The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-06

on Atlall a AerchantS-Roilllcs ana
Oandidat in Carroll County-A
Heavy Blcy " Does Considerable Dam
age at orIsS 1do.
GEORGIA.
The Bra dycrot inc formula and the business
Of me ass. med C ompany al Macon have been
sold 70 a. D. La. mar and X. II. Plant for
81. 800
Farmers rer ort cotton in Whitfield county
a. 6eing badiv in ured by the cold nights.
some are plowing II up and repIantng with
corn and peas.
Rev. :. b. CarI'e 2ter the rector OF the
Cburch of the Atom, nent, at Augusta. has
been aTuointed bv IN, bishop OF the diocese
archdeaCon o. Augu, Vt D.
The wheat crop in G rrol county is nearly
made and ii is though TO be a fair one. Oats
ar looking strong ana healthy, but are begin
ming to suffer for want = Ia4u's
The democratic exel Nltlye committee OF
Rabun county met SatuT Jay ana cauedA prl-
mary for June -, to elel 8 delegates to the
erubernatorial convention and also TO vote for
delegates to the congressiO QaI convention
A few DAYS ago Rev Mr. Williams, who
lives only Few miles from { ar[ou1oh, proved
up plpe something like 4 clay pipe, but
much larger. which had the d ate l45- carved
on II. It seems to have been carved out OF
hard flint
Jobn c. Cannon. 4 candidate for sheriff OF
Carroll county. Is having some trouble in get
ting the people to learn who be / s. de pub
fishes seard in the local papers telling the
he is not a son Of Joseph Cannon
Rev. W. E Dozier will preach the COM
mencement sermon at the Bowde college
which will be on the fourth sunday IN June.
7. +. r. COBB, OF Atlanta will dellv IT the an
nual address on Tuesday. W. Z. Adamson
has been selected as the orator OF The Clay
and Calhoun society.
The third party of Floyd met in Rome Sat
urday and held meeting Of considerable
length. The object of the meeting was 10
put out candidates for the legislature and re
suited in the nomination OF Maj. u b. Har-
grove, eX-republlcan postmaSteE5 " T.
Hampton and w. G. Donehoo.
The democratic executive committee, Of
Chattahoochee, met Saturday and ordered
primary to be held June Is to elect delegates
to the congressional convention whic p meets
at Warm springs on Aug, s. Chattalloochee
county will, in all probability instruct Tor the
Hon. T. W. Grimes, OF Muscogee.
Edwin r. Sharpe, Of CarroNton, as an
noVnced himself a candidate for the sta &c SEN
ate. Mr.. Sharpe has opposed the poh cy OF
President Cleveland In his paper, he Free
Press. He viii make the race IN the demo
cratic primaries. 1t is reported that Jesse
Murrah will lead the populists in their for
lorn hope for the same Office.
Congressman Maddox will have opposition
in the Seventh district in the person OF eX-
Congressman R. w. Everett. This news bas
caused a great deal of talk, especially in
Polk, Mr.. Everett's home county. A large
number Of citizens Of that county petition ed
him to run, and he answers in card, in
which he tells them that he cannot disle-
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county has already acted for Mr.. Maddox.
Paul Bass. of Carrollton. who in company
with Dave Meriwether, started, about three
weeks ago for the Gulf Of Mexico, by way of
the ChattahOochee river, in common bateaN,
has returned home disheartened. They were
robbed Of all their clothing pistols, etc. this
side of Columbus, by stranger whom they
picked up at West Point. He professed to be
a guide He was left TO guard the clothes Of
the boys for short while and on their re-
turn clothes and tramp were gone.
Percy Chestney, aged about 10 years, the
son of Maj. T. O. Chestney, cashier OF the Cen
tral Georgia bank will be made assistant
mailing and night clerk at the Macon post
once, vice Mr.. Hillyer Rudsin, promoted to
be registry clerk. The ONCE of assistant
mailing and night clerk Is under civil service
rules, and Postmaster Price had to select q
person who stood highest in the list of ex-
amined applicants. Mr.. Percy Chesfney. Col
j. l.. ID. Gerdine, Of Macon, and Capt. w. @.
Davis, formerly Of Macon, now Of Atlanta
stood neck and neck 1T the top Of the list Post.
master Price selected Mr.. Chestney and he
viii enter at once upon the discharge of his
duties.
1t is not positively known when Gen Evans
will speak in Macon. but 1t is thought that it
Will be either on the night OF June 70. or June
- Bibb's primary will occur on June IA. The
Evans followers have engaged the superior
courtroom for the nights OF June and l3 1t
is rumored that several local orators will ad-
dress the meeting on Juue s, in favor OF Gen.
EvaDs Among those who will speak, 50 II is
said, are Hon W. A. Huff. Hon. Dupont
Query. Hon. Washington Dessau and others
When Gen. Evans was in the city on Friday
ne made thorough canvass Of the city from
store TO store, under escort OF Capt S. ).
Dunlap, and Mr.. Pitt Baldwin. two popular
and leading citizens, and was introduced to
many Of the merchants and others.
Last week a woman Of neat attire and
homely features, giving her name as Mrs
White, underworld to get check, alleged 10
have been given by her husband, on a Florida
bank. cashed at several banks in Augusta
She failed to secure the accommodation,
though she impOrtuned, both pathetlcally
and eloquently. At one Of the banks she left
check 70 await Geographic investigation
She has never called for it. IN
G. was the reply when the merit
OF the cheek was passed upon by
wire. But the woman got in her work
in Atlanta. The heaviest losers are the Keely
Company, the Eads- Neel Company and j. Re
genstein. The female dupist stopped at the
Aragon and went in fine style. She pur-
chased bills of goods from her victims and
gave IN exchange checks beariUg the sigma
ture OF wealthy FlOridian and drawn on a
Jacksonville bank. It is said that she had
male accomphce. She remained in Atlanta
but short time and it is believed that after
leaving here she went to Texas However,
this is mere conjecture. She covered her
tracks wi h characteristic shreWdness and IL