The morning news., 1897-08-17
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

AmeriCuS as "a Cotton hhFNet-t'- -
tempted Train WreciSinE-TNvo
Tons of Figs Put Up by Florid"
Cannery-GoVcrnmC work at
CarabeIIe-Other Matters.
GEORGIA
Labor day may be celebrated in Rome.
The contract has been let for the erec-
tion of a new Sunday school room for the
Rose Hill Presbyterian church at Rome.
Rome Tribune: Rome has never had a
lynching. Brunswick has had three in
twelve years. and nearly every other town
in the state has had one, or more.
An attempt was made on Saturday to
wreck a Central passenger train near
Americus. Crossties were put on the track,
but the train was stopped before they We're
struck.
Capt. W. P Simpson of Rome, closed a
trade with G. II. Miller & Son. the nurse
rymen. for 1000 Elberta peach trees.
Capt Simpson viii set them out on ms
big farm on Dry Creek.
Cordele Daily Times: A letter from
Give Ware states that he and several 9TH
ers are touring North Georgia on wheels.
He wrote from Tululah Fails that the par
ty will leave next week for a run through
North and South Carolina.
Americus Herald The cotton season
has begun in earnest and wagons loaded
with the neecv staple have come from
every direction The farmers as a RUE
are selling as fast as possible. taking adj
vantage Of the good price, bat some hold
back hoping for better.
George Hun. a young darky, was ar
rested at Carlton Saturday night and
taken 10 Athens to answer to the charge
of stealing two pistols from another ne
gro George had the pistols when arrest
ed and his plea is that the darky owed
him some money and he just took the
pistols for the debt
Mrs. scruggs. the wife Of Col. W. L.
Scruggs of Atlanta, formerly United
States minister to Venezuela, was danger
ously and perhaps fatally injured by fall
ing from a train bound for Chattanooga
late Saturday afternoon. She was found
near the tracks at a point near Cohutta,
and was picked up seriously hurt
The Epworth League Of the Americus
district win meet IN Dawson on the 10th
of September. and will continue in session
for four days. a large number of dele
gates are expected, and the programme
viii be an unusually interesting one. Daw-
son is making preparations TO entertain
the league with its usual hospitality.
The reward Of $25 offered by the League
of American Wheelmen for the person or
persons who threw tacks on Peachtree
street in Atlanta, about a week ago, has
resulted an the arrest of one of two young
men charged with strewing the streets
with tacks. These young men are Sump-
ter Mays and Earl Johnson, and Johnson
has confessed to his share of the busi-
ness.
In despair because his wife persisted in
living in a house Of shame, J. e. Davis.
an ex-minister Of Columbus, tried 60 COM
NIT suicide. lie took laudanum, but the
amount was not sufficient to kill, and he
will recover. Davis married his wife i'm
Chattahoochee county when she was but
13 years Of age Afterwards he removed
TO Phenix City, Ala, and it was there
that his wife deserted him. Davis had
been trying TO get his wife back home,
but was unsuccessful.
Columbus Ledger: The mother of the
child which was stricken with smallpox
in the city a week ago has taken the dis
ease also The woman has been in the
room with the child ever since Il was
stricken. and City Physician Wyle was
not at all surprised when he discovered
yesterday that she, too, had the disease
Both are out at the pest house four and
a half miles from the city, where they
are not permitted to come in contact with
any one except the nurses and the at
tending physician. and there is no dan
ger whatever OF a spread of the disease
from that place.
Americus Times Recorder: Friday while
Sheriff Macarthur was at the picnic at
Huntington he discovered that John Keig-
Ter, colored citizen who Is badly wanted,
was in that neighborhood. lie instructed
Bailiff Autrey 20 arrest him. and when he
attempted to do so. the negro drew his
pistol and made away. Deputy Bell was
notified and went out with the blood
hounds; the dogs followed the trail during
the greater portion OF the night and only
lost IL when the negro mounted a horse.
kegler Is the negro who has the remark
able record Of committing a crime TN Jail
While confined here a month or so ago he
forged another negros name and obtained
SO at the postofhce. lie Is charged with
several other odenses and will no doubt
soon be In Castle Sumter