The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Prosperous Condition of the Bank
Of Thomasviile-The Piedmont Driv
ing Park Association of Atlanta in
Crippled Conditional Fight at the
Lithonia Granite Quarries.
GEORGIA
The oil mill at Dawson is being enlarged.
Houston county probably has $3.50
voters.
The crop outlook in Washington county
is promising.
A. J. Simmons of Guyton is candidate
for the legislature.
Macon wants the Central railroad to give
round trip excursions to Tybee for 81 80.
1t is rumored that q syndicate contem-
plates the erection of q So, 900 hotel at Car
tersville.
Four men met in Bailey Tuesday who
weighed altogether l,0l7h pounds. Three
of those men live in Baxley and one in the
lower part Of the county.
James URN last week sold his place. just
out of Gainesville, TO a company of citi-
zens, at $50 ger acre, about double the
price he paid for 1t some three years ego.
w D. Griffith took stock at the Athens
paper mills Tuesday and finds that the CON-
pany will be able to declare a dividend.
He is making good paper and selling readily
at paying figures,
Tom Allen of Americas, who for nearly
year past has been filling the position of
chief clerk at Mescalero Indian agency in
New Mexico. has resigned his place there
and will be home early next week.
On Thursday night of last week, Wilson
g. Atkinson's blacksmith and woodshops at
Harlem were entirely consumed by fire.
1t was discovered at II o'clock when too
1ata tn sava ANYTHING Tho loao
is estimated at s400.
Athens is at present over-croppcd with
watermelons, and they can be bought for
little or nothing The farmers will almost
give them away to get rid Of them. A
melon that three weeks ago sold for IS cents
now goes at 5 cents, with dub sale at that
The city council of Townsville has pur-
chased the wind mill belonging to the estate
of the late James II. Dyches of Hawkins
vile, and will place the same at the
artesian we'll near the Methodist church
20 be used in pumping water from the well.
j. L. Hand of Pelham will enlarge his
store by the addition OF forty feet and an
other store. This will give him over TO- 900
square feet of floor space making it one of
the largest business houses in South Geor-
gia. His new residence will be ready for
occupancy by Oct. l.
The Piedmont driving park association
OF Atlanta is said to be in a crippled con-
dition financially. and that unless the city
comes up and purchases the grounds for
$43, 900, she stands good to lose the $4,000
which was appropriated and put into the
buildings when the grounds were purchased
and the buildings erected on them.
Nominations were made in Warren county
Thursday by primary for senator for the
Nlneteeneh senatorial district according to
the rotation system; also for the house of
representatives. So far as heard from,
T. E. Massengale cf Norwood will be nomi-
mated for the senate. The vote is close be-
tween Hall and Veasey for representative.
Taliaferro county's democracy held a
mass meeting at Crawfordvllle Wednesday.
Delegates were appointed to the gubernato-
rial and senatorial convention. Capt s J.
Flynt was nominated for the legislature
without opposition He has repre- anted
this county two terms since the war and
will no doubt be elected without opposition.
Augustus first bale of new cotton for this
season was received Thursday by Cranston
& Alexander from J. n Mercer & Co
OF Dawson, Ga. 1t was classed as middling,
and sold to Alexander e. Cargill at 10 cents.
and shipped by them to Hubbard, Price g.
Co. Of New York. 1t is the earliest new
cotton ever received in Augusta by at least
eight or ten days.
A. Harmon, says the Lincolnton NeUs, is
authority for the saving that in the north
chimney of the Perryman house, lately
burned, there was placed at the time of its
erection, in one corner of the chimney
quart of fine whisky. This was some sixty
years ago. Each brick of the cid chimney
will be taken down separately and singly
until the bottle is reached
On Monday the first bricks will be laid
for the 2-story brick building for the Lewis
normal school, on New street, Macon. This
will be built with the Sl2, 900 donated by
DIR. Stephen Ballard of New York On the
other side of the street will be erected at
once residence to be used as a boarding
house for pupils from distance. THIS will
be built with s., 900 donated by a northern
lady.
A fight occurred Friday among the ne
groes employed at the Lithonia granite
quarries, and one of the number was laid
out for dead. He was acting as boss over a
squad OF workmen, and gave one of the ne
groes some directions with reference to the
work, when the latter became enraged and
struck the boss ON the head with a heavy
stone. Telling him to the ground. A general
row then ensued, and it is reported That sew
eral other negroes were seriously wounded
The Bank Of Townsville was organized
Jan. 2 of this year. June 80 it issued the
following statement, which bespeaks pros
P-iOuo Ou~lnOSss IetoOuTCtc. LDduS anu
discounts, sl55, 496 10; due from banks, SlO,-
007 10; over drafts, 1854 90; real estate,
5000; bonds, $4,000; expenses, salaries,
ETC., 81, 500 Is; cash, 500, $50 or total, 1927,
47 20. Liabilities: Capital stock, Sl00, 600 {;
undivided profits, $4,000 IS; due banks,
81 ,OO1 80; due depositors, S1l2,636 46; total,
$227, 247 20.
There is wild hog in Houston county
supposed to be four years old and to weigh
400 pounds. An effort was made to kill
him last Friday. J. T. Leary and A. B.
Irby were the huntsmen, and they were
assisted by two negroes and three doys
The dogs closed lii on the hog, and one of
them was severely gashed by his tusks.
The animal was shot by one Of the hunts
men. The hog was chased about two miles,
shot In the forehead with twelve buckshot
at point blank" range, and finally capped
r. z. McAfee of Smithville is one of the
enterprising citizens of that place who have
struck it rich on lie Conte pears this sum
mer. After the last severe freeze in the
spring the belief was general that the pear
crop was killed, or else was so badly in
jured as to amount TO almost nothing. Mr.
McAfee had his doubts about this, and SO
bought from a neighbor the entire field
from his orchard of 800 trees for the nomi-
nal sum of S25. AS the season advanced il
was seen that the yield would be nearly an
average one, and Mr.. McAfee has already
sold from the orchard nearly 81 900 worth
Of fruit, and is not yet through gathering.