The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-12
GEoRGIA.


Mrs. NJ. C. Dorsey, wife Of Rev. w. II
H. Dorsey, died Thursday morning at At
lanta.
The official returns from all the districts
in Wayne county give Congressman Rrant-
ley majority of 295.
Native No.th Caro.Inians living ut Doug
las had a torch'ight procession Thursday
night in iionor of Ire Democrats victory
IN North Carolina.
John Goodrich Of Augusta and j. W.
Bivins of Cordele have perfected plans
to open a building and loan association
at Arabi and will begin business in a few
days
The twenty-sixth session of the North
Georgia African Methodist Episcopal con-
ference met at Madison Thursday morn
ing. Bishop H. NJ. Turner, D. D., pre-
sizing, with 200 delegates in attendance.
Albert Bacon of Pembroke, a young man
about IS years old, had his right arm shot
50 baIiV that it WAS necessary to have
it amputated near the shoulder. This
was caused by an accidental discharge of
his gun while riding in buggy.
1t is said that the contest for solicitor
for Dolly county has now narrowed down
10 three aspirants-Cols. T. j. Hill and
". H. Doris of Cordele and Col. w. V.
Harvard of Vienna, all the other appli-
cants having fallen out of the race.
Two clerks who counted the vote in
Bryan county in the race for representa-
tive between w. j. Strickland and Allen
J. Brown have made affdavits that the
returns from the Twentieth militia dis
trict were tempered with after they COM
p.eted their count.
The election returns of Coffee coUnty
were delayed in consolidating in conse-
ouence OF disputed district (Tanncr),
which was finally thfnWn out entirely.
Congressman Brantley received majority
Of 49, The Democrats celebrated by cam
nonading until late hour.
j. ]. Gray of Kentucky has purchased,
through a real estate agency at Triton,
the farm and orchard formerly owned by
MIR. w. S. Louther in the Little Pennsyi-
vania neighborhood, and will engage in
fruit raising and farming. Mr.. Louther
is contemplating coming to Savannah and
handling and manufacturing machinery.
John E. Harris, who claimed he was
employed on a newspaper at Carrollton,
was bound over at Atlanta Wednesday
by Judge Browles on the charge of work
ing a blockade distlllery. The prosecuting
witness claimed he had seen Harris work
ing in the disullery, but Harris denied
the story. He was held under 800 bond.
Abner McCright, also of Carrollton, was
bound over on the same charge, under
bond of 5000.
Win Gober, a negro was lynched at
Homer, Banks county, Wednesday night
for the murder of Jake Ayers, a black
smith and citizen of good standing in
Banks county. Gober ran into Ayers
father with bicycle Tuesday and he and
Ayers quarreled. Ayers drew a rock on
Gober, and the latter shot him, resulting
in death Wednesday evening. Gober, was
jailed About fifty citizens, masked, com
posed the party, marched to the jail, took
Gober, swung him to a high oak in front
OF the court house, his body ten feet from
the ground
Wayne county Democrats were especially
hilarious over the victory of Congressman
Brantley, and preceded to celebrate in
the latest improved fashion. They consld-
er the victory the death knell of Populisnl
in that co Inty, and when the citizens of
Jesup awoke the following morning they
found two newly-nlade graves in the cen
ter of the public square. II was the grave
yard of Popu lsn and bore the inscrip-
ZION, Sacred to the memory of Col. Jim
Wilkinson and Capt Ben Milliken." Jesup
Is the home of Capt. Miliken.