The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-25
BUSINESS MEN MEET TO-DAY.
SOUTHERN INDUsTRIAL LEAGUE TO
ASSEMBLE At ATLANTA.

Case To-day wallace Heid
Cor scduction-onIy Four Appli-
c.uts for the Army-WadIey and
Mt. vernon Road to Extend Chat
tanooea southern Assessed at 81
coo a Mile.
Atlanta. July 4-The Southern Indus
trlal League. composed Of the most prom
inent and influential business men in the
South meets here tomorrow morning at
10 O'Clock in the ballroom of the Kimbail.
MANY DELEGATES arrived to-day and there
will possibly be 600 here by mornitg
This will ne one of the largest gathering
of business men ever held in the South
The invitation TO attend has been accepted
by 500 merchants from all parts Of the
Southern country. and the number in the
convention win go over GO. The Meas
League of Atlanta is back of the Southern
Industrial League, in fact it is the creator
of it.
The object of this organization is to Eos
ter Southern industries and TO promote
business interests generally. The com
mittee on entertainment has been making
great preparations for the entertainment
of tn convention. IitiS Noiiiilli'NS nun "a
meeting al the Atlanta Business League
rooms and raised 81 800 to devote to the en-
tertainment of the delegates to the con-
vention.
Argument will be heard tomorrow be-
fore Judge Lumpkin on the motion of Mrs.
Florence Underwood in the famous Thur
man will contest, which has been in the
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probably the hardest fought will case in
the history of the county, and has num-
Der of interesting features.
DR.. f. ID. Thurman, who died in 1897
was very wealthy and somewhat eccen-
trio citizen of Atlanta He owned a large
amount of real estate and had property
which, with that OF his wife Mrs. Mary
G. Thurman made the combined estate
one of the richest in Atlanta After his
death a will Of DR.. Thurman's was found
and in il he had left the greater amount
of his estate to his wife for life, giving TO
Mrs Florence Underwood, his cousin, the
estate after the death of Mrs. Thurman.
George wallace Held.
George Wallace, a prosperous young
farmer of Lee county, who was arrested
last night on the charge of accomplishing
the ruin of Miss Rena Niischew of Albany
and bringing her to Atlanta and placing
her in a house of ill-fame, was tried to-
day before the City Recorder and bound
over on the charge Of seduction, and also
of carrying concealed weapons, as a pis-
toI was found on his person when he was
arrested. Efforts are being made TO place
the girl in the Florence Crittenden Home
In the city. The friends of the unhappy
girl say they win prosecute Wallace in the
state courts. He is highly connected in
Lee county, and the girl is of splendid
family. il is said
Only four recruits have made application
at Fort Mcpherson for admission into the
army. and the post officers are dismayed
at the great lack of enthusiasm, of which
they had anticipated such a great dis
play.
Secretary Phil Cook to-day granted two
charter amendment, which were applied
for by the Wadley and Mount Vernon
Railroad Company. The road is at pres
ent only about forty miles long, but when
the extensions for which privileges are
asked are made it will be about 200 miles
longer, and viii run all the way from
Naidosta to Augusta.
The road now runs from Rixville to
Wadley. From Rixville it will be extend
ed south to Vadosta and from Wadley
north to Augusta. The work on the ex-
tensions is expected to begin very soon
and will be completed in fifteen months.
# the present plans are carried out. The
president of the company Is T. J. James,
the well-kuown convict lessee. Ample
capital is said to be at hand to build the
extension, and when finished they will
prove a valuable addition to the CONNER
cial interests of the state.
Suit was filed in Richmond Superior
Court by Jacob Phinizy and others to
have the act establishing the City Court
of Richmond county declared unconstitu-
tional because it made the judge a County
Commissioner and appeared to connect the
judicial and legislative branches of the
government. The case went through the
courts and was finally decided by the Su-
preme Court to-day ia Judge Ewes favor
the court holding that there is no good
reason why he should not hold both of
fees without public detriment. The Su
preme Court also rendered the following
decision from the Brunswick circuit: Tor
Tae ct al, VS.. Raeburn & Verrell, GlynT
Superior Court Affirmed.
w. B. Connally, lumber dealer o
Franklin, La, died suddenly at the Ma
rion Hotel this morning from heart fail
ure. The deceased was IS years of age
He was formerly a railroad conductor
and was known TO many railroad men
The body will be carried TO Louisiana TO
interment.
Fixed the Assessment.
The Chattanooga Southern Railroad wal
to-day assessed for taxation in this stat
at $1,000 a mile by a board of arbitrators
The amount at which the officials of tn
road returned ii for taxation was 81, 800
mile, and as there are 4265 miles in thi
state, the increase in the assessment
more than $4,000.
But two Of the three arbltrators agree,
upon the report recommending the $1,000 as
sessment Alex c. King, who represente.
the railroad company, agreed to 90 a
high as 5000, but he would not go an,
higher and a dissenting report win he file
by Mr.. King. The other assessors wer
Chairman Trammell of the Railroad Com
mission and Col J. w. Robertson, ex
railroad commissioner.
The controller refused to accept the re
turn OF ST. $50 a mile and assessed the prop
erly a 5000 The railroad then asked L
have the matter arbitrated. Col. Tramme
was selected to represent the state and MI