The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
GEORGIA.

Blk hundred dollars mas already Deen
subscribed towards new 5000 school
building at Watknsvlle
new postoftice called Stella has been
established in Ebert county at S. II. Fort
sons. Mr.. Tortson will be the postmas-
ter.
The stockade and four mules, belonging
to Harris Laramore, were burned at Lees
burg Friday night. The fire was the work
of an unknown incendiary.
The Macon chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy met Friday and de-
cided to petition the legislature to make
Jefferson Davis birthday a legal holiday
While engaged in fishing in Whites
pond, about three miles from Augusta
Thursday, Carl Ivey, Jr.. son of Carl Ivey.
q fireman on the Georgia road, was
drowned
The board of trustees of the Columbus
public schools will continue to hold pri-
vate meetings, a motion to admit the pub
JIG to all but executive sessions being de-
feated.
The Chattahoochee river is to have an
other steamer. Albert s. owen, of Talbot
county, will build the boat supplying the
lumber from his own sawmill The boat
will ply the upper river.
H. II. Arlington of summerville pur-
chased an interest in the wholesale and re-
tail drug store of d. W. Curry & Co., at
Rome, last Monday, and in the future the
style Of the firm VIII be Curry & AIRING
ton.
Sawn timber continues to come down to
Darien pretty freely although the creeks
are reported to be low. 1t is said that there
is little rise in the river. During the week
there was shipped coastwise and foreign
4,2l4,695 feet of timber and lumber valued
at $43 49,
There is a new Richmond in the field for
the Atlanta postmastership. He is John
D. Malsby, a well-known wholesale hard
ware and machinery merchant MIR. Mails
by has been endorsed by the Atlanta Nc
Knley club and will have the support of
that organization.
The grand jury of Bibb county is after
the barrooms. 1t is rumored that some of
the clubs will come in for share of the
investigation on the ground that card
playing has become too much a feature of
club life. The bars have been attacked on
the ground of selling TO minors.
The Atlanta Gas Light Company has
placed on record in favor of the New York
Security Company "a mortgage of $L150.-
600. This is to secure 81 900 900 worth of
bonds to replace a former issue and
$4,000 worth of new bonds to cover the
improvements at the company's plant.
Twin gir.s were born to Mr. and Mrs d.
+. Owens of Halls district in Hart coun
~. on June .. This is the third set of
twins that have come to them. They
have had nine children at six births. They
VUar led In, III.
of twins were divided as to sex. Al the
children are living and healthy.
The supreme court has decided that
dogs are domestic animals. In criminal
case from Wilcox county a man by the
name Of Wilcox was convicted of cruelty
to animals for striking a dog. The statute
makes cruelty to domestic animals a mis-
demeanor, and the point was made that
dogs are not domestic animals The SUI
preme court says they are.
day or two ago Edgar L. Rogers of
GAINESVILLE threshed from two and one
half acres of land 2Olla bushels of oats.
and he thinks az least one-sixth of the
product of the land was lost in cutting.
The oats are very fine, and the record is
good one. IL Is the improved red rust
proof oat. Mr.. Rogers made about 100
bushels on the lot near his home.
@eAhNAaAAa AlAfSo HANNNOThtAs \ tOlcltinE
freight agent for one of the principal
western roads was in Americas Thursday
having just returned from a trip through
the fruit region about Marshallville and
Fort Valley. The prospect, he says. is
gloomy indeed. as hardly half dozen cars
of fruit viii be shipped from either place
where 300 car loads would be about an
average crop.
The county commissioners Of Oconee
have issued executions against ex-Tax
Collector J. W. Johnson for his shortage.
which amounts TO about $3.50. His prop
erty at Watkinsvilc has been levied on
and II this does not meet the defalcation
his bondsmen viii be required to pay the
balance. The commissioners are repre-
scented by Col w. NJ Smith and Col T..
7. Brown OF Athens.
The names of several physicians OF At
lanta who have been practicing medicine
without pay . the state license have been
presented co the grand jury. This Is the
hrst step la tho direction Of collecting back
professional taxes and when the grand
jury hnishes with the doctors Il will turn
its attention TO the lawyers ana from them
10 another class Of professional men and
go on until all who fan under the law
VIII be brought 20 justice.
cedartown Standard: Cant. Julius
Mosooy when he taught on tho Cave
Spring road ia 1853 and 1854 Tho father
OF Capt. Peek paid Ben Mosoley 81 600 eal-
airy, ana Julius. then a boy. ala Inc col
Letting for the school The tuition of
me school amounted 20 az least 81 2O
Moseley had no bell TO can the hours oi
school, but generally thrcshed the slide oi
me school house ana shouted, Gone
The city council OF Fitzgerald has re-.
Noked the franchise recently granted SD.
hey Lahccllea for tho construction of a
Naper works and electric light plant and
W. t1y attorney has been ordered a.
Iilne SUIT against bascollos' bondsman
gpe a. y Coyerdale. OF Rome. Upon ma.
seislns the franchise Lascellcs opened ne
n .ou'lona with Philadelphia parties. wiz
'eH' representative, Arthur ISitsen, e