The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


A Clock Celebrates the Dem ocretic
vctory-Robbers Make Good HauIs
From Two Country Stores-Interest-
ing Facts About Baldwin County.
The Richmond Factory Fails to Erlng
she Price Fixed by the Court.
GEORGIA.
Augusta is without town clock.
There is some talk OF putting upa tobacco
factory at SwaiusbOrO.
O. g. Cox has bsen elected principal Of
the school at Greenvilis and has accepted
the place.
The Cordele Security Company has do
mated one Of its best lots in COrdele for a
new Episcopal church.
Farmers in Oglethorpe county are about
through gathering crops and in better con-
dision generally th IN at this time last year.
Rev. V. A. Ham has accepted the pastor
ate Of the Long Cane Baptist church, IN
Troup c unity, and will enter upon his
duties there in January next
The whaling brig D. A. Small. in COM
mand of Capt. Rose, arrived at Brunswick
Monday, after a thirteen months voyage,
bringing a cargo Of whale oil tor shipment
from that port
The peach growers in Washington county
some Of them are setting out new trees.
The alberta and Chinese cling are the IA
vorite varieties.
Bible day was celebrated at the First
Baptist church at Lexington by the children
last Sunday night. The recit ations were
excellent and the singing led by Mrs. Olive
end Miss Lille Kinnebrew was very fine.
The store OF T. J. Marshall of HOLLOW willie
was broken into Sunday night and robbed
of quantity Of dry goods, clothing and
shoes. He estimates the amount of goods
taken at about $l25. No money was OBJ
tanned.
There is some talk about another cotton
factory for Lagrange, and some decisive
steps may soon be taken looking to the cree
tion Of another factory, which will make a
different line Of goods from that now man
ufactured there.
The store Of E. J. HUMPHREYS, in the
western part of Baldwin county, was broken
open a night or two ago and robbed of goods
amounting to about $3.50. Three negroes
were arrested on suspicion. but the evidence
against them was not sufficient TO hold them
and they we're discharged.
The contract for running Balls ferry on
the Ooonee river, between the counties of
Washington and Wilkinson was let TO
Julius Sutton Of Washington county last
Friday, at $l64 per annum. The expense
will be divided between the two counties.
There we're several bidders.
The receivers sale Of the Richmond cotton
factory at Augusta was advertised to take
place at noon Tuesday at the court house.
Only few people went down to attend the
sale. The property was CRIED but az no offer
over the reserve bid of S45, 900 was made it
was withdrawn, and there was no sale.
The third party is making strenuous eff
forts to capture one OF the wards in Augusta
during the coming municipal elections The
Chronicle says the people are now luke
warm after the great victory, and it urges
the democrats of Augusta to make the vic
tory even greater by not allowing the fol-
lowers of Watson even a seat in council
On Tuesday r. r. Taylor Of Brunswick
received letter from his mother, at Hart
field, written Monday morning. in which
she said she had inclosed $50. The envelope
was open, Mr.. Taylor says, and the money
gone. 1t had evidently been robbed in
transit, ne thinks. fairfield is near Camilla.
and the letter could have passed through
but few hands. He will probably put the
case In the hands Of postoffice inspector.
There was a case of highway robbery in
Washington Saturday night. Little Sydney
johnson. l2-year-old son of Ounce johnson.
was on his way home when be was attacked
on Main street., near It. IA. Green's by a
negro man, who robbed him of two pairs
OF shoes and 80 cents ia money. The
negro then jumped over the fence and ran
OH through Andrews grove negro
named Perry Jordan has been arrested
charged with the crime.
LaGrange Graphic; w. V. GRAY ia the
owner OF the only jubilant democratic clock
In the country, and it is proved by the fol-
lowing circumstance: II is reliable S-day
clock, as regular in its habits as its owner
Is, and keeps reliable time. Last Friday !
evening, just after O'clock when the fire. |
works display was being made on the |
square, 1t cut loose on its own account and |
rang for about half hour as hard as it |
could CHATTER, and until the striking spring |
mad run down. It was Immediately wound |
up again, and has been ticking and striking /
the time as usual since.
Milledgeville Chronicle; At the bsyin-
ming OF the year Baldwin county had four
postottices besides Milledgeviue-Do
Browns Crossing, Meriwether and Stevens
Pottery. The county is divided into seven
militia districts. numbered as follows: 1O5.
10, SlS, 3l9, $50, 32l, 1922. The total ponu !
letion OF the county by the last census "a
oVo "a gain OF soy in the past ten years.. Of
TINS number Milledgeville is credited with
S,02A. The Three Hundred and |
IWenty-hrse district lSoottsbor-
oughl has the largest population. to-
VIII, d, ~: There are nineteen cities and
towns In Georgia having a population of
5000 or more. Only four of these have a
population OF over 10000 The following
constitute group of towns that have over
5000 and less than $500: Dalton, Mari
eta, Wayoross. Gainesville, Carriers
viHe, LaGrange and Milledgeville
Baldwin county has an area Of 946
square miles equal to /, $50, 600 acres. Allow.
Ing for the proportion Of this taken nm nv
water courses there would probably remain
!'ZoO,OO0 acres or more of arabic
land which, II titled In the scientific man
ner that 1t is In China or France, would sup
port many times the population that IL nov
supports. In the present state of population
there are over 100 acres of land TO every
man, woman and child in the county
Every square mile $40 acres) averages a
little less than sixty inhabitants.
FLORIDA
The gulf sponge fishers are having great
success.