 7'u' The appropriation for his
N s @'3,5oo which is an Increase Of
yss.. o ,..I the amount appropriated for the
b,,s ''9' ana 1898. The amounts received
5oa WY 'nNald pensioners ranges from AHA
rsos.. aeeording to the exten. of the ini,,rv
soylr ,1u IA the service of the Confederate
FLORIDA.
,,r. '''Seo'te had to refuse 300 passen-
M. On her last trip from Port Tamna
were all bound for Havana.
tlHl straw he rriac re A.