The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-19

walton County on Il (harge of muf-
der Arrested at AIphnrettn-Ncgro
Mill Hands in pitched Battle.
GEORGIA.
John r. Respess, a member of the Res
pess Drug Company of Atlanta, died at
Americus Tuesday of la grippe. lie was
the son of Rev. j. r.. Respess OF Butler
and brother of Z. D. Respess OF At
lanta.
Henry Arnold of the firm of Arnold &
Thomas contractors and builders of
Thomasville. have closed a contract with
j. L. Hand to erect eight or nine pflck
store houses at Pelham at once. The con-
tract will run up in the neighborhood OF
$4,000.
A minister of Fitzgerald has made a
personal canvass and has compiled some
interesting statistics. Thirty-siX religious
beliefs are represented, eleven OF Whlch
have a combined membership of 1859. The
Methodists are in the majority and nave
two congregations.
Tax Collector V. 7. Sanford of Rome and
his assistant James Shaw, have been at
work for the past two weeks going over
the old tax records and footing up the
amount of back taxes due. Commencing
in 1855, the amount Of back taxes due to
Jan l. 1897. is $40 297.02, nearly all of which
is cOllectabe.
T. L. Henderson, a prominent lumber
man of Marietta was probably fatally
injured Tuesday night by falling from the
rear platform of a train. Mr.. Henderson
and T. ". Glover had been out bird hunt
ing and were returning home when the
accident occurred. In some way Mr. Hen
derson, who was standing on the rear plat
form, lost his footing and fell from the
train
The case Of the state against ex-County
School Commissioner Bridges was called
in the city court at Rome Tuesday and his
bond forfeited. Bridges was arrested and
his bond increased to $500 There are
three indictments against him in the city
court for cheating and swindiing all of
them set for next Thursday. Bridges viii
appear at the April term of the superior
court to answer five indictments for
felonies.
The negro mill hands of Carter & Wal
lace's mills, east Of Warwick had a pitch
ed battle Tuesday night, using pistols
and axes. After the smoke cleared away
Robert Rodgers, Davis Hilly and Jim Jen-
nings were found to be shot, Connel Dow
once each in the right and left arm. John
Jenkins shot Hilly in the right thigh Jim
Jenkins had his head cut with an AK
by Rodgers. Dowdell escaped. Rodgers
is dangerously shot, the others not seri-
ously. The wives of Rodgers and Jim
jenkins had fuss about their children.
A charter has been applied for in the
superior court of Douglas county for the
Georgia Western cotton mills. Ever since
the destruction by fire last year of the
cotton mill at Douglasville Col. Joe James
and Simon Baer, who were officers and
stockholders of the mill have been plan
ming TO erect another which would excel
the first one IN size and equipment The
capital stock will be $35OOO0, with the priv
nege If increasing to $4,000. Ten per cent
of this amount has already been paid in
In the application for charter the incor-
porators state their object to be to build
a factory for making cotton and wooden
goods, and to operate an electric light
plant in the city of Douglasville.
Seaborn Cart, a young man charged
with murder committed in Walton couu-
ty on Nov 10 last, was captured at AL
pharetta Tuesday. Cart has been a fugi-
tive since the night of The murder on Nov
10, 1896, but he is now in the hands of the
officers, and Is being carried back to Wal
ton county. He is a youthful looking fell
low about % years old, with a good strong
face, and bears none of the marks of a
criminal. 1t is said that Seaborn Cart
and man named Troy Griffin went out
driving on the day of the murder and took
an the country for miles around, backed
up by good-sized jag" The frolic
finally ended in Griffin being stabbed TO
death and Cart being severely cut on diff
ferent portions of his body
Richland Paper: Mr. Patten and a ne
gro were at work on the trestle. which is
thirty-two feet high. The negro lost his
balance and caught hold of Mr.. Patten
TO Keep from falling, but pulled him Off
win MN. Strange TO say the negro fell
on ms mead and was not hurt while Mr.
Patten is in a critical condition In
the fall his leg came in contact with a
spike that had been driven in the post
70 get on and off the trestle, lacerating
his thigh in terrible manner, also break
ing two or three of his ribs He was car
ried TO Americas and put in charge of DR..
Darby chief surgeon of the Georgia and
Alabama. Later reports say that he is
getting along very nicely and will be able
TO be out soon.
Augusta Chronicle; At a recent social
function in the fashionable set a young
man held a glass of wine in his hand
and was about to drink TO the toast Of
Woman, Woman, God Bless Her; She's
an Angel, Angel Angel" In the crush
some one knocked his elbow and the wine
was spilled on the lace that adorned the
dress of a very fashionable lady. She was
naturally nettled and did not conceal her
feelings. The young man was very sorry,
made apologies, and imagined he had done
irreparable damage. He thought the lace
was as rare and valuable as that old Count
Castellane gave TO little Gould Castellane
So he determined to duplicate it at any
cost. He found the house that imported Il
and ordered il duplicated and was consid-
erably surprised. 1t amounted to IS cents
News has reached Monticello Of the
drowning Of Miss Carrie Moore in the AL
cora river, near the home of Luther Coo
gler. Abbie Coogler, his wife two chill
dren Of Lou Pennington and Miss Moore
were out boat riding Sunday evening The
river was very high and spread out all
over the bottoms, possibly one-ha,f a mile
wide. They had made a trip across the
river and were returning. Coming too
near the channel in a creek, which ran
very swiftly into the river, and which was
very high, the boat was carried over a
tree, which was leaning over in the wa
ter, and was capszed. Mrs. Coogler and