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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. The News of the Two States Told in Paragraphs. A New Manufacturing Establishment for Talbotton-A Failure at Griffin. State Convention of the Catholic Knights of America-A Rome Bank Reduces Its Capital Stock One-half. GEORGIA. The new postoffice at Barrington will soon be estatlished. O.S. Davis has been appointed postmaster at Sapelo, McIntosh county. It is reported that Miss Florence Leonard. of Arlington. has sold the patent on her traveling case for $40,000. The Catholic Knights of America of Georgia. will hold their annual state convention at Macon, beginning to-morrow. An effort is being made to secure a post office at the place of Joe Womack, 10 miles from Blakely, on the Fort Gaines road. The body of John Anderson, of Rome, who was drowned in the Coosa river a few days ago, was found at Cedar Bluff Thursday. The city of Sandersville has been temporarily enjoined from subscribing money for the construction of a railroad from that point to Tennille. Adolphus is the name of a new postoffice established at West Fricks. in F ranklin county The office is to be supplied by the Toccoa and Henry route. Mr. Frick is postmaster. G. W. Edwards has exchanged his place on the corner of Sage and Currahee streets at Toccoa with E. P. Simpson for the Toccoa hotel property on Doyle street. Mr. Edwards intends building a residence where the old hotel stands. Among the many "oldest inhabitants" of Sumter county is Nathan Veal. who tills the soil on his little farm some ten or twelve miles east of Americus. Thursday he celebrated his 91st birthday by working in his cornfield from daylight until sundown. Miss Sallie Brooks. who is principal of the Griffin school in Spalding county, swallowed a pin some few days ago, which caught in the upper portion of her throat. : he is at present in Sandersville under the treatment of Dr. Rawlings. Her condition is reported critical. J. A. Sain and Peter Herman, a capitalist from Tell City, Ind., propose to manufacture at Talbotton. hames, plow stocks. buggy and wagon material and other articles in this line. Ample money is in hand, and the buildings, etc. will cost about $7,000. Fifteen or twenty workmen will be required. On last Monday night at 8 o'clock William B Pierce, of Hampton, in Henry county, died of heart disease. Mr. Pierce had just returned home from Atlanta and was sitting in his chair resting. when. without a word or symptom of any struggle, he calmly sank in his seat and expired. Mr. Pierce was 57 years old Several days ago the store of B. Pearlman & Morris, dealers in dry goodsand notions, at Americus. was closed. pending a settlement of the affairs of one of the partners. Henry Morris deceased. Thursday the matter was left to arbitration, and terms agreeable to all concerned were entered into. Later in the day the doors were again opened and business resumed. There was a meeting of the stockholders of the Merchants National Bank of Rome a day or two ago. It was in conformity with an advertisement for reducing the capital stock, and that action was taken. The capital stock was reduced from $200.000 to $100,000. Since the bank went into business in 1887 it has earned between $85,000 and $90,000 in profits and has paid out $60.000 in dividends. The report shows a capital of $100,000 and surplus of at out $30,000. During the year 1893 there was shipped from Darien. in round numbers. 74,000,000 superficial feet of pitch pine timber, lumber. etc. Of this amount 33,000,00 feet was shipped to foreign ports, the balance going coastwise. It required 185 vessels, with a total tonnage of 97 300. to export this timber. The value of the timber shipped last year is estimated at $1.200.000. There was more timber shipped during the year 1893 than there was in 1892. Over 100.000,000 feet of timber and lumber came into the port of Darien during the past year. H. C. Burr has been appointed temporary receiver for E. J. Flemister & Bros., of Griffin, dealers in dry goods, groceries and clothing. The first claims on the busin SS are those of the City National Bank for $1,900; Daniel Miller & Co., of Baltimore, $4,100; Mrs. E. J. Flemister for $2,800. and H. C. Burr indorser for $400. The total liabilities are placed at $20,000. The work of taking stock was begun last night. and the sto k and accounts are estimated at $30,00). The application for a permanent receiver will be beard at Zebulon next Tuesday.
