The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA


The Lexington Echo will publish bio
graphical sketches of the pioneers OF og-e-
thorpe.
Fifteen counties are representa- In the
Houston High School, which has just
opened.
Lincoln county school teachers want the
state to borrow money and pay them their
salaries.
Augusta will celebrate Lees birthday
on Jan. 10. Gen. c. A. Evans viii deliver
the grafton.
An interesting receivership case was set
tied at McDonough Friday. 1t was that OF
S. r. Brown & Sons and the amount to
be distributed is about 81, 600
There has been expended at Eastman
recently in building up the city $23,75o. ana
more money is being expended every day
in improvements.
The assets of Hart Bros, propri5tors Of
q ten-cent store at Atlanta, have been
placed In the hands of II. NJ Dorsey, as
temporary receiver.
The Bank of Demorest, under the new
management of r. T. Kenimer, paid off
depositors in full Thursday and resumen
business. Many parties redeposited az
soon as paid.
The Augusta Herald says that the late
Mrs. John Merchant of that city pre-
dicted the day of her death, while she
was in good heahh. She died on the day
named by her.
Edward Green of Atlanta, the 1S-year-old
son of ]. H. Green, of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad who accidentally shot
himself while out bird hunting few days
ago, suffered relapse Friday, and is not
expected to live.
Tuesday morning Ed Jones a negro liv-
ing with B. C. Granada, at Oak Grove, was
arrested for attempting an assault upon
Miss Pearl Granade and taken to Conyers
and jailed. The negro denies that he is the
party wanted, but the evidence against
him was sufficient to bind him over for fur
Their investigation of the case by the grand
jury. He entered Miss Granades bedroom
and left when she awoke.
Most of the striking operatives of the
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills at Atlanta
have returned to work. One Of the strik-
ers said on Friday there were still about
their jobs. 1t is estimated that at least
100 have left the mill to go to the EXPOSE
tions Mills and to factories in other
states. Many new hands have been en-
ployed, and with the possible exception
of few looms the entire plant is in OPP
Grafton.
Mrs. Reds case will come up at Macon
for hearing on Jan. II. She is charged
with murder. The evidence showed that
she told her husband of an insult offered
to her by l.. w. Halstead at the afternoon
performance of a circus last spring, and
accompanied him to the circus tent at
night to point out the offender. Halsteadi
who was the ticket seller was shot down
without a word Reds defense was that
Halstead smiled at Mrs. Reid and started
toward her as she entered the tent that
night, and this was when he fired the
shot that tore out Halstead's heart.
Darien Timber Gazette: During the
week there was shipped from the port Of
Darien, coastwise and foreign. PHI AIS
feet of timber and lumber valued at $22,-
795. The rivers and creeks are still quite
low and the prospects for an early rise
are not good at this time. Very little tim
Der is coming down just now. The stock
of sawn timber now on hand is still large,
but it is being exported as fast as tom
mage can ne SOtAGi mere Is q SOOU Ntdl
of timber in the up-country ready 10 be
drifted TO Darien as soon as there is wa
ter enough. There is a good demand for
scab timber, but there is none coming
down at present.
Green Arnold is now in the Jail at Jeffer-
son, jackson county, charged with the kill
ing of Lud Thurmond at Stateham, Santa
Fe district, Jackson county, three weeks
ago. Thurmond has just died from the eff
fects of the wounds Indicted by ArAold.
Thurmond was an arresting officer acting
on a warrant, and had Arnold in charge
and was en- route to commitment trial with
his prisoner, when the latter sprung a
quarrel concerning his privileges of secur-
ing witnesses. Arnold attempted to escape.
when Thurmond and his brother attempt
ed To hold him by force. Arnold took pis-
tol from one of the Thurmond boys and
opened fire, striking both, and fatally
wounding Lud Thurmond.
A number of the most prominent grocers
of Atlanta held secret meeting Friday
night for the purpose of taking steps
against the International Trading Stamp
Company, which has recently established
an office In Atlanta. The grocers who
met are those who do not patronize the
stamp company, and they claim that it is
very materially injuring their business.
They claim that only a few grocers are
allowed to use the stamps and that the
business all goes to these. They also
claim that the grocers are forced TO nav
per cent. of their business for these stamps
and that no grocer can afford to do this.
As a result of The meeting the grocers
represented will Immediately take stems
looking toward abolishing the stamp com
pany.
Macon Telegraph: A farmer had started
out Cotton avenue with supplies. He was
accompanied by his wife and three chill
dren, the smallest being a babe lust able
TO fidget around. but not big enough "a
take care of itself. Near Mercer the Httle
fellow, like a fash, fell over the front
dashboard-how or why, nobody can ever
tell. The rear wheel passed over its little
body. The father in his frantic eagerness
threw down the lines and plunged oui
headforemost TO get to his luue darlina
He had been holding an umbrella over
his wife and children, but he dashed This
aside as soon as he saw his baby fall. The
umbrella rolled out Of the wagon and
frightened the mules and they ran AWAY
carrying the wife and the other two chill.
dren. 1t seemed to the farmer than in.
deed IL never rains, but that il pours. A.
he gathered up the badly hurt baby. ne
saw the other members Of his family he.
ing carried TO what seemed almost certain
death. The lines had fa1loy o,,t -.