The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-30
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE Two STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

An Interesting LeEal Right oNcr
Grocery Dill in Atlanta-The Good
Templnrs to Institute Revival
Liquor at a Camp Mccting-A Fall
Crop of Peaches in De Leon Coun-
~, FIn.-A New Species of GRASSY
Disease Among Cattle.
GEORGIA.
Rome charges 81 for health certificates.
Macon's telegraph wires are now all IN
der ground and the call wire has been dis
pensed with.
The Young men about Valdosta are Or
ganizing an athletic club and expect to
fit up a good gymnasium
The Episcopal church Of Athens has
concluded financial arrangements for the
completion of their new church building
at an early date.
Big Bethel, a negro church in Atlanta,
one of the most costly and elegant negro
churches in the south, has been condemn
ed and must be pulled down.
There is a prospect of competition in At
Ianta for the Baggage and Cab Company,
which refuses to haul trunks to distant
parts of the city for % cents.
H. B. Logan of Atlanta has been APP
pointed by the Grand Lodge Of Good Temp
lars as lecturer for the state. He will or
ganize lodges of Good Templars in all sec
lions of the state.
Saturday, cracksmen at Sycamore, en-
tered the Southern Express Office and
made an attempt to bow open the safe
of the company, but failed. They sue
ceeded, however, in destroying the combi-
nation lock.
Gainesville News: The report comes,
and it comes pretty straight, that Gov.
Atkinson has decided to offer the city
tudgeship to Hon. J. w. Harris. and in
the event that it is not accepted by that
gentleman, 1t will be rendered to Albert
s. Johnson.
A Macon church congregation recently
held an election for pastor. Two names
were voted for the women voting solidly
for one of the candidates who is now con-
fined in Bib county jail, and he was
elected: but the men of the congregation
decided to throw out the returns and de-
clare the candidate elected who could fill
the pulpit.
An Atlanta woman who was arrested on
warrant of her grocer for cheating and
swindling, and was imprisoned for two
days, has retaliated by suing the grocer
for false Imprisonment and damages TO
the amount of 5000. She claims that
the grocers suit was based on debt
claimed to be due him, which she claims
not to owe.
Raymond Davis, who lives on the Hous-
ton place near Kingston, met with a Sc
rious loss Saturday night. Between p
and O'Clock that night his barn caught
fire and it and contents were entirely con-
sumed. Four or five head of mules We're
in the barn and they were destroyed by
the flames. His loss also includes 5000
pounds of cotton, a lot of hay, corn and
other things.
Gainesville News: Capt P. b. Bibb.
who has been in charge of the big gov
eminent dry docks at Port Royal, s. c.,
has resigned, his position and will become
a citizen of Barlow county He will farm
near Stilesboro, taking charge of the Luz
cas- place. Capt. and Mrs. Bibb, the lat
ter well known as Miss Josie Martin,
will receive a most cordial welcome to
their new home.
In Talbot county, Mr.. D. D. Lawson's
three children were sleeping one afternoon
last week all in one bed. Mrs. Lawson
happened to pass through the room where
the little fellows were and was Mortified
TO see a large snake coled up on the bed
with the children. While his suakeshp
slept, Mr.. Lawson, who had been call
ing, quietly took the children off the bed
and then dispatched the snake.
L. NJ. Lamar, a Georgian has been ap-
pointed assistant general freight agent of
the Mexican National railroad. Mr.. La
mar is a son of the lamented Col Lucius
NJ. Lamar, who died in 1899 while United
States marshal of the Southern Georgia
district. Young Lamar has been in the
service of the Mexican National for seven
years, and has risen by his merits to one
of the most important positions in its
management. William w. Appler son of
D. w. Appler, who left Atlanta last
spring to accept position with the Mexi-
can National, will be Mr.. Lamar's private
secretary.
Jasper Herald: 1t was very plain that
there was a great deal of liquor at tho
camp ground at Hunton last Sunday. On
every hand could be seen men and boys
who had been in close contact with a
bottle. 1t was evident that it could be
easily obtained, and the supply seemed to
be ample. At night, we have been told,
lDe IOduS near the camp ground were
thronged with men. who were drinking,
cursing and quarreling. We learn from
good authority again that a man with a
lantern was seen measuring and selling
whisky not over fifty yards from the pull
pit while services were in progress. An
other man is said to have used the ceme-
terry for a saloon and measured liquor at
the foot of a grave but a few hundred
feet from Gne aTbor.
Atlanta Journal: Gen. John B. Gordon,
who recently returned to Georgia from
Washington, is resting at his Kirkwood
home. He was much run down by the
long and wearing work of the lecture sea-
son, and was quite sick at Washington
this summer. From there he went TO
New York to be treated, and the physi-
clans put him on a regimen, which great
~ benefited his health. He has improved
during the past few days at Kirkwood,
and after several weeks of rest there
hopes to be in his usual health. To-day
Gen. Gordon is engaged in directing a sur
vey of his Kirkwood property. He has
as estate of ABOUT 100 acres, and has cut
off seventy-five acres, which Will be d.
vided into lots and sold. For several
weeks he will devote himself to this bust