The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-14
NEWS OF ATLANTA
ENGINEER ODOM DIED AT HIS
POST OF DUTY.
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME
WAS HIS TRAIN MOVED BY A
SWITCHMAN.

Former Governor Gambler Expects
to Publish Colonial Records He
fore the Next Session of the LeEis-
Iature-SOme Concern Over Fall
ure to Notify the Sheriff of a Com
Lemned Mans Respite School
Books May BE Published at At
lanta.
Atlanta, Nov. 1S.-Daniel A. Odom,
an engineer on the Central Railroad,
died suddenly while at his throttle,
train was approaching.
His engine had stopped for the pur-
pose of making a coupling in the
freight yards and on the main line,
but the signal to move ahead was
not regarded. Switchman Harper ran
10 the engine, and thinking Odom
had gone to sleep, moved the train
himself Just few minutes before the
passenger train went by. 1t was not
until after this had been done that
he discovered Odom was dead, proba-
bly, from heart failure.
Engineer Odom is survived by his
wife and two sons.
Colonial Records Soon to Appear.
Former Governor Allen D. Gambler,
who is compiling Georgia's historical
records, has just received from Lon
don, copies of several volumes relating
to Georgia's colonial period from 1882
TO 1852 Others are now being copied
and when they come he will be ready
10 publish practically all of the volumes
relating to the colonial period. He eX-
poets to have them in print before
the session of the next General AS
sembly.
Looked Like n Hanging.
Failure to notify the sheriff that an
appeal to the Supreme Court had been
taken and acted as a supersedeas, in
the case of John Harris, sentenced
to be hanged for the murder Of Po-
liceman Drasbach, almost caused Sec
rotary c. NJ. Hitch, of the Executive
Department, to have heart failure this
morning. Harris was to have been
executed to-day. The sheriff under
stood the situation, but wanted to get
the official notice. The way he went
about it made Mr.. Hitch think the
execution was on the point of taking
place.
RequisitiOn for Duy HOnOred.
Gov. Terrell to-day acted favorably
on the requisition from the Governor
of Louisiana for George Duy who is
wanted in New Orleans on charges of
cheating and swindling. Duy is charg-
ed with having passed several worth
less checks. He is an old hotel man
1r.,.l.v II ,1rfw~ IAa1e
at Columbus. He was taken back to
New Orleans this afternoon.
hid to Publish school Books.
II. B. Cabaniss, president of the
Southern Book Publishing Company,
accompanied by Mayor Howell, ]. w.
English, j K. Orr, R. F.. Maddox,
d. f. Luther, Martin F. Amorous, and
c. p. Byrd to-day called on the Text
Book Commission at the Capitol and
asked that the Southern Book Publish
ing Company be recognized as the Of
fetal publishers of Southern school
books, provided their books were up to
the standard. These gentlemen, as an
evidence of good faith, offered to give
bond, provided that a sufficient number
of their books were adopted. This
would mean the erection of a plant
here, the employment of many peo-
pie, and the keeping of money at home
heretofore sent North for books.
Collier Estate Transferred.
The formal transfer of the G. w.
Collier estate, valued at 100000 was
made to-day from Judge ]. N. Bate
man and H. L. Collier to ]. T. Pendle-
ton, who was appointed by Judge Will
kerson as administrator. Judge Bate
man and Mr.. Collier resigned as exec
utors on the estate, and the Ordinary
appointed Mr.. Pendleton administra-
tor. The fight. which led up to the
transfer of the property was one of the
most bitter legal battles ever fought
in Fulton county, and some of the
charges were decidedly sensational.
On an InVestfSatiOn Tour.
The Investigation Committee of the
Georgia Legislature, composed of Hon.
J. H. Hall of Bib, Hon. ]. B. Hayes
OF Macon, Hon. p. M. Mulheri of
richmond, Senator Comas of Appling
and Senator Duncan of Terrell. are in
Milledgeville this week, investigating
the accounts of the State Sanitarium
and the Georgia Normal and Industrial
School. The committee, which met at
Macon recently, has employed two ex-
pert accountants to do the work of
looking over the books, while the MEM
bers of the committee are making in
quiries about the management of the