The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

G4OPG4SSs
GEORGIA.
A. s. Martin announces himself a candidate
for mayor Of Fort Valley.
The spring term of Wesleyan Female col
lege at Macon opened Tuesday.
Twenty new houses are IN course Of erection
In the corporate limits Of Waycross
H c. Tindal has been appointed permanent
receiver for the Macon Hardware Company.
The peoples party OF Taylor county will
hold a mass meeting at the court house in
Butler the second saturday in February.
AT the municipal election held at Eastman
Monday. the following were elected. W. h.
Harrell. mayor; S. NJ. Peacock, W. A. Nor
gan J. c. Rawlins and sig Harris, aldermen.
Everything passed OF quietly
On Monday McRae elected municipal
officers for the new year as follows. O. -
Parker, mayor, and W. -. Folsom I. r
Windsor L. p. Jones W. d. Gilmer, o. V.
Haynes and 7. L. Pickren aldermen.
Capt Bradwell Is receiving lists of teachers
who passed the examination at the election
Saturday. Under the law the county officials
have thirty days in which TO make out these
lists and send them to the state commissioner
Some Of them have already begun to sead in
the lists.
Elgin Lochrane, son Of the late Judge
Lochrane, died at Atlanta, Tuesday. He sue
ceeded his father as counsel OF the Pullman
Palace Car Company IN the south he was an
attorney OF accomplishment, ana the highest
order. He was very popular with those who
knew him.
Monday night, near the Acme brewery, at
Macon, Tanner Gibson. a negro woman was
run over by a switch engine OF the Georgia
Southern road. and mashed to death. she
stepped upon the track directly in front Of
the engine and Engineer Speer did not have
time TO stop his engine before she was crushed
under the wheels.
Thirty-six counties have decided to open
their public schools in January Under the
law recently passed the time OF opening
schools was left to the county school boards
but the school year was changed to July, UE
TO date thirty-six counties have decided to sc
ahead and open the schools now. Fulton
county is one OF those that decided not 70
open the schools until july as contemplated
by the law.
Information was received in Columbus
Tuesday OF a murder which was committed on
the Fannie Fearn several days ago. Archie
Harp deck hand, and another negro whose
name cannot be learned, became involved IN
night over negro, and the result Is the un
known negro had his throat cut from ear to
ear. The murder was committed near Rus
sells landing, Calhoun county, Florida. Harp
Is in Jail at BlOuntstOwn, Fla.
A dwelling in Vineville a suburb OF Macon,
owned by G. B, Ellis and occupied by j, o.
Jelks, was burned Tuesday night at o'clock,
with most Of its contents. The IRE started in
the kitchen and spread with great rapidity.
Agnes, a magnificent ST Bernard dog, the
pet of the children of the entire neighnor-
hood, unwilling to be driven from her accus-
toned rug before the hearthstone, persisted
$1,000 1t was story S-room dwelling, and
was insured with the Southern Mutual In
surance Company for 81 800.
The meeting OF the Young Mems Hebrew
Association, of Macon, Sunday for the annual
election Of officers was largely attended and
the following Officers were chosen: Presi-
dent, J. 5. Fleischer; vice president Ed
Wolf; secretary, II. NJ. Glass; directors, 3.
b. Clark. Leo Bernd and Dave Fleischer. 1t
was decided TO engage the Mendelssohn Quin-
tette Club to give concert for the assocla-
ton on Jan y. The president read his an
nual report, embracing the work OF the entire
year. He complimented the members upon
the excellent condition of the association.
The business OF c. G. Holt, the well-kaown
art and book dealer in Triangular block al
Macon. was put into the hands of receiver.
The order was signed Tuesday morning
James L. Holt was made temporary receiver.
The hearing for permanent receiver will be
had Jan. 10. The Liabilities are $4,000. AS
sets S45 600 Mortgages were filed in favor
of the following parties: j. l.. Hardeman,
$1,000; AIKEN Lambert, s199.75 Mrs. A. Il.
