The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-10
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
.ws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


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THE Floyd County Tax Receiver
.hip Middle Strengthened Out-Mrs
Nobles Makes Her VIII.
GEORGIA
Habersham county is to build new
court house at Clarkesville.
The Floyd Rifles of Macon will celebrate
.beir dftv-sixth anniversary with a bas-
10, nfcnic. drill and target practice on
MAY 5.
The retiring board which was sent to
Fort Mcpherson to look into the condi-
tion of Col. Kellogg, will recommend that
he be retired
The seventh annual session of the Cen
tral Of Georgia Railway Surgeons Asso-
clarion viii meet in Macon at the Brown
house on April 70
The Macon doctors are ready for the an
nual convention of the Georgia Medical
Association. which meets in Macon on
April d. at the Academy of Music.
over 5000 worth of central property was
sold at Athens Thursday, having been di-
,.ided IN into ten lots. The purchasers
we're not only from Athens, but from out
side places.
Augustus Dupont, of Dupont has been
appointed as commissioner for Georgia
at the Tennessee centennial at Nashville.
Col. R T. Nesbitt, commissioner of agri-
culture, made the appointment.
Justice Andrew ]. Cobb of the state su-
preme court is visiting relatives at Athens
and during his visit is lecturing to the
university law school on the subject of
the constitution of the United States.
Walter John Inman of Atlanta and Miss
Clarke of Augusta will be married at Au-
gusta, April q. Mr.. Innan is the younger
son Of Walker Inman. and has, since grad
uating from Princeton, been connected
with the cotton firm of S. M. Inman &
Co
The Athens Cotton Exchange, T. B.
Hayne, manager, has refused to pay the
special license tax imposed by the state on
dealers in cotton futures. The tax is
fixed at $1,000, and is payable on April
! Of each year. The refusal is based on
the ground that the tax is illegal.
At the hearing before Judge Lumpkin,
at Atlanta Thursday, the Methodist Book
Publishing company was placed in the
hands of John Aldrich, as permanent re-
Peacock, president; E. r. Cook, vice pres
ident; c. H. Ledford, secretary, and w. G.
Archer, manager.
Crate Tuggle, a farmer of Covington,
came near losing his life Thursday. In
attempting to put bride on a mule, his
foot caught in a loop on the end of the
line. The frightened mule ran away, drag
ging Mr.. Tuggle through the public
square. His head bumped against the
ground at every jump of the mule until
his foot coming in contact with buggy
shaft, broke both the powline and shaft
which liberated him, and saved his life.
Information was received at Columbus
Thursday of the capture of G. w. Dunson
in Covington county, Alabama Dunson
was livery stable man at Starlight and
one day last December was to bring Miss
Martin, living forty miles below that
town, to Starlight by private conveyance,
the young lady intending to board the
train there for Columbus, where she has
relatives. 1t is charged that while en-
route to Starlight with, Miss Martin, Dun
son assaulted her The affair created a
great sensation al the time. Dunson fled
and reward of $500 was offered for him
by the governor of Alabama.
T. " Sanford, tax collector of Floyd
county, together with his attorney, Capt.
Christopher Rowell, of Rome, called on
the governor Wednesday and reached
conclusion in the now somewhat famous
complications surrounding his official DO
sition. They submitted to the governor
certified copy of the county records,
showing that his bond as tax collector
mad been duly executed and accepted, and
a certificate from the ex-clerk of the coun-
" TO the effect that the bond was mailed
10 the executive department within the
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Gov. Atkinson, and the matter is now
closed.
Georgia is to have a new state flag.
Acting Adjutant General Oscar j. Brown
has submitted to the governor a colored
design of the flag for military headquar-
tiers, and the same design with unimport-
ant notifications will be used for the
regiment. The design consists of a per-
pendicular blue band one-third the length
OF the flag, next the staff Extending
lengthwise from this with the fly are
three parallel bands, each one-third as
"lae as the flag. The middle band is
Whte and those above and below are red.
on the perpendicular blue band, the de-
sign of the state seal, with the three col
unns, wisdom, justice and moderation, is
wrought in gold. Below is a pendent
scroll bearing the word Georgia" The
material Of the flag is silk. and it is to be
iHnged with gold bullion or silk floss.
One of the fercest legal battles ever
"ased in the Fulton superior court at
atlanta is now in progress before Judge
Lumpkin. 1t Is a hearing on the petit
uon brought by Mcmillan and others for
receiver for the Equitable Loan aud
security Company. II has been brougnr
GUY by the plaintiffs during the course OF
,He rial from the minute book OF the de-
londant company that the Equitable Loan
%1u1 security Company was organized in
Nay 1874. with a capital stock Of S2,5J9.
vi which only 40 per cent, or $1,000, IA
t'er been paid in Part OF this amount.
~ Is alleged, was paid IN officesfurniture.
lne plaintiffs allege and claim to have
sHoWn by the books Of the company that
I" me nelghborhood OF s250.000 has been
'ld INTO It's Golfers by certificate holders,
ana mat the assets OF the concern now
mount to only between $4,000 and $780,
~ Of which, It is claimed $4,000 Is In the
I'm OF unsecured personal accounts
".alnst various parties who IL is believed,
absolutely lnsolvent tits also claimed
~ me petitioning stockholders that the
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