The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xrys OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

state LunatIc Asylum Sentenced
COR Aiding Osborne to Escape-HOw
widow Invested Her Pension
Money.
GEORGIA.
nv act of the legislature all convict camp
preachcrs are paid 50 a sermon.
DIR. Hugh Hagan, prominent physician
Of Atlanta, died Tuesday of apopexy.
The Solar Gas Company of Augusta has
anolied for a charter. The capital is
placed At $4,000.
Peach orchards are in full bloom around
Adairsville and indications are that the
valley will have the largest fruit crop
if has ever grown.
Wheat has been rushed forward by the
warm weather. If no damage from sud,
den cold snap, the crop around Adairs-
vile will be worth $4,000.
Near Senoia Monday night a row oc-
CURED between a negro named WHY Err
win. from Meriwether county, and another
negro named Miles Wyatt. Erwin shot
WYATT and the latter died almost instant
~.
The 3-year-od daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Robert E. Garrison of Athens will
lose the sight in one of her eyes and may
lose the other. A few days since the lit
tie girls brother was cutting a string
and the knife slipped and stuck in her
eye.
Jackson Argus: One of Jack
sons leading citizens, aged SO
years had his hair cut this week by
Ar, old
man past 70 heard this fact stated on the
street and he said: "Wel 1 can go you
one better, have never been in bar
ber's chair"
Walter Hanson, son of Maj. ]. F. Han
son, secretary and treasurer of the Bibb
Manufacturing Company of Macon, got his
left hand badly crushed day or two ago
in a machine at the mill, which is Mr.. Han
sons own patent 1t was at first feared
that his hand would have to be amputated,
but it can be saved.
]. A. Spence and E. T. Petree dashed in
to Cobb county, near Roswell, and de-
stroyed $500 gallons of beer, a 100-gallon
still, and the other material used by moon
sinners. Things Immediately grew war
like but as the officers were heavily arm
ed and known to the moonshiners to be
fearless, no attack was made.
Gainesville reports that the demand for
chickens continues on the increase and
for the past week it has been impossible
TO fill the, orders which come in from
foreign markets. For several days orders
have been pouring in from Cuba. The
largest order, for SO0 was received and
filled by H. A. Terrell last Friday.
Mrs. David Keys of Dahlonega received
her pension check for 1908 last week and
Immediately put $500 into 15O-acre farm,
which lies east of Yellow Creek camp
ground and which she purchased from T.
5. Littlefeld. She also bought his span
of mules together with the wagon, for
$500. She moved to her new home this
week
An Illicit distillery almost in sight of
the residence of d. ". Spence, a United
States deputy marshal at Canton, Cher
okee county, and said to have been opera
ted by son of this officer, whose duty
1t is to break up the blockade liquor
business, has caused Spence to be dis
charged from the employ of the govern
ment.
Jerry E. Carter has surrendered to the
authorities at Lumpkin for trial. After
supper on the night of JAN %, 1896. in the
'"o StOlS VI bldch az heuulnS, on lne
corner of Fifth and Main streets Frank
D. Black was killed by Jerry e. Carter
Mr. Carter soon thereafter disappeared
and has since that time until now been
away from home.
Two tragedies were enacted almost with
in the borders of Talbot county on satur-
Gay night In Talbot Valley, Lucy Glib
son, mulatto, was shot and killed by her
employer Near Waverly Hall, just over
the border line, in Harris county, two ne
sroes, Coup Malone and Sam Marshall
entered into q difficulty and from the
vague reports, 1t seems both negroes were
killed.
sam Sans (colored), an employee of the
unatic asylum at Milledgeville, who has
been under arrest on the charge of aiding
Ben Osborne to escape from the asylum
mas been sentenced to twelve months la
Dor in the Baldwin county chain-gang. 1t
appears that Sans called at the express
Office for package addressed to some fic-
tttous person and delivered the package
to Osborne, and this package contained
me pistol that made Osborne's escape pos
eible.
1t is the desire of the pastor Of the
Methodist Churches at Atlanta to bring
hsious communities together and make
hem more of union. This, they think,
VIII greatly facilitate the work of the
pastors and give an impetus TO the cause
OF Methodism in that city. The object of
me union win be to conduct public wor-
snip in a more concerted manner. The
pastors will talk over the question of a
revival and cooperate in holding "A large
one when 1t is the proper time.
Rev. Francis Z. Clark, better known as
Rather Clark to all Christian Endeavorers,
VIII be In Atlanta March 20 to address
the young people of the city on the work
Oh The young people in the churches.
rather Clark Is the founder and the head
OF the Christian Endeavor movement,
which is considered the greatest religious
organization in the world. having a mem
hership of nearly 100000. Out of the En-
ueavor has sprung the Epworth League,
me Young Peoples Union and other sim
lar organizations until the whole has
reached enormous proportions
At noon Monday ON the Printup place,
four miles above Thomson william EN-