The morning news., 1899-05-19
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GEORGIA.

Ar meeting of the officers, executive
/ oop,rittee and advisory board of the In
| ,srnatioual Association of Ticket Agents,
| IN Chicago, it was practically decided 10
| h,11 tbe next annual convention at At
| ,'n1a Ga. The date will be decided later.
The Russian bark Soumi which put back
- norr at Brunswick, leaking, several
/ avs ago has been thoroughly overhauled
4 IA nronounced all right by the surveyors.
n shs has reloaded her cargo of 1322 barrels
4 af rosin and will now proceed on her Voy-
age,
Il Another story is now being added to the
4 ,ragon Hotel, in Atlanta, and within the
revt ninety days, instead of the magnifi-
II srt six-story building that now stands
H nj t7a corner Of Peachtree and Ellis streets
,bere will loom up towards the heavens
seven-story structure
The new Masonic Temple at Athens was
formally dedicated Tuesday night with i'm
roS-ng ceremonies in the presence of quite
a large audience. There were present
large number of enthusiastic MasonS, good
delegations of Odd Fellows, Knights of
pytbias. and Red Men, and number OF
the wives and widows of Masons. The
large hall was packed TO overhowing.
Al the regular monthly meeting of the
BOARD of Education of the Dawson Public
Schools Monday Prof. ]. R. Hankins,
4 formerly superintendent of the Public
Schools of Ozark, Ala, was elected super
h intendent of the Dawson schools for the
coming term. Prof Hankins taught at
Dawson several years ago, and his ability
as a teacher is well appreciated by the
people there.
brunswick Times: Rev. Archimandrite
\ Raphael, the Greek Catholic priest. who
. arrived here Wednesday night yesterday
baptized the two children, aged l5 ana
months of George Lyons, and the months
old baby of Pete Devaris. This is the nrsC
H ceremony of the kind that has ever been
performed here by a Greek Catholic priest
and was quite interesting A numoer Oh
spectators were present, and were very
much Impressed with 1T.
7 NJ. Little, who lives in Stewart coun-
nv. Georgia, was, on Wednesday, appoint
ed second lieutenant in the regular army,
the same place to which young Bullock,
X son of ex-Gov Bullock, was appointed,
falling TO pass The appointment was Sc
&cured by Congressman w. c. Adamson.
MIR. Little is one of the most prominent
land popular young men in the state, and
Ison of the late J. F. Little.
Macon will soon be able to talk to Dub
lin over the telephone. The wires between
Macon and Montrose have been erected,
land now private parties are making ar
Hrangements for the building of the last
Link to the city on the Oconee. 1t is also
proposed to connect with this line at DAN
s VILE, and SO give connection with East
man and Hawkinsville The building of
4 this line which is now assured, will be of
3 considerable interest and value to the bus
a mess men of Macon, who have consld-
erab.e interest down that way.
Marietta Journal: Mr.. A. D. Clark, who
has magnetic instrument that detects
minerals, gold, copper, etc, in the ground,
was out the other day at Winnings with
n Col c. D. Phillips, prospecting. His mag
n netc instrument" detected a huge four
j foot coach whip snake, which Mr.. Clark
4 was standing on, as il was coiled near
log. Col. Phillips yelled to him of his
imminent danger, and Mr.. Clark could
4 feel the cold chills run over him as he saw
the snake squirm and uncoil itself to be-
gin business There was a hurrylng away
in good time
A special to the Morning News from
Lumpkin says: Mr.. D. e. Ponder of Rich
land and buried Tuesday. He was one of
Stewart cOunty's most substantial citi-
zens. He died of heart trouble. Mr.. W.
n l.. solomon, one of Lumpkin's energetc
n citizens, young man ia the prime of life,
was buried Sunday. He died of bronchi-
us.-Rain is badly needed. The gardens
are burning up, and spring oats ruined.
corn and cotton crops are not hurt.-It is
believed that the parties who burned up
the cribs and contents of Mr.. G. P. Over
Dy about ten days ago have been located,
ana VIII be arrested.-The wheat crop is
"e'hg harvested. 1t is very good yield.
Harry Slverman, cigar and tobacco
dealer, was arraigned in the Police Court
IN Atlanta for keeping his. store, at the
corner of Peachtree and Decatur streets.
open on Sunday. He pleaded not guilty
ana showed that he only sold tobacco and
cigars, and that no other goods in his
store were exposed for sale. The officers
stated that while ne may not have sold
OF offered for sale any goods except ci-
cars and tobacco, he had pipes, cigar hold
ets etc, in the store covered up with
paper. The Recorder held that Silver
man had violated the spirit of the law and
entered fine of S50.75 Silverman gave
notice that he would certlorari the case
AS the case will find its way 10 the Su-
pfene Court, the outcome will be watched
by the retail dealers with no little inter-
est
The case of John w. Lindsay, who is
under rule for contempt of court on
leuuon brought by the County Commis-
Sl'ners Of Wilkerson county. alleging that
ne collected an exorbitant fee in suit
l'' The collection of back railroad taxes
"'S argued before Judge Speer in the Unit
"a .. ates Court Wednesday morning. In
'4lI"sion, after the argument had been
""tshed, Judge Speer created somewhat of
surprise by stating that he was unde-
"e' as 10 the right of Mr. Lindsay for
"' Time except for the year 1895. while
mao really collected taxes from 1891
''' This would appear TO be somewhat
victory for the county OF Wilkinson,
'Als is the exact point for which they
1--we oeen contending. Judge Speer wish
70 near further argument in the case.
r mas requested the lawyers TO argue
1se further, and set saturday, June
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