The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-13
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
GLOVER KEEPS HIS PLACE.
SUPERIOR COURT SUSTAINED MS
DEMURRER

l
Glover From the Position of COun-
ty Treasurer, to which He Was
Elected in octOber-Plea Was That
Glover Already Held One Public
Omce-COurt OverruIed This Be-
cause Such Offices May Properly
BE Consolidated.
Atlanta, Nov. 12.-Judge Lumpkin in
the Superior Court here to-day sus-
! tanned the demurrer in the mandamus
case of ]. Gid. Morris of Marietta VS..
j. b. Glover and others, by which Nor
ris sought to GUST Glover from the Of
flee of treasurer of Cobb county, to
which he was elected in the general
election of Oct. 5. This disnisses the
petition for mandamus and an appeal
will be taken to the Supreme Court.
One of the main grounds of the suit
was the illegality of holding two coun-
ty offices, Glover being both treasurer
and clerk of the Superior Court. Judge
Lumpkin held that the Supreme Court
had already passed on this question,
| declaring legal acts consolidating the
| offices of county treasurer and clerk.
The case grew out of one of the Bit
terest political fights waged in Georgia
in many years. and was brought to
this county because Judge George F.
Gober of Cobb Superior Court was dis
qualified to try the suit. Judge Gober
was related to some of the petitioners.
The election was bitter from start to
fnish and was made more so on ac-
count of the heated race between Judge
| Gober and Newt. A. Morris for the
| judgeship of the county.
Proclamation.
Gov. Terrell to-day issued his an
nual Thanksgiving Day proclamation,
designating Thursday, Nov. "a, as a
| day of thanksgiving and praise Boun-
tiful yield of fruit and cotton, well
| filled granaries, the absence of clashes
! between capital and labor and freedom
| from pestilence and famine are given
| as reasons why all Georgia should be
thankful.
The Governor does not refer to the
recent election in any way. Thanks
giving Day proclamations. the Gov
| ernor says, are not political docu-
ments.
For Inspection of Troops.
The annual general orders for the in
! spection of state troops were issued
| by Adjt. Gen. Harris TODAY.
Col. w. G. Obear is directed to pro-
| coed with the inspection of all military
schools and all state militia companies
| for the year 1905. The inspector gem
eral will inspect the military schools
between now and the first of the year,
and will not begin the inspection of
| the regularly organized companies I'M
| til Jan. 2. He will then be accom-
panied, as usual, by a regular United
! States army officer.
The general order gives the details
| relating to the coming inspection.
| Among other features it asserts that
troops holding themselves in readiness
to receive orders will not be entitled to
pay for services unless duty is actu-
ally performed.
Chatham County Decisions.
The Supreme Court to-day handed
down the following Chatham county
| decisions:
Insurance Company of North
America VS.. Leader, before Judge Nor
wood, reversed.
Fox VS.. Armour, before Judge Cam,
affirmed.
Neal-Millard Co. VS.. trustees of Chat
ham Academy, before Judge Cam, af-
| firmed.
Insane, He Killed Himself.
AS the result of a deranged mind,
|
! ness, Paul Fortson "a years old, who
came here some time ago from Lin
colnton, killed himself early this morn
ing by jumping through his window
and falling to the ground below,
distance of twenty-five feet.
His neck was broken. Fortson. it is
said did not commit suicide, but his
death is regarded as due to temporary
insanity caused by his illness, one
feature of which was an unquench-
able thirst.
He has been engaged in the drug
business here. His mother arrived to-
night.
saIter "A Suicide.
1t developed to-day that Robert Sal
ter, the grocer who committed suicide
late last night, was sent to police
headquarters a few hours before he
killed himself by his family, who ask
ed that he be kept there until he re-
covered his nerves. as he had threat
ened to take his own life. The police
refused to detain him on the ground
that he was neither drunk nor crazy.
Salter then went home and drank
two-ounce bottle of laudanum. A lit
tie later he was dead. He leaves
wife and four children.
WiIIiford Is TO BE Hanged.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
death sentence in the case of Whitley
| Williford, the negro who killed
young white man named Harmon
West, in Mitchell county, and to pro-
tect whom from the hands of a mob
the Governor had to call out bat
talon of troops under Maj. r. L. Wyl-
". AS the date set for execution has
passed he will have TO be resentenced.
There will probably be no more
trouble over the case in Mitchell
county.
Jefferson and Athens Line.
The Jefferson and Athens Railway
Company has been chartered by the
Secretary of State with capital stock
of $4,000. The road will be eighteen
| miles In Iennfh and will run hetWeen