The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-09
GEORGIA.

Mrs. q. W. cay vile OF eN-ftSpreSenta-
five Clay, of Walton county, died Saturday
morning at her home near Logansvilie.
Her death was unexpected. She leaves a
number of children.
Col. Iohn +. Stone says the Waycross
Fair Association should reduce its appro-
pration for races, offer larger premiums
for individual displays in the live stock,
aercutural, horticultural and household
departments and turn the race track over
10 wiregrass horses.
Memorial exercises in memory of the
late Rev. John Gass were held at St.
likes Church in Atlanta Sunday. Bishop
Dudley conducted the services. assisted by
Rev. Benjamin T. Hall. acting pastor and
Rev H. Baldwin Dean of Savannah. A
special programme of music selected by
Mrs Gass, widow of Rev. Gass, was rem
dered. Rev. Gass died last August while
sDending his vacation at Peudleton, S. c.
Rev. G. L. futile of Washington, Ga.
has a unique plan of doing good He fol-
lows showmen around and breaches TO
them wherever a stop is made. He has
been preaching In this manner for several
Years lie was at Augusta Sunday, and
showmen and citizens composed his audi
ence. and he builded a fair sermon upon
this peculiar text: THE screech owl also
has a resting place there, and finds her
self a place OF rest"
Sunday morning Katie Brackins, a negro
woman, who lives four or five miles above
La Grange, waited by the roadside and
shot Ed and VIII Freeman as they were
going by in a wagon, but did not kill
them. Ed Freeman and Ned BTackins,
husband of the woman who did the shoot
ing. had a difficulty Saturday night about
Eds pigs getting in Nedls potato patch.
Ed il seems, got the best of the scrap,
aud Neds wife took it up and Sunday
morning tried 10 KIN him by filling his
body full of birdshot.
Mrs. ]. J. Francis, mother of the twin
girls born in prison in Atlanta, is now a
raving maniac. She is confined in padded
cell in the police barracks, and the police
authorities are greatly world over her.
Saturday night she tore off all her clothing
and tossed the strips out of the cell. The
only piece of furniture in the cell was
chair The turnkey heard a terrible noise,
and on going in The prison he found the
chair on the outside of the cell broken into
a dozen pieces. She claimed that somebody
was glazing at her, and she had 10 make
noise 10 scare them away. Later she
asked for her babies, who have been dead
two weeks. A writ Of lunacy will be taken
ou against her.
MiHen dispatch TO Atlanta Constitution:
Yesterday afternoon and last night Mil
len was flooded with counterfeit dollars,
with the date 1883" on them The passers
Of the money were three negroes and
white man. Nearly every merchant in the
town got one or more of the spurious dol
lars Charley Cain. with Daniel, Sons &
Palmer was covered with a pistol by
one of the negroes, after recognizing the
counterfeit and endeaVoring to apprehend
the counterfeiter. Thomas Adderhold tried
to catch one of the counterfeiters in mis-
store but was covered by pistol till he
could back CUT of the store. A sharp look
cut will be kept by the merchants for
the next few days.
1t seems that the Shakers have given
Georgia the shake They purchased con-
siderable property in Ware county, and
the people there understood that the
thrifty people were about 10 locate there
and make vast improvements. That seems
now to be a very ERRONEOUS idea, as The
lands owned by them in Ware county are
in the hands of agents instructed to sell of
SUCH portions as purchasers may uSShS'
Some OF these lands have already been
sold al good prices, in fact, at much
higher figures than those at which they
were purchased by the Shakers, whose
thrftness evidently waded into the realms
Of speculation. 1t is understood that the
purchasers from the Shakers must i'm
prove the property, thereby making that
remaining in control of the order en-
hance in value. .,...-..
Judge W. p. Jones, member of the leg
islature from Dougherty county, died at
Ekn-Cooper sanltarium in. Atlanta Sun
day night. His death was due to pneu-
mona, which was contracted at the capitol
Just a week before his death. His body
vas taken to Albany Monday morning
Judge Dougherty was Al years
Of age and was born in
Dougherty county, where he had
pracuccd law for several years. He leaves
wife and four children. For seventeen
years he was judge of the County Court
Of Dougherty county, and entered politics
when elected 10 the legislature at the last
election. At the time of his death he was
attorney for the Central Railroad at Al
bany. He was a son-in-law of Mr.. Jonn
n. Davis president of the First NauonaI
Bank of Albany. He was very popular
with his colleagues, and gave promise OF
being of much power in affairs of state
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