The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-22
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

rOlIton-SOldicr Ia Blue Uniform
Makes "a Bad Break.
GEORGIA.
Ground was broken at Carrolton for the
building OF a new cotton seed oil mill II
will be frst-c,ass and up-to- dale in every
respect.
The law firm of Van Epps & Leftwich
al Atlanta has been dissolved. b. w
wrenn, Jr.. win be associated with Judge
Van Epps in tie future.
The war department has closed a con-
tract with J. N. Veach & Co. mnlers at
Adairsvile, for the delivery. every four TO
six weeks, 1900 barrels of flour
Bill Stanley, colored, arrested at Triton
Friday for the murder OF the marshal of
Bluff Springs. Fla. eight years ago, was
left by the sheriff Of Escambia county in
the Albany jail.
J. ". and E. D. Sheffield have purchased
from Lee Allen his entire interest in the
= firm of Allen & Sheffield Of Americus. one
of the most successful in the dry goods
trade of Southwest Georgia.
Tuesday night United States soldier
was found hanging by the neck and I'M
conscious in closet al the Imperial
theater at Atlanta He had attempted
suicide while respondent. His life has
been saved.
Samuel Mosely. colored. who shot ana
killed John Carver, white, at kirkland,
Saturday, was arrested Monday. The
posse started with him to Douglass Jail.
A report comes from reliable source that
the negro was lynched en- route
For long time the hands employed
at the track house of Jacques & Tinsey
of Macon have been missing their shoes.
When they 80 TO work in the morning
their shoes are put away in a room used
as a dressing room, and at night there
was always a loss of shoes reported.
Capt. Tom Henderson engaged the serv-
ices of a small negro boy to play the
parE of detective and watch for the thief.
After a long wait the boy discovered Spot,
the captains famous pointer dog, carrying
the shoes one by one to the cellar, where
they were deposited in a box. The hands
were overjoyed to find their shoes. some
of them having been missing for months.
About a year ago Col. J. Cotton Lynes
discovered in the Gate City Guards arm
ory at Atlanta, the old battle flag of the
Mcintosh Guards that had been put there
a number of years ago for safe keeping.
The flag is a beautiful blue one and has
quite a history connected with it. After
finding the flag Col. Lynes wrote to Capt.
Joseph Hilton, who was an officer in the
Mcintosh Guards during the war, asking
for a history of the flag. In his reply
Capt. Hilton suggested that the flag be
given to the Mcintosh Dragons of Darien,
TO be hung in their armory The sug-
gestion was considered a good one, and the
presentation wiz be made during the re-
union of veterans. and Hon. William Clif-
ton of Darien will make the presentation
speech.
An unusual scene occurred on Marietta
street at Atlanta Tuesday afternoon, II
was seen by a large number of interested
spectators. DR.. D'Alvigny, in a Confeder-
lie gray uniform, was walking along the
street when a soldier i'm United States
uniform began to sing the song ''tlang
JEFF DAVIS to a Sour Apple Tree" DR..
D'Alvigny did not wait for a second invi-
alton, but with a steel rod umbrella be-
gan such a vigorous attack on the soldier
that he Immediately retreated. The SOL
d!er's wrath did not subs de with his de-
feat. He drew his bayonet and attempted
to rush upon DR.. D'Alvigny, bui was pre-
vented by the bystanders. The doctor
asked that he be allowed to come on The
latter was soon Joined by a number OF
other Confederates who had on gray uni
forms, and started down the street. The
soldier followed them and seemed anxious
to attack his assailant ffe was finally
turned over to a captain of police and
placed upon car for Fort Mcpherson.
Atlanta Constitution: The two privates
who deserted from the Second North Car
DINA Volunteer Infantry were given Sc
we're sentences by the court which was as
sembled to sit upon their case 1t was
recommended that both be dishonorably
discharged from the service and that each
be confined at hard labor for terms of
three years. In the opinion of Gen. Pen
nington, of the department Of the Gulf,
this sentence was TOO severe and the term
at hard labor was reduced to one year.
The two privates will be kept at Fort Nc
Pherson and will be guarded by members
of the regiment from which they deserted.
One of the privates convicted of desertion
was a member of company NJ, now sta
toned at Fort Mcpherson, ana his hui
initiation at being prisoner and guarded
by his own company may well be imagn~
ed The Georgia boys also came in for a
share of the sentences, but Gen. Penning-
ton disapproved of these sentences be-
cause he thought the men should be given
another opportunity. Their cases, how
3 ever. We're more trivial than those of the
North Carolina boys. The orders issued
yesterday morning in regard TO the case
of Robert Carver and William Miller
gave them three years for desertion IL
was reduced to one year by Gen. Penning-
ton. The sentences imposed by the court
upon PriVates James j. O'Shea of the
Georgia Volunteer Artillery, and Private
Halton Cuppitt for disobeying orders
given by a non-commissioned officer were
also disapproved. The case of Private
Spence Hutchns of the Georgia Volunteer
Artillery is not without suggestion of
humor He was found guilty OF the lar
ceny of two lemons ana a small quantity
of sugar, probably taken in a moment of
thong htlessness and was sentenced to thir-
ty days at hard labor, The sentence. how
ever, was disapproved The order is as
follows: Private Spence Hutchius, light
Battery A. Georgia Artillery, United
States Volunteers, having been tried bv
a general court martial convened at Camp
Northen, Griffin, Ga. and found gully of
the larceny of two lemons and a quantity
Of sugar valued at cents, in violation
of the siXty-second article OF war was
sentenced TO hard labor for a term of mir
~ days. The sentence is disapproyed