The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-27
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


tiOn Stockholders DenOunce tn
Controller General of the State
The Application for Il New Trial o
Crawford COunty's Ordinary to o.
Based on an Unusual Flea.
GEORGIA.
Mrs Fannie Dunlap. nee Bell. is suinl
the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railwa,
Company in the sum OF $4,000 for broker
leg.
J. NJ Ashley of Atlanta has been ar
rested on charge Of sending obscen,
letters through the mail to a lady. EIC
denies the charge.
Hall Williams, the 10-year-old son Of A
Williams who lives at Atlanta, was badly
bitten by a bulldog Thursday. and is Iyng
in critical state.
Willie England, young man 16 years Of
age and the son of the pastor of The
Methodist church at Lawrenceville died
Wednesday after a lingering illness Of
typhoid fever.
Mrs. Minnie Mattox. daughter of r. B
Crum of bonneville, died last week. Mrs
Mattox was an earnest Christian woman
and is mourned by large number OF rel
atives and friends.
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail
way will build a new depot at Sparks in
conjunction with the Sparks. Moultrie and
Gulf railroad. which will soon be com
pleted to Moultrie, in Colquitt county.
A petition was filed in the ordinary's Of
fee at Rome Wednesday, asking that an
election be ordered for the Rome district
on the fence or stock law question. Or
binary Davis win hear the matter April IA.
Col. A. Z. Buck is offering his house for
sale. He is going to leave Atlanta and
will have no use for his home. lie does
not care to be annoyed with renting, but
desires to sell al once This looks very
much as il the colonel really contemplates
a four years visit to the mikado.
Representative Howard of Georgia, has
made the following appointments of prin-
cipals and alternates to the United States
academies at Annapolis and West Point.
To West Point, Walter o. Boswell, prin-
cipal, Penfeld, Ga; William Clarke, al
ternate, Madison Ga. To Annapolis, David
A. Weaver, principal, Lexington, Ga.
II. H. Broom, alternate, Gainesville, Ga.
The seedsmen in Atlanta have decided
to unite with the dealers in other parts of
the country and make a fight against the
appropriation for free distribution of seed
by the government. They claim it is i'm
possible for them to compete with the gov
eminent when the latter gives away It's
seed. They say they are entitled TO pro-
lection as well as men in any other
branch of trade.
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News: the Waycross Rifles have raised
a considerable sum for the Rifles armory
fund by means of bazaars and entertain
ments. The necessary funds to com
mence work on the erection of the armory
will probably be raised during this year.
The company received numerous small
contributions from military companies
throughout the union.
At Louisville Wednesday Judge r. L.
Gamble resentenced Lovett Brookins to
be hanged on April 16 next. Last summer
in the town of Wadley Brookins killed
Sanders Oliphant and Leila McCTay, both
colored Jealousy is supposed to have
been the cause of the murder. Brookns
was school teacher and is a very intel
ligent negro. Up TO the time of the homi-
eide be had borne a good character.
Van Hamilton, the 16-year-old son OF j.
L. Hamilton, who resides about three
miles from Carrollton, was badly hurt
Thursday The hands were working the
road and young Hamilton and another
boy went picking in ditch, the former
Just behind. Hamilton's pick became fast
ened and he stopped over to pull the pick
out, and while in this position the boy in
front made a lick and in bringing his
pick over his shoulder he struck Hamil-
ton just back of the right ear, fracturing
the skull.
At a meeting Of the Elberton stockhold-
ers of the Interstate Building and Loan
Association Of Columbus, Ca, the fol-
lowing sensational resolutions were pass
ed: Resolved, /, That the official acts of
our present controller general, William
A. Wright, in the matter of his connec-
ton with the Southern Mutual Building
and Loan Association of Atlanta, Ga, is
hereby earnestly denounced. 2, That we
will use all honorable methods to defeat
him if he should ever offer for reelection.
s. NJ. Pickens, chairman; A. S. Stovall,
secretary"
j. I. Graham, farmer who lives about
five miles from Unadilla, became involved
in a difficulty with one of his negro la
borers Thursday. The negro refused to go
TO Work. Ar. Graham tried TO force him
20 go to work, and the negro became infu-
rated and attempted 70 strike MIR. Graham
with a large piece of wood. His two sons,
standing near by, saw the danger of their
father, and rushed up, one of them strik-
ing the negro on the head with piece OF
iron, while the other one shot him twice.
One ball took effect in the negro's neck.
The negro was arrested.
At Atlanta Thursday Judge Lumpkin
took up the case for contempt OF court
against Attorney NJ. Foote. a well known
member Of the local bar. Recently Footc
bought stock Of goods from a Decatur
street merchant, NJ. +. Greenberg which
was subsequently placed IN the hands Of
q receiver. When the receiver demanded
the goods Foote refused to give then
up. claiming that he had bought then
before the order for the receivership was
passed. A bin charging contempt was
then filed, and when IL came up Thursday
the court ordered 1t referred to a jury
TO be tried Monday.
Blue Ridge Post: Coroner G.. z. l.
Falls arrived Saturday from Cut Can'
where he went 10 hold an inquest over IN,
body Of Matt Hawkins. He had heart dis
ease and came 20 his death by fright. III
had started in a buggy for his wife whit
was over IN the edge OF Cherokee county