The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19

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/ The stockholders are vigorously resisting
/ the claim OF the directors and several
suits, altogether involving over 81, O00 have
resulted. IN the first case, concluded
Thursday night, the stockholders won. All
the issues involved VIII be taken 60 the
supreme court.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: A few nights ago at Blackshear a
man heard a noise among his chickens.
/ he went out TO Investigate the cause and
saw some one run from the chicken house.
! The man was wrathy, and he laid a plan
| to catch the thief. A blood hound was
/ secured and put on the trail, and he soon
/ tracked the thief around the house, in
/ the parlOr, and finally up stairs in the bed
room of the mans young son. The boy
was badly frightened and confessed his
guilt. The father took his son into the
/ parlor before all the guests and gave him
/ d good whipping. The boy said that he
and several other boys had planned a big
chicken stew Tor that night, and he had
/ been delegated by the band to raid his
! fathers chicken house.
In compliance with the order made by
Judge Lumpllin of the superior court at
Atlanta the day previous, in the matter
/ of 5. Marks 4 Co., the Capital City Bank
/ gave the requisite bond Thursday to Sc
1 cure the creditors of the defunct firm,
should they recover judgment at the final
| trial of the case. Sheriff Barnes, in
court, then sold the stock of goods of
| S. Marks & Co. in bulk to the highest
! bidder, j. Haas, for 81, 800 The Capital
City Bank held mortgage on the prop
erty for S4,O09. The other claims against
the property aggregate about $4,000, the
! largest creditor being the Redistilling and
Rectifying Company Of New Orleans, for
S2,4OO. The case VIII come up in the
superior court for trial during the presr
ent term, possibly.
In the United States court at Macon
Wednesday Judge speer granted the mo-
! tion of Attorney A. W. Lane to discharge
| instanter 7. II. Vaughn, who for several
years has been under Indictment for VIC
/ leting the revenue laws. Several years ago
/ Vaughn was interested in the operation
| of a government distillery near Juliet.
| A government official named Sanders and
/ man named Lindsay are charged with
| having colluded with Vaughn to defraud
| the government out of taxes by secretly
] increasing the capacity or the still from
small number of gallons to large num-
/ Der of gallons and secretly dispOSing of
the whisky made in excess of the amount
shown by the register. Lindsay died be-
! fore he could be brought to trial, Sanders
| skipped out and has not been heard from
since. Vaughn always appeared at court
and asked for hearing. The government
/ could not announce ready.
Columbus Enquirer-sun: Somewhat of
a sensation was created in the city court
Thursday in the trial of James Sellers, a
| white boy, who was charged with escap-
| ing from the county chain-gang. Sellers,
| it will be remembered, was a member of
/ the famous Sturkey Pye gang of thieves,
and was sent up for twelve months on
March 8 last. During last month he es-
capped from Capt. Bingham's camp, near
Flat Rock, and after being at liberty for
] two hours, was recaptured. For this the
/ grand jury found a true bill against him,
and Thursday he was brought into court
| for trial. He was represented by George
/ c. Palmer, who took the position that
1 Sellers had cause for trying to escape,
! as he had been while in the camp most
cruelty treated. Testimony was produced
which showed that at the camps the pris-
oners were often whipped into insensi-
| bihty and for days were fed on the coars-
| est food, which often consisted of moth
! ing but dirty bread. Sellers attorney
proved by a number of convicts, who were
! on the gang at the time of his attempted
| escape, that he was sick, and had re-
| peatedly asked to be sent to the city for
/ treatment, but on each occasion a severe
whipping was administered to him instead.
Athens Banner: Several months ago two
Jackson county farmers, Messrs. Holli-
| day and DAILY, while riding along CLAW
| ton street saw roll of greenbacks lying
/ in the middle of the road Both jumped out
| Of the wagon and ran for the money. Hol-
/ liday reached it first and put it in his mock
/ ct. A few days later DAILY set up claim to
| the money, alleging THAI as he had seen
| it first it really belonged to him. Suit was
accordlngly brought for the recovery of
! the money, and 1t is now pending in JUS
! tice court in Clarksboro district, Jackson
! county. r. H. Hollis who lives near Bo-
| CART, was talking last Sunday to some of
! h& friends when something was mention
! ed about Holiday and Daily finding S65
! near TESTERS building on Clayton street,
! in Athens. That was the first time Mr.
| Hollis had heard of the matter, and he at
once said that the money was his. 1t
! seems from Mr.. Hollis story that he owed
some rent and told his landlord he would
go to Athens, sell his cotton and bring the
! money back, but that the landlord told
him to leave the money at j. S. King &
| Co.'S s. He came with his cotton and sold it
| to PhiniZy & Griffeth He SAYS he was
! given $50 in bills and that the last time he
| remembers the money he had it when
starting out of the Henderson warehouse
! He started on home and when he got past
Rock college found that his money was
gone. He never heard of the finding of $50
by Messrs. Holiday and Daily until last
Sunday. An interesting question may
arise as to the identifying by Mr.. Hollis of
the s65 actually gotten by Mr.. Holiday.
FLORIDA.
A. F. Land of jacksonville has in
vented a marine bicycle.
Gov. Mitchell has issued proclamation
naming Friday. Feb. T. as Arbor day.
The second trial of the alleged muir
derers of the Packwood family at New
Smyrna is in progress at Tavares.
George Miller and Max Bach, accused
of numbering DR.. and Mrs. Drolshagen,
were arraigned in county judges court
at Starke Friday. No new facts were
brought out in the testimony of the wit
nesses.
Messrs. Burton & Splitter have invited
the Florida Press Association to make
its headquarters at the San Marco at 81.
Augustine. They have placed at the edi-
tors disposal the beautiful and large au-
ditor1um for business ana pleasure.
The Gainesville Woodenware Manufac-
turing Company Thursday received a let
ger from Liverpool, Eng. asking for
prices on AK and pick handles. The writer
Of the letter is an extensive importer of
that class of goods.
The fifth annual convention of the
Church of Christ in Florida met at Fus-
It's THURSDAY The first day was devoted
10 the meeting of the Christian Woman's
Board of Missions. Friday mornings ses.
sion was the beginning of the convention
proper. The convention continues over
Sunday, A good delegation is in attend
ance and also a goodly number of visitors
from other states.
E. Trott, agent of the Chrdrens Aid
Society of New York city. arrived in Jack
sonville Thursday with a party of thirteen
boys, VINO were turned over to persons
having made application for them The
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