The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-15
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.

Remarkable Facts in the Career OF
an Old Resident Of Harris County.
The New son-in-Lays Of Old Wan
DeIks REGIONS His Relatives in the
Fulton County Jail.
GEORGIA.
In Hart county Airs. Cummings. a lac.
3 years old. washed. attended ta LeI
house work and spun three cuts 90 thread
II one day
Quitman Higgs a young white man uf
Graham. was shot and mortuliy wounded
Saturday night He died Monday morn
ing the shooting was accidental
EN-Chief of Detectives Wright ~ At
lanta has been appointed an Inspector IN
The secret service Of the treasury depart
ment OF the goVernme nt, and VIII De as-
signed 70 duty in Atlanta
Maj. 3IcCuriy Sparks died az East
Point Monday in his sd year. having been
born in Eatonton Nov. 3 lslf The gr-at-
est part OF his life was spent iu Monroe
ana Talbot counties where for many
years he conducted large farming opera
lions.
Walter Bevis. workman in Liebor-
mans trunk factory at Atlanta. was very
seriously cut hy Perry Holmes. O. fellow
workman. Monday. Bevis is now go
precariOus condition. and Holmes is lock-
ed up at the station house 90 await the
outcome of his injuries.
Miss Mamie Wiley. who was Georg.a's
sponsor al the Richmond reunion has re-
ceved notification of another compliment
that has been paid her She has been APP
pointed an honorary aide de camp on the
stan Of the general commanding the divis-
ion OF Confederate Veterans of the state
Of Virginia
Reuben W. Robinson Of Harris county,
who is 76 years Of age. says ne has been
living at his present home for the past
forty years. and has been farming nifty
years. and has never bought a pound Of
meat or a pound of lard, and was never
dunned but once Ia his life. and he had
previously rendered the payment Of this
debt, which was just S..
Joe Allen. the young man who occasion
ally figures in the role OF private detect
i've, is In Jail a Atlanta, with the father
and brother OF his wife, Taylor and Tom
Delk, TO answer charge Of forgery. II
Is thought also that he robbed the house
OF ms mothcr-in-law. Allen is charged
with passing two checks bearing the
forged name Of J. w Mayson. the real
estate dealer.
The Hotel Dalton. which cost the build
ers $4,000, and sold a receivers sale June
8. for $4,000, has been consolidated with
the Lewis house. The probability Is that
the Lewis house will be closed as a hotel
and rented for other purposes The par
ties TO the consolidation viii give out no
Information concerning who Will rent the
Hotel Dalton. though II is believed by
some that the Lewises will take it.
A car load OF high caste Chinese boys
and one Chinese woman. en- route from
Hong Kong TO New York passed through
Atlanta Monday. They were SO I'm num-
Der Their ages ranged from three TO rs
years. The Chinese were under the charge
OF Rev. HUE Kin. a Chinese Presbyterian
minister. They were sent TO this country
by the Presbyterian board OF foreign mis-
sions TO be educated, and are said 10 be-
long TO the upper class.
Dudley Potts a son OF +. NJ. Potts. is
locked up at police headquarters at At
lanta on a charge OF passing a worthless
check. His accuser Is the proprietor Of a
Decatur street saloon named South. II Is
charged that Potts went TO South's saloon
last Thursday and, taking a drink pre-
sented a chuck for Sll.60 drawn by F. l..
Ford on the Lowry Banking Company.
The check, Il Is said was cashed and
young Potts was given the change When
the check was presented for payment al
the bank the holder was informed that no
such person as F. l.. Ford had an account
there. South reported the matter TO the
detectives and Saturday night Potts was
arrested