The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Mass Meeting OF ORlethorpe
County Calls on the Governor to
Offer a Reward for the Arrest of
the White Caps-A Lawyer Dis
barred at Cartersville.
GEORGIA.
The Clarke Rifles Of Athens now have an
excellent drum corps.
The negro editor, Sam Davis, who was
shot at Atlanta few days ago will recover.
Henry Horne Of Macon, who is under
medical treatment in New York, is improv-
ing.
Prof. Charles Graham of A-hens left for
Europe Monday via New York. He will
be away about two months.
The young men Of Covington and the
Salem Light Infantry will join and organ
ize first-class military company.
Dr. L. G.. Hardman Of Harmony Grove
died in Europe recently. where he had been
travelling for the benefit f his health.
Will Wallace, the noted Harris county
desperate, who was badly cut up in fight
at Mechanicsville recently, is said to be
dying.
The Chattahoochee is very low and navi-
cation above Eufaula is very difficult. The
river at Columbus Is lower than it has been
for five years.
T. H. Dobbs and several other young
gentlemen OF Athens are endeavoring to
form a club and buy a small yacht to place
on the Oconee river.
1t is proposed TO organize the musical tai
ent of Athens into one body, and form the
largest music club in the state. The pro-
ject meets with favor from every one
1t is probable the Muscogee club of Co
lumbus will take possession Of their hand
some quarters early in August, as the work
of improvement is rapidly progressing.
Riley Copeland a negro boy about IA
years old was owned while in bathing
In the Chattahoochee river, at the foot of
Twenty-second street, at Columbus, Sunday
morning.
At Columbus, Tuesday, George Holt
(colored) was fired at five times with pistol
by a negro with whom he quarrele1
about a girl. None of the shots took
effect and the negro who did the shooting
escaped.
The following Georgia postmasters have
Just been appoinfe ed: William c. Shear,
Wheaton; J. w. May, w. J. Ford, David
L. Rogers, Sumter. Ne pest ftices; RIx-
vile, Emanuel county; HI caid, Chattoogs
count; Round Lake, Brooks county.
The White Caps have been troubling
some parts of Oglethorpe county. and the
county mass meeting Saturday passed reso-
buttons condemning such c nduc- and re-
Questing the governor = offer a re ard for
the arrest of the White Caps for their VIC
lations of law ami order.
At Atlanta Tuesday night, as Aaron
Lowe a negro, started into the gate Of Dr.
Finch's, N Mitchell street, he suddenly
reeled and fell. " zen assistance reached
him he was stone desd. The coroner's jury
held an inquest over the body to-day, and
found that Lowe came to his death from
the effects Of lig htning stroke received a
year ago.
On Friday mornin G last Frank Potts of
LaGrange succeeded in capturing a negro
desperate out on the river who is wanted
for attempted murder in Harris county,
and for whom a large reward had been
offered. The negro goes by the name of
Alex White, and some time ago escaped
from the chain-gang, since which time he
committed the murderous assault.
Athens Ledger: Glenn Story is the name |
Of a railroad hand who works on the Geor- |
gia, Carolina and Northern road a few |
miles from the city. Saturday night he |
came to the city with his weeks wages and |
proceeded to have good time In manner |
peculiar TO negroes. He stayed in the city |
all day Sunday, and Sunday night he |
started on his way back to camp with only
dollar in his pocket. For fear of losing |
the dollar Glenn placed it in his mouth for !
safe keeping. When about mile from the |
city he passed along very dark road. His
imagination was wrought up to a very high
pitch by visions of robbers, and when hog
jumped out from the side of the road,
startled at his approach, it scared Glenn SO
badly that he swallowed his dollar. He
says the money doesn't give him any pain at
all. Probably he digested the coin.
Jesse Absalom Baker, lawyer of Car
tersville, has been dlsbarred from practice
in any of the courts of the state The
charges against him were as follows: l.
That he had conspired with client to de-
fraud the estate of Aida johnson, by col
lecting from that estate more than il owed
both Baker and the client knowing that
the amount claimed was not due. 2. In
willfully deceiving the court by his false
oath upon a motion to continue a case to
which he was party. 3. In rendering
false accounts of his costs aud expendi-
lures to his client. T. In defrauding an
other client by undertaking the collection
OF fl. fa., selling the defendants property
for 81, bidding it in himself, reselling it
for SIS, pocketing S64 and rendering his
client $1l. and concealing the transaction.
8. In admitting and swearing on the stand
that he Baker, had told a falsehood. 6. In
slandering brother attorney for the pur-
pose Of obtaining that brother attorneys
business.