The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-04
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
sARoLINA PABAGRAPHED.

Fever Bill Paid at Atlantn-NNn ar
DEPARTMENTS Refusal TO Allow
Three Majors 10 Each of the Gcor-
Ein Regiments.
GEORGIA.
DR. Joseph Palmer, ordinary Of Houston
county, died Friday after short illness
The biggest barbecue ever given in Bibb
county viii take place at Rice's mill to-
day. when the railroad men ar the invi-
tation of the county officers ana others
viii gather 10 have good time.
The Board Of Police Commissioners Of
Atlanta has decided to ask the city
Council 10 establish the Office of matron
at police headquarters. There were Two
reasons for this action Of the board. Inc
first reason is that the board wants a ma
tron and the second is that it die not
want another Indignation meeting Of Wo-
mems societies.
The ho4rs Of the employees of Che Cent? al
of Georgia shops at Macon have been in
creased TO eight per day. There are sew
eral hundred men employed in the shops
and when they were cut down 20 i've
hours few months ago it proved great
hardship on all of them as their wages
were reduced accordingly. on eight hours
tAAAt1 tAAts i4idhN Aoti ReASN9+
News was received in Macon Saturday
that Horace Edwards was seriously If not
fatally hurt in an accident in North Car
DINA Saturday. The details of the accl-
dent are not known beyond the fact that
Mr.. Edwards was on his way TO Murphy,
n. c., and that his train was wrecked.
The Information that be is seriously hurt
was conveyed to his mother by telegram
The board Of directors of the experiment
station at Griffin held their quarterly
meeting at the station Friday. One of the
most important actions of the board was
the election of a successor to HOrticultu-
rist Starnes, who will occupy Prof. J. 3.
Hunnicutts chair IN Athens. The newly
elected horticultuTist is DR.. A. l.. Quain-
lance of Lake City, Fla, who has occu-
pied that position with the Florida expert
ment station.
The twenty-seventh annual session of
the State Teachers Association at Indian
Spring closed Friday night with the cleo
ton of Jere NJ. Pound of GAINESVILLE,
president; Lawton B. Evans of Augusta,
first vice president; Miss Pauline Pierce
of Mnledgevile, second vice president;
Superintendent G. 3. Gibson of Columbus,
secretary, and Principal w. NJ. Slaton,
treasurer Prof Hooper of Athens and
Superintendent Slaton were elected trus-
tees.
Charges have been preferred against
Pink Morton, the colored postmaster Of
Athens, by e. T. Hale one of the carriers.
The charges are backed up by afidavits
alleging that Morton cursed the assistant
postmaster general, sWore in the office in
the presence of employees that he deliv-
cred franSed mail matter to others than
to whom It was addressed; gave out due
postage letters without collecting the pos
tage, and that he Instructed the superln-
tendent of carriers to make things I'M
pleasant for the carriers.
DR.. J. c. Olmsted's famous yellow fever
bin against the city of Atlanta has Just
been paid. The fight on this bill has been
going on since last fall, and the circum-
stances which brought it about are well
known. When the case of yellow fever
was reported during the epidemic of last
year, DR.. Olmsted took charge of the pa
tient and through his efforts the girl re-
covered. AT a meeting of the Board of
Health which followed soon after the ep-
idemic was over DIR. Olmsted presented
his bill for $500 for services.
Rev. William Z. Mumford has been
elected agent Of Wesleyan Female College.
Between thirty and forty members Of the
congregation have withdrawn from the
South Macon Baptist Church on account
OF dissatisfaction with the pastor Rev
W. I. Southern. Charges were pre-
TERED against the pastor and he was ex-
oneEaled by an overwhelming majority.
None of the charges reflected on his per
sonal character, and all related 10 a diff
terence of opinion as 10 his work as a pas
TOR and his method of conducting the
church.
There was at least one conscientious
though ignorant bill dend In Americus
Friday who was determined to comply
win the revenue law as he understood it
Starting forth upon his monthly round
win big batch of store accounts he
likewise took along goodly supply of the
HtLe red cent postage stanns and
whenever a bill was paid he solemniv
stuck a stamp beneath his signature. II
cost him a couple of silver dollars nm.
necessarily, but his debtors We're lust that
much ahead on postage as il was easv tc
remove the stamps and use them other.
wise.
Newt Jones, baker, recently went from
Rome to Chickamauga to accent a place
IN the bake shop which cooks bread fo,
the soldaers. In a letter he gives the fol
lo"ihs interesting facts: There are
ABOUT fifteen Rome boys up here work
ing IN the bake shop. There are eight,
bakels mere at work and about POO helm
ers. The shop turns out 100000 loove.
every twenty-four hours. and Is the Iare
est shop Ia the United States. There ar,
twenty ovens / only work at the boncl
ilouldlns IoaVes. We have twenty-si,
barrel bread mixers run by steam an,
make 45O buckets patches every night i,
our division. There are four other divls
The war department has decided that /
will not allow three majors to each Geor
gia regiment. a communication fror
Washington received Saturday +
the effect that only regiment
which volunteered as organiza
tons and had three majors under the star
law could have three in the United Sfate
service. Acting on the understandin
that there would be three majors i'm eac
regiment Gov. Atkinson promoted Can
Cleveland WilcoXson to the third maic
IN the Second Regiment. and Lieut. II. /
j. Spence Of the United States Army. I
be third major in the First M io,.