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not back to the term that was held
in pleasant weather.
Maj. R. H. Bulloch; of the Chipley
bar, is in attendance upon court.
Col. B. A. Thornton, the talented
Senator of the 24th District, is at
tending court here this week.
We arc glad to note the presence
here of Col. Jos. F. Pou, one of*the
leading members of the Columbus
bar.
Col. C. J. Thornton is one of the
head-lights of the Columbus bar and
gets a lucrative share of the Harris
county practice.
Chipley is well represented at the
court to-day. A list of her many
delegates would be a fair directory
of the town.
Hairis county is not under very
great financial stress if the new
clothes that many of her citizens
wear is any cryter.on.
John Barleycorn go c~r in his work
well yesterday. He takes an active
part in the workings of the court and
is a party at interest in many ennui
nal cases.
Col. Charley Russell came up on
the afternoon train yesterday and will
look after the interest of his clients
here this week with his wonted abili
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ed. A. A. Dozier is attending
court as usual and looking to the
interest of his constituents. He en
joys a lucrative share of the Harris
county practice.
Col. Hines Dozier, Mayor ot the
flourishing city of Arlington is attend
ing court this week. He displays
with no little pride the picture of a
“pair of twins” of which he is the
happy Jkther.
Col. John Peabody, the President
of the C. & R. railroad is attending
court. It is conceded that no mem
ber of the Columbus bar can make a
statement to the court in clearer
terms than he.
The younger element of the Col
umbus bar is well represented here
this week in Messrs Reese Crawford,
Thos. J. Chappell, S. B. Hatcher and
]. L. Willis. No city can show an
array of talent more promising.
The grand jury made a good ini¬
tial step this we.k in electing Dr. T.
F- Brewster, foreman. He is a gen-
tleman every way well qualified for
this responsible position anJ we feel
no hesitancy in pred cting faithful
service from the body which makes
him its head.
Uncle John Turner has been grand
jury bailiff every session of the Supe
rior court in this county for upwards
of forty years. He is not supposed
to have been more excited on taking
the oath of office the first time than
he appeared to be yesterday morning,
A larger aumber of whites than
are at court this morning has seldom
been seen in town.
Released.
The grand jury found no bill in
the case against Allen Hightower
and he was released.
DEATH IN JAIL
It is with no feeling of regret that
we announce the death of . Sidney
j-iall, who was confined in jail here
aw aiting sentence of the court to be
hung At the last term of tho Supc .
r j or Q our ^ th e county he was con¬
victed of murder and Judge Willis
sentenced him to be hung in Decern
ber> last> but his counsel> Co l. C. J
Thornton, carried the case to the
Supreme Court and the hanging was
postponed. The higher court decid¬
c <] the case adversely, however, and
bc would have been hung had death
not forestalled the hangman. Few
constitutions are strong enough to
stand more than six months confme
llle nt in the Harris county jail,
LOCAL POINTS.
The light frost of yesterday did
not injure the gardens.
Mr. Will Dallis, of Greenville, is
in the city to day.
The light spring ginghams worn by
some of our young ladies, are just
lovely.
Mr. C; Joe Hunt, tho enterprising
livery-stable man of Greenville, is in
the cit y to da v -
.
Clad in her spring dress, nature
appears in hei ioveiiest and most re
joicing mood.
.
Some oi our exchanges report the
small grain more promising than last
year at this time.
Next Saturday and Sunday is the
regular appointment of the Baptist
minister, Rev. J. \V. Wilson, at the
Baptist church.
A few of the young people gather
ed at the residence of Mr. T. N.
Sparks last night and enjoyed an old
fashioned candy pulling,
The prisoners confined in jail will
have the opportunity to breathe the
pure air of heaven soon. They ought
to be thankful to somebody for this.
Mr. Willis Fortson and his bride
came up from Fortson this morning
to attend the Lulu Hurst entertain¬
ment to night at the college.
Mr. B. F. Mathew*, of Chattahoo¬
chee county, a brother of Mr*. Dr.
T. J. Brooks, came yesterday on a
brief visit to his sister. He left for
home this morning.
Col. Wm. T. Revill, the railroad
editor of the Meriwether Vindicator
is in the city to day. Speaking of
railroads, Col. Revill, after the man¬
ner of the illustrious Sir John Fal
stafl*, confesses about this way: “AH
flesh is weak. I have much flesh,
therefore much weakness—for rail¬
roads."
HARRIS SUPERIOR COURT.
Harris Superior Court convened
yesterday morning. Judge Simmons
of the Macon circuit is presiding.
In his charge to the grand jury he
was plain, practical and forcible. "The
grand jury was called upon to do
that which no other officer or body
of men were authorized to do. The
law provided that only the most in¬
telligent, upright and experienced
citizens should sit upon the grand
jury, because of the importance of
the duties that devolved upon them.
They were sworn to make diligent
inquiry and true presentment of ail
infractions of the law.
He charged specially upon the law
concerning gambling, whiskey selling
an( j carrying concealed weapons. A
s t r i c t enforcement of these laws would
tend to greatly diminish crimes, for
to whiskey and concealed weapons
are a large majority of the crime be
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fore the courts due. In some of the
in the circuit over which he
prcs ides the sale of liquor fcas been
prohibited recently, and with marked
effect. ' Formerly it consumed in
somc c f these covrties the week