The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
A cotton factory, to cost $4,000, is 10 be
erected at Cedartown by the Paragon Mills
Company.
During the week there was shipped from
the port of Darien. coastwise and foreign,
1885, $50 feet of timer and lumber. valued
at SIS, 542
State School Commissioner Glenn has
just finished sending out checks for paying
the teachers salaries. The total for the
quarter ending March 81 was about 100000.
Signs were posted in the various depart
ments of the Central Railroad shops at
Macon Friday announcing that on and
after May six hours would constitute
days work.
Crops and orchards in the vicinity of
Americas are all looking WELL and all
signs point to an abundant harvest this
fail. The danger line for fruit and vege-
tables from cold weather and frost is now
past.
News comes from the fruit belt around
Macon that the cold wave did not harm
the fruit crop. The trees were too far ad-
vanced ia fruitage to be hurt by the slight
fall in the temperature. Reports, how
ever, confirm The reports that the early
crop of cotton had been badly damaged
AT Clayton Friday, Sam and Glen Hun
nicutt, brothers, raised a difficulty with
their cousin, Elford Queen, in which the
latter was badly carved with a pocket
knife. Three serious wounds were in
f1icted, the knife penetrating the lungs.
There are no hopes of Queens recovery.
The assailants are under arrest.
F. W. Bentine of Atlanta has been COM
missloned inspector of rifle practice for the
First Battalion of Cavalry. Georgia Ma
tional Guard, with the rank of first lieu
tenant. Lieut. Bentue is a member of
the Horse Guards. AS the cavalry is not
called on to take the field against Spain,
his commission does not carry him out of
the state. Lieut. Bentine is a son, of Gen.
BentIhe, United States army, retired.
The new board of trustees appointed By
the state Baptist convention to take
charge of the old Monroe Female College
at Forsyth, met there Thursday for the
purpose of recognizing and preparing for
its future work. The most important ac-
ton of the trustees was in deciding to
make of this great UNCONVENTIONAL nor
NAL and industrial school for girls. With
this end In view, the name of the college
wa1 changed to Tire Monroe College, Il
normal and Industrial school for women.
Mrs. Marie Ford, Administrative of the
estate of r. s. p. Ford, through her at
torneys, w. H. & e. r. Black, has fled
g petition fer a receiver for the Mutual
Guarantee Loan and Building Association.
Mrs. Ford alleges that the associations af-
fairs are being misnfanaged by the presi-
dent, A. p. Harrington. An order has been
granted by Judge J. H. Lumpkin prevent
ing Harrington from changing the status
of the association until the case is heard
on May T. The petition of Mrs. Ford rep
resents that she holds 621a shares of stock
in the association; that she has attempted
to withdraw for long time, but has been
unsuccessful in all her efforts in that di-
rection.
State Treasurer Speer has returned TO
Atlanta from trip through South Geor-
gia. He was away five weeks examining
the state banks. He says he found most
of them In good cond ton. The bank ex-
aminer has very limited power. When he
finds evidences of fraud in keeping the ae-
counts, he calls the attention of the diree-
tors to IL and leaves further investigation
and prosecution to them. If he finds the
capital of a bank impaired, he can order
1t made good by an assessment on the
stockholders or by a reduction of the
stock. The purpose of the examinations
is TO ascertain the exact condition of the
state banks and make their published
statements tell just how they stand.