The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-20

see the couple make their fight, but all
efforts failed, and he and the crowd was
disappointed. To all these efforts Joe
1 Henderson was a silent observer, and on
Thursday quietly rode to the house, slipped
the young lady away and carrying her 10
a preacher near by married her, not only
overcoming the opposition of the father,
but outWitting his rival.
According to the Monroe Messenger DR..
Poore is meeting with much success in the
collection of his brothers life insurance.
A week or so ago Hon. J. Fl, Felker, as
attorney for S. O. Poore, executor of j. J.
Poore, deceased, settled the two policies of
5000 each in the Washington Lie lnSur-
ance Company with Messrs. Rosser and
Carter, counsel for the company, and on
last Friday Col Felker settled with
Messrs. King and Anderson the 10000 poll
icy in the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso-
citation of New York 1t is understood
that Col. Felker received 20 per cent. and
lne costs IN payment OF these policies.
There are two other policies yet unpaid
5000 in the Atlanta Mutual Insurance
Company and $4,000 in the Fidelity Mutual
of Philadelphia. Judge Hines represents
the former and Hamilton Douglass the
latter company. Suit has been brought in
Fulton superior court against the Atlanta
company and its officers garnisheed. The
Philadelphia company has asked that suit
be Withheld for few days to see If a set
tlement cannot be made When DR.. Poore
gets all his money he will invest ii in Mon
roe and Walton county, where he has a
great many friends.
Columbus correspondence Macon Tele-
graph: The Telegraph told of
the arrest short time ago
Of a number of well-known citizens
OF Taylor county on the charge of con-
spiracy, 1t being alleged that they were
among the mob who surrounded a house
in which there were number of revenue
officers and made them give up some
moonshine whisky that they had captured.
The preliminary investigation of the cases
against the parties came off at Columbus
Thursday. one sensational feature was
the falling through of the cases made out
against the parties, the principal witness
going squarely back on previous state
ments that he had made, and thus cauS-
ing the dropping of the cases When the
cases were first made, a sensation was
sprung by the arrest of one of the wit
nesses, Hon. J. j. McCants, a prominent
citizen and politician of Taylor county
and who represented the county in the
legislature several times. Thursday the
case against Mr.. McCantS was dropped
without being tried. From the tnVestiga-
ton that had been made, the officers say
that no case existed against this gentle
man, and he was, therefore, honorably dis
charged without being tried. The parties
arraigned were viii J. r. Arthur, Charles
Buckley. jerks and Jack and Pat Downs.
The principal witness was Joseph Whit
tie who had turned states evidence and
on whose previous statements the author
tiles based their hopes Of conVlcting the
defendants. TO the surprise of everybody,
however White went squarely back on
his previous statements, and, this bong
the case, the cases were necessarily dis
charged. White was arrested Tor perjury,
for which he will be tried. All of the con-
spiracy cases were dismissed. Whit1e in
timated that he had been threatened by
some of the parties in the case.
Madison correspondence Atlanta Jour
nal: What disposition will be made of the
BrasweI fund? This Is a very interest
ing question to the people Of Morgan coun,
". In the year 1873 Benjamin Braswen
died, without heirs, in Morgan county,
where he had lived for a number of years
In his will he set apart the larger portion
of his property, about $4,000, for the edu-
cation of the INDECENT orphans of his coun-
ty, the money to be invested in the state
bank and the interest only to be used. For
many years the interest was not consum-
ed and the money not used was invested
i'm other securities. This money continued
to increase until the destruction wrought
by the late war almost wiped out the fund.
However, a remnant remained, and this
was added to in 1865 by a bequest of s., 200,
made by Mrs. Ann Kolb. These amounts
by good management, increased until 1877.
when their total value was $26 600 In this
year the fund passed into the hands OF its
present custodian, Hon. 7. Is. Baldwin,
ordinary of Morgan county Since the
fund has been in charge of its present GUS
todian 1t has increased in value from $26, =
600 to more than $J0,000 at the same time
meeting all the legal demands made upon
| it. The money is now invested in Geor-
gia railroad stock, state bonds and notes
on Morgan county. AT the March term
of the superior court the present custo-
| dian, through his attorneys, MeSsrs Q. l..
WiIliford and George a George, will ask
| for directions and Instructions relative to
| the management of the fund. Now that
| tuition is free for seven months each year
in the county schools and our city has a
| public school system the question arises
| What is to become of this fund? Many
years ago those claiming to be heirs OF
Braswell endeaVored' to recover the
| money, but after litigation embracing a
period of ten years, they failed to recover.