The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-27
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

County-An Atlanta Wan Buying
Mules TO he sent to Cuba for the
spanish Govcrnment-NIan Killed
by a Train Near Athens.
GEORGIA
The retail grocery clerks of Augusta viii
organize an association for their mutual
benefit.
W. J. Crawford, Jr., young white man,
Is under arrest at Columbus charged with
larceny after trust.
During the week there was shipped from
The port of Darien, coastwise and foreign.
62S6.7 22 feet of timber and lumber. valued
at S5S.615.
Marcus Clark, the white man who was
shot in the house of King Higgins, col
ored. al Atlanta a day or two ago, died
Thursday morning.
Miss Fannie Dozier, living near Blythe,
committed suicide at an early hour Fri
DAY morning by taking strychnine. No
cause is assigned.
VIII Abney, a young white man of Co
lumbus has been placed under arrest by
the Federal officers, charged with coun-
terfeiting. He is now out on bond.
Pension Commissioner johnson has still
about $4,000 in his hands with which to
pay the benehciaries of the war. OF the
amount, $500 900. all but $500 has been
paid our, leaving the amount as above
given TO be called for.
In the Superior Court at Talbotton Fri
day the case of the state against w. S.
Brown for the killing of John Henry Mil
Ter on the 18th instant was postponed to
the first Monday in May on account OF
absent witnesses for the defendant.
Mrs George Henry Harlan was burned
to death Thursday night at her home ON
Cathey's creek, Murray county. Mr. Har-
Ian had stepped out of the room for a
short white leaving his wife alone and
when he returned ne found her lfeless
body lying in front Of the fire, burned
almost to a crisp. II is supposed that
Mrs. Harlan tainted and fell into the fire
During the session of the Superior
Court Of Ebert county just closed Ed.
Teasley, the negro who killed the color
ed barber Dave Harris. was sentenced
TO a life time term in the penitentiary
John Brooks, the slayer of Pullman Dur
den, white, got fifteen years. Judge Reese
has called an adjourned term for the
third Monday in May, when the dockets
VIII be cleared. Two murder cases are
to be tried then.
One hundred mules. involving an expen-
diture of between $1,000 and 5000, were
purchased in Atlanta Thursday morning
by w. B. Leonard, who has a contract
with agents of the Spanish government to
furnish them with 1000 mules. He will
buy fifty more mules and these, together
with $50 others, will be sent to Cuba
They will go in two ship loads, one ship
containing 600, sailing April 10, and an
other containing 400, sailing April %.
Thursday night a freight train on the
seaboard Air Line killed a man near the
have been knocked off by a freight at the
scales a point where three others have
been knocked off. The body was dragged
Tor distance of fifty yards along the
track The head and body were crushed
70 mass and the limbs all broken. There
was nothing on his person to give any
clue as TO his identity. He appeared to
be foreigner of about % years, and was
poorly dressed.
new association of railway surgeons
of the Southern states is to be formed.
It IS proposed to organize an association
composed only of surgeons of roads in The
southeastern, Southern and Southwestern
and Gulf states. The national association
is composed of surgeons throughout the
country, and it is argued that very little
good is accomplished by it, because of The
wide territory represented, and the large
attendance at the meetings. The South
ern surgeons think il is advisable to or
GqnfTe a ctrtnffxf
at Old Point Comfort the effort win be
made.
The decisions of the Supreme Court in
the Augusta board Of education cases are
very important Augusta had a high.
school for whites and one for negroes.
The latter was poorly attended gradual,
ing very small class each year. The
board decided to discontinue the negro
high school and devote the money thus
spent for a few pupils for the benefit OF
a larger number in primary schools. The
negroes OF the community opposed this ac-
ton of the board and brought two cases
before Judge Galloway. One asked a
mandamus compelling the reopening of
the negro high school. The other prayed
an injunction to prevent the board of edu
cation from running a white high school
without a negro high school. Judge CAL
laway refused this injunction and the sn-
preme Court decision sustains him. Judge
galloway sustained the mandamus. and in
tnls the Supreme Court overrules him. so
that Augusta can have a white high school
without also having one for the negroes.
FLORIDA.
At Oeala Friday the jury in the G. I.
Sharp murder case, after having been out
over forty hours, returned a verdict this
morning Of murder in the first degree. and
invoked the mercy of the court on the
murderer, Bob Brinson, who sat apparent
~ unmoved during the reading of the YER
dict.
The mother and other relatives In Tam
Of C.nrLt