The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Bicycle Rider Gets Bad Fall at At
Ianta-Crops in Splendid Condition
in sumter COunty-Americus to
Vote To-day on the Question OF
Issuing s35.e0O of Bonds-Anothcr
Big Building for Atlantn.
GEORGIA.
The farmers Of Sumter viii soon hold
a colt show and fine stock exhibit
At Macon. Monday, H J. Lamar sold
to W. II. Snowden 800 bales Of cotton at
"a. cents per pound. The gross amount
realized from the sale vas between $4,000
and $4,000.
Splendid crops are reported in all parts
of Sumter county. Both cotton and corn
are growing uxurianuy since the recent
rains. and a bountiful yieid is assured.
Cotton picking will begin within two
weeks though receipts viii not amount
to much for a month yet. All smaller
crops, such as cane. potatoes, etc, prom
Use well.
Brooks Kline. a bicycle rider Of Atlanta,
was hurled through a window at the CO.
useum track Sunday and was seriously in
1ured The men were riding fve-mile
race, and were going at a pace of 1;56 for
the mile when Walthour, who was in
front of Kline, suddenly stopped Kline
ran into his rear wheel and shot like an
arrow into the air through the window,
eighteen feet away.
The Mutual Building Company of At
lanta has arranged a loan for $4,000 to
be applied to the construction of its new
teu-story office building at the junction OF
Peachtree and North Broad streets. The
new building Is to be known as the COM
mercial. II will front l4S feet inches on
Peachtree street 1856 feet 10 inches on
Broad and 60 feet Z inches on Poplar. The
building win be of steel, stone and pressed
brick.
The voters Of Americas will decide to-
day the question of an additional bond
issue Of S35, 900 for public improvements.
such as the extension of water and sewer
age systems, grading of streets, etc.
There is some opposition to the issue, and
the result of the election cannot now be
determined, though 1t Is thought the out
look is in favor of bonds. The issue will
extend over thirty years. the bonds draw
ing per cent.
The S-year-old son of B. w. Meaks, a
farmer living near Bolton. was instantly
killed by lightning Sunday morning about
O'Clock, while his elder brother receiv-
ed a severe shock rendering him insensi-
critical condition. The family was awak-
ened early by a heavy rain and loud thun-
der. The boy went near the fireplace.
when lightning struck the chimney, tear
ing Il down and filling the house with
smoke. His mother was standing near by
with her babe in her arm, but escaped
with only a slight shock.
The prize of $25, offered by the Baltimore
and Ohio railway for the largest water
melon grown in the south this season, goes
TO j. b. Rowan of Sparks Mr. Rowan
lives on the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad. The melon is a magnificent
specimen of Georgia's great melon indus
try weighing seventy-eight pounds. The
melon has been packed in a large golden
basket embedded In golden tinsel
Around the melon Is wrapped six yards
of wide white silk ribbon on one end of
which is handsomely painted the state
flags of Georgia and the United States be-
meath which in gold letters Is ''B. & o. r.
r. Prize Melon, 1S97'-on the other end in
gold letters Presented to Hon. William
Mckinley, President"