The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Make Large Investments at Bruins
wick-White Men Whip q Negro at
Hartwell, and Another One Has a
Narrow Escape.
GEORGIA
Mrs. E. A. Davidson of Gainesville died
dsyor two ago.
The Commercial Bank Of Cedartcwn an
nounces its existence.
The Cedartown Wagon Factory and
Foundry is n new industry just born.
The dedication services Of the new church
at Johnston's station will be held to-day.
T. T. Gorham has sold his farm near
Owensbyville to DR.. John Daniel for 5000
wv. Tyner of Hartwell has little girl
years old who weighs eighty-Seven pounds.
More than niue-tenths of ths people of
Perry over twelve years Of age are church
members
Tie residence Of R. E. Bethea, at Greens
boro. was burned, with all its contents last
Sunday night
A small child Of John Moore, a colored
man living at CrawfordYille, was scalded
10 death last week.
J. I. Clark OF Lagrange will 60 to New
York shortly, to see about some offers which
have been made him for his new street car
motor
heavily against rail a few days ago, at
his home. not far from Macon, and his arm
was broken.
A new postoffice has been established at
J. N. Edwards factory in Hart county, to
be known as Shoal Greek. VIII Edwards
is postmaster.
Love Mattox, the young man mentioned
last week as having been horribly mutt
lated in a gin at Lexington, is in fair
way to recovery.
The new Methodist parsonage at La
Grange, for which nearly all the money
has been subscribed, will be substantial,
comfortable and ornate.
At Hawkinsville wednesday, Charlie
Horne, the colored boy who killed Charlie
Nichols there last June, was tried in the
superior court and acquitted.
On Wednesday W. r C. Holton of Ca
milla shot and killed with Colts rifle. at
200 yards distance, an eagle measuring
6 feet inches from tip to tip.
Joseph NJ Bell, with two or three gentle
men from Atlanta, went on hunt a few
miles below Gainesville last Saturday and
bagged about seventy-five quail.
Crawfordville Democrat: The SAVANNAH
MORNING NEWS favors making the sale of
the state road an issue in the next cam
paign in Georgia. We think it good idea
The Brunswick company is going right
ahead in its programme to make Windsor
park the handsomest in the south. They
viii spend $4,000 there before halt is
called.
The walls of Clark's brick stores at Perry
are being erected rapidly. When completed
the record will be three stores and a bank
building erected in Perry within three
months
Judge E c. P. Dart. ordinary of Glynn
county, was 70 years old Thursday. In
honor OF the occasion several members of
the bar presented him with a handsome
gold-headed cane as a token of their esteem
Joe l. Moore of Big Creek, Forsyth
county, was called to his store a few nights
ago by highwaymen bent on robbery. Mrs
Moore smelt a mouse and summoned help.
The robbers escaped under shower of bull
lets.
On Saturday night last at negro frolic
near Sloan, there was a difficulty between
some negroes in which Joe Wright was shot
and killed. Sunday three negroes were ar
rested and jailed In Greensboro. One of
them claims that he shot, but not to hit any
thing.
J. P. Agnew of Little Rock. Ark.
has decided to locate at Brunswick. He
viii invest $40, 900 in city lots, and also
establish a saw-mill eighteen miles from
Brunswick, on the East Tennessee road, on
tract OF land on which he already has an
option.
A letter from Judge Spencer r. Atkinson
70 Clerk Beach informs him that his health
= too poor to permit him TO preside at the
December term of Glynn superior court TO
convene tomorrow, and that the term will
be adjourned until the second Monday in
January.
negro man named Robert Potts, living
on j. A. Fomby's place near Long Cane,
troup county, was badly hurt on Monday
while opCssum hunting by the explosion of
his gun. piece hit him squarely in the
forehead, penetrating to the bone. He will
probably recover.
DR.. j. A. Liddell of Cedartown is happy
over an additional verdict Of 81, 600 granted
by Floyd superior court the other day, on
account of physicians fees and other ex-
penses necessitated by injuries received by
hrs Llddell in the wreck on the old Rome
and Carrolton railroad
Hartwell Sun: Some one objects to the
name chryssnthemum because it is so long
and hard to spell, and suggests that as
chrysanthemum is Greek for gold flower.
gold-hower be substituted instead. The
people in this section in the olden time
called this flower winter pink.
The turpentine distillery of Fl. S. McCol-
ium, Qate McCollum q Elkins) situated
about twelve miles west of McRae, was de-
stroyed by fire last Friday afternoon, to-
gether with about twelve thousand barrels
OF rosin, and considerable amount of tur-
pentlne. The loss was several thousand
dollars, as the entire property was de-
stroyed
Two municipal tickets are in the field at
brunswick. One is made up as follows:
For mayor, John j. Spears; for aldermen,
John II. Mccullough, f. Joseph Doer.
finger, j. S. Thomas and John r. Cook.
Inc other Is made up as follows: For mavor.
John 7. Harvey; for aldermen, S. C. Lit.
tlefield, ST., A. l. Branham, d. D. Akin
son, ]. s. Thomas
At public sale at Macon, Friday, two and
two-tenths acres belonging to the city of Ma
con and lying near the Dixie works, below
the old cemetery at the foot of Cherry
street. were sold to 4. J. Willingham at
81 800 per acre, the minimum price set by
the city council. Mr.. Willingham will i'm
mediately commence the erection of his
Large and handsome furniture factory.
Capt. j. G. Lavier of Turner's Falls
Mass, was at Eastman for several DAYS
last week. He is representing a large
manufacturing company of the above
pace, and is prospecting for location for
large cotton factory, aud was SO we'll pleased
with Empire that he bought ten acres of
land there and expects to have force of