The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-15
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Fund Raised for Mrs. Jefferson
Davis to BE Invested in Copies of
Her Book-A Doctor and n Farmers
wife Alleged to Have EIOped From
BuIIoch County.
GEORGIA.
DR.. w. c. Nixon died at his home, 70
miles from Rome, Thursday, after a brief
Illness.
The saw mills a Cordele are filed with
January and part of February work at
fair prices, and the general demand for
lumber is very good
The municipal contest at Flovilla We'd
nesday for mayor and aldermen resulted
In the election of NJ A. Lindsay, DR. A.
T. White, O. r. Fore, w. j. Partridge
and f. L. Lawson, aldermen; and r. v.
Smith, Mayor.
Little Sarah Ginsburg, the S-year-old
daughter Of a Decatur street clothing mer-
chant, was seized and kissed by a negro
who attempted to assault her on Butler
street at Atlanta Thursday A negro nam
ed Zeke Selrell, aged 10 years, was arrest
ed on suspicion of being the man. He is
charged with criminal assault and will be
prosecuted by the ehlds father.
It is more than probable that Rome
will have another big foundry and stove
works The promoters are about a dozen
union moUlders, who recently went OUT
of the Rome Stove Works on strike.
These men have saved up some money,
and have also succeeded in interesting
outside parties with capital TO go into the
plan. 1t IS said that the new enterprise
will be Incorporated with $4,000 capital
Lewis Game, a turpentine hand, WHO
has been working on the farm of Mack
Thomas, in Appling county, died at Jesup
Wednesday from the effects of a pistol
shot received several weeks ago. The
shot was a mysterious one, but the coro-
ner's jury placed the crime upon James
Cotton, another turpentine laborer. No
one saw the fatal shot fired, but circum-
stances pointed strongly to Cotton. The
officers are now looking for him.
Lizzie Cannon, young white woman,
attempted suicide at Atlanta Thursday
night. 1t is said that she is in love with
cigar maker. She became jealous and pro-
cured vial of laudanum at a drug store,
and, going to his place of business, she
made 1t appear as though she had swal-
lowed the contents and ran into the street,
leaving the empty bottle on the show case.
an examination which showed the alleged
suicide was a fake.
The residence of H. A. Hutehins at Rut-
ledge was visited by two professional negro
burglars Wedne sday night, but they did not
succeed in gaining an entrance They were
detected while in the act by the town mar
shall who fired at them, one of his shots
taking effect. They returned the fire but
without damage. The wounded burglar
was captured. having been shot through
the thigh He gave his name as Charles
Smith, and claimed TO be a cook in the
Brown House in Macon. The other burg
lar escaped.
Cobb Superior Court adjourned Wednes-
day. Will Allen and Al Mullins, charged
with numbering Caliie King, were acquit-
ted. In December 1895, VIII Allen, All
Mullins and Frank Foster were passing
Kings house, which is about three miles
north of the Fulton line in Cobb county
Callie King was young man about %
years old. 1t was claimed by the prose-
cution that the three boys called King out
from his house and killed him. The de
PENDANTS claimed that King was in the
road in front of his house and assaulted
them.
The trial for murder of the three ne
groes-Handy, Bailey and Fisheg-was con-
cluded at Morgan Wednesday, and the
Dawson Guards. who acted as an escort
for the prisoners to the scene of the trial.
have returned home. With them came the
Calhoun sheriff and the prisoners, two of
whom, Handy and Bailey, were found
guilty of murder with a recommendation
for mercy. Although Fisher. one of the
other negroes accused, and Jack Ingram.
the young white man, were acquitted
Fisher refused to leave the guards and
chung to them until they arrived at Daw-
son.
Sheriff J. o. Beauchamp has just return
ed to Jackson from Lake county, Florida,
with James w. Ball, who killed Stobe
Grier at Flovilla on the night of Dec. %.
Ball was exonerated by the coroner's jury
the day after the killing, and at once
boarded a train for parts ur known After
Grier was buried his brothers became dis
satisfied with the action of the Jury and
began steps for his arrest. After consid-
cradle trouble Ball was located and Gov.
Atkinson at once granted a requisition for
his return to Georgia. The grand Jury
will Investigate the killing, and. it is pre-
dicted by Grier's friends, that others will
be brought in as accomplices The kill
ing grew out of a gambling quarrel.
A new and very commendable institu-
tion is being projected by the philanthro-
pic women of Atlanta This is to be a
home for poor girls, which, however. is
toscome after and depend upon the organ
fzation in the spring of a Young Woman's
Christian association. A federation of
state organizations is now i'm progress,
which will comprise all the Gulf states.
This organization is sending out young
lady, Miss Laura f. Deazelle, to visit the
different colleges for the purpose of or
ganizing Young Womans Christian as
sociatioDs in them. In Georgia she has
already started the movement at Wesley
en-, Lucy Cobb, LAGRANGE and elsewhere.
She was in Atlanta a few weeks ago and
will return to assist in organizing an as
sociaton there. When this society is full
ly started its first object as before stated
will be the construction of a home for
working girls. where they can board for
$50 to 50 or 50 a month, according to their
financial ability.
Buried twenty-six years and found
again is tife remarkable history of a
watch key. About twenty-sx years ago
Archer Griffith moved TO Floyd county
from Oglethorpe county. He purchased
the place now belonging TO w. S. Gibbons
in Vans Valley, and lived there for two
years. Mr.. Griffith possessed a very large.
solid gold watch key one day while
walking oyer his plantation. the key be-