The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-05

bond commission against the city is set
for trial to-day.
Johnston correspondence Morning News:
The Southern Pine Companys large saw
mill at Lake Bluff near this place. has
resumed operations, after being idle sew
eral months. They have several million
feet OF timber at their boom, and en-
plOy over hundred men. The brick plant
OF c. J. Mcdonald q Bro. will soon be
in operation. Their output will be 300
men. Truck farmers are busy putting IN
their crops.
W. p. lowers, one of the largest and
most successful farmers in Southwest
Georgia, tells the Americas Recorder that
he viii not increase his cotton acreage
this year. lie does not think the farmers
Of that section, as RUE, VIII increase
their acreage. He will pay more atten-
ton than heretofore 10 FOOD
crops and hogs. OF when ne
has now a drove OF several hundred fine
hogs, besides a herd of seventy Jersey
cows Of the very best strain.
The collision on the Central and West
Point railroads at West End Saturday af-
ternoon, resulted in two men named Frank
Williamson and J. b. Waddel being dan
geroggy hurt but not by t aon wrf f6e
tracks looking at the wreckage and STUN
bled over an embankment The accidents
were peculiar, and that both men escaped
without more serious injuries Is their good
luck. They tumbled over a bank about
twenty feet high and struck rock bot
tom Williams got his thigh broke, and
Waddell was badly bruised
A strange old coin was unearthed by
John London Of White county The let
tering upon 1t Is for the most part too
indstinct TO be deciphered. Upon one side
this much Is discernible:'' Georgia Colo
Around the upper rim and in the center
IS "l2S G :" directly beneath is star. ON
dollars. RIITHERF." The coin is cop
per and about the size of 25-cent piece.
When II was coined and in use is not
known. Mr.. London ssys he searched al
around the place where II was found,
thinking that perhaps others might be
discovered but without success.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: John and Jake Johnson, colored,
fought a duel Sunday night at the old
government quarantine station, two miles
south OF the city. John was probably
the ground in the forest yesterday morn
ing by young Richard Sasnett. He was
put in a wagon and brought into the
city. Jake fed, and has not been cap
tured Yesterday afternoon J. O. Tison
who was fined Saturday by Mayor knight
800 or ninety days on the chain-gang for
selling liquor without a license in this
city, was turned over to the keeper of
the chain-gang for the purpose OF serv-
ing his term of ninety days. Tison is
young white man. He thinks that he
will be able to pay his fine in few days.
For the fourth time Gordon Institute
at GAINESVILLE has outgrown itself This
time the need is a large auditorium for
commencement exercises and other public
entertainments, connected with the tnsti-
tute. SO great has been the demand FOR
this building that the town will have an
election for the issue of 5000 worth OF
bonds, the money to be used to construct
this auditorium and 70 heat the main
building by steam and to put in other
modern improvements. The old chapel of
the institute will be converted into nor
NAL school, which institution will enable
the town to receive an appropriation of
5000 annually from the state TO support
this normal school. There is some talk
of erecting an armory for the cadets over
the auditorium, which viii add much to
the appearance of the building.
News has just reached Rayle of a muir
der on NJ. S. Callaways place in Wilkes
county. Henry Gresham, who occupies
one of the tenant houses on the place,
gave a hot supper Saturday night. Some
time between and 10 o'clock, Paul Tiller,
a white man. went to the house, 1t is
claimed TO arrest Tom Gresham, who
| began to give out some whisky to the
negroes. jeff Favor, a burly negro, came
out and jerked the bottle Of whisky from
! him he would shoot him If he didn't give
! up the bottle but Jeff refused, where
/ upon Tiller drew pistol, and as he low
| cred his hand to shoot, the negro knocked
/ the pistol to one side, and the ball struck
Tom Gresham, who was standing in the
/ crowd, in the abdomen. Gresham fingered
until Sunday morning, when death came
/ TO his relief.
BY special masters report, filed in the
United States clerks office Saturday, the
mortgage of Andy p. Robinson of New
1 rho ,,rOr,evt.- 90 +lo.
I Marble Company, above Marietta, wa.
1 given precedence over all other claims
/ The exact amount of the claims covered by
/ the mortgage is $l93,S75.6S The Piedmon
| Marble Company owns one of the great
| est marble quarries in the union as wei
as one of the most valuable. Among tn,
| contracts II had was the furnishing o.
| the marble for st. Luke's hospital in New
| York, one of the largest and handsomes
buildings in the nation. Mr.. Robinson ad
| vanced money from time to time INIT
| the total Indebtedness of the Piedmon
Marble Company amounted to the largt
| sum of 1888, S75,6S. The affairs Of the mar
| more than year ago Mr. Robinson flee
| a bill asking that he be allowed to fore
! close his mortgage.
Atlanta Constitution: The case of w
S. Witham, the well-known bank pres
ident, which was brought against severa
of the stockholders of the Elberton Bank
| Will be carried to the supreme court Mr.
| NllHdIn Is one or the most noted banl
presidents in the world, as he is presiden
of twenty-five banks in the state o.
! Georgia alone. He has been in the bust
ness for eight years, during which tim,
these banks have been organized and pu
| into successful operation. The cas-,
against the Elberton Bank contains sew
eral sensational charges. He claims tina
he was defrauded out of the position n
president by the fraudulent voting of stool
which was obtained under false pretense
The petition set forth the following: II,
! owned and controlled more than l25 share,
OF the bank, which gave him a controllins
| interest but that certain stockholders wht
had schemed against him secured stool
which was not their own and voted ii
thus defeating him in the position. Wher
| the stockholders meeting was held h,
| found that another man had been elected
| president. 1t is further charged that /
| was the intention of the other stockhold
| ers TO wreck the bank, as he held mos
| of the stock, and would lose several thou
sand dollars, while their loss would b,
nominal. Mr.. Witham is president of tn,
Georgia County Bank Stock Securit,
| Company, which is capitalized at $500 600
! This company has its principal Office il
| Atlanta, but does business throughout tn,
| state. It is the object Of the company h
buy and sell bank stock, in this manne1
| securing the control of the banks which
are organized by its president The banks