The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Ex-DistrIct Attorney Gary Awarded
Fec of $1,000 - Three Sons to
share an Estate of $3.50 ,OOO-Iife
Insurers Elect Decentralization
County Real Estate In Arrears for
Taxes to BE sold on the Block.
GEORGIA.
Columbus has its lyceum course now as
sured
Chief of Police Williams Of Columbus
has just been reelected.
R. L. Kelly of Monroe has invented a
cotton chopper which he expects to have
patented.
Mai. J. W Ansley, a prominent citizen
of DeKalb county, was stricken with
paralysis on Tuesday. It is his third
stroke.
A new postofce has been established in
Irwin county and named Ernest 1t win
be supplied by the star route from Villa
coochee.
Ed Bryant, negro hand al the Rome
backyard fell beneath the wheels Of
moving train at Rome Wednesday and
was instantly killed.
In a suit against the Port Royal and
Augusta railway Maj. W. T. Gary ex-
United States district attorney for the
Macon district has been awarded a judg
ment for 5000 services.
Americus Herald: A rude slab in an old
Georgia corndeld bears the inscription:
ION this spot Amos wilkins was kicked
by mule We hope he is in heaven, but
so far his relatives have been unable TO
trace him.
Minister Plenipotentiary A Z. Buck, sta
toned in Japan, has fled a suit in the
superior court at Atlanta against John
Land and Morris j. Conley. The suit
involves the old claim of Thornton against
Conley, which has been prolific Of a vast
amount of litigation.
E. C. Flanagan's trial is set for July %
at Decatur. His first trial was as to his
sanity, and he was found to be sane by
the verdict of the jury. Now he has to be
tried for murder. Flanagan is in the De-
Kalb county jail. His victims were Mrs.
Allen and Miss Ruth Slack.
Mrs John Keely's will has been filed
for probate in the ordinarys
office at Atlanta. 1t provides
that the estate be divided among
ueT three sons, JOlIls arthur anu GNODtII
Keely, share and share alike. Mrs. Keely
left great deal Of property, which was
worthFprobably $25O.00O.
Fulton county's delinquent taxpayers
must pay up or lose their property. The
board of county commissioners has re-
solved to force a collection of back taxes
due the state and county The action Of
the commissioners involves lands valued
at $4,000. The property which will be
sold under the resolution is that which
has been bought for the county by the
county officials at tax sales. In cases
where the taxes have not been paid and
the property was sold under tax Il. fas.
the tax collector was forced to buy in the
property so as to collect his taxes. About
$4,000 has been purchased in this man
ner. This property though bought by the
county, is still in the possession of the
former owners from whom IL was seized.
The county has never taken possession.
HartwelI Sun: A certain young clerk
In Hartwell. who has the knack Of turn
ing his hand to any domestic labor IN
vited a few Of his friends home with him
a few days ago in the absence of the
lady Of the house. He proceeded TO pre-
pare meal for his guests, and every
thing moved along to the satisfaction OF
all concerned until they sat down to the
feast and they tackled the biscuits. fhey
chewed and chewed, and chawed and
chawed on the aforesaid biscuits and could
not make any impression on them what
ever. The head cook, after an investiga-
ton, found that he had put a quantity
of celluloid starch in his biscuits instead
of soda. Resolutions were passed never
to divulge the matter, but il leaked out
some way and the head cook has never
been able to ind out how.
A regular meeting OF the Georgia Asso-
citation of Life Insurers was held at At
lanta Thursday. The attendance was
large, and the following delegates and al
ternates were elected to the meeting of
the national association, to be held in
Milwaukee Sept. 10 16 and IL +. b. Shep-
ard. United States; A. b. Grossman, Trav-
elers; r. F. Sheldon, Mutual Life;
Thomas Peters, Washington Life; ]. r.
Nutting. Providence Savings. Following
are the alternates: Mai l.. Minis, New
York Life; j. A. Perdue, Equitable; Clar-
ence Angler. Mutual Benefit; r. H. Plant
New Life; w. w. White, Northwestern.
A resolution was passed instructing dele
gates to vote for T. II. Bowles, general
agent for the Mutual Life for Wisconsin
and Northern Michigan, as president OF
the national association for the next year