The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-15
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGR Apis.


NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLL
IN PARAGRAPHS.
Meeting of the North Georgia Fruit
Growers AsSociatfOn-A Merchant
of Buena Vista Gets a Verdict for
$1,000 Against "a Chicago Collect
ing AEency-The Atlanta Bicycle
Manufacturing Company Organ
lied.
GEORGIA.
Thomas Smith. an old citizen of Warren
ton. died this week.
Lieut. Col. w. J.. kellogg of the Fif.h
Infantry. United States army, stationed
al Fort Mcpherson, is in his quarters at
the post very sick.
The Georgia Bankers Association VIII
meet in NTH annual convention at Au-
Eusta on Wednesday and Thursday OF
next week, May % and -.
VIII Rivers a young white man Who
has for some time been assistant steward
at the Arason hotel at Atlanta, was found
dead Tuesday night in a restaurant On
Collins street.
Dow Kinsey, who lives two miles from
Sunday morning with a Testament. He
told his wife that he was going 10 sunday
school and would return after church IL
he was alive. She has not seen him since
The woods are being searched for his
body, as IL is believed that he has been
murdered.
A charter for the Fitzgerald. Pine
Bloom and Naldosta railroad has been
granted from the office OF Secretary OF
state Gambler. The road is 70 run from
Lhr0ugh the counties OF Irwin, Berrieu,
Coffee and Lowudes, a distance of seven-
ty-1ve miles. The capital stock is placed
al $4,000.
Great excitement was caused in the
vicinity Of the dry goods store of James
Z. Corgiu at Columbus Monday afternoon
by the action of a runaway horse that
dashed into the store. That no one was
hurt is almost miraculous, as the animal
ran all the way through the establish
ment. There were not many people in
the store at the time. or else a tragedy
would have been inevitable.
The case Of J. c. jackson. a Buena Vista
merchant,vs. the Merchants Retail Com
merciai Agency of Chicago. and Hamburg
er a Williams of Columbus a damage
suit for $4,000, which has excited interest
the plalnuH alleging that he was black
mailed by the collecting agency acting IN
behalf Of the local firm was tried I'm Mus
ccogee superior court Wednesday, and
~
lis verdict, awarding Jackson $1,000.
The North Georgia Fruit Growers As
ISOLATION meets at Calhoun Thursday. May
81 F. NJ. Cooper Of Gainesville will read
paper on Soil Adaptation" Hon. r
I. Nesbitt, state commissioner Of agri-
3 culture, will make an address on Farm
Improvement President G. II. Miller
OF Rome will speak on Commercial APP
the Etowah humorist; President j d.
Cunningham of the State Fruit Growers
Association and Hon. Felix Corrupt Of
Cave Spring are also down for addresses.
Tuesday afternoon at G clock the train
running from Macon and connecting with
the fast train at Camak met with a serious
accident The middle car box, containing
stone, broke down Four coaches We're
dragged down slight embankment. The
engine, with one coach attached, kept
running to avoid being run into. Ii was
dragged across the tressel, about quar-
ter of a mile from Warrenton. and a little
further up the track. Considerable dam
age was done to the track. There was no
loss of life and but one person slightly
injured, namely, the baggage master The
renton.
The Atlanta bicycle and machine works
was formally organized Wednesday at a
meeting of the stockholders. The off,
GERS of the new company are Frank W.
vice president; Arthur Green of Indiana
secretary and general manager, and ]. l.
DeCelle OF lnQldud. treasurer. The OFF,
GERS, with the addition of b. F. Nysewan-
del, the attorney. of the new company
constitute a board of directors. As soon
as the organization Of the company was
perfected the property of the Atlanta
Furniture Company was purchased by
the new company and the entire plant will
be remodeled and placed in good condi-
ton.
Tom Delk, the notorious outlaw, passed
through the outskirts Of Jackson Friday
afternoon disguised as an old woman
At the place where he stopped he claimed
that he was hunting a home, but they
became suspicious and found that he was
shot in the shoulders and carried two pis-
tolls. When met by people in the road
he seemed very excited. The outlaw was
tracked below Indian Springs where all
trace Of his whereabouts was lost. Deil5
has relatives in Monroe county several
miles below the springs, and he seemed
to be making his way to that section
Deputy Sheriff Crawford, who had charge
of the posse looking for the murderer.
says he is absolutely certain that it was
Delk, He is now thought to be hiding in
the Ocmulgee river swamp.