The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS oF tbs TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
A carload of Florida oranges passed
through Macon Monday.
Harwen Park Green died at the home Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George K. Green,
ct Rome. Monday.
Hon. Boykin Wright of Augusta has re-
ceived magnificent Endorsement by his
fellow citizens for the office OF solicitor gen
eral of the Augusta circuit.
Joanes, who was the left fielder for Macon
during the base ball season, is said 10 be
dying at Macon. He was taken very i'll
with congestive chill on Friday and on
Saturday became worse. Joanes came
originally from Toronto, Ont, and Is one
OF the best outielders in the Southern
league
Among the arrivals il Brunswick Monday
was Mrs. William A. Griffin OF Selma, Ala,
accompanied by her brother-in-law, Capt
NV. Harrison of Montgomery, Ala They
came to look up factsregarding the death of
Grimn, who vas found drowned on Satur-
day last. Mira Griffin thinks her husband
carried considerable life insurance.
Excursion rates are announced by Col
Slaughter, assistant commissioner of the
Southern Passenger Association, as follows
Missionary Baptist Association, Cairo, Ga :,
Oct. l2-l4; Kfokee Baptist Association, at
Albany, Ga, Oct. 1917. Certificates for
the Cairo convention must be signed by J.
u. Mccall, moderator. For the Albany
convention certificates are to be signed by
". Il. Dempsey, clerk.
Dirt has just been broken at Macon prep
aratory TO the erection Of the new Pythan
castle on the west side of Mulberry street
between Paynes building and the library
building. The castle is TO be a handsome
tnree-stoi press brick building aud stone
trimmings. and will be model Of archi-
tectural teauty. The exterior dimensions
OF the building will be 72x92 feet, and IS
feet high. The cost of the building and lot
will be S35 600
Bob Hawkins was pardoned from the
penltentiary Monday. He was convicted Of
arson IN 1886 in the superior court Of Quit
man county and was sentenced TO fifteen
years. He was charged with burning a
school house, but after he was sent to the
penitentiary the school house was rebuilt
and burned the second time. This increased
the doubt about his having burned the first
one, and on strongly signed petition the
governor parioned him.
A story CORES from Burke county to the
effect that last Wednesday the third party
people took charge Of the box in one of the
Precincts. They would not divide the man
ayers and froze the democrats out The
Democrats finding that they could get no
showing there, turned wagon-body over
on the ground and opened a box for them
selves, using a cheese box for the polls
They got large vote in their box and it
was counted, too, along with the third party
ballots.
Frank Darricott, q weIl-known young
clerk at Ryan'S, and A. Wolf an enploye |
at Cuesta's cigar store on Pedchtrse street,
Atlanta, had a lively scrap Monday night.
1t grew out OF Darrieott's entering the lat
ter place and approaching Wolf. at the
same TIME swapping b finger at him. This
Wolf resented He leaped at his opponent
and struck him, burying a sharp ring in his
IN rToIrI-
down, and was Furnishing him severely when
Wolf called Polcea Patroiman Sheridan
arrested the fighters.
An unknown tramp met q terrible and
violent death at Newman Monday In |
company with two others he was stealing
ride on north-bound freight train. When
herajn reached Newman the three tramps
were m de to get of. AS the train started
again two Of the three succeeded in getting
back on the rods, but the other lost his foot
ing aud was dragged beneath the wheels
and mangled in a horrible manner The |
train was stopped as soon as possible, but
nothing could be done for him. He was
Roont IS years Of age. but there was moth
ing on his person to indicate his name or
whence be came. His companions ran as
Soop as the train stopped.
The Georgia association of life Insurers
was organized at Atlanta Monday. The as
ISOLATION Is one purely of a social char acter |
and has no business relations with the oc- |
cupation Of the gentlemen who compose IL. |
1t ls composed OF gentlemen engaged in the |
insurance business only, and has In the |
state Of Georgia twenty-six members. Only |
those who are IN direct communication |
with the company, or rather who are the
direct representatives of the company are
entitled 10 membership. The officers are:
Thomas 9. Peters, Atlanta, president; N.
r Winshlp, Macon, vice president; Clarence
a axyT Pat mr.
Atlanta. treasurer; with the following ex-
ecutIve COMMITTEES: j Perdue OF Atlanta,
X. III. Plant of Macon, 7. s. Lowery OF
Macon, w. Woods WI ite of Atlanta, and
Z. z. Shaddon of Atlanta.
Carrie Foster, a negro woman, was ar
rested Sunday night at her house at Colum-
bus, charged with killing her own infant.
Sunday light as pfiicsr Remington was
patfolhng bis beat In the northern part OF
the city Ne was approached by some me-
groes and informed that the woman Carrie
roster had stated TO them that she had
killed her owp Child, which, she further
stated, was born Friday night. Receiving
whereabouts, Officer Remington went to
her house and placed the woman under ar
rest. The officer made q search of the room
and several garments which bore traces OF
blood were discovered, and 60 strong was
the ,circumstantial evidence that the
Vchs11hf otshShkh bub cldEKe. was
taken to the station and locked Up irnme-
diately. She claims the charge IL con-
spiracy.
Albany Herald: A large audience as
sembled in the opera house Monday night
50 witness the performance Of George viii
sons minstEels. Ihe hall was full aud the
gallery was packed. Before the per-
formance opened very offensive odor flied
the hall, and in the rear Of the hall it was
50 dense that 1t seemed to ones olfactories
that it was thick enough to slice with a
knife and lay it out in smooth-cut sections.
1t was Florida beans What are Florida
beans! To the uninitiated we will state that
they are something awful. There are
one or two bushes of them IN Albany The
bush bears pretty flower, bat after the
flower comes IA pod OF beans, and one Of |
these beans can offend Whole household IL !
chewed up and the saliva expectorated. |
The expectoration and breath from ono who |
chews up one of these Florida beans is
worse than the fumes from a skunk. The
whole atmosphere around becomes impreg-
mated with an indescribable and highly
offensive and sickening odor, and in a close
room or hall it is almost unbearabe. Well |
somebody chewed Florida beans in the opera
house Last nightald Offended the whole audi |
ence. Chief Of Police Westbrook "tumbled