The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,4,ws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Atlanta Lawyer-The City Council
Of columbus After the Electric
hallway with "A Hot sfick-A store
and an Adjoining Dwelling Burn
ed at Conyers-A Verdict Against
m Atlanta street Car Company.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Jacob Russell of Macon died Thurs
The county tax for Worth is only s144
on the thousand this year.
II is reported that the Southern rail-
nav Will build a new depot at Rome soon.
VIII Dudley of Americas is coming TO
-ba front as an expert wheelmau. He took
three prizes at the Hawkinsville fair.
The annual session of the South Geor-
ga conference will convene at Fort VAL
r. on Dec. I. Bishop John e. Cranberry
Of Virginia Will preside.
The county commissioners of Muscogee
county have declined 10 entertain free
anv more prisoners sent TO the jail by
ne city recorder of Columbus.
The people OF Townsville are prepar-
ing an ovation for the Rev. Robert II.
Harris who will shortly return to take
charge of the Baptist church there.
sells circus gave Rome the shake. The
circus people claim that last year the offi-
Gals gouged them in licenses, and the bal
ance Of the public wanted free passes.
Tyiggs superior court has adjourned.
solicitor General, Tom Eason, and request
I'll the senator and representative to vote
for him.
The car shed at West Point was built
FORTY years ago and is in a safe condition
rat Gen. George B. Mcclellan, then a
Young officer in the United States army,
was its architect
John wilbur of East Macon, while on
ton of a car at Godfrey, Morgan county
THURSDAY fell off and broke his neck.
He was killed instantly. 1t is not known
what caused him to fall.
The Georgia Enterprise says that in
the recent bond election In Covington there
were only two votes cast against bonds,
and that these two voters could not to-
gether get credit for plug of tobacco.
Rev. T. NJ. Galloway, the pastor of the
First Baptist church at Dawson, an
nounced on Sunday last that he had de-
cided TO decline the call recently extended
him to serve the church for another year.
Tobe Thomas. 6-year-old colored child,
was crushed so badly by an electric car
on the Inman Park line of the Atlanta
Consolidated Street Railroad Company
Friday, that he died in a short while at
ter being removed to the Grady hospital.
Gov. Atkinson has authorized. reward
of 500 to be offered for the capture and
delivery to the sheriff OF Floyd county
Of Harvey Wilson, who is charged, IN
connection with his mother, Mrs. Mont
gOmery, with having stabbed his step
father to death.
There will be a great gathering of ne
ErOeS at the exposition tomorrow. mat
viii mark the formal presentation of the
negro building to the exposition company.
Chief Commissioner /. Garland Penn says
there ought to be 10000 negroes at the ex-
position on that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. 6. NJ. Davis will celebrate
their golden wedding on Oct. 30, at their
home at Pope's Ferry, in Monroe county.
A remarkable circumstance about the
married life of the aged couple is that
out of their ten children and twenty-One
grandchildren not death has ever oc-
CURED in the family.
II. NJ. Harton, a prominent real estate
dealer of Birmingham, Ala, was bound
over in Commissioner Broyles court at
Atlanta Thursday afternoon for perjury
Harton was that he had altered the date
of expira ton of a written option on land
in South Georgia from Oct. "a 1893, to the
same date one year later.
Lexington Echo: There has been a
strange freak of field peas in many crops
hereaDouts this fall. In many places
where they were planted after grain the
vines have grown to perfection, but a
good portion of them have failed to pro-
duce pea. Many farmers have had their
crops cut short by this freak, which they
cannot explain. The vines are being saved
for hay, though.
The race for coroner of Bibb county, to
succeed Frank Knight, deceased, prom
ises to be quite Lively, If all names men
toned as asDirants for the oIfice really
make the race. Parties mentioned to date
as possibilities are: L. d. Ripley, James \.
George w. Holmes James r. Rodgers,
w. +. Solomon. W. W. Henderon, NJ. L.
Dorsett and others.
Friends of Hon. Pope Brown of Pulaski
county are urging him to become a candi-
date for state commissioner of agriculture
next year, and it is not improbable that
he will be in the race, though he has made
no statement to this effect. Mr.. Brown
represents Pulaski in the legislature, ana
is chairman Of the general agricultural
committee of the House. He is president
a EynnGirinV
At Conyers Friday night at 10 o'clock
fire broke out in George l.. kennons store
and consumed the house and all the goods
that We're in it. An explosion, resulting
kerosen oil, walked up the citizens and
shook the earth all around. The fire then
caught the adjacent dwelling, occupied by
j.. Z. Ferrill and family. The furniture
was nearly all saved but the house was
totally destroyed. Both houses belonged
10 Mrs. A. NJ. Harper. There was no in
surance.
Lexington Echo: Better times has made
It's impress no more feelingly than it has
IN the demands of farm laborers for higher
vases. During the stringency and low
prices of farm products wages were cut
down little, and now that better prices
RUE greatly increased wages are dmanded
ms is putting many farmers in a guam
derry as to what they will do about MAX
ing contracts for hands next year They
90 not see any profit in paying the wages
JANUS are asking of them, and yet they
without hands.
The jury in the case of G.. Keeny against
me Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway
S1QHpdny, which was tried before Judge
w estmoreland at Atlanta Friday, brought
a. Verdlct of 800 for the plaintiff. Mr.
heeny boarded the Fair street car of the
C1lnpany and rendered the conductor
SsIlNer half dollar. The conductor exam
iileu me money and refused to take it as
ne salq II was counterfeit. Mr.. Keeny con-
oenGed that il was good money, but the
SSQ1ndqctor still refused to take it, and as
~ ~ heeny would not pay any other money
az 1S was put off the car and had TO walk
ABOUT mile
work on the telephone line from Rome
- Auanta has been discontinued. The
soPpdse Is caused by an injunction filed
i,S@lHst them. Capt. a. F.. Wooley, who
tbes lew miles east of Rome claims
i 1irat part of the road along which the
M Is oeing run belongs to him, and says
~ ne must be paid for the use of it.
= teiephone company claims that 1t is
p4Dilc road, and refuses to pay for the
99iiInmege of using it. AS a result of the
olsPule capt Wooley has had an appli-
Tauoh Tor injunction filed, and the com
it1nS IS temporarily enjoined from work
Is along that part of the road. The
SPpHcauon and answer will be heard
saturday IN Gainesville.