Holt, sS,4S2.07; f. c. Maohen S32076; W.
Read s. son, $40; James H. Holt, 81 800: A.
F. Holt, Sl,0l7l4; j. $. Schoheld, Jr., 81 800.
Columbus Enquirer sun: Friday morning
the discovery was made by II. I. Forsson
that two bales of cotton had been stolen from
in front Of his gin, which is located about
200 yards from his house, few miles from
the city. One OF the bales was stolen some
time before dawn Saturday, and as soon as
the discovery was made, It was found that
N.
cotton belonged to William CARTRIDGE and
Sam CARTRIDGE. who left 10 there after IL was
ginned. There is no clew, but the warehouse
men here have been notified, and it is hoped
the thieves may be apprehended.
State School Commissioner Bradwell had
to throw out an election in Schley county. II
seems that the school board OF that
county went ahead and elected n man to I'll
the place of Dr. Smith. who has been county
school commissioner for years, and who re
signed to go to Florida, and they held the
election without first having the applicants
examined as the law directs. They wired
the facts to Capt. Bradwell and he ruled the
election void he also received information
that j. G.. Mills had been elected county
school commissioner in Jefferson county anC
j. w. Phillips in Douglas county.
Three whitetramps presented themselves a
the front door OF Mrs. Sigourney's house il
New Town, a suburb of Brunswick, Monday
night, and demanded supper of the lady, wh(
was at home alone. Mrs. Sigourney requested
that the men wait few minutes, and goinl
hack in the house she secured q pistol Con
fronting the tramps and pointing tho weapon
at them, she ordered them away, which orde
was speedily obeyed One of the men. in hi
haste left his hat behind. 1t was a diapidatet
Dunlap, with a piece of soiled cardboart
sewed inside, on which was written in bolt
hand. Charlie d. Rivers, Boston. Mass
Commercial Traveller" Mrs. Sigourney
took charge OF the hat.
The third annual convention OF the South
ern Chapter of the American Institute o
Architects convened in the parlors of thu
Planters hotel at Augusta Tuesday. TIT
members present were Lewis +. Goodrich, j
O. Turner and A w. Todd, Of Augusta; V. V
Bullock, of Atlanta c. c. Burke OF Memphis
Theo. II. Abrams, Of Charleston, 5. c.; c. @
Wilson, Of Roanoke, Va, and w. p. Tins
ley, of Lynchburg, Va. A number Of south
ern architects were expected to arrive yes
terday morning to attend the convention
The meeting opened with President Lewis f
Goodrich in the chair, and with Secretary w
p Tinsley at his desk. Mr.. Goodrich intro
duced Mr. Patrick Walsh, who delivered tn
address OF welcome.
AS yet there has been no appointment Of dc
poS1torieS in the towns in which the leglSlG
ture decided they should be put This is du
TO the fact that there are one or two contest
for the places. In Elberton there are tW
banks which want the nonor-and merit it
and the same is the situation in Carrolltor
The governor has not decided which Of thes
banks he viii name IN these cities. What h
is going to do in the division OF territory be-
tween Harmony Grove and Jefferson. whic
are in the same county, remains to be seer
In Monroe county, where il was decided {
put depository, it was found that there is n
regularly chartered bank. There is a strOn
private banking firm. but depository ca
only be placed in a regularly chartered stat
or national bank.
Miss Nettie Hecht, OF Macon, has made he
debut in II TroYatore at Wiesbadeu Ger
many. Her stage name is Phareb. Tn
Mlesbaden Daily Abend Ausgabe says: Mis-
Nettle Phareb made her theatrical debut /
II Trovatore as Leonora with marvellous SUE
cess. 1t was not expected TO see an accom-
plished actress, and the natural lamp fever
tstage fright is thus eXcusable. The mai
thing is that Miss Phareb fills the fundamer
Lal conditions which we must expect to fin