The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

auDreme Court Decides an Important
Case Involving tin e Liability of Adj
conference.-the Fatally Burn
cd Mt AtIanta-.New Factory at
Talking ROcIx-Mrs. Mary Register
Discharged From Prison After Be
ing Held For Murder and Then for
Perjury.
GEORGIA.
The wife of Bishop H. Nj. Turner, the
noted colored divine died al Atlanta Mon
day morning.
The 5-year-old daughter of W. r. Lip
sew. a farmer living near Cecil, was IA
Is burned Saturday afternoon.
he Citizens Bank of -Waynesboro was
o anized Saturday with a capital stock
of $4,000. 1t will open for business Feb. /.
The county board of education of Clarke
co, nty has declared ule school term TO
be 1870 days, and the chools are opening
up all over the county.
Conductor James T. Lynch of the At
lanta and West Point Railroad broke his
right thigh bone while attending to his
duties at Atlanta. Sunday
AT Athens Satu rday in the case of the
Bank of the University vs.. w. R. Tuck,
the jury gave the bank a verdict for the
full amount of t he suit, 81, 200, the defen-
dant moving for new trial.
The committa trial of Green N. Arm
Old charged with the murder of Lud
Thurmond of ST atham, which was to have
)eel held at Jefferson Saturday, has been
postponed until next Wednesday.
Willis Hart, a colored convict of the
fulton county convict camp, escaped
rom the camE) Saturday. He was pursued
with bloodho a2nds and caught in DeKalb
county after exciting chase covering
nine hours.
w. Y. Bircisong, leading business man
and merchant of Mayfield, a small town
on the Georgia Railroad, a few miles east
Of Sparta, has mysteriously disappeared.
He was heavily in debt, and unable
to pay out.
AT Atlanta, Monday, Mrs. Mamie w.
Morgan was awarded a total divorce from
her husband. B. D. Morgan Habitual in
toxication and desprtion were the grounds
on which the divorce was Obtained The
custody of their lit tie daughter was award
ed to the mother
The marble plants at Tate, five miles
south of Jasper, in Picke.ns county, are re-
ported to be doing good business. Where
are six of these plants in Pickens coun-
ty, which give employment tosmore than
500 employees, besides furnishing a good
market for the surplus produce the farm
ers of the surro unding country have to
sell.
The Brumby Chair Compa ny of Marietta
has just completed a preparatory factory
at Talking Rock in Picleias county, for
the purpose, it is said, of sffaQi ng the tim
Der ready TO put in the chair. The same
is then shipped to their fac cory at Ma
retta, where the chair is put together
About twenty men are to t e employed in
this new branch of the business at Talk
ing Rock.
The 5-months old daue inter of Mr. and
Mrs Josiah Hardwick o f Atlanta was ac-
cidentally burned to de ath Saturday Her
death was the result of an over enthu-
siasm on the part of I FER 4-year-old broth
er in celebrating his birthday. He picked
up small candle If the kind used on
Christmas trees al I'd with the idea of
adding to his sister IS amusement lighted
1t in the fire. 1t is supposed that he
played about the carriage with this and
accidentally place the candle too near
the carriage and in an instant the light
stuff covering 1T. was in a blaze. This
quickly spread % the clothing of the lit
lie sister and she was so badly burned
that her death occurred Sunday.
The state ST preme Court has handed
down a decision in the case of Capt j. "
English, administrator, against The
estate of C. ,. Horn. The finding of the
lower court, which awarded the estate
a Judgment of about $4,000 against Capt
English was affirmed. Horn was mem
Der of the firm OF Horn & Miles. who
punt the st ate capitol. In administering
on the estat there came into Capt Eng
az adm mi freat A1J,,-
OF stock of the Atlanta Axle and Bridge
Works. He sold 200 shares as admins
traitor. This stock was purchased by Miles
IN order tina It he might obtain a controll-
ing interest in the company. The remain
Ger of the stock was offered for sale at
i the same tir ne, but there were no bids for
/ IT, The pric e bid by Miles was $1,000 Of
4 ms amount. Capt. English received SC, ESQ
ana retained the stock as security for the
balance III rema ming $4,000 was not
pad by Mi les. The estate claimed that
under the law Capt. English should ac-
4 count to the estate for the entire $4,000. 1t
was commended that having sold the prop
erty. he ought to have taken absolute Sc
Il curty, and should not have accepted as
security a stock upon which he was u
able to get biol. The contention that Ne
i was liable for his amount was sustained
by the court. Capt. English was alleged
4 TO have loaned the Axle and Bridge Com
Pany $9,250, AMI to have had Miles as his
4 only security. The estate assumed the
position that the administrator had no
4 right to loan money, but that the stat
i utes provided l Tow he might make invest
Il ments. 1t was claimed that Capt. English
i vas personally l3able for the SO. $50, and this
4 was allowed by the court. The admins
A uator accepted an payment of a debt of
4 1850 which Mrs. Horn owed the estate
A note on Miles, which was never paid,
4 and it was claimed that he should be held
Al personally Responsible for this sum. in
4 the Superior Court a judgment was OBJ
Il "ned for these three amounts as prih-
Il opal, together with interest, which made
Il me total about $4,000. The case was APP
4 nealed TO the Supf eme Court by Capt.
4 english and the low er court has now been
4 affirmed
FLORIDA.
Work on FernandEa's new electric plant
is now progressing.
Forty thousand 20 unds of good tobacco