The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01


Fort McPhersOn-WhIte Man Shot
and Fatally wounded Near syca-
more-Negress Accidentally Kills
Her Husband and Shoots OF Foot
of Her Child.
GEORGIA.
meeting of the Southern Medical
Alumni Association will be held in At
anita July 20 to p.
II A movement is now on foot to establish
salvation Army tent at Chickamauga for
,be benefit of the volunteers encamped
n there.
Near Sycamore Sunday, Abe Henderson,
Young white man, shot and seriously
H wounded Charlie Ray. another young
Il white man, and merchant. Ray was shot
/. in the back end left arm and cut seriously
in The neck When last heard from Ray
\ was still alive, but no hopes We're enter
H 1ained of recovery. No arrests have been
made.
Gordon county Populists nominated the
following legislative and county tickets;
For the legislature. J. j. Griffin; for sher-
4 it, c. L. Burns; for clerk Superior Court
H. p Barrett; for tax collector, j. H. Bar
ton: for tax receiver, J. H. Austin; for
treasurer, no selection; for coroner, r.
3. Bray; for surveyor T. P. Smith; for
County Commissioners, e. c. Anderson
and J. C. Huffstetler.
The Republicans of Pickens county have
elected new executive committee to serve
for two years. w. F. Slagle of LendvilIe
was elected chairman and G. w. owens
secretary. S. A. Darnell and A. j. Spencer
were elected delegates to the state con-
a|fr1n ala fa.l .la.11 r.,
70 the district convention. A resolution
was introduced and passed condemning the
stale chairman on account of his desire
to >ti.l hold che Craftsmanship of the party
iu tne state and be thousands of miles
away.
A horrible accidental killing, or murder,
occurred on the Campbell place three
rlos south of McRae Friday Emanuel
foster, coiOrGd. was shot by his wife, and
dJi within Two hours. The same shot
took off Inc foot of their young child,
Wach was in its fathers arms. Foster,
who was in the yard. called 20 his wife
t] iJ'ch he gun 10 shoot hawk, but be
t.le ne could do so the hawk disappeared
70 Ao minded the gun back 10 the wo-
T. and took the child in his arms. The
Woman says her husband must have cock
"a the 8uu and that she Internationally
Iu.iyd the trigger. The load struck one
- M leS'' u ans II OIL ana
.y The s5o5,;no tbomS5 If il s ala ,hS5
la-ter told some one before he died THAI
j.. 'e6gEed mis- wife shoe him intention
~ ,I.l' Joi y now W., pe
,..r1it ,.G a.~ill,st(I 1,i'1s, Gu.
An interesting damage case was con-
clutcl in the Citv Court Of Athens IN SAT-
,.4,v M, A,o n, IT., - 7-..,4ax,
-'''i4' "'"iu VI ileli'Oi
'h coHntN brought suit against the
't""'3fd Ar l4tao Railroad for $1,000 on
t1nI o. the deat IN et her husband Hon.
d. l"fUm. In oc'oper, 1897, Mr. Tatum
'.@ ra uAin on the Seoboard Air Line
'A hlo Athens from Elberton Before
N ram r"2cned the Macon and North
racks over which the Seaboard Air
.'v H's5ts. after passing over one of
'' II'T"7t hiid&cS IN the state. spanning
~ '''o'te river, inc fiaSman of the train
.'ii'" ~" name OF ire station, Athens, il
'S "I@Ieh MI. Iatum was to get off
'r i-'A az Athens When the train stop
I,' "''ole crossing the other rack, it
'oyI on me hign bridge. Mr. Tatum
NatNS 20 me platform aver he hagman
LOO 'he station. and supposinS it was
15IC"S' stepped OIL the train and off the
49, aiIns distance OF sixty feet.
''Neu $ooVV damages.
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