The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-24
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PAR AGRAPHs.

a Train With His Head Out of ths
Window-A Man Arrested at Car
rOIIton Supposed to he a Murderer
From TexaS-A MacOnite Invents q
wrench which Is Expected a.
Bring Him Fortune.
GEORGIA.
Colquitt county has the largest unbrok
en- belt of sawmlu timber IN the state.
The leading contractors Of Augusta ars
going to organize builders exchange.
The annual convention Of the Georgia
c1lored MasOns viii meet at Columbus TO-
day.
Efforts are being made TO have "a daily
mail route from Rochelle TO Ashley and
other points IN Wilcox county
Several hundred thousand dollars has
been made during the past few years by
investors in COlquitt county real estate.
DR.. David A. Mathews. for many years
a prominent physician OF Ebert county,
died at his home near Elberton Sunday.
Tom Lem Anderson died at Covington
Sunday afternoon from locomotor ataxia.
He was one OF COvington's most enterprLs-
ing and respected citizens.
Macon is preparing TO make the celebra-
tion on July 4 at Central City park the
biggest demonstration of the kind ever
he'd there. Bicycle races Will De one or
the features.
Marshauviue viii soon be supplied with
a compete telephone exchange. There are
up TO date about twenty-five members in
town. and several with connecting lines
out IN the country and orchards near
town.
A man and woman, who had every ap-
pearance Of being wen-to-do, drove up to
the Home Of the Friendless at Atlanta
Monday, left baby and bundle OF cloth
ing in the yard and disappeared The
couple will be hunted for by the police.
Sheriff Cannon of Carol county has
arrested a stranger who claims that his
name is George Tiedeman, but it is
thought ne IS Johnson, who is wanted Tor
murder in Texas. He was followed by a
detective from Texas. who lost his trau
about seven miles from Carronton.
The teachers institute for Polk. Pauld-
ing and HARRISON counties met at Rock
mart Monday. Profs. G. C. Bond of
Athens. J. S. Tomlin and Buell. Stark
have been selected as experts. Hon. G..
X. Glenn, state school cOmml ssloner, Will
deliver an address on the 18th inst.
Talapoosa is the largest town in Haral-
son county. Il is on the Georgia Pacific,
or Southern railroad, and Buchanan is on
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
railroad. There are thousands and thous-
ands Of acres in improved grapes in the
county, mostly planted by foreigners and
northern people. 1t takes hundreds of
men and horses TO run this industry.
Walter T. Johnston. well-known cit
izen Of Macon, has invented a plumbers
wrench which viii doubtless bring him
fortune. A large northern concern has
taken the manufacture of the wrench and
offer Mr.. Johnston a position at a good
salary, and pay him a royalty on sales Of
the Wrenches. 1t is understood that Mr.
johnston viii in all probability accept the
offer and remove to New York to live.
The textile manufacturers of the south
have been called to meet in Atlanta on
June 49, The object of this session so the
manufacturers say, is very urgent and is
brought about by an overproduction Of
manufactured goods II Is the desire to
curtal production and to come to some
common agreement by which all the mills
OF the south will be closed down. At the
recent session Of the textile manufactur-
ers IN Atlanta committee upon ''limita-
ton of product" was appointed 1t was
to be the duty of this committee to take
up some plan which would decrease the
production Of goods in this section. II is
well known fact that there is already a
supply of goods at the different mills suf-
nclent to last for the next three years
As last resort the committee calls an
other session and some plan will be agreed
upon.
When the negro excursion train over the
Atlanta and West Point reached Atlanta
at midnight Sunday night the passengers
reported that an Atlanta negro had been
peheaded at West Point by a piece Of
Drluge timber that struck him while he
was looking out OF the window. The ex-
curslon train left the city early Sunday
morning and returned late Sunday night
among Inc passengers who went down
was an Atlanta negro, who was looking
Out OF the window as the train passed
through West Point. The negro did not
nolce a timber that projected from the
from his body, scattering his blood and
Dralns against the car window. The head
Was padly beaten up and battered and
his body was left at West Point, and the
Train went on TO the city.