The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-13
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Gov. Atkinson Refuses to Pardon a
FOrger-AtIanta's Assistant Post
master Refuses to Resign Mid
NiIIe's EN-MarshaI Found Not I'M
pIicated in the SprinE Murder.
Failure at decentralization
dist Minister Fatally Injured.
GEORGIA.
The Columbus Board of Trade is in IA
vor Of a national quarantine law.
c. A. Fellows, the wealthiest man in
Schley county, died Thursday night.
The Dairymen's Association of Georgia
will meet in Macon next Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Al a conference Of the West End Bap-
fist church at Atlanta Wednesday night
plans for a new auditorium, to cost $4,000,
were accepted.
The property of the Augusta Mining and
Milling Company has been ordered sold
to the highest and best bidder. The com
pany owes $1,000.
The white news boys of Atlanta want to
drive the negro boys out of the business.
A lively fight with sticks and stones is
one Of the results.
Harris Nickle Plated Shows, which have
decided to winter in Macon, will petition
the city council for the use of the Old
building at the Central City park.
A new postofice has just been estab-
lished at Mays Cross roads, in Cato's
district of Washington county. The Office
will get its mail twice a week, Tuesdays
and Saturdays, from Warthen.
Frank McClay, painter who has been
working in Atlanta for some time and
whose home is in Pittsburg. has been ar
rested on the charge of forging checks
on Congressman Bartlett and j. c. Cald-
well.
Rev. James Bell an aged Methodist
minister of Walton county was fatally
injured while driving a yoke of oxen. The
animals became unruly and ran away,
throwing him out of the wagon, which
ran over him. He died Thursday.
The governor shas refused to interfere
In the application for a pardon for Sig
mund Freedman now confined in the Bibb
county jail on a sentence for forgery.
Freedman claims to be the legatee of
large fortune left by his mother In Ger
many.
John s. Cohen, formerly private secre.
tary to Secretary Hoke Smith of the in
terror department and Washington CORE
spondent of the Atlanta Journal, now as
sociate editor of that paper, was married
at Atlanta Thursday to Miss Julia Clarke,
well known Atlanta society girl.
Frank Morris, ex-marshal of Midwife,
who was arrested three months ago,
charged with the murder of Joe Sprinz.
the well known Midwife merchant, has
been exonerated by the grand jury of
Burke county. He was released from the
county jail of that county two days ago.
The store of o. T. Chapman, doing a
mercantile business at Jacksonville,
has been closed by the sheriff, under
mortgages, as follows: Mrs. NJ. ]. Nc
Crary of Jacksonville, $2,170 and Mrs. A.
J. Singaefeld of Macon for 500. Mr..
Chapman would have been able to tide
over had 1t not been for the low price of
cotton and poor collections.
AS the train which took President Sam
uel Spencer and party from Macon to At
lanta Wednesday night was leaving Lo-
Gust Grove, a shower of stones ratified
against the cars. One or two of the stones
struck the car in which Mr.. Spencer, Mr..
Edmunds and Mr.. Stetson were riding. No
damage was done, however, and whether
1t was the purpose of the miscreants to
hurt the members of the party or whether
1t was just coincidence, was not known
to those on board. The presumption, how
ever, was that the stone throwers did not
know who were on the train.
Maj. Copper assistant postmaster of
Atlanta refuses to resign. The republl-
can leaders say if he does not resign, he
will be forced out. They claim he has no
right and should not try to hold his posi-
ton under a postmaster who desires an
other for associate in office Mai. Couper
remains firm and is relying on the civil
service laws in the controversy. He calls
attention to the decision of Judge John j.
jackson, prominent West Virginia off,
cal, rendered several days ago, which
Maj. Copper states. will materially affect
the nght In Atlanta in that the policy he
Is advocating is upheld to the letter.