The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Negro KILLED Near Scotland in !
Quarrel over 20 Cents-Death OF
the Mother of COrfnne-TvO Men
Suspected of WrecLing n Train Re-
arrested-HOrse Trading at Mon
tezuma.
GEORGIA
The late A. 5. Cuts Of Americas carried
life insurance TO the amount Of $1,000.
MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Haas Of Atlanta
celebrated their silver wedding Saturday
night.
Two men are under arrest at Atlanta.
charged with robbing the postOfice at
Luella.
Negotiations are pending for a cotton
mill chair and knitting factories 10 be
established at Austell.
The Georgia Teachers Association will
peet on Cumberland Island. July 15 In
the tabernacle erected by the association.
J. P. Bryan. an installment furniture
dealer, who killed a negro girl, Katie
Woods. was put on trial for life in the
criminal superior court at Atlanta Mon
day
Capt. Z. W. Hewitt Of the Capital City
Guard died at his home at Atlanta Sun
day. He had been i'll for long time.
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was not Unexpected.
Gov. Atkinson has authorized a reward
of 500 for the arrest and delivery to the
sheriff of Epson county Of Henry Bishop.
-Four years ago Bishop killed A. Daniel IN
{hat county and has been a fugitive from
justice since.
The cotton receipts at Americas to date
are 5000 bales, and this will be increased
by 1000 before the close of the season.
/ rom indications now receipts next win
Ter may exceed $1,000 bales, as a larger
last.
The regular annual conference of the
Epworth Leagues in the state of Georgia
will be held in Americas April % to 26
II present prospects count for anything
this gathering will be the largest ana
most successful in the history of the or
ganization in Georgia.
one of the merchants of Austel was
Victimized Saturday by young man
claiming to be from Atlanta The swim.
dler succeeded in getting a worthless check
dashed on the statement that he had
money in the Neal Loan and Banking
Company in that city.
Rev. Or. S. A. Burney, one Of the most
prominent Baptist divines in Georgia, died
at his home at Madison Sunday At the
time OF his death DR.. Burney was treas
urer OF the Baptist state convention, a
trustee of Mercer University and a mem
Der OF the state mission board.
Henry Bradley, colored. shot and killed
Whit Butler another negro, at Scotland,
Sunday. The quarrel arose over Is cents,
Bradley claiming that Butler owed him
that amount Bradley first cut Butler
with a razor and then shot him through
the heart killing him instantly.
Shaw and Criswell, two of the men re-
Gently tried for wrecking the southern
train at Stone creek, have been rearrested
on, the same charge, and are now in
both will be taken to Jeffersonville for
trial to-day. 1t is reported that Criswen
has confessed.
Representatives Of the Dwight Manu-
featuring Company, a large New Hamp-
shire cotton factory. spent Saturday at
Dalton looking for site to erect a $780,,
900 cotton factory. The citizens gave them
a cordial welcome, and will donate several
acres to the company to erect factory
and tenement houses, If they desire to To-
cate there.
An election was held at Carrolton Sat
urday for the purpose of issuing bonds
to the amount of $4,000, to erect a new
public school building The result was l2g
for and Al against. There is some talk of
a contest, as il is claimed that several
Illegal votes We're cast for bonds Those.
opposing bonds also claim that two of
the managers were not freeholders.
Montezuma is a great horse trading
town. AT public auction there recently
horses sold from so cents each to Sis A
pair. More than this a pair of horses
one bay and the other a cream, snapped
Tor four bushels of corn Recently two
weD-known farmers met on the road a
Few miles below town and decided to swan
horses The trade was finally agreed up-
on oy one of the farmers receiving the
other horse and a flee dog a rooster
% cents and a pint of whisky to boot
Mrs. Jennie r. Kimball of Philadelnbia
proprietor and manager of the Kimbali
Opera Company, and mother of "Co-
rlnne, died in a private car at the union
depot at ST. Paul Monday She was taken
SICK win pneumonia at Butte Mont
ana on that account all engagements for
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