The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21

Messrs. Gunnells and Finger are both
stockholders and directors of the compa-
ny. The bill filed shows that the Finger &
Shelly Co, has liabilities amounting to 80
Co., Mortgages have been executed by the
company for about $1,000 to the First Ma
tional Bank, DR. 3. II. LoOper, ana one TO
other parties including J. T.. Hunt, State
The balance of the Indebtedness is unse-
cured.
Statham is a town that boasts OF a may
or and board of aldermen. Municipal hon
ors go a-begging there it seems however,
for the four cOuncilmen who were elected
in January have failed to qualify within
the time prescribed by law and cOnse-
quently another election has been called
to elect Successors who will show more APP
probation of the honor and responsibility
bestowed upon them by the citizens of
Statham.
Robert Rhodes an Atlanta negro has
invented a machine to take the kinks"
out of the hair Of negroes. The invention
is a very ingenious one, being made of
steel in the form of comb. A rod hts in
side the comb, by which II is heated SUI
tciently to straighten out the hair when it
is being cOmbed, without danger of burn
ing the har or causing 1t to fan out. The
"kink' remover is given the high sounding
name of Rhodes Patent Combination
Hair Straigh tener Comb, Scalp Cleaner,
and Dandruff remover"
Betsy Head, an unmarried woman, is
now under arrest in Hall county charged
with infanticide. She Is 40 years of age
and has hitherto borne a good reputation;
Several days ago she gave birth to enid
and shortly after the child died. The cir
cumstances surrounding the death OF the
infant were such as to arouse the suspi-
cions of the neighbors and an inquest was
held by the coroner. The verdict was to
the effect that the child came to its death
from a blow inflicted by the mother. Miss
Head was placed under arrest and has
since been guarded. but is as yet unable
to be brought to the county seat
Mary Odom, a sexagenarian, who resides
near Auraria, is the happy possessor of a
sock fun of gold. When a girl of IS she be-
gan 20 devote her leisure moments to gold
panning. She made it a practice to lay
aside one-hall of the gold she papEed out.
and by assiduous labor she soon FSf gan TO
make a living out of the work. Shk ~ aid all
of her bills in gold dust and kept adding TO
her store Of the bright metal Now at the
age of 60 she still keeps up her labor,
though she has long since laid aside
enough gold to keep her in comfort the
object lesson to the new womap.'
Fart and Lawrence johnson, young
farmers of Warrenton, have been arrested
charged with stealing $1,000 from the trunk
of Silas Landrum, an aged citizen of the
lower part of Warren county, some weeks
ago Mr.. Landrum lives with j. Lawrence
Johnson, father or the two young men, ana
was known to have d considerable sum of
money. only a few days ago the money
was missed and suspicion was directed to
the two young men from the fact of their
having had more ready cash than usual
recently Warrants were sworn out and
the arrests made, with the result that
about 81, 500 of the money was recovered
and the young men Jailed. The family is
one of the most prominent In the county.
Columbus correspondence Macon Tele-
graph: The Telegraph told of the visit to
the city this week of couple calling them
selves Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, who
represented that they We're members OF
said stranded in Texas, leaving the mem
bers TO get home the best way they could.
On the strength of these assertions, they
reaped in quite. a number of shekels from
Columbus people, as they stated that they
would like to get assistance to get to their
northern home. Mrs. Wilson, who did the
soliciting was not an unattractiVe WONG
and very few doubted the truth of her
story. A letter received to-day from the
manager of "A Blooming Town" company
SAYS that the couple never played with
that company. which, moreover was not
stranded in Texas. The company did dis
band in Louisiana, but was afterwards re-
organized, and the members all got their
pay. The couple went from here to Ameri-
Gus.
Dublin Correspondence Atlanta Consti-
tuition: Oscar Turner, a young white
man about 10 years of age, the son of John
Turner a prominent farmer of Bullock
county, was arrested and placed in the
Laurens county jail a day or two ago on
warrant sworn out by the Pritchett Gro
Gerry Company OF Dublin, charging him
With obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses. Turner has so far been unable
to make bond and will remain in Jail unsll
preliminary hearing, which will be
given tomorrow. shall determine the va
ldity of the charges against him. Turner
came to Dublin from Bullock county two
weeks ago and began a small mercantile
business here. Ee went to the Pritchett
company's wholesale establishment and
bought groceries to the amount Of 500.
giving a draft on John Flannery & Co OF
Savannah. The draft was turned over
to the Dublin Barking Company for col
lection, hut when sent to Savannah, pay
ment was refused on the ground that Tur-
ner had no account with Flannery & Co.
The Pritchett company Immediately had
Turner arrested. Turner says before he
came to Dublin he had shipped to Sa-
vannah six oales of sea island cotton.
ana 1t was on these that he based his
draft, having no idea but that it would be
honored as soon as presented. Three
weeks ago Turner married a Miss Barnes
of Bullock county. who IS now In that
county making arrangements for her hus-
bands bond.