The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
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GEORGIA.
.-1oaI term in Muscogee county
re wear 1893 viii be six months
,.u sheriff of Muscogee county Mr..
+ p,s,rts gave bond and was sworn
alice saturday afternoon.
II n Tiff of Triton pays taxes In
15p - tbe amount of $l,34S.S0, exclusive
.Fr,sd property. This property alone
Z Csc m taxes to the county.
~ W9bneta mills, the new knitting
!, inns, 5uHt at Cedartown by Messrs.
'' - wade and L. S. Munford of At
" now ia active operation.
1.oin4 Minter WimberIy, the wild
.t,b4 late Capt Frederick Davis VIM
~ ,c Tv,ees county, died very sud
guy her home a day or two ago.
y, ! Ed Dean of Rome. the junior
w., Of fhe law firm of Dean & Dean
.. Tuesday morning for Havana
sI..sr ,54 practice of his profession, be
.b7r there are great possibilities
..,+ is.,nd under an American protec-
ral,.
rn.pD-fyo bonds with total Valua-
a, nj 5000. were destroyed Saturday
i a.-,,,r IN, the finance committee of
49, CIV Council and Mayor Collier.
a.-. hands represented $25 600 saved the
m tts recent sale of bonds in addi-
,-s saving of $4,000 annually,
us.5 would have been the interest on
sn.
spec,al TO the Morning News from
Vs,gham says; There are large depos-
!, # uuers earth. potter's clay, lime,
s.F5irp stone. mari and fire brick clay,
4 n, near Whigham on the main trunk
4 H, Of Plant System Railroad leaulils
h,m savannah to Montgomery, Ala.
4 M deposits of fullers earth VIII equal
4 N deposits of any section of the United
A 9es or Europe in their solid CONNER
& B value.
Il is SAID Mr.. David J. Telfair, the pro-
AFTER of the 100000, 600 gold mining COM
sry takes mis- Imprisonment in the
alon county jail as calmly as if he were
i guest at a winter resort hotel with no
'Nls TO pay. AS a majority stakeholder
H. company capitalized at 500, 600, coo,
and already declaring dividends on stock,
h does not let a SIS shoe bill worry him.
II is not the bill, anyway, he says, but the
r1pcjple of the transaction, which he is
resisting He says ne paid the bill once,
and he does not propose TO pay 1t the sec
cnd time. if he never gets out of jail
A special TO the Morning News from
Triton says: A bold burglary was com
mbted in Triton Friday night, an entrance
being effected into the rooms occupied by
Nh and Mrs. j. F. Gump in the Vickers
residence by climbing the lattice work
10 The second story, and opening win
d0W A valise, containing nearly all Mr.
|Gumps clothes, and handsome telescope
Vas taken A negro has been arrested on
Suspicion but there is little evidence
against him.-Mr NJ. ]. Kinard of Lenox
has been appointed by Sheriff Luridle
deputy sheriff of Berrien county. This
position was formerly held by Mr.. w. H.
|0iyer Of Triton.
Mr. XII Wooten and his nephew, Will
lam Holloway of Pavo, went to Moultrie
Ion Friday before Christmas and both be-
ame drunk. and on their way home fell
|@t and quarreled. Holloway, who is a
Tearmed man, severely cut Wooten in
Ite neck, shoulder and arm, and he vas
thought to he dying. Dr. Harris was sent
IN and he succeeded in saving his life.
He took seventeen stitches and says the
knife marked the jugular vein across his
neck. and that there was danger that 10
cough or sneeze might burst the vein. Mr..
Holloway is very anxious and remains by
fs unce's bedside ready to minister as
nest ne can to his every want.
special to the Morning News from
Tfton says. Mr.. D. C. Bacon of Atlanta
has purchased the interest of Smart Bros.
% the Piuopolis saw mill, on the Spark,
Aouluie and Gulf Road, between Sparks
ana Moultrie. This mill is probably the
atgest i'm the state, having a capacity of
over 100000 feet of lumber per day. Il was
oolt last year, but has never been run,
me TIMBER still being in the hands of the
'Wpeuune opera tors.-One of the most de-
shuuI social events of the season was a
padhIom party. given at the Regent Fri
Jay evening, under the auspices of the
w. W. g. club. All the guests attended
'N HdsQue, and The affair was most sue
'eSsIul from every standpoint.
Macon Telegraph: President Mckinley
was even greater pleased with the Con-
ltdeiate badge incident at Macon chan
was expressed while here. as he has 1e-
goes'ed Dr. Roland B. Hall. who pinned
.ut badge on him. to send him five or six
u, ,l'l Several days ago DR.. Hail sent
'S President another one of the badges.
7'.us MN that he did so because the one
r,. g''loea on him might possibly have been
''0ed 10y the rain. Or. Hail will serd
,s once a half dozen of the badges with
..s ,omphments OF the Confederate Vet
[ Association. The fact that Pres
1. gnl VI kinney wore a Confederate badge
,1' nus say in Macon has been favor
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