The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-26
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
a RENTING AGENT FLEES WITH
$4,000 AND A WOMAN.

ohio's Excursiouists Reach the City
Reduced Freight Rates on Fertilizers
Asked - Insurance Companies and
Agents Slow in Filing Their Returns.
Ticket Spectators Outdone.
ATLANTA. GA, Feb. 25.-Thomas NJ.
McKinnon, a Marietta street renting agent.
has left Atlanta for parts unknown, and his
creditors are out about s.. 200. He leaves a
wife and a father who has paid him out of
former scrapes and is utterly crushed by his
sons behavior. McKinnou has not been a
good husband, and he is supposed to have
left in company with a woman Of bad char
acter. Monday a week ago he feigned to
have the grippe, and went to bed and
remained there for a day or two.
This morning his father reported
his disappearance to his creditors,
stating that his son had not been seen since
Thursday, and under the circumstances he
did not feel justified in continuing the lat
ter's business. The money McKinnon took
with him had been collected for rent due
on property intrusted to his management.
A number of persons are hit for small sums,
ranging from $3.50 downward.
oHIo's ExCURsIoNIsTs.
Thirty Ohio excursionists spent to-day in
Atlanta, and will leave tomorrow after
noon for Griffin, Macon, and other points.
They will reach Savannah on the night OF
March 6. The party comes chiefly from
Dayton, and is composed Of merchants,
farmers and fruit growers. The latter
are prospecting with view to purchasing
land and planting orchards in this state.
N Albaugh, formerly speaker of the Ohio
House of Representatives. and now president
of the Albaugh Nursery Company of Dayton
is along. The party was gotten up by h. 1t.
Withaft of that city and reached here in
charge of W. F. Glessner of Americus The
courtesies of the city are being extended
the visitors during their stay here.
FREIGHT RATES ON FERTILIZERS.
The railroad commissioners to-day had
before them representatives of the Central
railroad, and delegation from Savannah
and Albany, who asked that the Central
be allowed, without red ucing back from
intermediate stations as far as Anderson
vile, TO haul between the two points cotton
fertilizers, etc, at the rate charged by the
short line, composed of the Brunswick and
Western, and Savannah Florida and
Western. Decision has not been announced
STATEMENTS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Z Next Saturday is the last day for in
surance companies to file their annual and
semi-annnal statements, and for agents to
renew their licenses. Out of more than 100
companies less than 40, and out Of 1900
agents not over 100 have complied with the
law. Should they fail by the date men
toned the former will forfeit the right to do
business in the state, and the latter will lay
themselves liable to prosecution for solicit
ing without license, which isl declared
misdemeanor by the Georgia law.
WAYNE CoUNTY's JUDGEsHIP.
Gov Gordon has not yet announced the
name of the successful candidate for the
Wayne county court judgeship, but it is
believed that O. F. Littlefield will be
selected to succeed Judge Fort, the late in-
cumbent.
TICKET SPECTATORS OUTDONE.
Seats for the jefferson Florence perfor-
nance were sold here this morning at
auction to protect the public from the
greed of SPECTATORS so the manager an
nounced. Tickets brought SO to So IS each
and there is considerable complaint, the
general verdict being that such "protec-
tion" costs more than it comes to. The
Journal this afternoon denounces the thing
as gouge, makes charges of bidding on
the part of ushers, and insists that the pub
lie be left next time to the kinder mercies
of the spectators.