The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-12
GEORGIA.

BullOch Herald: The dog law is now the
subject of much talk, and three-fourths Of
the people agree that the policy of the
greatest good to the greatest number
demands that they go untaxed in Bulloch
county.
Eatonton is making an effort TO get
military company Fifty men have been
enrolled and application has been made TO
the Adjutant Generals office. There is on
ly one vacancy in the state, and several
towns already have applications in.
Col. E. B. Rogers Of Gibson says that
the Prohibitionists Of Glascock are now
circulating a petition FOR an election in
the near future, and that there is very ut
tie doubt as 20 the result of the election, as
the county will be made dry when the vote
is counted He also said that recently
application had been made TO The Town
Council for license to sell whisky. but the
Council refused it by a majority OF one.
The farmers of Gilbert county at meet
ing on Thursday. pledged themselves not
TO increase the quantity of fertilizers used
last year, and also not to increase the
acreage of cotton over what it was last
year. The outlook Is now that the amount
of cotton planted in the county this year
will be much less than last year. 80 much
of the cotton land has been sown in grain
less.
Warrenton Clipper: The County Com
missioners took charge Of the whisky ques-
ton Tuesday with strong hands. They
made the county license $4,000, and in this
way the election on March will only
make the prohibition permanent as the IL
cense would ne prohihitive even If we had
no prohibition law. Nothing could have
been done by this body that would reflect
more credit on il, and the people of War
ren are under lasting obligations TO them
In accordance with the law. the Athens
Dispensary Commissioners have made
their annual report TO the City Council
for the year ending Feb. /, 1890. This report
shows that the net profits arising from the
sale of liquors at the dispensary for the
past year amount to Sl0,35O.12, little less
than the amount for the preceding year.
This amount will all remain in the city
treasury until it is decided by the courts
what should be fair and equitable dvi-
sion of the profits between the city of
Athens and the county of Clarke.
Athens Banner: Fred Watkins the
10-year-old boy who charges Mr..
Dan Matthews of Jackson coun-
ty. with stripping him naked AMI
nearly beating him 10 death
few DAYS since. came to Athens yesterday
the home of Mr. Dan Williams of Madison
county an uncle of the boy. Three years
ago, Ordinary Harrington, acting for the
mother of young Watkins, bound him out
to Mrs. Matthews, and naturally he feels
an interest in the case. Ordinary Her
rington has written Solicitor General
Brand asking him to make a full investi-
cation of the case and If il is such as has
been stated, to institute proceedings in the
courts of Jackson county against
Matthews and prosecute him to the fullest
extent of the law.
Near Everett station, and in ten feet of
the railroad is an immense kaolin or clay
bed samples of which have been recently
analysed by the state chemist, DR.. John
NJ. McCandless. After completing the
analysis he wrote to the owner as fol-
lows THE above analysis shows this
clay to be of a very high class. 1t is ex-
ceedingly plastic, and on firing at a full
red heat burns to pure white. l regard
this clay as being valuable for the potter
and suitable for use in wares of the high
est grade. 1t will resist without fuslng
a temperature of $500 degrees F., and is
exceedingly well adapted to the manufac-
ture of friedrich, crucibles aud gloss pots,
and to Withstand the most intense heat of
the furnace" State Geologist Yeates has
al the while contended that Georgia clays
were a $ good as any in the United States
and it seems that he Is being backed by
actual test.