The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NENvs OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


and says He's Glad of It--GeOrgians
nm the neutrality-suspicious. Guards
Of Atlanta Disband Because They
Could Not Have as Captain the Man
who Organized the Company.
GEORGIA.
1ohr p. Bennett has been appointed
postmaster at Wier, Dawson county.
,rne band now attached to the Fifth
Regiment will probably enlist under Prof.
Wedemeyer. its present leader, who, it is
s9id will seek service with the Second
Regjment, commanded by Col. Oscar j.
i Brown.
A company of ffty-tive volunteers mas
s. been formed at Athens, and either s. H.
pussee or MIR. vonderleigh will be cap,
IAN. This company VIII be joined by
tVenty-fve volunteers from Gainesville,
with Young James Longstreet as captain.
Hon. Charles I. Branan has written the
Fifth district congressional cornmittee a
litter asking for new primary in Full
4 ton and that a date be fixed when all the
4 COUNTIES, including Fulton, stall choose
i delegates to the congressional convention.
The dry goods house of Flinkenstein &
Buckwold of Athens went into the hands
4 OF a receiver Tuesday, M. s. Michael be-
4 ing placed in charge of the. business. The
Liabilities of the firm are said TO be about
$4,000, and assets are estimated about the
same.
The Merchants' Bank, which failed at
Atlanta some time age, has commenced
10 pay the last instaHment on the debt
that was due the depositors, after the
failure, and will continue until the last
cent of the claims against the old institu
ton is wiped out.
]. T. Riley a farmer who lives three
miles north of Elllo, lost his house and
entire contents by fire Sunday. Mr.. Riley
and family were away from home. The
ineendiary, Bob Roberts, was tracked
and caught one mile from the scene of the
crime. He confessed the crime to the
pursuing party and did not regret il, he
said for Mr.. Riley had, three weeks be-
fore caused a warrant to be issued for his
, arrest for larceny.
Flag Lieut. Thomas M Brumby of the
United States cruiser Olympia, and who
was with Admiral Dewey's fleet in the
naval engagement off Manila, is a Geor-
gian, his family residing at Athens. En-
sign F. H. Brumby of the flagship New
York now off Cuba, is his brother. A. c.
HOdgson navigator on Commodore
Sohleys flagship Brooklyn, of the flying
squadron, is also an Athenian. Savannah
has with Admiral Dewey Lieut.. Morgan,
brother of Thomas Morgan, a we'll known
lawyer; Lieut.. Austin Davis, also formerly
Of Savannah, is on the battleship Oregon
coming up the coast of South America
The Atkinson Guards" the volunteer
company, consisting of $50 members, which
was organized at Atlanta little over q
week ago by c. K. Maddox, the superin-
tendent of the Atlanta mail department,
have disbanded After organizing the
company MIR. Maddox rendered its services
to The Governor and asked that he be APP
pointed the captain of the company. He
was informed by Gov Atkinson that there
was no chance of his getting the appoint
ment asked for. as all the officers would
be chosen from the state militia. Mr.. Mad
doX told the members of the Guards this,
and they stated that they did not care to
so to war without him at their head. They,
therefore, decided to disband.
An order for 100000 pounds more of hard
tack has been given TO the Atlanta cracker
factories by Maj. E. E. bravo. chief com
missary of the department of the Gulf.
The first order, which was originally
for 10000 pounds, was increased to $4,000,
and after il was filled Maj bravo was
so wen pleased with the material turned
oul, as we'll as with the speed with which
the contract was filed that he gave new
and larger order. The first shipment con-
sisting of four carloads of the hard tack
has gone out of Atlanta attached TO pas
senger train, en- route to Tampa. HARD
tack is never purchased except for use in
an emergency, and it will be taken into
Cuba by the invading army. 1t is so made
as to stand any climate and get better
with age, no matter how long 1t may h~
kept 1t has the advantage of being firm
and compact, while possessing all The
healthful and strengthening properties Of
wholesome bread. 1t has not been decided,
10 what extent, if any. hard tack will be
used in feeding the volunteers that are
soon to be concentrated.