The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-17
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUVH
CAROLINA IN PARAGRAPHS.

sale Liquor Firm of Macon Fight
ing License ENactiOn-A Man
Once a Convict brings SHIT for
Land Seized During His Impris0n-
ment-Many improvements in Pro-
EresS at Cuthbert.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Macon. proprietress of the Macon
house at Collins, died Thursday.
Randolph county is to have a modern
brick jail if the recommends tons of the
grand jury are carried out.
Lumber is being placed upon the ground
at Cuthbert for the early commencement
of the erection of Cuthbert's new variety
workers.
Trion Factory Herald: A Gnmer county
jury once brought in the following YER
dict: 1--WE. the jury find the defendant
almost guilty"
The Presbyterians of Cuthbert will soon
begin to take steps looking to the early
commencement of work on their new brick
church building.
Judge Lumpkin next Saturday will pass
upon the petition of John w. Purdy for
a receiver for Steve W. Posten, a printer
of Atlanta. Purdy is a workman at Pos
tells plant.
The gizzard of hen recently killed at
Covington contained twenty-one brass
tacks, thirty-one birdshot, two pins,
tiny brass ring, a bit of steel and some
crushed brass caps.
The chattel mortgage recently executed
by the Kangra Valley Tea Company of At
lanta in favor of the Lowry Banking Com
pany in the sum of $500 has been fore
closed in the superior court.
Judge John T. Pendleton has been ten
dered the place recently vacated by Mr..
Westmoreland. as assistant city attorney
of Atlanta. Judge Pendleton has signided
his willingness to accept the position.
The Cuthbert Baptists are rejoicing.
Miss Barber of Philadelphia has sent her
donation of $1,000 to the treasurer of the
church. Plans have been drawn and work
will soon begin on their $4,000 brick
church.
A power plant for generating electricity
by steam seems assured at EatoGton. Cit
liens of Eatonton and Putnam have sub
scribed about $1,000 in stock, the company
TO be known as the Eatonton Electric
Company.
The brick work on Weaver & Co.'S new
ginnery at Cuthbert has reached the Sec
ond story. Machinery is being received
and placed in position. Everything will
be put in shape for the coming seasons
cotton business.
Americas Recorder: A gentle
man waking near the deli Friday counted
sixty-three negroes fishing within dis
lance of 200 yards. A mudcat with a
steering compass couldn't have run that
blockade of hooks.
Postofice plums dropped to four Geor-
CLANS Saturday. The changes are: Davis
borough, Washington county, w. d. Hun
ter; Eldorendo. Decatur county. s. NJ.
Brown; Rochelle, Wilcox county, J. r.
Bulls; Tennille, Washington county, !.
A. Smith.
At Concord, Saturday, the 2-year-old son
of DR.. R. A. Mallory was shot by negro
youth. Clarence Caldwell. aged ID. The
shooting is believed to have been acciden-
tai. There is no hope of the chiid's re-
covery The bullet entered the back of
the head and came out the forehead.
Americas Herald: Near the shops of
the Georgia and Alabama railroad yester-
Jay AFTERNOON was a game OF base Dali
which breaks all previous records. The
exciting contest was. between the negro
women of that section known as Bull
Neck and the men in the same locality.
The score was not given in the report, but
we venture to presume that the women
came out victorious.
A little girl of Fireman Joe Mathis OF
Augusta was badly hurt Friday at Grove
town, where the Kollock Street Baptist
Sunday school picnic was given. The lit
tie girl was playing around one of the
swings. In some way she slipped and fell
as a heavily loaded swing was coming
toward her. She was caught between
the boxing and the ground and terribly
bruised, and it is feared, injured inter-
nally.
The estate of the late Dan Billiard Of
Twiggs county was settled Saturday and
a goodly pile of cash was divided up among
the five children. Mr.. Billiard died some
years ago and Walter B. Hill of Macon
was appointed executor of the estate
which consisted largely Of notes and mort
cages. These mortgages have been con-
verted into cash as rapidly as possible.
Saturday some $4,000 was divided up. The
estate was valued at about 100000.
Because w IF. Mungo had $3.50 and
looked rather seedy he was arrested at At
lanta Saturday and locked up at the po-
lice station on suspicion by two officers.
The officers thought the man had too
much cash. His personal appearance in
dictated that he was a tramp. He says he
has been working in a lumber camp in
Mississippi and is walking to his home at
Charlotte, N. c. The fact that a man
should be arrested just because he looks
seedy and has little money on his person
is exciting adverse comment.
Griffin News: About 7:SO o'clock satur-
day night, DR.. ]. L. Moore took his rife
and went TO the back yard on a cat hunt.
For several minutes he awaited in am
bush the arrival OF the expected quartet
that usually made itself heard about that
time Soon there appeared over the fence
an object, az which, with the hope that IL
was the leading tenor, he fred. Instead
of cat. the object proved TO be ]. l..
Moore, Jr., and the ball passed through
his coat collar and grazed his neck. We
are glad that the doctor Is not crack
shot.
Mrs Lola Mcdowell was allowed Si5 a
month almony and $500 attorneys fees