The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-25
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or TIE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.


tng Bsnds-An Atlanta Bank sued
r. Tor Terminus Dewn a Cheek-Iho
DubIfa ,sethodist Conference IA
session NJ sratHsbaFo-A Reward
for the Capture of Two Nurderers
GEORGIA
The Insurance rates have been increas-
Cd a. Columbus.
rhers IS = run,or going the rounds OF
lumber men that @ large uu VIII sooH
be erected in Augusta
TIA condi-I0n of Rev. JOHN Mccormick
pastor Of 81. Luk.'s chu-ch. - Atlanta. Is
considered mach better thar t- has been
Tor some rine lie = stin sry SICK, how
ever.
Rev. R. Taher died az Atlanta weines-
day at ths residence OF MS son-in-law.
J. 4. G-arsling. He wss a wer-known
B5ptist minister and had been IN ceciin-
Ing health Tor long time.
GOV. Atkinson has offered a reward Of
500 each for two Lowndcs county muir
aerers. They are jams Irwin. who killed
Joe sanders and !. ". Eaeirs VINO KILLED
Q white man. Both have been free since
the killings
TIE star thread mill al Burnett Shoals
narrowly eE-soed Destruction by fire last
week. A terrific thunder storm came Up
arc alnos1 before the operators were
aware fery bolt OF lightning descended
up0n the factory building.
While removing rock by blasting IN Dade
county T. N. MerriweatheF struck a min
fst,lrs artesian we'll Wat or comes from q
fFlit n the rock n 3 strea IN OF about 1000
gallons an hour. Il has now been run
ming al that rate for a week.
A new underwear knitting mill will
commence operations At Barnesville by
sept. T. A company has been organized
vi3h Se9. 600 capital and preparations are
freing made 70 begin work with forty Op-
era tfves and manufacturing 100 dozen suits
Of underwear per day.
Efforts are being made to secure the ap-
pointraent OF an auditor 10 go through the
books ard accounts of Rev. w NJ.
Bridges ex-county schDQl commissioner
81 Floyd county, 50 as { Q get AZ the exact
status Of his alleged dsfalcation Of over
IS 100 Of public funds before placing the
naattsF IN the hands Of the grand jury.
The citizens Of Barnes vile voted on a
proposed $4,000 9 per cent bond issue
Thursday. of the 2a VOTES cast only
three were m opp psition 70 the issue.
Eight thousand dollars VIII be used In
building q large auditorium and drlll nall
for the Gordon institute, the remaining
1905 VIII be used for the establishment
Of an electric light plant.
The Dublin Methodist district conference
convened az Swainsboro Wednesday with
200 hundred delegates and pastors in at
Many Ia dies are IN ate adance. Rev. Nc
Leod. OF Glennville district, preached
Wednesday night ana the new church
WAS crowded 10 the doors. The session
VIII last until Monday.
state Geologlst Yeates has gone to Dab
lonega to take a geological survey Of the
work that has been done in the Lumpkin
county gold fields for the past few weeks
These veins are most productive, and
I llrnrkin sim holds her reputation as be-
Ing the richest gold region in the state.
Geoiosist Yeates VIII report on the work
IN the mines in his printed book on GeOr-
gas mineral resources
Dougias correspondence Morning News.
Gordon Tarrance, one of Coffee's well-to-
do white farmers, had :. prize watermelon
that he had forbidden his family to touch.
IN his absence It seems that his son,
Bob, about Is years old. could not resist
the te1nnta ton 10 sample IT, The father
upon being informed Of BOb's fOndness
Cor prize melons. undertook TO give Bob
q thrashing. Bob resisted striking his
father with a banjo, he nearly severed
q thumb ana with repeated blows, broke
two or three hibs, and inflicted sundry
other injuries.
John NJ. Moore has entered suit IN the
superior court at Atlanta against the
Aferchante' bank Of that city in the sum
OF s. 900, alleged damage done to his char
aeter by that bank. A few daysago two
cheeks signed by Mr.. Moore We're refused
payn1snt at the bank, where Mr.. Moore
SAYS he has a larger sum deposited than
beth Of the checks called for. For this
reason ne viii ask the court to give him
damages to the amount OF $4,000 which
be says ives done to him personally and
The checks that the bank
refused 70 honor were for only small
euEn.
waycro@s correspondence Morning
News: Tho Waycross Cycle Club VAL soon
BEGIN work on a bicycle track from the
corner OF Albany avenue and Gulf street
10 the satilla river bridge. Tho course OF
The track win be along Gulf street to
Judge Warren Lofts residence, and
thence 70 the river, via the Lott cemetery
and the public road. The track is to be
fve feet wide and rolled hard. The first
plan was 20 have the track paved, but
This was considered TOO expensive for the
club TIE track VIII be over two miles
long. Sinclair Douglas was robbed at the
pass engeF station this morning, and he
Swore out warrants against Bully VIII
Hams and Jim Panther, two other ne
groes. who were arrested Williams and
Panther were given preliminary trial
and rsmauded 70 SAL. ism Panther asked
Douglas to change a IS BILL and the lat
ter handed him the change, when the
former gave the bill TO his pal, Bully Will
Hams, and ran and hid himself in the
crowd.
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