The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-09
GEORGIA.

Noultrie, in Colquitt county, has large
and growing buggy and wagon manufac-
,orv. This is a good enterprise.
Cordele Hornet: ]. NJ Carmack, a
,ron,inent farmer and highly respected
oi,.zon died Friday night at his home
go Findlay. He was 49 years old. Mr..
C,rnack was a Mason, and the funeral
1-as conducted Saturday by that fratern-
ity.
nahlonega Signal: Some trouble occur
rod ar the Barlow mine last Thursday be-
queen the daughters of John Loggins and
n,rbau1 Chambers. One of the girls re-
aofyed a blow on the head with an AK.
hrr she was not seriously hurt. We did
not learn what caused them to fall out.
Mrs. Matte Carroll of Atlanta, who was
refused a divorce from her husband by
ilrv in Bibb Superior Court last week,
has been accorded another trial, and the
hqar;ng will take place next week. Mrs
CAROLS attorney is confident OF winning
verdict for his fair client at the second
trial.
COL H. p Farrow will build telephone
line from Gainesville TO Dahlonega. He
has had the matter under consideration
for some time, but held up thinking he
could go in with the Dahlonega people,
but he states that ii is not probable now
that they can work together on the scheme
and he will build an Independent line.
gold mine deal was made at Canton
Friday that means the immediate devel-
opment of another gold proposition In
Cherokee county. Mr.. A. B. Coggins sold
his mine (the Sixes) TO Mr.. G. F. Case
and associates, of Michigan. Mr.. Case
was on the property Friday and said that
he would at once order out several cars
of machinery and begin active work on
the property.
Gainesville Georgia Cracker: The City
Council has decided that the Georgia Fee
male Seminary will have to pay city taxes
A number of the councilmen wanted to
exempt it because ii was an educational
institution. but they could see no way out
of it under the law. However, the college
viii have to pay for only one year back,
1888. because of an exemption allowed by
the city charter,
There has been no orator for commence
ment day at Athens chosen as yet. Hon.
n j. Hammond had that matter in hand
and was about ready to make the selec-
ton when death ended his labors. 1t is
probable that the selection of the orator
will be referred to Chancellor Boggs, who
will do his best to secure an able man for
that place. although the time between now
and commencement is very short.
A very sad death occurred at Stllmore
last Sunday. Mr.. Seaborn Drake, after
a few days illness, succumbed to an at
tack of hemorrhagic fever. Mr.. Drake,
urbn M m
business near cambridge, was visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson Drake,
when the sad end came. He was a young
man of good habits. fine intellect, indie
fatigable energy and flattering prospects.
John Moree a white man, was placed
on trial in Worth county the other day,
for the offense of stealing hogs from
negro. This was the third charge of hog
stealing he had been required to answer
for. Upon the first two ne was acquitted
upon technical defects in indictments. Col
j. w. Walters, his attorney, made an able
and exhaustive argument in behalf of his
client. but the jury found him guilty, and
Judge Spence sentenced him to serve a
term of years in the penitentiary. Col
Waters will in all probability, appeal for
new trial.
Judge Lumpkin in Atlanta delivered an
important decision Saturday in which he
held that money expended by another in
a contract for buying and selling futures,
if lost to the owner, could not be recov-
cred through court of justice. The de-
cision was rendered in the case of Tread
well & Collins Company against Paine,
Murphy & Co. The plaintiffs sought to re-
cover $209S.75, which they claimed had
been used by Paine, Murphy & Co. on
buying stocks and wheat and other COM
was made on a demurrer in which it was
claimed that under the laws of this state
money lost or expended on future contract
cannot be recovered in a court of law.
After argument, Judge Lumpkn sustain
ed the demurrer