The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


ing-A Negro Brings Suit Against a
Loan AssocIation-W hite Caps Whip
a White Man of Dalton Who Aff1li-
ated With Negroes.
GEORGIA.
r s. Swift, a well-kLown business man
Of Columbus, died Monday.
Americus will not have the Gamewell fire
alarm system and paid fire department.
until the people have voted on the ques-
ton.
Dr. Won Polinitz, who was brought TO
Bainbridge from Florida charged with
numbering his wife, went before Justice
Kerr Monday, waived examination and
was committed TO jail for trial
Col. H. A. Wrench and his son, T. W.
Wrench, arrived at Brunswiok Tuesday
from Dalton and will at once begin errang-
ing for the publication Of an afternoon
newspaper, which will make its appearance
Sept 2.
Pomona was visited by a rain and cleo
trio storm Monday. The rain began to fall
about IL q. m, continued for about thirty
minutes and was accompanied by terrific
thunder and lightning Roads, fences,
bridges and everything OF movable nat
ure that could be washed away was de-
stroyed. The street and railroad track in
front Of the store and postottice were entirely
flooded, the water being three feet deep in
many places and the culvert along the
Central railroad was nearly all destroyed.
The lightning struck the telephone wires
and followed the wire into the telephone
office aud completely destroyed the instru-
ment and knocked the entire end out OF w.
II. Cooks store. Edwin Cook was standing
about thirty feet from the instrument when
the bolt fell and was struck by flying
splinter, but fortunately escaped serious
injury.
Brunswick Times: The work on the bar
progressed successfully Tuesday. Col. Good
year discovered that the inner shoai was
firmer than the outer, and that the 50-pound
cartridges did not have as great effect upon
it as he desired, so he Is using the lo0spound
cartridges, which are the largest ever used
here. Last year the work was prosecuted
with 10 and 15-pound cartridges, and this
year It was begun with 25Npound blasts and
has been increased to 100 pounds. The ex-
petition let off ten 100-pound charges
Tuesday with magnificent results
The inner shoal was broken and
deepened not less than 81 feet and the hard
shoal was torn away down into mud. The
eastern shoal is of much softer material
than the inner shoal, and has already been
broken Today Wednesday, Col. Good
year and his forces will begin making cuts
across the entire bar. The account kept on
the dynamite boat shows that s, 200 pounds
OF dynamite has already been exploded. On
every incoming tide large quantities Of mud
come upon the st. Simon beach and the
Jumps grow larger all the while. and some
can now be found weighing from five to
ten pounds. The Times has a large lump
OF this mud from 81. Simon beach. il is Of
very dark blush cast and is much like
pntty in composition.
Atlanta Journal: Aaron Thurman, a
negro, through his attorney, w. T. Meyers.
has entered suit against G. W. COmstock q
Co., state agents for the North American
Investment Company, asking for $1,000 |
damages, and asking that several notes of
his held by them be cancelled. In his petit |
ton he says he is a negro and a former |
slave, and that he has little experience in |
business matters. He declares that he |
wanted to build a new house, as he owned |
a fine lot at 65 Rawson street, ana that be |
went TO COmstock q Co. to borrow |
the money from them. He says they wei |
coined him into their Office, called him Mr..
Thurman aud my dear sir, and treated him |
with wonderful politeDess, telling him they |
would laGd him $500 on his lot IL be would |
pay $40 attorneys fees for reporting on the |
title, take eighty shares at $40 each, paying |
per cent cash, per cent. month and 7 |
per cent. interest on the sum loaned him.
They agreed further, he says, to pay him |
Is per cent. year on the $500, telling |
him they could easily do this, as they
turned over their money so often.
Thurman says he signed up the notes,
has paid the attorney and has begun his
house, but he can't get the money from
Comstoek g. Co., who say the home office is
at Dubuque, Ia, and they cannot hear from
it. He says he made arrangements in May
and not till July did be receive $500. He
says the gentlemen represented to him that
the company had $25, 900, 900 worth of
assets, which makes it look strange to him
that they cannot get little $500 together.
Judge Clark has set Sept as day for
hearing the case.
Calhoun is all aRog over what appears to
have been a bold white cap venture. A
small band Of providers of the night paid q
visitLo the heart Of the city Saturday night
and carried away white man named Mason
Hester. a negro ball was given Saturday
night in the hall over w. l.. Hines store,
where a negro named Anderson Hill has "A
barber shop. and where frequent entertain
ments are given for the benefit of the col
ored population of the community. EK-
tensfve preparations had been made and
a great crowd OF negroes collected. They
had many things to eat and drink, and the
music was furnished by string band, and
here is where the trouble came in The
band had been organized and was managed
by the man Hester. He was the only white
man about the ball, and he took a promi-
nent part in the carousals. About 10 o'clock
Hester left the ball and started for the de-
pot. The train from Chattanooga was due
and a considerable crowd of citizens was
walking toward the depot, and Hester joined
the crowd. About half way to the depot
about thirty-flve masked men sud
denly appeared and mixed themselves
with the crowd, and in an instant
they had Hester in charge and
were hurrylng him toward pine thicket
near at hand, where their horses were wait
ing. They placed Hester on horse aud
carried him about mile from town and
tied him Co tree. and then with twisted
ropes and hickory thongs they beat him
terribly and then let him go. Hester was
seen in Resaca, Monday, and said that the
beating was a fearful torture Hester is a
worthless character, and has figured in
several misdemeanor cases. At present he
lives in Dalton.
FLORIDA.
Senator Call will speak at Barlow Fri
day.