The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26

lumber Gompnny'S Piaut-A suit
Against the Western Union over a
Bull in Commercial Message.
GEORGIA.
The National Brick Makers Association
will hold convention I'm Atlanta the first
week In December
During the past ten months-from July,
1894. TO May. 1895. the deposits I'm Atlanta s
banks have Increased almost A.oNul
). a. Glover Of Augusta is suing before
Judge Eve for $50. that amount being due
him 10y the Nv DOL Hat "a pOpuiist paper
Spellman a week ago was united 10 Daw-
son by telephone. and the line will hc at
once carried forward connecting Dawson
with Cuthbert.
II is estimated that there is about 40.0)0,-
0Oo feet OF all kinds of timber al the diff
ferent hooms and alongside OF the vessels
now in port at Darien.
Thomas Edwards who stole so from the
money drawer at the postoficc Of Austell
was sentenced at Atlanta Friday TO three
years in the government ref0rmatory at
Cheltenham. Md.
James Marshall, colored. OF Banks coun-
~, was sentenced at Atlanta Friday 20 two
years at hard labor in the national peni-
Tertiary at Columbus. o.. on the charge
Of rohbing a postoflce in the county men
TONED.
News has been received at Athens from
the convict camp at Traders Hin that
Thomas Farmer. sent up for ten years
for killing Gov. Hunter near Nicholson a
Nv eNa.a ahNs AlaA hl bhNlA liA0 AH6 anu
was badly hurt
The High Shoals Manufacturing Com
pany OF Watkinsyille, have purchased the
Prices mill property on the Appalachee
other cotton factory. This company's plant
at High Shoals is now running night and
day and cannot supply the demand for
their goods and this new factory viii be
erected TO aid in supplying the trade with
their class Of cotton goods.
The pOstotiice at South Bend was enter
cd by burglar Thursday night and "a
number Of letters We're taken, together
with few stamps and other things The
registered mail and nearly all OF the
stamps and other valuables were locked
in the safe, so they were not in reach Of
the burglar. All that the burglar secured
for his trouble was about $3.50 in stamps.
some four or 1--WE hundred letters and four
quilts.
The following postmasters have been APP
pointed for Georgia: Jamaica, Glynn coun-
~, j. w. Brockinton, Jr.. vice b. f. Lewis,
resigned; sumter, Sumter county. 5. b.
Booth, vice II. A. Burke. resigned; Vine
yard, Spalding county, Sarah Hustled. vice
V. l.. Hughes, resigned; Waynemanville.
Hamburger. resigned: Wynns Mil. Henry
county, j. A G. Wynn. vice j. o. Smith, re-
signed
At Cordele two large brick stores on
Main street are now nearly completed and
another two-story brick on the same street
is being erected. Two large frame dwell
ings are soon TO be erected on Eleventh
school house is being built by popular SUBJ
scription. II is large enough to accommo-
date $50 pupils and will be ready for occu-
pancy by August /. A stock company has
been formed to complete the old unfinished
Freddie Shipp' college with a capital of
5000 and work will be commenced by June
A negro has been arrested in Madison on
suspicion Of being the person who fired
the trestle near Godfrey some time ago
when Engineer VIII Gay was sent to an
fff
II was well known that the firing of the
trestle was incendiary, but no cleW could
be found as TO the guilty party. AT the
time two watches belonging to Engineer
Gay were missed, and they have never
been seen until few days ago, when
they were found I'm manner that led 10
the arrest OF strange negro at Madi-
son.
The last will and testament of the late
Young L. G.. Harris, of Athens, has been
offered for probate and was to have been
probated the first Monday in June. but
the day set for prOpounding the viii has
been set for June Is, in order TO give Hon.
n. j. Hammond, one of the counsel for
propounders, a chance to be present. II is
almost certain that caveat will be fled
to the Will. and that a big legal fight
VIII come up over the disposition of the
estate, which was worth about $4,000
The caveat will be brought by relatives
Of Judge Harris.
Mrs. Jennie S. Bates obtained a verdict
at Atlanta Friday morning against the
British America Insurance Company for
500, with interest on $3.50 at per cent.
amounting to $3.50. a total of S207.5O. Her
suit was for $500 on policy in the above
company, the policy covering a house
which was burned on the 30th of June 1898
Shortly after the fire her attorneys at that
time, Messrs. O'Brien & Arnold, she al
legged, compromised with the insurance
company for Sl45. Mrs. Bates refused to
accept this compromise settlement, repu-
dating the action of her attorneys. She
employed other counsel in the person Of
Robert Jordan, and through him brought
suit for $500 damages.
The CedartoWn Lumber Company was
once one of the most prosperous of Cedar
towns industries, but the enterprise be-
came hopelessly crippled in carrying out
Its contract for building Polk countys
court house. j. II. Wright was appointed
receiver, and has operated the plant in
that capacity for nearly three years
About year ago the plant was offered
at receivers sale, and was knocked down
to w. S. Shihett for only 81 800. The plant
cost about $4,000, and the machinery is
all in good condition. The bid was so low
in proportion TO real value that Judge
James has waited year before confirm
ing the sale, to give an opportunity for
higher bidders. No other buyers appear
ing, Judge James last Saturday confremd
the sale made by Receiver Wright, and
Mr.. Shiflett thus becomes the owner.
Prof. Charles o. Townsend has resign
ed the chair of science at Wesleyan Fee
male College, of Macon, his resignation
to take effect at the close of the COM
mencement exercises of the institution
sail for Europe this summer, and Prof.
Townsend will spend a year ia study in
Germany. There is considerable specula-
tion as to his successor. 1t is reported
that Prof. w. b. Bonnell may be elected
to the vacancy by the board of trustees
at their session during commencement
week The presence of Prof. Bonnen in
Macon gives some color to this rumor.
For the past ten years he has been doing
missionary work in China, and is a men,
Der of the faculty of the Anglo College
in Shanghai. He formerly lived in Ma
con, and before going to China taught in
the public schools of Atlanta.
The Americas Produce Company Friday
filed suit against the Western Union Tel
egraph Company for five hundred dollars
damages. The suit alleges that the Amer
icus Produce Company telegraphed on May
TO its agent at Alley, Ga, to buy sheep
and ship on the fifteenth and to pay same
to bind trade, but that the message, when
received by its agent, read ship on fifth 90
and instead of pay same to bind trade, 20
the message read pay same, big trade -
This caused the agent TO buy all the sheep
he could find as he wanted big trades for
his house The sheep were shipped on the
NTH and the company was not prepared to
receive them; twenty-five of them died and
as no preparation had been made TO pay on
the fifth the company claims they were
greatly damaged and put to much trouble