The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-05
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Georgia-FOrt Gaines Man to ship
$4,000 Worth of Game Chicken
Fatal Boiler Explosion in Gwin-
nett County-DahlOnega to Have n
Public school system.
GEORGIA
DR.. E. F. starr of Nacoochee died Wed
nesday.
Willard H. Nutling, prominent bust
ness man of Atlanta died Thursday.
W. T. Randolph has been appointed post
master at Thomaston. Epson county.
E. T. Booth has been elected first lieu
tenant of the Capital City Guards of At
lanta
1t is said that more fruit trees have
been set out this winter in Sumter county
than ever before in one season.
W. C. Buck OF Pelham and his son.
Oscar. are preparing about 1900 pounds of
tobacco for the Eastern market.
A company has been formed to estab-
lish fair grounds and horse racing
amusement place in or near Atlanta.
F. E. Girt OF Fort Gaines has shipped
big lot of game cocks to California Col
Girt will ship $1,000 worth OF chickens
this season.
The drug store of ]. ". johnson OF
Lithonia was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday morning. The loss is covered
by insurance.
the University of Georgia have adopted
the book of Georgia Forms and Prac-
tice," prepared by James II. Blount, Jr.,
of Macon, as text book.
The Terminal Hotel al Wadley was sold
al administrator sale for 5,765 to L. a.
Cheatham of Wadley, on Thursday. The
Terminal was buit in 1890 by William
Danorau, was burned and rebuilt in 1880
at cost of 5000.
The wife of ex-Gov. John Gary Evans
of South Carolina is i'll at Augusta and
her malady has been pronounced by the
attending physicians to be appendicitis
The case has not reached the point where
an operation is necessary, but it may at
any time.
In the election held at Dahlonega Wed
nesday on the subject of public schools,
the qualified voters decided by a vote Of
rs 10 u, to establish a system of public
schools for Dahlonega. 1t is expected that
the schools will be put In operation on
July /.
The boiler Of an engine exploded in Hog
Mountain district, Gwinnett county, We'd
nesday. killing one man instantly and dan
gerously wounding several others The
man killed was Walter Strickland. An
old man named Mauldin was seriously in
Jured but ii is thought that he may re-
cover. The others are not so seriously
hurt.
Senators Clay and Bacon presented Pc
tition to the Senate Thursday from the
common Council of Darien and the Board
OF County Commissioners of Mcintosh
county asking for an appropriation for the
Improvement of Doboy bay. The petition
cites the necessity of such improvement
and gives statistics of the business trans
acted in Darien.
The Georgia Sick Benefit Association was
Incorporated by the secretary of state
Thursday. The incorporators are Sims
Bray. Robert c. Aston. II. L. Anderson,
G. w. O'Connor and Paul Barnett, all of
the city of Atlanta. The association pro-
poses doing a mutual life Sssessment and
accident business. Being a mutual benefit
company, no capital stock is required.
Gov. Atkinson has issued an order re-
lieving r. w. Mays from further liability
on the bond of the jackson Banking Com
pany Of Jackson. Mays requested that
he be relieved of the liability for causes
set forth in his communication and Presi-
dent Etheridge requested that the favor be
granted. The order directs that the bank
execute a new bond as a state depository
in the sum of $4,000 within the next ten
days.
Much interest has been manifested in the
trial of the case of Mrs. Nora Aitkens
against the Atlanta and West Point Rail-
road Company for damages, which case
has consumed the first part of the session
of Campbell Superior Court. The plaintiff
is the widow of Engineer w. II. Aitkens,
who was killed in collision on the de-
PENDANTS road In 1896 and was suing for
$4,000 damages for his death. The jury
brought in a verdict in favor of the rail-
road company.
The Supreme Court has reversed The de-
cision of the Superior Court of Catoosa
county in the case of the state VS.. W. D.
Seymour. At the time Seymour was
brought before the courts he was a school
teacher in Catoosa county. He was in
dicted for rape. The assault was said
TO have been made on a 9-year-old girl
who was one of his pupils. The court
returned verdict against Seymour of sim
pie assault and the case was brought TO
the Supreme Court.
Controller General Wright has been no.
titled by the Equitable Fire Insurance
Company Of South Carolina that 1t will
cease doing business in this state; that the
company is now taking up and canceling
all policies held in Georgia. This company
has deposit of $4,000 in United States
bonds as security for the protection of
policy holders In this state. This bond will
be cancelled, and the security returned TO
the company, as soon as the law with ref
ere1ce TO Withdrawals is complied with.
The company viii have TO advertise for
sixty days in the public prints of its no.
tice TO withdraw its business in Georgia.
Unknown persons made an attempt to
wreck the south bound passenger train of
the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Rail-
road near Canton. late Tuesday afternoon.
A spike was fastened between the rails
on a sharp curve and as the passenger
train sped towards Canton the big loco
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