The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PAR AGRAPHs.

FURTHER Facts About the Return to
Georgia OF Hen. John L. HaIi-A
cooperative Cotton Factory
Among the Possible New Industries
at Rome-saIc of Augusta's New
Bond Issue.
GEORGIA.
The state convention Of the Young Mems
Christian Association is in session at Au-
gusta-
Milton Wood. son OF r. r. Wood. Of Law
renceville. dropped dead Monday of heart
disease
Capt. f. W Hewitt Of the Capital City
Guards is at his home, at Atlanta, in
critical condition.
Rev. J. Howard Carpenter of Paducah.
XIV. has accepted a call TO the pastorate
Of the Baptist church al Dawson.
Airs. s. B. wingaeld sr., of Athens was
thrown out Of her buggy Tuesday by a
runaway horse and severely injured
There is strong talk of establishing CO.
operative cotton mandatory at the old
exposition grounds at Rome the buildings
thar were erected for the exposition IN
ISIS 10 be utilized
William Neill. the manager OF the Plan
ter-s hotel at Augusta, is the defendant In
a suit brought by Ailreu SlfnNtollss "a ul ulll-
mer. for the loss Of an oNercoat Mhic1 ne
claims was stolen from his room last sun
day.
Iittleton Pierce is in Jail at Lawrence
willie charged with cutting a horse trader
from Atlanta named Hightower Tuesday.
The wounded man says he never hda q
word with the man who assaulted MN anu
can give no reason for the attack.
A small party of Fitzgerald emigrants
passed through Columbus Wednesday, en-
route TO Dakota from Fitzgerald. a men,
her of the party told a newspaper repre-
sentative that he like Georgia, and the
climate especially. but that he could see
nothing ahead for Fitzgerald when the
boom dies out.
Halle. the 2-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs L. NJ. Minis of Pope's Ferry fen on
the spiked wheel of an old cotton planter
Tuesday, a prong of which penetrated the
lower lid and crushed through the pail OF
her right eve She was taken 10 Macon 10
DIP. Stapler and he found IL necessary TO
remove the eye.
Mrs. E, A. Williams, wife Of +. A. VIII
liams of Thomson, has been adjudged in
sane. and has been carried to the asylum.
Mrs. Williams has been suffering with
nervous prOstration for some time. Re
Gently her husband and two little children
We're stricken down with measles, and the
loss Of sleep and worry caused a collapse
of her mental faculties.
y Dill OF sale from "A. L leHAlIH 10 " a.
whitaker for the stock of tobacco and
cigars In the store at 9 Lloyd street. has
been filed for record in the superior court
clerks Office at Atlanta. Tue bill sets
forth that for the sum Of $3.50 Mr. Elem
ing has sold 20 Mr.. Whitaker all the
stock of cigars and tobacco as well as the
accounts of the business. which In them
selves amount TO several thousand dollars.
The success of Mr.. Perry with the baux-
lite mines near Cave Spring. has been so
encouraging that the owners of a large
body of mineral property in the same To-
cality are preparing to open another mine
on IA large scale. A $4,000 plant Is to be
put in operation so soon as the spring
opens, and the supply Is claimed by mining
experts to be practically ineNnaustlDle
The product Of these mines Is shipped TO
Pittsburg.
The warrant charging Mrs. Matte Ba-
ker with shoplfting, sworn out in Justice
Orr's court by a member OF the firm Of
Douglas. Thomas & Davidson, at Atlanta,
has been Withdrawn and the woman VIII
not be prosecuted. II was the intention
% the hrm 10 prosecute Mrs Baker to
TIE fullest extent Of the law, but after
much persuasion they were induced to let
TIE prosecution drop and 10 allow the war
rant 10 be dismissed.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Barnes
vile Wednesday between Claud and Tom
Wright. two brothers, which resulted in
TIRE Wounding Of Tom Wright and the
Tr1-IrF NAV UTuTe fatal. He Is shot IN the
stomach and physicians say ne VIII hardly
recover. The dispute arose about the d.
vision Of cane bed. The two young men
are sons Of Dir. W. p Wright and live
two miles in the country. Five shots We're
fired. Two by one brother and three by the
other
The grand jury Of Morgan county has
fixed the salary of Judge II. w. Baldwin,
of the county court, at $1,000 per annum
for the new term. His official report to
the body for the term Of four years just
expired shows 593 criminal cases docketed.
ia convicts sent TO the chaingang, M,25l
costs paid to the county treasurer, Sl,2S01s
average salary per annum of county so
licitor and 81 pa Jail fees collected. The
entire expenses of the county court were
S45lS.46, those of the superior court SIT,
954.52.
Bids for the purchase of $50, 600 bonds of
the city of Augusta were opened in that
city Wednesday. The bonds are to bear
interest at the rate of Az per cent, pay
able semi-annually. and will take the place
of $4,000 worth of per cent. bonds falling
due April !, 1896 These new bonds are &c
be dated April I, 1896. The issue was
awarded to the highest bidder-Hayes q
Son of Cleveland, O., for S5S,S60. Their bic
means Sl,05l.40 for each bond The las
issue of redemption bonds brought LEO. u
for each bond.
L. G.. Gravitt was tried in Justic,
Foutes court at Atlanta Wednes
day on a warrant charging hin
with libel and malicious prosecution The
prosecutor was William Dempsey, whom
Gravitt charged recently with stealing
small dog, which was afterward found L
be in the possession of another persol
and of which it is claimed Gravitt wa
aware before Dempsey was tried. The re
suit of the trial was that Dempsey wa.
dismissed 1t is claimed that Gravitt in
sisted on prosecuting him even after h
had been told that Dempsey did not hav
the dog but that another party had him
Judge Foute reserved his decision.
Three damage suits, aggregating $19, SOC
were filed in the Office of the clerk of tn
superior court at Atlanta Wednesday. TIL
suits were brought by Messrs. Arnold 4
Arnold, representing Roland G. Thomaso
and his young son, Lee Andy Tifomasor
The petitions were filed against Shumake
& Settler. Mr.. Thomson sues for 81, so
in which amount he claims he was dam
aged by being run over by a wagon, whic
was the property of the laundrymen; sui
for $15,000 is brought by Lee Andy Thoma
son, a son of the elder Thomson, an
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