The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13


Of Macon consent that the state fair be
declared off this year BY contract be-
tween the city and the State Agricultural
Society the state fair is to be held In Ma
con every alternate year. President Wad-
dell says the results were not satisfactory
from financial standpoint when the tair
was held in conjunction with the Augusta
exposition in 1885, and with the Macon eX-
pOsition in 1894. He said the society had
no money in the treasury, but was not
out of debt. He did not think the finances
of the country were in a condition to hold
a state fair this year successfully and al
vised that Macon adopt his suggestion TO
declare the fair off. The communication
was referred to the finance committee.
Tennile correspondence Morning News;
Farmers are about ready to put in corn,
and needless of advice from the expert
mental station they continue turning up
the subsoil. Judging from appearances
now as much or more cotton will be put
in as last year, and good deal more fer-
tiizer is being used which argues an IN
creased production. Our farmers are upon
a self-sustaining basis, and can afford TO
take some risk on the price of cotton next
fall, so they will probably endeavor TO
make more cotton than they did last year,
i'm the hope that prices Will rule as high
Washington county's superior court got
through with it's business in one week this
time, by referring some of the cases to the
county court. There were no cases of spe-
cial interest before Judge Gambol this
term. ground was broken for Ten
Miles new school building to-day. 1t Will
be one of the neateSt and most convenient
school buildings in middle Georgia We
had a light frost in this section on the 9Th
inst but no harm of consequence was done
to Vegetation.-The fruit seems to be I'M
harmed, up TO this time and as thousands
of Young trees are just coming into bear
| ing, a large crop of fruit is expected,
should we pun through without further
/ freezes.-Sman grain, though late, is do
/ ing pretty well, the rains being sufficient
| and the cold not too severe for it to pros
| per- though the acreage is small.
The Macon Evening News prints the fol-
| lowing about Hon. John I. Halls return
to Georgia, already the subject of an ex-
tended story by telegraph in the Morning
News: .Messrs. Dupont Guerry & Joseph
4 Hall of Macon, who have been the attorn-
eys for the Georgia Southern and Florida
| railroad since the organization of the Sys-
| tenn and all during the receivership, will
| be succeeded by Hon. John i. Hall of
| Griffin who has resigned the office of as
sistant United States district attorney to
| accept the position of attorney of the
Georgia Southern: The late Judge George
| w Gustin was also one of the attorneys
| of the Georgia Southern under the firm
| name of Gustin, Query Hall, Hon.
John l. Hall is a member of the well known
law firm of Hall q Hammond of Atlanta,
| and has taken a prominent part in the
| receiVership proceedings of the Georgia
! Southern He was formerly Judge of the
! Flint superior court circuit and represent
| ed Spalding county in the legislature of
| 1892, being chairman of the finance commit
/ tee he resigned from the legislature IN
1893 to accept the position of assistant
United States attorney, to which he was
! appointed by Secretary of the Interior
| Hoke Smith, at a salary of 5000 per an
| mum. Judge Hall accepted the attorney
| shin of the Georgia Southern road a few
days ago to assume charge April Is, when
| his resignation from the interior depart
| ment will take effect. The fact was kept
| a profound secret until yesterday. Mr.
Joseph II. Hall of Macon, a member of
| the firm of Query & Hall, the present
| general attorneys for the Georgia South
| ern and Florida was in the
| city of Baltimore yesterday There
he had a consultation with Vice President
Shaw of the Georgia Southern and Flor
| ida, who told him that notice Of the road s
termination of its contracts with his firm
| was mailed to Macon two days ago. Mr..
Joe Hall went over to Washington last
| night. In speaking about the matter he
said that the notification yesterday was
| the first intimation he had had of the
contemplated change. He and Mr.. Query
have been the general attorneys of the
| road since the inception of the enterprise.
| In all that time the largest verdict ever
| obtained against the road was for ST. 900.
/ He was furnished with no reason for the
change, and could not conceive Of what