The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Plea of USury Fails to Hold
Against a Loan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COunty's Ordinary Dead Commits
sioners of Floyd County Refuse TO
Pay "A COrOner's BiIIs-Fire at Dali
ton-AtIanta'S Thieving shipping
Clerk Jailed.
GEORGIA.
A camp of Confederate Veterans will be
organized in Oglethorpe county.
A sneak thief entered the Methodist
church at Cuthbert last week and stole
fine silver water service and goblets.
Douglas is going to have a county fair.
L. H. Hilton has bought a large lot in
Dublin on which he will Immediately
erect three story brick hotel.
The infant and only child of Mr.. and
Mrs S. ]. sharley. of Cuthbert died Mon
day from the effects Of burns received the
day before by falling into the fire.
Mrs. Ida L. Bone, wife OF w. II. Bone,
general agent of the Aetna Life Insurance
company, and a sister of Miss Josephine
Knapp, the prima donna, died at Atlanta
Tuesday, after an illness of long dura-
ton.
Frank johnson, charged with an attempt
ed assault upon the person of Mrs. Pitts,
was postponed in the city court at Griffin
Tuesday on account of the Illness of JUS
tice Sorrel.
The confederate cemetery at Marietta
is to be greatly improved and beautttied
A contract has been given the Blue Ridge
Marble company to furnish marble head
stones for the graves, and they will be
done in the best style.
Ed. Peek, who was convicted of larceny,
from the house at the spring term of the
Greens county court. has been pardoned
by Gov. Atkinson. Peek was sentenced to
twelve months in the chain gang. but since
broke his leg and has been unable to work.
Two little negroes were fatally burned
Sunday night at Century, Dougherty
county. One little negro, Z years old, was
almost cremated, while the other, II years
of age, was severely burned trying to save
the younger one. They were the children
of Tom Richardson.
Judge ]. c. Williams, ordinary of Butts
county, died Monday night as the result
Of a violent attack of hernia. He was 81
years. old and was prominent in county
and state affairs. He had been ordinary
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Hon. A. ]. Williams of Yatesville.
The large grocery store of ]. H. Bender
one of Dalton leading merchants, caught
fire Monday morning about o'clock, and
considerable damage was done before the
flames could be extinguished. A quantity
of goods was destroyed by fire and water.
The loss was covered by insurance.
At Rome Tuesday Judge Clements dis
solved the injunction of T. E. Clements,
against the Atlas Building and Loan AS
sociation, OF Chattanooga. Clements
sought to prevent the association from sell
ing his property upon the plea that the
contract was usurous Judge Henry over
ruled the petition and ordered the sale to
proceed.
A true bill has been found by the grand
Jury at Atlanta in the case of w. E. San
ders, charged with robbing his employers.
He was the shipping clerk for the large
wholesale firm of Draper, Moore & Co,
and it developed in the justice court trial
that he had been making false assign
ment of goods and that a drayman en-
ployed by the firm was assisting him in
this robbery.
w. IT.. Tolbert of the firm of Williams.
Tolbert & Co, dealers in gas meter test
ers, at Atlanta, was arrested at Griffin
Monday night on an advice from Atlanta,
charging him with larceny after trust.
Tolberts prosecutors are his partners In
business. 1t seems he has been handling
the funds of the company for some time,
and is accused of appropriating to his use
about $50 of the firms cash.
The commissioners of Floyd county have
refused TO pay two bills from Coroner
Schapbach for inquests held recently. The
cfr oil in
was unnecessary to hold an inquest, as
the death of each party was witnessed by
numbers of people. and the law only re-
Quires a coroner's investigation when per-
sons came to their death in mysterious
way. Coroner Schapbach will enter suit
at once against the county.
The third case of ainhum ever reported
In the United States has been found in
Atlanta and the patient who suffers from
the disease is negro woman. Ainhum is
the self amputaton of ones little toe,
and the patient reported has applied to
Southern Medical College for treatment.
contraction of the flesh next the foot
gradually forces the toe off and frequent
ly the contractions manifest themselves
in other portions Of the body.
Marshal Scott Jackson OF Harmony
Grove is in close pursuit Of Bud Brooks.
who was last seen al Five Forks Satur-
day evening. Marshal jackson arrested
Brooks brother dressed In womsn's
clothes at Five Forks and is now holding
him. Col. G. j. Hunt, an attorney of
Greenville, S. c., offers 500 reward for
Brooks arrest, dead or alive and also
one-half OF all the money recovered from
Brooks. Brooks is accused of being inn
plcated in the murder of a store keeper
az Bolton, already detailed in the Morn
ing News.
During the last days of the legislature
a resolution was passed authorizing the
governor to appoint prominent commits
sion to adjudicate all matters pertaining
TO the property of the state in connection
with the Western and Atlantic railroad.
The governor. in complying with the reso-
luton. has named the Hon. John L. Hop
kins. Of Fulton: Hon T. r. Jones, Of
Whitfield, and Hon. II. Warner HIN, Of
Meriwether. It is more than probable that
at an early day the commission will be
called upon TO pass upon an issue between
the state Of Georgia and the Southern rail-
way involving some extensive and valua-