The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGR Apis.

The Death of "a NeEress ut Convict
Camp Gives Rise TO a scandaIous
Story-A Macon Grocer Charged
With Receiving stolen Goods-A
Negro Killed by Train Near Way
croSs-A Man Dangerously Wound
cd By the Accidental Discharge OF
n Pistol.
GEORGIA.
=. 7. Taliaferro was appointed Friday
'1e of the newly created county court
rs ashingtOn county.
Andy Coleman Of Athens was shot In
csc with a pin Wednesday by an un-
.oHn boy. The wound IS very painful,
h.- he viii not lose his sight. Several
l-ss were arrested.
So Stinson. Wednesday morning about
lock. jamie Christian, the l5-year-old
q o. Mrs. Ella chris tan, was struck ~
shtning and Instantly killed while writ
-uE near fireplace
Il is known that thirty-seven old soldiers
in Lumpk.n county will make applications
for pensions, when only about eleven VIII
draw One Of these who desires to draw
returns $500 worth Of real estate.
At a meeting Of the concessions COM
mittee Of the exposition direotors al At
fanta Friday it was decided that no con
cessiOn for selling beer on the exposition
grounds between now and the opening
days would be granted.
John hEaIn. a GNnNQ AdE0lAtiiftAls NAatA-
ing relatives at Augusta was dangerously
wounded Friday night by the accidental
discharge OF his revolver the bullet tear
ing away seV eral of his teeth ana lodging
in the back Of his head
GOV. Atkinson has appointed Mrs. w.
/. Davis of Albany, member OF Ihe
board Of lady visitors TO the Girls IN
dustrial and Normal school at Milledge-
vile to fiji the place made vacant by
the resignation OF Mrs. Cosby.
Warren Beeland brought suit Friday in
the superior court at La Grange against
the Atlanta and West Point railroad for
$4,000. He claims that his son was killed
in tbs West Point yard while coupling
cars and that it was the roads fault
The guano receipts at Elko are more
than 20 per cent less than at this time
been received this season, against 6ll2
tons up TO same date last year. The
acreage devoted TO cotton will be mate
Fially decreased in that section.
w. l. Powell sent in his resignation as
mayor to the town council Of Reynolds
last Tuesday and 1t was accepted. Mr..
Powell having been recoInIn elaea oy non ION
G. Z. Crisp for the position OF postmaster
at Reynolds he felt that II was his duty
10 resign as mayor.
Train No. g. from Savannah, Friday
morning ran over a negro asleep on the
track about a mile east of WaycroSs. The
man was badly mutilated. and died Fri
day afternoon. A letter found on him
purports to be from his wife. Dasie Eason,
at ClaNton, Ga, and directed to Dink
Eason, Geneva, Ala
A mass meeting of the citizens of Ma
con will be held at the Academy of Music
Monday night for the purpose Of discuss
ing the proposed bond issue and the OBJ
jects from which the proceeds arising
from the issue are to be devoted. The
purpose Of hearing what the people have
to say about the bond issue.
A charter has been applied for the
Atlanta Investors DEVELOPMENT and Man
ufacturing Company, OF which the mem
Spain and John f. BarBstresser. The
business Of the company viii be the man
ufacture and sale of the Quiet Talker,
little device for usein offices, and the sale
of the safety trousers holder for BIZ
cyclists.
]. r. Dominick who has for some time
past conducted a grocery store at Ma
con, was given a preliminary hearing be-
fore Recorder Freeman Friday ON the
charge of receiving stolen goods with
the knowledge OF their being stolen ana
after a number OF witnesses had been
examined, he was committed to the SUI
perior court Bond was fixed at $500, In
default of which Dominick went to jail.
Carrie Massje. a negro convict from Bibb
county, in the state penitentary, died
few days ago at Rising Fawn. Her body
is now subject for the disSecting table at
the Southern Medical College in Atlanta.
Her death was due to a violation OF the
laws OF Georgia governing the manage
ment OF state conVlcts under the lease
system. ABOUT the time Lhal 0dIT1e MAS
sey died, her month old baby also died,
due to a lack OF nourishment during its
mothers Illness. The bodies were sent in
cheap collins to Atlanta; that of Carrie
Massie found it's way to the dissecting
table of the Southern Medical College,
while that of her child was buried in
the potter's field. This was the fourth il
legitimate child that Carrie Massie had
borne since she became an inmate of the
penitentiary. During the greater part of
her Imprisonment she was a "trusty" and
was allowed more freedom than the aver
age prisoner. 1t was evident that she
bore improper relations with the white
guards. So far as is known Carrie Mas
sey's relatives in Bibb county are una
ware of her death and do not know that
her body has been sold by an Atlanta I'M
dertaker TO the Southern Medical College
for $40. There is a law in Georgia which
allows the medical colleges of the state
to have the dead bodies Of convicts which
are not claimed by relatives or friends.
The colleges are required to hold the bod
les sixty days before dissectlng them in
relatives or friends for burial. II they
are claimed before the expiration of sixty
days the colleges lose what money they
pay for the bodies. If Carrie Massey s
relatives or friends wish her remains for
burial, they have time in which to get
them from the college in Atlanta, Carrie
Massey was sent to the penitentiary for
the murder of William Evans, a well
known farmer. who resided in the How
ard district, Bib county. She entered his
house one night and crushed his head in
with an ak. This occurred ten or twelve
years ago.