The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-25
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

UpxOn's Vote on Local Optional Ne
Ero Dude of NOultrie Whipped For
Zoo Much TaIkinG-A Lady AppIi-
cant for Mrs. LOnEstreet's Position.
UNPAID Wages of United states
SYarshaIs Encourages "MoOnshin-
fnE"-TwO Young RaSceIs Arrest
a.. ed in TamDa-Provisions shipped
TO Cuba.
GEORGIA.
Rome Argus: The postofhce plum has
not yet dropped. and is becoming a sour
grape.
The Barnes11Ie Gazette celebrates its
thirtieth anniv ersary by the issue of a
sixteen page paper.
Col. 2. H. HARRISON has purchased the
Blairsville Herald, which he viii run in
connection with his Law practice.
Brunswick Times: Columbus is in luck
The President has TO und a white man cap
able of attending to its postoffice.
Recorder Barrett of Augusta mas fined
the South Carolina and Georgia $40 for
blocking the streets on Saturday night.
Miss Leila Jones, of Brooks county. has
fled her application with Gov. Atkinson
for the position of assistant state librarian
TT. Shepard has retired from the man
aeement of the Tattnan Journal, and
George G. Folsom will conduct the paper
alone.
The men of 1doultrie took negro dude
from the sheriff a few days ago and gave
him a severe whipping for too free use of
a dirty tongue
Thomasville TinDes-Enterprise: McKin-
ley is paying off his political obligations
in the south in a debased currency Note
his appointments in Georgia.
The addition to the King mill in Angus
"a is nearing compl elton and the first
tnstallment of machinery is now ready to
leave the hands of the manufacturer.
Sid Tinsley, the Sumter county negro,
who made murderous assault upon his
wife two weeks ago, shooting her in the
head and back four times with revolver
has been arrested and now occupies cage
in the county jail at Americas.
In the case of the state against c. R.
Womble' for the killing of e. e. Love,
now being tried in the Talbot superior
court These men were prominent farm
ers of Talbot and Love was shot, it is
claimed by Womble in defense of his
daughter.
Griffin News: We can raise large
enough crops in the south without using
Jackson's wonderful four bale to the acre
product. Better TO lynch Jackson and
burn his seed than bring about forty
million bale crop, which would be the in
evitable result in a few years.
The consolidated returns from the differ
ent country precincts in Upson county
show that in the local option election held
on Wednesday, the dry side has a majority
OF 476. Every precinct in the county
voted "dry" The negroes voted almost
solldly against the sale of whisky.
split In the ranks of the dispensary
advocates in Terrell county has been de-
veloped The split arises from the fact
that the bill agreed upon by the council of
Dawson and the Terrell county comm.ss-
toner's provides for only one dispensary in
the county to be located at Dawson. The
citizens of the smaller towns object.
Uncle Sans lack of money has proved
a boon to the Georgia moonshiners. For
two months the moonshiners of the state
have been practically unmolested by
United States deputy marshals, and they
have been plying their trade for all 1t IS
worth Very few have been arrested and
the United States commissioners have
been doing no business at all.
North Macon is to doe the name of the
new suburb across the river from the
Central city, in which the public is TAX
ing much interest sinc e the Spring street
bridge was thrown open TO the public 1t
has generally been supposed that this sub
urb would be known as Baconfield but
Senator Bacon, on whose property the
new suburb is located, says that he pre-
fers not to perpetuate his name in this
way.
For the fourth time in a little over a
year old man Taylor Delk win be placed
on trial next month for the killing of
Sheriff Gwyn of Pike county, near Zebu-
lon. The old man has already had three
trials, and just as many times he has
been condemned TO die. The fourth trial
will ii is thought, begin on the third Mon
day in October, and Deik's attorney says
ne is this time confident of securing an
acquitted for the old man.
Montgomery Monitor: Some of the smart
Elicks of the present generation of Geor-
gians are setting up claim to a strip of
territory twelve miles wide clear across
the north end of the state, that has for
three-fourths of a century been recognized
as belonging 10 North Carolina and Ten
nessee If this claim could be establish
ed, Georgia should change the names OF
Habersham, Houston and Mcintosh coun-
ties, to Knave, Fool and Drunk counties
She should not perpetuate, in honor, the
names of her sons who have so swinded
and degraded her.
FLORIDA.
Dennis Eagans appointment as post
master at Jacksonville is a recognition OF
the anti-Gunbyite faction of the repub!i.
can party in Florida.
The mineral waters from the now IA
nous Panacea Springs in Wakulla coun-
~, are being bottled and shipped to u al
parts of the United States.
Sunday the Merchants hotel In Pensa-
cola was closed until the quarantine is
raised The yellow fever scare rendered
travel and business too meager to keep the
house open.
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