The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

nj $4,000 Per Year Revenue.
Daughter of Senator COlquitt Dies
ut Rome-CentraI Committee Maps
out the Republican Plan of Cam
paign in Georgia.
GEORGIA
Dr. Josiah Smith died Wednesday
morning at his home, near Bolton.
TIE new court house at Jacksonville will
soon be completed at a cost of about
5000 Ii will be one of the handsomest
court houses in the state.
Register of the Treasurer Lyons has
nut the following colored citizens of Geor-
gLa on The temporary pay rod la the bond
divisions: 7. NJ. Dent, of Rome; j. z.
Stvee of Dawson; S. B. Morse, of Sa-
yaunah, and George c. Smith of Angus
IA.
The surgeon in charge at Key West tele-
graphed Senator Bacon at Washington
Thursday morning that Lieut.. r. Z. l..
Spence of Camilla, who was wounded in
the Santiago battle, was not among those
who had arrived in Florida. He ascertain
ed that Lieut.. Spence was wounded on
the hand.
A correspondent, writing from Lulaton,
saws that the item in the Morning News
from Odum, entitled Lively Times in
Court" Is not true in so far as it refers
10 Mrs. Carrie Hendrix, and her inability
TO get a desirable place to stop at. The
correspondent says that she found a sat
isfactory place with one of the best fami-
lies of Jesup.
Mrs. r. F. Newell died in Rome Thurs
day at / O'Clock Mrs. Newell was the
eldest daughter of the late Senator AL
fred H. Colqutt, and a granddaughter of
Gen Carver of this tate. Mrs. Newell
had been an invalid for nearly two years.
She was the wife of Capt T. F. Newell,
of Milledgeville. Besides her husband sre
is survived by seven children, four sons
and three daughters. They are Mr.. AL
fred Newell, for many years connected
with the Atlanta Constitution, but now
Of New York; Lieut.. Isaac Newell, of the
ney-Second Infantry, now at SANTA
so; Mr., Tom Newell, of Milledgeville; Mr..
Fred Newell, of Rome, and Misses
Mary, Collie and Lizzie Newell, of Mill
edgevlle. Mrs. Newell leaves four sisters
and one brother-Mrs. w. L. Marshall of
Chicago; Miss Hattie Colquitt, Mrs. George
G, Howard, Mrs. T. S. Arkwright and
Judge Walter T. Colqutt of Atlanta.
The state central committee of the Re
publican party of Georgia, has formulated
plans for the coming state campaign. The
committee is composed of Col H. p.
FarrOW, Ex-Governor r. B. Bullock, DR..
e. X. Love, II. A. Rucker, A. w. VIM
berry and Capt J. NJ Barnes. The COM
mittee has decided not to put out a state
ticket this fail. 1t recommended however,
that each county and senatorial district
nominate and run Republican candidates
Tor the house and senate. 1t was recon-
mended further that wherever practicable
a Republican be nominated for Congress,
and where impraCticable that the support
Of the party be given to such candidates
as are sound on the money question as
lie announced in the platform adopted by
the national Republican convention at St.
Louis 1t was also decided to issue an
address to the Republican voters in the
state, embracing these recommendations
Eighy-six retail liquor houses convert
cd or diverted into the same number of
club rooms is what Atlanta may have at
no distant day. Instead of the city re-
Ceiving $S6 900 a year from the retail liquor
dealers as it does now it would then re-
oeiye nothing. If this it not done a ight
on the existing city laws governing the
saloons, will probably Ire made. This
state of affairs has been brought
ABOUT by the ordinance introduced by
Councilman Thomson forbiding the serv-
ing of free lunches in saloons and a
speech he made in Council a few weeks
a-o. In the speech Mr.. Thomson said il
the saloon keepers were forced to serve
tneir drinks from tin cups and have TN
painted pine couners drunkenness would
soon decrease. Mr.. Thomson followed up
ms speech with the anti-free lunch ordi-
nance at the next meeting of Council.
Ials has aroused the retail liquor dealers
10 action and they will prepare to make
fight.
A battery of light artillery will be or
sahized in the South with headquarters
20 Atlanta for the United States Volunteer
army. The membership of the battery
VIII consist largely of the Sons of Veter-
ans and a prominent member of that or
t3+lzahon will command the battery
Joseph Pelham, whose distinguished an
ls4-or was one OF the brilliant and gallant
(oan2nders of the artillery of the Con-
4o-racy has been authorized by the war
Impairment 10 organize the battery and
as soon as the men are obtained the bat
leiy VIII be supplied with guns and eouip-
lAeA' are drilled until they are prepared
70 30 TO the front. 1t is said that the
D'-heh OF the army greatly needed i'm
"oa is the artillery and the war depart-
'''t 's anxious to secure more recruits
.oI la's service. The new battery will be
~ -'4ized about August aud for two
'--l"s Wlll be constantly drilled until the
"e'tAer is practically over In Cuba
''1 'ien IT viii be sent there.