The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

WadIey and Mt. Vernon Railway.
GEORGIA.
Covington will soon have telephone ex-
change in operation.
DR.. Samuel H. Freeman, = widely known
physician of that section, died at his home,
six miles east of Lawrenceville near Do
cula, Wednesday.
There are g., 1886 members in the Metho-
dist church, composing the South Georgia
conference. There are So Sunday schools
: with membership of 35,s79.
Ground has been broken for the new Jail
of Fulton county. According to the terms
of the contract, the jail must be COM
pleted by the first of next January.
Petitions are being circulated at Ameri-
Gus asking Gov. Atkinson to commute the
death sentence of Sam Grant to life inn
prisonment. Grant is sentenced to hang
on Jan. %.
The city election at Abbeville Wednes-
day resulted as follows: J. r. Monroe,
mayor; council-Wn sommers, T. l.. Hol-
ton, A. T. Baker, W. II. Dick Il. A. Moody
and DR.. J. r. Smith.
The municipal race in McDonough Wed
nesday was lively and good natured.
Thomas L. Sutton was elected mayor and
w. A. Simpson, j. f. NJ. Fields, f. NJ.
Copeland, A. c. Soweh, w. r. Rivers and
Joel Bankston were elected as aldermen.
Rome Tribune: Simon Borg, who bought
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
railway, said, in discussing the outlook for
railway investments in the south, that
there was too much adverse legislation
I.a1 a.araa TO lie
courage capital
Hundreds of bales of cotton held in ware
houses at Amercus will be thrown on the
market il the price reaches cents, as is
expected. Farmers who held large por-
tion of their crops have determined to
close out at that figure. One man has 500
bales, half of which he raised, and viii
sell the entire lot at Z cents.
"A young man named Tom Randall was
arrested at La Grange Wednes-
day by order of the marshal
of Lanet, Ala, charged with hav
ing stolen an overcoat and 500 in money
in that town. The young man denies the
charge and went back with the officer
without requisition. He says his home
Is in Columbus Ga, where he has been a
work with the electric light company.
Gainesville Tribune: The constable of
Byrams district sold at public outcry last
week the tombstone from over the grave
of a poor woman to satisfy an old out
standing fl. ia. Some few present at the
sale made UP a small sum within few
cents of what the tombstone brought and
asked that it be accepted and the tomb
stone be allowed to stand But the plant
if in fl. ia. persisted in having it moved.
Wrightsville correspondence Morning
News: After a good deal of talk the bank
is now a fact The money has been paid
in and certified to. Application for a
charter has been made and by Feb. 10 the
bank will be ready for business.-The
Mamie Lou Warthen college is in full
operation with a fine corps of teachers
and good attendance of pupils.-Wrights-
ville's new paper. the Record, will make
its appearance next week
waycross correspondence Morning
News: L. G. lie Bourvean & co. of Jack
sonville have just finished their contract
with the Plant system hospital depart
ment in putting in the new general en-
ployes hospital in this city a complete
system of electric bells and electric lights.
The work was begun Monday afternoon,
and Mr. lie Bourvean superintendent the
work himself This company also furn-
ished the electric fittings for the new I'M
the branch hospital of the Plant system
at High Springs.
A special train left Wadley at o'clock
Tuesday morning over the Wadley and
Mount Vernon railway with a party of 400
dove hunters. When the shooting was
over and the count made it was ascer-
tanned that 1000 birds had been bagged.
besides leaving large number in the field.
G. ID. Tyson, the manager of the road, had
a 700-acre field well baited and arranged
the programme for the hunt. A number of
men from Millen, Louisville, Macon, Sa-
Vannah and Atlanta were among the
crowd. President II. Nj. Conner and sever
al other gentlemen connected with the
Central railway remained at Hodo day
or two to hunt. Mr.. Corners private car
being side tracked there.
Mrs. s. ]. Purtell of Atlanta has filed a
suit asking that she be appointed receiver
of the Mallory Holcombe Plow Company
she also asks for an injunction to prevent
the present managers of the company from
diverting the assets. She charges that she
owns a considerable portion of the stock,
and as she has the ability to look after
the business she is the proper person to be
receiver. She claims that she obtained a
patent on what is known as the a. r. Nal
Tory pillow, and she claims that the defend
ants, A. r.. Mallory, w. II. Holcombe and
b. J. Boyd will probably dispose OF the
patent unless they are restrained. a tenn
porary restraining order was granted and
the hearing set for Jan. q.
The Moore & Marsh building at Atlanta
was not sold Wednesday. as first report
ed. 1t was bid in by Charles 4. ConkIin
for the owners l.. W. Marsh and the
heirs of the late William A. Moore. who
was a partner I'm the firm OF Moore &
Marsh. Some of the heirs TO the Moore
estate are dissat shed with the action of
the executors in buying IN the property
and they will be settled with by the others.
leaving the property in the hands of u.
w. Marsh and those of the heirs who are
satisfied. Nothing VIII be done with the
building for the present. The executors
have letters from a Chicago firm looking
TO opening negotiations for the property.
This firm has one of the largest depart.
ment stores in the world In Chicago. ana
another IN New York. 1t is the intention
OF the firm, should they get possession OF
the property 70 use the building for de-
partment store