The morning news., 1897-07-26
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.


Negro Jailed nt HnwISinsviIIe on a
Charge of Rape-Negro Boy steals
$1,000 In Notes-Tvyo WeII-knOwn
AtIantians Dead - 4 Bridal Couple
Quarrel An Hour After Their Mar
ringe and Separate.
GEORGIA.
Cicero Bridwel. a well-known merchant
of Atlanta, died Saturday.
The annual reunion Of the Thirty-eighth
Georgia regiment will be held at stone
Mountain Wednesday.
The thirty-frst annual session Of the
Rome district conference, Methodist
church, has just adjourned at Rome
The zuber Drug Company Of Cuthbert
has sold its stock of goods to II. A. Red
ding of Lumpkin and John P. Redding tf
Cuthbert.
Pink Hampton. a negro. was shot by
a young white boy, VIII Marsch, at VII
hanson Friday, about 10-cent debt. The
wound is not serious.
Sheriff Flanders returned to SwainsDoro
from Louisville Friday with Ed Walker,
who is wanted there for murder commit
ted in Emanuel county about two weeks
ago.
Cochran viii soon be connected with
Hawkinsvle by telephone. The poles are
being placed, and it is expected that the
line will be in working order within few
weeks.
Col. A. s. johnson will, at the next ses-
sion of the legislature, have the old char
ter of Newton abolished and have new
one established giving the town more au-
thority.
John Grace, colored, was lodged in jail
at Hawkinsville Friday, charged with an
attempted rape on the person Of Miss Het-
tie McCailister of Mitchells district about
o'clock last "Wednesday morning
The Atlanta Chemical Company, manu-
facturers of Kings Royal Germetuer, will
move in a few days 60 Barnesville. where
the plant viii be established in new build
ings and where the headquarters OF the
company will be located in the future.
George Troupe Ogeltree, an old citizen
of Atlanta, died Friday night. At one
time he was a well-known grocery mer-
chant, and was once interested in the
lumber business. Mr.. Ogeltree was born
in Newton county. July 26. 1926 where
he lived for a long time, coming to At
lanta in 1854.
Fifteen dollars in cash and five thousand
dollars in notes were stolen Friday morn,
ing In Macon from Henry Elson, a prom
inent manufacturer of Cordele, who was
on a visit to the city. Mr.. Elson entered
a barber shop to be shaved. He nung
up his coat. containing his pocketbOok,
with cash and notes. negro boy in the
shop named Ben Lewis stole the book and
contents. Later he was arrested by City
Detective Patterson, confessed, and the
money and notes returned to Mr.. Elson.
Mrs. Salna f. Smith, wife of Dr. Neil
Graham Smith whose marriage to the
doctor at Columbus a few days ago caus-
ed a sensation there. has applied for
divorce from her husband. Mrs. Smith
and husband quarreled in an hour after
the marriage. and separated Immediately.
In her petition for total divorce, Mrs.
Smith says that she was decoyed into
marriage by false and fraudulent misrep-
resenta tions. DIR. Smith told her she
said, that he owned land in Texas and
had money in the bank, besides owning a
house and lot in Birmingham. and that
ito better her condition in life" she did
marry him. Now she says he has confess
ed that he has nothing and she has all
she can do to support herself.