The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
N RAGRAPHs.

fIarity in Their Names-ENery Vote
Cast in the Wet Election nj sOmeF-
willie TO BE Contested.
GEORGIA.
An artesian well 10 furnish Alley with
water has been contracted FOR
Mrs. r. O. Workman Of Mcintosh coun-
Is died last week. She was the daughter
OF ". Gardner.
a convention Of the Georgia state d.
vision OF the Daughters Of the Confeier-
acy viii be held al Augusta FEB 2.
Rev. C. N. CarsweII has retired from
the postoflce al Alley % a quiet life On
his farm in Burke county. The new post
master has not yet been appointed
Miss Alice clayton. Is years old, who
lives al Toonich. was on her way TO
school Monday morning. when the team
ran away. throwing her out and breaking
one OF her legs In two places.
A negro man about 40 years Of age was
found dead near Stuckey, in Montgomery
county. Saturday night, His skull was
crushed. his body mangled and his race
mutilated so that Identification was i'm
possible
Mayor J. Glenn McAfee Of Dalton called
a special session Of the council Thursday
morning TO consult about me abvisability
OF sending committee TO Washington
TO urge the location Of the federal prison
in Dalton.
Lethia Hendrix, sent mp from Bullock
county for three years for burglary. has
been pardoned by Gov. Atkinson. 1t was
shown that she had served all OF her
time but eight months, and is suffering
with consumption.
The habeas corpus case Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Mobiles was not heard at Macon Mon
day, but was postponed until next Mon
day morning, owing 10 the inability Of
Solicitor Easen TO be present He had
prior engagement in the state courts.
James Dye, a merchant doing business
al Blythe. was arrested Friday by United
States marshal charged with selling liz
uors and especially 70 minors. Z Is OPEN
~ alleged that the prosecution Is brought
about by RIVALS in the mercantile world.
Mr.. Dye was carried TO Augusta and
lodged in Jail.
A young negro of Cuthbert, while adj
justing a well rope in the "whirl' Sat
urdav afternoon. missed his footing and
fell fifty feet head foremost into a well,
breaking his neck. causing instant death.
The body was eXtricated with some diff
ficulty. as the mans head was buried
deep In the mud at the bottom OF the
An assignment has been filed by w. c.
Hill Of Forsyth, dealer in dry goods and
furniture, in which T. -. Smith is APP
pointed assignee. The firms liabilities
amount to 5000, while the assets, includ-
ing stock store, furniture, notes and ac-
counts. aggregate $7867. The mortgage
creditors are Mrs. NJ. T.. Mooney. S7l5;
Brooks Newton, bankers, $720; G. b.
Key, clerk, Sl2; Bloodworth & Ruther-
ford, attorneys, $2O9
The attorneys for the dry side in the
Summerville contest filed a bill attacking
date Tor mayor in the recent cleo
ton. As many Of the leading business
men voted with the wet side. the filing
of the bill CHASING them with the de-
taulters created considerable sensation.
The contest has brought about much feel
ing and there is no telling where II win
end nor IN whose favor,
Swainsboro correspondence Morning
News: The new jail at Swainsboro has
been completed. and the new $4,000 court
house Will be completed IN about two
months. The new Methodist church will
soon be completed. A brick store is be-
ing built by Mrs. NJ NJ. Mcleod on the
corner or Main and Broad streets There
IS rumor circulating that the Stillmore
Air Line will be extended from SWANS
borO to Wadley in the next few months.
J. b. Collins, a white man confined in
the county chaingang for selling whisky,
escaped Saturday night Collins Is want
ed on two or three other charges. The
Gospel Advocate, a new religious pa
boro under the management of J. G. Bag
gett.
There is promise of an interesting suit
TO come off at Augusta in the near flu
ture. 1t will probably be between the
Middle Georgia Land and immigration
Company and the Eastern Middle Geor-
ga Land and Immigration Company. The
similarity OF the name will be the cause
OF II. About a year ago, or maybe less,
DR. o. c. Pope and number of others
OEEQntuRn MfnAlA al nd anA
Immigration Society, and through their
attorney, +. T. Lockhart, procured a
charter; Dr. Pope then went to Germany
and laid foundations for inducing q large
number of German agriculturists to come
to this state. He has since been in cor
respondence with them and is yet A few
days ago 7. X. Scott, w. 4. Davidson
and others organized themselves into a
company and through their attorney w
r. Davidson, are now applying for a char
ter for themselves as the Eastern Middle
Georgia Land and immigration Com
pany. DR.. Pope takes exception to this
similarity in names and will file a petit
ton of injunction that the charter be not
granted.
There is an interesting story connected
with the winding up of the estate of Capt.
A. G. West of the Cherokee Iron Com
pany at Cedartown. At the time OF his
death he was reputed to have been worth
in the neighborhood of half a million dol
lars. OF that amount 100000 was in gov
eminent bonds. The bonds are missing
and so far all efforts to locate them have
proved fruitless. The last that was ever
known of them was when Capt West had
occasion to make a bond, some years be-
fore his death, in connection with the
Horne mine, a part of the St Clair Iron
Company property in Alabama. At that
time he told several parties that he took
his bonds down there and put them I'm as
collateral for the 100000 bond, which he
was required TO make in a suit against
the company. At the time Of his death
1vey b. Thompson was chosen as adminis-
traitor of his property, and his wife hav-
ing survived him, an attempt was made TO
wind up the estate. but the lands and
money he was supposed to have had were
not to be found. Mrs. West lived but a
few months, and shortly after her death
Capt Thompson died also. Col w. G.
Bum was then chosen as administrator.
The principal heir was Mr.. c. W West
a nephew of Capt. West, who married a
sister of his uncles wife. Another search
was made for the missing bonds, but so
far their disappearance remains a mys-
terry.
FLORIDA.
G. w. Hendrix, a farmer of Suwannee
county. lost his house and furniture by
fire Monday morning. The loss is partly
covered by insurance.
Charles McLane. alias Charles Gordon,