The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-20


County Commlssiouers-A Preach
or Arrested as "a Noon~hiner-A
Member of the NimbnI Opera
Company Dies al Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
The PRESBYTERIAN synod of Georgia Will
meet at Macon tomorrow, ana VIII be
in session three days
The Seaboarl Air Lime viii build a new
frei-rf faDot in Atlanta. The structure
viii 20 up on Surilg place. and WORK VIII
be started an once
A voter OF Macon has entered suit for
$1,000 aeaiust three of the city regis
mars. Who refused 20 allow him 10 regis
ter or take she oath that would enable
him to do SO.
A bill Of sale OF the German newspaper
known as the Georgia stats Ielluns,
from the Gate city Publishing company
TO Louis T. F0rtman. was recorded with
the clerk OF the superior court an Atlanta
Monday.
Alta political meeting in the Swift build
ing at Athens Monday night. Theodore
ROYAL was cut on the throat ana right
arm by two unknown parties. Whlle MS
condition is critical, he viii recover, al
though there are many chances against
him.
A mortgage on the stock of the West
morelaud pharmacy at 63 whitehall street
in favor Of the Neal Loan ana banklns
Company for S6,065. was flied ia the once
of the clerk of the superior court al Al
lanta Monday for record. The mortgage
was dated Nov. 9.
Fire started in the dwelling of a. p.
cid considerable damage TO the
and household goods 10 the amount
of about $50 The blaze is thought To
have been Of inCendary origin.
number of mortgages on the stock
of Joseph Gross. the tailor az 81 Alabama
street, at Atlanta, were filed Tor record
City Bank Sl25; Mrs Sarah Wiseberg,
$425; Inman. Smith A. Co, $3.50, Atlanta
Paper Company, 5000. and IL. &. Erwin,
$50.
A bill IS under contemplation making
changes i'm the act constituting the city
court Of Richmond county. The change
contemplates increasing the number OF
terms 70 six a year. and allows judgments
TO be taken at the first term. thus ahol-
fishing the appearance term The bill viii
be offered at this session Of the legisla-
ture
The last of a large number Of arrests
of m0Onshiuers for operating in Harris
county was the arrest Monday of @. w.
Henderson, a preacher, on the charge
OF conducting and working in an Illicit
distillery. He recently testified against
moOnshiners and for safety moved out
OF Harris county. lie was placed under
500 bond.
The three-year-old son Of Judge Edgar
II. Orr of Atlanta, got hold of bottle
of chloroform at his home on Tattnan
street Saturday, and swallowed a portion
of its contents 1t is thought that the
child swallowed large amount of the
drug, as 1t was only a short while before
he sank into deep stupor. n physician
saved his life.
Mrs Frank Conway, a member of the
kimball Opera Company, which was az
Atlanta last week filing an engagement
at the Columbia theater died in thar
city Monday, after brief illness. When
the opera company arrived in Atlanta
u,
the hospital for treatment She suffered
from typhoid fever and grew worse in
stead of better.
Deputy Sheriff viii Greene left At
lanta Monday for Columbus. o., armed
with requisiton papers for VIII Bruce,
who is charged with having had a hand
in killing Early Beatty on the night Of
July 4 in Atlanta. Bruce was arrested
Saturday in Cincinnati. There was 800
reward offered for his arrest. His part
ner in the crime, Adolphus Badger, was
brought back from Cincinnati several
days ago.
Arthur Lackey, mail carrier between
COvington and Jackson. was bound over
to the United States court at Macon Mon
day by Commissioner Erwin on
the serious charge of robbing the
mails Of registered letters. In default of
bail he was committed to jail to await
the regular session of the court. The al
legged omense was committed the latter
part of October, but the crime was not
traced to Lackey until the first part of
November. Two letters had been regis
tered from Newton Factory to New York
One contained a check for $3.50 drawn on
the Carbin Banking Company Of New
York, by the Clark Banking Company Of
Covington, and the other contained some
valuable title bonds. w. II. Pickett, the
postmaster at Newton Factory, took
charge of the case as soon as ii was re-
ported to him that the letters had not
reached their destination, and suspicion
rested on Lackey the mail carrier. When
charged with the crime, Lackey confessed
ana told the postmaster where the torn
pieces of the registered letter envelopes
could be found.
The Bibb county grand jury wants the
jail and care of the prisoners placed in
charge of the county commissioners, and
TO that end has passed a special present
ment requesting Blbb's representatives in
the legislature to have the bin brought by
Mr. Branan of Fulton, on the same line,
amended so as ii include all counties with
population of 1900 Mr.. Branan's bill
was inspired by the recent escape Of VIII
Myers. the Atlanta boy murderer, and
Is entitled IAN act to provide for the con-
troll, management and regulation of jails
and the appointment of jailers in all coun-
ties having a population of 10000 inhabi-
tants wherein there are now established
ana may hereafter be established board
of county commissioners" This simply
means that Representative Branan wants
the Fulton county Jail put under the con-
troll of the county commissioners of that
county, and the action of Bibb's grand
jurors means that they want the change
TO include Bib county, thereby taking
the appointment of the jailer and the con.
troll of the Jail out of the hands of the
sheriff. All Jail fees are to be turned over
TO the county commissioners and the Jail.
er and his assistants are to be paid sala-
ries.
j. H. Goldsmith, the receiver appointed
by the court to take charge of the affairs
of the Home Bank of Atlanta, acting by
authority of a consent order, passed 10y
Judge Lumpkin, has made a transfer OF
the assets of the bank, with the encum
brances upon them. to the Georgia Loan
Savings and Banking Company, for $50
Burton Smith, and L. 4. Rosser, repre-
senting the contestants in the case, mad,
q thorough examination of the affairs o.
the bank and found that its assets con
sisted Of real estate with encumbrancei
upon 1t. These assets, it was figured
could not possibly bring as much as tn
liabilities of the bank, about $4,000. Thi
was the conclusion reached by the attOr
neys, who felt satisfied that the assets o
the bank would not pay dollar for dol
lar. At this time the Georgia Loan Saw
ings and Banking Company made an of
fer of $3.50, for the assets with the encum
brances upon them, and the attorney
went before Judge LumpSin and aske,
him 10 pass an order accepting this offer
The order was passed and the transfe
was made. If the assets make more thar
the liabilities, then the purchasers vii
make some money, and if they do no
they win lose.