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


Burned at Statesboro-A Woman In
Jail at Atlanta ON Charge OF
Cheating and SwindIing.
GEORGIA
DR.. George W. r. Whitaker Of Sanders
willie died Thursday.
Mrs Hughes. the aged wife Of the late
Rev. P. A. Hughes Of Atlanta, is criti-
cally Ill.
The Ocmulgee Cbautauqua is to be
held at Hawknsville, April 30 TO May s,
inclusive.
The postofffce at Triton has been raised
20 the presidential class. Thomas NJ.
Greene has been nominated TO be post
master.
The large saw and planning mill Of d. p.
AveriIl at Statesboro. was burned Thurs
day night The loss is 5000, with no in
surance-
c. A. Niles, who has for six years edit
ed the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, has given
up Journalism and will practice law al
Atlanta.
The Confederate Veterans Association
of Floyd county Will meet at the court
house at Rome to-day. Some important
business will come up. Delegates viii be
elected to the Richmond encampment,
which holds in June.
p. B. Little dropped dead on the street
at Carnesville a day OF two ago. He was
about 40 years Old. His death was due
to a heart trouble. Mr.. Little was a
brother of Senator W. r. Little OF Carnes-
VILE He leaves wife and hve chill
dren.
Fred Morton. who claims to be first
cousin of Gov Levi p. Morton of New
York. is wanted by the police of Attain
Ia on a charge of obtaining goods un-
der false preteuses, the compliments be-
ing W. H. Nickery & Bro, Decatur street
merchants. \ box of cheroots was all he
obtained.
Richard EVeredge. a white man of Co
lumbus, aged about 80 years. was Sc
riously and perhaps fatally cut by his
nephew, John EVeredge in bar IN Gil
rard Wednesday. The trouble originated
over a drink of whisky. Selling the old
mans beard, the nephew cut too deep
gashes in the throat Everedge Is now
under arrest, charged with assault with
intent to murder
ReidvilIe correspondence Morning News:
The railroad from Collins Station on the
Savannah and Western railroad to Reds
vile, distance of seven and three-quarter
miles, has been completed 10 WITHIN one
mile of ReidsVille. The contractor, j. 10.
Hogan, Is pushing the road bed ana VIII,
If nothing happens, complete II INTO tue
village by Monday.-The school now under
the management of Professor c. l.. Smith,
assisted by Miss Jessie Parker, of Hart
well, has already reached a high point OF
xcellence.-Tattnall superior court con-
venes on Monday. There is heavy dock
ct, both civil and criminal.-Iralns VIII
be run regularly from Collins TO Reids-
Vile, beginning Monday.
Darien correspondence Morning News:
There are now in port % vessels loading
with timber and lumber. The shipments
during March foot up 1iOl2,562 superficial
feet and the April shipments viii proba-
bly, far exceed these figures. The supply
Of cypress is also on steady increase
and the Hilton & Dodge Lumber Com
pany's present stock of logs consists OF
several million feet. These are manulac-
tured at the Hilton-Dodge mills at Bruins
wick and do not as they should, help 10
swell Darien's export figures. The Hilton
& Dodge Lumber Company, and the South
ern Pine Company ship the majority OF
their products coaStwise, while Hunter,
Bonn & Co, Aug. Schmidt and Clarke
Brothers send most of their shipments TO
foreign ports.
Charged with stealing a pair of dia>
monds, A. f. Wirth, who claims Mil
waukee as his home occupies a cell at
police headquarters at Atlanta. He was
arrested on complaint OF the Capital CITY
Loan Company, paWnbrOkerS. When the
arrest was made, pistol was found on
Wirth's person and second case for car
rying concealed weapons was entered
against him. The manager of the Capitai
City Loan Company claims that Wirtn
picked up two diamonds and concealed
them while a number were spread out on
a tray. The stones were missed soon
afterward and complaint was made to the
police. Two diamonds, which were iden-
titled as those which had been stolen,
were found on Wirths person. Notwith-
standing this he denies that he stole them.
Wirth claims to have high family connec-
tions in Milwaukee
A number of prominent Georgians have
been invited to attend the arbitration con-
gress to be held in the city of Washing
ton April p and p. The object of the
congress is to establish a permanent sys-
TEN of arbitration between this country
and Great Britain The congress is ex-
pected to be a great affair, a large
number of delegates from all the prom
inent people in the union have been in
vited to attend. and all will advise to-
gother with view to keeping the peace
at all times between Great Britain and
the United States. The gentlemen in
yited from Georgia are Gov. w; Y; At
uel Lumpkin, Judge Spencer Atkinson,
Gen. A r. Lawton, Hon. w. D. Harden,
mond, Gen. c. A. Evans, DR.. l. S. Hop
kins DR.. w. A Gambler, Dr. j. B. Gam
breI, DR.. w. G. Boggs and Hon. W. H.
Fleming.
Mrs. Lucy B. Kendrick, formerly of
Sparta, but who now resides in Atlanta.
was tried in Justice Orr's court Thurs
day on a charge of cheating and swind-
DHSs IndQG against neT Dy III. w. NJ. CUR
it's Some three months ago Mrs. Ken
drick left Sparta and went to Atlanta,
renting a house for $50 a month. She
got behind in the rent and a disposses-
sorry warrant was taken. She filed a
counter affidavit to retain possession and
DIR. Curtis signed her bond. These pro-
ceedings were settled by the lady giving
notes for the amount due, which were
also indorsed by DIR. Curtis. Mrs. Ken
drick, in order to secure the doctor, gave
him a mortgage on land she claimed To
have in Hancock county. 1t afterward
developed that the land was not there
Then the warrant was taken. Judge Orr
dismissed it on the grounds that DIR. Cur
tbs had not sustained any loss, although
one of the notes was due and had not
been paid by Mrs Kendrick. If the note
is paid by DR. Curtis ii is said that Mrs
Kendrick can then be held liable for pros
ecution.
FLORIDA.
The Royal Poinciana hotel at Yves
Palm Reach will close Monday