The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-28
SHOULD FILE THEIR BONDS.
TAX COLLECTIONS AND RECEIVERS
LIKELY To ma OUT or ions.

ever Eighty Huse Not Vet Complied
with the Law Requiring BONDS 90
Be trfted by Jan. i-Trustces Nay
Not Hc Able 80 Open soldiers Home
on Lees NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Homer
Thompson the Victim 81 n Murder
Gus Assault One-Armed White
Nan Arrested for Marrying Ne
uress.
Atlanta. Dec = The question Of the
opening Of the Confederate SOLDIER
Home Is causing the Board OF Trustee
40 iittlc worry "a was though, that
% woud be- possible 20 open Il on lau.
- Gen. Lee's birthday. hut IL y now
seen that this will boz impossible unless
she veterans are moved ia before the
home has been thoroughly repaired AMI
put in a nrai-cllss condition
whether this viii be- advisable is a qucs-
tion that viii be decided by the Board of
Trustees All veterans who desire 90
become inmates are requested 20 comma
nicaio with Judge W l.. Calhoun 9
Brown building when they will be given
al Of the necessary Information If tnt
openine Is delayed until another datc an
entertainment win De- given at the ground,
and distinguished Confederate vim b.
invited 20 participate In the opening exc
cises.
There are some eighty odd tax collcr-
fors and receivers. who are likely 10 have
their offices declared vacant bv Go,
'andler next week uulcrs the, rush their
bonds forward TO Controller General
Nrient before Monday night So Gar oni,
ahout nifty collectors and receivers. bonds
nave oeen hled with the controller gcu-
rfsi, and under the law unless thes.
bomb are hied by Jan. J. The Governor
must declare the Offices vacant ana ort.r
new election.
Ihere will be no tcmpofizinR. for th.
S'h'iais have had fsir warning and there.
iote they had best look after the matter
- once Many have no doubt nled their
phuH With the ordnaries OF sheir respcc.
i've counties. but these hav, never boen
forwarded 70 Atlanta 80 that the rcceiv-
ers and collectors are ia precsrious no
ston' 10 for the ONLY tax collectors bonds
received by the controller general are
.oh the following counties Baker. Bibb
BROOKS, Bryan. Butts. Calhoun Camp-
o'H, 'atoosa, Chattahoochec Cherokee
tohee. Decatur, Doughertv. Eninghnm
Emanuel. Fannu, Franklin. Fulton. elias
cock Greene. Hancock liaralson. Harris.
heard. jackson. JasItr Johnson Ian
rens. Lee. Lincoln. Lumpkin Mcpunic
Men"ether. Miller milton Mitchell.
Monigomery. Murray. Newton. Ogie-
tnorpe' Pauidins. Pierce Pike Pulaski.
iNchmoud. Spaidiug. Stewart Telfiir
Towns Troup Union, Walker. Ware.
Warren Webster. Wilcox. Wilkes. Worth
The Following tax receivers have nled
bonds; Baker. Brooks. BRYAN. Bullock
sutis. Calhoun Campbell, catoosa. Chat
ham. chattahoochec Cherokee. CLAY. cot
zee. Decatur, Enns ham Fannin Frank
liz, Fulton. Glascock. Greene. Hancock.
Haralson. Heard. Jackson. Jasper John
son iaurens, Lincoln. Lumpkin McDume
Meriwether. Miller Milton. Montgomery.
Murray. Newton. Pauidine Pierce Pike
Pulaski. Richmond screveu. stewart.
Telfoir. Towns Union. rpson walker
Ware, Warren. Washington. Wilcox
Wilkes and Worth
For some unknown motive a numerous
assault was made on Homer Thompson
-on Of Poicc Captain John A. Thomp-
son, about n O'Clock last night. on Bell
WOOL avenue. Thompson says that kis
saiiant was John Blackstock The Young
man. with some half dozen friends. was
on his way to a dance. that was 20 have
been held "a the corner u Bellwood ave-
nue. and Chestnut street. The party got
OF tho Marietta strcei car az Redwood
avenue AMI Thompson remained some
INSTANCE ut1fuu mss friends to ask a
Young lady. whose home was near hv %
80 70 the dance win him As he walked
along he passed two men but thought
nothing Of them. one Of them made a
sighting remark and tho other one grab
bed Thomposon and stabbed him ln the
rack AMI siie Roth men then ran ana
Thompson's friends. who were about
hundred feet ahead. returned TO him az
his cali. The wounded YOUNG man was
taken Ia a street car the gufuaf nj
Broad and Marietta streets and there
placed ia the hospital ambulance and
taken 10 the hos .ital 1.-The man who
cut me WAS John Bhckstock We have
aiwayF been good ffion.is. and cane un-
dcr~tand why be cut me Ii WAS done
without word 81 warming and I had no
way Of defending myself" said Young
Thompson.
IT the ire department makes tea runs
in the next Eve days it will tie the record
The greatest number % runs made in one
year was In lNs That year the depart
ment answered as calls about twenty-five
more than were answered during any pre-
Vious year la the history OF the city
because they got married a ouc-urmoi
white man aud lcod-iCoaing mulafto
girl were locked up on suspicion by the
police about ] O'Clock so-lsy They had
q license issued by Ordinary Huisey. ami
say they We're married hy a justice OF the
peace whose name they do not know The
mans name Is Charley Johnson and the
woDan's Eleanor Moody They hail from
Rome.