The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-03

Resort 10 the Courts to stop n Man
From Drawing salary as Presi-
dent of n COrpOratiOn-A Prohibit
tiOn Campaign Among the POssi-
biIities in Bibb County-A Resi-
dent Of COnyers shoots Himself
Through the Henri.
GEORGIA.
Ed. Holloway who has been for years
| the chief clerk at the Kimball house at
/ Atlanta, has sent in his resignation. He
/ viii go into business.
The pay roll Of the fruit farms around
/ Fort Valley and Myrtle for work done last
| week, as cashed by the Exchange Bank
| of Fort Valley, amounted to $l2 500.
/ 1t is probable that the Pabst Brewing
Company Of Milwaukee will send a repre-
| sentative TO Atlanta shortly to consider
/ the erection of a brewery in Atlanta.
Arthur Carpenter, Stokes Busy and a
/ man named Scarborough broke Jail at
/ EibertOn Wednesday by cutting an iron
/ bar IN two. None were capital offenders.
Little Hal the 4-year-old son of Alex
/ McCurry Of Elberton, took big dose of
] medicine while his mother was asleep a
| day or two ago ana came near dying
| from the effects.
! Several fruit growers Of Spalding county
| feel rueful over the possession of worth
| less drafts given them in exchange for
/ fruit Growers should be very careful 10
| whom they sell.
/ ne TAX ulgest OIL emanuel county Tor
| TINS year mas just been completed, and
| shows the total amount of taxable prop
| erty IN the county this year to be $l39, 100
/ less than it was last year.
A total of 224 new residences have been
! built at Atlanta this year up TO date. The
| ugureS do not include any business Struc-
| ture whatever, nor do they include the
! numerous additions 70 houses which have
| been made for exposition purposes. They
! are all permanent residences, to be occu-
| pied by permanent citizens
w. II. Burroughs, a grocery merchant
| of Atlanta, had an exciting experience
| which neither he nor the burglar will
! soon forget. He captured the burglar ana
| landed him safely in a cell at police sta
ton, after firing two shots at him with
| out ERECT and chasing him several blocks.
| The burglar is negro.
1t is said that if the legislature does not
| pass the anti-barroom bill at the session
| which convenes in October next, that a
| prohibition campaign will be waged in
Bibb county and an earnest effort made
| to vote liquor out of Macon. Under the
! present three-mile liquor law whisky is
| not sold anywhere in the county outside
OF the incorporated limits Of the city OF
| Macon.
There is a suspicion that a young man
| by the name of Nose Martin, a brother
| of John 7. Martin, who lives in Macon
was murdered about year ago in Han
| cock county, and an investigation is be-
| ing made. Robbery was the object il
| murder was committed. A good many
! people, however, think that Martin is
| alive and will make his whereabouts
| known when he hears of the rumor afloat
Mayor Horne, representing the city OF
| Macon, ana l.. NJ Boone, of Atlanta, man.
| ager of the new Southern Racing Associ
| alton, signed a contract for the lease OF
! the mile track, stables, etc, at Contra
| City Park, for three months, by the lat
ter from the former. The lease begins il
| September and Boone pays 81 900 for tht
| lease, which carries with it all the priv
leges of liquor selling, pool selling, etc
Boone must spend $1,000 on repairs e
the track and stables by Sept. l or the
lease will be forfeited, Boone also pay!
for the hire of fiVe extra policemen a
$50 per month to patrol the park during
the races. There will be a supplemental
contract for a twenty years lease. Boone
has sublet the whisky privilege for 81 800
Boone obligates himself to have 600 horses
here, and to run the biggest races evel
known in the south.
Jonah c. Cain, q years of age, was sho
| through the heart at Conyers Wednes
day night about o'clock whether acct
| dentally or with the purpose of suicide
is not known Mr.. Cain attended the Sun
day school convention held at Decatur
and returned home at s O'Clock on TIL
! Georgia railroad accommodation train
| After reaching home he sat on the from
| porch and talked with friends. He wen
upstairs about o'clock. A few minutes
| later members of his family were as
tonished to hear the report of a pistol
They hurried upstairs and found tina
young Cain was shot through the heart
| He did not speak TO any one. Jonah wa
a clerk in the store of C. w Cain Hi
uncle is clerk of the court of Gwinnet
! county. The coroner held an inquest, anC
ii was decided that the young man cam
to his death by his own hands. The yer
dict did not state whether the shootinl
was done with suicidal intent or not.
One of the most important questions t,
come before Judge Griggs at Macon thi
month is the petition of w. B. & 0. G
Sparks, Jr., for an Injunction and re
straining order against the Union Com
press and Warehouse Company. This com
pany was incorDora ted in 1890, with j. F
Crutchtield, president: J. w. Cabaniss
Crutchfeld J. w. Cabaniss W. A. Crutcn
field, j. d. Hough and w. b. Sparks Cap
ital stock $4,000; each share of stock witt
a par value of S1G0. owned as follows: ]
F. Crutchheld, pa shares; w A. Crutch
field, l share: W. 3. & o. G.. Sparks, 10
shares; Exchange Bank. 100 shares: ]
w. CabanisS, % shares; Fl. J. Lamar Jr.
% shares. Petition alleges that ]. +
Crutchfield agreed to serve as presiden
without salary whereas ne has drawn
$3.50 in salary, and is otherwise indebted
TO the company. In order to preserve IN,
value of the stock of the company w b
q .. Q. sparks, Jr,, seek to restrain Pres
ident Crutchtield from drawing a salary
and to restrain in other ways The firm
OF w j. u o. G. Sparks Jr, dissolved
o. G. Sparks. Jr., became the sole Owne
Of the stock and assumed an indebtedness
or $500 due the Exchange Bank, TO
which the compress stock was put up a.
collateral. O. G. Sparks, Jr, has renewei
the obligation from time to time, and PAL,
5000 interest. The debt is now S7,14C
W ME W. Il. Sparks has no ownership IL
the stock now, he joins with o. G. Sparks
Jr., in the petition.
FLORIDA.
Alachua county has a candidate for gov
nrF in . fa.. ,E Co.