The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23


NaIuabIes-Decarur County Tohac-
co Farms Making "A Handsome
shoyvInE-An Election Ordered fer
SheriG in screven County.
GEORGIA
". $. Wltham and John 70. Elmo1lz7l
have completed ar-s1- Ian-= -1r The
opening o- d bank 70 West Point
Two merchants 81 Atlanta have been
arrested and GueI for FASTING -hair cards
on money for acve--is--- purposes
HanseH Muuens. the leader ~ the nine
men who broke jail al Marietta sunday
night. has been captured and again lodged
fl jail.
Augusta Chronicle 4 three-cornered
race for the e1rerrorship between Atziu-
son Hines and Hanson would make i've
ly times d. Georgia
Henry Woolley. a Washington negro.
died last week and was buried with Cath
ole rites the first negro VINO vas ever
buried by that church in wilkes county
The Hilton d Dodge Lumber Company
a. Darien have such "a demand Tor their
lumber that they viii double their ca
Iaclry. This is already The largest llm-
Der concern Ia Georgia
Henry Weinmeizter. a cabinet maker
in the Winship eompany's shops al At
lanta, had large portion Of his left
hand cut of Tuesday while al work on
q new and complex machine.
Prof ArnaH. who was attacked By the
Moon brothers al Brooks station, 10
Oglethorpe county. last week. is much
improved and viii recover. The Moons
We're given a preliminary hearing before
Judge Ac5ouEh saturday, ana, DeinS
found guilty were sent 20 jan IN default
OF bond.
An election for sheriff Of Screven coun-
T. VIII be held on April I. 20 fiil the va
cancy occasioned By the death Of Sheriff
BROKER. who was killed several months
ago by the Zeigler brothers EX-sherln
Mills. who was appointed acting sherln
BY the ordinary. viii continue to act until
the election.
Mrs Porter Stocks died Monday at
the home Of l. d. Herrin at Marietta.
where she has been living for some time.
The death OF Airs. Stocks was due 70
consumption. from which she had suner-
ed for a long while. She was wife Of
the man who shot All Cassin and met
tragic death in the mines.
Green G. Whidden Of Worth county was
accidentally killed on Friday last. He
was Telling timber and a tree which he
cut down struck other timber In falling
and was so changed in the course OF its
descent as to catch him unawares and
killing him almost instantly.
On Monday Of last week when Mr.. and
Mrs. J. f. Crosland. whose country home
is six miles southeast OF Albany, went
into town on a shopping tour $55 in silver
was stolen from their house. The theft
was not discovered until the following
Wednesday. Several negroes are now I'M
der arrest in connection with the THEFT
The jury decided in favor Of the defend
- IT f.a~a
the Southern railway. which has been on
trial for several DAYS before Judge W
T Newman Of the federal court, at At
lanta. Smith claimed $4,000 damages on
account of what he claimed were pernla-
nent injuries sustained in a derailment ac-
cident
Arnold & Stewart, bankers. Of Lexing-
ton, have sold their full interest to a
new company. which will be called the
Bank Of Lexington. The officers of the
new company are: president w. S With
am vice president, %. II. Arnold; direct
ors. ". 81 Howard, o. II. Arnold. W. s.
Witham, 7. W. Crawford and William
Gottheimer. The capital stock Is $500.
This is the only bank in Oglethorpe
county.
The tobacco farms in Decatur and sur
rounding counties are assuming the pro-
portions that made them famous before
the war. The Cuban leaf tobacco is be-
ing successfully raised, and some of the
u
refused offers as high as sixty thousand
dollars net for this years yield on a sim
gle farm. Marshal Harrell says the to-
bacco planters are buying mules in larger
numbers than ever before.
Hon. Henry Collier, member Of the leg
islature from Echols county. is steadily
improving and it is. thought he viii re-
cover. It viii be remembered that several
days ago in trying TO stop a difficulty be-
tween white man and negro ne was
shot, the ball lodging near his back. The
bail will be extracted in a few days.
Miller, who shot him, was drunk and
had Just previously tried to commit sui
eide by throwing himself in front Of an
approaching train.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: 1t is reported
that as Judge Byron B. Bower of Balm
bridge, has announced his candidacy for
congress in the Second district, his resig-
nation as Judge Of the Albany circuit
will most probably follow. In this event
II is intimated that Gov. Atkinson viii
MI the vacancy by the appointment Of So
1icitOr General w. +. Spence Of Camilla
which latter vacancy would probably be
filled by the appointment Of ex-senator
w. u. Wooten of Albany.
Several weeks ago r. L. and W. E.
Rowland found two boys. aged respective
~ and Y years, rambling around Fay
etteville. Apparently they were lost
Upon their being questioned, they
said that they We're hunting a home their
4dAItE anu LlOAuEE 0pln btlilB QEd0. 1nGN
further claimed TO have come from Mis-
sissippi. The Messrs. Rowland took them
10 their homes at Inman, where they re-
manned until Tuesday, when they disap-
peared, carrying with them two silver
watches and several other small articles,
besides a small amount of money. 1t is
supposed they went to Atlanta.
The case of the Alabama and Georgia
Manufacturing Company the Huguley
Manufacturing Company and William r.
Huguley, against J. J. Robinson trustee.
has just been decided at New Orleans.
This case involves a valuable cotton duck
mill at West Point. which the evidence
discloses cost about $35O,O00. The plant it.
self, together with the heavy sums OF
rents and profits, wastes, conversions,
interest aggregating size, 900 constitutes a
valuable prize. The appellate court af-
firms the decree of the lower court, award
ing in favor Of the appellants the Hugh
ley Manufacturing Company, their rights
10 restitution of the factory property, and
a reference, or an accounting, is likewise
ordered to be taken in their favor by the
standing master in chancery. Julius L.
Brown. In the same connection the de-
cree Of the lower court, declaring as 10
the maturity of $4,000 of bonds, is like