The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-20
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
1Ews OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


and P.-Sidney LascedIes Gives
birthday Party at FitzgeraId-A
successful Cotton Planter of Sum-
ter County.
GEORGIA.
Ex-senator f. B. Genovar of st. Angus
zine. has come out as candidate for may
or in the coming election.
The Madison Advertiser has been pur-
chased by a stock company composed of
some of the best citizens of Madison and
Morgan county.
A farmer named Wall, who lives near
Maitland, is reported to have realized a
net profit of $3.50 from half an acre of Gu
cumbers this spring.
The store of C. D. Matthews at Column
bus was closed Tuesday by Sheriff Bowles
under a mortgage fl. ia, in favor of Kern
& Loeb, for $1,000.
The HIlsborough county training school,
the normal, met in the lecture room of the
PRESBYTERIAN church at Tampa Tuesday
with between rs and 100 teachers present
A report comes from Maitland that Rev.
A s. Y. McCorkle, pastor of the Presbyterian
4 church of that place, has been stricken
with paralysis, and is in a very critical
condition.
James H. Sadler of Oakland this season
y planted seventeen acres in tomatoes and
8 has a good prospect of a profitable har-
a vest. He has begun shipping. His crop is
a estimated at 5000 crates.
The store and residence of A. B. Frost
at Fort Valley was totally destroyed by
4 fire Tuesday morning at o'clock. The
8 origin of the fire is not known. The loss
is several thousand dollars and is only
partially covered by insurance.
Prof. w. NJ. Slaton of Atlanta will not
s. accept the presidency of the Dahlonega
College, which has been rendered him,
although he refuses to discuss the mat
81 ter, not having given the board of trus-
tees of the college his answer.
James T. Wright, an old citizen of Cow
q ington, was buried Monday. He was the
81 father of DR.. J. A. Wright and ]. T.
Wright, Jr., of Covington. brother of
a Mrs. Mary Rice of Eatonton, and had a
. large family connection throughout the
state
Mrs. Rosa McCook of Bath, S. c., be-
lieves that a wild man, who is creating
a scare in the woods near Grant park, at
Atlanta, is her husband. She has sent
a request to the chief of police of "A
lanta asking that he find out who the
man is and let her know all about him.
George Paris, white man from Green
wood, S. c., is at the city hospital at Au-
gusta suffering with a fracture of the
skull and broken nose. Paris claims to
have been hit while in a house of i'll fame
on McKinnie street. No arrest has been
made. Paris does not know who hit him.
The circuit court at Tampa is now busy
with the criminal docket, and ]. II. May
is on trial for his life, being charged with
the murder of Will Hammond at Port
Tampa City several weeks ago. The trial
of N. e. Moody for killing his brother-in-
law, John Odom, has been set for to-day
Sidney Lascelles Lord Beresford) is now
superintendent of the Fitzgerald water
Works and Electric Light Company, at a
fine salary, and is also 8 successful bro
ker. He is well liaed and respected. A
day or two ago he gave birthday party,
which was attended by the best people
in the town.
Thomas Mitcham, an old citizen of Wal
ton county, died suddenly Saturday after
noon Immediately after eating dinner. He
was apparently as well as usual, and ate
heartily He walked out on the front
BOICHt uIduh IL upper OIL water ana IGll
10 the floor and expired before anyone
could reach him.
Mad dogs are very numerous around
Danforth. Two were seen the past week
Ebert superior court is holding a special
session to try the case of the state against
w. J. Mayfeld, charged with assault with
intent to murder. The offense was COM
United during the state election last Oc-
tober and created very great excitement
as the shooting was at the polls.
Bill Owen, a colored Talbot county des-
perado, is in jail at Columbus, charged
with Illicit distilling. owen was arrested
by Deputy Marshal Dismuke, who COW
cred him before he could make resistance.
The negro is in the habit of carrying
Winchester, and made the threat to kill
the officer who attempted to arrest him.
ON the occasion when he was arrested he
mad left his gun at home and no trouble
occurred.
Twenty-Five bales of cotton to the mule
is the record OF Nell Ray of Sumter
county; and these mules do not have to
drag over an acre apiece TO produce the
pale As a sample year, the cotton off
this plantation of $500 acres brought.
ABOUT $4,000 for the crop of 1896. Mr.. Ray
Is one Of the most prominent and sub
'AaAtldl FARMERS OF sumter cOuHty-o ne
who has grown up between the plowhsln-
dies. and who says he would not exchange,
ms place as a successful farmer with any
business man in Americas or Atlanta
either
Jack OKeefe and Joe Ullman fought to
finish just outside the city linlts OF
Americus Monday night. Ullman was
Knocked out in the tenth round. The two
men fought and went al Il as II they meant
business. o. Keefe had look on his face
as II saying, They took you away from
me al Albany but I've got you now" and
me- dld his man up Ia fine pugilistic style.
an the tenth round he knockf d Ullman
uoWh twice. The first time Ullrlan got up
Just as his time was expiring. The second
.lihe ne was laid out and hndn't moved
"heh MS ten seconds were parsed
An accident that came very near proving
serious occurred at Tampa Tuesday morn
ing az the Hillsborough river bridge, when
,ne passengers on the incoming No. IS