The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-19
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Lafayette County TO Have No op-
position - One of Tampa's Cigar
Manufacturers Threatens TO Move
Away on Account of n strike.
GEORGIA.
Dr. H. H. Green of Atlanta died Thurs
day morning.
The growth of the Rome public schools
indicates a very rapid increase Of popu-
lation.
The Woman's Press Club Of Georgia will
meet in executive session at Warm
Springs Sept. "a
North Georgia mining interests are look
ing up. The Paulding county gold Ields
are being developed and are proving very
productive.
The little son Of Col. R. c. II. Laven-
der, agent of the Southern Railway Com
pany OF Rome, fell from the platform at
the depot Wednesday and broke his arm.
W. H. Brown while experimenting the
ginnery of J. A. MCCARTHY at Jersey
Wednesday, had his hand caught in the
gin saws and manged to such an extent
that amputation was necessary.
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Ebert county, as compared with the tax
receivers books of last year is sos 432.
The total returns for this year are s., 090
020, and for the last year 1891, 593.
The continued dry and warm weather
has proven very damaging to the corn
and cotton crops OF Randolph county.
Besides these. the late crops. such as
peas, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, etc,
have proven almost a failure.
W. A. Pledger, the colored lawyer and
politician. and a prominent republican of
Atlanta, thrashed Bud Franklin, a white
man, in a Decatur street saloon Thurs
day, because Franklin killed a small cur
dog that belonged to the lawyer
LAGRANGE has Just built a large cotton
mill and other enterprises and as a result
improvement is apparent in all lines of
business. The Reporter, in its last issue,
states that there are between sixty and
seventy-fiye residences now in course OF
construction.
The big cotton ginnery Of the Feather
stone Manufacturing Company at Cedar
town caught fire Wednesday from a hot
box, and the entire plant, with several
bales of cotton, were totally burned. One
but the loss will be about 1880.
W. W. vandiver has rendered his resig-
nation as a member of the water COM
mission of Rome, he having removed from
the city. The commission has hoated
most Of the bonds issued and is working
hard to get into a position that will war
rant the putting in of system of filters.
Harry Armstrong. colored. has been
Jailed at Athens on complaint of one of
three wives, charged with bigamy. He
has wife in Atlanta, II is alleged, and
one in East Athens. Last Sunday he
married a woman in West Athens, and
the wife in East Athens brought the com
plant when she heard of her husbands
last escapade.
The bicyclists of both sexes at Cochran
are up in arms" against an ordinance
passed by the town council Wednesday
night to the effect that the rider upon
meeting an individual on the sidewalk
must dismount until the individual passes.
The ordinance means that any young lady
who should meet a white person, or negro
for that matter must dismount in honor
of eithe-. The object of the ordinance
was to prevent accidents, but the ordi-
nance is being received with general dis
favor
The warrant in Justice Foute's court
at Atlanta. Charging s. s. Pegram with
forgery, was tried and dismissed Wednes-
day. The accusation was sworn out by
H. A. Luther, an insurance man in temple
court for whom Pegram solicited insur-
ance. AmorS the first policies that he
wrote were two for W. A. Cones, a barber
and his wife. Pegram was given note
for the Payment of the premiums. but
Cones. when it fell due. made an AFFIDAVIT
to the effect that he had not signed the
note, After hearing the evidence Judge
Foute dismissed the warrant Pegram says
that Cones swore falsely in the case.
At the second session of the fourth ma
tional convention of the Woman's Relief
Corps, which convened at st. Paul on
Sept 5, a collection was taken for An
dersonville, Ga. The result of the collec-
tion was $l.74. A stockade as nearly IKE
the old one as possible will be erected
around the property as soon as finances
will warrant. Many OF these women had
brothers, fathers or husbands who suffer
ed and died in this prison, and the liberal
donations that poured In were in most in.
stances memorials to some loved and
lost one The Grand Army of Georgia has
given the property TO the w. r. c. or
condition that 1t be restored. A committee
and inform that body what had been ac.
complished.
The local option liquor law contest OF
Z. r. Smith ct al. VS.. A. G. Williamson
ordinary ct al, was called at the opening
of court at Eastman Wednesday and was
stubbornly fought by both sides. The
county went dry by p majority and the
vets contested and we're represented by
j. E. wooten and E. d. Ora
ham Of McRae, while the re-
spondents were represented by Judge ID.
NJ. Roberts, Smith & Clements and Her.
man & Miner Counsel for the ordinary
filed a long demurrer to the petition, al
leging that the ordinary's court was the
proper place TO begin the contest; that
due and legal notice has not been given
the ordinary and several other grounds
Judge Smith sustained the demurrer and
the case went out Of court. The plain
tiffs will apply 10 the supreme court for
final adjudication.
An injunction has been filed against the
city of Rome by Attorney NJ. b. Eubanks,
asking that the mayor and council be re-
strained from collecting a banker
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