The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

facturer-A Negro Dies Before Dis
closing the Whereabouts of
Buried Treasure.
GEORGIA
The Manufacturers Record reports that
wepty-four new Industries were leg ln u
Georgia the past week.
Fred Tsral. the great jockey. with his
wife and her maid re4ls terel az ti-r h4ll--
ball house at Atlanta Tuesday.
The Southern society of New York. has
offered the woman's department or me
Atlanta exposition the use or -,all vol
umes 10 be placed ia the woman ouli1-
ing.
Trox Bankston. the editor Of the Ring
gold New South, has applied -or space 10
run a Georgia weekly al the Atlanta eA-
position and wants the exclusive rlsht 10
publish one there.
NJ R Marks, of Brunswick. is the
owner Of one of the largest stamp coliec-
tons in this state. He has the issues OF
many countries complete. his collecllol
was started in Germany and continued on
his removal TO America
United States Marshal Harrell and a
posse Of deputies returned 20 Macon from
the Dodge county raid Monday afternoon
over the Georgia Southern and Florida
road. The men arrested were Henry and
Alick Russell and Bob Williams Of Ieltdir
county and W. b. Russell and NJ. McCOr-
mick Of Irwin county.
Macon has given Phil c. Clark, special
agent lot the AIuAAa A"IAGa4a aAAA Ae-AAf---
Manufacturing Company OF New York.
an order for 1000 feet Of hose Of the Baker
fabric brand. The price TO be paid for the
400 feet will be $500 At the big hre week
a portion Of which was burned and the
remainder lost by bursting.
William Goetchy and William d. Wheel
wright & Co, projectors OF the Single
w. E. Kay the property fronting on
Oglethorpe bay, between Bush's oyster
canning works, and Frank D. Aiken's
planning mill. as the site for the erection
of their extensive plant II viii give
steady employment TO fifty hands.
DR.. Alonzo Monk. DR.. S. l. Morris, and
DR.. Glover OF Vineville, viii leave Ma
con tomorrow night TO join a party a.
Red Star steamer for Palestine The party
will 90 to Italy, Greece, Egypt Turkey.
ing Bermuda, the Azores. Gibraltar, Mall
aga. Granada. Alhambra, Algiers, Malta,
Alexandra. Cairo, the Pyramids, jana,
Jerusalem, Bethlehem, etc, before return
ing.
Joe Dean. the negro murderer of old
Mr. Leigh, who Is now In jail at Atlanta,
is to be taken back to Campbell county
for trial on next Wednesday. The negro
murdered Mr.. Leigh, who was his bene-
factor, IN cold blood, and then tried 10 in
duce Mr.. Leigh's wife and daughter to
follow him into the woods so that, as he
says, he could kill them too. They re-
fused to 10 and he attempted to kill Miss
Leigh in the house. The young lady shot
at the negro, but he was unframed and
made his escape. He was arrested several
days later.
Ben Jordan was appointed administrator
of the estate Of Jordan Parks, a negro
who recently died on Cotton avenue. at
Macon. John Dickey, Jr claims to be a
nephew Of Jordan Parks, and seeks to
prove that the property was decided joint
" to his father and Jordan Parks; that.
therefore. he is entitled to his fathers
share. on the other hand, II is claimed
that John Dickey was born during the
war, that his father married since the
war, proving that Dickey is an illegitimate
child, and cannot inherit his fathers es-
tate. The amount involved Is about 81 800
One of the biggest enterprises In North
Georgia is the Swifts cotton mills at
Elberton owned and operated by u. NJ.
Swift. J. K Swift and Isaac G. Swift.
The factory has all modern improve
nents, turning out large quantities Of
cloth, rope and thread. Fine jeans is
made also. One hundred and fifty looms.
5000 spindles and - cards all at work in
s. room, $50 by 50 feet. There are 1852 day
hands, and a night operatives. Col. Swift
has received an order from the northeast
ern markets for 2 900 900 yards of cloth
done up In 1 500 yards to the roll Complete
water works and electric light plants add
much to the mills. Six bales Of cotton are
daily.
Athens News: A good story is told of a
prominent Athens manufacturer. He Is
largely interested also in Sunday schools.
on q late occasion he was talking to his
Sunday school about contributing to the
heather, telling them If they could do no
more to put in pennies, as II all helped the
cause. When ne came to the close OF his
earnest appeal. a wee little tot in the audi
ence arose and asked him II the heather
would take tickets. The question. and its
effect upon the audience will be better un-
derstood, when II Is known that the con-
Germ managed by this manufacturer pays
its employees in tickets. which have to be
largely discounted If disposed of among
Athens merchants.
Griffin News: A negro was sent up to
the chaingang from Meriwether county
some time 90 for a felony. His name
was Gus Bell, and his principal place of
business was at the works of the Chatta-
hoochee Brick Company. He was VIC
tim of chronic MENINGITIS at the time of
his sentence, and when he went to the
gang his disease grew worse. One day
last week the physicians told him his time
had come to die, and that II he wanted 10
make any preparation for that event
It was in order to do so at once. Gus
then wrote his mother in Meriwether
that he was on his deathbed. and that
he had buried $3.50 near his old home in
Meriwether, and he wanted 70 tell her
where il was. But before his mother
could reach him the spark of life went
out.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Last Tuesday
a mule of grayish hue was found roam
ing about the city. and since this is
deemed unlawful. he was taken charge of
10 law these vagrsnt animals that have
been taken UP should be advertised five
days, then, If no owner appears, they
are sold at marshal's sale. On Saturday
morning the authorities, by some miscal-
cula ton as to time, proceeded to sell the
animal in question. Chief Williams. arm
ing Lieut.. benson with all necessary pa
pers, instructed him to act as auctioneeT
and dispose of the mule TO the highest
bidder. In this vocation Lieut. Den
son has decided he is quite a
failure the mule, despite his best
efforts being knocked down to John
B. Scott, a horse trader from. Ken
lucky, for the sum of SIS. Later in
the day il was discovered that the sale
had taken place little prematurely, and
that the mule was the property of Flour
noy & Epping. On making this startling
discovery, Chief Williams of course en-
Heavored to obtain possession Of the
mule but Mr.. Scott would not agree to
any proposition made. The chief Their
swore out possessory warrant in judge
Lennard's court. Judse Lennard will de.
eide TO whose possession the mule shall
be delivered.
FLORIDA.
Jenkins Lambert, one of the escaped
prisoners, is once more confined behind
the prison bars of the Marion county jail
Guy /. Metcalf is removing the Tropi.
cal Sun from Juno to West Palm Beach