The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
GEORGIA.

sioner Alfred Goolsby, of Monticello. died
Friday.
f. P. Johnson. merchant at Norwood,
has sold out his stock of merchandise TO
H. A. Herfee of Powelton.
There is one case Of smallpox in Jas
per county, on S. p. Spears place, near
Kelly station. on the NJ. G. & s. railroad.
The patient is a negro.
Within the next two or three days Sena-
tor O. B. Stevens will formally advise
the public that he will be a candidate for
commissioner Of agriculture.
Capt. W. W. Parks. an aged citizen of
Flowery Branch. died Wednesday. He
had been in feeble health for several
months. He was Is years old.
Hopeville's municipal election occurs
next Tuesday. The following ticket will
be elected: For mayor. Col. Reuben Ar
mold; for councilmen, James y. Moore and
J. R. HouChin.
The resignation of Michael ]. O'Brien Of
nIcPhreson barracks has been accepted
at the war department in Washington. and
he will now be allowed to separate himself
from the army.
Miss Abigail Z. Ponder and Samuel
Rutherford of Forsyth. will be married
Tuesday Miss Ponder is the daughter OF
Capt ]. II Ponder, and Mr.. Rutherford
Is a member of the general assembly from
Monroe county.
The following changes Of Georgia clerks
in the interior department at Washington
are announced: Frank Parks, promoted
l. III
s. 400, resigned. Lafayette NJ Hershaw,
promoted from 81 900 to $500
The Racket Store at Lumpkin. Barker
& Everett, proprietors. has been closed by
the sheriff upon mortgages in favor of
I4ansfoTd & French Of Richland and Blan-
chard Humbcr of Columbus. Other in
debtedness not known. The stock will
invoice about 5000.
On the question whether to be or not to
be a candidate for governor, Hon. Allen
D. Gambler is in the hands Of his friends.
He has called them into counsel and has
submitted the question. A letter from him
TO this effect has been mailed to about a
hundred prominent democrats in nearly as
many counties.
Fulton county property owners are un-
usually slow this year in paying their tax
es. Unless a remarkable Increase is made
within the next few weeks the defaulter s
list will be larger this year than ever be-
fore. The amount to be collected is $500,
COZ. and so far Tax Collector Stewart has
taken in only $4,000 The books of the
collector will close on Dec. 10.
Charley Ward a white man, is charged
with assaulung the 15-year-old daughter
of Enoch Mashburn, two miles north OF
Cumming Thursday. Mashburn aud his
wife left home for Cumming. They passed
Ward on the road. Ward went to Mash
burns house. Cries from the girl and her
little sister brought some neighbors tc
their rescue, and Ward fed. He was ar
rested at Canton Friday.
The hotel at Graham, belonging to A
S. Cody, and its contents were destroyed
by fire Thursday at / O'Clock. The loss is
5000, and the insurance $1,000. James
Deery, a peddler. who was in the second
story at the time, seeing that it was i'm
possible for him to come down by means
OF the stairway, jumped from an upstairs
window and was injured, but will recover
1ncendiarism is suspected.
Andrew Wright. a negro, was killed or
the Southern railway near the cotton
yards at Macon few years ago, and suii
is now brought in the superior court oil
Bib county for damages. The charges Ii
the petition are that the negro was ridine
on car OF the Southern road and that
Conductor McCreay knocked him off witt
a chunk of coal, causing the negro TO fal
under the train and be crushed to death
The conductor stoutly denies this, and say:
he didn't see the negro at all.
]. r. shope a farmer near Summerville
was placed in jail Thursday night charged
with forging a cotton weigher's check OF
the Trion Manufacturing Company for fly,
bales of cotton. Shope went to TrioI
Thursday and by watching the weighe
got the proper numbers and made out
bill for five bales Of cotton, which he sen
TO the office by a negro boy and receive,
Sl2S. The bookkeeper later discovered tn
fraud. and Shope was arrested. He de
MES that the boy turned over the money t,
him, but one of the bookkeepers saw tn
negro give him the money.
Macon Evening News: 1t develops nov
that one member Of the crew of the freigh
train that killed John Ransom the othe
morning is missing and there is a stron,
suspicion that he IS The one who knocke,
the negro boy from the car. Another bi
Of evidence that may prove to be valua
bic in the investigation of the case is
broken stick in the possession of Corone
Hollis 1t was found by the mansled bod,
OF Iohn Ransom and was used by a brake
man or top Of the train. Who had tn
stick at the time Of the tragedy and VIII
the missing brakeman Is from the train
crew are highly important particulars tina
have not been ascertained
The new cotton mill at Forsyth is assum
Ing material proportions, and there is nov
on the building site 1,0OO,0OO,OoO bricks an
the foundation of the plant is being lait
siding has been laid by the Centra
railroad and the place is one Of industris
activity. The mill will cose 100000 an
VIII nave complement of 5000 spindle
giving employment 20 $50 persons with
pay roll of $500 weekly Its irnmedfat
product after completion win be cotto
yarn, but IL IS intended upon the part {
the directors to add machinery later
produce apries. 1t is rumored that anoth,
COTTON mill Will be started at Forsyth
the near future.
The case Of DR.. Thomas e. Rogers
Maeo, who was convicted recently in Il