The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-11
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

or. w. A. Love OF A'laiiee -
Ill.
c. ]. Hancock, a well-known citizen OF
Atlanta, died Wednesday.
Hayne Ellis of Georgia has been admit
ted to the United States navy as cadet
Cant Henry H. Smith has been named
by Hon. Porter King as additional Ten
nssseo Centennial commissioner from At
lanta-
Mayor King Of Atlanta has approved a
resolution passed by the city council Of
that city providing for reduction Of the
tax rate.
William Dootson, 'the superintendent OF
the Sutherland Mills, contemplates estsh-
fishing a knitting mill in Augusta in the
early future.
c. NJ. Ward, formerly traffic chief Of
the Postal Telegraph Company at Biz
mingham has been appointed manager of
the Postal's office at Macon, vice Henry
Morris.
Two houses the property of w. T. Ma
gruder and Mrs. Walker, were destroyed
by FIRE at Atlanta Tuesday. The total loss
TO both houses will amount to about S5'O0'
partially covered by insurance
1t is understood that the insurance COM
panies which had issued policies on Mil
ler's mill, at Augusta, which was burn
ed about two months ago, are protesting
against full payment Of the policies.
The Dublin public schools opened last
Monday morning. with an attendance of
125 pupils. The jury commissioners have
-. a md
boxes, and quite a number of new names
have been added TO the list
Marietta Journal: Deputy United States
Marshal w. K. Grove was brought from
Columbus to this place last Monday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff A. A. Bishop and
placed in Jail, charged with robbing E. w.
Rice of 1890, in this county on Aug. rs.
The commissioners of DeKalb county
have unanimously passed resolutions look
ing towards the building of a new court
house To meet the necessary expenses the
tax rate was increased from $1.15 to $40
Der hundred. The amount derived from
this increase in taxes will probably reach
$685. 900.
Suit will be brought against w. C. Jones
and Jesse Thomson for the amount of their
bond in behalf of ex-Clty Sheriff T. S.
Jones of Augusta. This bond is signed by
both gentlemen, and is for 5000 each. In
the event either party should become in
solvent the entire amount would be col
lected from the solvent party on the other
bond.
The stock Of goods of A. o. NJ. Gay &
Son was seized by the sheriff at Atlanta
Wednesday. The doors of the firms store
on Whitehall street were locked and the
sheriff retained possession of the keys.
The firm had recently been in financial
straits and a number of mortgages were
given on the stock of furnishing goods,
hats, etc. and two Of the mortgages were
foreclosed.
Saturday night, ]. T.. Manly gave Joe
Killingsworth, who lives about three miles
from Griffin, change for a twenty dollar
bill. The bill proved to be counterfeit
and had been raised from a one dollar
silver certificate Mr.. Manly placed the
matter in the hands of the authorities and
Wednesday Deputy Marshal F. d. Dis
nuke, Jr., and a posse went out to bring
Killingsworth in, but he barricaded the
house and refused to come without a war
rant. The officers, not being certain as
10 their power to make arrest without a
warrant, returned to the city and Manly
fed.
Dublin correspondence Morning News:
The new frame dwellings belonging TO
Mr.. Serant Register, residing four miles
from Condor, was entirely destroyed by
fire Tuesday night. There was no insur-
ance. 1t is not known how the fire origi-
nated.-Benny Adams, the mail carrier
from Condor to Tweed, while driving a
wagon Tuesday, near home, met with
a serious accident, and had a very narrow
escape from death. The vicious mules
dashed off at a rapid pace, and the
wagon running against a tree, snapped OFF
the pole. Adams was standing up in the
wagon. and was knocked down and
dragged some distance.
St. Mary's correspondence Morning
News: The pecan nuts, which have more
than a local reputation for size, quality
and yield, are, from some cause, an al.
most total failure this year.-The Satills
river rice crop has been gathered. The
yield was abundant and the quality fine
The cotton crop of Camden county 1.
almost total failure. There were only
a few acres planted, and being planted
late, II did not amount to anything.-Th'
farmers of this county devote their atten
ton more to corn, cane, potatoes, etc.
and instead Of raising cotton for a money
crop, a large number of them cut and
haul logs in the fall and early winter and
Marys and Satilla rivers.
Augusta Evening Herald: Capt. ]. E
MuIligan, of the steamer Wanda. who ha
Just returned from trip down the river
says the Savannah was lower on last Sat
urday than he had ever seen IL before
was hardly deeper than three feet in tn
channel, and along shore much less Thi
lowness of the water enabled Capt. Multi
gan to bring back to the city some real Gu
riosities. Near Griffin's landing rs mile
below Augusta he gathered in the bed o
the stream several bushels of petrife,
oysters. 1t is not uncommon to find oyste
shells along the river. left there by tn,
ocean In prehistoric times. but Capt. Mul
ligan says he never saw or heard of sucl
large ones before. Some of those brough
up by the captain are fourteen inches lon,
and four inches wide.
Last year. the city council of Augusta
passed law that money-lenders mus
take GUITAR annual license at cost OF 81.
600. Turner & Company complied with tn,
ordinance. Half a dozen money-lendfnj
concerns in the city did not, but when the
were put 10 trial were aCouiftad baco =, q,