The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-02

a Mercantile Change at Albany-A
Sudden Death Near Lafayette-A
Man Shot by His Own Gun While
Climbing Fenoe-A Negro in Jail
at Dublin for Feloneous Assault.
GEORGIA.
About so, 900 Of the bonds Of the Northeast
ern railroad of Georgia are owned in Macon.
Il. A. Moody, who.has recently removed to
Americus, has embarked in the hardware
and tinware business.
James A. Wade. of Madison, on last Tues
day morning sold his residence and lot on
which it stands to Mayor w. R. Muslin.
The firm OF Keown Bros. & Arnold, at
Athens by mutual consent, has been dis
solved, A. j. & WV. Keown assuming all
liabilities of said firm.
great deal OF cotton in Cherokee county
that was killed by the recent cold spell has
been plowed up this week and the ground re-
planted either in cotton or corn.
j. Y. .Carithers and w. T. Bryan have or
ganiZed the firm of J. Y. Carithers & Co. for
the purpose of transacting cotton commits
sion and warehouse business at Athens
The Guyton Canning Factory will probably
be In operation in couple Of weeks. 1t was
thought best to wait until vegetables were
more plentiful and could be had without de-
lay before starting up.
w. II. Toole, a grocer of Macon. has as
signed TO r, Q. Schoheld. Poor collections
Assets about 81 700; liabilities about So 100;
preferred creditors 81 $50
A mass meeting of the Democratic party of
Washington county has been called by the
Democratic executive committee through its
Chairman, Hon. Macon Warthen, to convene
at the court house in Sandersville, July 3.
Tuesday evening at the Georgia Factory at
Athens one of the young girls employed in
the cardlng room was comDinR her hair, when
II was suddenly caught in the machine, and
before she could stop the machine it had torn
her scalp completely OF.
E. Letzmann, an expert cigar manufac.
turer from Tampa, Fla, is at Americus with
the view OF locating factory there He is
greatly pleased with Americus and has about
concluded the necessary arrangements for
the factory He expects to begin operation
within ten days.
Narcotics Gray, the young white man who
was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty
years for killing A. J. Tison. a harness maker
at Wteoxs shops at Hawkinsvine several
years ago, died last week IN the peDitentiary
81 Cole CITY, after having served about five
years Of his sentence.
p. NJ Black sherin Of Dewitt. Arkansas
county. Arkansas. was at Lafayette last
Thursday. He came after Bob White wanted
Ior grand larceny also skipping $1,000 bail
bond lie was captured on X. M. Stautelds
place near Chestnut Flat last Thursday by
w. M. Foster, special deputy sheriff.
The Georgia Association OF Life Insurance
Agents held meeting in Atlanta THURSDAY.
Agents from all over the state we're in at
w
AT o'clock Thursday tile association gave an
elegant luncheon at the kim ball house which
was largely attended. Several short speeches
were made and the afternoon passed OF
pleasantly
A negro girl, aged years, was burned on
friday morning so severely that she died in
q lew hours The child was the daughter of
James Bailey, VINO lived on the plantation of
Col- ). g.. Jordan, near Sendersville 1t is
thought the younger sister of the little girl
set nGe TO the unfortunate girl Bailey the
father IS the man who killed in self defense
negro man on the farm Of George Gilmore
last year.
a short time since a negro pilot Of a coast
sIeamer running between Brunswick and
New York went to Macon He was rob ga
presumably by a negro girl OF gold watch.
9l@7 ~ cash and check for $3.50 A negro
man was arrested as an accomplice In fhe
Snelt ana the watch was recovered from him.
~ S9IInesuay the negro girl was arrested in
Jail. anu Pun III
dhe annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
w augusta Opera House Company was held
aluay 70 the ONCE OF John Jay Cohen From
we rental Of the theater the directors we're