The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26
GEORGIA.

which are eight feet from the ground.
Bulloch Times: Whenever anybody say.
dispensary, Tillman and South Carolina
loom up before you like Banquo's ghost
The grand jury of Madison county
Georgia. has recommended the building
of a new court house at cost of not more
than $500.
A walk-out of eleven of the six loom
weavers of the Sibiey mill has occurred
and as a consequence, about sixty-ave OF
the looms are idle.
The Telegraph mysteriously intmates
that a Macon man will succeed Judge AL
Ian Fort on the railroad commission, but
refuses to give the name.
The Cordele cotton factory has doubled
ITS force of operatives and is now run
ming day and night This was made neces-
sary by heavy increase of orders.
Rome Argus: The owner of Sapelo
Island demands of the people of the state
the modest sum of $4,000 for that valu-
BILE property. The price has not yet been
set on Ossabaw.
The Rome cotton mills are shipping cloth
der received from the government. They
have succeeded in bringing the cloth to a
high state of perfection.
There is a pecan tree on the planta-
ton of the Widow James, five miles from
Waycross, that is a peculiar freak. II
was twice struck by lightning last year,
but is still bearing some of the finest
pecans.
Hon. Thomas NJ. Swift, member Of the
legislature from Ebert, says that the
taxes of the state viii never be equalzed
until we have tax assessors for every
county. He will introduce q bill looking
to that end in the next legislature.
c. I. Robinson has been appointed post
master at Eatonton. The patrons of the
office are deeply dissatisfied at the ap-
pointment. They will try to have it held
up, with a view to showing the unfitness
OF the appointee for the position.
Daisy Kenyon, a colored girl, about 16
years of age, was shot through a crack
in the wall of her mothers house Thurs
day night at Donaldsville. The would-be
murderer or his motive are unknown.
This is the second attempt to assassinate
the girl.
Northen sat in the executive chair of
Georgia. he paid little attention to petit
tions, and ne was about right 1t is Won
derful how many kinds of petitions there
are and how easily signatures are secured
for them.
The case against c. r. Womble in Tai
bot county for killing E. E. Love has been
concluded and Womble goes free. The
verdict was not only generally approved,
but was enthusiastically received. When
Womble went out of the court house he
was received with enthusiasm.
The sum of 5000 was awarded by
the superior court of Putnam to Mrs
Barnett of Covington, who brought suit
for IS 900 against the Middle Georgia and
Alabama railroad for the killing of her
con while engaged in railroad work some
months ago. A motion for a new trial will
be made.
Lawrenceville News: The only apology
we can offer for the enlarged appearance
of the News is, that increasing business
and encroachments upon our space by
wide-awake advertisers demanded it. The
News is now the largest country weekly
newspaper in the state of Georgia, and
has a wide and increasing circulation,
our books showing about 1000 names on
our list.
Burrill Tillman, colored was waylaid
and shot near Blackshear on Friday by
parties unknown, as he was leaving his
home. Tillman was not seriously hurt.
Suspicion rests upon Marshall Goodman
and Marion Haley. Tilman had trouble
with Goodman before. About a year ago
Tillman shot Goodman. He was tried and
acquitted. Goodman swore vengeance.
Baxley Banner: Jesse c. Carter brought
his little child into Baxley last Friday to
have an operation performed for the re-
moval of a watermelon seed that had be-
come lodged in it's throat DR.. Comas
performed the operation safely and the
little one is recovering rapidly This
makes the eighth successful operation of
this kind the doctor has performed in the
last two years.
Miss Susie Riddle, a talented young lady
of Columbus, has gone upon the stage
and is meeting with splendid success
Miss Riddle has been a popular figure in
columbus society and has many friends
IN other Georgia cities who will be Glad
10 learn OF her success. She is singing, a +
the Alhambra, the largest theater in Nil
Waukee, and her work has received very
hattering notice from the western press.
Dahlonega Nugget: Bud Odum of Au-
raria. who discovered a rich vein on the
Lucky Eight Gold Mine in Gilrner county
some years ago told the owner the Other
gay II he would give him 81 900 he yvouI6
snow the vein. The owner agreed and
Bud went down twenty-five feet one
iourth Of a dynamite was put in and about
S'OV worth OF gold blown out Bud is
among the best prospectors in Lumpkin
Ihomaston correspondence DeKalb New
IRA: Our town is an Old one and tbe
county seat of Epson. Thomaston has
t"ehtN-slX stores, four sale stables pnd
tour hotels, some accommodating near an
huhafed guests. We have carriage or
pussy factory, a tannery, shoe and har.
ness making establishment. two large Gin.
he,les' that can turn out seventy-five
oales OF cotton in a day Thomaston has
n me school and three nice churches. INC
IA Sle'hodist Episcopal church would ,be q