The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13

len Death of Pioneer Citizen of /
.tIanta-A Citizen of Rome in Pos
.sssion of a Masonic Apron Presen-
ed 10 His Great Uncle by Gen. La
Fayette.
GEORGIA.
J. NJ Oliver Of Atlanta has purchased,
ne entire system OF the GdineSFilte IelS-
1bOne Company
O'Kelley and W. H. Terrell of
,-ianta have been granted license to
ractice law in the United States circuit
court
new firm has begun business at Ham
.--on II will be known as Webster Bros,
nd they will carry general line of mer-
.handise.
thousand white and colored school chill
5ren attending public and private schools
n Naycross
A numerously signed petition has been
aied with Judge Randolph. praying that
an election on the whisky question, under
he local option law. be ordered in Han
county.
i5c Georgians: William Cawhern, Atlanta,
air motor; Benjamin F. O'Kelley and G.
". O'Kelley, Harmony Grove, combined
pea and corn Smelling machine.
Gov. Atkinson has received information
thai the authorities at Cole City have dis
charged Tinker, the guard who allowed
Neal Smith, the convict who assaulted
Mss Henderson, to go to the wash hole
for his clothes.
Eastman is to have another bank. The
bank has been organized under the name
OF the Merchants and Farmers Bank,
with the following officers: C.. H. Pea
Il cock. president; S. Harris, vice president,
and s. Herman, cashier.
Albert Cowans, lifetime negro con-
vict of the Amoskeag Lumber Company,
4 Of Dodge county, had his right leg fear
fully mangled by a falling tree while
4 working in the woods Saturday afternoon
last Amputation was necessary.
A model of Abraham Lincoln's home in
Illinois will probably be soon placed in
position in the negro building at the ex-
position. The negroes In Washington, d.
c., who have already taken a great inter
est in the exposition, have applied for
space in the building for the model.
Friday while Theodore F. Cleveland, a
prominent citizen of Ebert county, was
riding along the road his horse became
frightened and ran. After going a short
distance, he stumbled and threw Mr.
Cleveland of, breaking his shoulder and
jaw bones. Mr.. Cleveland became I'M
conscious in few minutes and died Fri
day night. He leaves no family.
Detective Copeland, who says he was
employed by the relatives of Mrs. Sanner
70 work on the case against Adolphus
Duncan, the negro now under sentence of
death, called on Gov. Atkinson at Allan
ia Friday, and asked him to commute the
sentence OF the negro to life imprison-
ment, as he said there was great doubt in
his mind as to whether or not he was the
right man.
Judge Lumpkin has granted an injunc-
ton against ]. NJ. Swanson, a ticket
broker, from doing business on this line
at Atlanta, until a case now pending in
the courts is settled. The complainant in
the case Is e. +. Kirby, who alleges that
ne bought out Mr.. Swanson's membership
in the American Ticket Brokers' Asocia-
llon' the contract being that Mr.. Swan
son should not again go into the broker
age business in Atlanta.
j. NJ Ruice one of the nionaar cftfzane
OF Atlanta, and a man who was well
known died at his home on West Baker
paralysis. which he had only few hours
before his death. He was sitting at his ia
pie, talking to his wife, when he stated
that he had pain in his head and grew
very dizzy. Physicians were sumomned,
but nothing could be done for the dying
man, as he was. unconscious, in which
state he remained until death came.
Thursday afternoon Ode Price, the To-
year-old son of u. M. Price, was acct
dentally shot, near his home at Clapps
F rce was ont soEee G14insy n9S1ng
panied by a little negro boy He plac-
ed his gun in the hands of the negro boy
was turned, the gun was discharged, the
heavy shot taking effect in the back of
the head. Prices skull was fractured
and a portion of the brain oozed out. He
Will recover.
DIR. e. B. Freeman of Rome is the pos
SCISSOR of a most interesting relic. II is a
masonic apron presented by Lafayette
to Col. Robert Freeman for his gallan-
try during the revolutionary war. Col.
Freeman was the great uncle OF DR.. Free
man. During LaFayette's last visit to
to Col. Freeman in Raleigh n. c. The
distinguished Frenchman had person
ally noted the gallantry of the colonel at
Yorktown, Monmouth and Cowpens, and
In presenting the apron mentioned this
fact. The apron is of silk and gives a
birds eye view of masonry.
ity of Receiver w. B. Sparks for cred
iting the Cycloneta Farm with the earn
ings of the Georgia Southern commissary
car, as alleged in the bill, has been amend
ed and the Georgia Southern railroad
is made a party defendant with Mr..
Sparks. The hearing of the case will be
first Saturday of the November term or
the superior court. In the meantime the
commissioners who sold the Georgia
Southern are holding the courts award
of $2O,5OO to Mr.. Sparks as extra compen-
sation.
The federal grand jury at Atlanta has
returned true bill against fifteen citi-
zens of Union county, charging them
with conspiracy in the famous white
Gaping case of that county. Some time
in May of this year Albert Phillips re-
ported to deputy marshal that two men
by the names of Lavender and Thomason
were operating an Illicit distillery. few
nights afterward, May q these two men.
together with thirteen others, went to the
house of old man John Phillips. where
<AlDGTL IeSlQeus anu cdlleQ MIN out. The
father and sister of Albert went out AT
the same time, and a general fight en-
sued, in which old man Phillips was killed
Three murder cases were disposed of
during the past week in the Warren coun-
ty superior court. court. One was the
state VS.. Thomas for killing Nelson a
truckraiser on the Georgia railroad. The
grand jury failed to find a true bill Flor
ence English and Mandy Cody were tried
and convicted for numbering Cicero Cody.
Mandy's husband. They were sentenced
to be hanged on Nov. 2. As the Judge
pronounced the sentence the woman
TAINTED and went into commissions The
man took the sentence calmly. The other
murder case was against a negro, William
jackson, who was found guilty of volun-
tary manslaughter, and sentenced to fif-
tiary.
=, Augusta Chronicle: The case of young
Connor, who killed Ben Blackwell at the
power house of the Thomson-H Houston
company several months ago, will be up
lor nearing before the grand jury on Mon
cay, the 2lst of this month 1t will be
recalled that Conner had been going with
BlackWells wife and had her watch in
ms possession. Blackwell in company
with a friend, went to the power house.
Where Connor was employed and de-
manded the watch. Conner at the time
was swim ming in ha -