The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-05
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
mn, NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

,n,bus ExpIOded-Bankin Com
mission of Georgia to Meet Soon.
GEORGIA.
pev Leonard G. Broughton has accepted
-r. nastorate of the Third Baptist church
~, rones avenue at Atlanta and will fill
The pulpit there on the first Sabbath in
March
Cant. Lewis Kenan, who was for several
forms connected with the Southern Mill
.,.,. Academy at Atlanta, has accepted
cbair and the commandments position at
rhe military college at Douglasville.
In the municipal election at Wrightsville
saturdav the entire democratic ticket was
elected as follows Mayor. j. w. A. Craw
ford: councilmen, DR.. j. w. Crimson Col.
A F. Daily, DR.. E. New, e. A. w. johnson,
D. 6. Blount.
The election held at Swainsboro Satur-
day for mayor and council for the ensuing
wear resulted as follows For mayor, j.
Alex Smith: councilmen, John c. Coleman,
n C. Fdenield, D. l.. Christian, DR.. l.. P.
Youmans and H. S. Tolbert, and w. R.
Newly for recorder.
The new city council of Gainesville, has
selected officers for the city as follows:
civ clerk. G. P. Boone; chief of police,
W. E. Smith; police. j. a. Lyle, r. E.
SDance and ]. W. Taylor; street overseer,
w S. Wills; electrician, Fred hoeber;
treasurer W. Z. Mckinney; attorney, j.
G Boone; sexton, ]. d. Gaddis; mayor pro
tenn, John Bats
A remarkable coincidence that will be
shown in the report which Chief W. R.
Joyner. of the Atlanta fire department, will
submit to council on Monday is the fact
In, Rrae tied aXaPtlV with 1874
There were 1Ol fires during the past year,
the same number that occurred in 1895,
hut the loss IN 1896 was a little over $780,
900 while during the past year it was less
than 100000.
The supposed murder mystery which
caused so much excitement in Columbus
has developed into farce. The box in
which was found the body of man which
was shipped from Atlanta, who was sup
posed to have been murdered, simply con-
tanned the skeleton of a man sent from the
Atlanta Medical College by a student. The
body had been dissected and the bones
given to a young man, who Shipped them
away.
Miss Ada Elan, former postmistress of
the state House of Representatives, who
attempted suicide al Atlanta by taking poi
son two weeks ago is still under treatment
at the Grady hospital. Miss ELAN has re-
covered from the effects of the poison, but
her condition is still serious owing TO the
shock to her nervous system. She suffers
a great deal a times but has become more
cheerful and the hospital physicians say
there is no reason why she should not
speedily recover.
DIR. H. G. Freeman's residence and drug
store at Gainesville was burned Sunday
afternoon. The loss on the drug stock is
$500 The furniture was complete loss,
some $780, and no insurance. The house
belonged to DIR. H. NJ. Freeman, and was
worth $1,000, without any insurance The
next building that caught was the drug
store of DIR. ]. r. Tucker, which was
worth about $500, and it was a complete
loss. Then the furniture store of A. w.
Mcconnell which was vacant, was a full
loss, valued at $500. The Office of the Press
Organ and the residence of Mrs. T. V.
Fredericks was badly damaged.
The audience at the Lyceum theater at
Atlanta Saturday night that heard Ernest
William of the Fields and Hanson min
strels sing Mother, | Love You So" did
not know what a storm of grief was rag
ing in his breast. He was applauded, and
sang the song the second time. The audi
ence did not see the tears that flowed down
his cheeks; they did not know that his
mother was dead; that she had seen her
poS LOI the last time anu lDdl WIllG ne
sang of her she lay asleep in death. Just
before the curtain was rung up on the first
part telegram was handed Williams.
1t simply read; Mother is dead" He left
for his home at Harrisburg, Pa, immedi-
ately after singing his song.
The bank commission, appointed by Gov.
Atkinson under a recent act, to report upon
the advisability of revising the banking
laws of the state will meet soon upon the
call of Chairman Colvin. He has not yet
set a date for the meeting, but it will prob
ably occur some time during this month.
The commission was created by the legis-
lature at the suggestion of the governor,
who called attention TO the report of State
Treasurer w. ]. Speer, pointing out impor
tant defects in the present law. Among
these are the latitude which it allows in
the matter of loans and security. Under the
present system bank officers can borrow
largely of the funds of the bank without
making themselves amenable to law. Mr..
Speer thinks the banks are allowed 100
much latitude in the matter of reserve,
winch may include securities which are
not really quick assets. Another objection
as hat bank may lend on its own stock,
a practice which is considered unsound and
liable to cause trouble in times of panic.
II. Henley Bush is held at the Hunt
house, at Gainesville, under a special
guard, on charge of embezzling and mis-
appropriating $1,000 The charges are pre-
TERED by r. c. Parker. proprietor of the
broWn house, at Macon. Bush arrived It
GAINESVILLE last summer as the agent of
capt Eugene Fred Gustave May Mayne,
whose huge bubble attracted the attention
OF all interested in Georgia gold mines.
When the Wayne project fell through and
us clever promoter disappeared, his agent,
Mr.. Bush, associated himself with w. p.
hpperson, Maynes secretary, and one or
Two others in the organization of the
southern Gold Mining Company. which
vas launched and began operating the Nc
Nlesky mines, near Gainesville. In the
progress of the company. it seems, w. p.
Hpperson's father, of Macon, was induced
TO put $1,000 into the enterprise. It was
understood the other members of the con-
Germ We're to put UP $4,000 additional. 1t
appears they never did this. 1t also APP
pears that Mr.. Parker of the Brown house
furnished the elder Mr. Epperson the
So'VOO he invested in the mining company's
slock. When the 5000 had been consum-
"a IN the operation of the McCiesky mine
we progress of the Southern Gold Mining
ompany came to standstill. Monday