The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-27
PONDER'S CASE PoSTPONrn
MIR. w. w. FRASER, HOwr,,..
WILL APPEAR FOR THE sT,Ta an

"A~A@ Al A-AA FUR THE STATE
Judge FerriII Has Received ,ho
sion Blanks for 1S9T-'rhev ~.
BE Filled Out and Forxv.na
the Commissioner of Peps,o.
Free of Amy Cost to the ApnI;o.
The Holidays Responsible 20
Dull Week i'm the COurts-Ips,.
tons to Jurors and Li1uor n
ers.
The trial of Thomas v. Ponder v,,r
take place tomorrow, as assigned # h
ing been found necessary yester5av
postpone it for the present. and an 49,,
of court was granted to this effect w
Falligant announced, however. tbat
the case came UP for trial he vorla
point Hon. w. w. Fraser solicitor gorp
pro tenn to conduct the case in boba,s
the state. This action will be tal,a.
account of the fact that Hon. w w W.
Osborne, whose term of office begins ~
Friday, is disqualified in the case on
count of the fact that his partner H.
Pope Barrow, has heretofore aided in ~
conduct of the defense, and will con,,s@
to do so. Whenever the case comes ,1
therefore, Mr.. Fraser will represent *,
state.
Judge Hampton L. Ferrill has recaiy.,
from Commissioner of Pensions Ricba,s
johnson, who was appointed under the "a
! cent act of the general assembly creat
ing that office, the blanks for 1897 undo.
the various pension laws, with suggestiona
with regard to filling them out and re-
turning to the commissioners Office
The circular states that payments will
begin as early in January as is practice.
bic, INDECENT, widows and invalids beins
paid in the order named. No new claims
will be considered until the enrolled claims
are disposed of, and it will probably ba
March before that is finished. The sauna
| order will be noted in passing on new
| claims. From present indications If il
! said, it will take several months to ais.
! pose of the new applications. The eirej.
| lar calls attention to the Jaw which far.
| bids the payment of more than one pen-
| sion to the same individual.
| The circular giving instructions as IA
| pensions is accompanied by a COPY of t6S
| act authorizing the appointment of a men.
| sion commissioner by the governor and DE-
filming the duties of that officer, and also Inv
copy OF the act which makes it a misde.
| meanor Tor any person to ask or receiva
any compensation for representing or as
| sion in prosecuting or procuring or co.
lecting from the state of Georgia, anv men.
sion, which, under the laws Of the state
he or she may be entitled to receive nro,
vided that this act shall NOT anniv r. ~ ~.
collecting of fees by ordlnaries as now nra'
scribed by Jaw. p'e-
The, The o pr in every country are al.
lowed by law to change certain fee for
drawing up pension hapers, and also fo.
granting licenses to psddle to ev.coDfa az
crate soldiers. Judge Fetrill, however 6s,
n n rrf1 . h. 7 r
these cases, and a pensioner in C6afbamm
county always receives the full amonns
paid by the state. "4''H'
The week has been a quiet one in all =.
the courts, and the week that has lust ST he W.
gun bids fair to be the same way n d
no doubt the usual dizziness Incident tn ,bs
holidays, though a little more accenn,at,
ed. There were a few orders taken IN III
superior court yesterday, however ana
there Will perhaps be some business trans.
acted there tomorrow.
An order was granted allowing ASal;ns
Ulmer, Individually, and as trustee ID sell
to Lillian NJ. Mercer, the western half If
lot No. rs Liberty ward for $500
In the case of Epsy Tolbert against the
Caledonian Insurance Company of Scot
land, in which she sued on fire insurance
policy for $500 on her house, which was
t Rurn aa, IN april 1872 the court sustained
pany, and dismissed the petition.
The final decree was signed by the court
in the case of George j. Mills adminis-
traitor against e. Farley Cunningham,
directing the defendant to turn over 10
the plaintiff the fifty-seven shares OF
Southwestern railroad stock in his possess
sion, and also the 81, 400 par value Of de-
bentures, which were transferred to him
by Miss Euphenlia Cunningham, prior to
her death.
The commission Of Justice Van r. Wink
Ter, who was recently appointed notary
public and ex-officio justice of the peacs
by Judge Falligant on recommendation
court of ordinary, yesterday, and Justcs
Wlnkler Will probably be sworn in for
his new term the early part of this week.
He has held the office in the Eighth mill
tia district continuously since 1873.
The. city court will meet Monday at %
o'clock, at which time the case Of J. j.
Trimble against the Savannah, Florida
and Western railroad, damages will be
taken up for trial. The petty criminal
business of the city court will be disposed
Of Tuesday.
special notice directed to the petit ju-
rors OF the superior court Is published ID
another column, In which directions are
given as to what jurors are summoned 10
appear at the court room tomorrow morn
ing. All of the petit jurors except those
named in the notice are discharged until
Monday, Jan. 4.
Notice is given In to-day's Morning
News that the books for the registration
of liquor dealers will be open at the ordl-
narys Office tomorrow. All persons or
firms desiring to engage in the sale Of
spirituous or malt liquors during the year
1897 are required by law to register thelr
names in person before Jan. /. The oooks
are in charge of Clerk F. e. Keilbach OK
the court or ordinary. to whom applea-
ton for registration should be made
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