The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.

Sent to the Smithsonian Institution
at Washing ton-NegrO Under the
Surgeons Knife for the Third
Time to Have Part of "A Leg Cut
on.
GEORGIA.
coyington has a new enterprise in the
shape of a harness factory. erected by r.
E. Everette at a cost Of $4,000.
Hon J.. T. Kimsey, ordinary of Towns
county, has declared quarantine against
North Carolina on account of smallpox.
The oat crop in Sumter county is look
ing exceedingly fine, and the acreage
planted this year is much larger than
heretofore
There is a movement on foot 10 erect
an opera house at Gainesville. The build
ing viii cost $4,000 and will be erected by
a stock company composed of a number
of the business men of the place.
Bob Mckinley, white man about 40
years old was thrown from a wagon near
Meanwhile Friday and instantly killed. He
was hauling furniture, some of which fell
off the wagon and frightened the mules,
causing them to run. lie was unmarried.
Joe Borders a negro boy, was killed on
R. II. Cochrans place, near Camilla, last
Saturday. The negro was riding Texas
horse and the horse became frightened
and ran under a tree. The negros head
struck the tree and his skull was crush
ed.
Alb HILL a negro, who was convicted of
a grave crime at Fairburn and sentenced
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Gambler last week, has escaped from Jail.
He was waiting the arrival of the trans
fer guard to be taken to the state peni-
Tertiary.
James Proctor, who took dose of lau-
danum at Dawson Tuesday with suicidal
intent. and who was revived by DIR. Ken
dricz, died Friday night from congestion
of the lungs, caused from the effects of
the drug Proctor was unconscious two
days before his death.
A painful accident occurred at Athens
Friday to w. c. Hail of Franklin county.
He was driving his wagon when the mules
became frightened and began to run. As
the animals were manageable, Mr.. Han
jumped from the wagon. He became
tangled up in the reins as he fell and was
seriously injured. The bone was forced
through the flesh of his right ankle and his
hip was also disloeated.
Judge w. w. Buck and Solicitor c. D.
Hill OF Atlanta are at Washington on
scientific investigation. Judge Buck has
a plank which was found on the inside Of
an old oak tree cut down in Butts county
covered with hieroglyphic Inscriptions
which are supposed to be the work of some
of DeSoto's band of explorers who landed
in that vicinity early in the sixteenth
century They called at the Smithsonian
Institution and Natural Museum and pre-
scented the plank to that institution, asking
the scientists there to try and solve the
origin and work out the meaning OF the
inscriptions.
Tomorrow morning Alex Donaldson will
be placed on trial in the Superior Court Of
Gwinnett county charged with the muir
der of his 'father-in-law, Ad Brooks. on
Sept IS of last year, AID Brooks was shot
and killed by Donaldson. 1t appears that
Brooks returned home from Atlanta on
the date of the shooting in an Intoxicated
condition. Ii will be shown, it is said,
that he threatened TO beat his wife and
cursed and abused every one who was in
the house Alex Donaldson, his son-in-
law, was present, and on Brooks making
some threat and starting toward him. Dom
aldson fired and killed Brooks.
One of the most disastrous fires Greenes-
boro has had in many years occurred
Thursday. The fire was discovered about
s. o'clock in the upper story of the brick
building of V. s. Hall, in the rear of the
store and occupied by G. j. Allen as a
photograph gallery. The gallery and gro
Gerry store below were destroyed. The
losses are about as follows: Damage to
the store building, V. S. Hall. about $500,
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graph gallery, about $1,000; insurance, S400;
Hall Bros had just received their spring
stock and IL is not possible to estimate
the damage. They carried $3.50 insur
ance, but khe loss may exceed this amount.
T. B. Rice had an immense stock, prob
ably $4,000; insurance, $500.
The manufacturing interests of Barnes
Vile are now attracting the attention of
foreign capital. Mayor w b. Smith is
in correspondence with two big cotton mill
companies that want TO locate there 1t
has been only eight years since the first
cotton mill was built at Barnesvilie with
a capital of T5.000 a large amount of
which stock was owned by the Bibb Man
ufacturing Company of Macon. The cap
ital of this company has been Increased
to $780, coo and the Bib Manufacturing
Company's interest has been bought by
J. L. F'ogg, ]. L. Kennedy and J. F. Tay-
lor which makes every dollar of the stock
GAINESVILLE capital. At meeting of The
directors of this mill recently an per
cent dividend was declared on the pre-
ferred stock and per cent. on the common
stock,and 81, 800 laid aside as a surplus. The
]. c. Collier Company have made all nee
essary arrangements to erect large I'M
derwear mill, which VIII be called the Ea-
gle Manufacturing Company.
An important order has been passed in
the United States Court at Atlanta affect
ing those who have loaned money on the
stock of the Progress Loan and Improve
ment Company of Macon. The order is on
the petition of ]. II. & w. w. Williams
who have loaned money on a number OF
shares of the stock and who made appli-
cation 10 be allowed 10 draw the Install
ments as they came due on the face oil
the stock IL is ordered that j. II. & W.
w. williams, who are the holders of thir-
ty-one shares Of stock in the Progress
Loan, Improvement and Manufacturing
Company. as a pledge for a debt, and all
other persons holding stock in the com
pany as pledge, may accept payment from
the receiver of installments on a basis OF
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