The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


the Same Day at Administrations
Iivingston's Speech at Camilla
Lake in Thomas County Drying CD.
Cotton Cultivators 10 Meet at At
lanta Next Tuesday.
GEORGIA.
Statesboro will soon boast of a brass
band.
A chicken killed at Bailey day or two
ago had twelve toes.
The Elks Of Augusta have secured rooms
In the Burum building
J.H. Wilkins, editor Of the Wsynesboro
True Citizen, died Thursday.
Porter Fleming Of Augusta, aged IS
years died Wednesday night.
The property OF Bulloch county on digest
for this year is S2, 345, 252, an increase OF
SOC, 81 over last year.
JASPER F. Lewis, one of Dolly county's
most successful farmers, had the nerve TO
hold fortv-two bales Of last years cotton.
He sold it a few days ago at - cents.
Resolutions adopted by the Atlanta city
council asking President Harrison 70 ap-
point Hon. J. T. Glenn on the interstate
railroad commission have been forwarded
TO the President
Tom Webb tcolored) who assaulted and
lD6 AkA4S ~ NhA -OAA gu "a AAss
j. Y. Smith, near Tennille short time ago,
was tried " edHesday and sentenced to hang.
Webb is about 20 years old.
Mai A. o. Bacon and Minter Wimberly
of Macon have left for Mexico. where they
will sojourn for few weeks. The gentle
men expect to make a complete tour of the
country, and anticipate glorious time.
Charles l. Nell one of Athens most prom
inent young cotton men. has been made
manager OF the Farmers Alliance Ware
house Company OF Athens. Mr.. Nell was
in the employ Of the company last season.
IheMiddls Georgia Horticultural Society
with headquarters at Griffin has elected the
follow wing officers: President, Gustave
Speth; vice president, Rudolph Deter. Sec
rotary, Mrs William Warder; treasurer, s.
ID. Wayman.
John w. Allen Of near Creswell lost his
house and nearly every article of furniture
clothing, etc., by fire Wednesday after
noon. The fire originated in the roof Of the
cook room, and is supposed to have caught
from a stovepipe
It is said that another alliance weekly
will be published in Atlanta. The first is
The new paper is to be called the Alliance
man and will be published by the Peoples
Publishing Company.
J. R. Davis, a negro lawyer, was ad-
mitted to the bar at Atlanta by Judge
Marshall J. Clarke Thursday. Davis is from
Ann Arbor, Mich, and Is an intelIi-
gent, bright negro. He passed a most
creditable examination.
The link of steel that is to bind Americas
and Montgomery together is almost
welded. for within sixty days, at the ut
most. trains will be running regularly be-
tween Savannah, Americas aud Montgom-
cry, over the great Sam road.
The little son of John g. Williamson,
living near Williamson bridge, In Emanuel
county, while walking through the field last
Saturday morning was bitten on the ankle
by rattlesnake. Everything was done
that human skill could invent, but tho child
died next morning about daylight.
Col. G. c. Smith of the firm Of Martin s.
Smith OF Hawkinsvllle, was appointed last
week by Judge Roberts as auditor in the
cases against the Empire Lumber Company.
Col. Smith he's ordered a hearing of the
cases at Eastman on Sept %, at which time
creditors and laborers will prove their
claims.
There came near being a serious accident
last Saturday at Strickland's new store,
at Blackshear. The masons were laying
brick on the front wall, which was about
eighteen feet high, when without warning
the top part gave way and fell. carrying the
scaffold and five men with it TO the ground.
They all sustained slight bruises, Sid Downs
being the only one who was compelled to
quit work on account Of his injuries.
The Emanuel County Publishing Conn
pany of Swainsboro will be Incorporated
with capital Of S, 500, with the privilege
OF increasing to IS 600 Shares will be $40
each, payable 10 per cent cash, with ten
months time with interest from date at 8
per cent, to be paid in monthly Install
ments Of 10 per cent. each. The outfit will
consist Of cylinder press and everything
SUFFICIENT to run seven-columu paper.
st. Charles, small station on the West
Point road. seven miles below Newman was
visited by fire about midnight Wednesday
night. j. G. Fuller's store a small frame
building containing a large stock of goods,
wasb broken open, robbed aud fired. Il was
plainly the work of incendiarles. There YVES
$50 in money at the store and some very
valuable papers. All were lost. He esti-
mated the total loss OF $4,000, not all eoy-
cred by insurance.
J. b. Mcconnell, sheriff of East Point.
plaeed in the Fulton county iail
Thursday Charles Waters, a negro
man who is suffering from two
wounds Of pistol balls; his daughter.
who also has a pistol wound, and his wife.
Katie Waters. who is without any sign Of a
pistol mark on her person. The wounded
pEisoners were DOM nit Oy the same ball
fired from the marshal's pistol. All are
charged with selling liquor without a
license.
There will be a convention of the cotton
cultivators in Atlanta next. Tuesday. The
following is the official call: "In pursuance
OF resolution adopted by the state alliances
OF South Carolina, Georgia and other states.
convention of delegates from all state
organizations interested in the cultivation
OF cotton, its manufacture and make. ia
hereby called to meet in Atlanta on Tues.
day, Sept. "a. We expect every eCricult-
ural state organization to send delegates
colored as we'll as white. Every Question
connected with the cotton crop of the south
will be under discussion. Come one, come
all. l. +. Livingston. Georgia; R. ].
Sledge, Tennessee; w. H. Duncan, South
Carolina, and Andy Garvin, Florida.
Hon. l.. F. Livingston addressed large
and enthusiastic audience at Camilla
wednesday. 1t was a characteristic sub
treasury talk. The chRsm between Mr..
Livingston and Editor Underwood was
bridged and Mr. Underwood heartily con-
graduated the speaker at the conclusion.
MIR. Livingston affirmed his allegiance 10
the Democratic party, aud quoted passages
from the democratic national platform.
showing that IL and the OcaIa platform were
almost identical. Col J. II. Schaife. chair
man of the Mitchell county democratic ex-
ecutive committee, arose and said he was
opposed to one detail of the sub-treasurv
plank, but the principle be indorsed hearth
ly, which action on his part drew forth a
pleasant speech from Mr.. Livingston.
Taka Tamouia in Thomas ~ouDrx /. foss