The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
NPARAGRAPHS

HesigH-A Negro t'lu0iy rays n DOC
tor n Bill lie at First Refused to
Pay-A Man Possibly Fatally In
jured by Kick From n Horse
While Attending n FunernI-Debby
Mobiles Calls on Her Mother in the
Bibb County Jail.
GEORGIA
A paper for the colored people is to be
issued in Brunswick
Mrs. Joseph Dougherty, of Douglass.
died Monday afternoon. after an illness
of several days. Tuesday morning, as Mr..
Dougherty was hitchlns his morse 10 ar
tend the funeral of his wife, the horse
kicked him in the face, splitting his mead
open for about three inches. He IS now
In very critical condition.
Tuesday morning Sheriff Davenport OF
Marietta, received telegram from Nick
aiack that j. W. Eaton, who Killed Mala-
chi Pitts in June last, was seen Iuesday
morning by two parties. The snerlh,
Deputy Sheriff Bishop and Constable Muir
ray Hawkins promptly left for NickaJack.
A heavy rain came up after they got
there that interfered with their search,
but they found where he had slept Monday
night in the woods near his fathers, in
that neighborhood, and had built fire.
A negro Of Athens got a cinder in his
ear a few days since, and il gave him
great deal Of trouble. He went to a
doctor and asked him 10 cure his ear,
which was badly swollen The doctor
charged nlm 81 ana the negro dETeeu TO
pay il. The doctor took the cinder out
in a jiffy, and the negro refused TO pay
him, saying he hadn't done enough 10 him
TO warrant the charge. The doctor put him
back in the chair and put the cinder back
in his ear. The negro paid him the dollar
before he got the cinder out again.
Several months ago Mrs. Spalding, an
aged and highly esteemed lady of Sapelo.
while en- route through Macon TO La
Grange to visit her relative, DR.. Ridley,
VAS knocked down by truck at the
Southern depot at Macon and her hip was
broken. She was taken TO the Macon hos
pital, where she could obtain professional
nursing She was sufficiently recovered TO
leave Wednesday morning for LaGrange.
The Southern rendered Mrs Spalding
special car, so as to make her Journey as
easy and comfortable as possible.
DR.. r. ]. Bigham, pastor of Trinity
church, Atlanta, will resign. He has been
elected to the position of secretary OF
the board of education of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, place OF high
honor and great responsibility. His du-
ties in connection with this office will re-
move him from Georgia except as this
state comes in for its share of his super
vision over educational affairs. lie has
fixed the time for his departure, If it meets
the approval Of Bishop Keener for the
second Sunday in August After that his
headquarters win be in Nashville.
The secretaries of the Young Mems
Christian Association Of Georgia and
South Carolina will meet at the Young
Mems Christian Association hall in Macon
on Aug. q and % The object of the con-
ference is to map out a line of work for
the coming fall and winter season. and
arrange programme of entertainments,
such as concerts, lectures, etc. 1t is pro-
posed to arrange tour to
smbrace all the cities in GeOr-
-gia and South Carolina that have
a branch of the Young Mems Christian
Association. Next season promises to be
one of the most successful in the history
of the Young Mems Christian Association
in the two above named states. G. l..
Stacey of Griffin is president of the con-
ference, and G. NJ RosSer of Macon is
secretary. President Stacey is now at
work arranging the programme for the
conference. The exercises will be inter
esting.
Wesley Bagwell, a young white man.
tied a towel through the perforated top of
"a cell at police headquarters at Atlanta
Tuesday, placed his neck in the loop and
jumped from a cot to the floor. BagWell
was bent on killing himself and all that
saved his life was the breaking of the
moose Bagweu was arrested by PATROL
man Powell on charge of larceny. Mon
day afternoon Bagwen went to the car
1iage factory of John NJ Smith and asked
the price of several buggies. He selected
a secondhand vehicle and asked permis-
sion to take it to a Decatur street wagon
yard to test it. Mr.. Smith granted the re-
quest, STIMULATING that the buggy was to
be returned in an hour. Night came, but
failed to bring with it either BagWell or
the buggy. Early Tuesday morning Bag
we'll borrowed a wagon from Dimmock *
Wallace in the name of neighboring mer-
AAs
Decatur street trying to dispose Of the
outfit.
Debby Mobiles, the 1S-year-old girl about
whom il is said that her father, William
Mobiles of Twiggs county, was murdered
by the mother and Gus Families, returned
from Wilkinson county Wednesday and
called at the Bibb county Jail to see her
aged mother. 1t will be remembered that
a week ago to-day Debby Mobiles arrived
at Macon from Twiggs county in search
of home and work. On Wednesday she
1aff a "a
son county, ITO live with his family. She
returned Wednesday and says that the
family made such great complaint about
her being with them on account of her
alleged connection with the death of her
father and other causes that she had to
leave. She is deeply repentant of her past
life and says she is anxious to live cor
rectly in the future. 1t is not known what
will become of her or whether she will
succeed in obtaining work at Macon. Quite
a number of ladies have called at the Jail
to see Mrs. Mobiles and pray and talk with
her.
lDr. Mary Walker wants to star at the
Atlanta exposition IN double role. She
.swants to pose in her Prince Albert and
trousers as the best dressed woman in
America. And she wants to deliver a
lecture daily, or oftener, if desired. DR.
AIarys letter to President Collier was in
ftiD as follows: "OsWegO, n. Y, JULY a.
Mr. President, Dear Sir; 1 am open tC
make an engagement TO speak at your fair
You must have seen notices last fair OF
of my being in Boston, at the worlds food
fairs Such We're the crowds that came
to hear me that the papers said: It was
DIR. Mary Walkers day I can speak
TO your people every day on different
subjects, or mare than once a day, as
did IN Boston. Do you not think
that 1t would add to the interest for me
TO appear as the best dressed woman
and have a day for all contestants? Trust
Tag that shall hear from you by return
mail, and hoping your exhibition will be
great success, l am very truly and dem
ocratically yours, Mary T.. Walker, NJ. d. 81
President Collier stated that he would
turn the proposition over to the woman
board.
,Ras Shine was lodged in Jail at Vienna
Tuesday charged with poisoning his wife
Mary on Saturday night The evidence
aaduceu before the cOrOners Jury goes
70 show that the deceased was somewhat
indisposed Saturday night and Ras. her
husband, went 10 the house OF Hon J0o
II. Collier, on whose plantation they lived
and asked for some quinine for nor ne
was giNen four lnaae and rnfurr.I ~ !.