The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

the warehouse will be demolished. making
the use OF the building for convention pur-
! poses lmDracticable. 1t is possible that the
committee having the matter in charge will
now fix upon the main building at the ex-
I position grounds as the most suitable place
for holding the INVENTION
/ There has been a change in the manage
ment Of the Rome oil mills and fertilizer
works. They are now owned by the Geor-
gia Cotton OIL Company. The Georgia Cot
ton Oil Company is chartered under the
state Of Georgia, aud is one OF the strongest
corporations in the south. The new owners
took charge on April II, and everything has
been moving very prosperously under their
management. Thursday the mills made the
first shipment since the change was made.
1t was big lot Of cotton seed meal and
bulls, and was c usgned to Amsterdam,
Holland, and vent over the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad.
Owing to the recent act Of the city c)un-
Gil Of Athens refusing TO allow the city the
uss of the water from the water works,
pending a suit between the city and the
CITY Water Works Company, the fire insur-
ance companies have increased the rate one
third. The citizens are very indignant over
the matter and several OF them met in the
office of the Euening Ledger Friday for the
purpose Of Organizing a home company.
They will take all the policies at the old
rue. LIE company Will do composer Ol
some Of the best citizens OF Athens, and
there is no doubt about their securing any
amount of capital that they desire. Several
thousand dollars Of stock has already been
subscribed and the charter has been drawn.
The capital stock will be 100000 and the
plan mutual benefit.
Tallspoosa Journal: Probably the Lithia
Springs hotel trouble could have
been brought TO no more satisiac-
tory conclusion than mas been ac-
complished by the selling of it under
the hammer. 1t is now the property Of
Mrs. Matilda Goodwin of New York who
will carry it on to completion and success.
The contract for completing the building
has been duly executed and signed, and the
money deposited in tue Merchants aud
Miners Bank TO pay the price. The con-
tract calls for the hotel 30 be completed
within ten weeks. It. will be a week or
Whereabouts for the receiver to straighten
the matter out and get proper releases ETC.,
and work will commenced just as soon as
this is accomplished. The purchase, SlS,0 900,
pays all Indebtedness and costs, leaving
small surplus.
Ed Butler, a young man about "A years
old, who has been employed as fireman on
tie Central road, is in jail az Augusta. The
charge against him is attempted rape and
his prosecutor is Miss Effie King, a pretty
and attractive young lady Of that city. The
warrant was gotten out Thursday afternoon
and a short while after Butler was captured
by the police. The young lady's story is as
follows: Butler came to her home on
ID Antignac street, she said, several nights
ago and asked her to go to walk with him.
She assented and they started for a
stroll. The night was warm and he pro-
posed a ride on the exposition car, which
was passing. When they reached the
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next and went along the road In front of
the building. Here Butler attempted to
carry cut his hellish designs, but she
struggled and screamed so that he desisted.
This occurred several nights ago, but it has
been kept very quiet and 1t was not known
until the arrest was made. Butler denies
the charge altogether and eaysit is a case Of
persecution.
Augusta Herald: Wallace Radford was
placed in quite ludicrous and uncom-
Portable position Thursday. Mrs. r. Stems
berg, who runs a small clothing store on
Upper Broad, was one Of the principal
actors In the little drama. She owed the
firm of r. Rosenthal q Co. $40 for some
goods and they, unable to collect it, put it in
the hands OF lawyer, who decided to at
tach enough Of the stock to cover the
amount Of Indebtedness. Mr.. Radtord
therefore went up to serve the papers and
not relish and a war OF words ensued with
Russian and English mingled regardless. The
constable would show his authority and
commence to move the goods and the
woman would push aside the paper ard the
limb Of the law and struggle for ner prop
erty. Finally he became impatient and
pushing her aside, was preparing to march
out with several suits Of clothes when Mrs.
Steiuberg changed her tactics. She rushed
TO the door and taking out the key locked
the officer In the store. There he was a
prisoner. with the key on the outside and no
magic sign to make the lock spring back.
The laugh was on him. He bummed
around for awhile, however, and soon dis
covered way Of forcing an exit which he
made in triumph, carrying the clothes with
him.
Twenty-elght members of the sophomore
class of Mercer University have been sus-
pended for the term. The trouble which
caused the suspension occurred during the
recent Baptist convention, which was at
tended by Prof. +. w. O'Kelly, professor of
Greek. Prof. O'Kelly's absence Of course
prevented the classes in his department
from pursuing their regular studies. but it
was determined by the faculty that Prof.
Ryals should take the Greek classes in hand
and INSTRUCT the in mathematics instead of
Greek. The memters of the sophomore
class. not believing that this work could be
legltimately imposed on them, refused to
attend the recitations under Prof. Ryals,
aud virtually formed a class combination
to resist the authority OF the faculty. Seven
members Of the Greek class refused to enter
into the combination and these attended the
reciiatlons regularly, thus saving them
selves from punishment. When the sus
pension wes first announced the boys were
informed that If they would make a sensible
apology in writing their punishment would
be revoked. This the boys refused to do
and the faculty heightened the time of
suspension from one week, as was first
intended, to the remainder of this term.
Among those suspended are the most
popular men In the class. Nearly all who
recently won speakers places are among the
number. This will not affect the sopho-
more declamatory contest, however, as the
places of that class are awarded entirely for
proficiency in speaking and the class stand
ing of the speakers is taken into con sidera-
ton. DR.. Nunnally would say nothing
about the matter beyond the fact that it is
possible for this trouble to be amicablv
settled. 1t is understood, however, that
several members CT the class are 50 dissatis-
fed with their treatment that they are
making arrangements to enter other
colleges instead of returning to Mercer.
FLORIDA.
Over s22, 900 worth of real estate has been
sold for cash in Hawthorn within the past
month.
There are about 100 delegates in attend
ance on the Sunday school convention at
Orlando.