The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
IN GEORGIA. AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PAR AGRAPHS.

Beach-Port Tampa a city Selected
ms the Site for the University and
Tabernacle of the Peoples Church
Suit Involving the Title to 1000
Acres of Land in North Georgia,
GEORGIA.
A Macon firm will ship two carloads OF
doors made from Georgia pine lumber &c
Europe some time in February.
An order was issued from the executive
department at Atlanta Wednesday requir-
ing all insurance companies doing bust
ness in the state to make their annual re-
turns.
Depositors of the Bank of Demorest
which failed some weeks ago, have been
notified TO meet Temporary Receiver r. T.
Kenimer on Jan. g. 1898, and receive thelr
deposits in full.
Capt. Thompson Hiles has announced
publicly his candidacy for mayor of Rome.
The election will be next March. Judge
joe Branham and Capt J. ]. Seay are
spoken of as probable candidates.
A young man named Smith was taken
to Newman Tuesday and placed in jail,
charged with murder. Smith became IN
yolved in a difficulty with Bob Gables
which resulted In Gables being shot to
death.
Capt. w. NJ. stott one of the Oldest mer-
chants of Cornelia, died Wednesday Of
nnuemonia. He was about 20 years Old.
He was a captain in the confederate army
and after the war was sheriff of Gimer
county.
AS will be shown by the forthcoming
report of Building Inspector Pittman,
nearly 100000 have been invested In
buildings and building improvements dur
ing the past twelve months in The city OF
Atlanta.
Charley Malcom, colored, is in Jail at
Monroe for killing Jim Bossett, colored.
Hon. ]. II. Felker has bought the en-
tire assets OF the Monroe Mercantile Com
pany for 1900 and will add buggies, wag-
ons and furniture.
Work on the new telephone system
which is to be built at Atlanta viii begin
at once. President Baer says that within
ninety days 900 telephones will be ready
for use and in a short time after that
there will be many more
Levander Cowarta son of very wealthy
farmer living about four miles from COL
Quit, shot and probably mortally wound
ed Arthur Buckhalter Tuesday. The diff
Guilty arose over a dispute about hog.
No arrest has been made
Fire. broke out in the barroom of W. c.
Hamilton at Seville Tuesday and spread
until it burned down seven houses-three
owned by Hamilton and another barroom
owned and occupied by w H. Forest, two
storehouses owned by \. II. Mullis and one
vacant house.
The residence of Samuel Tannahin at
Augusta was entered during Tuesday
night by a burglar and ransacked. The
booty secured was worth probably $3.50
A sum of money amounting to $50 or $40
was taken Much Of the stolen things be-
longed to Dr. WEIGH Of Florida, who is
on visit TO Mr.. Tannahih.
In June last the Grand View hotel at
Tanulah Falls, was destroyed by fire. It
was partially injured and the owner, Mrs.
Y. a Young claims from the Home In
surance Company the sum of 81. 1884, the
same from the Continental and a similar
amount from the Etna. The total loss
was $1,000. Suit has just been entered to
recover the insurance.
At a meeting OF the city council of Al
lanta next Monday an ordinance calling
for an election to decide the question of
issuing bonds amounting to $4,000 will be
introduced. These bonds are to be issued,
81 the people approve of them, to Improve
the present system of pipes of the water
department. The work for which this
money is needed is most imperative.
Fire broke out in the blacksmith shop
OF z. W. Sattishall, at Unadilla Tuesday,
and in few minutes the entire building
was in flames, which soon spread to the
adjoining building, occupied by S. f. J.
Fordham. general merchandise. Heroic
efforts were made by the citizens to save
the building and stock but it was a
complete loss, and only few of the con-
tents were saved. The beautiful residence
of ". J. Neeson, which stands in the
neighborhood of the fire, was badly dam
aged, and was saved only by the hard
work of the citizens. Total loss about $2O,-
900, only about one-fourth being covered
by insurance.
Henry Frederick Stone of Irvlngton, n.
j.. has brought suit through his attor-
neys. King & spalding. to recover nearly
2 200 acres Of land that lie in Walker
near Crawfish Springs and Chick
Gordon Lee. a well known res
ideDt of Walker county, at present occu-
pies the lands and claims to have the
original titles 10 the property and refuses
TO hand 1t over to Mr. Stone. MIR. Stone
says, that he has the titles and now calls
upon the courts 10 GUST Lee and to place
him IN possession of the property. The
land is represented as being favorable for
farming and 10 abound in minerals and
timber. Mr. Stone claims that he has
been damaged to the extent of $1,000 and
sues for that amount
Gov. Atkinson has refused to grant a
requisition for l.. H. Hall. Jr.. on A war
rant charging him with larceny after
trust The warrant was sworn out bv
Charles ]. Walker livery stable man of
Atlanta. Young Hall is the son of h. IT,
Hall, a coffin manufacturer and the Of
Tense named in the warrant Is alleged 10
have been committed while he was acting
as receiver for c. H. Swift q Co, an I'M
dertaking firm, nearly two years ago. 1t
Is charged that Mr.. Swift collected money
for the hire of carriages furnished al