The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-07
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GEORGIA.
Joseph Jackson. a prominent citizen of
Talbotton, died Thursday al the age of
rs years. He had been Mason for sixty
years.
Hoyt Evans, II years old. son OF Mr.
]. p Evans, was run over by a buggy at
Athens Thursday and had hiss leg broken
above the knee.
Two farmers Of Berrien county living
near Alapaha. will each make seven bales
Of sea island cotton to the plow this year,
besides full supply of food crops.
Canton will ask the legislature to pass
a local act authorizing the town to issue
bonds 20 the amount Of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of putting in water works, and for
other purposes.
Guyton News: Mr.. W. e. Nell has NOV
ed his family 70 Savannah. They have
lived here many years and were closely
identified with the interests and welfare of
Guyton, and we regret TO see them leave.
Macons carnival association run out
several hundred dollars short Business
men will be asked to subscribe in order
TO get the association out of debt.
meeting mas Deen CdileQ LOT NOV. 10 at
which officers for next year will be chosen,
Walter Moore and John Hume, two
clerks in the Rome postoffice were not-
fed of their discharge by Postmaster
Hamilton Friday The men refused TO
sign the pay rolls because their wages
were cut in half and this was the charge
made against them.
McDonough Weekly: The United States
fish commissioner has notified Mr.. ]. b.
Lowe that a lot of black bass have been
consigned to him, which will arrive in a
week or two and be placed in his pond
This is said TO be an excellent pond fish,
and Mr.. Lowe is to be congratulated upon
securing them.
Dahlonega Signal In his rounds
throughout the county, Capt W j. Wor-
ley is discovering that Lumpkin has other
kinds of valuables than gold. He is find
ing marble, manganese, iron ore, etc, and
thinks after an opening of the deposits
that these treasures may be found in
quantities sufficient to work at handsome
profit.
Judge Gambler overruled a motion for a
new trial in the state VS.. Robert Lewis,
Friday. Lewis is sentenced to hang next
Thursday. Witnesses swOre they consid-
cred him of unsound mind, but as there
was no specific act to show that Lewis IS
insane, the judge declined to grant a su-
persedeas to stay the execution. The case
will go to the Supreme Court.
Cordele Hornet; A curious sight was
witnessed in Cordele yesterday. A Geor-
gia Southern locomotive rolled into town
at a rapid rate with a stream of fire
bursting from its tender and blowing it's
whistle vigorously. 1t was stopped by the
engineer, opposite the fire plug at Ninth
street and Twelfth avenue A hose reel
was quickly on the scene and stream of
water turned on the burning engine. The
fire was extinguished and the engine was
carried back to the train which it had left
two miles south of the city. The wood
on the tender had caught from a spark
Walton News: Col. r. b. Russell of
Winder, who becomes judge on Jan. l.
1899. is comparatively young man, being
not more than forty years of age A key
to his success is given in an anecdote
which we have heard Of him. Once he
was asked how he managed to secure
election when he was running for office.
His reply was: II learned long ago that
the vote of the man who needed his
breaches patched was worth as much as
the vote of your broadcloth citizen" Col.
Russell graduated from the University of
Georgia in the class of 1879. In the follow
ing year he was elected to represent
Clark county in the legislature. and for
six years he was the representative of that
good county. In 1883 he made the race for
solicitor general of the western circuit
against Col. Ed Brown, the incumbent
at that time, and was elected. For eight
years he was solicitor general making a
record 10 be proud of. In 1896 he was
beaten in the race for the solicitor gem
eralship by Col. c. H. Brand. Now, in
1898, r. B. Russell is judge of the Supe-
rior Court in the western circuit.