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

Right of Augusta to Charge An In
surance Agent License to BE
Tested-Death by Drowning-The
Couple Supposed to Have EIoped
From Dalton Given Their Liberty.
GEORGIA.
The cotton receipts at Athens this sea
son amount to 5000 bales. Last season
the receipts amounted to 5000 bales.
Ed Butler a young white man, mas beer
arrested at Augusta charged with for
gerry. Butler is accused OF having signed
Will GoodWins name to an order, which
was passed on I. c. Levy a. Co
The Baptist clergymen of Atlanta will
be the guests of Deacon Maddox at a
barbecue tomorrow afternoon. Later in
the season the ministers viii give a bar
becue to all the deacons Of the city.
At the city council meeting at Atlanta
Monday the following city officials were
elected Recorder. A e. Calhoun; tax
assessors, c. D. Meador and Lawrence
Harrison; chief fire department, w. X.
Joyner.
The widow of Charles Cargile, one Of
TIE DtEEOES WHO was hlAAiA W AtiAAAAAo
from the Austell building, at Atlanta, last
Monday, has filed suit against Miles &
Bradt the contractors, and w W. Aus
tell, the owner, for $4,000 damages.
The jury in the case Of Deitz vs.. Fahy.
on trial at Rome, reached a verdict Sat
urday night, after remaining out four days
and nights The verdict was for the de-
PENDANT The suit involved $12O and the
actual expenses of the jury foots up $l4.
A large two-story barn, thirty hogs and
one calf, a wagon. carriage and road cart
gear, harness and 800 bushels Of corn
the property Of Mrs. J. E. Carswell. near
Blythe, were destroyed by incendary fire
Sunday night. There was no insurance.
The loss is $500.
The barn and all its contents belonging
to Amos White, prosperous farmer liv-
ing on the Coosa river. near Rome, were
destroyed by fire Sunday, and are a total
loss. Two mules, two horses and several
COWS were in the building at the time, and
were burned to a crisp.
Arthur B. Connolly, Atlantas chief of
police. will celebrate his twenty-second
anniversary as a member of the police de-
partment next Monday. On that day the
GlleI Will nave Dttil tOuuECltu WIFI NLE
department for more than two decades,
sixteen years of which he has served as
chief Of police.
LucIus c. Mitchell died at his home at
Rome, Sunday, after very short illness.
He was one of Rome's pioneer citizens
having lived there continuously for sixty
four years. His father, Col. Daniel r.
Mitchell gave the city its name and do
.gan. 49, -.
In the village was arrested.
A. ]. Davis and Miss sallie Hanley, the
couple who were held at the police bar
racks. at Atlanta, Saturday night on a
charge OF having run away from Dalton
and leaving Mrs. Davis, Miss Manly's sis
ter, in the lurch, were released Sunday,
on an order from Chief Connolly. The
charge against them appears to have
been unwarranted.
At Macon, Sunday afternoon, as the con-
gregation that had worshipped at Fulton
Baptist church, colored, was coming out
of the building, two members engaged in
a quarrel, which resulted in one of them
being stabbed and the other Is now
fugitive from Justice. The wound is not
believed to be fatal. The difficulty was
the result OF a disagreement about two
colored preachers, who have been In a
wrangle for several months.
James Gilmore. son of Doc Gilmore, was
accidentally drowned Friday in the Oc-
mulgee river near Flovilla. A party of
boys went to the river to seine While
one went after a seine the remaining
three got into a boat and were rowing
about when they capsized the boat as they
thought in shallow water II proved to be
deep water, however. Young Gilmore fell
In, and having on his clothes, was so en-
numbered that he could not swim out.
A fine OF $50 imposed on an agent of the
Northwestern Mutual Assurance Company
by Recorder Barrett of Augusta for doing
business in the city without license,
has brought out a nice question OF law.
The insurance company claims In 1885 an
act was passed declaring that all assess
ment Insurance companies which pay
state license should be exempt from coun-
~ and city licenses. The recorder claims
that the company is not an assessment
company. because the contract does not
specify that the insurance shall be assess
ed except under certain conditions which
may never arise. Again, in 1887, an act
was passed, in which the clause stating
that the state license shall be IN lieu OF
town licenses was omitted.