The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-22
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
Masked Men Whip n Negro in Screvcr
COunty-Thrce Buildings Burned al
DaItOn-NegrO Boys Foot Cut on
by n Train-Negro Killed by Light
ning-HorribIe Cutting ARRAY On 4
Train Running out of Augusta.
GEORGIA.
A chair factory is TO be started at Amcri
Gus.
The Putnam gold mine property in Cher
okee county has been sold fer $1,000. Tn
purchasers are e. z. and e. G. PoDe o
West Virginia
The Cuthbert BaptIsts have awarded the
contract for The building of the new brick
church to r. Wagner Of Atlanta. Work
Will begin at once.
The city council of Atlanta has adopted
an ordinance requiring all street railway
companies to use Tenders or life saving
devices from and after Oct. 20.
John Johnson a negro boy about "a
years of age attempted to board a fast
moving freight train at Lithonia Tuesday
and his left foot was severed from his
body.
Work will be commenced at once on the
Majestic, the eight-story apartment build
ing to be erected on Peachtree street at
Atlanta. The contract price of the build
ing is in the neighborhood of $4,000.
During an electric storm Monday Obie
Bridgers negro farm laborer on the
plantation Of W. w. Green, one mile east
Of Co, ton VrTa- CT
and killed instantly. Several other ne
groes were badly shocked
Several days since Mrs Marcelus Ern-
est, who lives near Cyrene, Decatur coun-
ty, gave birth to nine pound daughter
and mother and child are both doing well
Mr. Ernest. the father is only 10 and his
wife is only 10 years Of age.
Fire destroyed and damaged three
buildings at Dalton at / o'clock Monday
morning and the wholesale stock of the
Dalton Grocery Company. The stock and
J. e. Robertson's loss amount to about
$4,000, with insurance of 5000.
On an excursion that left Augusta for
Allendale s. c., Tuesday, Edward Cherry
and Luke Williamson engaged in a row,
and the latter was cut in a most horri-
BILE manner, and as a result lies in the
Lamar hospital with but little hopes for
recovery.
The Maudlin house at Toccoa was de-
stroyed by fire Monday morning at /
o'clock. The building contained twenty
rooms and was used as a boarding house.
II was fully insured. John HolbroOks, of
Bowersville, narrowly escaped being burn
ed in the house.
Gus Allen. a prominent farmer of Han
cock, was arrested near Qutman and tax
en- to Sparta Monday by Sheriff Berry. AL
len had a difficulty with Joe Burnley,
negro, early last spring about the lauer's
turkeys getting in his corn field. Words
got his shotgun, returned where the negro
was blowing and shot him. killing him in
stantly. Allen escaped, and had not been
heard of since, until Sheriff Berry captured
him.
Sam Brown, an unruly negro of the Bush
creek district in Screven county, was sus-
pected Of offensive conduct last week ana
a party OF masked men waited on him at
night. Tying a sack over his head, they
took him to the woods and gave him
about fifty lashes with plow line. He
was warned TO leave the community with
in twenty-four hours. Some of Browns
friends, however, declared the next day
that they would stand by him, and hey
would not let him leave. They have
stacked their arms in his house and are
ready to defend him against another at
tack