The morning news., 1894-10-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
News Of the Two States Told in Para
graphs.


GEORGIA
d. G. Bailey. Jr., has resigned as cap
tain Of the Griffin Rifles
The state convention Of the negro Bap-
fists will be in session at Augusta from
Oct. "a to 30.
G. II. Lavender succeeds Col C. l.
Graves as freight agent Of the Southern
railway at Rome
According to appointment, Congress
man Lawson spoke at Lexington Tues
dav and Senator Walsh Wednesday at the
noon recesses Of court.
Charles S. Wyatt, a railroad man Of
Griffin, turned up at the depot at Macon
and reported that while coming In from
his home to Macon this morning on the
Central train ne slept away an $S5 watch.
Mrs. Rebecca Hopkins, the aged mother
of Dr. J. S Hopkins, president Of the
Technological Institute in Atlanta, died
Friday at the home of her daughter Mrs.
William NJ Dunbar. on Elbert street, at
Augusta
At the last regular meeting of the town
council Of Moultrie the LIQUOR license was
changed from $3.50 to $500 a year, with the
understanding that cash mush accom-
pany all applications for licenses. No
notes viii be taken.
Mrs w. ]. Cranston's horse and buggy
was stolen by a negro at Augusta Friday
while ii was standing in front Of her res
idence. The negro took his girl out for
drive and nearly drove the horse to death.
The thief was pursued and finally spr2ng
from the buggy and escaped.
During the noon recess Of court at
Lexington Thursday DR.. J. B. Hunni-
cutt Of Athens delivered an agricultural
speech to a small audience. He gave the
farmers some sound and wholesome ad-
vice as to raising cotton, and pointed out
the way in which the price could be run
up to 10 cents.
Sylvania Telephone: Col John c. Dell
attended court in Emanuel county this
week We learn the Lane case, which
was a suit brought by Ebenezer Lane of
Emanuel for the recovery of land, and
which has been qending in the courts
for puite a while has been settled al last
by compromise.
Merriwether indicator: In 1914 our fa-
ther hauled his cotton to Macon, so miles,
distant and sold it for cents
q pound. But home raised wheat
corn, meat and lard abound
ed in every family and the low price Of
cotton did not hurt like it does now. In
1875 the tariff was reduced and times inl-
proved
At Atlanta Friday Controller General
Wright made application to the attorney
general to proceed to collect the state
taxes due by the railroads in the hands Of
receivers for the past years. The amount
due the state is $4,000 and counties $4,000
The attorney general will proceed to get
an order and sell the roads for taxes un-
less paid at once
A frightful accident occurred on Fri
day morning last at the 81 on William
Landselis place, near Harlem. Horace
Lee. while attending to something about
the sin, got his right arm caught in it,
and before the machinery could be
stopped his arm was horribly mangled.
Drs +. H. Phillips and w. S, Prathcr
were called to attend the wounded man,
and after examination found that the
limb was in such condition as to require
amputation.
Madison Advertiser: Henry n. Morgan,
one OF our well known carpenters, met
with a dreadful accident last Tuesday
afternoon, by which both legs were broh-
en-. He was building a house for Wood
Poullain. A scaffOld had been erected
for aiding in building. While on this
scaffold the structure fell, precipitating
him to the ground, a distance Of nearly
thirty feet The timbers fell across his
limbs. breaking one of them at the thigh
and the other below the knee.
The largest fire that has occurred in
Douglassville for several years was the
burning of ]. p. Watson's livery and
entire contents, consisting of 1000 bundles
of fodder corn, two horses, buggles and
harness, were totally destroyed The loss
TO Mr.. Watson is about $780, there being
no Insurance on the building or contents
Mr.. Watson had only a few days before
been solicited to insure it, but declined
TO do so. Col. J. V. Edge had small
tenement house standing near, which was
also totally destroyed
Reynolds Hustler: Prof. J. S. Searcy o
Panhandle, had the misfortune to lose hi
dwelling and entire contents by fire Sun
day evening last, Prof. Searcy had beel
to Prattsburg TO see his mother who ha
been quite sick for some time, and on hi
return Sunday evening, stopped a
]. Z. Montforts, one of hi
his neighbors, where his family had beel
spending the day. and took tea. A litu
after dark the alarm Of fire was give
and quite a crowd gathered, but too lat
to save anything. Mr.. Searcy arrived jus
in time to see everything he possessed go
ing up in fire and smoke. Loss about 81 so
or $1,000. No insurance; origin Of fire no
known.
The officers of Carolina who are doin
duty in and about Augusta are on tn
alert. They watch goods that are sen
out from Augusta houses, and, when the
have reason to believe that whisky or bee
is being shipped to any point in Sout
seize il. There was an instance Frida,
There was a seizure on the Port Roys
road The detectives had reason to bt
lieve that a package sent out on that lin,
consigned to some point in South Care
lima, contained liquor. A secret servic
man was put aboard the train. As 500
as it rolled across the Savannah rive
bridge and got into the realm of Co
Tillmen, the officer formally seized a
goods and checked them off to Columbi
Americus Times Recorder: Col. H. y
Conner, receiver Of the Central railroa'
spent Friday morning here, though h
visit did not pertain to business Of th
road. 1t was to give testimony in the cas-
of Conner VS.. A. Il. Simmons, in which Oh
sum of $1,000 Is involved, and which gre
out of cotton transaction two years ag
The case is pending in Lee superior cour
and the purpose of the hearing was to a,
duce testimony before Judge j. w. Ha,
good. sitting as special auditor, and wi
will submit a report Of same at the ne.
session Of Lee court Considerable test
mony was heard yesterday but owning
the absence Of Mr.. Simmons, who was q
tained at home by illness, further test