The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

VIII set Aside at Rome
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Nettie c. Hall is the name of The
new editor and proprietor Of the Fitz-
gerald Enterprise
Brunswick's shipping record for Novem-
Der shows total of $26SS,557 the largest
months business in its history
A. c. Sutton of Dooly was at Montezu-
ma Saturday to trade. While returning
home his mules ran away and killed him.
John Anton was jailed at Rome Monday
on charge of larceny after trust pre-
ferred by Jacob Kuttner, a wholesale mer-
chant
Mrs. W. c. Bryant, wife of Hon. w. c..
Bryant, ex-representative of Floyd coun-
ty in the legislature died at Rome day
or two ago.
Nearly all of the peach trees in Craw-
fordville are reported to be broken down
and split up. owing the sleet and wind
Tuesday night.
Mrs. NJ. L. Troutman, Sr., died at her
home near Rome Monday. She was over
20 years of age She was a cousin Of Judge
Joel Branham.
At GAINESVILLE Monday bud" Jenkins,
a notorious negro shot Cub" Wright,
another negro. inAicting a wound which
may prove fatal.
At Thomaston Monday Hon. James r.
Atwater was reelected mayor without OPP
position. The following councilmen were
elected by a handsome majority N. w.
Reid, ]. A. Yates, w. L. SHELTON, c. f.
Bethel.
The heavy sleet of Tuesday night caught
the flower yards of Wilkes county in fun
bloom. The beautiful and perfectly form
ed roses and rosebuds encased in ice were
objects of universal, and enthusiastic ad-
miration
In the Peacock, Dunwody & Haugh liti
cation at Atlanta, Judge Lumpkin APP
pointed Willis f. Ragan, who was made
assignee, temporary receiver of the entire
stock of goods pending the hearing for
permanent receiver.
The mayor of Columbus has turned over
to the widows of the police officers recent
ly killed in the discharge of their duty,
the money subscribed by the people of Co.
lumbus. The total amount collected was
$2,0S49S which was divided among the
three families.
While boiling sugar on his farm, three
miles west of Cecil, w. r. Wells found a
5-franc piece of the coinage Of 1929, during
the reign of Charles X of France. 1t was
in a fair state of preservation, and the
inscription, well as the miniature, could
be readily discerned on the surfaces of
the coin.
The first case tried in the United States
Of FfoI
the United States VS.. Jacob w. f. Little
ct al, postmaster and bondsmen at West
Point. The postmaster owed the govern
ment 500, and the suit was to recover
from his bondsmen. The jury returned
verdict for the plaintiff
The next municipal race in cambridge
promises to be lively, there are already
being more than a dozen aldermanic as
pirants and two or, three for the mayor
atty. In view of this condition there is
desire for mass meeting to select the
best available man for mayor and the five
next best for aldermen.
An electric light plant is among the early
probabilities for Bainbridge-to be owned
by private parties-who propose lighting
the town with arc lights and supplying
private parties with arc or incandescent
residences. The representative of the COM
pany which sells the plant has been in con-
sultation with probable buyers for sew
eral days.
Uncle Jimmy Dunlap" one Of Atlanta's
most highly respected pioneer citizens, is
very i'll at his home. 10 Dunlap street
His ailment is bronchitis, with which he
was attacked last Monday morning. Mr.
Dunlap, who is SO years of age is the
father of United States Marshal S. c.
Dunlap and Deputy United States Mar
shall J. g. Dunlap. His third son. Edgar
Dunlap, is an insurance agent.
In the United States court at Columbus
Tuesday the priority of the claims of
creditors of the Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company was taken Three
classes of creditors, the bondholders, the
savings bank depositors and the creditors
to whom the mills became indebted within
the six months preceding the failure. ar
que that their respective claims are prior
to all others. L. +. Garrard, represent
ing the American Trust and Banking
Company, trustees for the bondholders,
argued the priority of the claim of his
client over all other creditors.
The Baptist Extension Society of At
lanta has been organized. The following
Judge John 4. Pendleton, president; Judge
Andrew j. Cobb, first vice president: b. r
Abbott, second vice president; w. w. Orr,
secretary, and T. j. Buchanan, treasurer
The executive committee is composed of
John M. Greene, chairman; Porter King,
J. j. Maddox, E. II. Thornton, /. ], Van
Ness, G. n. Blalock and A. d. Adair. The
objects of the society are to locate new
missions, foster those already located. af-
fording counsel and providing pecuniary
aid for churches in need.
Milledgeville Chronicle: A party has
made the people of Milledgeyille the fol-
lowing bona fide proposition: II they will
furnish stock to the amount of 500 can
he will put in a 100000 cotton factory
which will bring 300 families, 3 900 peonle
and build 800 tenement houses. on me-
other hand, If the city VIII guarantee
that he will be exempt from taxes for
five or ten years he will build the entire
plant himself Now, this is authentic and
the party is already interested in enter
prises in this town, and it is no idle tall
II our citizens want this, all they have
70 90 IS 70 call meeting and accent either
OF the above propositions and nut the
bail in motion. "a"
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