The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-04
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

South roIina-lAn Augusta Mer-
chrnt FaiIs-BishOp Nelson Talks
of His Recent Lecture on England
and Englishmen-FOOt BAN Team
of the state University DissOlvcs.
GEORGIA.
"A. Alexander formerly a merchant of
Augusta, died at Atlanta Tuesday.
James johnson, a farmer living near Ce-
ely. has patented an improved car coup
Ter.
Horton Matthewson of Augusta fell and
broke his nose while chasing a dog Tues
day.
Dave Wilson, negro was shot and kill
ed by an unknown murderer at bearing,
on the Georgia railroad, Monday night.
More than $50 dairymen from all sections
of the state win meet in Macon on the
nth inst, in attendance upon the fourth
annual convention of the Georgia Dairy
mems Association.
J. w. Roberts has been appointed tenn
porary receiver for the firm of G. w.
Busbee & Son at Vienna upon the appli-
cation of creditors. who hold claims
amounting TO about $l1,
templatng making war upon the blowing
Of whistles and other things that are said
to be nuisances in Dublin. An ordinance
against these things will shortly be intro
duced.
A negro by the name of Lloyd Duke was
found dead in a field near Sand HILL in
Carroll county. Sunday. with two loads
of shot in him. The coroner's inquest found
that he came to his death at the hands of
unknown parties.
At Hawknsville Monday a mad dog bit
the little son of DR.. W. L. Smith badly,
and also Frederick Mckinney, a boy about
10 years of age living with his uncle, Mr..
Floyd number of dogs were bitten.
The dog was killed.
-Four wagons containing original pack
ages from E. ]. O'Connor of Augusta were
seized by a South Carolina sheriff by or
der of the governor day or two ago.
The question whether a wagon is COM
mon carrier is involved.
The mortuary report for Macon for the
month of October shows IS deaths, as
against 81 in 1896. Up to the present time
the total number of deaths for the ten
months of 1897 is 3S5. Last year in the
same period 465 people died. r
Hollywood cemetery at Atlanta was sold
for the second time by Receiver c. NJ.
Curran Tuesday. 1t was knocked down to
]. w. Smith of Gainesville, and ]. b. Red
wine of Atlanta for $500. This was only
about half of the price realized at the
former sale, which was $4,000.
News has reached Franklin that A. ].
Kitchens a prominent merchant of Tex
as. in Heard county and the wealthest
man in the neighborhood, had shot and
fatally wounded James Pope, his brother
in-law. The trouble was over road that
runs by Popes gin and on Kitchens land.
A row occurred at a negro meeting sew
eral nights since at New Salem, in Banks
county Three bullets were fired into the
body of George Sanders, one taking effect
in the leg and two in the breast The
negro was thought to be dying, but up to
last accounts he was still alive. John
Prickett, a negro, who did the shooting, is
under arrest.
The farmers Of Butts county have been
preparing to organize a union, or alliance,
for the purpose of reducing the acreage Of
cotton. 1t is more aggressive than the
Cotton Planters Protective Association,
and has some strong and very binding pro-
visions in il. Each member of the al
udAce. must agree 10 not plant more imam
one acre in cotton to every three in culti-
walton.
Marcia Silver OF Augusta has filed mort
cages aggregating $10s4S on his stock of
goods. An assignment to John d. Shea
han was also filed. The mortgages are as
follows: To Jas. Daily & Son, 81, 1853 .0S; TO
P. d. Horkan 1863. 26 to the H. B. Clahin
Co, 81, 4S726; TO National Exchange Bank,
S572.6o; to August Wright 81, SS7.75; to Will
lis & Rountree, S929.S6; to VIM. Mulherin's
Sons & Co., $l,SSS.6O.
Saturday night, on 1. ]. Slaughter's
place, near Starke, in Butts county. there
was a negro frolic and the merry-malzers
all got drunk. A general riot occurred
and several pistol shots were fired. When
the smoke of battle cleared away II was
found that Elijah Wimbish, a notorious
negro, who was foremost in the disturb
ance, had been killed. No one seems to
know who fired the fatal shot.
A portion of the estate Of Mrs C. A.
Collier at Macon was sold at auction Tues
day by j. C. Hendrix G. Co. The property
disposed of was IS, 60 and 81 Decatur
street. There is a frontage of 60 feet on
Decatur, which runs back 2l2 feet to an
alley and a side frontage of So feet on Ivy
street. The property was purchased for
$4,000 by J. II. Lincauff of Mobile. The
store. at 60 Decatur street, is next to the
corner of Ivy, which is known as the
Lynch property.
Saturday evening in the town of Bow
don, L. F. fletcher, marshal. shot ]. M.
Bendford five times None of the wounds
are considered dangerous. as all are flesh
wounds. Fletcher says that Bendford was
in wagon intoxicated, and that he at
tempted to arrest him, when Bendford re-
sisted, fighting back with a stick He
then shot Bendford in self defense. Bend
ford's friends say, on the other hand, that
he was not intoxicated, and that Fletcher
ordered him out of the wagon which he
had got into to go home. saying he was
going to arrest him and that he had done
nothing to be arrested for. A warrant
was sworn out against Fletcher, but he
gave bond.
Macon News: A badge of the Adelphian
Society of Wesleyan College, that was lost
in 1871, just twenty-six years ago, by a
young lady who is now popular matron
of Thomaston was lately found and re-
stored to its owner. An old coiored man.
blowing in field near Thomaston. turned