The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Killed on the Middle Georgia ana
Atlantic.
GEORGIA.
Albany is to have bicycle races open to
the state at an early date.
John E. Stewart Of Atlanta was thrown
by a horse at Atlanta Wednesday, and
dangerously injured.
Mrs n. C. Long. president Of the FL
berton Garden Club, has distributed a
prospectus Of the coming fair. to be held
on Oct. u and Is.
The Methodists Of Albany are making
arrangements to erect new brick church
edifce The Episcopalians and Israelites
have just completed new ediices.
Elberton has received several thousand
more bales of cotton so far. more than
she has ever received before Many farm
ers are holding back for better prices.
The estimated expense for running the
city government of Albany during the
next fiscal year is 81. 200 and the tax
rate will be three-quarters of per cent.
Woods Barnett. dagman on the Mid
die Georgia and Atlantic railroad was
killed at Eatonton Wednesday. while
coupling cars. His body was carried to
Covington, his home. Barnett was about
20 years old.
Mrs Eliza Jones of Harlem loaned SIS
to a plausible young man who claimed to
be her long-Iost brother The young man
has disappeared and Mrs. Jones is won
dering whether he is just what he pre-
tended to be.
Within the past year a larger acreage
has been planted in fruit trees and vines
in Wilcox county than in any similar per-
Tod in the county's history, and the acre
age devoted to orchards and vineyards
is steadily being increased.
Two damage suits, aggresating $4,000,
based on a charge of Islander. have been
filed at Atlanta by b. L. Hendricks,
against Mrs. J. W. Ballard, They are an
outgrowth of the disagreement between
the principals as to the lease Of the Bal
lard hotel in Atlanta.
Dr. James NJ Moore of Cobb county,
has been very successful this year in rails
ing hay on his farm. He has made
speciality Of it. He has already sold in
Marietta twenty-five tons and 100 pounds,
which has brought him about 500 per ton.
He has stored away in his barn ten tons.
There are now sixty-four saloons in Ma
con. Two of them have paid the $500 Ii
cense in fun. sixty-two had to pay the
remaining 500 each yesterday. Toe
amount due was 5000. The total
amount Of the barroom license for the
year will be about $4,000, or about $4,000
more than last year.
Ulysses Lewis, as attorney for Henry
Wolfe, has filed two suits at Atlanta for
$4,000 damages each against Aaron Israel
Wolfe alleges that on May ! Israel, in
speaking of him, said, He is a scoundrel
and a thief" and that again on May l6 he
used the same language in speaking Of
him. for which he asks damages as the
words were not true and have injured
him greatly.
The Car Trust Investment Company of
New York has leased to the Atlanta
Stone, Coal and Lumber line 200 cars, 80
of them coal and lumber cars 30 fiat cars
and 100 coal cars. In consideration for the
cars thus furnished the Atlanta company
agrees to pay in cash the sum of 5000
and TO give for the balance of the money.
as monthly notes, each for the sum of
1886 Al. This makes the total sum for the
use of the cars for the specified time,
$31, 2S1.9S.
The motion for new trial for Taylor
Delk and Tom Delk, both of whom are
now under sentence Of death for murder,
will be heard in the state supreme court
next Monday. These two men, father and
son, after terrorizng Pike county for
months and ending up with killing the
sheriff of the county, were arrested and
lodged in Jail in Atlanta, from whence
they were taken to Pike county, where
they were tried, convicted and sentenced
to death.
There is in the city schools of Marietta
a boy who entered the public schools the
day they were opened. and for four years
he has not been absent or tardy, has never
failed to receive a yearly certificate of eX-
cellence in lessons and perfect in deport-
ment. He is now in the fourth class of
the High School and is to graduate next
June After having led his grade for four
successive years. he may graduate with
first honor. The young mans name is
Fred Manget.
"A new date for the execution of DR.. w.
L. Ryder, the Talbotton murderer, will
be fixed and he Will be resentenced so
that his execution will take place Within
sixty days after he is found guilty, as
the law requires. BY an oversight Judge
W. b. Butt, who sentenced Ryder fixed
Jan. Is as the date of execution. The
law requires that the execution Of a
criminal shall take place not less than
twenty nor more than sixty days after
he is found guilty.
Sheriff Elby of Hancock county arrived
at Macon Wednesday night having in Gus
tody Isaac Butts and his son. July Butts,
whom he placed in the Macon Jail for safe
keeping Isaac Butts is the father of Roy
Butts, who assassinated Dave Silver in
Sparta Saturday night Isaac Butts was
arrested FIVE weeks ago for the attempted
assassination of Silver. and has been in
the Hancock county jail ever since. There
has been talk of lynching the men. and II
was thought best to bring them to Macon.
Roy Butts is still at large.
c. A. Barrett of Atlanta has employed
counsel to bring suit against Mrs. Julia
Taylor McKinlock of Marietta for dam
ages done his property through her claim
OF ownership. This case is the outgrowth
Of a much more important one filed in
February, 1894. by II. 3. Moss or Mari
eta attorney for Mrs. McKinlock, seek
ing 10 recover that lot of land bounded by
Mangum. Hunter. Haynes and Rhodes