The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-26


RObbery-A Child Burned 10 Death
at Hampden-The Bibb County
Board of Education May he Made
Elective.
GEORGIA.
The residence Of James y. RaWlins Of
Gwinnett county was burned sunday.
BIZ Higgins, negro. was killed at
flcNiiia by southern railway engine
Monday night The negro was drunk
George r. Turpin, who has been i'll
at Saratoga, has returned TO- MS nome
al Macon, and is improving though still
confined 10 his bed.
William Breward formerly superintend-
ent OF the Macon Knitting Mills, died
suddenly last week Of heart disease at
Tlltun y. H, aged SO years He leaves
one daughter Miss Emma Breward.
A negro named David Cumming was
carried 10 Wilkinson county Tuesday 10
be tried on the charge OF killing Arthur
Stanley. Cumming was arrested at Chaun-
cey a day or two ago by B. w. Rayfeld.
a general road law has been put into ef-
feet in Walton county, The law viii re-
quire a levy of road taxes and the rate
Of taxation to work the roads VIII be, u
is estimated, about $50 on the thousand.
Mayor John d. Moore and others are
working hard to effect an orsanization
OF the business men OF Rome FOR the pur-
pose of properly putting the advantages
Of the city and surroundings before the
people
VIII Freeman of Talbotton last Wednes-
day evening. The buggy was overturned
and he was dragged several yards under
It. being badly bruised and having his
arm broken.
Two little daughters of Mr. Moore, a
merchant at Hampden, were playing
Tuesday afternoon, and one accidentally
set fire to the others dress. The child
which was only years old, died Tuesday
night The other child is years old.
The warrant charging W. A. Culver
with assault with intent 10 murder, which
has been pending In Justice Foute's
Withdrawn, and the proceedings against
him stopped. The prosecutor Is Dr.
Hood, a brother-in-law Of the defendant.
Ned Jack Ferguson, colored a murderer
of Talbotton, has been sentenced 10 a life
term in the penitentiary, being found
guilty of murder, but Recommended 70 the
named Bethel at a Saturday night frOilc
last December, shooting him in the back.
An accident resulting in the instant kill
ing Of a negro man occurred saturday
Americas. While out hunting the negro
pulled his gun by the muzZle through
me crack OF renee, with lhe usual re-
suit. The entire top of his head was
blown on
The result Of the trial at Atlanta Of
DR.. II. Mozely, charged with assault and
battery, and j. W. Roberts charged with
assault with intent 70 murder before
Justice Foute was that both men We're
bound over 10 answer the charges pre-
terred by one against the other. The
two men had a difficulty over the de-
facing Of show bills.
Walter Bishop, a young white man.
who II is charged robbed farmer at
Dawson Saturday Of about $50. was cap
tured at Dawson Tuesday morning. He
came in on the Columbus Southern train
from Albany, and as the train approached
Dawson he locked himself in the closet
Chief Savage found HIM and carried him
10 jail. Bishop is the defendant in an
other suit for larceny from the house,
and was out on bond.
LaGrange Graphic: The man who
thinks LAGRANGE is dead is away behind
the times. With new l5OJ0 spindle cot
lege building, with the neaTly-certain eN-
tension of the Macon and Birmingham
railroad TO Birmingham all in sight, the
future which opens before her is in
deed golden one A creamery just put
in operation, a telephone exchange re-
Gently finished, her schools all opening
magnificently. New stores opening, new
houses being built, cotton rolling in, foun-
dry, mills, electric lights, water works!
Does that look like a dead town, do you
think?
board of public school education elective
by the people is again being agitated at
Macon, and 1t is said that a petition will
soon be put IN circulation for signatures
10 ask the senator and representatives
from Bib to introduce a bill at the next
session of the legislature to amend the
present law so as to elect the members
by the popular vote. The renewed agita-
tion has been brought about by the rule
child shall be admitted to the public
schools after Jan. l. 1896, who has not
been vaccinated. Under the present law
the board is self-perpetuating. When a
vacancy occurs in the board the members
elect some one to fill IL.
Rome Tribune: The Beresford case will
not down. Banquos ghost is not a cir
cumstance, compared to the many varia-
tons of this famous or infamous English
man, which keep bobbng up sereneiy
ana will not down, The latest phase Is
one in which two Rome attorneys are In
terested, and which promises to come 10
trial In New York city in October. This
VII pe the case OF /; A Dean and W. W.
Nandiver VS.. Mrs. Sidney Lacelles for a
sum of money claimed by them as Zee
for representing her husband better
known as Walter S. Beresford 1t seems
that Mrs. Lacelles gave a note to these
attorneys for their services, and now pay
ment is refused. Consequently, suit was
brought, and the trial will occur in New
York during the early part of next month.
a case of long standing, the litigants
belng quite prominent, was taken up in
the superior court at Atlanta Tuesday
before Judge Lumpkin. II is the case
OF cunningham against Graham, in which
Mrs. Cunningham is seeking to have a
Will of her husband, the late Judge Gun
bingham, established. Judge Cunning
ham was at one time one of the prom
inent men at the Atlanta bar. He died
a few years ago and left between SAC, eco
and $4,000 worth of property. one of his
daughters was Mrs. Graham, who was
practically cut off in the will. being left
only a life interest in the proceeds of
$500 Mrs. Graham claims that undue
influence was brought to bear upon her
father before his death, and that he was
not in his right mind when he signed the
will.
Rome Tribune: Those who have. recent
~ visited Mineola and looked at the pres
ent growth of farm products on John
Roberts place, say that it is the best all
round crop in this section of the state
During every Season since the seed was
planted the outlook has been promising,
and now that the harvest time has come,
II is said that the most eXtraVagant pre-
dictions will be realized on the crop. Mr.
Roberts has about 1000 acres under cut
tivation, and II is predicted that he Will
not make less than $4,000 on the crop.
His crop is divided as fOlows Three,
hundred acres in corn, which will yield
5000 bushels; $50 acres in sea island cot
ton, which viii make 100 bales; 300 acres
in pinders, which will yield 5000 bushels;
20 acres in sweet potatoes, from which
he expects to gather 5000 bushels; 20 acres
in cabbage and acres in tuFnips upon
which estimates have been made Be
sides the above, he has 21O hogs which viii
average 200 pounds each and he made
a large quantity of oats and watermelonS.
which are not counted in the above Il
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