The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IMPAIR AGRAPHs.

Ianta FaiIS-A Queer bill of sale.
The Governor Not Inclined to Par
don Pearl PrenderEast.
GEORGIA
The residence Of Airs. J. c. Henry at
Spring Place was destroyed by fire Mon
day night The loss is about $50. with no
insurance.
A writer in the Albany News declares
that there is more money In South
Georgia farm than in any equal investment
in any other business.
The Schley News SAYS all is activity out
at the fruit farms these days. The ground
is being broken and the young trees fer
tilzed. Cotton viii be planted between
the rows.
]. W. Y Brown Of Epson county was
found dead in his bed Wednesday morn
ing at the residence Of J. II. Butts of
Thomaston. where he spent the night on
his way home.
The shipments of lumber from points
along the line Of the Georgia and Ala
hama railway are very heavy just now.
-Four or five solid train loads of lumber
are handled daily, and the business Is rap
idly increasing.
The chaingang of DOugherty county has
built a graded road from Albany to
AGREE, on the Worth line The road Is
equal to a turnpike, and splendid Illus
tration Of what Georgia would be If eV-
cry county worked its cOnvicts on the
public roads.
Deputy NJ. r. Brown, of the United
States marshars Office, at Atlanta, ar
rested two men named Adams, brothers.
of BoWersville, charged with counterfeit
ing. II is claimed that they were making
half dollars. The men will be taken to
Gainesville for preliminary hearing.
A terrible accident occurred Monday at
the Altamaha cypress mills, in Glynn
county, Lee Curry being the victim. A
spike, which he was driving in piece
of timber, flew up, piercing his eyeball.
DIR. Rowland was called, but found med
ical assistance useless. Curry had lost
one eye before, and this accident makes
him totally blind for life.
There has been filed in Bibb superior
court an application for a charter for the
Macon Cooperage Company. The incor-
porators are w. A. Roush, George w.
Hubbel, II. b. Evans X. NJ. Roush. The
paid in capital is $4,000 The incorpOrat-
ors ask for the privilege Of Increasing the
capital stock to $4,000. The company in
tends to manufacture slaves, barrels, etc.
Inman, Smith & Co. have closed the
purchase through Glenn Harris, of the
lot on North Pryor street. at Atlanta, be-
tween the Y. NJ. G. A. and Equitable
buildings, on which they will erect their
new building. The lot is 81 feet front on
North Pryor street, 105 feet in the back
on Porter street and is 143 feet in depth.
It was purchased from the three heirs
OF the Monday estate tor S5oOO. lnman,
Smith & Co., will build large seven-story
building.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, manager Of the Fitz-
gerald colony, has closed a trade with
the Georgia and Alabama railway, trans
ferring the Abbeville and WaycroSs rail-
way to that compny Four hundred men
will complete the road TO Fitzgerald with
in ten days. Mr.. Tiff has a large force
on his line from Triton, and that road
VIII reach Fitzgerald within few days.
ways. There are seven thousand people
there, seven hotels and bank.
A deed made by John S. Pickett, trading
as Pickett & Company. to ]. Sydney
Smith was filed for record in the clerks
Office at Atlanta Tuesday. The paper
states that Pickett runs an oyster and
crab business in Norfolk, Va, as we'll as
one at 107 Peachtree street, Atlanta, and
for the settlement of some debts he owes
he transfers the stock of goods and the
fixtures to be applied by Smith to this
purpose. Among the creditors he names
Mrs 7. w. Henderson, 50, 100; Elizabeth i.
Pickett, $S3S; and Sophie j. Pickett, 1898.
Washington Correspondence Morning
News: A rousing base ball meeting was
held here last Friday night. over $500
was subscribed for the purpose Of putting
there will be an amateur base ball league
formed, composed of the following towns:
Athens, Windee, Harmony Grove, Mil
ledgeville, Madison and Washington. This
would probably be a paying circuit. Judge
]. s. Barnett of the county court has
been i'll for the past two weeks, and all
the business of his court has been post
poned.
Waycross Correspondence Morning
News; James Brashear of Cincinnati, o.,
ganize a stock company for the erection
of palmetto pulp mill in Waycross, and
1t is understood that he is meeting with
encourag cement. He says that the factory
will give employment to fifty or sixty per-
sons. Lonnie Faison and Miss FINE NAL
lon were married Tuesday night by Rev.
Mr.. HiXon at the home of the brides faith
er, w. r. Mallon. Mrs. l.. HOhenstein
will give a musicale tomorrow evening in
honor Of Mrs. Henry Hohenstein of Sa-
vannah, who is her guest.
In a dynamite explosion at the EXPOSE
ton grounds at Atlanta Wednesday, Wal
ter S. Collier. superintendent of admis-
sions and grounds for the exposition com
painful nature. Three other persons re-
ceived injuries of a more or less serious
nature. I. c. Austin, gateman, Charley
Jones. a colored porter at the administra-
ton building, and a small boy, name un-
known, were all injured. The explosion
was due to Mr.. Golfers lack of knowledge
of dynamite electrical fuses on a small pile
of buring excelsior and the explosion re-
suited.
The Henrico Land Company and H.
f. Starke, it's ex-president, have fallen
out and case in court at Atlanta is
the result. The case comes up in the
form of an action in trover, calling for
80 shares of the land company's stock
which are said to be in the keeping of
Mr.. Starke and under the law he must
turn over the stock TO the sheriff, give
bond, or go to jail. The petition to the
court sets forth that II. Franklin Starke
was the president of the Henrico Land
Company, corporation belonging to De-
Kalh county, until early in the present
month, when Mr.. Starke was turned down
and another man elected.
Gov Atkinson has not yet granted a
pardon to Pearl Prendergast, the only
white woman in the penitentiary, although
1t was recommended by the pardoning
board. The governor thinks she is a very
old and hardened sinner and that she is
very depraved, and perhaps it would be
better for all concerned IL she were al
lowed to serve her sentence. On this ac-
count he is hesitating about granting par
don. The governor has granted pardons
to Alfred Williams. the Burke county