The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGR Apis.

A Reader in Cigar Factory at
Tampa Complains That lie Is Not
Earning Enough to support His
Family and Blows ont His Brains
Before His Fellow WorImen-A
Strike in n Cigar Factory.
GEORGIA.
Loxett Bookins will be tried at Louis
Vile at this term of court on the charge
OF killing negro man and woman at
Wadley last June Bookins is said 70
have done the killing through Jealousy.
The boss cotton picker Of Carroll county
is Leonard Almon of the Sixth district
son of James Almon. He is a little over
years old weighs thirty-seven pounds
and has picked as high as l4O pounds
of cotton in a day.
Ed Mcbride "a years old, a fireman,
fell overheard from the British steamship
ST Filians at Brunswick late Saturday
night and was drowned. Mcbride was
sitting on the rail of the ship TO cool off
before retiring. He lost his balance and
fell into the water.
What is known as the "Piny" fork Of
Caney creek, on the road leading from
Newman to Franklin, has dried up. Capt.
W. T. Stallings has been living in that
portion of the county twenty-eight years
and says this is the first time the creek
has gone dry since he has known It,
Four cars of the Georgia Pacific freight
train, going into Atlanta, was wrecked at
a point three miles west of Atlanta Mon
day Three cars were almost wholly de-
molished, and an unknown tramp who
was stealing a ride on one of the wrecked
cars was instantly killed, his body be-
ing badly mutilated.
Cotton receipts at Americas are holding
up well. despite the short crop, though
more than half of it has already been
marketed thus early in the season. Re
ceipts to date are 1881 bales. Many Of
the fields in that section have been picked
over the second and third time, and will
yield but very little more.
There are imprisoned in the Bibb county
jail seventeen persons charged with crimes
that are punishable by death. OF these
fifteen are for murder and two are for
rape. A number of them have had the
death sentence passed upon them, and
are only waiting for the time to roll
around when they will meet their fate
and pay the penalty for their crimes.
The money recovered from County
Treasurer w. c. Burks of Dougherty coun-
ty by the county was due to
no loose management on the part
of the treasurer, but from a mis-
apprehension of the law governing the
collection of his salary. No man stands
higher in his community than Mr.. Burks.
For the eighteen years that he has held
the Office of clerk of court and treasurer
each successive grand jury has compll-
mented his efficiency and he is honored
and respected by all who know him.
Rev. George C. Clarke died at Perry
day or two ago. He was the oldest min
lister of the South Georgia Methodist
conference and was a trustee of the or
phans' home at Macon. He was IS years
of age. The greater part of his life has
been spent as minister of the gospel
and an earnest laborer in the Christian
vineyard. Mr.. Clarke has several chill
dren to survive his death. They are Jo-
seph Clarke of Perry, Hooper Clarke,
George Pierce Clarke of Macon. Charles
7. Clarke of Valdosta. Edward F. Clarke
of st. Petersburg, Fla, Mrs W. E. Con-
verse of Valdosta and Mrs Eugene T.
Willis of Macon.