The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-20
NEW ROAD TO COLUMBUS
FHE CENTRAL FILES ITS APPLI-
CATION FOR A CHARTER.

The Counties it Will Traverse and the
Board OF Directors - An Expulsion
From Church on the Ground of
Drunkenness-A Negress Killed by
lightning.
ATLANTA, GA, May 19.-An application
for charter under the general railroad
law was filed with the Secretary of State
to-day. The company is incorporated under
the name of the Savannah and Columbus
Railway Company, and proposes to con-
struct and maintain a railroad from some
point in Chatham or Ettingham counties,
on the main line of the Central railroad, to
Columbus, with branch to the Alabama
line in Qutman county, and to Dublin,
Laurens county The road is to traverse
the counties of Chatham, Bryan, Effing
ham, Bulloch, Tattnall, Emanuel, Mont
gomery, Telfair, Laurens, Dodge, Wilcox,
Pulaski, Houston, Dooly, Sumter, Macon,
Schley, Marion, Stewart, Randolph, Quit
man, Webster, Chattahoochee and Musco-
gee. The principal office of the road is to be
in Savannah The capital stock of the com
pany is placed at s., 900, 600. The following
are named as directors: E. p. Alexander,
J. L. Warren, j. j. Wilder, T. NJ. Cunning
"a. u.
county, and D. M. Hughes, of Twiggs.
EXPELLED FROM A CHURCH.
D. H. Kent, the young -prohibitionist
who gained such notoriety during the last
prohibition fight, was expelled from the
Fifth Baptist church last night on charge
of drunkenness. Kent was first summoned
before the church on a charge Of acting with
the -prohibitionist party. He was
cited to appear before the church
TO show how he could as
"a Christian cooperate with the whisky
party The deacons, after iuquiriDg into
the charge, decided to drop it and to sub
stitute charge of drunkenness. Many per-
sons were present besides Kent TO hear the
case. Soon after the business began a
stranger with note book i'll his hand was
seen in the church. On announcing that he
was representing the NJ. A. B. Anti-Pro-
hibition organization he was ordered out.
Kent was asked if he had anything TO say
in his own defense. He acknowledged the
charge and spoke for about half an hour,
saying that whatever action was taken
by the church he proposed to continue
to live the life Of Christian
ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ERROR
He said he had sinned but God was
willing and able to forgive him and he
thought the church should do the same.
The rules of the Fifth Baptist church are
Is proven on member he Is expelled for
three months, at the end of VIII ich time he
is restored if his conduct indicates sorrow
and repentance for his error The vote was
taken and Mr.. Kent was expelled Kent
believes that DR.. J. b. Hawthorne, Pastor
OF the First Baptist church, insJigated the
charges against him. He and Dr. Hawthorne
had hot cOliOquy one Sunday when the
prohibition campaign was opened last
Winter and since then the two have been
at outs
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Rosa Hicks, negro woman who lives at
No. AZ Mays alley, was standing in the door
tof her house this afternoon about o'clock,
singing, when a bolt of lightning struck
her dead.
This morning while crowd of small BOYS
were playing base ball in a vacant lot on
the corner of Pryor and Rawson streets,
Henry Love and Russell Jenkins became IN
volved in a quarrel, and Love struck Jen-
kins over the head with a bat
fracturing his skull, and producing in
juries which may result in death. Love
was arrested and carried to the police head
quarters by Patrolman Rapp. He stated
that the whole crowd was about to jump on
him, aud he swung his bat around to keep
them Off, and Love got in the way. Jen-
kins was unconscious for nearly an hour after
receiving the blow, but was better this af-
terno0n.
A BLAZE
About Q o'clock this morning the paint
room of the Novelty Iron Works, on Mari
eta street. caught fire from a spark from a
locomotive, and the center building was
quickly enveloped in flames The fire de-
partment saved the other two buildings.
The works consist of three buildings, and
the one which was destroyed was used as
the wood working department, and was
worth about $1,000. It's contents were
valued at about $1,000. The water thrown
OH the fire was run through 300 feet of hose,
the nearest water plug being that far from
the fire. The three buildings and their corr
tents were insured for 81, 500, the whole
being valued at about $4,000. The loss
will have TO be adjusted
MACON rMTTnN