The morning news., 1897-01-24
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
Spartas two barrooms must each pay
a $4,000 license.
1t is probable that Georgia will not be
represented by any kind OF an exhibit at
the Nashville centennial.
The contract for building the Chcka-
mauga monument has been awarded to
Venable Bros. of Atlanta at a bid Of Sl7,-
2OO
Postmaster Neil Moses Of Carrollton
died Thursday night after very brief i'll
ness. He was a brother of Congressman
Charlie Moses
Judge Hemphin Of Augusta was thrown
out of his buggy Friday and he sustained
a severe scalp wound cutting a deep cash
across his face and injuring his knee.
Marion county farmer hauled a wag-
on load Of collards to Americus a few
days ago. a distance of twenty-six miles.
He is said to have realized more profit on
the sale than he would have done on
bale of cotton.
one of the most prosperous colored
farmers in Sumter county is Lum Allen.
a few days ago he purchased a farm of
80 acres and paid the price $3.50, cash
down-money he had made and saved by
his industry and strict economy.
The F. A. Newcomer Book Company of
Atlanta has been closed up under the
mortgage executions, levied by Sheriff j.
w. Nelms. one mortgage was to the
American Book Company for S22272, one
TO C. M. Barnes Company for S236 and one
to Austin & Parks for 500.
The property of the Georgia Mining
Manufacturing and Investment Company
of Atlanta will be sold within the next
ninety days under an order of the superior
court. Judge Lumpkin will probably hand
down his decision next week regarding the
day of sale and the price to be paid.
The tax assessors of the city of Colum-
bus have nearly completed their annual
task of appraising the value of Columbus
property. They ind that values have
slightly deprecated during the past year,
although the depreciation is not very con-
siderable The tax rate for 81 will be
based largely upon the report of the board.
The Cumberland Island Company has
purchased the steamboat Gov. Stafford,
and has put her on regular schedule be-
tween Brunswick and Fernandina. The
company paid $4,000 for the boat, which
has a capacity of 600 passengers. She
will take the place of the City of Bruins
wick in the Cumberland Island passenger
business.
McDufie Enterprise: p. S. Knox lost
a mule by a peculiar accident last week.
He had a boy hauling straw with the
mule, when il ran away in the woods, and
was snagged and killed by a small pine
that had been broken off by the recent
freeze. The strange part of It is that the
mule was running away but was snagged
in the rear.
A banking house will be put in operation
at Wrightsville about Feb. /. The charter
has been applied for, under the usual re-
quirements of the law. Thomas J. Airline
is PRESIDENT William W. Cook, cashier;
DIR. Joseph M. Page, vice president. The
directors are Col. A. Il. Daley, ]. w. A.
Crawford, J. NJ. Finn, T. J. Orline, j. NJ.
Page, b. B. Tanner, II. w. Daley. The
capital stock of the bank will be $4,000.
Another application will be made for a
pardon for Lewis Redwine, but it will not
be presented to President Cleveland. A
petition Is being prepared, and it will be
put before Maj. Mckinley after he gets in
the presidential chair. Redwines friends
think that he viii have a good show with
Maj Mckinley. Lewis was sentenced in
February. 1898, to serve six years in the
Columbus, o., penitentiary for embezzle-
ment from the Gate City National Bank
of Atlanta. He has served almost four
years.
McDuffie Enterprise: Thomson has be-
come a regular St. Louis in the way of
a horse and mule market. We doubt if
there is town in the south of double its
size that does the business in that line
as done at Thomson. Thrasher & Wilker-
son, we believe, have brought in five car
loads; J. f. Wilson, two; John c. Carter.
two; 8. +. Morris, one, and w. j. McFar-
lane. one, and a larger part of the horses
and mules brought in by them have been
disposed of. and they are selling the re-
naming ones daily.
Wrightsville correspondence Morning
News: Thursday Frank Flanders, a res
ident Of johnson county, went to Tennille
and borrowed money from the bank there.
When ready TO go home he found his horse
gone Some parties offered him the use
of their wagon to ride on in the rear and
pull his buggy, as they were going in the
same direction. He accepted the offer
After having gone some distance, he over
heard conversation by the parties In the
front Of the wagon, which indicated rob-
berry lie Immediately decided to take to
the bushes. The parties pursued him for
some distance, but soon gave up the
chase. Mr.. Franklin, in his hurry to es-
cape, tore his clothes nearly off of him
by the bushes. He reached Harrison safe
ly, where he spent the night. His horse
has not yet been found. He says he
knows the parties but gave no names.
Augusta Herald: An unknown man fen
from a Southern train Thursday night
while the train was crossing the savan-
nah river bridge. The known facts Of
the case are: An unknown man bought
ticket Thursday night at the depot for
Naucluse, S. c., and boarded the Southern
train, No. sc, which pulled out at 800
o'clock Thursday evening. When The
train entered the bridge over the river the
conductor. Mr.. Wilson, began TO collect
tickets. The passenger for Vaucluse was
the first one the conductor came across
and took up his ticket. The unknown
party then went 10 the rear Of the coach
he was In and stepped out on the plat
form. This was the last seen Of him. Ills
sudden disappearance alarmed the con-
ductor, and when the train reached Gran
iteville a message was sent to the operator
at the Southern freight depot, detailing
the circumstances, and at once "a search
Of the bridge was begun, and kept up un-