The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-07
GEORGIA.


day.
Henry Wellhouse. one of the foremost
young business men of Atlanta, is very Ill
with appendicitis.
Miss Aria Roach. living one mile north
of Dalton has a guilt she has completed
that contains 1882 pieces.
W. E. Seed, mayor of Butler. has re-
signed. He and the council could not
agree as to the management Of the town
affairs.
Fred Dismukes has been appointed
United States deputy marshal at Colum-
bus. He succeeds Mr.. Crow. who resign
ed recently.
The state controllers books, which keep
tab on the treasury of the state, show
that on Feb 20 there was a balance of
S,441, S02.3l; receipts to March l, Sl9. 1902
disbursements for the same period, S24
s79.9S; cash balance on March !, Sl,i36-
7s2.54.
The Rome Daily Argus will make it's de-
but in the journalistic arena tomorrow
morning. It is TO be a four-page, six-coI-
umn paper, and edited by Judge Max Mey-
hardt and o. T. Clements. Rome will
q en- have four daily papers and twice as
many weekly editions.
The cashier of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of senoia made a crafty
ing showing to the stockholders at their
annual meeting Friday. The old board
of directors were reelected. The semi
annual dividend was per cent. and the
net earnings p per cent.
DR.. Chedel of Lexington has a collec-
ton of rare coins, the oldest bearing the
dates 1889. 1867. 1872, ITO. his. IT'S on up
TO 1912 In his collection are coins from
almost all the European countries. The
doctor has quite a collection of curios.
among them a work box made nearly 200
years ago.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Thomaston was held Friday. w. 8.
Matthews was elected president; r. A.
Matthews, vice president, and r. A. Mat
thews, cashier. A per cent. semi-ap-
nual dividend was declared, and q per
cent. added to surplus
The trial of John Mccullough, charged
with the murder of his wife. which is
scheduled to come up In the Clayton coun-
ty superior court tomorrow, may not be
called. Col. Glenn. associate counsel for
the defense, is critically i'll at Atlanta.
and viii be unable to attend unless a
change for the better occurs.
The Rome chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy has held it's annual cleo
ton of officers with the following result
Mrs. ]. A. Cannon, president; Mrs. d.
B. Hamilton. first vice president; Mrs. e.
ii. Harris, second vice president; Mrs. c.
Terhune, recording secretary; Mrs. ]. A.
Rounsaville, corresponding secretary
Mrs r. T. Fouche, treasurer.
Fort Valley reports that the prospects
for fruit crop for the coming year has
never been brighter than at present In
that section, and the fruit growers are all
very jubilant and say that unless the crop
Is injured by cold within the next three
weeks there will be the largest fruit crop
there has ever been, as tn trees are all In
a healthy condition and a good many of
them in full bloom.
Gov. Atkinson issued an order Friday
revoking the requisition which he grant
ed some time ago to the governor of
Maryland, whereby Marcus Baum of
Richmond county, could be carried TO
Maryland to answer to the charge of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses Hon.
Joseph r. Lamar and Henry Cohen ap-
peared before the governor last week and
made an appeal TO revoke the requisition.
claiming that Baum was wanted for n
debt.
w. B. Hunt, a prominent banker of
Ea', nton, has just escaped an attack OF
rabies. Mr.. Hunt passed through Allan
ia Friday on the way TO his home, after
H..
left Eatonton a few weeks ago his life was
In eminent danger, and 1t was a race for
his life that he made to Paris. Mr.. Hunt
Was given a cat medicine at his home
-~nen ne was badly bitten by the animal
he suspected that the cat had hydropho-
bia, and he Immediately set sail for Paris
20 receive the treatment in the PasteuI
institute in that city.
The store Of the American Mercantile
and Business Association OF Rome was
closed by the sheriff Friday on a mort.
gage foreclosure In favor of Kelly g. Nc.
Williams, amounting to Si35. The presl.
dent, John Anderson, was later arrested
charged with obtaining goods under false
pretenses from the Patton Building Com.
pany. who claimed that the association
was induced to build shelving for the con.
Germ on Misrepresentation of the prest
posed large pretentions, and II Is said e
number some go shareholders among tht
colored population Of Rome.
The Hotel Lanier at Macon is now with
out ii lessec and unless some provision Il
made by the stockholders soon, the housl
VIII be closed as soon as b. W. Sperry
present lease has expired. Some time agt
when Mr.. sperry notified the president o
the Lanier House Company that he woul,
no longer lease Ire hotel at the rental IL
has been paying, a meeting Of the stock
holders was called ana they authorized
George r. Plant, the president. TO adver
tise FOR bids for the house, all bids TO b
opened at meeting Of the stockholder
~ O'Clock II es6aS afternoon, The adver
tisement Specifying that the right to re
Jet any ard Gh bids was reserved hi
meeting was held az the appoirtod hour
When the bids were called for, only tw
were submitted, enc from johnson Quinn
manager OF the Empire hotel at New
York, and one from G. II. Carter. Thos
bids were In the noighborhood OF 5000 pc
annum, each teing the price Mr.. sperr,
had PAID since he has been the lessee. /