The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

white Man From Milton County
Convicted of COunterfeiting-FIan
agan Not TO Hang June 24-War
Locust Appears in Tennessee.
GEORGIA
Unadina is to erect school building to
cost $500.
The telephone line from Rome to Lin
dale has been completed and will be ready
for service in few days.
Edward C. Flanagan Will not be hanged
or June "A, the day set for his execution
Proceedings to secure a new trial will
cause a postponement.
The war department officials have de-
cLed to appoint S. l. Price of Dahlonega
and e. J. Williams of Triton as second
Heutenants In the regular army
At Thomaston Thursday lightning struck
Tom Drake and his wife, colored, in their
house. The shoe on one foot of the woman
was completely torn to pieces and the man
was crippled in one foot.
The senatorial convention of the Thirty
sixth district met at Newman Wednesday.
There was no contest in the nomination
and Hon. ]. r. Terrell was unanimously
nominated for the Senate.
For some months a surplus stock of 10000
tons of pig iron has been stored in North
Rome. This iron Is beginning to move out
now, and in the past few days twenty-five
cars have been shipped to Allegheny, Pa.
Eighty new looms have just been re-
ceived by the Eagle and Phenix mills at
Columbus, and are being placed in posi-
ton. They are all from the Crompton
TOr1ye and he Lott INN cd
Crompton loom.
Warren Griffin a white man from Mil
ton county, was tried before Judge New
man in the United States Court at At
lania Thursday and sentenced to the Co
Iumbus penitentiary for three years on the
charge of counterfeiting.
Tuesday night Mrs. A. e. Foster, who
lives about one mile north of Tallapoosa,
committed suicide by taking poison. She
had been considered of rather unsouud
mind for some time, and her suicide is at
trlbuted to that cause, as no other can be
found.
At a mass meeting of the democracy of
John. S. Reid. chairman. the
cd: To the gubernatcFal convention,
G. E Scott, l. S. Reid, I. G. Spivey and
A. W. Athon. To the congressional con-
ventiop. H. 4. jenkins, w. b. Wingfeld,
Capt j, K Wright and M. A. Lewis
William II. Bitch, who graduated at the
head of his class last year from Gordon
Institute at GAINESVILLE, may be appointed
second lieutenant in the regular army
under the plan adopted to appoint to such
grades in the army one graduate from the
main military institution of each state.
Bitch has already been slated, but there
are political influences at work to secure
the appointment of some one better
known than young Bitch.
For some time past some of the papers
Of Tennessee have been discussing the war
locust, or a peculiar specimen of insect
very much resembling the Egyptian pest,
which is said to wear W. on his Wing
whenever this country is at war; and when
all Is peaceful the wing is at once changed
and the wing becomes "P." Thursday
Lamar Clay of Macon received a letter
rom Mrs. Clay, who is spending some time
Tennessee. In the letter was incosed
of the wings of the queer insect. Sure
rJugh the wing showed the W. which
was perfectly plain. II was formed of
ridges somewhat resembling the ribs of
oak leaves. The ridges were of just the
proper length.
The people of Atlanta will be liberal
cent. loan, The Fourth National Bank has
subscribed for 100000 largely to be used
for an increase of note circulation. The
Lowry Banking Company has put in bids
Tor $4,000 of bonds for the bank and its
customers; the Third National has sub
scribed for 100000, to be used the basis
of a $4,000 increase in circulation, and
third party. whose name is not given by
the bankers, has subscribed for 800, O00 j.
W. Rucker has put in bid for $4,000, VP
sisson for 5000, and e. S. McCandIess for
So,Wo. The opinion of bankers is that
these per cent. bonds are easily worth
$l.0o As they will be issued at par. there
is margin of per cent and this has
attracted the attention of individuals who
areialways on the lookout for a good IN
Veslnent The fact that small subscribers
nave preference stimulates the demand
among small capitalists or even men of
moqeraie means. The United States tours
OF long date, due i'm 1925, are quoted in the
market at l2i which Is nine points above
me per cent. basis, which for that series
would be lis. The eight-year tours are
quoted at 1903, and on that basis per cents
20 run ten years should he worth 105 with
the prospect that the end of the war will
make them worth a little more.