The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-04
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

he Opening of BarroOms Again in
Butts County Agitatins the Citi-
xens-A Movement to Organize
4Tbe southern COnfederacy of La
bor,, started at AtIanta-An Old
Lady burned to Death at Powder
snriuus-NOrth Georgia Threaten
ed Inv Smallpox.
GEORGIA.
The suits of Charlie Hesterly and his
,,tber w. T. Hasterly, against the Expo
sition Cotton Mills at Atlanta on account
of the loss of the boys left arm, has been
settled for SLOW
wednesday morning Eddie, the 7-year-
old son of Contractor Ira Drake, was per-
hans fatally burned while playing near
a trash pile in East Albany ms re-
coverv is extremely doubtful.
Mrs. L. A. Gaines of Jefferson county,
who e,oped several months since with AL
len Tarver. was fined $500 in the Circuit
Court at Louisville Wednesday. she PAID
the fine and returned TO Augusta
Monday night Bailiff Tim Timer, Pink
Davis and Merchant w. P. HangabooS
attempted TO arrest Jim Jackson, negro,
for misdemeanor. just over Dougherty line
N Lee. Inc negro IN ISSlStAlS was p4SO-
ably fatally shot
In the Criminal Court at Rome Wednes-
5av the bill of indictment against George
Hallet was mol pressed by Solicitor Nose
wright Hallet was indicted for the crime
of arson. II was alleged that the defend
ant set fire to several warehouses in Rome
last summer. For want of suthclent evil
'ence the Judge threw the case out of
court.
News reached Gainesville Wednesday of
the attempted suicide of Dink Christler,
a citizen of jackson county, who lives
near Mavsville. Saturday last he swat
lowed a teaspoonful of strychnine with
the intention, il is alleged of ending his
life The dose was too large and falied
to accomplish the purpose of. the would-be
self-slayer.
A movement to organize 1.-THE Southern
Confederacy of Labor has been started
at Atlanta and is now so far under way
that a convention will probably be held
to formally launch the new organization.
The plan is TO call a convention of the
white labor organizations of the South
for the purpose of formulating such plans
as will bring about harmony and concert
of action among them, independent of the
big labor unions and declarations of the
North.
The opening of barrooms again is agitat-
ing the citizens of Butts county. Butts has
been dry for eight years. having won,
after three hard-fought battles-one under
a special act, and two elections under To-
cal option. Both sides claim a victory.
However, it will be a doubtful victory for
the vets, should they win, as there is not
town in the county that will license the
traffic, and the three-mile law as to school
houses and churches will bar them in the
country districts.
Mrs. Louisa Ward. aged 80 years, and
widow of w. A Ward, was burned to
death Tuesday night in her home five
miles north of Powder Springs. She lived
alone and is known to have had money.
but 1t is not known whether the fire was
incendiary or not. Andrew Nichols dis
covered the fire and found Mrs Ward
lying on the ground near by, already dead,
with her clothing fire. A quantity of
silver money melted and run together was
found amid the ruins
George B. highs fruit farm, near Mari
eta. has 5000 Elberta peach trees four
years old, 1000 other peach trees of TWEEN
ty-fve varieties, besides he has on his
farm apples, pears, plums, cherries,
ounces, apricols, nectarines. gooseberries,
currants, grapes, Rock Mountain cherries,
cranberries, strawberries, raspberries and
cultivated blackberries. There are several
hundred trees of the above varieties of
fruit and several acres of berries, alto
eether embracing 14 varieties of fruit
Wednesday night a negro named Win
Miller was killed in front of the Cleveland
Drug Company store, on the public square
at Elberton. Miller had been drinking
during the afternoon, and was under the
influence of whisky at the time of the
tragedy A witness to the killing said that
me negro gave some impudence to w. T.
knnebrew and that Mr.. Kinnebrew threw
rock. which struck Miller on the left
temple. An examination of Miller's head
lalled to show even the slightest abrasion.
hInnebrew was placed under arrest.
Calhoun correspondence Atlanta Consti-
tuition: The Town Council, at a called
meeting Monday afternoon, ordered COM
1ulsory vaccination. Cases of smallpox
have been reported at Adairsville, Farm
VINE and other points near by. News
comes from Barlow county that the
county adjacent to Stilesboro is veritable
pest mole and that the disease is rapidly
Spreading to other localities. The OUT
look Il now that before another month
iA&ses the whole of North Georgia will
ne IN the grasp of this loathsome disease
y prompt and decisive steps are not taken
d, once 10 arrest its march. During the
HFlstmas holidays an excursion party of
'Rfoes came up TO Gainesville from At
ISn'a. Several Of the negroes attended a
vance near Stilesboro and in a few days
'lere were several fully developed cases
~ smallpox in the community. The dis
,aSe rapidly spread TO Gainesville, Kings
t'h Adairsville and other points. Dalton
nus ordered compulsory vaccination aud
iS'h guarantees may be put on at all
l'nts on the Western and Atlantic Rail
,oda- For the past three weeks court
ms been in session at Cartersville and
xum oers Of negro witnesses from the In
iscled districts were in court and before
re grand jury and by this means the
"SIsse was communicated to all parts
o. Barlow county
FLORIDA.
tHpe watermelons are on sale at West
Flm Beach