The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-05

SHOld-I PSI becoming OF TOO fFc'
auent Occurrence in Columbus
Hall Gets COrdeIe's POStOGice-Ne ~
Telephone Lines in the state-se-
rious Fires at Cochran and al
TaIbotton-Deep Water at Fernan-
dina-FIOrida Oranges For Chica-
go-Tampa's Successful Tobacco
Factories.
GEORGIA.
ATLANTA dealers fear a coal famine.
The indications are that Hoke Smith will
be president of Atlanta's board Of educa-
ton.
NJ C. Hall. who was postmaster at Cor
dele under Harrison. has been reap
pointed.
The strike in the Pennsylvania coal
fields has been a bonanza strike" for the
North Georgia coal mines.
Two thousand four hundred and fifty
bales of cotton have been received at the
warehouse in Eatonton this season.
The multi-milionaires who own Jekyl Isl
and will probably buy Little Cumberland,
so as to prevent its use as a state penal
colony.
The petition of Receiver John F. Flour
noy of the Chattahoochee National Bank
that he be allowed 60 sell the remaining
assets of the bank at public outcry, has
been granted by Judge Newman.
Gov Atkinson spoke at Woodbine, Cam
den county. on Saturday. After the speech
a big barbecue was enjoyed. Crowds went
al Of the county, to hear
the governor. 1t was a great day in Cam
den.
N. D. Herod, a citizen of Campbell
county, is the owner of an old flint and
steel British army musket, which was cap
tured by Jacob Herod, grandfather of the
present owner, from the British at the
battle of Bunker Hill, and used by him in
shooting at his majesty's subjects during
the remainder of the war of the revolu-
tion, of which Jacob Herod was gallant
soldier in the cause of American liberty.
Toccoa Record: DR.. McJunkin and c. H.
Dance will have their telephone line COM
pleted to Westminster, S. c., this week.
This viii put our citizens in direct com
munication with all the important South
Carolina towns within 100 miles of Toe
Goa. These gentlemen will also soon have
a line direct TO LavOnia, which viii give
connections with HartweH, Gainesville
Harmony Grove and Elberton. They ex-
pect also to construct a line TO Clarkesville
and have it in working order in sixty
days. A perfect town system will be add
ed.
Talbotton suffered a severe loss by fire
on Saturday morning. The losses were:
-Four houses owned by Louise Kennedy and
insured for $500; helms & O'Bryan, mer-
chandise, lost about $500; insurance, $500;
the storehouse of Mrs Mary Robbins lost
800; insured; the office of l.. W. Smith,
insurance SOS; L. A Baldwin, stock of
merchandise, about 81, 900; insurance $500;
livery stable and carriage house, $500; G.
G. Townsley, loss on merchandise, $50 On
the postoffice building, insurance $500.
Postmaster DeLoach lost about so worth
of stamps. The store of Spivey Bros. and
/. P. Freeman, on opposite corners. were
damaged.
The worst fire Cochran ever had occur
red Saturday morning at O'clock, sweep
ing one of Cochran's business blocks into
utter ruin, damaging and burning up $15.-
900 worth of property and goods. The fire
originated in Thompson's warehouse. The
sufferers are A. j. Thompson, warehouse,
with 400 bales of cotton burned; A. J..
Thompson, storehouse and portion of stock
burned; J. A. Mullis & Co., barroom dam
aged by removal; w. w. Poole, dry goods
badly damaged by removal; P. L. Peacock,
hardware, damaged; Nichols & Buchan.
bar damaged; E. p. Collins, buildings bad
~ damaged. The exact amount of insur-
ance is unknown. Every one viii soon
open business again.
Columbus Ledger: Hold-ups are be-
coming so frequent that it is hardly news
90 chronicle one, but the public must
have the news, and the Ledger always
gives it to them. The last two hoId-uDs
which occurred in this city were both
perpetrated upon ladies, it seeming to be
safer to footpads to practice their nefari-
Gus calling upon the gentler sex. But
they are becoming bolder now, and after
awhile it will be unsafe for any one, man
or woman, to go out of doors after dark,
as it seems to be so for ladies TO pass
along the streets alone, or to try to trans
act any business in which the handling
of money is concerned, where the trans
action is likely to be witnessed by some
of the idle loafing negroes who are con-
stantly on the watch for a chance to
steal.
Augusta Chronicle: Mr.. w. r Gentry,
assistant superintendent of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
was in the city yesterday looking after
the construction of new telephone line
from Augusta TO Waynesboro. This line
Is being built at the rate of one mile pei
day, and will eventually be a part of The
system from Augusta to Savannah. Elk.
pert telegraph hnemen say this line as
constructed, viii be the finest piece of con.
struction work in the United States. ANY
one driving out the new Savannah roat
can see this piece of work and will bt
struck with the neat and marvelously sol
id appearance. The Bell company is usine
heavy creosoted pine poles with all eros!
arms braced, and everything that will ado
TO the strength and durability of the line
There are no curves in the line and al
angle poles are double guyed, and cross
arms double braced.
FLORIDA
Starke has organized a board of trad,
with membership of forty.
Orlando is to have a state elocution tour