The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-13
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
II AGRsPHs.

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comes a United states Depository.
The Disappearance OF Jarvis ~
pIained-Other Matters.
GEORGIA.
AIacon's water supply Is On he Increased
By The addition of a new tve.yr-inch main
from the river system
AIuscogee-s handsome new court house
IS practically completed and VIII soon be
Inspected by the proper committee
Gwinnett county is now all stockiaw.
suwanee district was the last 20 come tn,
but on the oeth oi j lly, the Jaw went ln
force in that district
Rev. Hugh r. Bernard Of Athens has
been elected financial agent Of Mercer
University. Mr. Bernard VIII resign the
passionate OF four churches near athens,
and Will also resign 80 school commission
er Of Clarke county. and remove with ms
family 10 Macon 10 live.
Judge Hanseu. in Thomasville, has con-
tinued the hearing of the motion for a
new trial ln the case Of the state VS. Jack
Sharp. colored. sentenced AZ the April
term Of court 10 nang next FRIDAY Tor
the murder OF Mr.. Platt. lie issued 2
superseleas staying the execution until
further order Of the court.
Miuedgeville Recorder: a colored man
from Washington county. 10y the name OF
Jesse Andrews brought to this Office last
Friday. a stalk of corn on which wefe six
ears. He says he has only ten stalks OF
that kind of corn. and he intends 90 save
them for seed, and next year he Will have
a large crop of that kind OF corn.
An important meeting of the board Of
directors of the Georgia < Alabama rail-
way viii be held in Americas next Satur-
day 18th inst. President John Shelton
Williams viii be present. as viii several
of the directors residing in New York and
Baltimore. Several matters Of much i'm
portance viii be brought before the board,
Including that OF betterments now In pro-
gress at various points along the line.
Tweed Correspondence Morning
News: Considerable dissensiou prevails
among the members of Mount Zion NJ. Z.
church. and it is probable out OF a men,
bership of one hundred and twenty-five,
twO-thirds will withdraw. Quarterly con-
ference was held at the church last Thurs
day and Friday. Presiding Elder A. o.
Thromer, preached two stirring sermons.
The fiery Sam Jones style Of the elder has
created much strife, and some OF ths
members are not at all pleased.
Invitations have been issued to the mar
riage Of Rev. Washington A. Boyd Of Ma
con to Miss Florence II. Sanders Of Har-
mony Grove. This marriage will occur
on the evening of the 18Th instant, in the
College chapel here, and VIII BE attended
BY many friends OF the bride and groom
from all parts OF the United states and
also from Mexico. There will be ten cou-
pies acting as attendants nVe usners,
three flower girls and two officiating min
listers. 1t viii be one of the most fash
iona bic marriages that ever occurred in
this place.
Macon Telegraph: And now a slice Of
Houston wants TO come into Bibb county
and the people over the border are in dead
earnest about II. That section of Hous-
ton contemplating this step includes the
upper and lower Fifth district OF the coun-
~, and 1t is very probable that the Sixth
district viii also come in II they can get
the legislature TO take favorable action
on q petition that will be presented at the
next session. 4 meeting Of the people OF
the Fifth was held al Centrevlle on Sat
urday last and the petition was signed by
every one present Another meeting viii
be held on Saturday next at Wellston, and
there it is fully expected that the same
unity Of purpose will be shown.
Lagrange Graphic: On last Wednesday
a representative Of this paper went out
for the purpose Of viewing the tobacco
farm OF A. p. Handley, just in the limits
of Lagrange. What he saw and learned
upon this visit would answer for all time
conclusively the question whether or not
tobacco can be raised as probably here
as at any place. 1t can most assuredly
be raised In TrOup county as probably
as anywhere else. IL the farmers will
devote their time and energies, or at
least a part Of them, to raising tobacco,
they Will find themselves in a better con-
dition financially, and they viii not be
so dependent upon the yicissitudes Of
the cotton crop. Now let us compare
these two crops and see which is likely
10 prove the most prom table. One acre
planted in cotton with 200 pounds of fer
tilizers used upon it will produce, say,
1000 pounds seed cotton. At cents for
lint cotton this will make $40 per acre.
one acre of equal strength devoted to
tobacco with 200 pounds OF fertilizers used
upon II will produce 1000 pounds Of to-
bacco. If It is well handled and prop
erly cured, tobacco brings all the way
from s. per hundred pounds to $40 per
hundred pounds. Let US say that the
average price is SO per hundred pounds,
this would make the yield be worth 500
per acre. Thus we see that the crop
will be $50 per acre in favor Of tobacco.
FLORIDA.
A dispatch from Tallahassee states that
the big timber mills Of Carrabelle and
Apalachicola may shut down in few
days.
DR.. Porter says that smallpox at Key
West is now under control Compulsve
vaccination has saved the island from an
epidemic.
Tampa Tribune: Nothing will ever
bring the warning republican factions to.
gether in this state but the subdued muir
muir Of the fat as it is fried in Boss Han
mas little skillet.
The Oviedo Gazette reports that Full
ton Canada has just returned from a
three weeks alligator hunt. He killed
29S alligators, averaging six feet long,
during the time, for which he received
$l45.S4.
The Equator-Democrat of Key West
states that Inspector Glenn Jaycox seized
a valise from passenger from the steam
er Mascotte, which contained twenty-five
reams of cigarettes and six bottles OF
aguardiente.
The Mariana Journal announces that
T. J. Dreamer, who lives near Cypress,
says that he has one stalk Of long staple
cotton on which We're counted 442 bolls
and squares. This is not an isolated stalk,
but one OF a large field he has.
A. D. LEM Of New York is making a
tour Of the state TO obtain illustrations
for an issue Of Plant system tourist