The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IL PARAGRAPHS.

Linton Truck Farmers Preparing to
Plant For Large CrOps-A Live Bird
Tournament at NacOn-A shooting
ARRAY Near AdairviIIe-A Former
Citizen of Rome Murdered in
Texas.
GEORGIA.
While Louise Ansley Of Decatur was
playing with fire in toy stove Satur-
day. her clothes were ignited and she was
burned to death.
A lve-bird interstate tournament viii be
given under the auspices Of the Macon
Gun Club on Oct %. The purses will range
from $500 to $500 but Ii is highly probable
that at least one purse Of 500 VIII be put
up.
The motion of the receivers Of the Eagle
and Phenix for the issuance Of 100000 in
receivers certificates, which was to have
been heard before Judge Newman, in the
United States circuit court at Atlanta sat
urday morning, was postponed until next
Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
The Southeastern Tariff Association has
revised the fire insurance rates on mer-
camille risks in Macon. to go into effect in
a few DAYS The revision does not apply
10 private dwelling houses nor public build
ings In some cases the rates have been
increased and in others they have been
decreased.
Mack w. Davis, a liveryman Of Coving-
ton. shot himself through the left breast
about O'Clock Saturday afternoon with
suicidal intent. The ball entered near the
nipple and came out near the shoulder
blade, Davis was on the back porch of his
home at the time. He refuses to assign
any cause for the act, only saying he Is
tired of living.
Hon. Henry T. Lewis of Greensboro
has declined to make the race for asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court, and
has written a letter to the Greene county
bar which recently passed strong reSo-
lutions requesting him to make the race,
telling them that acceptance Of the judge
ship would require too great sacrlhce
of his private interests
Levi Carter shot Levi Fold near Adairs-
vile Saturday morning at 2 o'clock at
frolic. Fold was talking to Carriers girl
when Carter drew a 3S-calibre self-acting
pistol and shot. The ball entered in the
right side, over the left rib, coming out
about five inches from the place OF en-
trance. 1t is thought Fold will recover
No arrest has been made.
The loss entailed by the burning of Capt
Woorey's ginnery in Floyd county is much
heavier than was at first reported. He
had mortgaged his place to a long loan
company and the company foreclosed on
him a year or so ago. He put in a big
crop of cotton and both he and his tenants
held their cotton back for higher price
They had sixty or seventy bales in the gin
at the time Of the fire and it was all
burned.
Edwin w. Smith, a young man well
known in Atlanta, and W. S. Stalsworth
a prominent farmer formerly Of Clayton
county, are held by the United States gov
eminent on the charge Of counterfeltlng
About two weeks ago Stalsworth passed
q counterfeit S5-bill and was arrested
shortly afterwards He has been in Full
ton county jail since that time awaiting
trial Smith was arrested last Thursday
He was suspected of having something to
do with the case, from what was said by
other parties.
w. Otis Clement, editor of the South
ern Argus, has come out in strong edi-
torial supporting Hon. John W. Maddox
for congress- Heretofore he has been Civ
ing his support to Col. Rankin of Cor
don, but he explains his change by stat
ing that Col Rankin has lost the two
rive his chief support both the popultsts
and republicans having placed candidates
of their own in the field. He has decided
that the best interests of the state de-
mands that Georgia should send solid
delegation to congress in favor of the
free coinage of silver, and that Judge
Maddox is the most available man in the
district for the position.
News has reached Rome of the murder
of David Knowles, formerly a mechanic
of Rome at his home in Delta county Tex
as. Mr.. Knowles removed to the west
several years ago and was doing well in
his new home. He had accumulated con-
siderable money, and it is supposed he was
murdered with the hope Of securing what
he had on his person, but the assassins fed
without searching his pockets. He was
killed while asleep and his daughter, who
was asleep in the house, was knocked on
the head and left for dead, but recovered.
He never recovered consciousness and
there is no clew TO the perpetrators of the
deed. He has a daughter, Mrs. William
Brennon, who still lives in Rome.
Americus Times-Recorder: "A happy
though pathetic scene was Witnessed at
the Central depot yesterday. AS the
north bound train came to a stop hand
some girl of l6 alighted and looked anX-
iously about among the throng as though
expecting some one. At the same time
a gentleman residing here was carefully
looking among the passengers with equal
anxiety scanning closely the faces of each
one. Suddenly the man and girl met;
there was a momentary pause, mutual
recognition, and then with a cry of JOY
she sprang into his arms. Both were
convulsed with weeping, and for some
time neither spoke. Then, holding tightly
the girls hand, the man led her quickly
away to his home. The young lady was
his daughter, his only child, whom he had
not seen since a wee tot just a few
months old, but some unseen power drew
them together when they met yesterday
after lapse of fifteen years.
FLORIDA.