The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-14
m GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
.r,,s OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

81, drowned in a swollen Stream.
t.icb from Horse Followed by {"
namore suit for S1,O0o-old Resi-
5ant of JonesbOrO Dead-Deserter
rom the Regular Army Found in
.,o tanks of the Volunteers.
GEORGIA.
Air. Matte Pattilo, a white woman OF
colps5us. started to the country Monday
o., work. despaired, took morphine
hack home and dropped dead On
he 5side.
severe kick from a horse, which land
! mon the chin of John W. Goddy, a IA
|r.ar.o.l boy, has resulted in a 81, ZOO dam
~ snit against the owner OF the animal,
II C. Waters. at Atlanta.
committee of the Atlanta presbytery,
.orsis.ing of DR.. ]. B. Mack, synodicai
i hist and Rev. W. G. Woodbridge
i ltr5+tin. ORGANIZED a Presbyterian Church
Il. 74,u}on Monday, with small member
PIP p.''''-'
a Morrow of Jonesboro died Monday
z.iabt. He was 70 years of age, and mad
cen resident of JonesDoro for more
- forty years. His death was due 70
SSs1nstism. Mr.. Morrow was once ordl-
a. of Clayton county
The Democratic executive committee OF
zu,raf4on county met here Saturday and
3g6ere5 that a primary be held on satur-
~ The 2Sd inst, 70 nominate candidates
~ county officers. The Populists nomi-
80 their candidates in mass meeting
Two white prisoners escaped from the
l,o9nty jail at Newman Monday. They are
HIM Smith wno was charged with the
3t1ltpg OF Robert Gable at Sargent on last
8rbristmas eve, and a man by the name OF
IWllburn. who was charged with an as
3ssut upon his 17-year-old niece.
i The Chamber of Commerce is. prepared to
! tske up in earnest the task of securing
Equitable freight rates for Atlanta, and If
4 a satisfactory adjustment cannot be made
br conference with the railroad authorities
the chamber will go into the courts and
demand fair treatment for that city.
/ The thirty-nnth annual session of the
fNoonday Baptist Association will meet
slTth Marietta Baptist Church on Friday
before the first Sunday in August. This
association is composed of twenty-five
Ihurches in Cobb and Cherokee counties,
lnd has about seventy delegates and thir-
I1r correspondents and representatives OF
1nomnadonal interests
i The Couch Brothers Manufacturing
company of Senoia mas just received its
sItrd order from the war department for
2Amse collars, 10 be shipped 10 Miami, jack
EAnrlle and Tampa, Fla, and Asaphs, Va.
: After a trial order the war department
,.Aand these collars peculiarly adapted to
81 climates, and consequently gave their
: der fer several carloads.
The 5-year-old daughter of James Barker
b. drowned in a ditch on The plantation
: II her father, near Bonaire, Houston coun-
n Monday. Recent heavy rains sent a
A#ment sweeping down the ditch, and as
n ttle girl was crossing on her return
!. A0mo from neighbours, she lost her foot
an and was Immediately swept 80 yards
s3ow where she was found dead few
4oments after.
4 The directors of the new Eagle and Pho
p Company at Columbus have authoriz-
II President Jordan to offer for sale $i00,-
Of first mortgage gold bonds of the
- and Phenix mills, bearing per cent.
4 4lEest. There IS probability that a
#|ge portion of these bonds will be taken
III n COlumbus. as the mills are now on
I'll paving basis. The Columbus Savings
- has just subscribed to $l0o, 00a Of the
lle md other local concerns may follow
Din The bids for the bonds are 10 be In
XII he 2oth, 1t is possible that all the
FI aas may be taken by Southern institu-
III ms. Many shareholders are taking the
Z l15s. One subscription alone is over
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