The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.

David Murphy Acquitted of the XIII.
ing of william Patterson at NOuI'-
rfe-Wcddings at COIumbus-Ken-
lucky TobaccOmen Going to Flor
ida-Thfef Captured Mt Fernando
na-Hard Times in CarOIina-En-
CINE ExpIode~ in GreenviIle Coun-
ty-CsOIf Club For ChnrIestOn-ROad
improvements at Beaufort.
GEORGIA.
Partridges can he killed after Nov. l.
waycross Herald: The question is. will
Augusta stand PaE?
The county commissioners Of Hail are
working for good roads.
ZebuIon,s trade Is on the increase and
the cotton market Is good.
Tom Blodgett, the Atlanta republican,
has been released From jail.
DR.. J. C. Luten of Jesup has gone to
Scranton, Mss. to practice among the fe-
yer stricken.
Thomasville finn Enterprise: Some
body is trying 10 ride into office on the
backs Of Georgia's convicts.
Country papers are laboring asslduously
10 impress their subscribers that the
Dinsley bill did not put them on the free
list.
A runaway marriage occurred one morn
ing last week near BE; CHI. The contracting
parties we're ]. 0. Oiiff. of Nichols, and
Miss BershHba Lee.
Miss Leila Jones of E'rooks county, who
"a an applicant for ass istant state libra
rian. VIII not allow n er picture to be
printed in newspapers Of the state.
The grand jury at Moua trle recommend
ed John A. Wilkes as judl7e of the coun-
~ court to succeed A. D. Paterson, and
Matt ], Pearsal to succeed himself as So
iicitor.
Fleming duBignou, negro. has been
bound over in Epson county for distilling
LIQUOR. The Waycross Hera a remarks:
thus is the old adage verified there S
nothing in a name
William Miller, the man who has Great
ed such a sensation all over the country
by his miraculous cures, is n Augusta.
He is known as the 'Divine II ealer, and
performs his cures by faith
Invitations have been issued to the mar
L
Herbert Bruce Snider, which o ccurs We'd
nesday afternoon, oct. %, at o'clock at
the First Baptist church in Columbus.
Can't. wilkins of Waynesboro has re
ceived a notification from the adjutant-
general that new guns had been shipped
to his company, and the Burke Light IN
fantry will soon be equipped up-to-date.
The marriage of Miss Lizzie Cook and
j. c. Coffee will be solemnized at the
Baptist church at Kirkwood, Tuesday
evening. Oct y, at s o'clock, Rev. Virgil
c. Norcross officiating. Miss Cook is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Cook.
T. l.. Spence, VINO is working up the
visit of the national circuit riders to Thorn
asvilIe next month. has secured the sane
ton of the League of American Wheel
men. and there is no longer any doubt
about the coming of the racers. The date
asked for and which will probably be Civ
en- brownsville is Nov. 49,
Invitations are out announcing the APP
preaching marriage of Miss Carrie Martin
Whitesides. the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w c. Whitesides of White Plains, Ala,
TO Mr. Charles Dean Bransford, Column
bus salesman. The ceremony will occur
at g O'Clock on the afternoon of Thurs
day, oct. IA, at the MelhOdlsL churcn al
White Plains, Ala.
The superior court at Moultrie was in
session last week. Very little, except
criminal business, was transacted. The
most important criminal case was the
murder trial of David Murphy for the kill
ing of VIM. Patterson, son of A. d. Pat
terson, judge Of the county court, in 1896.
Murphy was acquitted. Ed Swain, col
ored, charged with murder of another ne
gro, was found guilty and sentenced to
penitentiary for life