The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-07
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN AGRAPHS.

FIorida's TreaSurer's Nifc-An IN
pertinent station to Re Established
at Miarni-O ther Things From 9th
err Places.
GEORGIA.
Fitzgerald is to have two fine brick
blocks.
]. A. Reese has severed his connection
with the Quitman Free Press.
The Warren county fair will open Tues
day, oct. 10, and continue three days.
The waycross Herald says that if kiss
Ing is Intoxicating. Wed like to get on
an elegant jag"
A game of foot ball will be played at
GAINESVILLE Saturday by the Mercer and
Gordon institute teams.
Randolph Wright of Macon was run
over by a buggy Friday and suffered
fracture Of both bones of the left leg.
Luther Nash and Douglass samuels. ne
gro boys. are under arrest at Rome for
robbing the cash register of c. D. Woods
of $500
The suburban home of Adam w. Jones
az Griffin was destroyed by fire Monday
morning. There was 81. 800 insurance. on
the house and its contents.
The marriage of Prof. Sidney r. DeJar-
nette and Miss Nora White. daughter of
Rev. ]. W. White Of Gainesville is to take
place on Oct. q at the brides home.
Valdosta will not have her race meet
ing this year. She abandons her custom
in order that her neighboring cities may
have a clean sweep in that line Of sport.
Robert H. Brooks, manager of the Pos
tai Telegraph Company at Macon, has been
promoted to the Memphis Office and Ru-
fus L. Kemp will succeed him at the for
mer place.
The names of two gentlemen have been
mentioned in connection of the judgeship
of the Brunswick crcuit-Col Joseph w.
Bennett OF Brunswick and Col. j. c. Nc
Donald of Waycross.
The line of the Monroe and Campton
Telephone Company has been completed,
and Mr.. Emory Darby put in the instru-
ments last Thursday. Monroe is now
connected with Campton, Bethlehem and
Winder.
The tax levied for county purposes in
jackson county is 60 cents and 9 mills on
each 500 worth of property One thou
sand, two hundred and forty dollars is re-
qured to pay the expenses of the city
court of that county.
Capt. James A. Hunt, one of Washing
ton countys most popular citizens, and a
confederate veteran, died at his home near
Harrison last Wednesday afternoon. He
was stricken with paralysis a few days
previous, which caused his death
Saturday morning, Jasper Simmons, who
lives at Hambyyille, took a quantity of
strychnine. thinking it was calomel. AS
soon as he swallowed the poison, he knew
of the mistake, and antidotes were quickly
applied, and no very serious results fol-
lowed his carelessness.
Griffin Call: Cotton has been rolling in
at a lively pace the past week. Nearly
1900 bales have been received at the diff
ferent warehouses up to date. The sales
the past three days are about as heavy
as the receipts. The ruling prices have
been So to cents, with a weak demand.
Sunday night Miss Mary Martin, a mai
den lady, living alone, at Columbus, at
tracted the attention of some of her
neighbors by her loud screams. The lady
stated that she was aroused by some one
trying to choke her. She screamed for
help and the man jumped through the
window and escaped. Miss Martin failed
to recognize her assailant.
N. Brooks of Lawrenceviue swore out
a warrant Tuesday for the arrest of Hi
ram Raney and brother and Z. T. King
the latter prominent citizen of the town.
for arson The dwelling which he occu-
pied and contents were destroyed by fire
last night. Brooks found tracks this
morning leading from his house to the
Raneys. They are tenants of King The
house was insured. Brooks says King ap-
preached him some time ago and asked
him to go with him and burn the house
and then obtain the insurance. He claims
Raney is a tool of King.
Mr.. Loring Henderson, clerk at Cal
houn's store in South Macon, had a rath-
er exciting experience yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Henderson, who sleeps in the
store, was awakened by the queer actions
of his cat, which was running around the
room in a frightened manner. Knowing
that something must be wrong, Mr.. Hen
dcrson got up, but could see no cause
for the cats antics. When he was about
TO get back into bed il occurred to him TO
look under the bed, and when he did so
his blood nearly froze in his veins. There
in an attitude ready for combat, was an
immense rattlesnake staring him in the
face. Mr.. Henderson lost no time in get
ting out of the reach of the rattler, and
finally killed him, but the thoughts of
having such a dangerous roommate still
fingers with him.
An Atlanta dispatch TO the Augusta
Chronicle says: THE Evangelical Minis
ters' Association took another shot at the
Sunday newspapers at their regular meet
ing to-day The reverend brethren of the
association, who have been making the
Sunday papers a target for their wrath
from time whence the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary, are especially
aggrieved a the Sunday press just now
because they cannot have their own way
about the printing of church news and
gossip. Several days ago the Constitution
management requested the ministers as
ISOLATION to designate member of their
body 20 furnish church news to the press.
The ministers agreed to do so on condition
that the church gossip be printed in Sat
urday's instead Of Sundays edition This
was not Acceptable to the paper, and hence
negotiations were broken Off the rever-
end brethren taking advantage Of their
session this morning to denounce the Sun
day press in general a s an ungodlV and