The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-17
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARTICIPATES.


a Citizen of LuTpkin-A Child
Poisoned at Observation-Disclosures
Chicken Farming Near Dawson.
An Albanian Perfects an Improv-
ed seal For Freight Cars.
GEORGIA.
David Comfort of Albany has been grant
ed letters patent on an invention he has
recently perfected. 1t is an improved car
seal to be used in place of the lead ana
wire seals that have been in use on DoX
cars for so many years.
Old negro slaves Of Clay county are
laboring under the delusion that they are
to receive a pension from the government
and they are registering their names and
that of their former owners, for which a
fee of . cents is paid for each name.
A teachers institute will be held in
Dawson, lasting two weeks during the
coming summer. The teachers of Quit
man. Stewart. Randolph, Clay, Calhoun
Webster and Lee counties will meet with
the teachers of Terrell county and form
an institute.
The pension business of Georgia Is
about over for 1891. The receipts of the
state treasury show that 3,l7O of $500 in
valid soldiers, 1894 of 400 widows and $50
of 1900 INDECENT soldiers have received
their pensions. 1t is not believed that
many more will apply.
Martha Jones, an old colored woman liv-
ing near Madison, was gored to death
Tuesday by a pet bull, which she had been
accustomed to driving for a number OF
years to a small cart. She was taking
the animal to pasture when he suddenly
turned viciously upon her and killed her
before assistance could arrive.
Donie Price, a girl about Il years old,
died of poison at Martin. Saturday. She
was poisoned by a wild shrub which
grows on creeks and rivers, and is known
to the country people by the name OF
"Creeces." 1t is not thought, however,
thai "creeces" is poisonous, but the ply
stefan believed she ate some poisonous
weed with the creeces. She was sick sew
eraI days before a doctor was sent for,
and the poison had taken such hold moth
ing could be done.
A man hired a team Of horses from j.
j. Thompson of Lumpkin, few days
ago and nothing has been seen Of man or
horses since. A burglar entered the bed
room of Mr.. Thompson on Friday night,
where he was sleeping with the lamp
tanning $50 in greenbacks, 15-cent piece
of paper money and a Mexican dollar;
also his watch. some valuable papers ana
his coat and suspenders, leaving the bal
ance Of his clothes.
Controller General W. A. Wright says
some of the tax collectors have got a
wrong impression about the professional
taxes. These taxes, unlike other special
taxes. are not due until Dec. 20. Conse-
quently a lawyer or a doctor can practice
all the year without becoming amenable
to the law. If he fails to pay at the end
of the year, however, an execution is is
sued, and if it is returned with an entry
of nulla bona, the man Is guilty of mis-
demeanor and cannot practice until he has
paid the tax
1t seems that forger is getting in his
work in Atlanta. l.. p. Hillyer, secretary
of the Georgia Bankers Association, has
issued a card which warns all persons
against checks on the Griffin Banking
Company bearing the signature of b. L.
Snider and certified across the face with
a rubber stamp dated 3-9-'9, signed in ink
by A. C. McKeman, cashier The notice
of warning states that these are forgeries,
and for fear that the state will be flood
cd with them the notice is sent TO warn
the banks not to cash them.
Atlanta Constitution: Two women are
about TO establish a factory in this city
for the manufacture of a bicycle tire
they have patented. These women are the
daughters of the late Judge Robert Gre
CORY of the supreme court of Indiana.
Their names are Mrs. DeHart and Mrs.
Julia Isbel. The tire they have patented
was begun by their brother, William b.
Gregory of Washington, and has been
completed by the two ladies after two
years of close application to the idea, and
unfaltering hope in the value of the idea.
Near Herod, a small village within six
miles of Dawson, James Clark is manag-
ing a chicken farm, which is a source of
great revenue to him, and is considered
one of Terrell county's great industries.
He has ten acres of land devoted to this
farm, and finds Il difficult to supply the
large demand for his game fowls. He
receives orders from all parts of the
United States Canada and Mexico, and 1t
is not unusual for him TO have as many
as 200 letters TO answer at one time. The
eggs that he sells readily bring So per
dozen.
John Blackstone Wrenn of Augusta, is
starving TO death. and yet he is sur
rounded with all the necessities Of life
His body is cold and dead with absolutely
Az SAaoAAtAAs dbOOA NAt 4tsus TUT moro
than three weeks he has not been able
10 take any solid nourishing food on ac-
count of SOME obstruction in his throat
The only thing that Mr.. Wrenn has taken
since his Illness Is milk, which is given
him through a tube inserted into his
stomach. The constant use of this tube
down his throat keeps 1t In a raw condi-
ton and 1t is always sore. The muscles
In his throat and tongue have become
paralyzed, which makes it impossible fol
him 10 talk. His wants are made knowC
by signs and gestures.
Two damage suits in the United State:
court at Atlanta, against the Southern
Railway Company, were announced settled
by the attorneys Monday. and the case,
were dismissed by order of the Judge. on,
of the suits was that of y. Eastman fol
$4,000 This was one of the largest suit,
that has ever been filed in that district
II was originally filed I'm Cobb county su
perior court. but was transferred to tn,
United States court upon the motion o.
the defendant. Mr.. Eastman was a prom
inent prOspector and gold mine expert
In September, 1895. while az Austell, wait
ing TO take a train. he was knocked dowi
by one of the Southern \ cars and IL Il