The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-04
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA.
Anna AIcCone a negro girl, is held for
forgery at Rome. Evidence is accumu-
Iating that shows her to have operated
in that city for some time.
The "Kissing bug" showed up in the
Columbus Enquirer-sun office Saturday
night. but, after viewing its prospective
material declared operations OH.
]. A. stribling died at his home near
Catawba, Harris county Georgia, satur-
dav. He was 50 years of age, and was
Confederate veteran, having served IN 'he
hospital departments at COLUMBUS ana
Savannah.
Miss Lilly Belts, daughter OF DE- W.
p. Belts, of Athens, has suffered much
from poison oak poisoning. Miss BetIs
carelessly handled a vine IN Ocohee ceth-
eterv and in a few days her face was
hadiv swollen ana ner eyes aimOs= closed.
1t is currently rumored at Dupont that
a large body of Northern emigants VIII
establish a colony near Haylow, on the
Atlantic Valdosta and Western Kallrodu'
twelve miles south of that place The pro
posed location is one OF the hhesI 10 DE
found in South Georgia.
1n0TnAS
up at his home at Thomson with a lame
finger. He bought a gentle horse, social
ed. The horse became unmanageable, and
in the efforts to control him the morse
stepped on a finger of the politician and
lawyer. which resulted in amputation OF
the finger.
C. A. Robertson and c. W. Ennis, orig
inators of the Wonderful Clock" have
opened an Office at Mnedgevile. The
clock has met with great success and is
destined to become one of the luXurie5 OF
the age, as it strikes an alarm, lights a
lamp and starts "a fire at any time that
the owner desires
Griffin Call: Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
Mclean and family have moved to their
beautiful home near this city, and will
spend the summer here, returning IN the
fall to SaVannah.-Mrs. o. IA. r. Slaton
and little daughter Miss. Mildred WIN
leave tonight for Savannah, where they
win join a merry party and spend the
summer on Wilmington Island.
LAGRANGE Reporter Yesterday morning
MIR. Bates, a young man employed at the
Dixie mills, while leaning out from the
second story window lost his balance and
fell to the ground The distance is con-
s.iderable-probably thirty-fiVe feet-the
ground below is hard and packed, and the
young mans injuries are likely to be IA
tai Physicians from this city were sum-
moned at once, but what damage the
young man sustained is not known. He
has moi spoken since the occurrence, aud
so no one knows just how he came to
fall, whether he was careless or dizzi-
ness seized him. His injuries are internal
and probably fatal
A special from Carrollton to the Macon
Telegraph says: Leon Stamps had a
committal trial in Carrollton yesterday
before Judge J. T. Norman for commit
ting an assault on Miss Dora William
son on the 18th day of last April. Stamps
is obut % years old, and Miss Williamson
was 10 last January. The parents of these
young people live about four and half
miles west of this town, and in the same
community. Robert Williamson, the
father of the young lady, never heard of
the crime until last Thursday morning,
and went Immediately to see the young
man about the matter. and swears that
Stamps admitted his guilt and promised
TO leave the county, but failed to do so.
Then the warrant was sworn out by the
brother of the young lady, who lives in
a distant part of the county and never
heard of the crime until last Monday
night and after hearing about Il went
al once to investigate the rumor, and
was with his father when Stamps con-
fessed and promised TO leave the county.
1t seems from the evidence that stamps
was escorUng the young lady home from
the church and is alleged to have COM
mitted the crime at a lonely place on the
road and Miss Williamson, fearing that
her father would Kill Stamps did not tell
any one what had been done for several
days, and then told a married sister, and
they agreed to keep it from their father
and brothers and try to avoid publicity
and trouble between the men. Stamps
married in a short while after he COM
mitted the crime, and the fact that he
had a wife and the further fact that lac
promised to leave the county constrained
Williamson and his son to refrain from
killing Stamps Stamps was committed
10 the jail TO await the action Of the
grand Jury.