The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
INPARAGRAPHs.

A Girl Badly Burned at Mhcon-Mar-
shall Harreu Goes TO Washington.
biennial Session Of the knights
of HOnor-An Augusta CongreER-
tfOn to Present Its Pastor With a
Bicycle.
GEORGIA
A chapter Of Royal Arch Masons has
been organized at Adairsville.
A canning factory is being talked OF
at Orchard Hill, near Sanoraville
The farmers around Midwife are pretty
well up with their farm work 50 far as
planting is concerned
Mrs. Julia Adams. aged 81. died suddenly
at the residence Of her grandson, L. A.
Dean. at Rome, Sunday
Levi NJ. Greer. for many years clerk OF
the superior court OF GHmer county, died
al his home at Ellijay Monday.
A man supposed 10 be a drummer pass
ed a worthless check for SIS on William
NELL, proprietor Of the Planters hotel at
Augusta a day or two ago.
Seven covered wagons reached Americas
Monday from western Kansas. bound for
the Fitzgerald colony. The immigrants
had been four months on the road.
Walter Davis was caught by a broken
belt at Ham. Feagin q Co.'S box factory
at Macon Tuesday, and was severely cut
with a saw across the abdomen and on
the hand.
1t is rumored that a movement is on
foot among the congregation to present
one of the most popular pastors in Au-
gusta with a bicycle for making his pas
toral visits and taking exercise.
At Arlington Monday 7. c. Avery. while
examining a pistol. accidentally shot
young Harvin Swords, inficting a flesh
wound just above the knee. Swords lost
about four ounces Of blood, but is not
seriously hurt.
Last week Messrs. Dennard & Moore
Of Dennard received and filled an order
from Liverpool England. for 5000 yards
Of Pride Of Perry sheeting. This is the
first shipment ever made of this goods
to an English port.
On Wednesday at a special term of the
ordinary's court at Douglas Levi Law
son and Mrs. Amanda CLANCY, white, and
Rosetta Lowe, colOred, were ad1udged in
sane, and yesterday Sheriff Tanner car
ried them to the asylum at Milledgeville.
A stable with four horses, barn and
600 bushels Of corn and 1900 pounds of
fodder. farm tools and gear Of John Ivey.
seven LllltS sbuLl VI A1EBALlDdls were
burned Tuesday. The loss is $1,000, with
no Insurance. The fire is supposed to be
incendiary. No arrests have been made.
BY order of the court of ordinary. the
stock Of clothing, gents furnishing goods.
etc, Of Charles Wachtel at Macon were
sold at public sale by Deputy Sheriff Me-
nard Tuesday. The bidding was quite
lively, and the stock was finally knocked
of TO S. Josephson and William Wolff
for $1,000.
Homer Carter, a young man about IS
years of age. while cleaning out his pistol
at his uncle's house at Buena Vista Mon
day, accidentally shot himself in the right
breast. 1t is thought the ball struck
rib and glanced toward the backbone. The
wound is not thought TO be fatal, though
very serious
A mortgage on the stock Of groceries
of Mrs. NJ. E. Hogan, at 1888 Peachtree
street, at Atlanta, in favor Of Frank e.
Block, for $236, was forclOsed Tuesday.
TWO other mortgages, one for SIG, In ia
Vor Of NJ. r. Fentell. and one for SIS in ia
vor of the Kangra Valley Tea Company,
were filed for record.
The handsome new Methodist church at
Forsyth was dedicated Sunday. The
members Of that congregation have for
sixteen months been without house of
worship, the old church having been de-
stroyed by a cyclone in 1894. The dedca-
ton sermon was delivered by the presid-
ing elder. DR.. Wordsworth. of Atlanta.
Between Hehin and Atlanta, on the
Southern railway, are several truck
farms which paid out we'll in 1895. One
man marketed $3.50 worth tomatoes from
half an acre Of land, and many did equal
~ wei with strawberries. There was a
big financial yield from peaches and APP
pies, and the sweet potato crop was
success.
The biennial session Of the Grand Lodge
of the knights of Honor will be held in
Macon on Wednesday. April 8, next. The
ofncers are: Grand dictator, b. w Ellis;
Cuthbert, grand vice dictator, j. G.. Blood
worm, Atlanta; grand assistant dictator,
w. T. Reid, Canton; grand reporter, Ed
ward Elder, GAINESVILLE, and treasurer,
= Nash. Stone Mountain.
D. A. Durham, who lives two miles from
woodstock, and his wife and little boy
were on their way to church Sunday morn
ing when the team became frightened and
ran away throwing them all from the bug
gy. Mr. Durham's arm was broken in two
places, and he was otherwise injured His
wifes face was lacerated in a fearful man
ner, but the little boy escaped without in
jury.
s. r. Ayres. who is employed at the De
Loach Manufacturing Company, at At
lanta, has been arrested, charged with
- ftAAA It
lin county. He was arrested on a telegram
received at police headquarters from Sher-
IN Wheeler of Franklin county, on Satur-
day. Ayres, ii seems, was arrested some
time ago for causing a riot by being en-
gagged in fight with Thomas Mackev
whom il is said assaulted him without
provocation.
Gov. Atkinson has just granted an or
der removing the disabilities of Capt T.
E. Gary, who was whipping boss as well
as the superintendent of the camps where
Porter Stocks committed suicide On ac-
count of this suicide Capt Gary was
summoned before Gov. Atkinson, and af-
ter a hearing was ordered discharged.
L nder the ruling the convict lessees could
not employ him again unless the governor
saw Mt TO remove his disabilities This
was done by Gov. Atkinson Tuesday, and
Capt. Gary will probably re-enter the
employ Of the lessees as a whipping boss
A. c. Bowen, a young Towns county man,
pleaded guilty TO a charge of counter
feiting in the United States circuit court
al Atlanta Tuesday, and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary with a fine
OF 800. Bowen stated that he had made
the spurious money under the direction
OF his brother-in-laW, a man named
Tanner, who afterward had him arrested
for it. He said that Tanner told him to
take two wooden blocks, place a dime
between them and hit them with a ham