The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATE TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.


DeKalb county's new $4,000 court house
al Decatur will be completed by the first
nj January, after having been in course
of construction for about two years.
In the election for Mayor and council
men lat Dalton Wednesday, Sherry Nc
Auley defeated H. p, Coward for Mayor
bv a vote of asa to 80. B. R. Bowen,
r D. Leonard and ]. NJ. Sanders were
elected aldermen. 1t was one of the live
lest city elections held there in years.
A municipal election for the town of
Fort Gaines was held Wednesday, which
resulted in the election of w. A. McAllis-
rer Mayor; j e. Peterson, r. G. Meal
lister. A. Nj. Wallerstein, s. Sternberg and
S D. Coleman, couneimen, There was no
opposition TO the above named candidates.
cambridge Democrat: The Georgia Leg
islalure has done what it snJuld have done
twenty years ago; 1t has passed an act
taxing dogs. Worthless ours have cost
Georgia millions of dollars and have de-
TERED the progress of the state in an in
dustry which should be a great source of
wealth to her.
At Tate, six miles south of JASPER, on
Wednesday morning, one man, Curry
Beavers, was killed, and Henry Driskelrs
leg was mashed off. They were working al
he Georgia Marble Works when a Pile of
marble fell on them. All the bones in the
body of Curry were broken. Death was
instantaneous. No one saw the marble fall
and no cause is given. Beavers leaves a
wife and child Driskell is a single man.
Banks county went for prohibition by a
vote of more than three 10 one majority
on Monday. The total vote cast in The
county was 595. The vets voted rs and
the dries Az. Little interest was manifest
ed on either side and the election passed
off very quietly. Bellton district went dry
by a vote of to 3, and Poplar Springs
wet by a vote of y to II. These Sere the
two districts most interested, as they
have all the barro1ms.
Israel Goodman, merchant of Atlanta.
was locked I'D in a cell at the police bar
racks Wednesday night on a warrant
charging him with cheating ana swind-
ling The prosecutors are ]. j. & j. E.
Maddox, wholesale srocers, and they
charge that Israel Goodman secured goods
from them on consignment and then left
the city suddenly without paying scr the
goods or returning the same. Goodman
says he is a victim of some awful mis-
AXE and that he intended to do nothing
but what was honest.
For the second time in less than three
weeks the Lanett Cotton Mills at West
first time was on the night of Nov. Is,
when about forty bales of waste cotton
burned up. The second fire occurred
about 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when
a second lot of cotton was burned The
fire originated from spark from pass
ing freight engine falling on top of some
cotton standing on a platform. The fire
spread rapidly. The loss was about $1,000
and is covered by insurance.
Congressman Charles L. Bartlett was
down town at his Office in Macon Wednes-
day for the first time in several weeks.
h3yng suffered during that time from
very severe sprain of hls ankle, caused
by stepping into a hole in the sidewalk
Fear eX-COngressman James II. Blounts
residence on Tattnall Square. Judge Bart
lett says his sprain is worse than break
would have been. but DR.. Hall says ne
links If is doing as well as could be ex-
pc ted. Asked when he thought he would
20, to Washington, Judge Bartlett said:
Il will be here Monday in spite of orsta-
e-es l must vote On that financial bill
The decomposed body found in the
sWamps near Yellow Water creek is be-
lieyed to be the body of Mr. Hezekiah My
ers, weil-known jeweler, who for num-
Der of years was citizen of Atlanta but
for several months mas been living in
4 Butts county at the home of a farmer
named Lewis. The remains have been
identified by members of the Lewis family
VINO knew Mr.. Myers well, and there is
niue doubt now but that Myers was bru-
/ ,ahy murdered for the money he had on
/ ms person and the body was dragged into
! keeping.
George Bankston, who is well known be-
caus7 of his connection with the famous
Fendley confession case having been i'm
pleated by Pendey in his confession. is
now an inmate of the DeKalb county jail
ne was indie ed by the grand jury of that
eounly last Tuesday and is being held for
I4ai IN January. Bankst n is cha'g ed with
hlshWay robbery. The crime is alleged 10
nave been committed about ten DAYS ago.
He reported victim of Bankston being a
nan named Nesbit, who is well known in
Dehalb county. The case has attracted
considerable attention because of the con-
ion of Bankst-n with he Pen1ley con-
,5sslan. 1t will be remembered that Pend
sy was in The DeKalb county chain gang
d, me time he confessed to the alleged
MURDER Of Patrolman Ponder, of the At
lanta police force
FLORIDA.
T. e. Garner of Jacksonville has been
''oseh president of the Board of Trade of
tldt pittr