The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

terlachen's New Ohureh-A Wedding
in a Jail-A Former Resident Of TAFT
nall County Dies in Florida - Au-
Eusta's Bank Explains Its Alleged
Refusal to Give Up a Deposit.
GEORGIA.
The Hotel Bon Air. on the hill at Angus
Ia has opened for the reception Of north
ern winter tourists, and the guests have
already commenced arriving
Lace Martin. the slayer Of DOugherty
Blackwell who has been in jail at Elber-
ton awaiting his trial. died saturday
night OF typhoid fever. He had been sick
8 month or two
The Alabama Society Of Atlanta viii
hold its annual banquet tonight, after
which they viii listen to the elOqueuce
Of Senator James l.. Pugh OF Alabama;
". ". Sanford of Opelika, Gov. Atkinson.
Mayor Goodwin, Capt. Evan p. Howell,
H. II. Cabaniss and others.
The young men of the graduating class
of Georgia Medical College at Augusta
have elected its officers for the commence
ment exercises, to be held in March. The
officers of the class are: President, NJ. +.
Matthews of Nicholson, Ga; vice presi-
dent James X. Bhtch OF augusta saluta-
torian +. NJ. Merritt of Gainesville, Ga;
valedictorian, NJ. r. Lewis Of Charleston.
5. c.
Lizzie Livingston, negro girl Of At
lanta, died at the Grady hospital Sunday
afternoon. Her death was the result Of
10 cents worth of laudanum taken with
suicidal intent Some time ago the girl
was arrested for seriously stabbing ne
gro woman, and she was bound over FOR
appearance before the city court. The
family claim that the girl feared the trial
would result in her conviction and took
the laudanum rather than to face the
prospects of a term in the penitentary.
At Cave Spring Saturday afternoon as
Will Gains, who has a position with the
alliance store. was going from the depot
on his bicycle, he was assaulted by four
drunken ruftians, Carter by name, who
live near here. Mr.. Gains was hit in the
head with brass knucks and one of the
men cut him, cutting his coat in the back
and just grazing the skin. Mr.. Gains
called for the police and the rutiians ran
on while the citizens formed into parties
TO catch them. Mr.. Moody Simms was
slightly wounded in the right hand by
gun fired by one Of the assailants. Though
hurt, Mr.. Gains was one of the party in
pursuit. Just before dark two OF the
toughs were caught in the woods and to-
night the other two are being hunted for.
A case is now pending in the city court
at Rome which will be of interest 10 ev-
erybody holding a fire insurance policy.
=. L. Turnly owned a house next to the
Holmes Sanltarium when this building
was destroyed by fire. The Turnly house
caught from it and was totally destroyed.
He held policy in the Southern Mutual
of Athens. for s., 600 and as il was a total
loss he demanded the full amount of the
policy. The policy had the three-fourths
clause in IL, and the company contends
fourths Of what the appraisers valued 1t
at. This attracts all the more attention
in view of the late acts passed by the leg
islature. If the plaintiff wins and the
supreme court confirms it, it win create
a revolution in insurance IL the plain
tiff wins he is entitled TO p per cent dam
ages and attorneys fees also.
Augusta Chronicle: Alfred Baker pres
ident of the National Exchange bank,
has made the following statement in re-
gard to the suit of Mr. Foster of Madison,
against the bank, account of which
was given in Sundays Chronicle. Mr..
Baker stated that the bank was more
than willing to pay anything that it owed,
but that no demand had ever been made
upon il for payment or check presented,
the only demand being for a statement of
the account That something over a
month ago Mr. Foster came into the
bank and asked how much was standing
TO his fathers credit. Mr.. Baker asked
for his bank book to facilitate the search
but Mr.. Foster said he had no bank book
that in looking over his fathers papers
he had seen an item, Cash in bank, -
without stating what bank; he had gone
north and found a small balance there in
one of the banks which had been paid
and he thought something might possibly
be in this bank, and Mr.. Baker agreed to
have the matter investigated. Mr.. Foster
came back next morning and asked for
the statement, when Mr.. Baker told him
Il would require considerable time to &c
back so far, and that the bank was Their
very busy with other matters which il
would take some little time to complete
but that as soon as possible he would give
II his immediate attention After this the
cashier Of the bank was taken seriously
sick. and was confined to his house some
weeks, which put double work on the
other officers, and made it extremely diff
cult to search out among the old book:
for this account. Notwithstanding this
the clerks were making an investigation
and had nearly completed it. On Dec.
and 10 another request for a statement
was made, but no demand was ever made
for the money The matter will be set
tied to the satisfaction of all parties as
soon as all the old books and voucher;
can be examined To go back fourteen
years necessarily requires time.