The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-01
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GEORGIA.
The new city directory gives Athens a
population Of 1000
A Presbyterian church win be organized
at Columbus tomorrow night.
MeRae is to have a bank and 1t VIII
be in operation in few weeks.
The work of building the hail of The
knights of Pythias Of Macon will be re-
sumed this week.
On Wednesday night Terrin county lost
one of its prominent citizens Maj. N. NJ.
Weaver, who died at Parrott aged &c
years.
E. n Clemence, secretary and treas
urer of the Eagle and Phoenix mill, is
candidate for postmaster of the city Of
Columbus.
There is a movement on foot among the
merchants and business men of Griffin TO
arrange for a springtime carnival on
March 10.
During the week there was shipped from
the port of Darien, coastwise and for
eign, 1886, 722 feet of timber and lumber
valued at $l9,929
Arthur Montgomery of New Orleans has
been appointed agent OF the Southern Elk
press Company in Atlanta, vice NJ f.
Eehols resigned, on account of i'll health
on account of other colleges withdraw
ing from the oratorical contest at New
Orleans, the literary societies of the Uni
versity of Georgia will send no represent
alive.
Macon is to entertain the Georgia Press
Association on March % and the members
of the fourth estate, their wives, daugh-
tiers, sisters and sweethearts will be given
a good time.
Berry Underwood, a negro desperate,
has been lodged in Hall county jail,
charged with assaulting a white woman,
near Cleveland, in White county, about
two years ago.
Cleo McClendon met a horrible death
at the Southern depot, at Rome Satur-
day McClendon, while engaged in cou-
pling cars, caught his foot in frog and
before ne could extricate himself, the
train ran over his body, mangling 1t ter
ribly.
The vitality of the average Putnam ne
gro has just been further attested by the
s-year-old child of Robert Jackson, col
ored, drinking the entire contents of a
can of potash dissolved, and surviving
three days thereafter before succumbing
to the horrible effects.
Rev. ]. F. Davis of Phenix City. Ala,
whose child-wife. aged 10 years, deserted
him Tuesday night, as told in the Morning
News, has located her in a house Of ILL
fame at Columbus. He has given her up
in despair and 1t is understood that she
will not be molested. Mr.. Davis is a Bap-
fist preacher in very poor circumstances.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lee of Augusta has filed
suit against the Georgia railroad for $685.
eco damages for the death of her husband,
the late ]. J. Lee, who was run over and
killed in the Georgia railroad yard at Au-
gusta about a year ago. Lee was subject
TO fits and fell with an attack of this kind
while crossing through the freight yard.
The residence of Capt. Frank Wynn,
four miles from Rome, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Friday. Nothing was saved.
His family narrowly escaped with their
lives. G. s. Graham a neighbor, was Sc
verely hurt in breaking a window to save
child from the burning building There
is no insurance. Graham says he has
evidence that the fire was of incendiary
origin.
A conference was held at Macon, Fri
day, at the, office of Hill, Harris & Birch,
attorneys for Norman w. Dodge, and be-
tween the attorneys of Dodge and attor-
neys of numerous defendants in the case
of Dodge vs. l.. l. Williams ct al, with
a view of compromising ~ar settling the
suit brought by Dodge for possession of
large tracts of land claimed by plaintiff
and defendants.
Robert Odom and Ben Salter, two white
boys. are wanted at Cordele for stabbing
William Clay, a negro, on Monday after
noon at the factory. The three boys,
who are about 10 years old, were employ
ed at the factory. Young Odom and
Salter claim that the negro threw bricks
at them, whereupon they stabbed him in
the back and neck, inflicting wounds
which are thought to be fatal
Gov. Atkinson has received the report
of Controller General Wright, in regard
to the Official bonds of the tax collectors
and receivers of Georgia. There are
three collectors who have not vet filed
their bonds, and there are also three re.
ceivers who have failed. The collectors
are for the counties of Floyd, Jefferson
and Epson. The receiver are for the
counties of Douglas Laurens and Epson
The next annual meeting Of the Geor-
gia State Agricultural Society will be
held az Augusta March 10, the meeting
having been called by President-eleci
Pope Brown of Pulaski. One of the mosi
interesting features OF the meeting will
be the Inauguration of Hon. Pope Brown
as president Of the society. MIR. Brown
succeeds Col. John o. Waddell. who has
been president of the society for a mum
Der OF years.
Although the election for mayor of Au
gusta is some nine months of. specula
ton and talk as TO who the next one vii
be Is rife. The five generally accepte,
candidates are Hon. Pat Walsh, Council
man Dan Kerr, Councilman Doo.ittle. As
bury Hull and Capt. II. II. D'Antlgnac
There are rumors of a dark horse upset
ting all the calculations. Samuel T. Kim
ball, one OF the most prominent citizen
Of Milton county died Friday.
Under the bill introduced by Represent
alive Reid Of Bibb. at the last session Q
the legislature, and which was passed
the game season is made TO end on Mare
Is, and not on the last day Of February
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