The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Prof. GyvaItney of Rome Submits
to n Dangerous Surgical Opera
ton and May Die.
GEORGIA.
The Southland hotel, which was sold un-
der mortgage sale at Carrollton, Tuesday
was bought by L. C. Vaudeville for 100000
The hotel was mortgaged for $1,000.
James Gordon, life insurance solicitor,
was adiudged insane by a jury in the
court of ordinary at Atlanta Friday morn,
ing and an order issued committing him
to the state lunatic asylum.
At the recent election at Carrollton for
mayor and councilmen the following ticket
was elected: L. c. Vaudeville, mayor;
j. L. Vaughan, j. c. Bass, ]. B. e. Brown
and T. c. Bledsoe, councilmen.
Col. D. Ct. Hughes has been appointed by
Judge Speer temporary receiver of the
lumber mill of Moore, Kirkland & Co. OF
Cordele. The receiver was appointed on
application of w. B. Hutcheson of Indl-
ana, who holds a claim of $500
Thursday afternoon, while David Griz-
zle Of Gainesville was coming down the
Bearden bridge hill in Lumpkin county,
his mules became frightened and ran
away. Mr.. Grizzle was so badly injured
that he died the next day. Mrs. Grizzle
was badly hurt.
Miss Margaret Alexander of Paris, Ky,
member of a prominent family of
that state, and a great belle
and beauty, died at Macon Fri
day morning of typhoid fever. She
had been on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Ben
C. Smith. She was only 10 years old.
John Marion, a prominent Floyd county
| citizen, is suffering from mental aberra-
/ ton. He lives a few miles from Rome
| and was taken to his home Tuesday af-
| ternoon with his mind almost completely
| unbalanced. Marion is an influential pop
! ulist and worked hard during the cam
| paign for Wright. 1t is the excitement OF
the campaign that produced the mental
| alteration.
! The United States Construction Com
| pany was organized in the office of Judge
Van Epps at Atlanta Friday morning with
capital stock of $3.50, 900, 10 per cent. Of
| which was paid in. The general purpose
of the company is the building and equip
! ping of railroads. but the specific object
| is to construct the Tennessee, Georgia and
| Atlantic railroad, the long projected line
| between Augusta and Chattanooga.
The United States government, by Dis
| trict Attorney Gary, has filed suit in the
! United States court at Macon against
! Samuel Mayer, William B. Watts, Jake
| Mass, Joseph J. Taylor, Charles e. Tay-
| Tor, John c. Durham, Robert e. Nichols,
| N. L. Taylor and Thomas D. Weeks
| bondsmen of Quinn L. Harvard, deceased,
who was postmaster at Cochran from July
| l. 1885, to Oct. 20, 1898. The government
/ alleges that Harvard became indebted 10
| it in the sum of $966.04, and suit has been
| filed against the bondSmen for payment.
! The amount of Harvard's bond was $1,000,
| and defendants stood security in this sum.
j. o. Bradley of Macon has begun suit
against the Georgia and Florida Telephone
! Contraction Company for $4,000 damages
! Bradley bases his action upon an al
| legged breach of contract upon the part
| of the telephone company He claims that
he was engaged by General Manager
| Blakely to work up interest in the new
company among the people of Macon and
secure contracts for the new phones. This
! he claims to have done in accordance with
! his contract, but that the company failed
completely to fulfill its part. Bradley al
/ leges that he was to receive for his work
| 5000 in bonds and s., 900 of the stock of the
company, but although the promoters OF
/ the enterprise were perfectly solvent ana
| able to place in operation an exchange
| based upon 100000 capital, he has received
| nothing. All of which is very unsatisfac-
tory to him, and he therefore demands
! the $4,000 damages named above.
From the Baltimore Sun of Oct. the
following item is taken At the Naval
Academy in Annapolis, Md, upon the re-
assembling of the cadets, 256 reported pres
! ent sixteen being absent, supposed to be
| detained by the storm. The honors won
| and standing made by the cadets were read
! out The highest honor and the four
! stripes with the position of cadet lieu
| tenant commander of the battalion was
awaded to William G.. DuBose of Sparta,
| Ca, appointed from the Tenth congress
! sional district. He is the son of DR.. Will
! lam r. DuBose, a surgeon in the United
States navy, now on duty on the man-of-
! war Terror, and the grandson of Col.
| Charles w. DuBose. The other Georgia
boys who won places of honor are Cadet
f. L. Settled of Cedar Springs, Early
county who got three stripes and the pos
ton of cadet passed assistant engineer.
w. H. Reynolds of Waycross, Ware coun-
ty. two stripes and the position Of cadet
! lieutenant.
Thursday, Drs. Henry Battey, Wynn
and Hardin performed a delicate and dam
gerous operation upon Prof. Robert j.
/ GWaltney, assistant SupSLln lChNS1N VI NV
Rome public schools. Prof. Gwaltney has
long been a sufferer from tumor in the
abdominal cavity and from calculous for
nation in the kidneys and the physicians
found that the only relief was in the use
of the knife. Prof Gwaltney insisted that
the opera ton be performed and Thursday
they undertook the task. The patient
realized the danger. and bidding a cheer
full goodby to his friends he mounted the
operating table and was put under the
influence Of ether. An opening twelve
inches long was made in the abdomen
and the tumor was removed. 1t was OF
large growth and weighed fifteen pounds
The surgeons then removed the left Kid
ney. which was found to contain num-
Der Of stones Of jagged shape that mad
caused the patient untold suffering me
operation required two hours and a hat
to complete it and the patient was very
much exhausted when 1t was ended. lie
rested very we'll Thursday night, but ne
has not fully reacted during the day ana
his condition is such as to cause his friends
the greatest anxiety
FLORIDA.
w. II. Hynes and w II. Browning have