The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARA GRAPHs.

Law suit to Grow of the Seizure and
Sale of stock of Goods at law
renceviIIc-BiII For n Receiver For
the Kirkpatrick Hardware Conn
pany Dismissed-A Rreast Pin StO-
len in 1862 Just Rccovered-Fer-
nandina ExcursiOnists Pleased
with SAVANNA.
GEORGIA.
The Georgia Dairymen's Association will
meet in Macon next month
Capt William H. Forsyth, superinten-
dent of the United States secret service de
partment for the Atlanta district, has been
removed to the Dallas, Tex, division OF
the service.
]. y. Daniel Of Williamsburg, Calhoun
county, shipped one bale Of this seasons
cotton from his home Wednesday. 1t
weighed 565 pounds. This is the first bale
OF this seasons crop in Georgia.
Miss Mary Duggan of Rome and Rev
f. r. Wright of Woodland, KY were
married Wednesday morning at Shorter
College. at Rome. Dr. Battle performed
the ceremony. Miss Duggan is the sister
A white man named Kerr. a convict in
the Floyd county chain-gang, escaped
Tuesday. When his escape was discover
ed, the dogs were placed on his trail. Kerr
had cared for the dogs and they mad come
TO know him quite well When they came
up with him he put a rope around their
necks and led them away.
Bicycle races for the professional and
amateur championship of the south were
run at the coliseum at Atlanta Tuesday
night. Elliott of Atlanta captured the am
ateur championship, against Kennedy,
champion Of Tennessee. The professional
championship went TO Bert Repine OF
Nashville, against Bob WalthOur of At
lanta.
Mrs. Martha Frank died at Greensboro
a few days ago, aged nearly 1O3 years.
The business men of Greensboro honored
her memory by closing their stores during
the funeral which was largely attended
by relatives and friends. She had been
member of the Baptist church over severn
ty years. Alexander Stephens, justice OF
the peace, father of Alexander stephens,
ofiiciated at her marriage.
The bill for receiver against the Kirk
patrick Hardware Company of Atlanta
has been dismissed and the receiver dis
charged, the matter having been satisfac-
torily arranged between the company and
the petitioners. The petition for injunc-
ton against the Atlanta Hardware Com
pany has also been dismissed, IL being ad-
mitted by all parties that the latter com
pany was in no way involved and owed
the kirkpatrick company nothing.
The Huguley Manufacturing Company's
litigation, now pending in the United
States circuit court, is being heard be-
fore Hon. 7. b. Fielder at Atlanta as spec
ial master in the case. The hearing comes
up this time in the nature of an applica-
ton Of the Huguley Manufacturing Com
pany against the purchaser In possession
of the cotton factory, located near West
Point, for accounting for rents and profits
The principal and interest Of the debt Sc
cured by the first mortgage is about $ll0,-
600. The Huguley Manufacturing Com
pany sets off against this its claim against
the Galeton cotton mills for use and occu-
patton of the property for about three
years and eight months.
Mrs. c. C. Rogers Of Atlanta, nearly
two years ago opened large mercantile
in Lawrenceville. Last
winter she sold out the stock Of goods and
the business to her sons, John and James
H. Rogers, TO pay Off her indebtedness to
them for trust money she had used in the
business. Some time afterwards, certain
Atlanta creditors Of Mrs. Rogers sued out
an attachment against her, and had Sher-
if Haslett levy on and seize the entire
stock of goods, amounting TO some IS coo,
and the stock was subsequently placed in
the hands OF a receiver who sold the stock
in bulk at 65iz cents on the dollar The
Rogers brothers viii sue the creditors OF
Mrs. Rogers for $4,000 damages.
In 1862 Mrs. J. r. Cause Of Atlanta had
stolen from her in Linton. some jewelry,
among which was a breast pin, containing
a photograph Of Mr.. Cause, taken when
he was quite a young man. All efforts
to find the things proved futile, and the
occurrence passed from the minds Of the
family. few days ago Ben Cause no.
ticed a young negro man go into Samuel
Evans ware house with a breast pin con-
tanning a picture. upon his coat. Mr..
Cause examined A and Immediately rec
ognized 1t as a picture OF his father. He
got possession OF Il, and carried il 10 his
home and compared It 20 large picture
he has Of his father. The pictures were
exactly like, as the pin had been carefully
preserved. The negro who had the breast
pin was the grand son OF a family servant
az the time the articles were stolen.