The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-22
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
COROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Trains in south CarOlina-A Negro
AssaiIant Given Lashes Near An
dersOn-KiIIing of SciPiO Thomp-
son Mt CoIumbia-ChariestO After
Porto Rican Trade.
GEORGIA.
The postofice at Gulf has been discon-
tinued.
THE Man Behind the Gun" was the
theme discussed at the Macon Christian
Church last night.
Thomasvine Times Enterprise: A. w.
Aoorehouse and family Of Savannah, who
have been spending the past month in
Thomasvilie. left yesterday afternoon For
Boston. where they win visit a few days,
before going home.
Perino Jordan, who was a party in
the desperate duel with a knife at the
Columbus Club in Atlanta a few days ago,
has been dropped from the list of super
uumeraries on the police force. The Po-
lice Commission took action Friday after
noon.
The State Normal School at Athens IS
on a regular boom Its enrolment 10
date is 49, and by the end of the session
the total enrolment win have reached 100.
Last session the total enrolment was F5l.
The only drawback 70 large attendance
IS the lack of buildings for dOrmitory pur-
poses.
F. r. simons. a colored preacher, was
nominated at Mcintosh Thursday at
county mass meeting for the legislature.
J. r. Deegal chairman; F. 5. Fraser,
secretary Mr. Smith of Tattnan was nom
mated for the Senate Resolutions were
adopted commencing President Mckinley
for his conservative war record.
S. T. PhTpot, the popular hotel man,
who has had charge of the Albany Inn
for six or seven years past will give up
that house on oct. ], having closed trade
with Mrs Mayo for the lease Of the Hosel
Mayo. Mrs. Mayo is 10 retire from the
hotel business, and Mr.. Philpot leases her
house, with the privilege, 1t is understood,
of purchasing.
Fitzgerald is now at work on her water
and light plant having sold her bonds
at 1O5 giving her 81 100 above par oil of
which is now on deposit with the bank
waiting on the contractors. This town
has the best artesian water in the 700-foot
well drilled by the railroad company. but
Is now engaged in drilling a very large
wen, so as to have ample supply.
AIbany's postofflce is to be moved into
new quarters, and the complaints Of citi-
Zens are 10 De rewarded. An agreement
between the postof1ice officials and Capt
John A. Davis was reached Saturday
morning and Capt. Davis viii erect a
building for the postofiice the government
having agreed to lease it for five years
The building will be erected on the cor
ner of Pine and Jackson streets, opposite
Hotel Mayo and the work on it viii be-
gin at once
An order from Judge Newman was Fri
4
at Columbus regarding Eagle and Phenix
fees The master commissioner, Capt J.
w. Murphey, was directed to pay the
amounts agreed upon the cases compro-
missed at the Atlanta conference of the
lawyers and officials who had settled their
claims in this way. His honor reserved
the right to say at the proper time out
of whose money the fees so paid shall
come they being paid now from the gem
eral fund. This leaves open the question
raised by Attorney Thomas Thursday re-
garding the liability Of depositors in the
payment of these funds.
Americas correspondence of Macon
Telegraph: The election is over and every
district in Sumter county has gone dry
except the town district So prohibition
is now assured fact for Sumter. There
seems to be a spontaneous rising of our
people IN favor of prohibition. The Su-
preme Court decided one year ago that
the local prohibition act for De Soto, Ca.
was unconstitutional Only three MEM
bers of the court sat on this case, two
members being disqualified. OF the three
members sitting two declared the law
unconstitutional and one dissented. So
this local law was declared unconstitu-
tional by only two members of the SUI
preme Court. The prohibitionists made
hard fight to maintain the constltutionality
of the law. They employed j. p. D.
Ship of Americus, TO prosecute the de-
PENDANTS, and although the Superior
Court sustained the law, Judges Fish and
Lumpkln of the Supreme bench declared
It unconstitutional. This started the pro-
hibition fight in Sumter county. One
year ago A. T. Oliver, a prominent citi-
zen of Americas, presented every disorder
ly house keeper and every violation or
the liquor law before the grand jury and
announced his strong determination to
see that the law was enforced num-
Der of convictions were had. The keeper
of one house was fined $500 by Judge May
nard and this evil was nearly broken up
in Americas This sentiment grew and
the prohibition election for the whole
county was held and prohibition won.
Rev. S. c. Dean, of the Baptist Church,
and Rev. X. Read of the Methodist
Church took firm stand for prohibit
ton and backed up by such men as J.
w. Bailey, Lott Warren, w. p. Wallis,
John Nicholson and many others ike
them, the race was won without bitter
ness and no scars are left to be healed.
There were $500 registered to vote. The
Georgia and Alabama railway maintains
shops here, and led by +. A MCGEE, the
men all voted soidly for prohibition. The
anti-prohibitonists made a gallant fight
led by j. 3. Fielder, Coot Stanleld, e. c.
Doughtie. Lawton Stapleton, ct al, but
the prohibition tide had set in aud was
Irresistible.
FLORIDA.
Tampa's streets are to be paved with
brick.