The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-12
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

rance Compnnics-A New Factory
to BE Built at Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
The North Georgia conference of the
Methodist church will meet Nov. %. in
Dalton
Pink Morton, colored, was on the
streets of Athens Wednesday, with pa
per requesting endorsement for the posi-
ton of postmaster.
In the rural districts of Ware county
can be found a white girl aged 10 years
who carries around with her a pair of
feet which measure fourteen inches in
length and four inches across the instep.
Jack Sharpe, a negro, who was con-
victed of murder and sentenced to hang
at the April term of the Thomas superior
court, has been granted a new trial by
Judge Hansell. A special term of court
will be held to try the case. Public SEN
timent Is in the negro's favor.
]. ]. Rowe convicted of perjury in the
superior criminal court al Atlanta, and
now under a ten years sentence in the
penitentiary, IS to be given a new trial
Tuesday the supreme court handed down
its decision in the case, reversing the
judgment of the lower court and charg-
ing that the conviction OF the man was
an error.
An unknown white man, about 45 years
of age, was struck on the head with a
beer bottle in Wards saloon, on Decatur
street, at Atlanta, Monday night, and was
carried to the hospital in a dying condl-
ton. No one knows him, and he carried
no papers by which he could be identified.
Ise nj 7 arH "a rNrn
pretor Of the saloon. He was arrested.
The Rosalie Clark Memorial chapel of
the First Presbyterian church at Rome
will soon be completed. The workmen are
putting on the slate roof. When finished
it will be dedicated with imposing cere-
monies. The building will cost about $10,-
600, and is being erected by the ladies of
the church and her father, Capt II. @.
Clark, as a testimonial of the Christian
life and work Of Miss Clark. whose I'M
timely death removed her from the field
of her labors last year.
factory is to be built at Atlanta to
make narrow fabrics, such as stay tape
for clothing factories, shoe webbing for
large shoe factories and braids of ell
kinds for large factories which make la
dies suits. A prominent superintendent
from New England has been engaged for
this mill, who takes stock in the enter
prise. A careful statement has been pre-
pared by parties thoroughly posted
1t is as follows: Amount of capital re-
quired, $4,000; amount to be invested in
machinery first year. $780, amount of
production. $4,000; net profit. $1lO5S.
The case of Mrs. John M. Robinson
against the Massachusetts Benefit Life
Association, for 5000 insurance on the
life of John M. Robinson, her husband
who died few months ago while in the
city stockade, is on trial at Atlanta. Rob-
inson had 5000 insurance on his life in
the company, and although his premiums
were regularly met, and after his death
proper proofs Of his death were presented,
the amount has not been paid. The COM
pany refuses payment on the ground that
Robinson was a habitual drinker, but in
his application for insurance he said that
he was not, and the question is whether
he was addicted to the habit at the time
of taking out the insurance or
afterwards. He was sent to
the stockade for drunkenness
and while at work on some grading one
hot day last June he was completely over
come by heat and died. 1t is claimed
that he came to his death from heat and
overwork. The insurance company, how
ever, CLAIMS that he was overcome, owing
to his habltual drunkenness. The appli-
cation for Insurance Is in evidence In it
he said in answer to the question, that
he had been drinking man, but had quit.
Atlanta Journal: The case of Nevin,
administrator. against the United States
Life Insurance Company for $1,000 on a
life insurance policy, was tried in the
United States court at Atlanta Tuesday,
and Judge Newman withheld his decision.
The petition shows that James d. Shank
lin was insured in the United States Life
Insurance Company for $1,000 in favor of
his wife, Rachel 1. Shanklin, who died
before her husband. The petition declares
further that Shanklin complied with all
the terms of the contract until twenty
semi-annual payments had been made.
He became insane in 1S9S at which time
he made his first failure in the payments.
Nevin was appointed guardian for Shank
lin and administrator of the estate of
Mrs. Shanklin. Nevin alleges that he Of
fered to pay the past due premium, but
the company refused to accept the money.
Shanklin died the same year. The admin
istrator demanded payment OF the policy,
but 1t was refused, and suit was brought.
Since filing the suit, Nevin has died and
his wife, Helen A. Nevin, was appointed
in his stead. The defendant contended
that the express condition OF the contract
required the insured to pay the premium
PAOihPeAyB anu lldl 1uSdAlly was no GA-
cuse for non-payment.
Atlanta Journal: DR.. George F. Payne,
state chemist, has written an interesting
article on the subject of cotton seeds, in
answer TO an article published by DR..
Hythe, an English chemist of Reputation,
who takes the position that cotton seed
contains "a poisonous matter
that has not been fully UNI
derstood by chemists. The book
of DR.. Blyth has been out for some time,
but only recently reached this country.
In 1t he states that cotton seed cakes
have caused the death of both sheep and
calves, and that the effect on animals is
generally bad. DR.. Payne says: Thou
sands of tons Of whole cotton seeds are
fed annually TO the cattle Of the south
ern United States, and there is also an
enormous quantity OF the meal fed to cat
tie. The hulls, which are removed from
the seed before the extraction Of the oil,
are also used in enormous amounts in the
southern United States as a feed stuff
Not only are the cattle fed upon the meal
and hulls, but the mules and horses also
10 a limited extent In Atlanta, Ca sew
eral head Of cattle are fattened each year
with the waste cotton seed bulls from the
oil mills n