The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-25

Dr. FRANK e. hammond cI Augusta IA
reen elected enc OF the members Of tn
medica, stan at the Odd Fellows Home a
Philadelphia. IN place OF Or. Peter Hoop
81
+. II. Eel Is president and Mr.. J. Julian
Newman secretary Of the Houston County
Teachers Association recently organized
The association viii meet al Byron mex
Sa urday
a prohibition election win take place In
Pulaski county, Dec. 1. A hot fight is be
ing made by the prohibitionists and it Is
now said the dry ticket will win by q
large majority. In fact that is the opin-
ion of some of the most ardent whisky
men. Several recent murders in the coun-
" have been accredited to drink, and tina,
fact has proven a strong argument in ia
vor of prohibition.
The most important case tried before
the Superior Court at Oglethorpe last
week was that of W II. FELTON, VS.. Cen
tral Railroad. This is a case i'm which all
the fruit growers of Georgia are inter
ested. Because of the delay in transit of
three cars of peaches FELTON, claims the
fruit was damaged thereby failing to get
as much in price as if there had been no
delay. The jury gave FELTON, a verdict of
Sl1.SS. This case was a hard fought legal
battle, both sides being very ably repre-
sented.
Cordele Hornet: Within the frame OF the
Georgia razor back hog lies vast possibili-
ties. In him lies retrenchment and econo-
my on the farm Take him out of the
woods and treat him as becomes a respec-
table hog and he win fatten and fiji the
emokehouse with clear rib sides that will
be a joy to the farmer and a menace TO
western smokehouses. The razor back has
our highest respect for in him lies the pos
sibility of a great hog. AT present he is
one of the undeveloped resources of South
Georgia.
Baxley Banner: A young man by the
name of Clements was brought in here
from the river last Thursday for Dr. Co
mas TO sew up various and sundry cuts
and gashes which had been made by
knife welded by another Clements. his
cousin. II seems that a party of TelfaiT
citizens were rafting timber to Darien and
these two cousins quarreled over some tri-
vial matter and ended up with a fight. No
one was near enough TO stop the affray and
it resulted in one of them slashing the
others back until it resembled a railroad
map of Ohio. The wounded youth was only
away from home
A little incident at Pearce Chapel a
Methodist Church in Columbus, where a
revival meeting is now in progress, created
a lively flutter among the members of the
congregation few days ago. The meetings
are being conducted by Rev Mr.. Waller,
an evangelist and large crowds have flock
ed to hear has sermons and sayings. Since
the soldiers have been there there has
been a good attendance of blue coats in the
congregation. On this particular occasion.
the preacher was talking about the things
that lead people astray. The devil bats
some with a jug of liquor" he said 9th
ers are caught by dollar. In Columbus.
however 1t takes only a nickel to catch
'em. And these silly-nimmy factory girls
are caught by a uniform and brass but
TONS" There were some twenty-five or
thirty soldiers in the church and they took
offense at the remark. At a given signal
nearly every man arose and delibera tely
walked out of the building The incident
created a sensation. The preacher looked
astonished and hastily explained that no
onense was intended. After the services he
made personal explanation to the sol
diers, who were gathered outside.
Atlanta. always fraught with Atlanta
tuedS, now comes 10 the front with the
announcement that she has a New York
notion stored away in her thought incu-
bator, and as soon as the Salvation Army
can condition the surroundings it will
burst forth into a living, actual thing
The new scheme is to build a Mills Hotel
patterned after the famous establishment
by that name in New York The house.
so says the forecast is intended for poor
men. Hobos are not likely to make it
their headquarters. for a woodward is to
be run in connection with the house and
complete system of compulsory baths is
Included In the proposed regulations. An
hours work in the woodward will pay
for supper, lodging and breakfast or in
lieu of the wood saving Is cents will set
de the bill. But Atlantas institution will
be even more complete. Her Mills Hotel
will have fumigating apartments through
which the clothes of all who partake of
shelter must pass and suffer the dislodge-
ment of germs and microbes The Saliva
ton Army people in Atlanta are now ex-
planning the programme for the proposed
hotel, and they will urge it's erection at
once. With supper. lodging, breakfast,
baths and fumigation for Is cents living
VIII be cheap in the Capital City.