The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told In
PARAGRAPHS.

Taral, the Famous Jockey, Once sta
BILE Boy at Jaoksonville-TheP Proper
ties Of the Amsricus Investment
Company to Be Sold To-day - Old
State Papers Discovered by secre-
tary of State Cook.
GEORGIA.
Ex-Cashier Redwine's case will be called
for trial at Atlanta today.
tits probable that Augusta's big exposition
building viii be utilized as a car factory
The firm OF Richardson & Bishop, Of Litho-
mia. has dissolved, and Mr.. Richardson mas
returned TO ROckdale
In diaiculty at Macon Saturday Frank
Owens stabbed Pat Pierce in the shoulder.
The wound Is not very serious.
The grist mill at the paper mills with l25
acres OF land was sold st COnyers last tues
day to Judge A c. McCalla for 1926
1t Is rumored that the colored citizens Of
Brunswick are TO issue a paper. with Hugn
Christopher as editor and Harry IatnaH as
business manager.
At Macon Saturday night while E. s. Nc
Lean. the well-knOwn grocer, was drenching
sick horse. the animal fell upon Mclean ana
broke his left leg.
The Ordinary OF Rockdale county issued
one hundred marriage licenses for the year
1s93-l7 whites and 50 col0red. There we're
S0marriages during the month OF December
The following gentlemen will administer
CITY laws LOT ELlhNlllC AtlC plNaEsAAL gCisA 4
H. Collins. mayor; aldermen, H. J.. Lindsey,
w D. Murray Dr. b. >. Munro, Capt. c. l..
Peacock ana Arthur Hill
Mrs. Mary Edgarly. OF Macon, received
telegram Saturday announcing the death OF
her husband. Col Mike Edgerly railroad
Commissioner Of Dakota. EdSerly formerly
lived in Macon, but moved from Macon sew
eral years ago.
just now there are many good reasons to
believe that the Secretary oil War Will, at no
distant date, issue an order making a new
military department which, in all probability,
will be called the department Of the south. II
goes without saying that Atlanta is a candl-
date.
On Saturday night. last thief broke into
the store room Of Street & Still, at Jonyers.
lie tore out the money drawer. but didn't
have sense enough TO search, He got about
100 coppers out Of the top and left aOout SO,
in greenbacks and silver in the bottom. No
goods were missed.
The sale of the properties OF the Americas
Investment Company Will take place in front
Of the court house at Amercus today. The
value OF the properties aggregates 100000,
consisting Of valuable real estate In Ameri-
Gus. Riehland, Helena and other towns along
the Savannah. Americas and Mont omerv
railroad, besides splendid plantations and
tlmhered lands in Sumter and neigh0oring
counties.
Deputy Marshal j. T. Carr and a Mr. Corn
had very exciting adventure with lot Of
moonshiners saturday night, near Nnsh's
tank. on the Northeastern railroad, fifteen
kinnebrew, Of Athens, went up 10 make the
arrest OF the moonshiners and found Carr and
Corn already at work on the case. They
agreed together that they would all attempt
to make the arrest ana so set out in different
directions to search for the still, the par
ties, having agreed on a set Of signals TO use
in case they should need each others assist
ence. Deputy Carr made the first discovery
He found where the moonshiners had been at
work and managed to destroy great guam
fity OF beer Two men were seen running
toward
but they were stopped before they could reach
1t by the two OiucerS. one OF the men when
he was captured drew his knife and tried
10 cut his way through the men, but they
covered the moonshiners with their pistols
and Kept them quiet. The younger prisoner
requested the officers to let him
speak to his brother in regard to taking care
OF his cattle. The officers agreed, but had
not accompanied the two prisoners far when
j. i. Lord and A. 9. Tolbert, the men who es-
capped when the Officers nrst came upon the
moonshiners, stepped from little clump OF
woods. and placing shotguns at the heads OF
the oflioers, swore they would kill them I'M
less the prisoners were released. The officers
had put up their weapons and were powerless,
and as Lord and Tolbert were determined
they were forced TO release the prisoners.
MI Elder and Mr.. Ktnnebrew came up In a
short time. but the prisoners and their res
cuers had made good their escapes.
Atlanta Constitution: Several days ago
Gen. Phil Cook, in relating some incident
about the old capitol mentioned the fact that
assembly when the ordinance OF secession
was pending said: Il am unable to find the
original document passed by Georgia ratify-
ing the declaration Of independence, and /
shall be forced to read from copy which was
published in the Federal Union" Last
week, remarked Gen. Cook, by chance 1
discovered that document which Gov. Brown
could not find in 1851. 1t was in that old box
over there in the corner. Some other old pa
pers Of great interest were tied up
with with Il he which iIa5, don't suppose had
ayear." sure enough. there was the bundle
OF old papers. musty, motheaten and faded.
tied together with adtngy blue ribbon and
sealed with wax which once was red. papers
over which the historians Of Georgia would
have gloated with ghOulish glee and which
would have caused the antiquarian and relic
huntert to dance with delight. There we're
several primitive constitutions OF Georgia in
manuscript, agreements with the Indians. ad-
dresses to them and from them. all signed
sealed and delivered other papers told OF
the eeding OF certain tracts of land by the
Indians TO the settlers, and one which had
the old wax seal OF South Carolina dangling
from 1t, defined the boundary between that
state ana Georgia. Across the back Of this
was written the signature Of Gen. Pinckney.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about
the old bundle was a wax seal of Georgia
which hung from one of the old constitutions
OF the state. IL Is radically different from the
present seal Of Justice. Wisdom and Moder-
alton Some of the figures are blurred, and
the tooth of time has gnawed of a letter or
two in the notices, but good idea OF IL Is
given in one section OF the constitution to
which IL Is attached, and which provides
1.-The great seal of state shall be the following
Device ON one side a scroll wherein shall
be engraved, The Constitution Of the State
OF Georgia. and the motto. Pro bono pub
leo on the other side an elegant house and
other buildings. fields of corn and meadows
covered with sheep and cattle, a river run
ming through the same, and on it ship in
full sail, and the motto, Deus noois heac otia
fecit.'"