The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-23
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
GOVERNOR HAS DECLINED
TO RELIEVE OFFICERS OF DUTY
ON THE COURT-MARTIAL.

Mai. Williamson of savannah ana
Others Wanted Relief On the
score of Business-This Excuse
Not RecoEnlzed-In Col Garrard's
Case 1t Was Public Business-Of-
fcers. Governor Says. Know They
Are Liable to BE Called on For
Duty.
Atlanta. Sept 22.-Gov. Terrell has
declined to relieve from duty on the
court-martial. which is to try Capt.
r. NJ. Hitch and other officers, several
officers who have requested to be re-
lieved on account of personal bust
ness. Among those who requested to
be relieved to-day were Maj. w. W.
Williamson, of Savannah. appointed to
succeed Col. William Garrard. and Maj
A H. DeVaughn. of the Third Infan-
try Augusta. Their applications were
received to-day by the Adjutant Cen
eral.
Gov. Terrell instructed the AdJutant
General to reply, refusing to relieve
them from this duty. The Governor
stated that when men enter the mill
tary service they are aware that they
are liable to be called upon for duty at
any time, and he does not propose to
let them plead personal business mat
tiers as an excuse. He relieved Lieut..
Col. Garrard, he said, solely because
Col. Garrard is Savannah's city at
torney. and a public official who show
ed that he would be engaged upon pub
lie business at the time the court would
be in session.
Troops Wanted at Hanging.
A request was received to-day at the
once of the Adjutant General for
company of troops at Monroe. Walton
county, tomorrow on account Of the
fact that there is to be a legal execu-
tion of a negro for killing another of
his own race. The officials consid-
cred the request as quite humorous.
The sheriff of Walton did not state
that any trouble was expected, but
only that he wanted the local troops
to turn out to protect the enclosure
which he had erected within which
to hold the execution. The request, of
course. was denied.
Georgia's New Presidential Candi-
date.
Georgia now has two candidates for
President of the United States. The
second Georgian who will oppose Hon.
Thomas +. Watson of McDuffie and
the other candidates who think they
are in the running is Austin Holcomb,
who was nominated in Chicago yes
terday, according to the press dis
patches, by the Continental party. of
which little appears to be known Hol-
comb. though born at Cardington, o.,
i'm 1867, came to Atlanta with his par
ents when he was only 10 months old.
He was educated in the city schools
here, and was at one time associated
with Watson in the publication of the
Peoples Party paper. He afterwards
published a trade paper, and about
three years ago went to Girard, Kan,
and became editor of the Age Of Rea-
son. He married a Georgia girl. Miss
Mackey Sturgis, and has two children.
Arnold Broke Up the Fight.
Frank Arnold, an Atlanta attorney,
played the part of peacemaker with
pistol in a fight between a man and
woman i'm the Kimball House last
night Hearing screams in the hall, he
rushed out with his pistol and saw a
handsome, stylishIy dressed woman,
blood flowing from a wound on her
AoNOs anu a AAleali wiz lAdd GNAQGAAl4 ut
tackled her. At sight of Mr.. Arnold
with the pistol, the man ran. Later.
at the police station the woman gave
her name as Miss Seigner, of New
York. and the man as Charles Els
worth. They deposited the collateral
required of them and were released,
and have not since been seen. as they
failed to show up in Police Court
to-day.
Alarm Was Timely.
With his home enveloped in flames
and with the roof already falling In,
B. L. Stringer, of 2S2 Peoples street,
West End, who was sleeping alone in
the house, was awakened this morning
at o'clock by Police Sergeant Turner,
just in time to leap from his bed and
dash from the blazing structure, saw
ing himself from death by cremation.
Sergt Turner resides next door to
the Stringer home, and the illness of
his baby, which kept him awake. re-
suited in the discovery of the fire and
the awakening Of Stringer who would
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