The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NRws-oF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

tacles-Numerous Converts at thu
Religious Revivals-A Will to b
Probated After Forty-Two Years
GEORGIA.
Waycross has been put in clearly con
dition.
Crawford is next to the highest point or
the Georgia railroad.
Work on the new barrel factory at Can
ton win begin this week.
The outlook for fall trade at Greensboro
is good. Fair crops will be made
William Harden of Qutmaa has had a
rat trap of his invention patented.
R. L. Gamble is the democratic nominee
of Jefferson county for the legislature.
Court convenes in Madison on Monday,
and in G eenesb0ro the week following.
Hereafter there will be no county license
on any kind of a show or exhibition in
Brooks
There were twenty-four acceSsions to the
Cokesbury church, in Hart county, in the
recent revival.
A gentleman living near Lexington has
an lS-months-old child that weighs one-third
as much as he.
The Methodists of Canton will probably
make $500 or 81 900 improvements on their
church this fall
Twenty-eight persons were baptized at
Hopewell church, Hall county, by Rev
D. $. McCurry, last Sabbath.
Tire tax rate for Hart county for this
year is assessed at "a cents and 4 mills on
800 worth of property for all purposes.
G. c. Thistlewood of Montezuma declines
to run for the office Of tax receiver, because
lie has no time to make personal canvass.
Dawson county democrats will meet in
Jacksonville next Tuesday TO select candi-
dates for representatives and county Of
ficers.
Dr. NJ. A. Baldwin announces himself
squarely in the race FOR senator from the
eleventh district, against Capt. N. {. Ed
wards
For several days revival has been going
on at Prospect church, about seven miles
from Athens. Over 100 new converts have
been added.
The democrats of Ehingham county will
hold convention on next Tuesday Co non-
mate candidate to represent that county
III the next legislature.
The meeting at the Baptist church at
Hartwell closed last Weines Law morning.
The church has been greatly revived aud
the membership increased twenty-five.
W. S. Langford, the new general freight
agent of the White Star Steamboat Com
pany, is said TO be the youngest man in the
United States holding a similar position.
A srn>.l negro called out at the postofflce
window at Waycross the otter day: Give
me 10 cents worth of sugar" and seemed
disappointed when told the article was not
in stock.
Near Blakely, last Sunday, T. D. Edgar
ton killed Reuben Lewis (coloredD. Edgar
ton claims that he killed Lewis while the
latter was advancing TO attack him to re-
sist arrest
A negro man created considerable amuse-
ment at Greensboro on Saturday last by
riding through town on a monster OK The
animal was bridled and saddled, and moved
through the city at q rapid pace.
]. P. Echols of Bolton has pair of spec
tacles that have b,,en in constant use in his
family for over twenty-five years. They
are rough and crude looking, tee frames are
heavy and the glasses small and thick.
Montszuma Record: Mr.. II. H Story
brings us stalk of curious cotton. The
bolls are perfect and opeu showing nothing
but the naked blackseed aud not a particle
of lint on any OF them. In fact it Is lint
less cotton.
Among those who subscribed to the fund
being raised by the committee from the Y.
NJ. E. G. at Rome was the Chinese laundry
man. J. H. Allen secured the subscription
from him. ashee-Washee" put down 81
in Chinese characters
DR.. Kendrick Of Crawfordville says that
there was quantity of fodder at his iather's
at the time OF his death that was made by
slaves during the first year of the war.
about twenty-seven wears ago He says it
looks as bright as this years fodder.
ri once existed on the place near
Lex. 4 now owned by Hamilton Nc
VIII md somewhere near where that
gent.t now has his fish pond. A thun-
ha haa
the vicinity. Forty years ago it was widely
known
Councilman j. d. Waddell of Thomson is
the proud owner Of a remarkable duck.
Early III the spring she matured her plans
and commenced OPP rations for the season.
and up to the middle of July she laid 100
eggs, besides attending to all other domestic
duties.
The tax digest of Clarke county shows n
total poll Of !, l42 whites and /, lilo colored.
But this does not include thirty six white
and ninety-flvs colored defaulters, who have
failed to return their poll tax. Counting
the defaulters, we have for the county poll
l, ITS whites and !, 1875 colored.
Some of the merchants of Buena Vista
have been circulating a petition for sigma
lures, asking the railroad commission TO
regulate the passenger and freight rates on
the Savannah and Western road. They
want through rhUes OF Irelgnt ana passenger
rates reduced to three cents a mile.
While workIpen In Dalton were excavat-
ing pool for the reserve supply of water
for the city tank the sharp edges of the
picks were blunted by striking against a
hard substance. An investigation followed
and it was discovered that underneath was
an exhaustless supply of finely-grained
marble.
A young girl who has been at Albany a
short tune, coming from a neighboring city.
and leading life of shame. made the third
attempt upon her life Thursday night. by
taking dose of morphine. She sent note
to her lover bidding him adieu, and then
took the dose. He went post haste after tE-N
doctors, and they saved her life.
Greene county has not been carried by
the democrats in national election since
the war; that is, since there was Repub
lican party in Georgia. The reasons for
this have been several but the biggest was
that they never half tried. The democracy
always lacked organization and vigor. This
year, however, they will whooD her up ali
along the line and try to break the record
Street Commissioner John ID. Moss OF
Athens has returned from Lithonia, where
he has been to investigate the report that
the rock quarry at that place, belonging 10
the city, was being worked Mr.. Moss
found that the quarry had been opened bv
two men--Wiggins and Kenny, but no rocl,
had been moved. The city attorney will