The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-25


There wall be a meeting Of the citizens
Of McRae at ,he court house on Monday
evening. Jan .. TO nominate a ticket for
Mayor and aldermen.
County Court has been in session in
Worth county for the last two days Hon.
j. J. Mcdowell VIII be succeeded by Col.
Frank Parl, as county judge.
Gator" is the name of a new postofiice
recently established in Telfair county It
is located a few miles from Jacksonville,
with j. f. Murdoush as postmaster
Rev W. y Huckabee, agent of South
Georgia Orphans Home, VIII make Nc
Rae his headquarters. that place being
perhaps the center of his work.
Blackshear Times That big hearted
who,e-soul Jeff Dickson was In town yes
terday and promised us a load of pump
kins on subscription, just as soon a. the
creek was down so he could cross il.
w. P. Connor one OF the injured white
men in the wreck on Afford & Sloan's
tramway in Worth county, died Friday,
after having his leg amputated just above
his knee. All other injured parties will
recover
to enact q game law TO protect the alliga-
tor He has hitherto relied on the thick
ness of his hide, but the ferocity Of his
pursuers is such that this has ceased TO
serve him.
Mr. w NJ. Twedell, of near Bowdon'
Carroll county, has twenty apple trees,
from which he has sold this year one hun
bred bushels of apples, at an average price
.of rs cents a bushei besides what they
have eaten and given away.
Irwin County News. If the blame fool
farmers who are squirrel hunting and talk
ing about hard times will spend the next
three months in raking up straw and
leaves and quit buying guano, they VIII
find themselves 100 per cent. better off next
winter
Bainbridge Democrat: South Georgia
should use the products of this section.
Not dollars worth of any products rails
ed here should be brought from the out
side Keep the money at home and encour-
age the growth and manufacturing of
goods al home.
While attempting to soap a gin belt at
Broughtons gin last Thursday evening,
MIR. r.. C. Patrick of Newborn, had the
misfortune to get his right arm caught be-
tween the belI and puliy crushing the
bones above the wrist. 1t had to be ampu-
tated few inches below the elbow.
TawkinsvilIe Dispatch: A patient called
on DIR. j. A. George Tuesday to consult
him about the removal of a splinter from
his throat. He said that the splinter was
about three inches long and that he swal-
lowed IL about nine years ago, but that 1t
had not given him any trouble until re-
Gently.
The firm of Pale Bros. of
Lawrencevine has been adjudged
bankrupt by Judge Newman of
the United States Court, and L. NJ.
Brand of that city, appointed 10 take
charge of the assets The liabilities are
something like $1,000. with assets about the
same but consisting of bad debts, except !
about $500 worth of merchandise
Valdosta Times s L. Bowling of the
Simms neighborhood lost a fine steer one
day last week by something like rabies,
also a fat porker, which was a victim of
the steers rage. Mr.. Bowling does not
know whether any of his stock was ever
bitten by mad dog, but remembers that
a small dog which came to his place last
June acted in very vicious manner This
dog must have bitten the steer which went
mad.
Baxley Banner: Sheriff Crosby has
been on the go for some days past and has
brought back to Appling some of her
former citizens who had left hurriedly.
He came in Friday with the negro Cone
who is charged with cheating and swind- |
ling whom he captured in Valdosta, and
Monday he brought a white man by the
name of Taylor from Abbeville. Taylor is
.harged with being engaged in a riot at
Hazlehurst several years ago.
Valdosta Times: negro named Bee
Baggett, who works at Vests place. near
ClyattviIle was shot and probably fatally
wounded by another negro named Gus
Cox last week Baggett and Cox had been
at outs for some time and the former had
been warned not to go about the home of
the latter Baggett went to CoX's house
on Saturday and the shooting occurred.
The ball from a .3S-caliber revolver passed
through Baggett's body and he has been in
a critical condition since then. Cox made
his escape
Dahlonesa Nugget: Since John Sunns
has been confined in Jail for stealing a doll
ID is reported that they are about to ges
Information TO the effect that he poisoned
old man Freeland and his family some time
ago. the effects of which they didn't recov-
er from for some time. Ii is said that he
was wanting TO pay his respects to the old
mans daughter, who could not get her
consent to like him. So determined was he
10 win her affections that ne secured some
thing, so the report goes, and put IL in
coffee so as TO get her to love him. The
whole family used the coffee and there
was such an overdose of something in IL
that 1t came near ending all their days on
earth.
FLORIDA.