The morning news., 1894-08-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.


Candidates Thick and Politics sultry
Everywhere-The Small Boy and the
Cigarette-The Crop Outlook-Im-
provements and Thriving New In
dustries-Sayings of the State Press
in Both the Major and Minor Key.
The Casualty Record.
GEORGIA.
woodbine now boasts OF three artesisn
wells
Kingsland's new hotel is rapidly nearing
completion.
The Moultre Observer is claiming the big
gest cucum Der in Georgia
The ladies Of the First Baptist church at
Gainesville are having the interior repainted
and re1tted in handsome style.
The timber market of Southeast Georgia is
down so low that the most OF the cutters
have or will soon quit the business.
Southeast Georgian: small boy and
cigarette came near causing coutagratlon at
the Kingsland postofice one day last week.
Georgia Cracker: The poor old dogs at
Chestnut Mountain have nearly parked them
selves to death at candidates during the past
week.
On or about Sept the Herald will issue a
trade review and business directory OF Al
bany. 1t will be a l2-page paper, and a large
edition will be printed.
Fodder pulling is the order Of the day around
Albany, when the hands can work A great
portion of the corn fields are still under
warter or kneedeep in mud
Len Thomas, a lad about Is years old, OF
Wavcross, war killed near Onerman Thurs
day by the turning over of the pile driver,
which was being operated there.
Waycross Headlight: A stock company has
been formed at McRae for the culture OF bear
grass on a large scale. 1t is said the poorest
land will produce it in abundance.
Two negroes, tenants on DR.. Morgan's place
just outside OF Cochran, quarrelea MONDAY
over the plOwiuR OF horse ana one slasned
the other across the throat and on the hand
with knife.
Georgia Cracker: Money orders are mar
vels Of convenience. economy and safety.
just as an experiment, to see how beautifully
they work, suppose you try one on the amount
of your Indebtedness to the Cracker They
are absolutely safe
The LAGRANGE Graphic in Convention I'm
pressions:" Ex-Gov. Boynton was a striking
fgure in the convention With his white
hairs and his venerable appearance, he looked
like the pictures Of the old ante bellum aris-
tocrats, Who were the glory and pride OF The
old time south.
Quitman Free Press: Farmers predict that
the continuous rains win have a damaging
eject upon cotton. Already complaints are
being made that the plant is rustlug and shed
ding. When the rains cease and hot dry
weather sets in il is feared that the effect
will be Still worse.
Georgia Exchange: Gentlemen % contem-
plating hen-roOst and melon-patch incursions,
and wishing to wear an anti buckshot protec-
tor that viii guarantee painless and grace
ful retreat, should keep track OF the bullet
proof coats and Vests-nO pants" Yet re-
ported now huttering in the International
breezes.
The largest beet ever brought to Conyers is
on exhibition at the postohce. 1t weighs
thirteen ana OnC-half pounds.
Georgia Exchange:
Afar he wanders bout the fields
In most ecstatic bliss,
To destinations sweet he Yields
Ana thinks the earth is his.
Sultry Politics in the Second: The News
never calls a man a liar. We don't do it be-
cause it IS not good fun nor good manners. 1t
is distinctly coarse and vulgar But we are
tempted TO do il sometimes. We are tempted
to point out a whole passle of liars in the
Second district, gigantic, stupenduOus liars
liars until the imagination weakens and falls
Lee County Enterprise The melon growers
OF Lee county are now shipping the second
crop OF melons grown this year When the
rains SET in several weeks ago the melon
vines seemed to put on a new growth and IN
a short time were full Of young melons which
is the second crop. These melons are lust
rpenlng. and are larger and better than the
first crop was.
Glynn county is to have a new militia dis
trict. The county commissioners at their
regular August meeting, appointed a com
mission to designate the lines for the new
district, and report back to the commission
ers. II win probably be taken from the
Twenty sixth district. This will give Glynn
another polling place and another Justice of
the peace.
The authorities at Albany have beer. on the
lookout for some time past tor Rev. AleXan-
der Boston, a colored divine, who is wanted
in Lee county for COW stealing. Tuesday af-
ternoon Officer Neal Mooney observed a tall
negro standing on Washington street, who.
rs the result OF few adroit questions ad-
nlitted that he was Parson Boston and lived
or had lived, in Lee county He was paced
in confinement and Sheriff Martin OF Lee was
notified OF his capture. An officer arrived
Tuesday night after Boston who was carried
back to Leesburg to stand his trial
The new Augusta box factory consists Of a
complete saw mill planning mill and box fac
tory, using about thirty horse power; con
nected with the plant is tramway operated
with separate engine, used exclusively fOl
taking the logs from the river Abort Ter
men are regularly employed, turning abopi
1000 boxes of various sizes per day Shlp.
ments are being made daily to North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Alauama and Mississippl
and orders are now on hand for Florida, in
diana and New York Modern and extensive
veneering machinery Is being added to the
present plant, which will increase its capacity
and profits.
Marietta Journal: Burglars entered the
store OF the Barnes Shoe Company in thi,
place on last Monday night. they broke the
clasp Of paddock on the cellar door. ano
once inside OF the cellar they went up into the
store through trap door. When James Hill
burn opened up the store Tuesday mornins
he saw the displacement OF goods and soon
found out that the store had been visited
BY burglars. They carried OF six OF
seven pairs Of shoes some shirts and hats
From the money register they got SIC
or 812 in money. They made "a good
haul. ana probably the goods and money they
got would amount 10 i5O There is no clue as
10 the thieves on tuesday night burglars
entered by some unknown means the store ot
a. W. Glover X Co. They opened on the
counter and ate the contents Of sardine box
lit a lamp and tried 10 open the safe blaCked
their shoes, ana carried OF a half box Of to-
bacco. some shoes, shirts, etc. When they
departed hoy left the rear window open II
IS not known whether some boy was locked
up in the store or climbed over the Uransom
o. the back door.
FLORIDA
Scuppernong grapes are rlpening In South
Florida.
Pineapple shipments from the East coast
of IInrINn are hLnuI nYnr.