The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-26
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.

A Georgia hoy Wins First Honors n
Annapolis Boys life saved b!
Means of X-RRys at Atlanta-Ma
sonic Convention of the Tent
District a POpuIist-Bepublicn
Gets the POstmastcrship mt Fair
burn.
GEORGIA.
A canning factory company is to be or
gained at Newman.
Hon. Charles r. Crisp Of Americus has
been selected for the orator Of Memora
day at Marshalville
Gov. Atkinson and Judge J. S. Turner
principal keeper of the penitentiary, have
returned from their visit to Florida.
During last week there was shipped
from the port of Darien coastwise and
foreign 2,475,6ls feet Of timber and lum-
Der, valued at $26,Ss7.
Atlanta merchants. bankers, real estate
agents and financial men generally say
that the tide Of returning prosperity is al
ready beginning to roll IN.
Cadet William Gunnell Dubose, who
was appointed four years ago from the
Tenth Georgia district to Annapolis, win
graduate with first honors this year
Mrs. Hannah Rakestraw, the widow Of
Hubbard Rakestraw. who was killed last
December by an engine of the Southern
railway, has filed suit at Atlanta against
the road for S2000.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
Is putting in $4,000 worth Of improve,
ments in its Macon system and before the
expiration of sixty days Macon will have
a perfect underground system.
w. f. Aiken was assaulted by negro
footpad IN the yard of his residence at
Atlanta Friday night, and received a Sc
we're cut in the shoulder The negro is
supposed TO have been in the yard for the
purpose of robbery. He escaped.
> John NJ James Of Douglas county, one
of the most prominent citizens of that
county and a brother of Hon. Joe S.
James, died at Lithia Springs Friday. Mr..
James was stricken with paralysis two
years ago and the stroke finally resulted
in DEATH
Four more Georgia postmasters had
their heads cut off Saturday. The ap-
pointees are: At Jefferson, Jackson coun-
ty, r. B. Maxwell; at Kingston, Bell Bay
less; at Oostanaula, Gordon county, W.
NJ. CASTOR; at Wadley, Jefferson county.
c. NJ. Monkey.
The estate of the late A. c. Ladd of At
lanta, owner of the Ladd lime works and
a large amount of other real and personal
property, will be sold at public cutlery
May Is by Receiver Anton l., KOntz, who
will conduct the sale under, an order of
the superior court.
The city assessors Of Griffin have COM
piled the property assessments. They
show that the taxable property of the
city Is $l,419046 and exemptions $2l4, log,
which make total of s1,6S3l5 II is
stated on good authority that there win
be a reduction in the assessment values
At mass meeting at Jonesboro Friday
night the following ticket for mayor and
council was nominated: Mayor, John b.
Hutcheson; councilmen, William NJ,
Wright, A. B. Rivers, ]. A. Morrow, ID.
K. Suttles, w. r. Sims, Jr., and 7. a.
Eyants. The election will take place on
Wednesday, May ).
Darien Gazette: After many efforts to
get the British bark Minnie G. Whitney
off the Job was abandoned a few days ago,
and so the once magnificent ship will be
no more. She has not been abandoned yet
but all hopes of ever pulling her off from
where she now lies have been given up.
The vessel is to be sold at auction.
Carl Hendrix. the S-year-old son of L.
L. Hendrix, an employe of the city of Al
lanta, in the department of the commits
sioner Of public works, swallowed an or
binary tin whistle last Sunday. The
whistle lodged In the child's throat. The
object was photographed and located by
the x-ray process and the child's life win
be saved by surgical operation.
During last season one of Mnlen's
largest firms shipped a bale of cotton TO
a firm in Savannah. BY some clerical err
ror a mistake occurred in the weight
that proved TO be about 100 pounds short.
Several weeks after the bale was sold by
the Savannah firm to an exporter and
sometime afterward a certificate of the
shortage in the weight was received by
the Millen firm from some point In France.
Details have been arranged for the Ma
sonic convention of the Tenth Masonic
district Of Georgia, which win meet in Au-
gusta next Friday. The convention is
held for the purpose of instituting unit
formity in the work. At 10 a. m. Friday
the entered apprentice degree will be ex-
emplihed. At y noon, fellowcrat. AT $3.50
p. m. masters degree. After this a ban
quet will be given by Webb and Social
lodges jointly.
W. J. Campbell, a white populist-repub-
lican. has been appointed and commits
stoned postmaster at Fairburn. It is re-
ported that w. II. Gray, leading negro
republican, who has influence with Boss
Buck, gave his Endorsement to Campbell
after he had pledged his support 70 a coll
ored applicant and that Gray's indorse-
ment secured the place for Campbell. GRAY
held the key to the appointment OF a post-
master at Palmetto also. The appoinr-
ment hung fire there for some time. ana
Gray stated that he must have S25 for his
trouble in having that appointment made.
The Oriental Minstrel Company. which
recently exhibited in Atlanta, commenced
an engagement Friday night In a building
used as a negro church, just outside Ma
con, in what Is known as South Macon
near the mills. Saturday night a larne
number of citizens of that section sur
rounded and invaded the building and pro-
hibited the company from giving the per.
g. YOUNG LADIES
~Gg1 who suffer from Profuse.