The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-06
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

GEORGIA.
At Blakely there was consummated on
Friday a land sale involving about 25,0OO
acres of land and something over 100000
in cash. The land is situated in Early,
Miller and Decatur counties and is wen
timbered. II was sold by G.. w. Roe and
the Bray & Choate Land Company of Osh-
kosh, Wis, to club Of purchasers.
The first building of the Columbus Street
fair will go up in a few days. 1t win be
a structure in the middle of Broad street,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
Between now and fair time farmers going
10 the city will be given the benefits of
the building as a sort of headquarters,
and the structure win thus serve TO adj
vertise the fair.
NJ. Y. Darnell, sheriff Of HARRISON coun-
ty, was run over Saturday night and
killed by engine No. 49, Southern Railroad,
at Moskldine, Ala. Darnell had been he
yond Tallapoosa searching for a negro,
and, failing 10 capture him. was return
ing. The engine was running at about
twelve miles per hour, and as no headlight
was on the rear end. Darnell, being slight
~ deaf, did not know that train was
approaching. His wagon was struck and
broken to pieces, and he was killed
Amanda Bartlett filed a suit in the Ma
con City Court Saturday afternoon, against
Tracy Baxter, for 5000 damages. In the
petition for damages she says she was an
occupant of a house owned by Mr.. BaX-
ter. She claims that the porch of the
house was in a rotten condition and was
dangerous. That she requested Mr.. Bax-
ter to fix 1t several times but he refused
to do so and that finally she fell through
she porch and was injured and wants IS 600
damages. She claims that she has been
unable 10 work since the accident.
The Dunlap Hardware Company, of Ma
con, has laid before the Chamber of Com
merce complaint that the Central Rail
road has refused to receive a shipment
of goods from the Dunlap company for
merchants at Zenith, Ga, on the Atlanta
and Florida division of the Southern Rail-
way, because the Southern would not re-
ceive the goods at Fort Valley 1t is al
legged that the Southern wanted the goods
hauled via Atlanta, which is much long
er route than via Fort Valley. The mat
ter will be looked into at the next meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce.
An appeal has been filed with Ordinary
Wiley in Macon, by the contestants OF
the Ransone will. The case will be car
ried to the Superior Court and win come
up for hearing at the November term
The appeal states that the contestants are
not satisfied with the verdict and wants
the judge of the court TO render decis-
aon. Mrs. Taylor 10 whom the property
was awarded now has possession, having
been named as executriX by Ordinary
Wiley. The contestants are determined
10 fight the case to the end and 1t is PROB
able that it will be several years before
it has finally been disposed of.
The state military advisory board will
soon be called together at the state CAPT
tol to consider the applications which have
been filed in the adjutant generals office
by thirty municipalities of the state where
military organization is desirable Since
the lynchngs In the state and the Darier
threatened riot nearly every town ant
city where there was not a military or.
genizaton has filed application for q com.
pany of state militia. These application,
must be passed upon by the state military
advisory board, and they will be the prin,
cipal features of the work of the boart
when the members get together No date
has yet been set for the meeting of tho
board but 1t was announced several day:
ago that ii would probably meet wlthir
the month of September.
The residence OF Mrs r. II. Turner a
Milledgeville was struck by lightning Sat
urday night The household. nine in mum
Der, had just sat down to the evenins
meal when the shock came. The bolt en-.
tered the roof, tearing the weatherboard.
ang from the south side, and, dividing
there, one bolt passed out of the wes
window, shattering that portion of the
building and leaving nothing but tn,
lathes for a space of twenty feet OF
more. The other bolt passed down to tht
first story, hurting the framing of tho
dining room window upon the middle o
the table, looseuing the plastering abov,
and crashing the dishes on the able
thence down the water pipe to the main
where the pipe was bursted. Every ligh
IN the house but one was put out n,
one was hurt The damage will amoun
to several hundred dollars
J. A. Graham, formerly sheriff and Su
perior Court clerk of Wilcox county, bu
for the past ten years known as the her
nit Of Wilcox was found dead In a hu
near the turpentine farm OF Thomas Gal
loway Saturday morning Graham wa.
once a prominent and influential citizer
OF Wilcox county, and commanded the re
spect and esteem of all who knew him
even up to the hour of his pathetic death
Some ten years ago Graham became Gnan
cially embarrassed, having failed in The
timber business. His keen sense Of pride
caused him 10 turn away from the busy
haunts OF men and seek retirement from
the gaze or his fellow creatures. He took
up MS abode In the swamp of the Oc
Hlulsee riNer IN the northeastern par
OF me county and pursued the vocation
h OF lone fisherman. Time andl again his
~ IeiatlVes and friends tried to prevail upor
"i'h 70 abandon his life Of seclusion, and