The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-30
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ITEMS FROM THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPH.
GEORGTA


Tattnall Journal: Mrs. A. Nj. Elders of
Birdford sends the Journal a very large
hen egg which measures 6lax71k inches in
circumference, il being the largest speci-
men of hen fruit seen lately.
Montgomery Monitor: Ben Mnikln ought
to move to Savannah He got votes
there out of 1000. II we had two friends
who would stand by us in the face of uni
versal public opinion like that, We should
want to be always near them.
Perry Home Journal: There is a tree
In Perry that has contained peaches con-
tinuously since last March and there are
now on it both blooms and peaches The
editor of the Home Journal ate several
of these peaches Tuesday of this week.
Waycross Journal: Mr.. r. S. Lang of
Camden county killed two large deer last
Saturday the best haul he has ever made.
Mr. r. S. Holzendorf killed his first one
the Saturday before, and is consequently
proud. Deer seem to be plentiful in Cam
den county.
The funeral Of DIR. E. B. Goodrich of
Waycross. who died suddenly Thursday
morning at the family residence on June
street occurred yesterday morning from
the residence to Lott Cemetery. Rev. W.
H. Scruggs of the Waycross Baptist
Church officiated
A double wedding will occur next
Wednesday evening at the Presbyterian
Church, at Waycross. The contracting
parties will be Capt. James Henry Gillon
and Miss Ida Marjorie McLaury, and Mr..
f. NJ McL4aury and Miss Sue Wideman.
The Waycross Rifles will attend.
The Gainesville News, weekly paper.
which was started about two months ago
by Mr.. John Blats, has suspended be-
cause of lack of patronage. The News
was of short life and may have been
launched in an overcro wded field, but whdle
it lived it was one of the neatest and
newsiest papers la Georgia. Typographi-
cally, il was a beauty
The Republicans have been on a 'stln
hunt" for votes for several weeks In the
Eleventh Congressional district and now
they are coming out in the open. Col.
j. M. Wilkinson made speech one day
this week in Charlton county and will
make one one day next week in Way
cross. He win possibly make several
other speeches in the district before
Nov. s.
Gainesville Cracker: Rev. M. F. Har-
mon, a minister OF the CHRISTIAN Church,
who is engaged in evangenstic work, has
been in Gainesville since Wednesday cir
culating among the members of that
church. He hopes to organize a Christian
church in Gainesville. there being a num-
Der of that faith in this city. II is prob
able that he win start a revival here in a
few DAYS.
On Oct. 10 Lawrence Palmer. a young
- ok
Elberton, mysteriously disappeared At
the same time Charles Reed, negro about
45 years old, was missing. Threads of
evidence gotten together made conclusive
proof of the kidnapping of the boy. A
reward was offered, and Thursday the
boy and negro were found In South Caro-
Fna, and were returned to Elberton I'M
der arrest. No object for the kidnapping
can be ascrLbed.
The United States government has des-
Ignated Mayor H. E. Afford of the agrl-
cultural department as its representative
to open the second annual Waycross Fair
with an address to the farmers of the
South Atlantic states. Maj. Afford win
arrive at Waycross on Monday night and
deliver his speech next Tuesday morning
at II o'clock. The Waycross Fair As
ISOLATION is justly proud of this recogni-
ton of the importance of the fair from the
President of the United States, and cor
daily invite the people, especially the
farmers of the South Atlantic States to
attend next Tuesday, the opening Of the
fair and hear what Maj Afford has to
say to them.
Another arrest has been made in the
unique postoffice swindle which was ex-
posed In Georgia and Alabama a few
weeks ago, and In which II is said that
a number of postmasters and carriers are
engaged Postoffice Inspectors Bass and
Peer took John Bush of Dizzy, Ga, to Car
tersville Wednesday and placed him in
jail Bush's mother was the postmlstress,
but was a mere fgurehead, and Bush did
the manipulating for that office. The
scheme of the gang was to get an office
established in farm houses along their
mail routes and then send all kinds of
worthless articles through the mails In
order to keep up the business of the Of
flee, the carrier getting a certain amount
Of the proceeds of the office, and the post
master being paid according to the can
collation. in his Office. In order to keep
the business up to paying point and
to retain the office, the postmaster would
send stamps away to pay for goods, and
IN some instances would give stamps to
the neighboring farmers to induce them
to- write more letters, which would event.
uany increase the Offices returns. The
moonshine postmasters would write many
letters to each other, and would send them
stamped and registered The inspectors
have estimated that some OF the operators
of the swinde have realized monthly in
comes of from SIS to $780, A number Of
women have been found In the swindlng
business, and 1t is likely that they will
have to take the same road as that which
the courts point out for the masculine ele-
ment in the fraudulent operations.
FLORIDA.
Annie Van Delden, the little s-year-old
daughter of Prof. and Mrs. A. Van Del
den OF Key West, who was so badly burn
ed by an electric wire, about six weeks
ago, died on Tuesday afternoon.
C. Y. Miller, editor of the lie Roy News.
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