The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLn
IN PARAGRAPHS.

There VIII BE No Change in the
school BOOI<s-A Church struck by
lightning IS If in Answer to an
Imprecation-A Woman's Hat
sDoiIs Governor Bob TayIOr's Lee
ture-An Election in Orange City.
DuvaI'S New Treasurer.
GEORGIA.
Macon may have a box and crate fac
tory before long.
A mattress factory has been established
In Douglas by Messrs. oscar Rudolph and
Oscar Sill
The Augusta Herald advocates the cree
ton of a monument in honor of Gen. 2.
NJ. B. Young.
Mr.. Shepard Bryan, the newly elected
president Of the Young Mems Democratic
League, in Atlanta, wants to organize a
Tammany hall.
Judge Kilgore of Texas, who died on
Saturday, was born in Newman. Ca, Feb.
90 1885. In 1916 he removed with his par
ents to Rusk county, Texas.
People who attend Macon's big carnival
and trades display on the 18th and 18th
of October will be treated 10 free con
certs by the famous Marine band.
The professional tax for Bibb county
last year amounted to $3.50, and all but
500 of this was paid; some portion Of the
remaining 500 viii yet be collected.
All the prisoners in the Worth county
Jail, at Isabella, made their escape on
Friday night and are still at large. There
were four negroes and one white man
confined in the jail.
Tax Collector Jones of Bib submits his
annual statement. showing that about
$4,000 have been collected in taxes for
1896, and only about $1,000 remains I'M
collected. This is on $l6,O00,000 Of prop
erty.
Mr.. R. p. Finley, the general secretary
of the Young Mems Christian Association
in Augusta, has resigned and viii leave
on Oct. !, going to Fargo N. D., where
he has accepted a similar position at that
place.
Gov. Atkinson and wife, Congressman
Adamson and wife, and Attorney General
Terrell and wife have accepted invitations
TO be present at the marriage of Judge
Joe J. Durham to Miss Berta Drane on
Oct. Z, at Buena Vista.
The sheriff of Irwin county has pur-
chased some blood hounds to help in cap
turing fugitves. A bill VIII be intro
duced in the next legislature to have each
county buy a couple of hounds for the
use Of its arresting officers.
Americas Herald: Despite the fact that
most of the cotton is said to have been
picked out pickers continue to go in
droVes to the fields of the f1eecy staple.
Long before O'Clock this morning wag-
ons We're being filed with negroes who
were taken to the country to labor for
another week, when they will return and
spend their shekels with our merchants.
A particularly smooth game in connec-
ton with building and loan stock has
been worked on a number of Atlanta peo-
pie by a portly clerical looking individual
calling himself w. A. Raglaud. There
has been some talk of arresting Ragland,
If he can be found, but the bitten people
seem disposed 10 let It go at that, not
desiring TO advertise the fact that they
were taken in. 1t is thought that If Rag
land is SIN in Georgia, he is either in
LAGRANGE or Augusta.
A hat-a womans hat-and its wearer
came very near bringing to an untimely
end the lecture of Gov. Bob Taylor of
Tennessee, at the Grand in Atlanta, Sat
urday evening. AS it was, the lecture
was delivered, but under such difficulties
as the distinguished lecturer probably
never before encountered. 1t took three
ushers the theater manager and q po-
liceman TO get the lady to remove her hat.
In the meantime the orator and his fiddle
and bow had no charm for the audience.
eff our baptism is wrong, 1 hope that
God will tear down this church" This
was the imprisoned Invocation of Deacon
Thrasher in addressing the congregation
at Forrest Hardshell Baptist church. at
Forrest station, twelve miles from At
lanta. in Clayton county, at a recent
meeting held there. Three days after.
ward, on last Friday a week ago, a severe
thunder storm. in fact, a small-sized cy-
clone, struck Forrest station, and the
Hardshell Baptist church was caught up
in the twisting winds and toppled from
its foundation to the ground 1t was a
complete ruin.
Macon News: Georgia's public schools
will not have a uniformity of school
books The state school commission, of
which T. d. Tinsley is a member which
has had this subject under consideration
for several weeks, has decided to recon-
mend to the legislature that no change
be made in the present system. This re-
port Is now being prepared by State
School Commissioner Glenn. The docu-
ment is quite volumnous, entering into
an exhaustive discussion of the school
book question, and giving many terse rea-
sons why there is no need of uniformity
in the public schools.
FLORIDA.
The people of starke are much elated