The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PAR AGRAPHS.


Bark Raised at Pensacola After
Lying in Twenty-Five Feet 'Oi
Water for Nearly "A Year.
GEORGIA.
At Augusta Thursday David Z. Shea,
who resides in West End. was alighting
from a moving car on the Summerville
line, he was thrown violently on the as
phalt and his hip was broken
The Eden Park cotton mills at Douglas
willie, recently destroyed by fire, viii be re-
built at once. Col Joe James announces
that the mills Will be larger and better
equipped when rebuilt than before the fire.
Plans for the new mills are now being
drawn
Charles Hotton, the young man who is
charged with having furnished Ida Elliott
the drug that caused her death, was given
a preliminary hearing before Justice Cook
at Atlanta Thursday, and was bound over
10 the superior court on the charge OF
murder.
A s. Brown, a lawyer Of Unadila, was
secretly married Sunday to Miss Pearl
Quaitlebaum. who is just l6 years of age
News of the affair leaked out wednesday,
and the father Of the young lady sent Tor
Col Brown and pronounced his blessing
upon the couple. He then TOOK MS pride.
The Macon presbytery assembled at the
Presbyterian church at Cordele Thursday.
About . delegates are i'm attendance
Rev H. G.. GIiswald Of Fort Valley was
elected moderator; Rev, 5. l.. Morris Of
Macon, clerk and Mrs l.. Move OF Cuth-
bert reading clerk. The session VIII last
three days.
The twenty-third annual convention of
the Georgia State Sunday School Associa-
ton will convene I'm the city of Macon
Monday evening, April 20 IN the Md,9Ie5eIry
day evening following. Each county in
the state is entitled TO one delegate Tor
every 800 members of Sunday schools In
the county.
Two negroes at Cohutta quarrelled
about a girl and concluded to settle the
matter by fighting a duel. They armed
themselves with pistols and met at the
place designated. When about ready TO
try their craftsmanship one OF the ne
snot the fleeing negro In the back, IN
fieting a serious but not fatal wound.
The Rome GaslIght Company case has
been decided by Auditor c. n. Feather
stone. Among other things Is decision
adverse to the $4,000 first mortgage BONDS
held by Mr.. Phinizy of Augusta, ana Al
lanta and Cincinnati parties. The REF
port sustained the claim of r. I. Cover
dale for $500 of bonds; The auditor
findings will be excepted TO before the
superior court.
Dr. J. McFadden CASTOR, Sr., of At
lanta, has accepted an invitation to de-
liver the annual address before the Sur
vivors' Association of Confederate sur
geons, which will meet at Spartanburg,
s. c., on April p. He is surviving sur
geon himself and will be thoroughly at
home in his address. The South Carolina
Medical Association will meet IN Spartan
burg on the date named.
Jemison & Cherry have completed their
new directory of the city of Macon and
suburbs. 1t shows by actual count a pop
ulation in the city and suburbs OF 3y, 34Zi
city proper, whites, H569; colored, sos
total % 943 Suburbs, whites, 1927; colored
5,472 total, 1889 Males over p years old:
City proper, whites, 2,li3; colored, l,446;
total, 1858. Suburbs, whites, 2'VJy; col
s S5ss' '1'' total 2'''' 0''na '0'a' u D0''
Sheriff Johns of Bradford county, Flor
ida. arrived at Americas Thursday, after
Bin Dooly. a negro wanted in that county
for murder. Dooly was found in jail at
Americas under sentence for escaping
from Jail. The prisoner will be carried TO
Florida for trial as soon as requisltion
papers are sent by Gov. Atkinson. w nile
en- route Sheriff Johns was robbed on a
Georgia Southern train of pocketbook
containing nearly $500 in cash and Brad
ford county scrip.
Dublin correspondence Morning News:
A disastrous fire broke out in the con-
vict camps operated by Capt. James at
Adrain, in Emanuel county. IL is not
exactly known how the fire originated.
There was much excitement among the
convicts, but they were assured by the
lessee that there was no imminent dan
ger. Several houses were burned. The
fire ragged all day, sustaining severe
loss. Capt. James, his guards ana citi-
zeEs fought the fire heroically, and pre-
vented 1t from igniting the large plant.
John Douglas young negro man, was
arrested and placed in Jail Wednesday
night charged with attempting to poison
she family of John Davis, residing near
Sandersville. Douglas emptied a vial of
stryohnine into Mr. Davis water bucket
Iar nd 10 mil
of the nine in the family were killed. Miss
Davis, a daughter, discovered the con-
dominated water when she went to drink
of 1t and an investigation was made. A
small quantity of the poisoned fluid pass
ed her lips before the discovery of any
thing wrong, and she was very sick, but
Is now better. The negro has confessed
hts crime, but assigns no reason.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been filed
against the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Railway Company by Lena Rawlings
Jackson, Anna Rawlings O'Bryant and
the late Thomas G. Rawlings It is al
legged that Thomas Rawlings sold several
acres of land in the eastern part Of the
city to the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company, on which was to run cars per-
petually. The land purchased was in the
middle of a tract owned by Mr.. Rawlings,
and ii is charged that this land was dam
aged because the Consolidated, when il
purchased the land, tore up its tracks and
ceased to run the cars there, as II had
been accustomed TO do.
waycross correspondence Morning
News: Mrs. Susan Goodwin, whose hus-
band served in the Indian war of 1887 and
On the late civil war, is Sc years of age,
and has the appearance of much young
er woman. She is in good health and her
mind is still sound and bright Mrs. God
win receives pension every year on &C
count of the service her husband did in
the Indian war. She lives five miles below
Waycross.-S. L. Stead an aged citizen
Of Waycross and member of the F'irs'
Methodist church, died yesterday after
noon at the home of his daughter at Black
shear. Mr.. Stead had been sick for sew
eral months. Mrs. Stead, who is in bad
health, is in the west on a visit to rela-
tives.
FLORIDA.
j. NJ. Everett of Trenton is a candidate
for the legislature. subject to the action
of the democratic primary.
The democratic executive committee OF
Washington county meets May to call a