The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.

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Business-Lester EchOIs Remand
ed to Jail without BalI-The Sure
ties of the Tax Collector of Lump
kin County Relieved From His
Bond suit Against a street Car
Company.
GEORGIA.
The cotton receipts at washington for
the cotton year up to Friday night, were
1400S bales.
A train OF fifty cars, loaded with cotton
was started from Rome Friday, over the
Southern railway, consigned directly to
Liverpool
Carrie Weaver and Ella Glover have
been arrested by the police of Atlanta on
a charge OF burglary. One Of them has
confessed.
1t is said that in the neighborhood OF
100000 feet of sawn timber went down to
the private booms at Darien during the
past week.
E. B. Wilkinson has sold Bermuda
farm, three miles northeast Of Newman,
to ]. W. Stripping. The farm contains
about 375 acres, and sold for $500.
j. E. Bivins of Americas has received
q letter from A. T. Burns of Bucyrus o.,
wherein he states that he is coming to
Americas to establish a broom factory.
J. A. Brooks Of Griffin has sold his en-
tire stock of dry goods, clothing, boots,
shoes and all other goods, to Bass Bros,
who will remove the same to their place
of business at once.
At Rome Friday Judge Henry heard the
habeas corpus case and application for
bail in the case of Lester Echols, charged
with the murder of Marshal TidWell. He
declined to pass upon the case, and re-
manded the prisoner to jail without bail,
r. A. Jesup and A. C. Robinson fell
from scaffold on the third story of the
Jekyl Island apartment house Friday and
sustained severe injuries. Jesup fell on a
picket fence, which penetrated his side,
but did not enter any very dangerous
part.
A meeting of the members of the Alpha
Tau Omega Fraternity was held at At
lanta Friday night 1t was determined
to organize an alumnae association for
the state of Georgia. A petition to Worthy
Grand Chief Glazebrook for permission to
establish the association will be sent TO
Washington in few days.
Gov. Atkinson has relieved the sureties
on the official bond of ]. w. Walker, tax
collector of Lumpkin county. The petit
ton asking to be relieved was a lengthy
document and the causes therein alleged
were sufficient to cause the governor to
relieve them. Mr.. Walker is required to
make a new bond before the ordinary
of Lumpkin county.
The delegates to the state judicial con-
vention, elected in Mcintosh county Sat
urday. are: D. S. Sinclair, R. D. Wylly,
T. B. Blount F. H. Mcfarland, William
Clifton and d. Monroe Dunwody. They
are instructed to vote for William A. Lit
tie of Columbus, John L. Hopkins of At
lanta, Andrew ]. Cobb of Athens and
Samuel Lumpkin of Atlanta.
Arthur Phelps was pardoned by the
governor Friday. He was convicted of
burglary in Baldwin county, having en-
tered a gin house and committed a theft.
The gin house burned and he was given
a severe penalty because it was supposed
he set fire to the structure 1t developed
that the fire was accidental and the par
don committee recommended his release.
The Southern railway paid to the city of
Atlanta Saturday 5000 as it's share of the
bridge over railroad tracks. The bridge
cost $1,000 and the fun amount has been
paid by the city, but the expense was APP
portioned between the Southern railway,
the Western and Atlantic railroad and the
city, the two roads each paying 5000, and
the city 5000.
Capt. John A. Miller, of the firm Of
Miller & Brady of Atlanta, is anxiously
awaiting the return of a valuable pack
age which he lost a few days ago. The
package contained 500, which was a part
of a $500 deposit. He had taken the
money from his office with the intention
of depositing it in the Fourth National
Bank. On taking the money from his
pocket, he was amazed TO find that he had
$500 less than the amount with which he
had left the office. 1t then developed
that there was hole In his pocket.
w. J. Webb, a member of the present
general assembly, from Cherokee county,
through his attorneys, Maddox & Terrell,
has filed a suit against the Atlanta Con-
solidated Street Railway Company for &c.,
coo damages. The petition alleges that Mr..
Webb boarded a car, running on Decatur
street, at the corner of Lloyd and Deca-
tur streets and after having paid his
fare and ridden some distance, the con-
ductor demanded fare for the second time,
claiming that the fare had not been paid.
He was beaten, kicked and thrown off the
car
Little Katie Howell, the 4-year-old
daughter of Col. Albert Howell was
knocked down by a runaway mule at At
lanta Saturday, and sustained painful in
juries. The childs escape from instant
death was almost miraculous, as she was
struck squarely on the forehead by the
mules front foot, while her dress be-
came entangled in the wagon and one
wheel passed over her body The little girl,
however, sustained no serious injuries, so
far as the physicians have been able to
discover as yet, although she was badly
bruised.
There was an addition to the litigation
of John NJ. Moore against e. w. Marsh
by the same plaintiff filing a bill at At
lanta Saturday. against w. w. Draper, a
surviving partner Of the old firm of Drap-
er, Moore & Co. 1t was in the nature of
an addition to the former suit and asks
for an accounting out Of the assets of the
old firm. 1t charges that W. w. Draper,
one Of the executors of the win Of W. A.
Moore, has in his hands $4,000 worth OF
assets due the old firm nd n.yar nan