The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-22
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
MS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

90 nation Dead-Whitecaps
~. White AgftatOr of Negroes
ont of Talbot COunty-Coiumbus as
DYuIe Mnrket-New Trial Refused
T,vo Men Convicted of Murder
E,a-tiIi.er Business % Per Cent.
rpder Last Year.
GEORGIA.
-,.,, blooms may be seen around Thorn
General vaccination is not opposed in
Augusta. uo.,o,
ereaniza ton of Marietta.
4 company has been organized in Rome
TO operate a foundry and stone works
Al columbus. Judge Butt has refused a
IN trial TO Stipling and Huff, charged
-..+b the murder of William Cornett
rha George Quincy Granite Company has
.,oss1 a contract with the Central Rail
,od 70 build a bridge at Madison at
4 cost of $1,000.
1+is said that the merchants of Ashburn,
irwin county twenty in number), open
,1eir stores every morning, except Sun
day, with prayer.
The following postmasters were appoint
Cd for Georgia Thursday: Sallie R. Car
ter Carriers. Murray county; P. E. Rough
en- Ridgeville, Mcintosh county.
Rev. W. H. Stiles, ex-representative of
liberty county. had his barns and stable,
NTH contents. burned wednesday night.
II is supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
There is a movement on foot in Hall
county TO purchase tract of land suitable
for farming purposes several miles from
GAINESVILLE to be used as a county farm
/ for paupers.
The fertilizer trade, so far as the sea-
son is advanced, is about Is per cent be-
low last year, and it is the opinion of the
n Atlanta fertilizer men that the business
of the entire season will fall that much
short of the business of 1897.
Mrs. George A Hamilton of Atlanta has
sworn out two warrants against her hus-
band. one charging him with assault with
- ltent to murder, and the other to make
i'm keep the peace. This is a sequel to
le attempt Hamilton made to kill his wife
uesday. The police are looking for Ham
Edward White, Sr., of Atlanta, died
thursday, aged ST years Mr.. White was
the founder of Dalton He named the
1ace for his grandfather, Priscram Dali
on He owned the first property of Dali
on, having bought a mile square and
tarted the place. He was one of the
most promenent citizens of Dalton and was
he first president of the Selma, Rome and
Dalton Road.
In the criminal branch of the City Court.
at Atlanta, Thursday, Robert Howard was
! convicted of larceny and sentenced TO six
r7Ou he N he OtlblfP works without being
anywhere in the neighborhood of the court
house. Towards crime was the theft Of
a pocketbook from buggy at funeral.
Seeing that the case was going against
him Wednesday, Howard, who was under
bond failed to appear in court Thursday,
and was convicted in his absence.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says that
most all of the counties in the territory
surrounding Columbus for fifty or sew
enty-five miles regard Columbus as a lead
ing market for mules and do most of their
buying there. Last year more than 1000
mules were sold in Columbus by the sew
eral stables and dealers from other points
Mules are brought mainly from Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri. They are ship
ped m car loads, the old plan of driving
them hundreds of miles through the coun-
try having been entirely abandoned
The whitecaps made a visit to a man
named Biglow, about eight miles from
Talbotton, one night recently. Biglow
came to Talbotton from one of the west
eru states about year ago, and was act
lVely engaged in the sale of mules. A5oIt
a month ago Biglow located at mill up
m the northern portion of the county to
operate a government distillery. He rent
ed a two-story dwelling, occupying the
upper story, while below stairs was let to
groes 1t is said Bglow was greatly in
censlng the negroes against the whites
stirring them up to all sorts of mis-
L" oemeanors. The whitecaps took it in
-narse, and in very forcible terms an
Ao1nced their intention should he not
ABIDE their orders. Biglow has decided
10 move.