The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-18
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

umbuS-A Hottie Sixty Aeurs Olu
GEORGIA.
Toccoa's new church was dedicated Sun
day
Mrs. Dan Caraker died at her home at
NIilledgevile Saturday. She was one OF
MiIledgeville's Oldest citizens.
The hremcn, policemen and sanitary Off
Gals Of Atlanta Will have parade Thurs
day and be reviewed by the mayor and
common council.
The presidential prohibition candidates
only received five votes in Lumpkin coun-
ty, Notwithstanding the fact that Dahlon-
ega has temperance union Of very large
membership.
The negroes of the state are very anx-
ious that a juvenile reformatory shall be
established by the legislature, and also
that substantial aid shall be given the
military companies OF the colored people
In the collapse of a new building, the
erection of which he was personally SUI
perintending D. P. Morris, a well-known
real estate man of Atlanta fell and sus-
tanned some exceedingly painful, II not
serious injuries Monday.
The grand jury has indicted Thomas s.
Jones, the defaulting ex-city sheriff of
Augusta, whose accounts with the NUM-
cipality were discovered to be short be-
tween s22, 900 and 1928, 900. Two indictments
charging him with entertainments of the
missing funds were returned on Satur-
day.
The governor has pardoned Lewis Mays,
who was convicted of selling liquor in three
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sentence of twelve months in each case,
making three years in all. He had served
eighteen months in the chain-gang and the
governor thought he was sufficiently pun
ished.
Capt R. ]. Lowry of Atlanta has been
elected a director of the New York Life
Insurance Company to succeed John H.
1nman Several days ago Capt. Lowry
received a dispatch from John A. Mccall,
president of the company, asking whether
he would serve. He replied affirmatively,
and has been notified of his election.
The grand jury for the November term
of Henry superior court, which adjourn
ed Wednesday evening. has recommended
the tearing down of the old court house
and building a new one 1t is understood
that this work win be begun as soon as a
satisfactory bid can be obtained. Bids viii
be received for the next thirty or sixty
days.
Col. Price of Dahlonega has just pur-
chased a quart bottle which his father
owned sixty years ago. This bottle was
given to West Walker, deceased, by the
father of Col. Price, about the year 1925,
and few days ago the colonel purchased
the bottle from Mrs. Walker, wife of the
deceased, paying as compensation ~ for
the relic.
me prisoners in the Vienna Jail have been
trying the metal of the bars that keep them
from freedom. The contractors agreed to
build cells of case-hardened steel that could
not be cut viii Allen, a white man in
Jail, secured a piece of a knife blade and
in four days cut plug one-haf inch wide
and an inch long out of one of the bars.
One of the negroes sawed off two bolt
heads some time ago.
A. A. Allen, late editor and proprietor
of the Macon Telegraph, has been engaged
as leading editorial writer on the Jack
sonville Times-Union. Mr.. Allen, who
was at one time assistant editor of the
Savannah Morning News, was one OF the
best editors connected with the daily
press of Georgia. His writings were
thoughtful, forceful and polished. In ad-
dition to this he is a genial and loveable
gentleman, and an acquisition of whom
the newspaper circle of Florida is sure
to be proud.
The second of the insurance policies on
the life of Thomas ]. Delbridge, who was
drowned in Lake wood pond at Atlanta last
September was paid Monday. Maj. Liv-
ingston Minis, southern agent of the New
York Life Insurance Company paid c. w.
Notes, father of Mrs. Mary Delbridge, the
sum of $4,000 in satisfaction of the Wild
ow's claim against that company. This
makes $4,000 Mrs. Delbridge has received
for life insurance on account of her hus-
bands death, the National Union Company
having paid 5000 some few days ago.
A bold robbery was reported to the police
department at Americas Saturday by Ben
Cureton, farmer living near Americus
AS he was returning home two negroes
stopped his buggy and asked him to change
q $20-bill. Unsuspectingly, Mr., Cureton
handed one of them the change, when, ac-
cording to his statement, the other negro
thrust a pistol into his face and command
ed the farmer to hand over all his money.
Mr.. Cureton had $36, which he says the
negroes took from him and decamped He
reported the affair to the police and later
identified two negroes as his assailants
The men were locked up, though protest.
ing their innocence.
At Midwife Sunday noon as Postmaster
Smith entered his office with the mall
after meeting train No. l, he discovered
a small negro boy escaping from the post
office through the money order window
Upon investigation he found the boy had
entered the office through that small
window and ransacked the money drawer
which contained $l.49. The boy ran down
the street. while Smith reported the mat
ter to Policeman Morris, who soon over
took the boy and recovered the money,
There was also a button in the drawer,
all of which Mr.. Smith recognized. Dep
uty Marshal Whitley of Augusta took the
lad back to Augusta. The boys name is
Richard Dias and he is about u or 10 years
old. He is brother of win Dias, who is
to be hanged at Louisville Dec IS.
In the criminal superior court at At
lanta Monday Tom Anderson, VIII I,oyd
and will Davis, three white boys residing
in the city. the Oldest VIII Lloyd, being
only l6 years, and VIII Davis, the young
est, being only ii years of age, pleaded
guilty OF breaking into house. and also
burglarizing car, from which they got