The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-24
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The students of Emory College Pro-
hibited From Playing Foot Ball.
Ex-Treasurer Hnrdeman Better-A
Small Girl Narrowly Escapes BE-
ing Stung by n Mathematical DO y
Killed While Hunting.
GEORGIA.
Mitchell county claims citizen who Is
healthy and spry at one hundred and four
years.
Muscogee county has many old citizens
One of them, known to be one hundred
and three, still superintends his farm.
Three Dade county farmers have reach
ed the one hundred mark, and one Of them
still reads the newspapers without the
aid Of glasses.
Capt A F. Hatchfeld, president and
general manager Of the Oconee and West
ern railroad, died at Hawknsville at 1880
o'clock Thursday morning.
James Stewart, a farmer living near
Americas, attempted to jump from his
wagon Saturday and fell heavily upon his
left arm, breaking 1t at the wrist.
Col. r. U. Hardeman, ex-state treasurer,
and now representative from Newton
county, who has been quite i'll at his home
. in Covington with pneumonia, is better.
Some of the oldest negroes in the state
reside in Liberty county. Six are known
to be over one hundred, and many are do
ing active work at seventy and eighty
years.
AS result of injuries recently sustained
by several Emory students while playing
foot ball, the authorities of the college have
issued orders strictly forbidding the play
ing of match or interclass games in the
future.
Leon, the 10-year-old son of William
Hammock, a prominent citizen of Fort
Gaines, lost his life Saturday. He and his
elder brother and a cousin were hunting
when he was accidentally shot in the head
and instantly killed
The case of Battle & Co. OF Moultrie was
settled Saturday by agreement Of counsel.
The stock of goods, notes, accounts, etc,
were turned over to the creditors and the
receiver discharged. 1t is expected that
the assets win pay 80 cents on the dollar
on all suits filed. on account of the amount
which will accrue to those in suit, it is
hoped that further litigation will cease.
Considerable excitement was caused at
Calhoun Saturday by the discovery that
counterfeit nickles were being distributed
about town. The discovery was made at
the store of William Hughey, where three
young men, strangers, made some small
purchases and paid in bright new nickles
which were found to made of babbitt met
al. The three strangers hurriedly left
town, being pursued by the officers and
citizens. They are thought to be the same
individuals who recently circulated bad
nickles at Tilton.
"A case set for to-day in Floyd superior
court will prove of interest to large
number of people in Rome, Atlanta, Ce-
dartown and Admission, as well as in other
places where parties interested in the
suit reside. 1t involves the titles to real
estate variously valued at from 100000 to
100000. The defendants in the case are
Cherokee Masonic Lodge Harry l..
Schlesinger. of Atlanta Capt. L. Lyle
J. w. Lancaster and Hamilton Yancey,
Jointly, the estate of M. A. Nevin, Hal
M. Wright, e. A. Colclough and Alexan-
der Dougherty. The suit is brought by
the heirs of Jonas King to set aside the
deeds given to the property to the present
owners, the plaintiffs claiming that the
property was part of the life dowry of
the late Mrs. Jane A. King, widow of
Jonas King, and that the sale was illegally
made.
Annie Thigpen, little girl of 10 years.
had terrible experience with a rattle
snake at Bruton last Thursday. Her
mother told Annie to go to the well and
draw bucket of water. Annie started.
Between the kitchen and the well she
stepped on something soft She looked
down at the ground, when she was horri-
ned to see large rattlesnake across her
path. AS her foot touched the reptile It
struck at her, but fortunately it missed
the child. The fangs touched the gate
post, and the poison spattered about the
post 1t is now on the gate, has green
ish color and can't be washed Off An
MES two brothers dispatched the snake
The rattler had twenty-three rattles I'm
derneath the gate post the young men
found deep hole. On digging in the hole
they discovered two monster rattlesnakes,
which they killed. Last summer a young
man was bitten by rattler at the same
spot.