The morning news., 1892-02-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Former SWeetheart Nearly Breaks
Up a Weddlng-A Successful To
bacco Planter Of Decatur County-A
Colored Girl Burned TO Death IN
Sumter County - Political Gossip
About the state.
eE0ReIk.
Walter Ross, q we'll known citizen oT Ma
con. died Friday.
Julien Rodgers Of Macon has lost two
children by death within the past day or
two.
There is a movement on foot to establish
lodge Of the Legion Of Honor in Whig-
ham.
Senator Colquitt's health is again re-
ported to be precariOus, and Is en- route
home 20 rest and regain his strength.
A. II. johnson had the misfortune TO get
his hand badly cut in a cotton gin at Glen-
wood, few days since. Amputation Of
the thumb and little finger became neces-
sary.
S. c. Potts Of Walker county last had
three acres in cotton AID a half acre in
watermelons. His receipts from the half
acre were greater than from the cotton
patch.
Col. J. NJ. Smith Of Oglethorpe county,
who has been spoken OF for Georgia's next
governor, says he will not be candidate, as
his private business is too large to permit
him to enter the campaign.
Whigham Grit: The Bainbrldge Globe
announces the candidacy OF Col L. U.
jackson and the Democrat nominates
Judge Bower for congress. The Grit has
not announced its man for congress yet, but
would ask: What is the matter With John
d. HarrelL
George Sinclair, a well-known farmer of
Brooks county, had the misfortune to break
bis leg few days ago in jumping out of
wagon. While driving one Of the lines
broke, the horse commenced to turn round
suddenly, and Mr.. Sinclair, IN jumping
broke his leg.
Mrs. Chandler. wife Of J. n. Chandler.
residing few miles from Gainesville, gave
birth to triplets Wednesday. Their weights
are 51@, ~ and 615 pounds. respectively.
Two girls and one boy compose the triplets,
one of the girls being born dead. The
mother and two babies are getting on
finely.
At Rome Friday Sheriff Jake c. Moore
closed the doers of Roebuck e. Connaway,
plumbers and timers. The foreclosure
was "a cbattel mortgage amounting TO sew
eral hundred dollars in favor of the Couk-
ling Manufacturing Company of Atlanta
The assets OF the firm are about 81 800 and
are thought TO be equal to the liabilities.
The Georgia CONT ngent at the ST. Louis
third party convention will make Hotel
Richelieu their headquarters. 1t may be
that Livingston will not get IN the conven-
tiop. Col. Post will contest his seat claim
ing the right to represent the state at large.
Mr.. Kemp of Emanuel county will also con-
test the seat of the delegates appointed by
Mr.. Livingston.
Athens Banner: There can no longer be
any doubt as TO the reduction of the cotton
acreage in the south. The movement is
being pushed by the farmers all over the
etate. and not only In Georgia. but In other
southern states. 1t is a general movement
and our best Informed cotton factors here
say that tae next crop will be grown on a
decreased acreage of at least 10 per cent.
The stockholders of the Lexington Blue
Granite Company held a nesting at Athens
day or two ago at the office OF Capt J.
II. Rucker on Oconee street. The object Of
the meeting was to elect officers and to dis
cuss matters Of interest to the company.
Judge Hamilton McWhorter Of Lexing-
ton WAS elected president and Capt. j. II.
Rucker of Athens was made general man
ager. The company has gone to work In
earnest and is gong TO develop the granite
qnarries OF Lexington to the fullest extent
The Greene county alliance held a mass
meeting and resolved to part company with
TIE Democratic party. Here are
their resolutions: Resolved, By the
Greene county alliance this day assembled,
that our delegates to the st. Louis conven-
tion are instructed to cast our influence as
individual voters with the Peoples party
Resolved, That we, the Greene county al
lance, fully indorse the action of Hon,
Thomas E. Watson, and pledge ourselves to
stand by him as long as he stands by the
people"
Bainbridge Democrat: Capt. T. E. Speight
of this county never planted bin of to-
bacco before 1891, but last year he planted
4-acre experimental patch. He prepared
his land in q sensible, practical way (having
previously sown and raised plant beds, and
set his plants in 316-foot rows on good, rich
cotton land. He talked with his neighbors
about how they succeeded and followed
their plans pretty nearly. He cut and cured
his crop as they did and realized about $500
per acre, receiving So cents per pound for
his entire crop.
William Hunter, who lived near Black
Creek church in Screven county, was found
dead in his stable last Monday morning by
g. d. Sharpe. who happened SO DO passing
the house. Mr.. Hunter was evidently about
TO put the bride on bis mule when death
came. but it is not known whether it was
the effect of injuries received from the mule
or caused from heart trouble or apoplexy.
As there were no bruises found on his body
st was probably the latter. M. Hunter
was a man Of advanced years and did not
have any of his family living with him at
the time.
Crawfordville Democrat: A good Joke
Is told on one Of our young men who has
recently married and started to housekeep-
Sng. He was willing TO help his lady as far
as be could about her household affairs
She requested him to make a fire in the
stove. He did so, but the house began TO fill
up with smoke and the lady went into the
stove room TO see what the trouble was,
She found that the kind but innocent hus-
band had built the fire in the baking oven
of the stove instead of the fre-box. He said
he did not know how to build fire in a
stove.
The United States mail box has been re-
moved from the Augusta hotel at Augusta.
The fact that the postman found in 1t
package too large to have been put through
the opening led to a suspicion that the box
had been tampered with. Proprietor Doo-
little said he does not believe the box has
been tampered with, as he aas a day and
night clerk in the hotel who would have
caught on II any such work had been done.
He says that IL package had been found in
the box that could not have been deposited
through the opening that it was placed in
the box by somebody who doubtless found
IL open through the carelessness of the mail
carrier.
At Atlanta Friday Rosa Burke, alias Bes.
ste Horton, q negro girl. wes arrested and
taken to the station house. Rosa is one OF