The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Poison-TwO Buildings burned at
CovingtOn-BuIIetsF Fly at a Dance
in Laurens County.
GEORGIA.
DR.. NJ. E. VasoN of Dublin died Thurs
,ov after an illness of eleven weeks.
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad
company is having handsome new pas
senger depot erected at Fairburn.
The newly elected aldermen of Column
b.s are E. P. Dismukes, E. H. Roberts,
T. Cooper, C. ]. Elfier, W. e. Marcrum,
" c. Lawrence and K. Redd.
mdge Newman of the United States cir
emit court at Atlanta, Saturday, set aside
The temporary receivership in the case of
1 the Rome Electric Light Company.
Albert Harvey of Columbus, had his
riqbt hand and arm caught in a gin and
/ torn off nearly up to the shoulder Satur-
dav. He was feeding gin for ]. d. Hen
dirk.
While trying to quell a row among ne
/ eroes in a saloon at Atlanta Saturday
night Officer Fitzpatrick was seriously in
hred by being struck ON the head with
pair of brass knucks.
The Rome Ice Manufacturing Company is
putting in another new machine. 1t will
have capacity of fifteen tons day and
with the new machine in operation, the
daily output of the company will be thirty
tons.
Robert D. Sweat, of Columbus, while
going home Saturday from work on the
i Buena Vista branch of the Central rail-
II road fell from the hand car and was run
over. Nearly all of his ribs are bent and
an ugly cash is cut in his back near the
hip bone.
In a difficulty at Americas Saturday be-
tween Isaac Pounds and Clip Taylor
Pounds was badly cut in the neck and will
probably die In statement Pounds de-
clares the assault was wholly unpro-
voked 1t is known that woman figures
4 in the case. Taylor has not yet been ar
rested.
Macon Telegraph: Mr.. Seymour, the
lumber merchant of Cordele, says that
Spain and the continent" are the best
i customers of the Georgia pine mills. The
foreign shipments of lumber from this
state alone amount to 100000 feet a day.
And yet the Georgia legislature has de-
clared war against Spain!
Mfs. Clebe lowers, wife Of DR.. lowers,
/ narrowly escaped death Saturday by poi
son at Americas. She ate some rice left
over from dinner and in a few minutes
was deathly sick BY hard work her life
was saved. DR.. lowers says that arsenic
was mixed with the rice, but by whom
is a mystery. A negro boy on the premi-
Il ses also ate of the rice and came near dy-
ing.
A damage suit in the sum of $4,000 has
been filed in the city court at
1 Atlanta against the Western and
4 Atlantic railroad by Mrs. Bay
annah Bass NeaFly4rsix years ago her
husband, James H. Bass, was a locomotive
engineer in the employ OF the railroad and
was seriously injured in jumping from his
1 engine in a collision. He died from the
wounds, it is claimed, last September
A man gave a dance at his home near
Martha in Laurens county, Thursday
night. Several of the men present were
considerably under the influence of whisky
and row ensued A woman went to the
dance equipped with a supply of whisky
which she sold freely. During the even
ing she became involved in a quarrel with
man and shot him. Her brother Joined
her in the trouble and was fearfully beaten
on the face and head with a pair of brass
side and seriously injured. 1t is not known
VINO shot him, as there was fusilade at
the same time.
Two buildings were destroyed by fire at
Covington Saturday and Gilbert Hender-
son, negro boy, TO whom the fire was
due, is now in jail. The fire originated
in the hallway on the second floor of W.
B. Lees two-story building. Henderson
either turned over lamp accidentally or
designedly knocked it over and in a few
minutes the fire was beyond control. Be
fore the flames could be controlled Mr..
Lees two-story building and two one
story buildings were consumed. The two
one-story buildings belonged to Thompson
and Lee Lees building was valued at
5000 and was insured for $1,000. The
other buildings were worth about $1,000.
he furniture was insured for $3.50
Augusta Morning News: Deputy United
states Marshal Whitley. who has just
returned from trip TO Emanuel county,
ports the killing there of man named
i Renter recently and the subsequent lynch |
ing Of negro, whose name could not be
earned for the crime. The murder and
ynchng occurred near Thrift in that coun-
" a few days ago. The murdered man
was a white farmer. Renter was killed at
dance. 1t seems that there had been
some trouble previous 20 this, but the
Delligerents had been separated and mat
'efs amicab,y adjusted. Everything went |
We'll for some time, when the festivities
We're brought to an abrupt end by the re-
port Of gun through the open door, the |
Charge taking effect in Renters head kill |
ing him instantly, blowing off the top of
nus head and scattering his brains over the |
house The firing of the gun stampeded |
Ue dancers. who remained away till out |
Sders appeared upon the scene, to whom |
'hf Story was told. An Investigation re-
'eaied the fact that after the crowd had |
ett the house some one had entered and |
renewed the dead man Of his watch and |
money. The murderer and robber had I
a'so mutiated the face of the murdered |
man by kicking and stamping him. Sus-
u on pointed to man named Jenkins, |
VITA whom Renter had a difficulty some /
lne previous, but he soon proved an alibi |
oi e confusion reigned for a time bur /
ailer matters had quoted down posses |
were organized and search Instituted, |
"hch lasted far into the night. Near day |
'Ieak the murderer was caught in a /
Namp, and taken back to the scene of /
'e crime. Runners we're at once sent |
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