The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Rome Ladies' TO Start a PRper-MiI-
IedgeviIIe's Municipal Campaign
Lively One-A New Candidate I'm
the Field For Congress at Atlanta.
Purchasing Committee of Ameri-
GUS City Council Under Fire.
GEORGIA.
A. B. Brown, a prominent citizen of
Richland and a member of the firm Of
Brown & Colbert died suddenly Satur-
day at his home at that place.
Thursday night Jack Clark, negro at
work on the coal chute on the Seaboard
Air Line road at Athens, made a false step
and fell twenty feet to the ground. He
struck on his head and sustained injuries
from which he died.
r. r. Howard, of Reynolds, died Sat-
urday at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. c. c. Souter. Mr.. Howard was a
veteran of the Mexican war and belonged
to the old regime He was once one of the
largest planters and slave owners in that
entire section.
The warehouse property of the old firm
of Hardeman & Sparks at Macon, was
purchased Saturday by Alderman Sam
Meyer. The property was owned by sew
eral different parties, and the following
sums were paid to the several owners; Sd
mon Josephson 5000; S. Dunlap, $2,3lS;
A. o. Bacon, $780,
B. M. Blackburn editor of the Atlanta
Daily Commercial, will be in the race for
congress to succeed Congressman Lon
Livingston. Mr.. Blackburn says that he is
in favor of lynching negro brutes for
crimes against white women and sub
scribes with great heartiness and enthu-
slasm to southern sentiment and tradition.
G. H. Jones and Lula Williams, two ne
groes, recently organized a society known
as the Sons and Daughters of Commerce
among the colored people, at Columbus.
Jones, it is alleged, would charge 81 to
enroll the names, and when the woman
collected the cash it is alleged that this
was the last that would be seen of il by
the society. A warrant was accordingly
sworn out against the two, charging them
with cheating and swindling, and they
were placed under bond to await investi-
cation of the case by the grand jury.
A municipal election takes place at Mil
ledgeville Dec. l. There are two tickets in
the contest, the reform" and the ."busi-
ness tickets. The reform ticket is headed
by G. W. Ennis, for mayor; 2. L. Ear,
cleIk; r, l.. Wall, alderman from First
ward; j. E. Kidd Second ward; G. w.
Caraker, Third ward; l.; II. Andrews,
Fourth ward; c. +. jackson and J. b.
O'Quinn, aldermen at large. The business
ticket is; Julius A. Horne for mayor; p
/: Fair, clerk; G. T. Wheelan, W. A.
Walker, j. H. McComb l.. H. Andrews,
A special meeting of the city council of
Americas held Saturday to hear charges
by two or three citizens against the pur
chasing committee of that body relative
to the purchase of a boiler for the water
works plant the complainants alleging
that the committee paid 500 too much for
the boiler The committee demanded a
full investigation of the charges by coun-
Gil and a large crowd assembled to hear
the proceedings. However, the complain
refused sustain
charges made, and the committee still de-
handing a hearing, another date has been
fixed and an effort will be made to have
the compliments present.
A stock company has been formed at
Rome to be known as the Georgian Pub
fishing Company, and the Georgian may
be issued as a daily. Twelve prominent
ladies of Rome-and other Georgia cities
will form the company. Miss Beulah S.
Mosely will probably be managing editor
The paper will have a capital stock of
5000 1t will be devoted to woman and her
work. The incorporators are Mrs. A.
B. 5. Moseley, Mrs; ]. Lindsay Johnson
Mrs. w. B. Lowe. Mrs. j. K. Ottley, Mrs,
s, S. King, Mrs. G. Rowell, Mrs. W. T..
Cheney, Mrs. j. j. Printup, Mrs. c. S.
Sparks, Mrs. A. r. Sullivan, Mrs. j. j.
Printup Miss Letitia Johnson and Miss
Mary Adamson.
Calhoun was visited by disastrous fire
Saturday, just at dark. The fire broke out
On ]. C. Johnson's steam cotton gin. and
In few minutes the entire plant, which
had just been fitted out with new machin-
cry, was in ruins. The residence of w.
l.. Morris near the gin, was next con-
sumed. The blacksmith shop of G.. Moss
next burned, and the store and residence
of G. H Gardner followed. 1t looked as
If the home of e. l.. Parrot, agent of the
Western and Atlantic railroad was DOOM
ed, but heroic work saved it. There was
no insurance and the losers are as follows:
]. G. johnson, 5000; G.. H. Gardner, $500;
G.. Moss. $500; f. T. Parrott. damage to
residence and furniture. 500; w. l.. Nor
ris, $50.