The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-05
GEORGIA.

UA1OAtHAhs
MIR. c. e. Melton. who was with the
Georgia Southern and Florida at Triton,
has accepted a position with his brother
In Irwin county, and MIR. r. B. Beasley
nj the Triton and Northeastern Railroad
will succeed Mr.. Melton on the Georgia
Southern.
Much interest is taken in the game of
foot bali to be played to-day at Macon
between the teams of the Universities of
Georgia and North Carolina. The game
will be the first played in Macon by the
large college teams, and a big crowd Is
expected to witness it,
col James Brown, state librarian, is
irving to get up meeting of the librarians
of the different states, to be held at At
lanta next May. convention of state
librarians is to be held in Washington this
month. and the members will be invited to
meet in Atlanta next May.
Monday afternoon, in Oconee county, the
home of Adolphus Harden (colored) was
burned TO the ground, and his two children
were burned to death. He had tied the
cbldren in the house to keep them from
fighting, and when he came home from
me cotton patch he found nothing but the
chaued bones
Benevolent Hall. at Hogansville, in
which the Hogansville postoffice was To-
Gated. was destroyed by fire Wednesday
night. Postmaster Loftin's effects were all
burned including a small amount of mail
matter in the office. The fire Is supposed
TO have originated from defective hue.
The building was owned by colored peo-
pie. Masonic Hall, an adjoining building
was also burned.
A Republican meeting was held Thurs
dav night at the court house in Waycross'
The attendance was smaE. Maj. Har-
Graves introduced Col. j. NJ. Wilkinson,
the Republican nominee for Congress.
Mr.. Wilkinson made his usual speech, ana
added something relative to his opinion
Of the fight made against him. He con-
Guided by Introducing Col. j. F. Hanson
of Macon. Mr.. Hanson made quite
lengthy speech which was devoted 10 a
discussion of the issues of the day from
Republican point of view.
LAGRANGE Graphic: Farming has reached
that stage in Georgia, as it has long ago
elsewhere, that a profit can be made only
by making the farm self-sustaining-Wha
is known as the "hog and hominy plan.
No crop can be grown cheaper than wheat
and there is not a farm in Troup county
but will make wheat enough to supply
bread if only the effort Is made. EVERY
farm should have lis wheat patches or it's
fields for home made bread is now ne
eessitv-cotton is not profitable enough TO
buy it. so that it will have TO be raised
Dublin Dispatch: That faith cure DOCTOR
who has been in Laurens county several
months and 10 whom the Dispatch has
frequently referred, seems 10 have sue
ceeded in cheating some of the physicians
out of a few fees, but he has made
greater harvest for the reaper Death.
People in certain sections of the county
where the doctor has been getting In
his work of humbuggery are becoming
greatly wrought up over the frauds that
have been perpetrated and the sadness
that has resulted from the practice OF ms
theories They say that he not only gov
considerable amount of money out OF those
whom he was enabled to delude, pul tuat
he was the cause of the death OF many
people who were not provided with medl-
cine during their illness. Among those
said to have been the victims of the talth'
or Christian Science, doctrine are Mrs.
Vaughn mother of Messrs. James ana
Robert Vaughn, who died on SATURDAY Oh
last week about five miles from Duo1in,
Mrs James Vaughn, who died on MOnoas
of last week; MIR. A. 7. Miller, VINO ave"
in Dublin and who died LAST FRIDAY NOR
ing All of these people had accepted 'he
faith" doctrine. and refused to have
physician about them during their illness.
From all reports, il would be very IN
healthy for the faith" man to appear IN
certain portions of the county again