The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


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GEORGIA
Hawkinsville is TO have a big barbecue
on Aug. p.
There is talk of establishing a piano fac
tory at Macon.
DR.. J. B. Hawthorne has accepted the call
of the Second Baptis, church Of Atlanta.
The taxable property of Fulton county
shows an increase Of IS, 900, 600 for the past
year.
A two-room frame house fell down in
Sharon Monday afternoon. Tho negro in
mates escaped uuhurt.
Two acres of cotton, owned by J. ".
Baldwin of Dawson. are expected to yield
three bales to the acre
The confederate veterans Of Meriwether
county held a reunion wednesday. They
were addressed by Gov. Gordon.
There is no truth in the rumor that Rev
E. q. F. Golden, pastor Of the Baptist
church, would resign his position at Bruins
wick to accept a similar one IN Macon.
1t is rurlored that the colored alliance of
Terrell county has placed the price of pick
ing cotton at g. cents per hundred. On the
other hand, the colored people claim that
they have no alliance.
Rev. W. s. Vanlandingham. living near
Toombsboro, pulled from his patch last
Saturday morning four melons that
weighed 2l0 pounds the heaviest weighing
S8 and the smallest 40 pounds.
A man living in Irwinton says he has a
calf 3 or months old that hai qualities SO
much like human that it can taEe a peach
in one of its front feet and hold il secure
enough TO peel it with its teeth, eat 1t and
spit the seed out.
Saturday Mrs Jacob Pearce of Hawkins
vile bought "A hen from chicken trader
The hen was killed for dinner Sunday. and
in the gizzard Of the fowl was found
twenty-seven brass pistol cartridge huls
six buttons and piece Of lead.
The Conyers oil mill has done extremely
well the past season, having paid off about
$500 of old debts, about S2,0O0 Of new
debts and declared "a dividend of 10 per
cent. There are only a few hundred
dollars Of Indebtedness against the mill.
The ten hour law for cotton mills came
up before the committee on labor and labor
statistics at Atlanta Thursday. A number
of prominent manufacturers, representing
nlne-tenths Of the capital employed In cot
ton manufacturing in Georgia, were present
to protest against thu passage Of the bill.
The town council Of Washington met
Tuesday and raised the retail license TO
$500; ordered all screens, billiard and pool
tables removed; no minors allowed to enter
barroom; violation 10y seller fOrfeits the
license; ali bars to close at 10 O'Clock, ex-
cept Saturday night, II O'Clock. to take
effect Sept. l.
The directors of the Piedmont exposition
are determined to make a fine show of the
resources of the Piedmont country They
offer S., 600 in prizes for county exhibits
In additio to this they now offer to give any
county shat viii enter, $500 for expenses,
provided such county docs not take off one
of the prizes.
negro named Nining, an employe on
the work train on the Colunbus and W esteru
road, got thought collision was about
10 occur at point north OF Alsuaude City.
Monday night, and jumped from the top
of car in order to save himself The
result was that he tumbled down the en-
bankment and broke his neck.
LaGrange was visited by regular water
spout Monday. Daring the storm lightning
took off the top of Col. w. Il. Jones
chimney, knocked tremendous stone out
OF the corner of his house, and split one Of
the veranda posts from top to bottom. All
the members Of the family were severely
shocked, as well as some Of the neiEhbors
The Catholic priests of the diocese of
Georgia are in retreat at st. Stanislaus
In Macon. Bishop Becker and a large mum.
Der OF priests are present. Father O'Shan-
nahan Of New Orleans, the provincial of
the Jesuitical order. will preside over the
retreat The Observance is very solemn
and sacred and lasts five days, during which
time the synod meets, and it is then that
the bishop announces his appointments to
the churches in the diocese
Saturday a couple of negroes Of I.ithonia
found two cuffs with III A. Dn marked
on them short distance from Lithonia. hid
together with a lot of bloody old clothes, in a
stump. The clothes and cuffs are supposed
TO be those of REVERE, the man now in De-
catur Jail on suspicion Of killing an un-
known man some time ago at Stone Noun.
tain. Chief Austin of Conyers was notified
OF the negroes discovery aud he went to
Lthonia Saturday evening. Chief Austin
has the cuffs and clothing
A negro colonization society has been
formed in Atlanta. There are seventeen
clubs and about 5000 members in the or.
ganization. The society has its weather
eye IN Mississippi, but As opeA To argument
and persuasion in case any other state or
territory should wish TO put in bid for a
colored colony. A circular has been issued
setting forth the aims and objects of the
organization and inviting cooperation
They hope to make it a national movement.
A convention will be held at Atlanta as
Soon as other sectlons can arrange to send
delegates.
Tuesday Price & Mas, wholesale grocer,
of Macon, swore out u warrant against H
A. Milley, a merchant of Adel, on tho
Georgia Southern road, charging him with
cheating aud swindling 1t is claimed thai
Milley came to Macon about three week.
ago and purchased goods OF several mer
chants. stating that he was worth abou
$4,000, and had no debts or mortgages
Price & Mas have found out that a feN
nights since Milley moved goods from hi
Abel store to a store in the country near by
claiming that the country store had mort
gage on the stock in the Abel store
The public sales at Macon Tuesday befor.
the court house did not realize much. Tn,
advertised sale of the plant of the lately
collapsed Automatic Refrigerating Com
pany drew quite a crowd In fact the
crowd was much larger than tho dollar
offered for the property. The assignee an.
nounced that whoever bid in the plan
would have to pay a mortgage of nearly
5000 held on it by Il. II. Plant, conse
quently the bidding was not active TIL,
first bid was 81, the next 81, and the highes
amount was $50 for the plant aid all of 1T
franchises Assignee Willingham could,no
obtain higher bid, and lie withdrew thu
Automatic from the block.
W. P. Elrod has a mail contract from
Elberton, Ga, to Dry Grove, S. c., which