The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

Sought by Several New Companies
A Man Jailed for Pushing His
Wife out Of Bed-Secretary HOke
smith at AtIanta-A Negro Badly
Injured by a Train.
GEORGIA.
The s-vear-old child OF Henry Benson,
in Bib county, was burned to death sun
day.
The Exchange Bank. at Rome, will be-
gin business Monday. W. p. Simpson Is
president.
The Atlanta Pillow Works, with a capt.
tai Of 10000, will erect a factory at Ingle-
side at once. They will give employment
10 over 100 hands.
The Rome board OF trade has peuuoned
CONGRESSMAN Maddox to use his influence
in securing a branch of the federal peni-
Tertiary in the south
Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary Of the IN
terror. arrived at Atlanta Tuesday, via
the Southern railway. He will remain
few days on business
The Georgia Association of Chiefs Of
Police, Sheriffs and City Marshals win
hold it's annual meeting in the city Of Co
lumbus next April, beginning on the l4th.
The Fitzpatrick damage case against
the city of Athens, which resulted few
months since in a verdict Of $500 and costs
against the city has been settled by the
payment of $50 TO the plaintiff, Mrs. Julia
Fitzpatrick.
Miss Carrie f. McSIurray Of At
lanta, the inventor. has plan
on hand TO erect a plant for the
manufacture of her motor cycles ana
will probably do so II a convenient site
can be found
Milan Lee, an old negro who lives at
Atlanta, rubbed his legs with kerosene
Sunday night TO cure his rheumatism. He
then sat down before a nre and Ieli
asleep. The heat ignited the kerosene and
the negro was badly burned.
Under the new road law, the banks,
factories and railroads in Walton county
will pay into the fund for lettering roads
and bridges about M,2Oo And the prop
erty situated in the incorporated towns
viii be taxed to an amount equally large.
TIE Marie hotel at Quitman has just
been sold to ]. w. Hopson. 1t is the
principal hostelry Of the city 1t was
built in 1880 by a stock l.mpany at q
cost of $4,000 and the company realized
in the sale a handsome dividend on their
investment.
Because his wife insisted upon taking
snuff in bed, J. C. Patterson of Atlanta,
whose marital woes have already caused
tertiary, pushed her out of bed a few
nights ago, and, as a consequence, rests
behind prison bars awaiting trial on a
charge of wife-beating.
Frank Barkner, a negro, who claims
Fayetteville, Tenn, as his home, was
found badly mutiated on the track of
the Western and Atlantic railroad near
Marietta Monday His arm and probably
one leg will be amputated, If the physi-
clans think there is hope for his recov-
cry. 1t is probable, however, that he will
die. How the accident occurred is a
mystery
A petition for charter was filed at At
lanta Tuesday by Charles L. Tucker and
Mrs. Agnes Cameron, asking that they
be incorporated in the Southern Purchas-
ing Company, with an authorized capi-
tai of $4,000, $1,000 to be fully paid in cash.
The purpose of the company is to buy
and sell dry goods groceries, hardware,
and books and all classes of merchandise
and lines of goods in which profit can
be made by handling.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: The Wilson Shoe Manufacturing
Company's plant started operations this
morning. The capacity of the factory is
sufficient for fifty operatives and over 200
pairs or shoes can be manufactured per
day. About twenty operatives were put
TO work to-day, but before the end of
this week fully thirty will be employed
About ten girl operatives are now at
kept by the First National Bank
Petition for charter of the EQUITABLE
Building Company has been filed with
the clerk of the superior court at At
lanta- The petitioners are: w. 2. Inman.
w. 9. Sanders, r. j. Lowry, Robert Win
snip snip OF Atlanta and II. L. Woodruff Of
the corporation will be 100000 divided
into shares of 800 each, with the power
to increase same from time to time 10
a stock no n
conduct a general buying, renting and
leasing of all kinds of property.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News; A writing school for day and night
classes is being organized by L. w. Huh
bard, the well known resident penman
VINO taught penmanship successfully in
this city for two year. 1892 and 1888. and
the place of instruction will be at some
convenient hall in the vicinity of the
opera house. The day class will be for
young ladies, girls and boys and the night
class for young men. A handsome prize
VIII De awarded TO the pupil making the
greatest Improvement, and a still hand
somer one will be awarded for the best
penmanship.
There has been change in the BUSH
ness Of the Van Wrinkle Gin and Machin-
cry Company of Atlanta, the receiver for
the business having been DISCHARGED and
a new company formed, for which an am
plication for charter has been filed 70
Van Wrinkle, who was at the head of the
old company, has bought the interest held
by Capt. w. w. Boyd and has ASSOCIATED
With him e. p McBurney and Nell r.
Wilkinson, who desire to transact busi.
ness under the name of the L. Van Win
kle Gin and Machinery Works The can
1tal stock of the new company will be
100000, but the privilege is asked of in
creasing it to 5000
United States Deputy Marshal w. O.
Johnson has arrested c. B. Miller of La
Grange, charged with violation of the In.
ternal revenue regulations. 1t is alleged
that Miller took the stamp off a half
package of whisky and shipped the cask
inside of a sugar barrel to Salisbury n.
c., Sending the stamp by mail to ~
used again The fraud was discovered mn
on the arrival of the package at its des-
tination, from the fact that it was much
too heavy for a barrel of sugar, and also
because the caSk on the inside could bo
heard shaking about Mr.. Miller was IA k
en- before Commissioner Williams at Co
lumbps and put under a $500 bond
Sandersville Progress: Hun Rogers, con-
victed of being one of the principals in the