The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
MAR TIAL SPIRIT LOW
AUGUSTA MILITARY FARES POOR
LY IN INSPECTIONS.
COL. 0BEAR MAKES A REPORT.
TWO COMPANIES DIsBANDED AND
TWO ON PROBATION.

| Only the Clinch Rifles Underwent n
Satisfactory Inspection-How the
Others StOOd-COI. Obear Says
Capt. RenI<I Was Not Discourteous
to Him-News of Atlanta and of
the Stnte-Exhibits to Be Chosen
From the State Fair.
Atlanta, Oct. 4.-CoL w. G. Obear
returned to-day from Augusta, where
he has been inspecting the military
companies of that city. AS a result of
his inspection, two of the five COM
| panies there have been ordered dis
banded, and two others have been put
! on probation for ninety days.
The military spirit in Augusta, it is
said, appears to be on the wane, despite
the fact that the city built a $4,000
armory for the companies there.
Col. Obear says there was no foun-
dation in the reports of discourtesy to
him by Capt. A. ]. Renkl of the Ger
man Guards He had a conference
| with Capt. Renkl, and was satisfied
with the course that officer pursued.
Col. Obear brought back to Atlanta
the application of Capt. Renkl for the
voluntary disbandment of his COM
pany.
The Irish Volunteers. who turned out
six men and two officers for inspection,
were also ordered disbanded.
The Oglethorpe Rifles and the Rich
mond Hussars failed to come up to the
! required standard and have been put
on ninety days probation.
The Clinch Rifles were the only one
of the companies that stood fair in
| spection.
Terrell for Solicitor General.
Hon. ]. Render Terrell of Greenville,
| MeriWether county, has announced his
candidacy for the solicitor generalship
| of the Coweta circuit, to succeed Hon.
| Hewlett A. Hall, who was appointed by
| the Governor to serve for the uneXpired
| term. Hon. 7. A. Atkinson, who goes
on the bench, will not be a candidate
| for election. Mr.. Terrell will begin an
active canvass of the circuit at once.
WhippIe as Arbitrator.
Gov. Terrell to-day appointed Judge
u. V. Whipple of Cordele as arbitrator
| to represent the state in the cases in
| which the state is claimant for certain
lands in South Georgia counties These
| are land lots Nos. / and 100, which
were set apart in 1918 for school pur-
poses and never granted by the state.
Suits were recently instituted in the
name of the state to recover this prop
| erty, but at at the last session of the
| Legislature an act was passed provid-
ing for the compromising Of such claims
| between the parties holding the prop
| erty and the Governor and Attorney
| General representing the state. In the
| event such compromise cannot be
reached, the matter is to be left to
! arbitration.
Judge Whipple. who will represent
the state in these arbitrations, was
I g.. IL.
| of Dooly county. He is one of the best
| known lawyers in his section.
To Select Exhibits.
Assistant Commissioner r. F. Wright
of the Department of Agriculture will
visit the State Fair at Macon next
week for the purpose of inspecting the
| exhibits there with a view to selecting
the best of them for the state mu-
scum. which is to be exhibited at the
I st. Louis Exposition next year.
For Presbyterian University.
| DR.. Theron Rice and DR.. J. w. Wal
den, who went as special representa-
| tives from the board of trustees of the
| Synod Of Georgia and of the Atlanta
| citizens fund to the Synod of South
| Carolina, which met in Cheraw, have
| returned. DR.. Rice and DR.. Walden
| carried an overture from the trustees
of the Georgia Synod, asking that the
six synods in an educational confer
| ence to be held in Atlanta in December
| to decide whether to combine the the
| illogical seminary at Columbia and the
university al GAINESVILLE, Tenn into a
great institution to be located in At
| lanta. They bring back the news that
| the South Carolina Synod, after care
full consideration of the overture and
after hearing fully from DR.. Rice and
DR.. Walden, voted by a large majority
to send delegates to the educational
conference.
Conductor Was Killed.
George Hamilton, one of the Oldest
conductors on the Georgia Railroad
was thrown from his train at Lithonia
last night and instantly killed. He was
standing in the front door of his ca
boose. The engine gave sudden jerk
forward. He was thrown under the
wheels Of the caboose, his neck being
broken by the fall and his right leg
and arm being mangled by the wheels
of the car. Mr.. Hamilton leaves q
wife, four sons and two daughters,
both of whom are married.
"VOice of the Lord. Saying"
Imagining that the Lord has COM
municated to him new and important
information concerning the murder of
Mrs. M. A. Lily, who was killed a num-
Der of years ago in her home near
WestView Cemetery, G. E. Speights,
farmer of Battle Hill district, this
county communicated the startling in
formation to Judge Roam in the crimi-
nal Superior Court. Fifteen minutes
later he was en- route to the Fulton
county jail, the judge having remand
ed him as a lunatic. Later DIR. w. c.
Fisher, the county physician. appeared
in the Court of the Ordinary and swore
out a writ of lunacy against the man.
He will be arraigned before Ordinary
Wilkinson next week.