The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.

Damages for Defamation or mar
acter-Lowndcs County'S Disap'
pearing Lake FiIIins Up Again.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Levi Cohen. one Of the oldest resi-
dents of Atlanta died Friday.
Aaron silver's store at Augusta was clos
ed Saturday under foreclosure Of q mort
gage.
The Plains, in Sumter county. viii ap-
ply for charter and be duly incorporated
as city.
A committee Of hfty has been appointed
20 aid in the up5uudins Of the Macon
branch Of the Young Mems Christian AZ
ISOLATION
The residence Of James Grisham. a
farmer who lives about two miles east OF
Rockmarr, was destroyed by fire T~urs-
day night. There was no insurance.
Rev. J. W Walden has arrived at Ath-
ems from New Orleans to confer with the
Presbyterian elders relative TO the imam
imous call extended to him some days
ago.
Macon IS to have a negro democratic
newspaper 1t will be published and edit
ed by ]. T. Bailey A. NJ. Phi. D., LID,
lawyer and ex-distrtct judge Of North
Carolina, who went to Macon for the ben
eft Of his health.
S 5. Pegram, an insurance solicitor,
will sue the Bankers Alliance Insurance
Company for $4,000 for Islander. and H.
A. Luther, the Atlanta manager Of that
company, for the same amount The suit =
the outcome Of a trial in a justice court
one day last week. Pegram was indicted
on a warrant sworn out by Luther on the
charge of forgery, and it was alleged that
Pegram had forged the name of W. a.
Cones, barber, TO an SIS note.
A serious difficulty occurred at the
Yorkville gold mine, about eight miles
south Of Rockmart. Friday, between Will
lam Cochran, "a foreman al the mines,
and Harrison Ferguson, a former en-
ploye of the company. Ferguson attack
ed Cochran with pistol Cochran dts
armed Ferguson and beat him over the
head with a stick. Ferguson is seriously
wounded. The cause of the difficulty was
an old grudge and bad whisky.
Octahatchie lake, in Lowndes county,
which some time ago run dry Is filling
up again and will have it's regular sup
ply of water within a month. The bed
of the lake is already covered with wa
ter and the broad white beaches are grad
ually getting lower The water IS proba-
bly, ten feet deep now in every part Of
the fake, which is about three mics IN
length and a mile wide. A strange fea.
ture of the lake IS that the fish, etc, are
returning with the water and many are
being caught there now.
There was a desperate fight on Jones
avenue at Atlanta, Saturday, in which
two negroes working in the chain-gang
and a guard named Shivers were the prin-
ciples. Henry Harris, one Of the negroes
in the gang, attacked Guard Shivers, get
ting him down on the ground and pound
ing him with his fists. Another negro in
the gang saw the negro beating the guard
and went to Shivers' assistance. He dealt
Harris blow on the head with a shovel
which inflicted an ugly wound and from
which he is likely to die.
Tink Green. a well known negro, lives
four miles west of Forsyth He. in com
pany with his wife, left their home Fri
day night to visit a neighbor. leaving
the four children. the Oldest a boy of
10, and the youngest. a girl of 3. in the
building. The parents returned at 10
O'Clock to find the house in ashes and
the charred bones Of the inmates. II is
presumed that the children were asleep
when the building was burned, as they
were all old enough to have escaped. The
origin of the fire is unknown In the
building was 800 pounds OF seed cotton
belonging TO Green.
The Georgia monument at Chlcamauga
will not be erected exactly in accordance
with the plans accepted by the commits
sion. The Muldoon Monument Company
of Louisville which made the plans. is
now engaged in making some changes
and when this is done the monument 10
commemorate the deed of gallant Geor-
gians will be even more beautiful than the
original plans The monument will not
be changed very ouch from the original
plan. The main alteration or addition
Will be in the way OF carving The coat
of arms of Georgia will be carved on one
side of the triangular base. On each cor.
ner of this base large bronze figures will
rest, and towering above them will be the
siXty-foot shaft with the figure of Mars
the god of war; on top. After the plar
and specifications have been returned
from the designers, bids will at once b,
advertised for. If the monument as 1t i.
now planned cannot be built with the 500
600 other designs will be tried. All thing,
being equal the contract for building tn,
monument will be given to a Georgia firm
]. c. Clark is a farmer who lives II
Rockdale county. He is about so year
of age Several days ago ;
nicely dressed young fellow appeared a
the farmers home and represented him
self TO be the agent of a Florida lane
company The young fellow gave hi
name as Frank Wellhouse. He told tn,
farmer that on the payment of $50 ht
would receive five valuable lots belongings
TO the Florida Land Company in thu
southern part of Florida. While thu
young man was talking lots to the farme
he was also making love to his prett,
daughter, and in the course of a few days
the pretty daughter became a victim L
his bewitching smiles. II was the un
Outstanding that the farmer should ac
company Wellhouse to Atlanta and re
ceive the payment for his lots Conse
quently Wellhouse and Farmer Clark ant
his daughter Mary went to Atlanta Satur
day. Clark went TO n bank and drew
his money and paid the $50 to Wellhouse
receiving a bogus receipt in return. Thu
Farmer then went out on business, witt
the understanding that he would NEE
his daughter and Wellhouse at the car
shed IN the afternoon, when he woult
receive the deeds for his lots and orange
groves In Florida. Clark appeared at the
depot at the appointed hour, but Wen
mouse and the girl were nowhere to be