The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-08
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS of THE TWO STATES TOLD
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GEORGIA.

Naccns City Council is investigating
chsFg.s against City Physician Ferguson.
xlko ,ia., ia to have bought cigars and
had tAas2 charged to charity DR.. Fergu-
son is alleged TO have sent prescriptions
to drug stores for cigars for his own use.
Prof. gylvanus Morris of the Univer-
sity Law School, was presented with
handsome watch the presentation being
made by Ben Gaillard, a member of the
class Prof. Morris responded. expressing
his deep appreciation Of the handsome
The jury in the damage suit of the heirs
of the late DR.. r. E. Griggs against the
city of Columbus brought in a verdict
for g 500 Tuesday afternoon. DR.. GriSss
drove INTO a railroad cut in the street one
night, ar1i it is claimed that he was seri
cnrsly in: bred. A new trial will be asked
for.
-Wednesaay the Jackson Institute build
ing was sid by the receivers of the Jack
son Institute Company TO the City Coun-
ell for tft.I0O. This building was built
by stock company in 1887 and at present
is worth ebout 5000, and will now be put
In drst-cmss shape for q public school
building by the opening of the fall ses-
sion. 1t is the intention of the Coun-
eli to eject commodious auditorium,
and thus have good building for pub
Hc school purposes. Several thousand
dollars will be spent on improvements.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce has
appointed a committee of three to see if
Macon cannot get a wheat mill in time
% grind the new crop in that section.
President Smith rendered a report show
ing the advantages such an enterprise
would be not only to the business COM
No. aEs
svt their money into it. The matter of
securing a larger and more commodous
Government building for Macon was also
discussed at a recent meeting of the
s,tismber. and a committee appointed 90
cake up the matter with the senators and
eongressmen from Georgia.
Marietta Journal: In the Henry Bryant
damage suit against the A. X. & N.
Railroad, which he gained the motion for
q new triad was overruled by Judge GoDer
on last Monday. The amount of the
judgment for injuries received is 81, 500,
the result of second trial, each time
gained. Attorneys Morris & Green had
Sheriff Dewberry to levy on two coaches
Of the road on Wednesday morning and
chain them to the track, delaying the
fratps Finally Conductor Bob Black gave
The signal to Engineer Latimer and the
engine pulled out breaking the chain
and carrying the coaches on. 1t is stated
Ehat the conductor and engineer will be
arrested on the return trip. That chain,
eroken, represented the law, says the
attorney.
Rome Tribune: When the Gubernato-
rial Convention meets in Atlanta on the
18th inst. the friends of Mr.. V. r. San
ford will present his name as one of the
Delegates to Kansas city from the
state ,at large. 1t was generally con-
ceded that Nr. w. ]. Neel would be
selected as one of the delegates from this
district. but since MIR. Neeps withdrawal
from the race. one else has shown an
Inclination to enter the field from Floyd
county There are several gentlemen
named in connection with these appoint
nents from other parts of the Seventh
district, but Mr.. Sanford's selection would
Dot interfere with them. The truth is
that the four delegates from the state
atisrge have usually gone 20 other parts
OF the state by reason of the fact that
the Seventh district has not, for years,
offered an applicant for one OF these
places.