The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-10


lasvine Tuesday night in which Lloyd
James. a fourth or fifth cousin Of District
Attorney James shot and killed his broth
er-in-law, Ed McKelvey. The difficulty
originated about family affairs. 1t is said
there was a disagreement between James
and his wife and that McKelvey Interior
ed In behalf Of his sister, upon doing
which he was shot in the neck with
shotgun by James and killed. James inn
mediately escaped and is still at large.
Both men stood well In the community.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Stillmore sends in the following: J. q.
Stevens, who had his leg broken about
three weeks ago will soon be out again.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brinson, an aged lady,
while visiting DR.. Bowie, her sOn-in-law,
fell from the door-steps and had her arm
broken. The municipal election comes Off
next Monday. Thomas Kent and DR.. Yeo-
mans are candidates for mayor, with two
tickets in the field for councilmen-no
politics at issue. a colony of good people
is wanted here. There is plenty of good
land around Stillmore to offer them.
The correspondent Of the Morning News
at Bainbridge sends in the following:
At the first regular meeting of the new
city council the following named city Off
GERS We're elected; City clerk, 3. Nuss-
baum; city treasurer, r. A. Lyle; chief
of police Il. II. Smart; deputy marshall,
NJ. w. Bates; policeman, Clark Reed. The
adjourned term of Decatur superior court
for the dispatch of civil business is now
in session, Judge Brewer presiding. Mrs.
Minnie HollitZer of East Port Me, a for
mer resident of Bainbridge is In the city
on visit to her cousin, Mrs. II. d. En-
Itch.
John r. Glenn has sold one-eighteenth
undivided interest in the land on which the
Kimban house stands at Atlanta, to w. d.
Grant for the sum of $4,000. The land on
which the kimball house stands is owned
Jointly by several gentlemen in Atlanta,
and was leased for 80 years to the H. 1.
kimball House Company. These leases
were divided into eighteen, paying $50 a
month on each lease. Mr. Glenn owns sew
eral of the leases, and Wednesday sold one
of them to w. ID. Grant for $4,000, which
makes the interest on the $4,000 per cent.
per annum. The taxes and insurance are
paid by the Klmball House Company, and
the per cent. interest is net Mr.. Glenn
has invested the money he received from
the lease sold at a higher rate OF interest
The correspondent Of the Morning News
at Lamont, sends in the following: Reports
reached here this morning to the effect that
a party of about twenty men consisting of
the best citizens in the southwestern part
of Madison county, met at O'Clock at the
residence of Sam James. where two Nor
mon missionaries were to have preached,
for the purpose of waiting on the diVineS
of many-wives doctrine However the
party were outwitted as the Mormons had
been appraised of their danger and disap-
peared before the appointed hour. 1t is
not known what the party intended to do,
but it is probable that a bunch of new
rope, and buggy whip, that were promi-
nent features of the party, would have
figured prominently in the ceremony. The
Mormons have been at work for some time
in this state, but are not faVorably re-
ceived by the intelligent classes.
Atlanta Journal: The case of the state
against Walter a. Culver. who was to have
been tried Wednesday for assault with in
tent TO murder and the case against Frank
Derricott, who was to have been tried for
the same offense were nolle pressed in the
superior court Wednesday morning by or
der Of Judge Clark. few months ago
Culver and his brother-in-law, DR.. Hood,
became involved in a family quarrel. They
met on Broad street and Culver shot Hood.
The men clinched fell upon the street and
scuffled around for some time during which
three shots We're fired at Hood by Culver.
Two took effect but he was not seriously
wounded. This morning Hood stood up in
court and stated that il was a family al
fair and that 1t had passed over. Culver
and himself having been friends He said
he was anxious to have the matter taken
out of court and did not care to prosecute
Culver. Judge Clark stated that the law
allowed such cases TO be nolle pressed, and
he granted an order to that effect upon
the payment of the costs in the case by
Hood. Some months ago a young man
named Frank Derricott, walked into a drug
store on the corner of Decatur and Pryor
streets and without any warning, began
shooting at the young man in charge of
the soda fountain. NJ. NJ. Mayson. Mayson
was badly wounded, but recovered.
Wednesday Derricott was 10 have been
tried for assault with intent to murder.
but Mayson stood up in court and said
that he and Derricott had always been
friends and that both regretted the affair
exceedingly. He said it had all blown
over and now they We're as good friends
as ever. He did not care to prosecute Der
ricott and would be gratifed if the case
was nolie pressed. Judge Clark granted
an order nolle pressing the case upon the
payment of the costs by Derricott.
As stated in dispatch from Augusta
in the Morning News of Wednesday, the
investigation of the coroner's jury in the
mysterious murder case of Garvin Allen
of Augusta, at a dance near there Thurs
day night after Christmas, resulted in
the finding of Willie Thompson one of
the invited guests from Augusta guilty
of the crime. The dance at which the
killing occurred was on the premises
of Mrs. Kate Japling. While the invited
guests were in the midst of their gaiety
a hack drove up and Wilson, Goddys and
Allen, all young men of Augusta en-
tered. They were intoxicated and had
not been invited. After some words the
unlimited guests We're induced to return
TO the carriage and leave. 1t was thought
that they would return, and the sugges-
tion was made that the young men he
prepared for them. Young CastIeberry
had a pistol, but no cartridges. Mrs
Japling got her pistol and handed it to
young Willie Thompson. Thompson is re-
ported to have threatened the Young men
IN the event that they returned. Willie
Thompson, Castleberry and Yarborough
three of the invited guests went into
the yard ana thompson gave CaStleberry