The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
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IN Paragraphs.
Session of the Catholic Knights of
America at Macon-Judge Speer
Postpones Session of the United
States District Court-The Macon
Gas, Light and Water Company
Gives up the Idea of Selling to the
City.
GEORGIA
A suit for 81 900 damages against Newton
county was settled for SEQ last week.
Willis Carroll, Of Taylor county, lost his
house and contents by fire day or two ago
A tax OF 81 each has just been paid on 1000
dogs at Macon. The city may scoop in 500
more.
Tuesday morning at 4 O'Clock the Lithonia
bakery was burned 1t was owned by j. c.
johnson but was leased TO G. A. Rankin. The
origin OF the fire is unknown.
The Stone Mountain Baptist Sunday school
convention will open al Covlngton on
April ID. Dr. j. B. hawthorne preach
ing the Introductory sermon. II will last
three days.
District Attorney Gary at Augusta is in re-
ceipt of a telegram from Judge Speer post
poning court next week. Judge Speer wires.
1.-THE marshal having no funds to pay wit
nesses and jurors, is is my purpose not TO
hold the term Of court at Augusta next week.
Kindly defer assignments until further no.
Ece.n
At Macon Tuesday W. R. Jordon, formerly
aconductor on work train on the East Ten
nessee road. was awarded $500 damages IN
the United States court He was badly
broken up in an accident on January II, 1890,
and through his attorneys, Hoke and
Burton Smith, Of Atlanta, filed a suit for
damages.
Augusta Herald: The lovers OF fine dogs
Will sympathize with John p. Cartwright, in
the loss of his blOoded, prize-w1nnng pointer,
Rosa Mary She was placed in kennel
with other dogs last night 70 protect her from
the cold. and this morning il was found that
they had killed her. Some time ago he had
the misfortune to lose another prize winner,
Rosa.
Butler Herald: Taylor county, as well as
other portions OF Georgia will soon be well
represented in the museum OF New Y rk city.
Mr.. Rowdy OF New York, professional
trapper, has been stopping with r. K. Pierce
for the past few days, and In one weeks time
he caught $50 small wild animals. such as
mlnks, musksrats, mOles, salamanders, etc.
Mr.. Rowdy carries with him a trap suitable
for the capture OF different kinds Of animals
Henry r. Guyton, a student at Emory Col
lege at oxford, died Tuesday at Oxford. His
remains were taken TO Guyton for burial
Mr.. Guyton was the eldest son Of Habersham
Guyton, a well known citizen of bingham
county, and nephew of Prof i. NJ Zettler,
of Macon. The young man had just passed
the 18th year Of his age and was one of the
brightest members of the sophomore class at
Emory College, at which institution he
matriculated two years ago with brightest
prospects, Immediately taking creditable
stand in his class.
1t is probable that the Macon Gas, Light
and Water Company'will make no further pc
titiOn TO the city on the water question and
will not ask that an election be called for the
people to vote'On the question whether or not
the city shall pay $3.50 600 the'arbitrated price
for the waterWorks. Il is understood that
the company has decided to let the entire
matter rest just where il is and proceed to
operate under the twenty year contract which
now exists between the mayor and council OF
Macon and the Macon Gas Light and Water
Company. The company say 1t has the opln-
ion OF some OF the best legal minds in the
state that the contract cannot be broken. The
CONF any will now proceed to lay new mains
through south Macon and other portions OF
the city.
Griffin Call: The ticket agent in Atlanta
saws that only about ten tickets we're sold
there to parties to attend the Evans-Atkinson
debate in Griffin. Gen. Evans left Atlanta
for Grimm without asking any OF his friends
to accompany him Not so with Col. Atkin-
son. when he left his home at Newman. 1t is
said that he furnished trans portation for all
who would come down and whoOp him up,
and to that end bought about 800 tickets.
When the train was about ready 10 pull out
for Grimm the self-constituted candidate
found that he had ovefestlmated his fol
lowers and had between seventy-ftve and 100
tickets left on his hands. This surplus he
hurr1edly distributed among negroes and
boys with the unders tanding that they should
hurran for him
Macon Telegraph: The state council Of the
Catholic knights OF America which con
vened in the parlors of the Hotel Lanier
Tuesday, was largely attended by delegates
from different sections Of the state. The con
yention Of this body was an important one.
Inc Catholic Knights OF America, like the
Hibernians, Robert Emmets and other or
CARNATIONS, is an important institution in
the state and embodies in its membership
some Of the most influential men in Savan-
nah Atlanta Augusta and other Georgia
cities, not to mention those we'll known
Macon gentlemen who are prominent in it.
The object Of this meeting Of the council was
primarily to revise the bylaws of the order
and 10 elect state officers for another term.
MT. John G. Cassidy; president, Of
present1 from the b,anclss il Atlanta
Savannah, Augusta, Albany and Ma on The
state ofncers IN attendance were President
JohnC. Cassidy, OF Albany. State Secretary
John J. Kelly, OF Augusta and State Treas.
urer 2. NJ Mulherin. After the revision OF
the bylaws, which consumed only very lit
tie OF the time OF the convention. an election
OF omcers and a delegate to the supreme
council, which meets in Omaha in May,. 1895.
was gone into. The following olicerS were
elected: Rev. E. Cafferty, V. G., spiritual
director; j. 3. Cassidy, OF Albany, president;
+. OConneu OF Macon, vice president: J. j.
Kelly, OF Augusta, secretary; Z. NJ. Mulherln,
OF Augusta treasurer; P. j. 0 COnnor. OF Sa-
vannah. supreme delegate to the convention
at Omaha, May. 1895. The next convention of
the council will be held in Atlanta. The dele
gates are in the hands Of the hospitabe En-
AANNln anu l44htl MANS while III me CITY. and
II is being seen to that the visitors enjoy
their stay in Macon.
Macon Telegraph; At meeting of the local
board OF the southeastern Tariff Association,
held at the ONCE Of the secretary Yesterday
afternoon, it was decided to abolish the ONCE
OF secretary and est ablsh stamp agency A
stamp agency means that the local board of
nre underwriters viii employ stamp clerk
whose duty il Will be to fix all rates OF insur.
ance on all risks and to whom the local agents
OF insurance companies must submit for in
spectiOn all risks taken, This is done so that
the stamp clerk may ascertain il the agent
has adhered to the rates he has given the
agent. as the agent is not permitted to mai
MS daily report or any report OF the business
ne has done to the company he represents
but he must submit it to the stamp clerk who
mails II to the company himself The old
method with the local board and The
one now In vogue is for tn
agent receiving a risk to submit same
10 the secretary, who stamps 1t and refers il
10 the three arbitrator appointed bv The
board each month to pass on all risks and {
majority Of the arbitrators establishes tn,
rate. But in case the agent or party TO De in
sured is not satisfied with the rate fixed by
the arDitratOrs. 1t will be referred to the arbi
traitors appointed for the following month
three new arbltratOrs being appointed at eacl
monthly meeting Of The board. With staml
clerk one man would nX the rate and Their
would be appeal from his decision. A har,
Tight was made against the eSta hlighuput a