The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-04
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

$4,000 Damages Against ~ Man
Who Killed His Wife-Suspension
of the knights of Pythias Lodge at
Tampa Fulton County Commits
sioners Having "a Lively Time Over
the Question of Enforcing the
Double Tax on DefauIters.
GEORGIA.
The mortuary report for Macon for the
month of November shows a total of only
twenty-five people, made up of nine whites
and sixteen colored.
solomon Turner has been sentenced to
five years in the Ohio penitentiary for
burglary committed at the posoffice at
Cork He was tried in the United States
court at Atlanta.
A mass meeting of farmers and bu siness
men held at Hawkinsville Wednesd ay in
dorsed Hon. Pope Brown for the governor
ship 1t also took action in regard to the
cotton planting situation.
Joseph Gatins the young son of Joseph
E. Gatns of Atlanta, had his arm anpu-
tated Wednesday. The little fellow broke
his arm about a month ago and after it
was set Inflammation of the bone set in
and the limb had TO be amputated.
The continuation of the investigation of
the coroner of Bib county into the kill.
ing of John Ransom by a Georgia South
ern and Florida train developed a sensa-
tonal finding, the jury finding that the de-
ceased was knocked off the car by a party
or parties unknown to the jury.
The following postmasters We're appoint
ed for Georgia, Wednesday: j. M Sutton,
Abel, Berrien county; j. H. Thomas, Coal
Mountain, Forsyth county; NJ. NJ. Brown,
Gilmore, Cobb county; E. A. Friedman,
Goldton. McDuffie county; J. f. Allen,
jolly, Pike county; c. L. Bond, Nichol-
son, Jackson county.
There is stil great excitement at Crit
fin over smallpox. The board of health
announces thirteen cases, all among the
colored people. The board says that it has
not yet decided to quarantine against At
lanta, but advises everybody to keep away
from there as much as possible. The
News claims that the Griffin cases were
all caught from Atlanta people.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Macon hos
pital has decided to endow a maternity
ward for the hospital. The sum of $3.50
realized at the charity ball given some ten
days ago will form the nucleus of the fund
for this purpose. Meanwhile the move
ment looking to the building of an annex
or and will be carried to a successful con-
clusion within the next three months.
B. w. Cason of Gainesville. Fla, was
robbed of about $500 in money and his
watch at Atlanta Wednesday, and L. H.
Dilda and II. NJ. Hendricks are confined in
the police barracks, having been accused
of the crime. Lily Mason was arrested,
but was subsequently released for want of
prosecution. Cason was on little spree
and was finally approached by a woman,
who induced him to accompany her. He
went, and the woman put him into a hack
which was standing near by, and drove him
first out Auburn avenue. Lily Mason is
said to be the woman who induced Cason
to get into the hack, while Dida, white
man. is alleged to be the hackman.
Gov. Atkinson has received from Thomas
3D. Meador a letter asking him to call the
attention of the legislature to the PROPOSE
ton of Clifford L. Anderson, chairman of
the committee Of purchasers of the Dade
coal mines, for the sale of this property to
the state. Mr.. Meador says he has a con-
tract for the sale of the output of the mines
Tor twelve months at a paying price, re-
serving the right TO advance the price as
IRON may advance. He suggests the pur-
chase of the property with part of the rem
tai Of the Western and Atlantic railroad,
and argues the advantages of working con-
vets in the mines The governor will
take no action on the subject He merely
referred Mr.. Meador to the legislative COM
mittees on this subject.
No bids were received Wednesday for
either the purchase or the lease of the
confederate soldiers home building near
ATLANTA by Judge W. L. Cal
houn, chairman of the com
mittee designated by the superior
court, to take charge and dispose of the
property to the best advantage. There
mas now accumulated a debt of about LOCO
on the property in the payment of in
surance and keeping up the repairs as well
as the employment of custodian of the
building. 1t was thought best to advertise
Iof bids for the sale or lease of the prop
erty, and if any such bids were received
they were to have been opened Wednes-
gay As none were received the COM
mlttee will have to devise some other
means of disposing of the property to the
pest advantage.
Fulton county bank presidents will not
We required to pay a double tax because
oil their failure to make returns of the
SQ which they are charged on account
VI me positions they occupy. Judge Ros-
ser has discovered that the list of uues-
IONS prepared for the tax receivers by
,le controller general does not contain
tAe question:: Are you the president of
bank?' This being the case, 1t would
be impossible to enforce the collection of
'He penalty. AT a meeting of the county
commissioners of Fulton county, Thurs
Uay' Judge Roser introduced a resolution
70 relieve all defaulters of double tax
VINO were willing to pay their taxes with
III ten days. He stated this was perfectly
"'@al and referred to a section of the
oo4e to support this opinion Mr.. Adair
S'aled that he did not think the board
lag any right to accept from any man
i'i what he owed the county, and said
ne ald not think the defaulters could be
!sAeVed The question was referred to
,oe county attorney for his opinion to be
1'en at the special meeting of the board
Friday
FLORIDA.
postmaster George, H. Ambrose of Wal
90 died Tuesday.
H. NJ Flagler and party will leave ST.