The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-10

} Macon Friday and endeaVor9I u &c
, means 70 go on TO Atlanta, where Chei
relatives reside They were Wi,nou
money and knew no one there, ana had ha
= nothing to eat since morning. Mrs. Smitl
- said her house in Jones county nad Deer
burned. leaving her homeless, and she haC
to 20 and live with hor people or 20 TO The
alnshouse A kind family gave her shelter
Friday night.
| Crawfordville Democrat: There Is gen
tleman in Ogletborfc county who has beer
experimenting with cotton for the past tw>
years On July - he selected t"c
, stalks Of cotton as near the
l same sizs as possible from one
t he cbiDped oF all tie forms and bolls, and
the other he left in its natural state. AZ
= Gathering time he found that there was nc
difference in the amount OF matured fruit
on these two stalks. This is strong evidence
that cotton will take on u full crop IN ten or
twelve days.
The Macon Mans claims TO have the fast
est type-setter in the south. and suggests
that the Atlanta Exp sition COMPANY and
the daily pagers OF the state offer prizes to
the amount Of $500 10 be contested for. not
more than three printers being
allowed to enter from any one place, and 10
! be furnished with work eight hours per day
while contesting, and to receive regular
pay for their work. The exposition com.
pany has expressed willingness 10 60 into
the arrangement Not over fiftsen " i'll be
allowed 20 enter
President Hamilton wilkins. of the Au.
gusta, Gibson aud Saniersvllle railroad
has made out a report showing the number
of bales Of cotton carried 10 Augusta over
the road for the season OF lS90-'91, ending
Aug. Tbs total this year Is 20, 900 bales,
last year IL was II SIS bales THIS is an iu-
crease for 1891 Of 5.l65. OF the q, 600 bales
Is, Isl bales were shipped to Augusta factors
and stopped there. The other 3,Sl3 baios
was through cotton. Last year of the
Ia, S}5 bales handled by the narrow gauge
road Il, 442 bales was consigned to local
merchants, and the other :, 1913 was through
shipment.
Friday afternoons rain was one Of the
hardest that has visited Augusta for some
time. The high wind, which reached
velocity OF forty i've miles an hour, did
considerable damage to the trees all over
the city. The steamer Advance was torn
from her moorings and blown across the
river 90 the South Carolina shore. In the
lower portion or the city the storm was ac-
companled by heavy fall Of hail. The
sc rfn came from the east-an unusual
quarter for summer rain-storms to origi late
in. It Is a rather notable fact that there
was no rain on the Hill during the storm.
bile Augusta was being pelted by rain
bail and wIud from the east Mount Salu-
ortty sat serene and unrufiled In the glow of
the western sun.
Macon Telegraph: The depositors OF the
Capital Bank will be interested 70 learn
that steps are about to be taken to settle
their claims at an early date Receiver
Gordon has accorded every reasonable in
diligence to debtors of the concern, be-
lieying that to push them too hard would
be neither Just nor profitable during the
present depression Of finances He has ad-
dressed circulars and letters to them urging
them to settle as soon as possible, and there
were some responses. Meanwhile the de-
positors are clamoring for their money, OF
which about S24, 900 10 still due them by
the bank. Some Of the securities are In the
shape OF Macon Construction stock but &C.
cording to an order issued by Judge Miller,
this stock cannot be sold under twelve
months from the date of the receivership
Other securities are held by the bank which
can be collected. These will be placed in
the hands OF attorneys to-day for collection,
and the depositors now have the assurance
CT getting back their money before long.
FLORIDA.
Work will soon begin on the Taylor
county court house at Perry.
Tobacco growing has the grip on the
Leon county farmers. They nave made
fine crops this year.
Work is progressing on the machinery
hall of the Florida Normal and Industrial
College for colored students near Tallahas.
see.
J. L. Hall of Tallahassee has some fine
specimens of volcanic Stag from the neigh
borhood OF the world famous Florida vol
cano.
T. j. Roberts g. Son of Tallahassee have
the contract to furnish sixty eight mules to
the Tallahassee Northern Railway CON-
pany, to be delivered Nov. l.
Col. c. w. Mclean. president of the Flor
ida, Georgia and Western railway, has pur-
chased the steel rails to lay several miles of
track, and they will soon arrive.
1t is rumored that large trade ia pend
ing in which one of the large Columbia
county saw mills will be controlled by On
eastern company with large capital.
Charles Vogt. of the firm of Carl VoQt &
Sons of New York, is now in the tobacco
fields of Gadsien county Mr.. Vogt expects
to buy 1000 or 5000 bales this season.
There are several gardens in Lake City
that have the following fruit-bearing trees.
VIZ: Oranges, pears, kelsey and native
plums. early and late peaches, figs and
pomegranites.
Leon county's first bale of new cotton OF
the season lS9l-92 has been marketed. Ii
was raised by Dixon Bros, near Ianlonia.
and was sold in Townsville at S1< cents,
1t weighed SIS pounds.
Gainesvilles ice factory is again In full
blast. much to the qualification of lovers Of
cool drinks. The Sun says it is difficult to
imagine at this day how the folks managed
before we had an Ice factory.
Messrs. Christie, Taylor and Zimmerman
OF the Miccosukie district, Leon county,
were in Quincy last week with tobacco
samples. There is no lime in their lands.
hence they raise good tobacco.
Several phosphate mines have been opened
up at different parts of Columbia county
the last few weeks. A new mine near Co
lumbia City was opened last week, and
prospectors are in the field daily.
Maj. W. o. Butler OF Chipey was in
Pensacola the other day. He said that
work on the West Florida and Alabama
railroad, running north from Chipley,
will probably be inaugurated within ten
days.
All the members Of the Pensacola bar
! says the NelUs of that city. are very much
pleased with the appointment of Hon. j,
w. Malone to the judgeship Of the second
circuit. They all say he will make an ex.
cellent judge.
Those who raised good peaches this year
in Jefferson county. have sold them at good
prices in Monticello. Which leads the
Tribune to ask Why cannot this industry
be greatly enlarged and the peaches shipped
to northern markets
The lumber interests in the vicinity Of
Palatka are more or less benefited by the