The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF tbs Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGR APIS.

Offina Gin Near Talbotton-Ihe TAX
able Property of Americas
GEORGIA.
cohh countv,s norton Of the school fund
will be 81, COB IS.
Work will commence on the ne" Guy
hall at Athens about Jan. l.
The governor appointed H. L. Long luuge
of the county court OF Lee county.
The result of the prohibition election IN
Crawford county was in favor OF the SAFE Vi
whisky.
Little Ben. the S-year-old son OF Ihoinas
d. Hall of Talbotton picked in one day iase
week 2pS pounds OF cotton.
Spalding county's portion OF the PuonG
school fund for this year IS So.Oo % a. anu
the city of Griffin will got $l,5S3 oS.
1t is said that Supt. clarendon of the At
lanta Consolidated Street Railway Conn
pany is about to resign his POSITION 70 go
into another business
The Houston Baptist Association meets
i with Smyrna church six miles east from
Vienna on next Saturday and VIII con-
tinue in session for three days.
Elmer Fincher. the little 7-year~old son OF
Z A. A. Fincher of near Stone Mountain, had
his arm cut off by his fathers gin Friday.
The little fellow died shortly afterward.
The contract for the Douglas county Jail
was let to the Manly Manufacturing Com
pany of Dalton. Their bid was $3,947. It
is TO be built Of stone, the residence of
brick.
Col. John Sibley Is raising some very fine
horses on his farm in Cobb. Although the
business IS a new one with him, he expects
within few years to be the owner Of some
very fine trotters.
A Murray county man has wife who fills
him with pride. Recently in one day she
pulled POO bundles of fodder and tied up 10
bundles. The report doesn't state what the
old man was doing.
Thornton Wheatley resigned his position
as commissioner Of police at Americas
Tuesday. Capt J. A. Cobb was elected to
I'LL the vacancy occasioned by the resgna-
ton of Mr.. Wheatley.
Ninety-seven capitalists from Philadel-
phia arrived at Cedartown Tuesday night
in four Pullman slsepers with dining and
baggage car and spent Wednesday inspect
ing the iron lands, industries and the city.
In the Senate Wednesday Terrell's bill
passed to increase the bonded indebtedness
of the state to 100000 per year for ten
years. The money thus arising to be ap-
piled to the payment Of pensions and the
school fund.
The clerk and treasurer of Americus has
handed in his report of the amount OF taxa
bic city property and the aggregate runs
over S4'00o,000. The matter has been re-
ferred to the finance committee, and they
will meet one day next week and fix the
rate.
Representative w. H. Davis of Burke is
noted as the handsomest member Of the
House. Davis is likewise one of the bright
est young lawyers of the legislature. He
will be a candidate for solicitor general of
the Augusta circuit to succeed Boykin
Wright.
Sam Maxwell. negro living on George
X. Edges place near Talbotton, was severely
cut by Ike Seay. negro living on Ben c.
Smiths place Sunday, near Mr.. Edges
house Maxwell received two serious
wounds, and is now in a critical condition.
Sesy has not yet been arrested.
The tax rate for the present year in Will
cox county is enc cent two mills and eight
bundreths on each dollar, or Sl2 so on the
$1,000. OF this amount seven~tenths Of the
amount is levied for county purposes, the
remainder goes to the state. The county
tax is fraction higher than last year
Sherman Davis, who has been in Jail at
Nieuna sick for several months, and who
was sentenced to the penitentiary at the
March term but applied for a new trial, was
taken out of jail on a mattress on Saturday
last and carried to the convict camps at
fleetwood. The doctors thought that it
would he better for him.
Tuesday night, ia North Rome. at the
store of L. NJ. Johnsonfa bold negro tried t.
murder Mr.. Do die, an employee. The ne.
gro said he wanted some meat, and as
Dowdle was leaning over TO cut it, the
negro threw large rock barely missing
Dowdle's head. Dowdle then took bis meat
knife and charged on the fellow. The ne
gro broke into a run.
Thomas Henry of Gainesville was strucl
between the sixty third and sixty>fourtl
mile post by the Richmond and Danvill'
passenger train No. Tuesday morning anC
Knocked off the railroad. He was picked
up by train No. IL and taken to Lula un-
conscious. He died at l o'clock p. m. Tx
was sitting on a crosstie drunk. He had
pawned his pocketknife for % cents anu
bought liquor with it.
At Augusta the matter about the polio,
commissioners. requiring Policeman Sand,
Beaver to either give up his whisky business
or resign his office on the force, has beer
settled. Mr.. Beaver appeared before tbs
commissioners Tuesday afternoon aud ear
Eestly asked that re be allowed to continu,
his saloon until Jan. l, by which time
he could sell off oil the liquors he had il
stock. Toe mmi,sioners agreed to ALLOW
ulated time, when he will give up the bust
ness and thereby retain his place on tn
police force
A mammoth scheme is on foot to tnrn al
the machinery in Athens by electricity
At Barnett shoals, about eight miles from
Athens, is enough water power to turn an,
hunter of machines A party of Atlanta
capitalists have made proposition to the
owners If Barnett shoals to secure the use
Of 10,000-horse power. The company vii
grant this right, and an electric plant is +
be put in, from which. at small cost, tn
motive power can be transferred to tn,
city. 1t is also said that il this compan,
can secure the proper amount OF waite
power near Atlanta they will do the sam
thing for the Gate city.
Col Howell NJ. Holden of Crawfordvill,
arrived in Augusta Wednesday morning l.
attend meeting Of the committee of th
Stephens Monument Association, whic
was held Wednesday. Col Holden, Ma
George /. Barnes, Hon. Patrick Walsh an
Joseph Myers Of the committee were present
The meeting was held to decide on the fac
for the bust Of Mr.. Stephens that is bein
carved at Markwalter's marble works, an
which will be erected in era xfordvile, tn
home of the statesman and beloved Geor
gian. The committee decided that the fac
be carved from a photograph of MI
Stephens which was taken when he was be
tween 65 and Go years old. The mouumen
will not be completed within six or seve
months.
"A peculiar "hoodoo" doctor case was re
ported at police station at Atlant
Wednesday morning. A negro woma
named fitzpatrick felt sick aud a negr
woman who claims 20 be a doctor was sen