The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-05

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Mrs. ]. R. Sasnett died at Hapeville sun
day. after a short illness. She leaves a
husband and four children.
Mr.. c. A. Parr. aged As years. died Sat
urday afternoon at his home in Athens,
after a long illness Mr.. Parr leaves a
Hife and three children.
Mrs. ]. Randolph Holton of Douglas,
who is a daughter of Hon John NJ. Lott.
sr., is critically i'll with chronic troubles
and is only expected 10 live a few more
hours
r. j. Ansley had stroke of apoplexy
Friday at Crawford, Fla. He was taken
to Waycross Saturday night in the Plant
System hospital car, and is resting quiet
ly. There is hope of his recovery.
Track laying on the Waycross Air Line
Is being pushed from the Douglas end to
seventeen-mile creek, to which point, six
miles distant, it is complete from Way
cross. Trains will be running through by
the 10th inst.
An announcement is made at Macon of
the approaching nuptials of Mr.. James I.
Holt and Miss Susie Williams, daughter
of Mr. w. w. Williams. The event viii
take place on Nov. ?, and will be entirely
a home wedding.
Dooley county is suffering from queer
attack of contraction. Since 1896 she has
lost lust about 5000 acres of land and
The grand jury is now at work through
committee to find out where the missing
acres have gone to. The tax books show
the shnnkage and as there are no tax
equalzers the grand jury will straighten
out the matter.
II. F. Lawson, Walter T. George and
Markus Bolding of Mercer College have
been elected debateTs to represent that In
stitution in a debate with the University
of Georgia. The date for the event has
not yet been decided upon. The state or
atorical contest will come off in Atlanta
this month. and Mercer will be repre-
sented by Mr. Moncrief.
Brunswick Times, Sunday: Mr.. Pate of
Hawkinsville and President George A.
Smith, with Capt w. NJ Topper, visited
the City of Macon yesterday They report
that she Is bottom upward in the one
Mile cut, and her boiler dropped out and
Is on the bottom. Some of the cargo was
saved, but lot Of salt and sugar was a
total loss. The loss viii amount TO from
81 1000. to 5000, partly covered by tnsur-
ance on the cargo. The work of raising
the boat will begin Monday.
Elections were had in Few and Phi
Gamma Societies at Emory College for
fall term debaters resulting in the selec-
tion of Conyers Fite of Gainesville, Mr..
Woozencraft of Rockmart and Fort e.
Land of Abbevllle, Ga, as representatives
of Few Society and William Lasseter of
Vienna, j. r. Barrow of Lone Oak, Ga,
and W. A. Erwin of North Yakima, WASH
ington, as representatives of Phi Gamma
Society. These men are all good debaters
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interesting one. DR.. c. X. Henderson of
Cedartown, Ga, was chosen orator for
Few anniversary, which will be celebrated
on Oct. %.
]. c. Legree, Recorder of the town of
Burroughs, In this county, has addressed
a letter to the Morning News, stating
that the damage from the storm on the
Ogeechee river has been widespread. and
that much suffering win result from the
storm. The entire rice crop has been de-
stroyed and the farmers along the river
have no employment to give to the la
borers, and are so reduced in circum-
stances as to be unable to contribute to
their absolute needs. He says the peo-
pie there are compelled 10 appeal to the
citizens of the county for help. The plant
ing of rice is the sole means of their maxi
ing money and as the crop is ruined. they
have nothing to live upon until another
crop is grown.
The Plant System construction train,
with a steam shovel and about $50 hands,
began work in Triton Monday morning on
that roads extensive Improvements there.
Beginning about one mile east of town,
the track will be Strengthened running
from thirty to fifty feet north of its pres
ent line through the business part of
town. The grade win also be lowered
about four feet through the center of
town. A new union passenger depot with
ample accommodations for the travelling
public, will be built Jointly by the Plant
System, Georgia Southern and Florida
and Triton and Northeastern Railroads,
in the southeast angle of the present
crossing of the Plant System and Georgia
Southern and Florida tracks. The depot
will contain, besides the usual waiting
rooms and ticket offices, baggage rooms,
express and dining rooms, and will be
surrounded by large covered platforms,
parallel to the track of each line of road,
The Plant System will also build a new
freight depot near the present site OF its
old one, and will put In seven or eight
sidings to accommodate its large trans
fer business at Triton.