The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-19

Among the speakers were John Wall,
Judge Wigg, and several others. The
ladies brought baskets and served a
bountiful dinner on the grounds
The Coleman Truckers Association held
a meeting recently to decide on what kind
of fertilizers to use the coming season,
and after considerable discussion it was
decided to use cotton seed meal, kainit
and phosphate. The offer of a Jackson
willie firm to deliver at Coleman in flfty-ton
lots at $3.50 per ton was accepted.
A numerously-sigped petition has been
presented to H. L. Anderson, a prominent
republican leader, to make an address
before the people of Ocala on the political
issues of the campaign. Mr.. Anderson
has accepted and expressed his willing
ness to meet free silver advocate in
joint debate. The date for the speaking
has not yet been decided upon.
Mr.. Dees will be the only candidate for
the legislature in Lafayette county. Only
a few, II any, republican votes will be
polled in that county at the October cleo
ton. A heavy vote Will be polled for
Bloxham and democracy. Charles Rawls
has promised to make an appointment for
a public address at Fannin on Oct. 2. Col.
Sparkman will be present. Arrangements
are under way for a barbecue,
meeting of the strawberry growers
and truckers of Hastings and vicinity
was held on Tuesday to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of forming a union, the OBJ
ject of which is to ascertain the best
means to adopt in the shipping and gen.
eral handling of the products of that
settlement. The meeting was presided
over by James Kettle and after a general
exchange of views a committee was ap-
pointed by the chair to draft a constitu-
ton and bylaws and to report at the
next meeting of the union, to be held on
Tuesday, Sept. 20.
The 13-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. Altman, prominent and well
known people of Marietta, a small station
| on the f. G. q p, a few miles northwest
of Jacksonville, died Thursday, from the
| effects of burns received the day before.
! The child had been sent by it's mother to
| kindle the fire for dinner, and to make the
| wood ignite more readily she poured kero-
| sene upon the live embers. A flash and an
| explosion followed. The burning oil was
thrown upon the little girl and in a mo-
ment she was mass of fire. She rush
| ed screaming to her mother, who fought
/ the flames furiously but without avail
| The little one suffered agony all that night
| and until early Thursday morning when
death relieved her.
A case that has been pending in the
| United States court for seventeen years
was closed at Jacksonville Thursday. by
| the filing by the governments attorneys
| of precipe for satisfaction of Judgment.
| The case was that of the United States
! vs.. Laura NJ. Lesesne who was post
master at Lake City, and the action was
to recover from the sureues on the post
| masters bond A judgment in the case
| was given for the complainant March g.
| 1879, for $31S. Roscoe Mckinney, az ex-
ecutor of the will of PAMELA Mckinney
having offered to pay $3.50 in full satisfae-
| tion of the judgment rendered against
| John Mckinney one of the suretes on the
| bond, and the same having been accepted
by the representatives of the government
the clerk was prayed to enter a salts
faction of judgment on the records of
the court.
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
News: Inquiries have been coming from
all parts of the state for several days
asking IL the registration books. which
were closed last Saturday, must be OPEN
ed again for the November election This
| is a point upon which even the LAWYERS
throughout Florida have differed upon,
but Attorney General William b. Lamar
has rendered an opinion which will settle
| the matter He advises all registration
| officers to open their books for registra-
ton on the day after the October cleo
tion and to keep them open until the Sec
ond Saturday of the same month. which
! will give four days for registration for
the November election.-The proprietor of
the St. James hotel, G. A. Lamb who fell
from a second story window on the Stl,,
was out of bed to-day for the first time
since the accident.-Ex-Gov Bloxham is
expected to be out soon. He is suffering
from continued catarrh fever.