The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-27
In GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
N ARAGRAFHs.

ers Do Not Want TO Pay For
weighing Their Cotton-TnnninE
in Florida "a success-snIvHtion
Army Break in Tampa-Other
News.
GEORGIA.
The bicycle races iu Augusta viii De held
on Sept. Is and &C.
Vadosta expects 10 be the leading mar
ket for long staple, sea island cotton this
year.
The cotton receipts at sandersville this
season up TO Tuesday. the 18th. amount
10 2S5 bales Last year az this time not
a bale had been received
L have never seen the business out
look brighter than it now promises 10 be
the coming fau." is the way one Of Ma
cons leading business men views the sit
uatiou.
Patrick Bremen, peddler. who spends
most Of his time on the road selling goods
but whose home is in Atlanta. has been
missing since June q last, and his wife
and friends think he has been murdered.
Mrs. C. A McElwain. the mother Of
Mrs. sam p. Jones. died on Sunday morn
ing about s O'Clock. after a lingering i'll
ness Of two months at her home In Emil
hence. Ky. The cause OF her death was
organic heart trouble and other compiled
tons.
The Consolidated tax returns for Sumter
county for the year 1885 is $5.Ols,3ls. show
ing an increae over the returns OF 1885 Of
SlS0, 395. These are the figures shown by the
county tax returns in the Office Of Tax
Receiver Mize. This is a very good showing
for old Sumter.
Helena correspondence Morning News
Aug %: About 4:45 a m. fire was discov-
cred in a house belonging to A. T. Nc
Laughlin, and owing to lack OF assist
ance the house was entirely destroyed in
a remarkably short time. Not much was
lost, except the house.
Mile Lawrence. a woman well known
in Albany tired Of existence. tired Of the
life she was leading. cut short the brittle
thread. about o'clock Sunday morning.
She was found dead lying on her bed A
paper containing some morphine was
found on a table with other evidences Of
suicide.
The Covington Star has a delightful
freshness in the way 1t administers con-
Of the man who asks. rs IL hot euOugh?"
The Star says AS extremes follow each
other it is safe to predict that we will
have a severe winter, after so much not
weather.
Brewer & Hanleiter Of Griffin have filed
a complaint with the interstate commerce
commission, against the Georgia Midland
and the Central, and their connections,
for violation of the fourth section OF the
act 10 regulate interstate commerce.
These gentlemen claim that these roads
charge a higher rate of freight from the
west 10 Griffin than they do to Macon
or Columbus.
Prof. Reynolds believes that If the citi-
gems Of Minedgeville will contribute $500
the authorities Of the college
can successfully establish a bus
mess department of the NJ. G. NJ.
and a. College, and maintain this branch
for one year, and then place II on a
permanent basis. To this end he asks
forty citizens to contribute s.. or twenty
citizens $40 each.
The Augusta Telephone and Electric
Company have about completed all ar
rangements for the establishment of a
telephone system, and II will be no great
while before Augusta and the surrounding
country will be enjoying a new system of
phone service. The system used is the
Stronger automatic telephone exchange,
which has been used successfully In all Of
the large cities in the west and east.
Macon News, Aug. 25: Six days ago Ma
con was practically in the throes OF a
water famine. To-day she has an ample
supply of water, and even more than Is
necessary is available al a moments no.
law inc he Ia =
was as dry as tomato can. This morning
the reservoir contains thirteen feet OF
water. with every probability that the
full capacity, a feet, will be reached very
shortly.
The following petition has been signed
by some of the farmers of Barlow: The
undersigned farmers OF Barlow county
ask that some arrangement be made that
win relieve the farmers Of the charge of
weighing their cotton, and take this
method of bringing the matter before the
business men Of Gainesville, believing
that it will result benehcially to Carriers
willie and cause more cotton to be mar
keted here, and give greater satisfaction
than the present method.
Henry Hanie and Bob Morris. two Wal
ton boys, engaged in fight in that town
last week Morris was knocked down. and
afterward got up in fighting mood He
cut Hanie pretty severely. The men were
put under arrest by the local police. but
the mayor was in New York the mayor
pro tenn on the grand jury, and the three
remaining members Of the council toe
busy at their stores TO get off; so Hanie
and Morris did not remain in durance vile
and are out on their own recognizance.
An exchange gives the following good
story: The other day Maurice Thompson
the writer, visited Calhoun, Ga, his OLD
boyhood home. who's that yander %
asked an old countryman, indicating
Thompson, who was standing before a
grocery store whiting a pine box. THE
tall fellow?" YES" That's Thompson
Maurice Thompson" What! The teller
what use ter play eroun' here?" THE very
same" you don't tell me?" Fact. But
he's great man nOw-one of the most sue
cessful of literary men" "Onpossible"
Fact, tell you. He's a great man now. -
We'll" said the old man. doubtfully, "hit
may be so, but hit don't look reasonab able 90
Not 'reasonable'?' NO! Why'-and he
drew closer and lowered his voice a little
The used ter go fshin' with me!'