The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-07


Ianta Money Lender MissinE-A
NaH Supposed 10 Have Died Tween
~ Years Ago Turns IP Alive In
CaIIfOrnia-A suit for $4,000 Dam
HEr- Filed Against an Employ or
~ a clerk.
GEORGIA
Joe" the y0ungast son % y. l. Taylor
= Cochran. died Tuesday afternoon. az
ter being ill only TAO days.
igkf county Is 20 have new c0url house
thur Marshall % Birmingham. Ala. for
U65lT
I r. Conner. Eho klleI Ben Blackwell
~ Augusta Tuesday night was captured
about O'Clock "wednesday morning lu the
woods about Three miles above the city
a petition b. 81 circulation ar Augusta.
ana D. being pretty well signed. Collecting
Rev. sam T. Jones. the Motel evangelist.
70 visit Augusta during tne near future
ings.
Wednesday morning a. u O'Clock. DR. u.
y. Gay of Litnonia took bis life. by sreOr-
ing himself through tho ri-lr temple DR.
Cay has been iu bad health and loW spirits
for some tlme. end 70 this cause bis ACT
dren.
The odd Fellows lodges o. Macon. Al
lanta and all other cities in Georgia. ana
throughout the United States VIII observe
June nth az memorial day. on which oe-
casiou appropriate exercises viii be- held
n memory Of deceased members Of the
lodges.
John 5. Smith. a young money lender o.
Atleuta. has disappeared Ills friends
thiHk he has met with foul play Others
think inability 10 meet his liabilities IS
back 81 his Qisappearance o. s. Brew
ster OF the Moody Banking Company has
ennn@zzleHlent
The Armstrong hotel property was sold
a. Rome Tuesday az sherif'g sale on z tax
u "a for $50. The bidding al first was
lively, running up 10 Judge Hcnry's bid Of
drawn and Charles A. Wood was allowed
20 ola y IN for the exact amount OF the
tax n. IA. The debt viii be settled ana
VIII not affect the management Of The
motel II Was sold once before The
property is worth 5000.
At Athens TUESDAY morning Princeton
factory went upon the block when Don.
uty Sheriff suddeth called for bids can't.
jams White promptly. offered 81 .900 and
men tor a While bidding was sharp be-
.Metn capt McMahan aud Capt White
Inc bidding gtopped al F3l 90 and fho
property was knocked down az those fg-
1IeS 10 capt James White. cashier Of tho
Ndnanai BANK The mill viii Ia all prob
ability be run hT Capt White he was
seen but declined TO state hts plans Just ~
present. he said that IL he kept IL he
would start u up again a. once aud would
improve g. There vas quite a large mum
Der Of people present al the sale.
w sorrel Of Colquit county enjoys
olsunctl0n Of which few men in the south
AN Doaat. Tie is a years old. enjoys good
health and IS as spry as a youngsfer Of
sixteen. He has been farming nearly AN
OF ms life AID a. the close Of the late war
va - Destitute IN circumstances as the
average southern planter He began fo
recuperate from the ravages OF the great
confhet, which bad lasted through four
home home III wang wan foS entirely az
occasion Just after the war 20 b 5.
three pounds OF meat. but with that *
ceplon ne has not bought a pound OF
meat IN thirty years. He has bought no
eorn and, In fact, has lived entirely al
Atlanta Journal; Wednesday morning.
ttnra4Eh bis attorneys. Jones K Wright and
=. =. Smith, j. y. Bellah, well known al a
Sarfh ~ me store o. J. NJ. High 4 Co
a a'1.. many Years. filed suit for $1,000 dam
sasfn against j. ". High. Mr.. Bellah al
leees that he has been living IN Atlanta
lot hIleen years. and for ten years mas
q pseh employed By Mr. High as a salesman
1,e says IN the month Of December last
or. High approached him and aDplied an
uhmentlonaDle epithef 70 him at the ssute
te telling him that he was thief and
nan ruined MIN. He said tlHs IN the pres
snce OF quite number Of people ana foi-
ioHed y up afterward by charging thaf h.
n ia led ABOUT one Of his best customers.
Mr; Bellah says he protested his Innocence
ana afterward Mr.. High saw hls uisfake
ana apologized 10 him Mr. High also s1io
xesied TO him that Il would be a good idea
= N.nNnAUn
lot while, which he decided 10 DO M
Ilsnl ne said, had furnished him money 10
Pay ms way 70 New York and had paid
ms expenses after reaching there Mr.
Bellah says he met Mr.. High in New Y6rk
aanp t1lsn expressed the kindest feelings
.or nm. tie alleges that when his friends
~ "a saLIanta asked where he was Mr. High
intormed them that ne f(Bellah) had fed
- paris unknown on account OF the lies
s ~ nsd toiq about the customers Of the
store Dir. High. he alleges has damaged.
MS character and he accordingly sIes TO-
$4,000 damages. '' 'oi
Atlanta Constitutions More than thirty
gsais ago tSeoT4ian named Allen went
W., wsst 70 seek fortune for his family. He
III M wlfe ana eight children lie left his
Bone after selling all of his prOpertv ev
Selt a little strip OF land upon which tho
laIilly nome Was situated and went 70 the
great west, where men were making for
uliea IN q day. he made the trim and soo,,
Whote back from California that he was
, n,,a rs not me success he had hoped for
which Warranted him on sending hacL
rome plenty OF money for the care az bie
family ana furnishing them delicacies that
For time he wrote Poto's home en1oy yee
ulnrly, but finally the lettc,Tss
stoppea coming and the family was in
formed that he was dead. The faithful wife
dicd and so did all the children but I've
one Of those surviving daughters Nfiss
AsiTse Alien, married DR.. Acton the son
,,ol A. .. Act9n, OF this city; About three
who claimed 10 be from Georgia, or AIal
paIlai ana who was suing for property in
the city Of San Francisco TO the amount
OF y ,pV0,OCO, The name of this man was
Alien and his Initials were the same as
those OF Mrs; Acton's father. And the $40.
~ was decidedly, sensationally siroilay
Tho dispatch told how the man Aller, had
been in hospital IN San Francisea ~.
won't years, He had been struck ovey
the head and the blow caused him "a lose
the Faculty of proper speech. He could not
eNpres5 himself al all. 1t was in fact a
case OF aphasia. This story was inst iit,e
the story or Mrs. Actions father he I,,ae
struck on the head about twenty wears 100
Inc san Francisco Allen. who had invest
ca money in property about there. as Sou,
as le recovered has speech. gave his name
nnd SAD that he was from the Georgia
ana Alabama line. After reading the sto,.S
Mrs. Acton decided that she would inves,
tiEate rho matter. She wrote 20 the o,,ii-
rary OF san Francisco county. The of,dt-
nary wrote to Mrs. Acton and I,eo,,estaS
her 20 forward certain documents vTbicb
she. could secure, and to secure "a certia-
cate from the ordinary of her county fbat
she was the bona fde daughter of the
man who was once thought to be dead The
documents have been forwarded.
FLORIDA
West Palm Beach is to have a military
company.
A stock company with a capital of $40