The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-07

Inc Long rent tdAes LII CATION Over
the Rome Comrfer At an End
suit InvoIVinsE Considerable LAND
at Stntesboro The r 9StmaSter a
Dexter, Laurcnss County. in Trouble
over "a shOrta ge in the Funds oi
His Office.
GEORGIA
George W WadtleH OF Macon died a
day or two ago.
Arthur Hutchinson. one Of the most
friday
The Fselton-Naddox contest goes mer-
rily on. AMI Floyd IS aga in the seat Of
the Investigation.
A scheme is on foot to establish in Col
umbus a kiudergarten Tor the children of
factory operatives.
Hon. J. A. Greer, one OF. the oldest and
mostly highly respected! g itizens Of Daw-
son, died a day OF two stgO.
The third annual sess tor Of the Ocmul-
gee Chautauqua opens Hawkiusville on
April p. II viii be open Until May g.
Frank Wilder, one of the best known
citizens of South Maco q. anu an uncle
OF the Wilder brothers. died Friday.
Hon. Seaborn Wright u Rome has been
invited to deliver the a tdresS before the
Alumni Society Of Mere er University on
June 4.
The postofHce at Long Branch. in TAFT
nall county. has been dis sonti nued. Here
after the mail viii so 10 Belknap and
Oneida.
In blasting at the city mills at Column
bus a mineral spring b as been opened.
the water Of which is strongly impreg
mated with sulphur and ron
Mrs. Emily c. White, 5ne Of Hawkins
villc's best known and me ST highly es-
teemed l8dies, died in Ma cor Friday while
on a visit to her sister, MIR s. J. B. Cobb,
OF Wesleyan College.
1t is rumored that Coli nm bus is soon to
have a local life insurance company, which
will be backed by ample hoe al capital, and
at the head Of which WnH be number
of prominent insurance 1e n.
The line connecting AT lanta with Chat
tanoOgst and Knoxville Il us putting At
Ianta in reach by teleph o ne with Louis
vile, Cincinnati and otfer northern cit
les, viii be completed within the next
thirty days.
There was a light at the Augusta factory
Friday, which will prOba bly result in the
death of james Lawso 2, white mill
at the city hospital. whe re HI is suffering
from fracture in his SIX ALL John Burch.
his assailant, is in jail
The general reports br ought in by par
ties from almost every section of Ogle-
thorpe county Tuesday we're to the effect
that. whether there is any great reduc-
tion of acreage in colt on OF not, there
is being planted one Of Tire largest corn
crops that has been known in that
county since the war.
On last Monday the case of Hidell vs..
Funkhouser, administra tor of the estate
of n. DwineN o. Rome, was
finally decided by the supreme
court in favor Of Dwinell. This
was a suit brought by D winell against Hi
dell for the balance of the purchase
money of the Rome Courier HideU
bought the Rome Coul 'ier from Dwinen
for $1,000. and becOminl dissatisfied with
his purchase, declined o pay the balance
due on the purchase nc mey of S200o.
An important law lit has been filed
In the EmnaVinf- court q 9I1Ipph
1t is the case of Mrs. -. b. Miller, repre-
senting her minor child rem. against eleven
different property owne rs who hold prop
erty on the east side Of South Main street
in Statesboro. The suit is brought TO re-
cover certain lands that were sold without
an order from court, ~ being homestead
property. A the time the property was
sold IL brought its full market value. and
the proceeds were spe "a for the support
of the very parties VIII - are now seeking
to recover the propertb-
Postmaster J. Tom White of Dexter, in
LaurenS county, Is harged with being
short to the governme ht $500 in his money
the shortage. but says he intended nothing
criminal, and when he used the money he
intended paying it baCR. He asserts that
he will yet be able to replace 1t. White
is about 26 years old. He is not only the
postmaster at Dexter, But Is also the may
or OF the town and express agent. He
has only been married about three months
He was born in Hou ston county. where
his father sim resides White formerly
shoe firm of Renfroe, & White. He re-
moved from Macon some time ago. He
has been postmaster at Dexter about
twelve months.
DR.. f. d. Newton Of Athens, who was
one of the most loyal sons of Dixie in the
war between the stfites, has among his
relics of the confeder acy a star that came
from the everyday coat worn by Gen. X.
T.. Lee. The Troop artillery. commanded
by Mai. NJ. Stanley and later on by Hon
H. II. Carlton of Athens, were supported
IN the HuntpTgVflte FamnaiGgp nv Irish
battalion. In this battalion was a tailor
who was called uron to put new stars
upon Gen. Lees coat. He kept the old
stars and gave them to several ladies at
Orangeburg and gave one to Or. Newton,
who was a staff officer under DR.. Gill the
chief surgeon. w hen it was heard that
these stars had been distributed around
an officer came ard took them up. Gen
Lee, on learning the history of the case
returned them. After Gen. Lees death
DIR. Newton returned the star to Mrs. Lee
thinking she might wish to preserve It,
Mrs. Lee sent il back TO him and with 1t
a picture of Gen. Lee, with his autograph
under it,