The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-29
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
Thonlasvine Times Enterprise. Not 9
single arrest was made and rot an acct
dent occurred during the holidays. This is
pretty good showing for wet town.
\ special 10 the Morning News from
Hazlehurst says: Moore Bros store was
burglarized Monday night by some uu-
known parties entering through one Of the
front windows The loss is SO Moore
Bros will move into Pace Bros new
building. which has just been completed,
this week
Mr. Z F. WHlingham of Macon who
has been appointed receiver Of r. II. Woot-
ten. arrived in Washington Friday and
took charge of the stock of goods, since
which time Inc store has been closed. In
settling up the affairs MI Wootten viii
receive an exemption OF 81, 500 and $1,000 Tor
attorneys fees.
Judge William T. Newman, Of the United
States court in Atlanta, has signed an or
der making the Mercantile Trust and De
post Company of Baltimore, Nd, a CO
plaintiff with the Old Colony Trust Com
pany in the suit to prevent the Atlanta
Railway Company from using the Atlanta
Consolidated Street Railway Company
tracks on mitchell street.
The election contest between the Popu-
lists and Democrats for all the county Of
fees of Screven has just been decided by
Judge Gamble in favor of the Democrats.
The Populists made the point that an
votes from other districts voting at the
county site were Illegal. The Popu-
lists hate to give up the offices, as they
believe it is their last time.
Fitzgerald Colony Citizen: The city cleo
zion has passed. Good men we believe
have been selected for the various oflees'
The thing now is for every ctlleh 70 10
all in his power towards making ms ad-
vninistration a complete success. Differ-
ences may have existed on pupHc ques-
lions. let them be forgotten and an work
for The best interest of the city. We must
have 10000 people here by the close OF
the year 1899 and we can have them II We
win only get down TO hard work Tor our
city.
Mr.. B. Brown, one Of Aibany's oldest
ana most highly esteemed citizens, died
suddenly of neuralgia of the heart at ms
home. on jefferson street, TUESDAY MI
Brown was "A years old. and had been
citizen of Albany for thirty-three years
having moved there from Atlanta in 1850.
He leaves five children Messrs. >. .. aud
Dave Brown, Mrs. d. Neuman ana MISS
Rosa Brown. who live here, ana Mr. JAKE
BroUn who lives in PattisOn, y. j. Be
sides these. a large number of grandchll-
dren and other relatives survive.
A charter for the Fulton County Gold
Mining Company has been filed in the re-
cord Office in Atlanta. The capital stock
of the company is 81 500 with 10 per cent.
Maid in and The privilege of increasing the
canital stock TO 81 100000. The stock viii
he divided into shares of 500 each. The
company proposes to carry on the busl-
ness of mining, milling and working sold'
silver. copper and other ores. developing
mineral properties of all kinds and buying,
selling. renting and leasing real estate
either with or without mineral value
George Hooper, one of the four moon
sinners who escaped from the Jail tower
In Atlanta a short time ago by saving
one Of the iron bars on the third floor and
letting themselves to the ground bX means
of blankets, was recaptured Monday by
Deputy Marshal j Il. Johnson, in Banks
county and returned to the county JAN
Monday night. With the arrest of Hooper
all of the escaped prisoners are now con-
fined in the county Jail. Hooper was the
first man TO leave and the last man to re-
turn. 1t is not likely that any of them viii
leave prison again before they have served
out their time.
The insurance men are now after Gov.
Gambler. Georgia carries about 100000 in
eurance on its property scattered over the
state. The annual premium on this amount
of insurance would be about $1,000, If it
was paid by the year, but by paying two
premiums in advance, the state gets its
property protected from fire for three
years Most of the policies win soon expire
There is, therefore, quite a contest for
the business. The agents commission at Is
per cent would be s. 400 1t has been sug
gested to the Governor that it would be
the right thing 10 divide the insurance be-
tween the sixty companies doing business
i'm Georgia. This would give the agents
small commissions, $40 a piece, but some
of them prefer 10 play for the whole stake
or a large part of it. Gov Gambler has the
matter under consideration.