The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


A Fraudulent Land sale to n PhiIa-
deIDhia Dry Goods Firm-A Boy
Swallows "A Cookie Bur-A De-
tailed Statement of the Losses in
the Columbus Fire-PrOmfnent
Citizens of Long Cane Receive
Threatening Letters.
GEORGIA.
A variety works plant is soon 10 be es-
tablshed In Hawkinsville.
Joel Newsome died at Hawkinsville last
MONDAY. de was about ~ years old.
Dupree & Nelson are erecting a saw
mill and variety works at Unadilla-
The 3 MAI Birth Of the Fifth district Of
America VIII meet In Atlanta next month.
A distressing accident befell the 1s-year-
oid son OF Mr.. Dougherty, farmer living
about nve miles west Of Dawson, on FRI
day last. While the Lad was beating
down cotton stalks with a stick a cookie
burr new IN his mouth and was drawn
into the windpipe. Efforts were made
out without avail, 10 remove the cookie
nurr from MS throat Mr. Dougherty
case in the hands of DR.. W. c. Kendrick
who made every effort to get the burr out.
Despite his efforts this could not be done,
ana unless nature removes 1t an incis-
ion Will have TO be made IA the throat
to get at the troublesome intruder.
Lagrange Graphic: 1t will be remem-
htltA NudL some TINE ago Inc GRAPHIC
reported the receipt BY several prominent
citizens Of Long Cane r shborhood OF
threatening letters demanding money,
ana later II recorded the murderous at
these same characters are again getting
In their work. On last Thursday morning
two more letters Of the same character
were received by two more citizens of Long
Cane. One was sent to Mr.. Hamp Traylof
and went on to say that some time ago a
former letter had been written to Mr.
IFaVi0r dem HTGfnn n uybf y
paid no attention and In consequence
his store had been burned. Now they de-
place in the bridge and II he failed to com
ply with this demand his house would
be burned just as his store had been. The
other letter was received by Mr.. Boil
tain amount of money to one of two
hands, and 4 this was not done to look
out for trouble, Both of these letters were
typewriter, which give rise TO the belief
that their authors must be white men.
The IRE at Columbus Monday night
caused the following losses: The build
ines belonging to Mrs. NJ. A. Preer were
damaged TO the extent Of several thou
sand dollars. Both fully covered by So
600 with the J. Rhodes Browne insurance
agency. The stock Of Mr.. c. Sohomburg
was greatly damaged by water, but COW
cred by ample insurance with the follow
ing agents Slade q Slade, $3.50; b. Fl
Harris, $500; Woodruff & Marcus, $500
the John Blackmar Company, $780,
Grimes. Owsley & Co, 81 500; d. It. Wilcox,
$3.50; j. Rhodes Browne $500 DR.. w
J.. Fogles dental establishment was com
pletely ruined. He estimates his loss at
about 500, with no insurance. The Co
lumbuS Tailoring Company sustained
loss Of about 500, fully insured by a
500 policy with b. II. Harris. The stock
of II. I. Everett was damaged by water
but the loss is covered by insurance. Other
losses amounted to only a few dollars, and
We're all covered. The origin of the fire Is
still q mystery, but the theory now nd
Vanced is that Ii was the work OF burglars
the fire having broke out near back win
had had. 90 pave i''A' winch ~ - . 80 =
A tall, middle-aged gentleman. repre-
sentlng a large dry goods firm of Phila-
delphla while passing through Augusta
Wednesday from Laurens county, on his
way home, with a long face and q wor
ried look, was telling his tale of woe. The
hrm which he represented In 1887, pur-
Allan p. Guyer, one thousand acres of
land said to be in Laurens county, and
purportng to be lot No. %, of an original
Georgia. Since then this firm has been
paying taxes to the tax collector at Dub
lin, on the supposed tract of land, the
deeds having been recorded in the ordi-
nary'5 office properly. The gentleman in
question had been sent down to the place
to look after making some improvements
in the lands, and TO his great surprise
and disgust, found that his firm had been
duped and that the fraud had been kept
up until this time. The deeds were all
tTduuulent, the names signed were ncti-
tous, and the land or its boundaries was
also creation Of the perpetrators fertile
mind. The gentleman, whose name is W.
II. Knapp. says there is something
crooked In the firm having to pay taxes
on IT, but that he does not wish to lay the
blame on any especial county Official
When asked what he intended to do. he
said that he would ask the controller gen
eral for return of the taxes. but that the
original price paid for the land would be
lost The total loss of the Philadelphia
firm is $500, $500 of which they hope to
have returned by the state.