The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.

GAINESVILLE Il Narrow Escape
From a Disastrous Fire At Cave
spring-A Travelling Salesman Ar
rested on n Charge of Being a Fu-
gitive From Justice.
GEORGIA.
The new bank building I'm Butler is
rapidly going UP and VIII soon be COM
pleted-
Jebn A. FLOYD and Recorder 4. W.
Cozart We're arraigned at Columbus Tues
day on a charge of disorderly conduct
The case against the recorder was dis
missed and Floyd was nned SO.
Steps viii De taken 10 raise funds with
which TO erect confederate monument
on the court house square at Dawson.
The matter has been already asltated
The ladies of Dawson VIII be asked 10
assist.
The Americas. Preston and Lumpkin
cotton compress at Americus at Amerl-
bid in for the Bank of Southwestern Geor-
gia ana Will no doubt. be operated here
after By the American Compress Com
pany.
Four Of the finest specimens of that
rapidly disappearing American animal
the buffalo. that have been mounted in
this country, have just been placed i'm
the electricity building at the exposition
at Atlanta. These buffaloes are portion
Of the exhibit of the city Of Buffalo, y. y.
What was thought for awhile would
prove disastrous IRE for Cave Spring
was narrowly averted Tuesday by the
quick action Of the citizens. The fire was
among the cotton in the Farmers AL
lance Cooperative COmpanys ware
house and for while it looked as if the
whole warehouse store would be de-
str0yed. Several bales of cotton We're
damaged. The origin OF the nre Is IN
known.
minister, who has for the past forty-five
years of his life devoted his time to the
ministry, died at his home near Decatur, a
few miles from Atlanta, Monday nlghI az
s o'clock. Up 20 the very moment that
the breath left the aged gentleman he
preached the gospel 10 those ABOUT ms
bedside and the last words that LETT the
feeble frame were quotations from the
scriptures.
The GAINESVILLE Knitting Company,
which has an excellent exhibit in the
Georgia state manufacturers building az
Atlanta imports cotton from Egypt TO
be used in the making of underwear. Ihe
staple of the cotton Is particularly long
and silky and the finest OF underWeaI IS
made from it, The GAINESVILLE Knitting
Company is able by this method to COM
pete in America with the most famous
of foreign underwear makers.
A .. Henderson, young man who at
tends the archaeological school at Atlanta,
is the prosecutor in case against W. ii.
Anderson a barber. Anderson is barber
who works on Whitehall street. Hender-
son. the prosecutor, charges him with
robbing by intimidation. He claims that
Anderson shaved him and his younger
brother, from Hogansville, on Atlanta
day at the exposition, and because it was
Atlanta day and the barber shop was
closed and, it is alleged because Ander-
son took the two boys for country boys,
who would know no better. he charged
and compelled them TO pay him 70 cents
each.
Two stores at Gainesville belonging to
T. p. OCallaghan were burned Tuesday
night. The court house caught, but the
fire was put out by the efforts of a bucket
brigade. Several houses were saved by
burned was occupied by j. u. Lambert,
general merchant. His stock and the
household goods on the floor above We're
was IS e Occupied BY w. T. crane, attorney,
He managed to save his library and Of
fee furniture. Lamberts loss is 5000;
insurance, $1,000 There was only $500 in
surance on the buildings. The loss Is
$1,000.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Waycross, under date of Nov. z writes
as follows: Obediah Barber, the veteran
bear hunter of the Okefinokee swamp, Is
Y years old, and Is the father Of twenty
four children. Five of his children are
still members of his household, and nine
teen have homes of their own and are
married. Mr.. Barber is quite strong and
healthy yet, and frequently he and his
neighbors go on a bear hunt in the swamp.
Mr.. BARRIERS fund of information regard
ing the swamp its mysteries and tradi-
lions is inexhaustible. He tells many
bears in the swamp. Mr.. Barber is
well-to-dO farmer and has an abundance
of everything necessary TO his comfort.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Cochran, under date of Nov. Z, writes
as follows: Everybody in this vicinity
is happy over the fiattering outlook for
prosperity. The cotton crop is about
gathered and sold and farmers have paid
their debts and have money left, with
plenty of home supplies for another year
Cochran continues 10 build. j. H. Mullis
Sr., has just completed a fine dwelling. p
L. Peacock is erecting two handsome
brick stores. j. H. AIullis, Jr. & Co. will
soon build another. 1t seems strange here
that an effort is being made TO impeach
the testimony Of Mrs. Nancy Laudfair
who recently signed an affidavit to the eff
feet that there was insanity in the family
OF Mrs; MOBILES. Mrs. Laudfair Is among
Cochran's Oldest citizens and enjoys the
highest esteem Of every one. She SAYS
she knew Mrs Elizabeth Mobiles mother
10 be a raving maniac. Still the citizens
OF this county cling to the idea that
FAMILIES and Mrs. Mobiles should hang
without further delay.
Wesley Bagwell, a young peddler of
Atlanta, who has a mania for Committing
suicide by hanging made his twelfth at
tempt in that direction in a cell at the
central police station Wednesday morn
ing. As on all the former occasions, the
rope broke and the young man was only
temporarily injured and was brought
around by physicians in a short time
made case for refusing to pay fare was
at Atlanta Wednesday by Sergt.
Slaughter of the police force
Mr.. Redmund lives on the Boulevard line
Of the Consolidated. His residence is be-
tween the stopping place of the Conson-
dated cars for those passengers who pay
five cents and the exposition terminal of
the line. Mr.. RedmUnd paid the FIVE cent
fare and offered to pay the additional five
cents if the car would stop at his door,
some two blocks below, but this the con-
ductor refused TO do. Mr. Redmund then
refused to pay the additional fare and
was put off the car and a case was made
against him. He will fight the case and
expects to win the fight.
Joe Rose, a well known travelling man.
was arrested at Atlanta Wednesday
charged with being a fugitive from justice