The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-25
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.

Prints Lead 10 the Arrest of Two
Young Men on a Charge of Larceny.
a south Georgia Farm Traded
for $1,000 worth OF Cemetery Lots
at Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta and Columbus are 10 be con-
nected by telephone.
over 200 partridges have been shipped
from Quitman during the season.
The students OF the college at Dahlon-
ega are making arrangements 10 publish
paper.
A movement Is on foot 10 establish an
ice factory and cold storage plant in
Quitman.
Goodman Beck and Della Franklin. Of
Dahlonega, the l5-year-old children, who
married three weeks ago, separated last
week.
The Macon Volunteers have decided 70
20 to Memphis to attend the big inter
state drill and encampment that begins
on May II, and lasts until the list
Hon. Thomas E Watson has written
20 Mai. J. e. G.. Black, asking him TO
join in a letter 10 Gov. Atkinson request
ing a call for an early election in the
Tenth district.
work on the new Lyceum theater on
Edgewood avenue at Atlanta is progress
ing very rapidly, and within few weeks
the building viii be in readiness for the
decorators and furnishers
The Wahoo Manufacturing Company Of
Newman has purchased a lot OF new
machinery. by the use Of which the pro-
ductive capacity Of the mills viii be in
creased about - per cent.
A negro woman Margaret Farmer, was
burning brush in new ground Monday
last. near Cough postofiice in Burke
county, when her dress caught fire, and she
was so badly burned that she died that
night.
The cooking main at Ten-Mile Hin, near
Charleston, ended Friday. The Augusta
kfrfHa HnFn nsnra-
teen fights. and OF these Steve Moore of
Atlanta won nine. The crowd in at
tendance was large.
A. A. Dawson was attacked by foot
pad near the cemetery at Columbus Fri
day night and knocked TO the ground. sus-
tanning abad wound In the head. He called
LOT help and the negro, who was plainly
discernible, became frightened and fled.
Perry Home Journal: We are reliably
informed that the Perry branch railroad
Will be put in good condition within
moved, good steel rails put down, and the
schedule time between Perry and Fort
Valley reduced from one hour to thirty
minutes.
step which indicates the great in
crease in the manufacturing interests of
the south has just been taken by some
OF the leading manufacturers of Atlanta.
They have issued call for a meeting of
the manufacturers OF the state in Atlanta
on May Ia and Is to organize a state as
ISOLATION of manufacturers.
While hunting Thursday at VIII Blanch-
ards place, near Columbus, Cliff Duncan
and Joseph Brooks We're shot accidental
~ and very painfully wounded in the
face and head. The accident was due to
recklessness, and came near resulting
seriously. Several other gentlemen in the
fleld were struck by shot, but no one suf-
Tered any serious injuries.
r. F. Dukes IS big married man Of
Atlanta with a black beard. and A. NJ
Veal, who is a brother of Chief Veal of
the sanitary department says that Dukes
at his daughter over the backyard fence
Dukes denies the charge and gave Veal
a whipping for making it. Mrs Veal and
her daughter say the charge is true.
Snapped off his plantation for a grave
yard Is what a southern Georgia farmer
has just done. J. G. Smith, who owned
5000 farm in South Georgia, got tired
of growing cent cotton and paying big
taxes, so he went to Atlanta last Mon
day and traded his plantation to e. j.
Eady for Atlanta cemetery lots. He says
that there is no tax on cemetery lots and
people are bound to die.
The Clarke County Building and Loan
Company Of Athens gained verdict in
the. city court Saturday against
fagitlng borrower ise The defense ss
raised the point of usury on the ground
that Lester was not a participant in the
profits OF the business and that the rate
charged was usurious. Judge Cobb over
ruled the point and ordered a verdict for
the company The case will be carried
Fleming Geeslin, as ex-conductor OF the
southwestern railroad, Is suing the re-
celVers OF the Central railroad for Sl5. 900
damages. In 1856 he was injured in an
accident on the road In settlement Cecil
Gabbitt, then general manager of the
Central railroad, paid him $3.50 and con-
tracted TO give him permanent employ
ment as conductor. In 1884 he was dis
charged by the receivers of the Central
and they refused to give him any reason
for their action. Now he wants $4,000
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The five lumberman who left Columbus
during the recent food in a batteau for
Apalachicola met with a terrible acct
dent a few miles below Eufaula. Their
boat. which was heavily loaded. was
caught in the current and capsized. -Four
OF the men swan ashore, but the other
Lum Prior, has never been seen since the
eventful night when his comrades sight
ed him from the bank floating rapidly
down stream, cl1nging to the overturned
boat The men along the river have
but nothing of either he or the batteau
has been seen.
The will of the late Paul Jones of Louis
vile, KY, will be contested by his reia-
tlyes. The contest will be made by j.
w. johnson and his wife, Lizzie 3. John
son, of BIRMINGHAM Ala. Lizzie B.
johnson is a half sister of Paul Jones
and a half sister OF Mrs. Josephine B.
Ballard of Atlanta. the latter being a Sis
ter of Paul Jones 1t seems that in the
distribution of his wealth the millionaire
SnllTely ignored Ars. Johnson, who was his
half sister, and now she comes forward
with a contest of the will on the follow
ing grounds. /. That it was not his last
VIII. 2. That the testator was not of
sound mind. 3. That he was unduly in
fiuenced. 4, That the will is not in ac-
cordance with law.
Augusta Evening Herald. This stale
ment appears in tbs 'Narrcnton Clioper
of the. current week: Maj. Black rendered
his resignation on Nov. 26 and it was not
accepted ace nav until the t,a March Y.
man to serve in tho Tfty~fourth CONGRESS-
which position &r. BLACK resigned-
commences on March 4. 1895. TIE IeopIs
pay the bill and the people should Je per-
mitted to select the nan to receive i.''
Maj. Black. of course, did not resign
from the FHty-third congress. lie re-
signed from the Fifty-fourth congress
His resignation created a vacancy from
this district. 1t is absurd to say or in
innate that he is drawing any salary
whatever as a member of the Fifty-fourth
congress. 1t is not So The fnuendo in
the above extract is characteristic of the
usual Third party arguments when Major
Blacks resignation was accepted The
resignation dated from March 4.
At LAGRANGE last Sunday Ernest Clarl:
was riding, ana accidentally met. also
riding at the rare track fbaf