The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14


Pensions to INDECENT Confederate
Year Old White Boy, Guilty Of
HanSIaughter. sentenced TO Jail
For six Months.
GEORGIA.
The Planters Supply Company of jock
son, composed of DIR. J. w. Crum, presi-
dent; S. H. Morgan. secretary; W. S. Ten
nant and y. C. McMichael, has failed. The
liabilities are $1,000, with assets from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Mrs. Adams may yet receive damages
from the Southern Railway for the lives
of her two little children, who were crush
ed 10 death on Rhodes street trestle at
Atlanta two years ago. The Circuit Court
of Appeals at New Orleans has reversed
the ruling of Judge w. T. Newman in
the suit for damages which Mrs. Adams
brought against the road, which ruling
was in favor of the railroad.
Mai. w. F. Slaton. superintendent of the
Atlanta public schools. was paid an unex-
pected visit Wednesday morning by a del
egation Of prominent educators from diff
ferent sections of the state who are in
Atlanta on tour of inspection of the sys-
TEN In vogue in the schools of that city
Among the visitors who dropped in on
Maj. Slaton was Otis Ashmore. superin-
tendent of public schools of Savannah.
The Rome Furnace Company has just
taken an order for six thousand tons of
its product. A recent sale of 5000 tons of
this iron at fair prices insures many
months of work for hundreds of Rome's
laboring people. both white and colored
This company is also clearing up a great
deal of land in order to get 49, 900 cords of
Thsa & Of 9fn.n 80
the product of the furnace for nearly four
months.
Peter Sims, a negro employed at How
ellis saw mill near Americus met with a
very serious accident a day or two ago
In handing a negro an AK Sims leaned
too far over the revolving saw, the sharp
teeth cutting his left limb nearly in twain
at the knee. The blade entered the flesh
directly at the knee joint, and while am
putation may not be necessary, the limb
viii always bs stiff in consequence of the
accident.
The payment of pensions to INDECENT Con-
federate veterans began at Allan
ia Wednesday and over $50 re-
ceived $50 each at the state
treasury. OF these 100 were from Fulton
county. The disbursement amounted to
about $4,000. The payment of INDECENT
when the payment of widows pensions
will begin. That will be completed before
the disabled veterans will be paid
Train wreckers have been at work on the
Georgia Railroad. Monday night ties were
found placed on the track in front of an
Augusta bound passenger train. No de-
raiiment resulted. Tuesday evening just
about dark some one put three ties on the
track between Harlem and Sawdust, just
as the Picayune was expected. The pilot
threw one of the ties off. The others were
caught in the pilot, but did no material
damage. AS luck would have it, the train
was to make an unusual stop in the vicin-
ity, and was running slowly when the OBJ
structions were struck.
The business of r. II. Jones & Sons
Manufacturing Company of Gainesville
has been placed in the hands of a receiver
The receivership was called for by John
w. Jones, administrator of the estate of
r. Fl. Jones' deceased, who holds claim
of the estate against the company of about
5000 A mortgage against the company
was filed by the First National Bank for
about $1,000; the company claims that out
side of this debt its liabilities are inconsld-
cradle. The business was the manufac-
ture of buggies, and was the oldest in Car
tersVilie, being established in 1853.