The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-10
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
TRADES AND THE RAILROADS
REACH AN AGREEMENT ABOUT sun
DAY SWITCHING.

After Having Made Cases Against
the Railroads in the Police COurs
the Federation of Trades Reached
an Agreement out of COurt-Dur-
ing Certain Hours on sunday There
VIII Be No Switching in the Yards.
Atlanta, Dec 9.-After having made
cases in Police Court. with a view to
preventing the switching of cars and
handling of freight by the railroads on
Sunday the Federation of Trades to-
day reached an agreement with the
railroads on the subject outside of the
courts. 1t is provided that there shall
be no handling of freight cars within
the city limits on Sunday between the
hours of 10 a. m. and p. m. and be-
tween the hours of 6 and p. M,
the men affected to receive pay for
full days work
1t is stated that there will be no
more prosecutions for Sunday switch
ing
Recorder Assessed AIimony.
Recorder Broyles made a new record
III lilt LACCOlQci N>OQIL lO-udY WuGll
he granted $500 alimony to the wife OF
Ben L. Littlefeld and made Littlefeld
pay the whole amount at once. Lit
tlefield and his wife came here from
Spartanburg, S. c. Use of liquor was
followed by abuse and cruel treatment
of his wife. When she told her story
to the Recorder, and it was found that
Littleheld still had left in bank about
$500 of the $1,500 which they received
from the sale of their home in Spar
tanburg, the Recorder made Littlefield
give his wife 5000 under penalty of go
ing to the stockade. She got the
money at once and Littlefield promised
to let her alone.
T1O,00u for an Ear.
Clinton r. Walker to-day filed suit
in the City Court for $4,000 damages
against James +. Hickey proprietor
of the Kimball House, because his ear
was bitten off by d. p. Mahoney at
that time a guest of the hotel. Walker
says he heard a loud noise of persons
fighting and went in search of the
house detective. AS he passed Ma
honey's room he says he saw him beat
ing his wife. Mahoney insisted on
Walkers taking a drink words and a
fight following, in which Walker lost
his ear. He now wants the hotel to
pay for it.
Her Husband is EnjOined.
Mrs. DR.. Rosa Monnish to-day Sc
cured temporary injunction to pre-
vent her husband, Dr. w. A. Monnish,
from selling the property at Peachtree
street and Forest avenue, on which
their sanitarium is located She claims
her money paid for it, though the til
tie is in her husbands name. Inter-
est in the case grows out of the fact
that residents of that section fought
TOR long time the effort of the Mon
nishes to build there, this being one of
the citys most fashiona BILE residence
sections. The Monnishes finally won in
the courts. and efforts have been made
ever since to buy them out.
Will Compete With state Road.
Secretary of state Phil Cook to-day
granted an amendment to the charter
of the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern
Railroad. under which it is permitted
to build a line from Marietta, in Cobb
countyse.to a connection with it's line
from Wetmore. Tenn. into Carriers
vile. This road again practically par
allels the Western and Atlantic road,
the states property. The Louisville
and Nashville, which owns the Atlanta,
Knoxville and Northern. and which
will soon be extended into Atlanta, will
then practically be in q position to
compete with the state road between
Atlanta and the most important sta
tons on that line.
AppOrtiOnment of school Fund.
State School Commissioner w. b.
Merriett is preparing the apportion-
ment of the school fund for 1905, which
will amount to more than 81. 723, 900, or
100000 more than ever before. as the
result of the increased appropriation
made by the last Legislature. This
does not include the convict hire I'M
der the new convict law. which is dis
tributed directly to those counties
which do not receive convicts from
the state.
Look Out for Potter.
The Davidboro Bank has wired the
police here to look out for M. S. Pot
ter, formerly cashier. who on Nov. is,
absconded, it is alleged, with $4,000 of
the banks money. A reward of $500
is offered by the bank.
$1,000 License to Sell Wines.
The Ordinary of Walton county, un-
der the act passed at the last session
of the Legislature, has fixed the license
fee on the sale of domestic wines in
that county at $1,000, which is prohib-
itory.
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