The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-14

in One Mans Life Private Owners
Making Money Out Of Artesiar
Wells at Albany-One OF Madison's
Philanthropists,
GEORGIA
Daniel Luke, ex-Sheriff of Thomas county,
died Saturday.
f. l. Wright has been elected Captain OF
the Albany Guards
Judge J. B. Latimer is building large
warehouse at Lumpkin.
Real estate in Conyers is to-day from .
TO so per cent. higher than it was twelve
months ago.
At Atlanta Mrs Martha Galloway fell on
bad sidewalk and broke her arm. Now
she is suing the city for S., 900 damages.
The entire block of the Americas water
works bonds $50, 200, have been bought by
John A. Hambleton a Co., bankers, Of Bal
timore.
Frank Hall, the missing young man Of
Americas, returned home Saturday. He
went into Alabama as far as Clayton. No
explanation is given.
The late John J. White, who was buried
at Griffin yesterday, was born on the
seventh of the month, was baptized on the
seventh, married on the seventh, and died
on the seventh
At Americas Saturday the architects,
Bruce & Morgan, of Atlanta, formally
turned over to the County Commissioners
tie magnificent new county court house
Just completed.
A chair factory has been started at Bar
net shoals, near Athens, and is meeting with
great success The enterprise is in the
hands of Davis Hodges, and the factory is
turning out two dozen chairs a day.
The guano factory and oil mill at Ameri-
Gus are running night and day, and then it
is all they can do to fill the orders which
come in. Forty hands are now employed
and more are wanted The weekly pay roll
amounts to over $500.
Macon Telegraph: 4 large number of
Macon people will go down to Savannah on
Feb. 81 TO witness the opening of the Jasper
Festival. The rate has been fixed at 1c. per
mile, and there are many who will want TO
see the grand old Forest City in holiday
garb
Several prominent Republicans of At
lanta are considering the advisability Of
inviting Senator Sherman, Ingalls,, or Ed
munds to come to Atlanta at the adjourn
ment of Congress and deliver political
speech bearing on the next Presidential
campaign.
At Atlanta suit has been instituted in the
Superior Court against Stephen c. Glass.
for $1,000 damages The defendant is
charged with having slandered Parks II.
Blackburn, by saying in the presence of
several witnesses: He stole money and n
pencil and intend to have him arrested. -
These words, the plaintiff AYERS, constitute
false and malicious stab at his repruta-
ton.
Charles Campbell, brother of the deceased
owner of tho Macon Telegraph, has taken
out temporary letters of administration on
the paper, and has been elected busine s
manager. 1t is not known what will be
done with the paper--but this much is GER
tain-its politics will not be changed 1t
viii continue TO be a tariff reform paper,
and Henry Richardson will remain as the
editor-in-chief.
Seventy-eight thousand dollars of the
$1,000 wanted for a new cotton factory
at Griffin has been subscribed. as follows
SO, 200; S. Grantland, $4,000; W. F. II.
Searcy, $4,000; j. d. Boyd, 5000; A.
Scheuerman, 5000: Mrs. s. NJ Bailey.
5000; F. G. Bailey, $1,000; ID. J. Bailey,
Jr,, s., 900; W. z. II. Searcy, Jr.. S. 100: d.
H Peden, 5000; A. S. Murray, 1880:
John !. Hall, 1000; W f. Drewry, Sl,OOC A.:
Mrs. Mary Fowler, 200; B. n. Barrow,
$500.
The company owning the artesian well on
commerce street, Albany. expended about
S2,6OO. There are six in the company, all
OF whom have main through which they
receive an abundant supply of pure water
and about twelve other residences are sup
piled at present from the well, for which
about $3.50 income is received There will
be several more families supplied with water
from this well, and it is not improbable that
the income will eventually prove more than
y per cent. besides furnishing free of cost
each of the members of the company.
In an affrsy at Gaddistown, Lumpkin
county, on Wednesday, DOT Gaddis and
his brother, Maxwell, were both badly cut
by Henry Ward, Jr. They were involved
in some litigation and the trial was in
progress at the law ground there, and fuss
arose between them, in which Gaddis was
fatally cut by Ward. Some say that Cad
dis was thought to have been ''spy'
against the moonshiners, and that this was
the cause OF the killing. Gaddis and Ward
Doth 1--we IN the upper part of the county,
near where Lawson Saline was killed last
year. Maxwell was not seriously hurt.
at Madison, in the Court House square.
stands monument on which in letters of
gold the following inscription is seen: I'm
memory of Benjamin Braswell, who de-
parted this life in the year 1917, leaving a
munltcent sum to the INDECENT orphans of
Morgan county" Benjamin Braswell died
without relatives TO whom his property
could be left, and in a most charitable man
ner left considerable sum for the educa-
tlon of the white orphans Of Morgan county,
A good portion of this sum was lost during
the late war, and at the close OF the war the
Ordinary, who controls the fund, had in his
possession about $4,000. To-day this fund
amounts to about $4S 600, and is under the
management of the Ordinary of Morgan
county. Any orphan resident Of the county,
whether native or not, receives the benefit
of this fund by free education.
There are twenty-one national banks in
Georgia. The total capital embarked in
national banking enterprises in Georgia at
present is IS, 050, 52O, an increase of over
100000 within a year They have sur
plus fund amounting TO 1851. 731, and hold
as undivided profits $685. 600 Their out
standing circulation amounts to $S77, $50:
they hold of the peoples money as individ-
ual deposits s500S, 2l6, and their total liza
bilities reach the sum of Sl2 1856. 1871 Is. Of
course banks, like all business Undertakings
are carried on to make money, and, in con
sequence, it will be of interest TO look into
their resources. The Georgia national banks
have out as loans and discounts S7,7S9. 35s.
They have ON deposit to secure the out
standing circulation, bonds to the amount
of $9sS, 500, and to secure deposits, $3.50, 900
Their real estate is valued at S465, $50 The
cash on hand is as follows: Bills of other
banks, $226, 500: specie, $547 BIC; legal ten
der notes, S466, l16; minor coins, $4,0Sl.
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