The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-20
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOTTH
CAROLINA PHOTOGRAPHED.


PreSfdents-Maccn's Elegant Ne'
Bridse-A Troublesome VaE~aa
at Absnlom-Kcy Westers Divid
Political spoiIs-A Cane Juice It'll
Broken Up-The New President O
Carolina's Agricultural ColIeGe
Enterprises In the Three states.
GEORGIA.
Bainbridce is 20 have a new opera house
An oil mill and guano factory has jus
been built and put in operation in Har
rnony Grove. Ii is Il local industry and tn
capital stock paid in is $4,000
Boston Journal: There is no use trying
to keep it a secret any longer, for it can
be done. Boston is on n BONA sure
enough-u upward and-onwaTc-move.
Atlanta has invited all OF the refugees &c
sojourn within her borders Once they gel
there she will lock the gates and proceed
to take a census, says the Americus Her
aid.
Guyton News: The GAINESVILLE Adver-
tlser wants the next governor Of Geor-
eia 20 be a man with no future political
aspira lions The Advertiser will have to
get him out of a cemetery.
The large plant of the Americas OH
Company, perhaps the most extensive in
the state. has begun operations for the
winter season, and Is now running on full
time and employing a large force Of opera
tives.
The board Of directors Of the Crown cot
ton mills Of Dalton. met Wednesday, and
declared a 10 per cent. cash dividend. and
per cent. stock dividend. The president
was instructed to add to the mill during
the coming year.
Miss Ella Avant has purchased the en-
fire outfit OF the South Macon Courier.
Miss Avant, who is young newspaper
woman of talent, will edit and control the
paper She has the good wishes of the
public for a most abundant success.
H. NJ. Robinson, who for some years has
been running a large turpentine farm
about four miles from Guyton, 1t is I'M
derstood. is preparing to move to Bulloch
county, having worked out all available
timber in the vicinity Of his present loca-
ton.
South Georgia Home: Now that cotton
is rotting in the fields for want of pickers
it is a good time for towns and cities to
enforce the vagrancy laws. Macon has be-
gun the good work and all men without
visible means Of support who are found
lettering on the streets are locked up.
Efngham's great annual religious
event, the Methodist camp meeting at
Springfield. viii begin this year on Fri
day night before the first Sunday in DC
tober, that is, Friday, Oct. 1. 1t Will con-
tinue until the following Wednesday
morning, Oct. 6. a period of six full days.
The new Spring street bridge in Macon
is finished. It is 72O feet long; at the east
end Is fifteen lower than on the Macon
side; has a wide wagon way, and a i've
foot sidewalk elevated eight inches above
the floor Of the wagon drive. 1t is an iron
structure. having a stone foundation. The
bridge has been built at a cost of about
$4,000.
Waynesboro Citizen: If we arc not mis-
taken 1t Is the history of yellow fever in
the United States that when Il originates
in the Gulf regions It does not affect cit
les on the Atlantic side. And the reverse
II seems II the fever originates on the
ocean side. If due to physical causes it
has not been explained, but we appre-
bend guarantees had much to do with IT,
Dahlonega Signal: 1t was reported here
yesterday that miners had commenced to
"clean up at the Betz mine and that
nothing had been seen in this county that
would compare with what was being
taken from the sluice boxes The old cry
that properties not in the gold lead are
no good will not hold good with the Betz
mine, and II 1t were a killing crime to be
a false prophet several parties would have
20 IN ahpfF r6n~Ea he Do
is a bonanza.
Guyton News: On Monday as the 2
o'clock freight train was passing Guyton
ghort-eared mule. hitched to wagon
was frightened and ran away A negro
woman was sitting in the wagon driving
the mule with an umbrella over her at the
same time. At the approach of the train
the mule dashed across the track lust In
time for the engine to strike the rear
end of the wagon. completely demollshing
1t. The body of the wagon was knocked
some distance from the track with the
woman still sitting in 1t. She landed right
side up holding the umbrella In parachute
style. Outside of a good shaklng-up the
woman was not injured.
Athens Banner: The state authorities are
after the bank presidents for taxes due the
state. In great many instances these
presidents have paid the tax when it has
been demanded. This tax has not been
collected for a number of years and the
different presidents owe taxes for those
years and interest in addition. The de-
mand for taxes TO the amount of more
than seventy dollars has been made upon
Mr.. A. K. Childs, president of the Nation
al Bank Of Athens President Childs re-
fuses to pay the tax as demanded and will
carry the case TO the courts IL necessary
He takes the position that he, as presi-
dent OF the national bank. is amenable to
the federal authorities only, and that the
state authorities have no right to collect
the tax from him. He says that the right
may exist to collect the taxes from insti-
tutions other than national banks but
that the fact that they operate under ma.
tional laws relieves them from the taxa.
ton OF the state so far as their presi
dents are concerned. This will be an inter.
esting case IL it gets into the courts.
The news comes from Absalom thai
about two weeks ago there was a war.
rant sworn out against Cicero Simpson
for .vagrancy and put in the hands Of
Constable Delong for Simpsons arrest