The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
GEORGIA NEWS.
EVENTS OF Il WEEK IN THE EN-
PRE- STATE.
Tersely Telling of Passing Events Calculated
to Catch the Eye and Interest the
Reader-Other Matters.

lOIilOIlON.
Two Bullets Through His Heart.
Macon, Ga, April Especial. )-Tonght
in a store in south Macon d crowd OF
negroes were gambling: Among them were
William Glover and William Johnson Johnson
and both drew pistols. Glover fired twice
and both balls pierced the heart. Johnson
died Immediately. Glover escaped.
Miss i.ouI-e i,tad.
Albany Ca, April 3.-(Special)-T city
was shocked this morning TO hear or the
death of Miss Louise Cox, daughter OF Mr..
H. c. Cox, a most charming young lady.
Miss Cox had been attending school at
Gainesville, Ga, where she was taken SICK.
she was brought home several days ago,
but continued to grow worse until TINS
morning at L o'clock, when she dled. her
funeral will take place tomorrow.
1"nvIc. Mur..Vr.
Waycross, Ca, April 6.-(Special)-1n the
ed with the murder of GeoI-:e johns, IN
Charlton county last fall, the defendant was
found guilty today of murder In the hrSI oe-
gree. A..
The Jury recommended the prisoner to the
mercy of the court and Judge Sweat sen
fenced Hodges to a life term i'll the state
penitentiary.
.,I,: Majority for the Dry.
Watkinsvilie. Ga, April 6.-(Special THE
prohibition election in OcoI;ee county yes
terday passed off quietly. The county Went
dry by a vote of 21S to 1876. Out of liza
registered voters i'll the county only 4I4
voted. The liquor element had no SHOW
1t is generally believed that NJ. -. Lamar
invented and circulated the exciting stories
about being shot at and about the Unreal
ed assassination.
A Romantic Wedding.
Woodstock Ga, April 4.-(SpeGlal. (-Iwo
years ago Mr. Il. S. Wooley, of Mississippi,
advertised in matrimonial paper for a
wife. Miss jamie McGhaw answered it for
the novelty of the thing. AS time rolled on
a friendly one. Yesterday the couple We're
married. Rev. DR.. Dean ofiiciating' IN. The
bride aud groom left on the evening tram
for Mississippi, their future home.
whitfield Goes isry
Dalton Ga, April 4.--(Special) -Whitfeld
county went dry again in todays election
is believed the dry majority will reach
400 with !. falling off in the total vote.
to be on the increase in this county. A
prominent Wet man said tonight that he
o @ta no! vet S"e' and eF dry election in this
county, for the vets would give it up.
o" rial tor Murder.
Waycross, Ga, April 5.-(Special. 1.-THE
case of William Rogers, charged with the
murder of George Johns, in Charlton coun-
ty last fall, was begun before Judge Joel
Traders Hill today. Rogers was caught
about a month ago in Baker county, Flor
iT.ti in South America, Mexico and
Texas since the murder occurred. He was
brought here to Jail for safe IN ReeP Pnri
ton and he is being ably defended by prom
inent lawyers.
Chickens thieves whipped.
Rome, Ca, April 7.-(SpeciaL)-A score of
masked men took in the district around Sill
yer Creek, six miles from Rome, last night
and whipped u half dozen negroes. the
work was done methodically and the whip
pings were not severe. In each case the
negro was told why he was whipped. In
every case it was for stealing and usually
for stealing chickens. There is no EXCITE
ment in the neighbrohood among either
race, most of the negroes saying the Gull
,,s.;t-
whipping would stop them from stealing
quicker than going to the chaingang.
Fen Under the Wheels.
Savannah, Ga, April S.-(Special.)-
Harold Dana, the seventeen-year-olds SON OF
George II. Dana bookkeeper of the Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, while going
out of the Central depot on the Florida
Central and Pennsular train this morning,
stepped from the platform of one car
making an attempt to step on a pusher to
come back to the city. He was knocked
down in front of the train and crushed
underneath the wheels. He was killed in
stantly. His death was due to his own
train to another. The youth was employed
In the offices of the Florida Central and
Peninsular.
General Thomas in Control.
Savannah. Ga, April 7.-TSpecial. lit is
stated on the best authority that a reorgan-
ization plan for the Central railroad has
been formed by General Thomas and Mr.. |.
y RYAN who control the tripartite bonds
and the Centrals floating debt. The plan is
Still in the form of a typewriter statement
and is called a suggestion for a reorganiZa-
ton plan. General Thomas and Mr.. Ryan,
however, practically have the bull by the
horns and are in position to dictate about
as they please. It is stated that in the plan
as it stands at present the Southwestern
stock and deDentures are given a poor deal
so much that the Southwestern will prob
ably withdraw rather than accept it. The
Southwestern stockholders meet in Macon
next Friday, and it may be that they will
take some action at that time This road
has filed a petition asking the court to re-
Quire Receivers Conner and Hayes to pay its
rental from July 10 December, 1893, amount
ing to $l8l,ooo. This petition will be heard
before Justice White on April 18th, Justice
Jackson sitting with him.
Shot TO Kill.
Savannah, Ca, April 6.-(Special)-
Samuel Davis, a white barber and chiropo-
dist. shot and mortaIly wounded William
W. Rawles, a clerk on the Central railroad,
this morning about 6 O'Clock as RaWles was
going to his work. The cause of the shoot
Ing is the alleged improper intimacy of
Rawles with Daviss wife. Davis met
RaWles this morning on West Broad street
called to RaWles from across the street and
asked him if he had written his wife
note. 1t is said that Rawles denied having
done so. whereupon Davis drew his pistol
and shot Rawles three times, each shot
taking effect in some part of the body.
One shot took effect in the head, one in
the groin ana another in the hip.
RaWies was carried TO the Savannah hos
p.tal. where all the attention possible was
given MINI
ii is said that Davis discovered last night
that a note had been written to his wife
by RaWies and asked her for it. She
chewed it up and swallowed it, Last night
DAVIS believed his wife had taken lauda-
mum and sent for a physician. An emetic
was administered and the note recovered,
at least all that was left of it, 1t was
discovered also that she had taken lauda-
mum, but whether with suicidal intent or
not was not known. At that time the ply
s.cian who attended Mrs. Davis promised
her husband to see RaWles and to urge him
10 Quit making any advances, but he failed
TO do so last night
RaWles IS we'll known and had been high
u respected in the community He has a
brother also i'll the employ of the Central
railroad. The physicians in attendance say
that his wounds mortal and his death
will be a matter of Il few hours The
shooting has produced much excitement
here today. Davis refused to be inter-
viewed when called on at the iail He
gave himself up TO the authorities shortly
after it happened.
II. w. Grady's Speeches.
Owing to the LARGE demand for the speech
of the late Henry w. Grady, [ have
compiled them in pamphlet form and will
send them to any part of the country for
national reputation. They are exactly what
the school boy wants for the coming COM
mencement exercises Send soc Stamps
taken), and l will send them TO you at once.
T. j. KELLY, Atlanta, Ga.