The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-02
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE Two STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

mn While Playing With Matches
Accidental shooting at Pensacola.
Two and "a Half Cent Cotton at La
Crosse.
GEORGIA
During the storm, which swept over At
lanta on Monday. George Meriwetner' a
negro boy about 10 years Old was struck
by lightning and instantly killed.
Chief Ison says that although not
prohibitionist he will fight the Illegal
sale of liquors in Griffin until things
freeze over and then fight them under the
ice, just so long as he Is an oflcer.
Mr.. Frank Park, of Poulan, was in Al
bany recently soliciting subscriptions to
the CAPITAL stock of the Worth Telephone
Company. which proposes to put IN a tel
ephone line connecting Triton and inter-
mediate points with Albany.
A number Of young men from Thomas
Vile went down 10 MeRaes, IN Lowndes
county Saturday 60 participate in big
fishing frolc. The dam TO a big pond was
cut and something like six hundre pounds
of the finest kind of fish caught. the
boys had a splendid time
The board Of education Of Baldwin coun-
ty has ordered that the public schools
open uniformly throughout the county on
the frs Monday in November. The
change in opening the schools to Novem-
Der instead of January it is believed VIII
secure larger average attendance IN the
country.
Ii is said that the strongest sort of evil
dence has been secured against the negro
90 Ont 4
mans school house. There are several
white witnesses who heard him confess
the crime The penalty for such a crime
il hanging, and Ii looks now like Harri-
son viii be convicted.
M!lledgeviIe Recorder; If better plan
for the disposal of the convicts of Geor-
gia has been suggested than the one to
work them on the public roads, we have
failed to hear of it. Georgia's roads are
not what they should be, and nothing less
than hard work by free or convict labor
can put them in the proper condition.
Rome Argus: Brethren, don't le's wa tie
ell our sympathy on the poor conviets.
The Argus believes in the severest punish
ment to all who are guilty Of cruelty to
prisoners. But with the state tax rate
higher than at any time since the war
don't create any more officers with big sal
aries to further burden the tax payers Of
the state.
jackson Herald; The Monroe oil mill,
capitalized few years ago with the sum
of $4,000, has, since its existence, paid in
dividends to its stockholders and to the
surplus fund of the company the very
handsome sum of $4,000, and yet Jefferson
capitalists still prefer TO loan their money
at per cent. on rocky ridge land. Well
there is no accounting for taste, etc.
sandersville Herald: Before the war,
farmers generally in Washington county
raised their own wheat. very little -four
ever being imported. There were five -four
mills north of Sandersville, Carriers, War
then's, Walkers, Fenns Hines and one
at Hamburg. Farmers abandoned the
raising of wheat, and the mills, with the
exception of Hines, now Jordan's, are
among the things that were.
Lagrange Graphic: People who have
been away for some time from LAGRANGE
and return invariably comment on the
steady and substantial growth of the city.
We are not booming or anything of that
sort, but for steady growth and safe pro-
gress LaGrange is far ahead of any town
we know Of We are so admirably stu
ated, in the center of the best farming
section in Georgia, that we grow in spite
of dull times.
The officers of the Southern Telephone
and Telegraph Company are troubled a
great deal by parties cutting or carrying
off sections of their wire The line some
times breaks or is maliciously cut, and
when the lineman reaC' the place TO re-
pair it they frequently find hundreds of
feet of wire gone The company will pay
liberal reward for evidence to convict
any person of cutting the wire or remov-
ing any part of it when down.
The warm crusade which the city faith
ers of Atlanta have been waging against
the female theatrical enthusiasts has
taken a new turn, and now the male por-
tion of the audiences are to come in for
their share of the legislation. Council
man Hutchinson will introduce an ordi-
nance at the next session of council pro-
hibiting any man or woman, either for that
matter, leaving their seats at the theater
from the time the curtain goes up on
the first until it goes down on the last
act
Valdosta Times: Clinch county has fine
new court house, Berrien is going to have
one and we understand that Echols is
also going to build. Thomas, Ware and
DEOOhs nave Inc structures, YET LQWnQeS
county, which is the richest and most
prosperous of any of them. has to run
along in the old rut with building that
really reflects upon the people of the coun-
~. The reflection is not upon Valdosta
for the city hail, churches and business
houses show that she is up-to-date in all
of her structures.
Cartersvllle News: The revenue men are
doing some vigorous work in the adjoining
counties. Saturday night they raided a
large still at Moore's mill in Cherokee
county and captured and destroyed a
great quantity of stuff. The still itself
had been pulled out by the moonshiners
before the advent of the revenue men. d.
6. Moore was made prisoner and brought
to this city and lodged in jail. At the
head of this raid were Deputy Collector
Garter and Deputy Marshal Goode. They
are prosecuting their work with much
vigor.
Valdosta Times: The lumber men all
Through this section of the state are very
much pleased by the conditions which are
prevailing among them now. The price of
their products has advanced from so cents
90 81 per ! goo, and all OF the mills have
more orders than they can fill. For the
hrst time in many months buyers are