The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-02
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

BnOGnEA MIL CDhA'
mittec-Two Boys Drowned while
in Swimming.
GEORGIA.
The Georgia Woman's Press Club Is tC
meet Monday at Warm Springs.
The taxpayers of Winder have voted tC
establish a public school system
Athens will have a new military com
pany within the next few days. 1t will
start with forty-five members.
Lonnie and Anderson Wade, aged re-
spectively z and 10 years, were drowned
IN a lime sink near Patesvllle, while in
swimming Tuesday. Lonnie was the sor
of Greenberry Wade. and Anderson the
son of Mrs Sarah Wade.
Glenn NJ Whiteside, the postoffice in
spector for Georgia, Tennessee, Florida
Alabama and South Carolina, has been re-
moved from the position that he has held
for the past four years. Paul II. Williams
of St. Louis is his successor.
The Lowry Hardware Company of At
lanta changes its name to the Anderson
Hardware Company. There is no change
in the personnel of the management, II. l..
Anderson remaining president, with j. b.
Barton as secretary, and Sims Bray as
treasurer.
Judge j. H. Lumpkin signed a consent
order at Atlanta, Wednesday, in the case
of c. d. Horne against j. w. English, adj
ministrator, awarding a verdict of &i,-
64O.4O to the plaintiff. The litigation grew
out Of the winding up of the estate of the
late c. d. Horne.
The Eagle and Phenix cotton mill reor-
ganization committee, appointed several
months ago at a meeting of the stock
holders at Columbus, recommends another
bond issue. There will be a meeting of
the stockholders I'm a few days a which
the plan of reorganization will be discuss
ed
Hon. r. C. Dickerson of Clinch county.
Georgia, and Miss ORE Lewis Moon of
Charlottesville, N. c., were married at
the latter place Wednesday. Hon. w. G..
Brantley of Brunswick and Col. William
j. Harris of Cedartown were groomsmen.
Mr. Dickerson represents Clinch county
in the Georgia legislature.
The question of providing proper sewer
age is agitating the normal school author
tiles at Athens. They cannot get the con-
sent of the property owners along the pro-
posed routes and as. last resort they
will have to appeal to the governor TO in
stitute proceedings to condemn the prop
erty necessary for the construction Of the
sewers
Triton Gazette: Twin girls were born
TO Mr. and Mrs d. E. Owens of Halls dis
trict, in Hart county, on June .. This is
the third set of twins that has come to
them. They have had nine children in six
births. They were married In 1888. The
two first sets of twins were divided as 20
sex. All the children are living and
healthy.
Patrolman E.. NJ. Berry is defendant In
a suit which Henry Davis has brought
against him. Davis alleges that he hauled
some goods on his dray for Berry, and
that the latter refused to pay He there
fore entered suit for % cents drayage. The
case is now i'm such condition that even
If Berry should want to settle it would
cost him SL2O
The churches in Marietta are moving up
In their efforts to have creditable build
ings to worship in. The Baptlsts will COM
plete this year their new edihce at rost
of about $4,000; the Presbyterians intend
TO remodel and modernize their church
building by expanding some $1,000 and the
Methodist are trying to raise $12,50O to
build new church building.
On the farm of Wilson PuIlen, about
four miles from McDonough, Monday,
John Written. a negro about q years Of
age, shot and instantly killed a negro
girl about IS years of age named Sarah
Laney. Whittier gave himself up to the
officers and was at once placed in jail.
He claims that the shooting was acci-
dental. Coroner Pritchett held an inquest,
which resulted in a warrant being sworn
out against Written charging him with
involuntary manslaughter.
There will be no meeting Of the grand
lodge of Good Templars OF Georgia this
year. The grand lodge session was to
have been held in Athens next month.
While there win be no grand lodge ses-
sion, there will be held an executive coun-
ell OF the order To this meeting the mem
bers OF the executive committee will be
invited, and all lodges In the state are
requested to send delegates and also to
send In their recommended for lodge
deputies. Grand lodge degrees will be
conferred upon those entitled 70 secure
them.
divorce suit that will soon come up at
Atlanta is that Of Mrs. Juaniia stovan
Brantley. against r. A. Brantley, better
known as Bob" Brantley Brantley was
at one time the champion bicycle rider OF
the state. He was subsequently connected
with the Edison company selling their
Photographs A few years ago he was in
volved In some trouble In Louisiana and
according to the petition OF his wife, mas
been prosecuted as a "forger" and Cheat
and swindler." Mrs. Brantley alleges that
her husband In no way contributes TO her
support, and that she does not even know
where he is.
Atlanta Journal: Before The BlaloclS
committee has finished its work II Is prob
able that Hon. Pope Brown VIII head n
company OF economists and lead an attack
on the state university. This committee
was appointed on a resolution introduced
IN the House at It's last session by tho
Hon. Pope Brown. ana the alleged purpose
is 10 examine into the expenditures for
the benefit OF the agricultural and me
chanical department OF the state univer-
eity The following compose the commit.
tee: From the Senate. President Berner
Mr.. Flewellen and Mr.. Blalock: from tho
House. Speaker Jenkins. Mr.. Brown. Mr.
Armstrong and Mr. Thomas
sandorsvrle Herald Mrs. watkins. tho
widow OF George NJ. Watkins, who was
killed by lightning near warthon on Tues
day Of last week. had a remarkable dream
on Monday night before he was Killed