The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

inG-A suit Over PlOW Points,
GEORGIA.
There is no change in the condition o
Col. Kellogg, who has been i'll at For
Mcpherson for long time.
Marietta Journal: The Savannah New
is one of the newsiest, abest and best pa
pers in the south. and if you subscribe fol
1t, you won't regret it.
A. R. Berry, running a general store a
Davisboro, has sold out the entire business
to John II. Holcomb who viii continue
the business a. the same stand.
The grand jury of Glynn county has
elected James 5. Wright, H. H. Harvey
and E. f. Coney as county commissioners
The question of issuing $4,000 worth OF
bonds to build a new court house will
soon be submitted to the people.
DR.. Thomas s. Daniel. dentist of Wad-
ley, was buried at the cemetery there
Tuesday, having died of pneumonia after
a short Illness DR.. Daniel was widely
known, and was much esteemed for his
manliness and many Christian virtues He
was well known in Savannah.
Calvin Pinson, who, through careless
ness, got in the way of a Plant system
freight train and had his arm mashed at
Brunswick Tuesday, was Southern en-
ploye. He lodged the ,Southern's morn
ing passenger train only TO fall, on the par
allel track, under Plant system freight.
AS the result of the explosion of the
boiler of engine No los, which occurred in
the yards of the Southern railway, in Oc-
tober, a suit for $4,000 damages has been
filed by James Rogers at Atlanta. Two
men lost their lives in the explosion, and
Rogers, who was standing in the yards
at the time, was seriously injured, almost
miraculously escaping death.
Burglars made a run through White
hall and Peachtree streets at Atlanta
Tuesday night, entering two prominent
business houses, but only securing small
sum of money. One of the stores enterd
was that of Dougherty & Murphy on
Whitehall street, and the other was that
of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company, on Peachtree street.
The contest of the election to decide on
the removal of the county site of De
Kalb county will come up before Secre-
tary of State Allen d. Gambler on We'd
nesday of next week, when there will be
argument for Stone Mountain by Glenn &
Rountree, and for Decatur by Col. u. D.
Harrison. Attorney General Terrell will
sit with the secretary of state during the
argument.
The police of Augusta have discovered
the name of the mother of the white in
FAINT found in a colored womans yard in
that city a few days ago. They also
know the man who left the child in the
yard The mother is the daughter of
highly respected family, who live on the
.f aufa mas toll 10
Augusta and entered into a house of liz
repute by man.
Miss Charity Wilkes and c. B. Smith
a widower, were married a few days ago
by magistrate in Laurens county. 1t
seems there was some objection to the
wedding, and Miss Charity met her lover
at a neighbor's and both repaired to the
home of the justice and consummated
their wishes. The irate members of Miss
Charity's family have not met her since
the knot was tied.
Dock Frazier, colored, was drowned at
Wade's Park. in Brooks county, late Mon
day afternoon. The recent rains have
swollen Little river until the flats between
it and the springs are now a solid sheet
of water. Frazier attempted to cross from
the Lowndes to the Brooks county side
and had got to the springs when he miss
ed the road and went into the canal that
runs alongside the springs. He went I'M
der and was never seen again.
Mrs. Edna Huntley was arrested at Co.
lumbus Wednesday, charged with shop
lifting. She is a white woman, aged about
40. She was in the book store of Stan
field johnson in the afternoon, and after
she had gone a Sc poeketbook was missed
Mrs. Huntley was followed and arrested.
The pocketbook was on her person. She
was carried before Judge Leonard, who
bound her over in the sum of $3.50, and,
being unable to give bond, she was re-
manded to jail. Mrs. Huntley went to
Columbus from Albany, and has been
working at a millinery store.
At the residence Of DR.. A. odom. near
McElmores bridge in Emanuel county,
last Thursday evening, George Odom killed
his sister, Mrs. Tapley. Several young
men had congregated in the yard, all con-
siderably under the influence of whisky.
George Odom, IS years old and a married
son of the doctor, was in the crowd, as was
Mac Haskey. A feud of long standing
existed between young Odom and Haskey
and the quarrel was resumed. Mrs. Tap
ley, young married sister of Odom's, was
present and exerted every effort to subdue
the alteration. Haskey and Odom came
10 blows. doom ndu dOuDle-Dafrel
breech-loading gun in his hand and drew
il on Haskey Mrs. Tapley, seeing the
danger of both parties rushed between
them and as the brother fired received the
contents of the load of buckshot in the alb
domen, making a wound from which she
died in a short time.
Atlanta Constitutions: Alonzo r. Mallory
and H. Y. People, through their attorney,
r. j. Jordan, have asked for an injunc-
ton against the Southern Agricultural
Works and an accounting. They allege
that in 1884 A. II. Mallory invented a plow
point, and it was patented, and that Alonzo
r. Mallory, owned half interest in the
patent. In 1883 they say A. r.. Mallory
purchased the other half interest and be-
came sole owner and in 1898 sold a nalf
interest TO II. Y. People. They allege that
the Southern Agricultural Works had a
contract for making the points, Mallory
to get his pay out Of the proceeds. He
cancelled the contract with the company,
they say, in 1890 and contracted with w.
=. Austin, president of the Southern Agrl-
cultural Works. to take one-half interest
and push the sale OF the points. Shortly
afterward, they say, Mr.. Austin said they
were doing nothing and transferred his in
terest back. They allege that the defend
ant has been manufacturing tho nloNy