The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAFHED.

An Atlanta Physician Waking an IT.
fort to Have His sons EaIi~tment
Cancened-nari-n'S Timber HUSH
neSs-Marian Erwin Buys Hand
some Residence at Macon.
GEORGIA.
The City Council of Gainesville has plac-
ed a tax of S2oo annually upon every deal
er in cider of any sort.
The census enumerators of the city have
Just completed their work. The exact pop
ulation of Gainesville is 4.S77.
Wright wIIingham left Rome Friday for
Atlanta, where he will enAst with the
Fifth Georgia Regiment and volunteer TO
go 10 Cuba. Mr.. Willlngham is a promi-
nent young attorney.
Hon. r. c. Beavers. ordinary Of Camp
bell county, died at Fairburn Friday night
at the age of 81. He has held the Office Of
ordinary for 40 years and was the Oldest
ordinary in the state.
Karl Horn, son Of D. NJ. Horn, of Bos
ton, who was shot two weeks ago in the
foot by a little son of p A. Wade, acct
dentally, while working with the supposed
not loaded gun, died Saturday from lock-
jaw.
The Twelfth and Sixth districts of Ter
rell county held elections Thursday to de-
eide whether It should be fence or no
fence" In both districts The fences were
ruled out. and stock law now prevails over
all Of Terrell county.
During the week there was shipped from
the port of Darien, coastwise and foreign,
ass 625 feet of timber and lumber valued
a SZ7.0l6 The month Of April promises to
be a big month. There has been big lot
of sawn timber down since the first of the
month and it still continues TO come. The
total for the month will reach the 10,OO0,0o0
feet mark
A special train Of sixteen carloads of
beef cattle arrived in Americas Friday
night over the Georgia and Alabama from
Irwin county, en- route to Indian territory.
The train of cattle was Immediately trans
ferred to the Central railroad, a special
engine standing in waiting at the transfer
yard and hurried upon its way. Other
shipments of cattle are going forward, de-
spite the war scare.
Marion Erwin, United States district at
torney for the Southern district of Geor-
gia, has purchased for $4,000 the beautiful
residence of Col. Miller Gordon on College
street, and will in future reside there. This
house was part of the property that Col.
Gordon had 10 give up under the decree
rendered against him in the United States
court in the case of the Progress Loan and
improvement Company.
Judge A. C. speer, of the Court of Ordi-
nary Of Sumter, has received from the
- r.
a complete roster of troops who entered
the state or Confederate service from
Sumter county. Under an act of the last
legislature the ordinary of every county is
required 10 perform this duty. The plan
suggested is that the survivors of each
company formed select a committee of
three from this number and report TO
Judge Speer, who will formally appoint
them for this service. The rosters must be
made up and returned before Aug. l. the
purpose being to preserve the records of
Georgia troops in the late war.
DR. VI. T. whitlock of Atlanta. siren
uously objects to the enlistment of his son,
William T. Whitlock, who has recently
joined the Atlanta Greys under Capt. W.
c. Massey. He says his son Is under age,
and to-day he made an effort to secure the
withdrawal Of his sons name from the en-
listment of the Greys. DIR. Whitlock de-
clares that his son is under the age of IS
years, and that he has no right to join a
military company against his parents will.
He says he went TO Capt. Massey about it,
but that the captain refused to release
young Whitlock from enlistment. The eld-
er Whitlock went before Judge Bloodworth
and swore to an affidavit to the effect that
his son, William T. Whitlock, who is a stu
dent Of pharmacy, is under the age limit OF
NJ ha oh fo laa au1i ctr aaTafs OF
the young man in the military. He says the
captain of the company should not take
boys In the company and that he proposes
TO prevent his son from going to war and
that he viii force the Greys to cancel thC
enlistment. Whitlock declares that he does
not want his son to go to wal, and he say.
the instructions of the state are that per
sons be not enlisted except between thu
ages of Is and IS.