The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-24
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND
CAROIINA IN PARAGRAPHS.

CIvde Shropshire n Clerk in his
Brothers Office in wall street
SNOWY Dress Uniform Adopted ny
the Fifth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Commerce. Law Involved in case
AGAINST Two Drummers at M"c""'
NIGHT of the city Council of Macon
tn Tax Dogs Denied.
GEORGIA.
q r willis. postmaster at Lavonia for
four or i've years. died Friday from
stroke Of paralysis
! W. Wan, a respectable looking civh
engineer is locked up at the police bar
racks NJ Atlanta, on the charge OF CHEAT
~ ana swindllng. Hard times nara
luz, ana no work. so he stated, made MIN
desperate and he passed off lie" bogus
checks.
c,lvde SHROPSHIRE of Rome, Ca. recent
" vice consul of the United States at
Paris and the leader of society IN the
American colony at the French capital
a. IN Now York as an office clerk at
moderate salary in his brothers office IN
Wall street
In the superior court at Jonesboro fi1-
dav suit for SANDER was filed by j. o.
Sears against w N. Mcconnell sears
alleges in his declaration that McConnel
has nterfered with his domestic relations
and by false statements has induced Mrs'
Sears to leave her husband. These ac-
lions. he claims, have damaged him to the
extent of $1,000.
The Hawkinsville Board of Trade has
passed resolutions urging Gov. Atkinson
10 reappcint Hon. Allen Fort on the Geor-
gia railroad commission, owing 10 ms
splendid qualifications for the pace, ildue
so by his legal ability and his familiarity
with the duties of the office and because
of his untiring watchfulness OF the inter
ests committed to his care.
The Fifth Regiment of Atlanta will soon
have a new dress uniform. The uniform
will consist of swallow-tail coat made Of
green CLOTH and will be heavily decorated
with gold braid The trousers Will con-
sjst of green goods to match the coats
and viii have white stripes for ENLISTED
men and gold stripes for officers me
cap has not as yet been selected ana the
committee is still debating on it.
Frank Williamson, an employe of the
Central railroad, who was working with
the bridge gang three mics from Eaton
ton, IeIl from the Top u Allt blAbSC A'@N"i
day. His ankle was fractured, an arm
was broken at the elbow and a hip bone
dislocated, besides several contusions. He
is in a critical condition. He fell thirty
nine feet. Williamson lives in Covinglon
and has a wife and five children. He was
carried to Eatonton for surgical attention.
Bryant Wadsworth Charles Wadsworth
and John Bateman, three young men of
Taylor county, were arraigned before Uni
ted States Commissioner Williams at Co
lumbus Friday charged with conspiracy
but were released, the evidence not being
sufficient to bind them over. The young
men were charged with being members
of a mob which last December surrounded
some revenue officers in Taylor county and
compelled them to surrender a quantity
of moonshine whisky they had captured.
The case of Henry White of Columbus,
under sentence to be hanged June 4, came
before the United States supreme court
at Washington Friday. Col. Carey j.
Thornton argued for the granting OF a
writ of error on the ground that White 5
rights under the constitution of the
United States had been denied him. The
court refused the writ, holding that the
constitutional questions raised on the
Georgia statutes were not in conflict with
the constitution of the United States.
Whites only hope now lies in executive
clemency. I is understood that strong
petition will be presented to Gov. At
kinson in his favor.
Atlanta Journal: The supreme court
IN the case of Allen against Pearce, said
Saturday. Justice Fish rendering the opin-
ion: while the term aged as applied
40 human beings, is not for all purposes
susceptible of precise definition and while
Il is not practicable to arbitrarily fix a
period of life at which the condition Of
being aged may be said to have certainly
begun, it is safe to hold that a man g
years old is entitled 10 exemption OF hi'
property from levy and sale under tina
clause of the constitution civil code, sec
ton 59l9 allowing this right 10 every
aged or inhrm person. This is true, al
though the applicant may be a hale an(
hearty man.
Henry Reynolds. one of the best known
young men in Rome. says that Alfred Il
Westau a young man who lived i'm ROM
several months and who had grea
many friends there, was the companion
OF a wealthy young Engllshman name'
Iuchfield. who was captured by cannlbal
on the Santa Cruz Island, the cannibal
subsequently devouring both prisoners.
AT a meeting OF the promoters OF IN
Empire Garden Midsummer Fair Asso
ciation held at Triton Friday, Col. c. w
Fulwood Of Triton was chosen president
Mai. p. Pelham Of Ty Ty vice president
DR.. J. f. Wilson of Poulan secretar,
and Hon. W. II. Love treasurer. Tn
dates fxes for the exhibition are July
and g.
Harry Griggs OF Macon, who is a grea
admirer OF fine dogs, especially OF point
ers aud settlers OF high degree was sum
moned before Judge NJ r. Freeman, cit
recorder, Saturday, to answer the charg
of having violated the dog law. The ordi
nance regulating the keeping OF dog oil
the premises provides that each and ever
dog must be tagged ana license take
out. otherwise the owner IS subject 10
fine OF s.. Mr. Griggs refused 70 pay IN
fine, and was represented by Hope poihn
who set up the plea that the dog ordinanc
81 unconstitutional He argued that Their
Is nothing In the charter OF 1893 providin
for the passage OF such an ordinance. an
the case will be appealed and will probabl
60 10 the supreme court as a test case.
The trial OF C. b. Hueitt Of Columbi,
g. c.. on the charge OF cheating an
ewindllng IN having obtained typ,
writer from an Atlanta firm and Then sci
inc IL tho mkt dnV without HAVING raj