The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-17
GEORGIA.

l.. F. McClelIand was elected Mayor OF
Stone Mountain on Wednesday. He is only
q years old.
There were only ninety-ive votes poled
for the nominees of the primary in the
city election at Americus on Wednesday.
Is coo this year, which is to be divided
equally between Dawson and the county,
and will reduce the tax on each 81 on the
thousand.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Herbert Clifford Spratlin
of Wilkes county. to Miss Vannie Almond
of Elberton, on Dee 20, at the First Bap-
fist Church of Elberton.
This year in Tattnan county has been a
good one for the nurseries. Immense guam
titles of trees have been shipped to TAFT
nall This is a good move for the farmers
as fruit raising beats cheap cotton.
While in Atlanta President Mckinley an
nounced that a brigade of troops had been
ordered TO that city, and he was surprised
10 see that the order had not been car
ried out He said he would attend to the
matter on his return to Washington
Rockmart State: New stores are open
ing up in Rockmart; a 100000 cotton fac
tory. bleachery, dye works, print works
and thread mill will be built; the slate and
other resources of this section will be de-
veloped on a large scale. A number of
good business men are working faithfully
to bring capital and citizens here.
washington Chronicle: Hon. W. NJ.
Howard our popular representative in
Congress, writes US and requests us to
say to the good people of this district that
he will send seed to all who. will send
their names and addresses on postal
card. That there are not enough seed to
send to all including those who do not
want them.
Waycross Herald: If there ever was
town in the world that needed a society
for the prevention of cruelty to animals it
is Waycross. In all our travels We have
never seen place where stock, especially
horses and mules, were treated as badly
as they are here The poor animals made
10 do work here are a disgrace TO a civil
lied people.
Athens has a domino game in progress
that probably has no equal in the world.
A gentleman and his two sons started
this game several years since, and 1t is
not finished yet. First one and then the
other have been in the lead, until now the
score of one of the sons is 153, 045, the score
of the other. son $685. and the father
brings up the rear with 14S,019.
The anti-saloon league of Bibb county,
has issued an address to the people Of
the state and to the members of the gen
eral assembly setting forth the history of
the recent campaign in Bibb county and
of the occurrences in Macon on election
day. The league, it is stated, declined TO
contest the election in the courts on ac-
count of the defects in the provisions of
the local option law relating to contests
The Supreme Court in a recent case called
attention to these defects and urged RENE
dial legislation.
Cherokee Advance: A 5OO-pound hog
will bring as much as two small bales Of
cotton this year. Strange that in spite Of
these things farmers will go right on rats
ing cotton. Ii would be much easier work
and cheaper to raise and fatten several
hogs than to raise a bale of cotton. Then
there is that other great advantage OF
being able to feed the children on spare
ribs, backbone and sausage, not TO men
ton the brown ham gravy, in the case OF
hog raising, while cotton would make
mighty poor mess of victuals.
Moultrie Observer: Mr.. George Warren,
one of Worth countys prosperous farmers,
who lives near the Colquit line, was in
Moullrie Wednesday. He reports the kill
ing of an eagle on his place few days
ago. measuring something over seven feet
between tips. MIR Warren found grown
sheep that seemed to have been killed
fnysteriously, and by watching the dead
carcass a day or two he found the eagle
near by, He killed the bird at two shots
with No. bird shot. Eagles are very rare
IN this section and when one does come in
his mischief soon gives him away.