The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-29
GEORGIA.

At Augusta Friday Judge Galloway
granted Ed Parks, the accused murderer,
a new trial.
Richmond Key has been arrested at
Rome on a charge Of horse stealing. He
has admitted his guilt.
In the case of Hamilton against the
Rome railroad suit for the purchase money
of a small tract of land lying along the
Etowah river at its juno ton with Oostan-
aula, the jury has returned a verdict in ia
Vor of the railroad.
Eight thousand bales of cotton have
been received in Barnesville and the city
is continually drawing the staple from
other markets. The merchants are doing
considerable buying, which guarantees
good prices.
The organization of 8 military company
IS In progress at Gainesville. The young
men of the town have made application to
the governor for arms and equipments,
and prepare tions for holding a fair to raise
money TO purchase uniforms are being
made.
Doc Hightower, a 17-year-old negro, was
shot at Atlanta Wednesday night by Ed
Jones, another negro. He died a few mo-
Inents after the fatal shot was fired. The
negroes have been rivals for some time
and jealousy is supposed to have prompted
the deed.
VIII Proudfoot, who was cut in the head
with an AK a week ago Friday in a row
near the depot at Dallas with VIII Jeffer-
son, a negro, died Thursday from the
wounds inflicted. He never recovered sur
1iciently to tell his side of the difficulty
jefferson is in jail.
ID,
Blackburn, representing Mrs. Lille S
johnson and W. E. Sterling, children Of
DR. w L. Sterling, who died May IS, 1894
against Mrs. Nettie e. Sterling to recover
property on Cain. Walton and North ave-
nue. of the value of Sl0,00G.
j. s. Tidwen has brought suit at At
lanta against ]. D. Showers for $4,000 for
malicious and false arrest He says Stow
ers swore out warrant and had him ar
rested for larceny after trust, but the
day the case was set for trial, he failed
TO appear and the case was dismissed.
One of the most exciting man hunts
ever known in North Georgia is now on
in the country around shannon. eight
miles above Rome desperate charSc-
ter with two pistols and a Winchester
rifle, supposed to be Moore, the assassin
of Gideon Pope, is being chased by a
posse with bloodhounds.
Made frantic by being tickled and leased,
Sam Robertson. IS years old. struck his
friend, Joe Blakely, q years old, singing
blow in the face and during the cinch ana
struggle on the ground, that followed, dis
embowelled him with pen knife Wednes-
day afternoon at the Massachusetts, cotton
mills, four miles south of Rome. Attending
physicians say that there is no hope of
Blakely's recovery, Robertson is in jail.
snowden Jones, Hiley Jones and Young
Lindsey got drunk at Dalton Thursday
night. They were arrested by the marshal
and placed in Jail for safe-keeping. Soon
after they were locked up Snowden Jones
set fire to the bed clothing and came near
burning the jail. The mayor fined both
the Jones boys $25 or thirty days. Lind
sey was turned loose. A warrant was
sworn out for Snowden Jones charging
him with setting fire to the jail.
The case of Dawson Waterworks Com
pany against the city of Dawson for water
rent was decided Wednesday in favor of
the plaintiffs. The contract between the
water works ana the city calls for 81 900
yearly for water rent for twenty years.
The present city council claim that such a
system of water works as now exists in
Dawson can be had for $4,000, and the city
be sole owner and claimed that the con-
tract is Illegal because It was not left to
vote Of the people
GEORGIA.
Dave Cummings and Arthur Holloman
were taken back to Macon from Wilkin-
son county Friday night. They were car
ried down Tuesday to be tried for the
murder of Arthur Stanley last year. Cum
mlngs was found guilty of murder in the
1irst degree and recommended TO the mer-
cy of the court and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. Holloman was sent
up for twenty years for being accessory
TO the crime.
At Atlanta Wednesday night e. w. Boyd
a young white man, employed at the Full
ton Bag and Cotton mills and John PUNK
ett his cousin, cabinet maker by trade
became engaged in a difficulty near the
Elsas-May bag factory, which resulted in
Boyd cutting Plunkett about the face sew.
eral times and then stabbfng him quite Sc.
riously with a small pocket knife. The two
men had a quarrel about a pair of trousers
which Boyd had promised Punkeit Boil
men were drinking. Plunketts wounds ar,
not fatal.
J. II. Creekmorc, one of the five men ar
rested for the killing Of Gideon Pope, the
negro shopkeeper. who was stabbed tc
death in his place Of business at Rome Sat
urday night, was given a preliminary hear
ing before a trial justice Wednesday anC
discharged. lie proved an alibi. The only
evidence against the four other prisoner,
is that men thought to be them were seer
lettering about Pope's store during tn,
evening of the tragedy, and the genera
opinion in Rome is that the guilty partle,
have not been apprehended.
State School Commissioner Glenn is us.
ing every effort to secure the passage
through the Legislature Of the bill to lew
a local school tax in each county equa
70 the amount appropriated to each county
from the state school fund. He think,
the passage OF the bill Is essential to IN,
Improvement and advantage Of the school.
vi the state and the measure mas man,
champions The bin is now before IN,
educational committee Of the House and
VIII PROBABLY be reported from tha
committee some time this week.