The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

RumOrs of scheme To Sell Stone
Mountain to the state and Thai
VenabIe Bros. Have Been offered
$3.50, 900 for the Property-A Negro
shot and Killed by the Road over
seer of Harris County.
GEORGIA.
The Tifton Land and Emigration Com
pany has recently secured 2o,oo0. acres Of
land in one tract. which is being rapidly
taken up by progressive farmers from the
northwest The Indiana Fruit Company
Of Muncie. md, have secured lOJ1 acres
which will be planted IN peaches this win
ter, and the prospects Tor a large enlsra-
zion are very bright.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the unwilling Of the confederate monu-
ment in Central park, Cuthbert, on May
/ Gen. Clement a. Evans Of Atlanta viii
be the orator Of the day. Col. John +.
shannon. grand master OF the grand lodge
OF Georgia, with other grand lodge otIl-
GERS. assisted by about 90 MasOns, Will
lay the corner stone TO the monument
Through his attorneys. Col. W. d. Grant
has filed suit against T. J. James. John
w. Murphy. J. W. English and Julius l..
Brown. Joseph NJ. Brown and Elizabeth
Brown. executors and eXecutllX OF the
estate Of the late Joseph +. Brown, TO
recover the amount Of money which he
paid the state several days ago as the
amount due on the convict lease OF peni-
Tertiary company No 3, for the years 1884
ana 1885.
There is some gossip at Atlanta about
a plan TO sell Stone Mountain 10 the state.
The only use the state would have for the
property would be 70 quarry grahlte, anu
this would require Georgia TO go into the
business Of taking contracts Tor paving
and building Ii was stated a few years
1auH AaHn
Offer of $3.50 600 for the mountain. II IS
said that they gave $4,000 for IT htteen
years ago There is enough granite IN II
10 pave every city in the world twenty
times over.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: Rembert Johns, a farmer near Lu-
laton, in Wayne county. a few days ago
dug up a tin box containing nineteen
bright silver coins the size OF silver dol
lars. They were French aud Spanish
coins one CT them bore the picture OF
Napoleon and the words: 'Napoleone Inn
poretore," on one side. and ''E. Re, 1914.
on the other side. Another bore this IN
scription on one side: Napoleon Emperor,
Empire France. 1872, Francs" One of
the Spanish coins was inscribed: "Repub-
lica MeXicana the picture Of an eaglel
1872" Mr.. Johns will investigate their
value.
John Trimms, the man wanted for at
tempting to assault two school girls at
paramount rev days ago was seen dbbut
six miles from Calhoun Saturday. He
passed through field where G. w. Tip
pens was a work and offered 10 sell his
shotgun, which he carried when he lett
home. Timms had on no coat and had
his feet wrapped in pieces of sheepskln.
he wanted a pair Of shoes ana $50 IN
money for his gun. saying that he had got
into a liquor scrape in Barlow county
and was anxious to get 10 North Carolina.
Mr.. nppens had not heard of the trouble
at Paramount, and not suspectng that
Tmms was wanted for any serious crime,
allowed him to pass on. Timms is a
heavy-set fellow about 30 years of age.
has long, thin, light moustache and his
neck and back Of head form an almost
straight line. The officers are hot after
him, and il is believed that he will be
captured
Saturday afternoon, J. H. Doyle, county
overseer for Harris county. shot and killed
Fillmore Bryant. a laborer upon the coun-
~ roads, who made vicious assault upon
that officer. For some fancied insult Bry-
himself upon Mr.. Doyle, and Saturday af-
ternOOn he approached a gang Of road Ia
b0rers that were engaged in repairing
the county road near Hamilton. He APP
preached Doyle and made some threats
regarding his wrongs, and started upon
the overseer with uplfted shovel, when
the overseer drew his pistol and shot the
negro, killing him instantly. Mr.. Doyle
Immediately sent word TO the sheriff of
Harris county and offered TO give him
self up, and his case viii probably. be
heard at an early day The sympathy of
both races, and IL is quite probable that
he will be exonerated, as the negro was
known to have made . several threats
against the overseer.