The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-22
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xrws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

DR.. S. Nj. Parker, one u Inc pioheel Sii
vens Of Atlanta, died Monday night at u
o,c,ock. at the advanced age of rs years.
u q. Gredig of Augusta has been APP
n,.nted general organizer for the state of
GEORGIA of the American Federation of
Labor.
The forty-ninth annual session of the
Georgia Medical Association convened
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock on Cum
berand Island.
Al meeting of a number of the citizens
If Hartwel resolutions were passed COM
mending the course pursued by President
Mckinley and discourag ing the idea of
war with SPAIN.
There is a project on foot at Augusta to
organize a stock company for the whole
sale dealing In groceries. The special Oh
iect of the company is to push the sale
of anti-monopoly goods and products.
The Albany Herald is authorized to say
that in the event of war with Spain the
colored citizens of Dougherty county Will
he as patriotic as their white fellow cit-
zens. A movement is already on foot to
organize a company, and nearly one hun
bred men have signifed their willingness
to enlist.
Jim Ward, Zeke Ward and Lee Watkins.
who were acquitted of the charge of the
murder of Phillip Cook, in Walton county,
over a year ago, at the February term of
Walton Superior Court, were rearrested
upon charges of misdemeanor and tried in
the recent session of Walton County
Court and received heavy sentences.
All meeting of the Atlanta Rifles, held
in the armory at Atlanta Tuesday night,
new officers were elected for the company,
Capt j. Van Holt Nash having been APP
pointed adjutant of the Fifth Regiment,
Lieut.. T. ]. Ripley was nominated for cap
tain of the company and Sergt w. II.
Westmoreland was elected first lieutenant
of the company.
The people of Americas are kicking
against the proposed special revenue tax
Of cents per pound on coffee Tuesday
a petition addressed to Hon. E. B. Lewis,
representative in Congress from that dis
trict, was circulated and received large
number of signatures. He is, urged to use
his bert efforts TO have this household ne
cessity, coffee, omitted from the list of ar
ticies upon which special revenue tax
will be imposed. The petition contained
hundreds of signatures.
Atlanta Constitution: Col Bill Clifton
yesterday was telling a group of friends
in the Kimball lobby of the necessity of
protecting the good little city of Darien
in the event of war and while he was
talking about 1t Capt. Hill, late of the
United States Navy and the comm nder
of the dynamite cruiser Nictheroy in the
Brazilian revolution, strolled up. He lis
tend to Col. Clifton as the latter elo-
quently expressed his distress at the dam
ger which threatened Daren, and then
asked: Colonel, do you know how much
1t costs to fire one shot from one of these
big battleships?" Nope" said the colo
mel. TT costs exactly $780," said Capt.
HILL land Darien is perfectly safe on that
account The Spaniards won't waste ST.
6U in shooting at $500 town" In the
serimmage which followed Darien got the
best of 1t.
A Mr.. Alternately, brother of George
w. Alternately, who lives about four miles
north of Buchanan, died at the home OF
the latter Tuesday noon of poison from
wood alcohol Mr.. Abernathy's home is
in Alabama and it seems that he and two
ether men from Alabama we're in Cedar
town Saturday night April 16, and sent
negro TO get them something to drink.
Inc negro obtained some wood alcohol
somewhere, it is not known where, and
brought 1t 10 them. They drank and the
other two gentlemen returned to Alabama
While Mr. Alternately came to the home
oi his brother. Early Sunday morning he
was taken violently Ill and started to Fell
toh TO take the next train and go home
ne mad only gone a few yards from the
mouse when he fell In the road. He was
carried back to the house and all efforts
TO save him proved futile. Mr.. Abernathy's
Wlfe arrived few minutes after he died
ne other two men have not been heard
FROM
q N. Written has been convicted of the
murder of Miss Lizzie Van Zandt Through
recommendation to mercy he has es-
cdped the gallows, but will spend his life
III the pen. Miss Lizzie Van Zandt was
"Hee a Virtuous girl, with bright pros
pects. Written betrayed her, and then
neu the country to escape the penalty for
ms crime. Five or six years later he re-
turned with wife. Miss Van Zandt hav-
iIs drank the dregs of despair, had turn
ca TO a better life, in which she was sus-
,ained by the kind ladies and the Meth
GUST pastor of Tunnel Hill, Seeking to
ioFset Written, and having pity on his
unfortunate wife, Miss Van Zandt allowed
ner petrayer to 60 only asking that she
Se leit alone. But Whittier, moved by a
u'apolical Purpose, persevered in annoying
4"ii HrehanB 10 ufdB neT oHcS iHOIe
mo the gutter On the night of Dec. Fl
naV'ns her destruction in view, Written
Ted at her house, and falling in his
'-' pose, shot her to death.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun; George A.
thornton of this city claims TO have in
vented new sort of dispatch boat, in
tended 10 work In conjunction with car
Ier pigeons for the rapid transmission of
Ulapatches The boat is a very small nom
tiAkable electric launch, shaped somewhat
N<e a cigar. on top OF the boat and just
move the water, Is a small poop or cage,
holding one or more homing or carrier pig
IONS These are the only passengers, ana
'here Is no crew. Attached 10 the pigeons
Is the messages. The boat. as designed Is
iAreo and a half feet long and Of fifteen
l"unds displacement IL Is provided with
storage battery that win propel Il 5000
nhes through any kind Of water IL y
opelled by means Of a regular screw
propeller, driven by an electric motor. II
ia SIX inches broad. and rs estimated speed
is % miles per hour. II - provided WIN
'N automaiic steering apparatus invented
" AR. Thornton, that will foTce u 70