The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04


90 contribute her quota 20 the Christmas
dreE. The house OF John Henry Bonner,
Z with large amount OF meat and other
/ provisions was DESTROYED by the flames
l on The night OF 29t There was small In
I suraure on the house. Bonner is a Wcli-fO-
. 10 cOlored man. Abe Scr0gglns was killed
I uy Nose Murray al hot supper light
1 n This county Saturday night All the
I parties were colOred. Mrs. Moss. an aged
] resident OF this county. was found dead
/ in her bed at the home Of her son, near
l town this morning. Rev J. l. Gross Of the
7 Baptist church has decided not 70 ac-
] cept the call Of the Americas church, but
an.
I Macon Telegraph: 7 was standing at the
I Brown house counter yesterday afternoon
Z when young man walked up 70 the reg
I ister, picked up a pen. stopped moment
/ 20 think. then made one mark on the reg
] 'ater with The pen. stopped again and
anq SAID: can We get nice room
/ on. yes, a. said the clerk, On the second
I nice room" You shall have one as nice
Z as you ever saw" replied the clerk, who.
7 by long experience, knew exactly what
1 was the matter The young man then dip
I ped the pen Ia the ink again. read over
rev names on the register. and made W
] after considerable effort Then be dipped
I the pen in the ink again and finally made
] a T. Then the clerk SAID: DO You want
] the room for man and wife2" The young
mans face turned crimson as he STAN
! mered Eth. Ell. On. yes we want a room
I for man and Wife" and then as is desper-
ate. wrote Jones" after the two initials.
paused a moment as n TO steady his hand,
| AID then quickly wrote 'and Mrs Jones
| without waiting another moment ne
dashed of up the stairs like "A man who
was running away from some dark crime.
] learned later that he had been married
! just two hours.
Johnnie CuIberson. a white boy about
"a years Of age, is lost. lie has not been
heard Of since Christmas eve, ana as
consequence his ward, NJ. o. L. Weeks OF
! Davis Bridge, $. c., Is very anxious about
him. Mr. Weeks went to police head
quarters at Augusta Wednesday TO get
whatever Information Of him he could.
Lieut.. Desmond had heard nothing Of the
lost boy. Mr.. Weeks did not advance any
Ideas to why the boy had disappeared
but seemed inclined TO think that he had
been Kidnapped. Mr.. Weeks said that the
boys parents were dead and that for four
years he had been living with him as his
adopted son. on the 10th of December he
came TO Augusta, bringing Johnnie with
him. He stayed over until Monday 20 buy
him new clothes and several things Tor
Christmas. On Monday he bought John-
ME a ticket and giving him some extra
money and enough TO pay his way home
sent him to Greenwood to visit his uncle,
who resides there. Before telling Mr..
Weeks goodbye the boy said that he
would come home on Christmas eve. Mr..
Weeks told him he could stay longer, but
he said no" as he wanted to be with a
friend who was coming from Charleston
10 visit him on Christmas. Then the little
fellow got on the train and left for Green
wood
Macon boasts OF two cotton seed oil
mills whose shipments are proving a
source Of great reyenue to the railroads
leading out from Macon. The oil finds a
ready market In the cities of the north and
west and in the matter of enterprise In
producing this commodity Macon Is one Of
the most prominent cities In tie south.
From the products Of the Georgia Cotton
OIL Company and the Georgia Mills and
Elevator Company, the Southern railroad
alone has carried large quantities to the
markets this In TO the present
time that road has handled several cars
for Cincinnati about ten for Chicago,
twelve for New York and fifteen to Gut
tenburg and twelve to Staten Island.
Macon Telegraph short time ago
petition for receiver was filed by r. w.
Jemison and others against the Macon
Fair and Exposition Company. The
prayer was granted, and Judge Guerry,
presiding for Judge Hardeman, appointed
Mr. Gilbert NJ. Davis to take charge of the
companys affairs. At the time much SEN
timent was expressed by the publicspiri-
ted citizens of Macon against the pOssibli-
" of letting the claims against the COM
pany go unsettled. Some men stated that
they would go deep into their private
funds before such thing should disgrace
the good name of their city II was, there
fore. generally believed that there would
be but little trouble in raising the money
to settle all debts dollar for dollar. But
this Is not the case Whatever may be
the result, however unfortunate 1t may
be for Macons interest in the future, the
receiver has announced that he Will be
able to nav only 90 cents on the dollar.
Several railroads--the Central among them
have not yet turned over the money re-
ceived for the fair coupons on railroad
tickets; but Mr.. Davis has made care
full estimate OF what this viii amount to,
and is preparing his report to be submit
ted to Bbb superior court The report VIII
show that so per cent. VIII be paid on the
entire indebtedness when these moneys
have been received. The total amount
thus to be expended Will be something over
$40 600. Purses and premiums win share
like nfheF debts one of the unfortunate
results OF this failure to meet her obliga-
tons will be the withdrawal Of the Ma
tional Trotting Associations connection
with affairs at Macons race track. This
will be done because of the fair and eX-
position company's failure to pay purses.
The arrangement proposed by the receiver
will leave $1,000 yet due on race purses,
which must be paid in full before the
1 track will ever again be used under Ma
| tonal Trotting Association rules.
FLORIDA.
w. w. Dalton Of Palatka died Wednes-
day morning of paralysis, aged 76 years.
An effort is being made to get up
! complete telephone exchange in Barlow.
The Jacksonville. St. Augustine and In
/ dian River railroad has issued circular
in which it offers to furnish seeds TO all
farmers who are patrons of the road.
H. F. Blood at Winter Haven saved
about 1900 tomato plants by covering up
his seed bed and building fires. He will
| have enough to set out about five acres
with these plants.
The county commissioners met at Tampa
! Wednesday, and in pursuance of the law
regulating the drawing Of the jury for
the ensuing year. AIS names of qualified
| voters were drawn.
Babe Hottie. colored accessory to the
! murder of Alice johnson, colored, who
was killed at Lake City, by the negro Jesse
Cain on Christmas day. was arrested in
Baldwin Wednesday, and landed in Jail at
| Lake City
Dr. G. II. Altree Of Port Tampa City.
was called out early on Sunday morning
| to attend six negroes in one house. who
! were affected by carbolc acid gas pois-
ouing three OF them being asphyXiated,
two narrowly escaping death This makes
the second time that the doctor has been
called within week to attend patients
suffering from a like cause.
Last Thursday L. J. Wilmot, who is in
terested with his father in a coffee and
tea store at Tampa, and William Lynd. a
friand from Elgin. III. LETT for ST Datars-