The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-05


The Western Union telegraph will soon
be extended from Waycross to Douglas.
mule belonging TO J. T. Morris Of Ba-
ker county died Of hydrophobia last week.
ware county is in the list of twenty
counties in Georgia that pays more into
the school fund than it takes from IT,
Eatonton Messenger: Eggs remain I'M
changed-the price. not the yolk. Hens
should lay eggs enough to keep the price
down.
Mr.. J. D. Smith, the big farmer, OF
Lowell, says that he intends TO SOW all of
his cotton land in wheat He says he had
rather raise wheat than 4-cent cotton.
Efingham County News: Hon. J. F.
Berry one of our best citizens of the
county, expects to go in business in sa-
vannah. We wish for him abundant sue
cess.
The election for eight aldermen in Co
lumbus will take place Saturday, Dec. 10,
and so far as heard from there is no op-
position 10 the ticket which has been an
nounced for some time.
South Georgia Home: c. w. Cooper of
Thomasvne sold 5000 worth of Georgia
syrup last week to customers in different
parts of the state, Another Thomasviile
firm received an order for 500 barrels.
Last Wednesday evening Mr.. Ollie
Grower was married to Miss Florence
Thomas at the home of the brides mother
in the Groovervlle neighborhood. near
Quitman. Rev. NJ. A. Morgan performing
the ceremony.
Carroll County Times: Some OF our farm
ers are paying 50 cents per 100 to have
their cotton picked out while others are
blowing II in and making ready to plant
their wheat crop This certainly has been
an unusually hard year for gathering
crops.
MIR. Charles Herbst, an old citizen of Ma
con, died Saturday morning at o'clock
in his room on Mulberry street, of Bright's
disease. Mr.. Herbst was 20 years of age
al the time of his death. He had been sick
for some time, and his death was not I'M
eXcecied.
Meriwether and Heard counties have
raised the quarantine against Hogansville.
and that pIucky little city is again a free
port of entry. No new cases Of smallpox
have developed within the past few weeks
end nearly all the patients in the pest
house have been discharged.
Sparta Ishmaelite: The bill to prevent
riding on free passes on the railroads
ought TO become law, but it will not be
apt to pass. Legislators dearly love free
riding Ii makes their mileage so much
clear money, and enables them to come
home whenever they wish it,
Warrenton Clipper: For the last two or
three weeks our people have been killing
their pork, but we have heard of no one
who surpassed the success of Messrs. ].
c. and Brewer johnson. The former has
killed Two 1-year-old pigs weighing to-
gether $50 pounds, and the latter a hog
about Is months old weighing go
One hundred and twenty-five Atlanta
men, prominent in the Baptist Church of
that city and state, met in the Kimbali
House the other day. and formally organ
lied the Baptist Social Union of Atlanta.
The family of Columbus Dennis, colored
bought a mess of collards from peddleT
al Columbus, cooked and ate them and
the next day all were seriously i'll. The
colored doctor called In and said that
strychnine caused the sickness, and he had
10 work to save the lives of the negroes
One theory is that the truck farmer had
placed strychnine IN the green's to punish
thieves who might steal them, and that
the poisoned produce was offered for sale
by mistake. The negroes will recover.