The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Two Large Cranges-A Society Wed
ding on the Taps at Griffin.
GEORGIA
Politics will be exceptionally lively in
Houston county this year.
Feb. l b. D. Bush and ]. ". Osborn
will take charge Of the Covington postofiice.
The second Sunday in February is "Ad-
vocate day. at all the Methodist churches in
Georgia.
The first quarterly meeting Of the McRae
circuit will be held with the church at Nc
Rae to-day and tomorrow.
Mrs Ailard Barnwell, wife Of Rev. AL
lard Barnwell, rector Of st. Barnabas Epis-
copal church at Macon, died wednesday.
Houston county melons will not tickle
northern palates to any considerable extent
next summer. The acreage will be small.
Over 500 tax f. fss. have been placed in
Sheriff Allagoods hands for collection
against Telfair county taxpayers for the
year 1891.
Capt Couch, chief Of the city detective
department of Atlanta, has officially noti-
fed the police commissioners that he intends
20 resign in February.
w. H. Wells has purchased the old Jones
place, containing 9415 acres OF land, on the
Flat Shoals road, 21S miles from Covington,
and Will run farm this year.
The postofice at Oak Lawn, Houston
county, has been discontinued, and all mail
matter intended for persons in that vicinity
should be directed to Kathleen.
Mrs. Viola Dillingham; entered suit to re-
cover possession Of the property on which
the pumping station at Americus is erected.
The case has just been non-suited.
Bud Summers, the principal in the Litho-
mia disappearance sensation of q few weeks
ago, is now at work in Atlanta. He has
secured position with the Moerlein Brew
ing Company's agency.
J. Montgomery Ward OF the Brooklyn
Base Ball Club is hunting for place to To-
cate the Brooklyn team for the early spring
training OF the players. he desires TO locate
in city in Georgia or Florida.
The saw-mill and appurtenances Of the
late firm Of Smith & Golf at Erick was sold
last week at sheriff's sale in Mount Vernon
under mortgage Il. fas. in favor Of W. II.
Clements ct al. The property was knocked
of at a great sacrifice.
Woodbury. Planter: The charter of
Woodbury. needs amending in one respect.
BY its present provisions there are five
councilmen, but no mayor. The council
has to elect one of its body chairman, but
he has no authority, we understand. except
TO call the others together and preside over
their deliberations.
The High Tariff Protective Club, got
up by the white republicans Of Augusta
have organized and elected the following
officers: A. Guiton, president; R. e. Stall
ings, vice president; j. NJ. Lee, secretary.
the club will take interest in national poll
tics, and will, try TO take affairs out of the
hands Of the negroes. No negro is allowed
70 Join the club.
Griffin Call: The following invitation
has been sent out to a large number of
friends of the contracting parties. which
which will be the browning event of Griffin
society for the season: ''Gusse Trammell,
J. W. McWilliams. Thursday afternoon
Jan. 81, at 8 o'clock, Methodist church,
Griffin, Ga, 1894" The groom is probably
the wealthiest young man in Spalding
county, and is engaged in profitable and
plea SAINT business, and plumbers his friends
most worthy and accomplished young sla-
dies.
At Atlanta Wednesday one Of the con-
solidated companys electric cars ran into a
hack and stopped funeral procession. The
car was running at the rate OF fifteen miles
an hour and knocked the cab over fifteen
feet and smashed 1t to pieces. The driver
and the occupants, two negro women. were
injured. The hack was on its way to the
negro burying ground. In coffin in it
was the body Of q dead child. The coffin
was thrown out and broken and the corpse
lay uncovered on the wet and soggy ground.
The hackman and the two women were
badly bruised, but otherwise not badly hurt.
Thomasville Enterprise: There are on
exhibition in this office a couple of oranges
that excel anything in the orange line seen
in Townsville. They are Of the naval va
riety, and were grown In Florida The
largest of the two weighs II ounces and
measures around 1213 inches. The smaller
one weighs Is ounces and both together
pounds. Many would think they are of the
grape fruit variety, but in this they are
wrong. They are specimens of the most
perfect orange yet perfected by growers.
The skin is very thin, and another remark
able fact is that they are perfectly seedless.
Quite number of representative tenn
perance advocates held convention in thu
court house at Covington Monday night, and
nominated the following ticket TO be pre-
sented TO the voters of the city, at the cleo.
ton next Monday afternoon, Jan. IS: For
mayor, James T. COOK; for councilmen,
John F. Henderson, W. B. Lee, J. NJ. Dear.
ing, w. r. Ingram, r. c. Quinn and 8. NJ.
Sullivan. The Indications now are that
two tickets will be in the field. One will
be the Temperance ticket" composed OIL
men who will grant no liquor licenses dur
ing their term of Office. The other with be
the ''citizens' ticket" with no defined line
of policy on the liquor question.
Atlanta Herald A pathetic story comes
from Fulton county Jail Several days age
James Wesson, a moonshiner from Haral
son county received letter from here stat
ing that his child was dying. The big
rough fellow WAS "all broken up" by The
news. He went to the jailer and asked u
be allowed to SO home. His case was il
such shape that nobody but the President Of
the United States could grant such leave
He pleaded, but the authorities could d.
nothing, though of course their sympathiel
were strongly aroused. Next morning
Wesson escaped. Thursday morning tbs
jailer received a letter from him. The pool
fellow wrote simply: II would Not don,
what l done, but Because my Child wa
dying. 1t is Dead Now and am Coming
Home. / will come Back and serve MI
Time"
Rome Tribune: Policemen Black anC
Shropshire Wednesday night arrested anC
locked up a white man named o. L. Hewitt
Hewitt took advantage of the threstene(
freshet and the hurry of moving on tn
part of some of the citizens, and managed
TO do a little pilfering. He stole two hand
some silver goblets from the house of Capt
W. p. Simpson where he called to get some
thing to eat. While Mrs. Simpson wa
getting Hewitt's supper the fellow made
sneak on the goblets and left He appro
priated an overcoar belonging to C.
Thornwell, the lawyer, and Officer Moore
umbrella Ii is said he also laid In a goo,
supply Of umbrellas, the property of othe