The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-18

Suit Entered Against an Augusta
Bank-Pike County's Next Ordinary
Progress Of the Ha-des Murder Trial.
. GEORGIA.
Miss Fannie Williams, daughter OF DIT
Charles L. Williams OF Columbus, fell
from a horse at Dawson a day or two
ago and was seriously injured.
A Sumter county farmer who was in
Americas Saturday. talking OF the farm
ing outlook. said he had not bought a
pound of meat for his plantation since
1s69-nearly a quarter Of a century.
The state and county tax in Wilkes
this year amounts to about $4,000. I'd to
Thursday night only about $1,000 had been
paid in, but for the past few days the
money has come in very rapidly. About
$1,000 was paid in Thursday.
State and county taxes are not being
paid this year as promptly and as well
as they were last year in Bibb county.
Dec. % is the last day of grace. but. judg-
ing by the present situation, there viii be
large amount Of unpaid taxes when Dec.
% arrives. Hard times is the cause Of the
slow payment Of the taxes.
President Cleveland has commuted the
sentence Of John l.. Boynton of Wilcox
county, who was convicted some time ago
in the United States court Of illegally
issuing money orders and sentenced to
one year and one day I'm the penitentiary.
Boynton has never been in the penitenti-
airy, but has been out on bond. The Pres
ident commutes the sentence TO one month
in the common Jail of Wilcox county.
On Friday night the directors of the
Augusta Exposition Company held a pre-
liminary meeting in the Office of President
Patrick Walsh to devise some means to
save the exposition buildings from the
sherin's hammer. There was no definite
plan discussed, but all Of the gentlemen
present were of the opinion that there
could be some plan adopted whereby the
stigma of a sherih's sale could be avoided
The democratic primary nomination held
in Pike county Friday for ordinary to
fill the uneXpired term of Rev. Harry
Wells deceased resulted in the selection
of Judge T. J. Blasingame of Zebulon by
a majority of four votes over J. w. Means
Esq, his strongest opponent. The nomi-
nation was very quiet. and full vote
was not pOlled Thomas Jones is the pop
ulist nominee for ordinary The January
election in Pike promises to be lively, but
il Is generally conceded that the democrats
viii win.
Capt Andrew ]. Smith. a prominent cit
izen of Augusta is dangerously i'll at his
home in that city. Capt Smith was for
years a member of leading grocery houses
in that city. He was one OF Augusta
wealthiest business men and is known all
over the state. For years he was the Sc
Nor member of the firm of Smith. Hack
& Co, and when that firm was dissolved
by the death Of Mr. Hack, he entered
business with Mr.. William II. Crane, I'M
der the name of Smith & Crane. Several
years ago this firm discontinued business
and Capt. Smith entered the brokerage
business and established his Office on
Jackson street. He continued actively at
this until stricken with paralysis which
caused him TO give up business.
Columbus Enqurer-Sun: In Saturdays
Enquirer-Sun brief mention was made Of
the accidental burning of a little child
of Rock Ledd. at Flora on the Mobile
and Girard railroad. During the morning
the particulars of the sad affair were
learned. The child is an infant about six
months old, and was left by her nurse
for a few moments sitting in her high
chair in front of an open fireplace, in
which a bright fire was burning. The
house cat, which had been playing about
the room, darted about the front of the
chair, and the baby leaning forward tilted
the chair, and was precipitated face down
ward into the hot fire, and was frighuully
burned about the face before she was
rescued. In consequence of the little
ones face being so greatly swollen and
marred, 1t is impossible YET to discover
whether the eyes have been destroyed.
Judge Hardeman presided at chambers
at Macon Saturday and heard several
cases. One of the most important cases
related TO the handsome store building
at the corner of Third and Cherry streets,
formerly occupied by the mammoth dry
goods house of NJ. Nusshaum q Co. The
case grew out of a levy made on the prop
erty by certain northern creditors of Nuss-
baum & Co. Judge Hardeman granted
an Injunction to-day restraining the levy.
The case will probably be appealed to the
supreme court, where it Will, no doubt,
be quickly decided, for all the facts are
now clear cut. The building involved was
bought a short time ago by William Nc
Even Johnston, and II was intended that
the first floor should be occupied by the
American National Bank, but titles could
not be made to the property on account
of litigation. When the matter has been
disposed of by the supreme court then,
perhaps the transfer will be promptly
made. The building IS one of the hand
soonest business structures in the city.
Augusta Chronicle: f. c. Foster of
Madison, a brother of Frank w Foster
of this city, has filed suit in the city court
against the National Exchange Bank to
recover the sum of $1,000, with interest for
fourteen years. F. c. Foster is the exec
utor of the estate of the late Albert c.
Foster of Madison, and while looking over
some old papers of the deceased, he came
across an account with the National EX-
change Bank which showed a balance to
the credit of Albert G. Foster of 81, 900.
This discovery was made about a mont n
ago. The executor in his petition says
that the deposit was unknown to him, and
charges that the fact that the testator
had such deposit in bank was carefully
concealed by the officers of the, bank from
him, and that he had no knowledge of
the same until within the last thirty DAYS.
He alleges that the president of the bank
as well as its cashier knew from the date
of the death of Albert G.. Foster, down to
the filing of the suit, that the petitioner,
as the exeeutor was entitled to the money,
but they Withheld the knowledge of the de-
post from him. The petitioner SAYS that
he is advised, and believes. that the Off
GERS of the bank knowing he was the ox-
I
is known as the unclaimed Deposit ac-
count of the bank. Mr. Foster says he
has made to Alfred Baker, the president
of the bank, repeated applications for him
10 furnish statement showing the deposit
and the condition of the testator's ac-
count with the bank at the time of his
death, which he considers was only a lust
and an equitable request. This request,
he says, was denied He al
leges that the bank refuses either
TO make a statement or to pay the pc
Uuoner the amount claimed to be due
He has therefore demanded that the bank
become indebted to him as executor in
the sum of 81 600, or other large sum.
as principal with interest from the first
day Of August, 1889. which it refuses to
pay.
FLORIDA.
Lee county',s new court house is fast
nearing completion.
Highway robberies are becoming fire.
Quent at Jacksonville.
Palatka is now lighted by electricity.
and the citizens are rejoicing greatly.
Together with the novelty of such a char
acter of light, there has been an added in