The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-29
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PAR AGRAPHS.


hn-Terrcu COuntS's Scandal Gives
Rise TO Threats of Lynching-saIe
of the Hamilton Warehouse at
Rome-An Eye Witness of the
ALDER Murder Found.
GEORGIA.
United States Senator A. s. Clay has
returned to his home in Marietta from
Washington.
The tax returns for Floyd county this
year are s7,76IS22 against s75oS 1Ot an in
crease of $259.71S.
Cicero Howell was dangerously stabbed
by W. c. Smith in a quarrel three miles
from Lumpkin day or two ago
Miss Eva west, daughter of Rev. G.
Tom West. broke one of her shoulder
bones in falling from a porch at Albany
a day or two ago.
Hamilton & Co. have sold their ware
house and large brick building at Rome
to the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern
railroad for $33, 600. The road VIII build
handsome passenger depot and general
offices.
The ninth annual reunion OF the sur
vivors of the Fourth Regiment, Georgia
Volunteers. will be held at LAGRANGE on
Wednesday, Aug. IS. upon invitation Of
survivors of Company and citizens Of
LaGrange.
J. P. Carroll. the Lee county man as
saulted by Charles Johnson. colored, who
subsequently narrowly escaped lynching
will probably recover. lie has been car
ried from Chattahoochee county, where the
assault was made, to Lee county
The Georgia Stats Zeitung of Atlanta
has been sold by louis 2. Fortmeyer. ed
itor and proprietor, who has conducted it
for several years past, TO John s. Becker,
formerly of New York, who Will make At
lanta his home and devote his entire time
10 this publication. Mr.. Fortmeyer goes
10 st. Louis. to accept a position on the ed
itorial STAFF of the WestliChe Post
Macon News: Hon Fleming duBignon
was in the city Tuesday en- route to his
home at Savannah from Miledgeville,
where he went to celebrate his 43d birth
day with his mother. Mr. duBignon said
that 1t was impossible to forecast the
gubernatorial race at present, as even the
candidates had not yet been announced.
lie would not state positively that he
would be in the race
Acting City Attorney Pendleton explod-
ed a sensation in police court at Atlanta
Tuesday by declaring that the use Of
sidewalks by merchants for the display
of their goods is clearly Illegal Judge
Pendleton construes the ordinance cover
ing this subject to be so sweeping as 10
absolutely clear the sidewalks of every
thing, even including the two feet which
has been allowed since time immemorial
Henry Green, a negro from Atlanta, was
arrested at Gainesville Tuesday night and
Is being held as a witness to the murder
of Policeman Albert of Atlanta. Green
says that James williams, now under ar
rest for the crime, is the one who did the
shooting. He says that he was standing
near when the officer halted Williams and
asked where he was going; without a
word the negro turned and fired the fatal
shot and then ran away.
The Southern Guarantee Loan Company
has filed a suit against G. V. Gress for
$l4, and the case is set for a hearing
at the next term of the city court The
bill claims that Mr.. Gress owes the Guar
antee Loan Company that amount on a
note executed April II. 1891 and due nine
~ days therefrom, for the payment of
which Mr. Gress gave as collateral $50
shares of stock in the Georgia Loan Saw
ings and Banking Company.
A new sensation in the Ryder lynching
case has just developed at Talbotton. on
last Tuesday DR.. c. \. Ryder went to
Persons & Richards, undertakers. aud
ordered a casket for mis- deceased brother.
and hearse to convey the body from the
tree to the depot. The price agreed upon
was $50. The undertakers notified Prof
AEn hos aN.=ur
his order instead Of the doctors He wrote
them TO send the coffin and charge it to
him. The body was taken to Macon and
placed IN a finer casket. Sundays ex-
press brought back to Talbotton the cask-
ct in which the body of Dr. Ryder was
carried away, and the undertaken received
a letter stating that they did not want a
Talbot county casket. The undertakers
said they did not deal in secondhand cot
fms and therefore refused to receive il.
1t will be returned to the sender.
Macon News; Several gentlemen from
Southwest Georgia were in Macon Tues
day looking for Miss Esther Chappeu
who has caused sensation in Clay coun-
". The gentlemen had an idea that the
young woman was in Macon. probably in
a house OF ill-fame, but they could find
no trace OF her, and will look elsewhere.
10y nv iaA AiNuAdilA ANXIOUS 10 ma her.
not only 70 save her, II possible. but TO
secure from her a statement. They want
20 know " she was betrayed by her un-
Gle, W. p. Kilhngsworth, Of Burton
Gay county Such is the belief now en-
tertained by great many people I'm that
section, and the affair has created the
greatest sensation ever known I'm South
west Georgia. The gentlemen who were
IN Macon limited 10 a News reporter thar
violence is 10 be feared II IL Is finally
proven that Killlngsworth ruined hla
young niece The feeling against him r.
said 10 be intense. They claim that the
girl gave birth to a child az Dawson seven
weeks ago. She is an orphan and mas
heretofore stood well in tho Bluffton
nelghborhood killinesworth also stood
well with the people IN that vicinity. has
held nearly every public office in the
county, was last year nominated TO rep-
resent CLAY county in the state legisla-
tute ana is AZ present a deacon la the
Baptist church at Button.
FLORIDA.
A Young Mems Business League has
been organized az Palatka.
The ordinance prohibiting the caging OF
birds OF song is being strictly enforced in
TAMPA