The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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lumbus-Cedarrown's Lodge Unable
to Provide for the Convention OF the
Good Templsrs.
GEORGIA.
The question OF building new hotel In
Baxley is being discussed.
Crops are reported in splendid condi ton
at Mobley's Pond. The third party in that
vicinity &c said to be losing ground.
At dance In Murray county recently,
Jim O'Neal, one OF the dancing party, fell
through hole in the floor and was killed.
The dance was held in an old mill.
Miss Martha Hale, maiden lady living
in Roughedge, in Talbot county, fell into a
spring Saturday evening and was drowned.
bliss Hale had been deranged for some
time
Several of the citizens Of jug Tavern are
at work TO erect guano factory at that
place. and so successful have been their eff
forts that in all probability it will be built
at an early date.
W. d. Morris, who shot and killed a negro
in Perry on Wednesday OF last week, was
released on bond of 5000, fixed by Judge
Riley, The coroner's jury designated the
killing as granddaughter.
The city council offers for sale SIT, 900
worth of Dalton city bonds. bearing per
cent interest, and exempt from corpora
tion tax. These bonds are issued to take up
outstanding maturing bonds.
The little town of Statham on the Geor-
gia Carolina and Northern is building up
very rapidly. Over twenty new houses
have sprung up in the last few months and
everything indicates lively growth for the
place.
J.EB Love of Thomasville has sold the
airral in tn r.
Brown of Kentucky. Mr., Brown already
owns property in the same neighborhood.
Mr.. Love has also sold One-fourth interest
in the opera house TO S. L. Hayes.
The grand lodge of Good Tenplars at its
session at Athens last year determined to
hold its meeting for 1892 at Cedartown.
Since then the lodge at Cedartown fnds
itself unable to entertain the grand lodge
and the meeting will be held elsewhere,
probably at Demorest or Flovilla.
W. D. Pierce gathered decided vegetable
curiosity from his garden IN Perry, last
Tuesday. II was a triple squash, or three
squashes on one stem. These squashes are
from seed sent out from. the agricultural
department at Washington, and Mr.. Pierce
says they are the most prolific he ever
saw.
After years of hard work, j. B. Mcknight
of Columbus has succeeded in gathering the
finest collection of Indian relics which is
owned by a private citizen in Georgia
Iadian mounds and Indian camp grounds
have been dug over and over for Mr.. Nc
Knights treasures. and he is naturally
proud Of his collection. An effort is being
made to persuade Mr.. Mcknight 70 exhibit
the relics at the coming exposition.
Albert &. Draue of Americas and Miss
Hattie B. Mckenzie, formerly of Charlottes-
vile, Va, buE now Of Washington, D. c.,
were married Wednesday at the home of
the brides mother. Nearly all Of the Geor-
gis colony in Washington, including
Speaker Crisp and family, were present.
clerk in the war department for several
years, and is one Of the most popular young
Georgians there Mr.. and Mrs Drane left
for Georgia Wednesday night.
B. H. Candy Of Jacksonville is on a visit
TO relatives IN Thomas county He is
brother of Charlie Candy of Thomas Vile.
Just twenty-nine years ago these brothers
went on a similar mission TO one they made
Tuesday, visit to their aged parents in
the country. They were both returning
home on fIrloughs, Charles Candy from the
Virginia army at Richmond aud his brother
Berry from the western army. They met
at Savannah and reached Thomasville
twenty-nine years ego Tuesday. On Tues
day they went out to visit their father
Brink Candy, who is about "a years Of age.
The tax digest Of the county shows that
the totel valuation Of all property in Whit
field county independent of railroads, is
g, 946 ,052. or this amount the Dalton dis
triot returns 81, 74S, $50 or S54l, $50 more
than is returned by all the other districts In
the county. The total value of farming
value Of the same In Dalton district is S32T,-
400, or more than ons-third OF the total
value Of lands In the balance Of the county
The total value Of real estate, city and
farming lands. in the Dalton district, Is
500 093. or an 900 more than the total
value Of the entire farming lands Of the
county.
Brunswick Times: Several large rice
planters of the Satilla aud other sections
adjacent to Brunswick have visited tho CITY
during this week for the purpose OF laying
In supplies. The Times has secured short
interviews with them, and these talks con-
densed show that the acreage OF this years
crop is short Of last year, but It is still above
the average. The stand on early paintings
was not good, and some fields were re-
planted. The cold snap during the last days
of April held the crop back for several
weeks, but now the plant is looking healthy
under higher temperature aad refreshing
daily showers. The local prospect at this
date is fiattering.
Griffin Call: Rumors were flying through
business circles Wednesday that suffer, or
commissary had opened up a shop in Camp
Northen, and was selling the encampment
all the goods used, and that the Griffin mer-
chants were left out in the cold. By dill
gence and no little trouble, the Call obtained
substantially these facts: The regiment
made It's estimate of its wants in camp aud
bought its groceries in Savannah in bulk,
aud brought them to Camp Northen, where
they are issued daily to the troops, by a
commisSary sergeant, at actual cost price in
Savannah-there being no freight charged.
These rations are issued to compauies not
individuals, and not one cents worth of
goods hos been, nor will be, to an indi-
vidnaL The regiment adopted this plan as
an economic measure, and If il saves money
by buying its goods in Savannah, 1t is the
only city in the state the Call knows Of that
can down Griffin's merchants on low prices.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: A negro driver
named Rockmore, a city mule and a
street cart falling all in a heap into an ex-
cavation about twelve feet deep, created
considerable excitement the other after
noon In the vicinity OF the lot on which is
being built the store of T. II. Fontaine, on
Front street. Rockmore had driven into
the lot for the purpose of removing the dirt
which had been excavated, and after turn
ing around in the rear of Reid 81 Lenoir's
store, the mule suddenly began to back, and
all off 81 ha Ir{r =