The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-21
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
GARNER HAS DISAPPEARED.
WAS THE sOUTHERN'S FREIGHT
AGENT AT ATLANTA.

II Is Reported That Garner Is on His
way to Europe, and That His
Wife May Institute Divorce Pro-
cee6ingS--She Had Recently Given
Him S3,OOO-Baxter & Co.'s Indebt-
edness in the south Is Said to BE
About 100000.
Atlanta, Feb. 20.-J. H. Garner, I'M
iii a short time ago local freight agent
and cashier OF the Southern Railway,
has mysteTiously disappeared from the
city and is reported to have said in
letters written to Atlanta that he
would never return here. He has been
succeeded by c. l.. Gambler.
Mr. Garner was not short in his ac-
counts, as an inspection of his books
made just after he rendered his resig-
nation proved that they were accurate
and well kept. About the first of the
month his wife went to New York to
visit her sister, and Mr.. Garner, after
visiting ST. Louis and Chicago, was to
ioin her there. Now she is at home,
and he is reported on his way to Eu-
rope in other company. A letter has
been received from him, dated Chicago,
but it's contents are kept secret.
Mr.. Garner several months ago mar
ried Mrs. Barbara C. Dodd, widow of
Philip Dodd. Before leaving the city
he secured from his wife something
over $4,000, which she gave him to go
into an alleged business deal. This
money he is said to have taken with
him.
1t is rumored Mrs. Garner may in
stitute proceedings for divorce.
Threaten to Sue the City.
Citizens have threatened to sue the
city if a proposed deal with the Louis
vile and Nashville and the Georgia
Railroad is allowed to go through the
CITY Council. The proposition is to
give the railroads one-half block of
Washington street and block of Way
erly Place, to be used in connection
with their adjoining property for large
terminals. This property then goes in
the name of the Georgia Railway and
escapes taxation. All the city gets in
return is the right to build a viaduct
across the railroad tracks at such time
in the future as it may deem proper.
owe 100000 in the South.
S. H. Phelan, formerly with Murphy
& Co., has received a-letter from the
ATTORNEYS of A. B. Baxter & Co, at
Pittsburg, Pa, stating that the in
debtedness of the firm would be paid
in full. He states that the total in
debtedness of the concern is about
$500, 000 of which about 100000 is ac-
credited to the Southern. offices, with
headquarters in Atlanta. The stock
holders, Mr.. Phelan says, have decided
to settle all claims.
Boys Leave to See the World.
Tate Wright, the 16-year-old son of
Capt. Robert F. Wright, Assistant
State Commissioner of Agriculture,
and George Wells, the 16-year-old son
disappeared from Atlanta one week
ago last Thursday and have not been
heard from since. Their whereabouts
are unknown, and their parents are
not inclined at present to institute a
search for the young adventures.
Both of the boys were bright and
promising youths, and it is supposed
they ran away because they were I'M
able to hold in check their rising am
billions and desire to, get ahead rapid
ly in the world. Capt. Wright has
frequently heard his son talk on this
line and thinks this is why he has
gone away. Both boys are supposed to
nave gone in the direction of New
York Neither of them had any large
amount of money.
For an Early Primary.
Politicians who have been coming to
Atlanta recently, including many mem
bers of the State Executive Commit
tee, are all talking in favor of an early
primary. The indications point TO a
primary somewhere between May and
10, and the State Convention some
where between June and 10.
cambridge Company on Probation.
Inspector General w. G. Obear, in a
report to Adjt Gen. w. Harris, states
that he has placed Company I, Fourth
Regiment, Infantry, Georgia State
Troops, known as the cambridge In
dependents, at cambridge, Ca, on pro-
baton for failing to come up to the
prescribed standard. Col Obear and
Maj. F. H. French, u. S. A, have been
on tour of inspection during the past
two weeks, and this is the first COM
pany reported below the standard.
Lawyers Going to Warm Springs.
The Executive Committee of the
Georgia Bar Association has selected
Warm Springs as the place for holding
the annual meeting this year, and the
oates will be June 30 and July l and 2
satisfactory arrangements for going to
Cumberland could not be made.