The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

County-Removsl OF Relics OF the
War-Capture of Negro Murderer.
An Inhuman Fatner-rhe Racs for
Mayor in Athens-Adventure With
Tarpon.
GEORGIA.
Joseph R. Lamar is mentioned as a candi-
date for the Augusta msyoFalty.
Nose Jones, the negro who shot his
motber-in-law about four months ago and
then broke Jail at Abel, was brought back
from McDonald's mills Tuesday evening by
Sam Sanders and c. f. Duke.
CarroIlton received her first bale of new
cotton Wednesday. 1t was raised by j. D.
and J. E. Smith, near Lowell, Carroll
county, and was classed as middling cotton.
1t was sold 10 Burns s. West at 10 cents
pound.
W. s. Riley has the honor Of having the
first bale of cotton ginned on the Grovsnia
gin, Houston county. This bale Of cotton
was ginned, packed and put on the market
at Grovauia in twenty minutes, sud was
sold to Judge o. E Houser at 10 cents per
pound
AdeI Nelrs: Wright & Scandrett are to
move their crosstie firm down TO Ell Dorado
from Sycamore and work about 800 hands
Besides, application has been made for q
postofice there. The public can soon take
down that plank that now shows where the
place is.
Swainesboro Pine Fores,: "More pro-
vision aud forage crops and less cotton
has been preached TO Georgia farmers for
twenty-five years, but all the preaching has
not converted them from the error of their
ways. EKper ence is about to do the work
In short order.
The Lexington Blue Granite Company
has recently received large orders for
granite, and large contracts have recently
been made 70 furnish some 100 carloads to
Southwest Georgia. The stonecutters from
Virginia say it is the finest granite they
have ever worked.
One Of the most heated and strongly con.
tested municipal elections In the history Of
GAINESVILLE was the contest had there OF
Tuesday R L. Swatts. ]. I. Chambers
Jr.. and ". B. Smith we're elected alder
men, and 9. E. Huguley elected mayor fol
the next two years.
IFfbUne-of- Rome: J. c. Strickland, th.
negro who is working of q pension dodg,
on the Rome negroes, has the cheek 20 stay
here after bis exposure. He has gathered
in bag full Of small coin, and, as the au,
thorltles can't get hold Of him, be may prob
ably remain another week.
The Rome chapter Of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution held their second
meeting Thursday. All ladies over IS year
OF age, defendants OF a soldier who
fought in the revolutionary war, are eligible
% membership in this organization, which i:
for the noble purpose OF preserving the
memory Of those who fought for our
country.
At Adairsville young man named
Brown became involved in difficulty with
Mr. Sanders about their sweetheart.
After few words they clinched. Brown
succeeded in getting his knife out and cut
Sanders three or four gashes. The cuts were
not serious but very painful. One Of the
cuts came near proving fatal, only missing
the main blood vessel Of the neck.
The contract for furnishing the south.
western division of the Central railroad
with ties for tie ensuing year has been
awarded Wright g. Scandrett of Macon.
This division will use this year more than
4OO,OO ties, representing an expenditure of
SlVO,OO5. The contract for the main stem
the Savannah and Western, is vet 10 be
awarded, and some lively bidding is being
done.
The sheriff Of Murray county has ar
rested and placed in the Jail at Spring PlacI
two men charged with being members o
the band of White Caps" IN that county
and guilty OF ku-kl1xry. 1t is said that
true bills have been found by the grand jury
against other parties in the county charged
with the same offense. The people are
making determined effort TO suppress the
White Cap depredations.
a new telegraph line has been put I'D &c
Iawrenceyille. The line was completed t.
that point last Saturday from Decatur, and
will be finished to Athens in q couple Of
weeks, where it connects with the east. l,
is constructed by the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad, and will probably be
used only for railroad purposes until the
road is open for business. An Office has no,
yet been established there.
A few weeks ago negro woman wal
found near the East Tennessee shops at At
lanta, with her throat cut from ear to ear
by very skillful work her life was saved
Wednesday night her husband, named Alb.
Hill, who mysteriously disappeared aftel
the cutting, was run down by Mounted OH
GERS Beaver, Cook and Whooten. and brouRh
to the station house and locked I'D under
the charge OF assault with intent to murder
The race for the mayoralty Of Athens
stands about like this: Col. II. c. Tuck will
In all probability, be a candidate Capt
Burnett will probably run. T. s. Nell Is
not decided on the question. Mayor Brown
is openly in the field. The Banner says: The
mayors race still furnishes a subject for
conversation on every street corner and in
every Office. A crowd congregates and gets
to talking, and In less than i've minutes they
are ali discussing "the probahilitiesn They
are tne ones VINO are DONG the talking, how
ever, for the proposed candidates ali say
they are undecided yet and will talk later
Dalton Citizen: The famous old Fort
Hills. overlooking the valley in which lies
the town Of Dalton, have been sold. and
the Notifications browning these elevations
will probably be removed and the ground,
improved for residence purposes. Il seem:
pity to oblterate these relics Of the great
est war Of modern times, or for that mat,
far- ~, fha - -.
ground is probably too valuable for build
ing purposes to be sacrificed to sentiment
and tradition. There are many such forti-
6cations throughout the south, but they are
fast disappearing before the march OF prog
ress and improvement, and not many wear,
hence the country will contain few sucl
relics Of the great civil war.
j. c. Bedingfeld and James Rice Of
Macon had quite an exciting adventure of
Cumberland the other day. They had gon
in search Of tarpon to the mouth OF th,
inlet, and after being driven back about
half a mile by the breakers that came with
the rising Of the tide. the hook Mr.. Ric
had bated with mulles was suddenly
snapped up. As soon as he discovered he
had hooked one of the gamey fish, Mr.
Rics traced himself with one foot against 6
seat, and he let OUT 100 feet of the lin:
through gloved hands. During this opera.
tion the tarpon played in lively manner
jumping three times out of the water st
high that the line was clear Of the wave
At the end Of about ton minutes the biz
fish suddenly broke loose and disannaared