The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-05
4 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,rus OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

~. in the Thick of the Fight at
s.ntiaco-A Physician Arrested
tbe Death of a NegrO-A Travel
Enc. WAN Arrested on Charge of
cheating and SwindIinE.
GEORGIA.
RI. frst annual picnic of the Atlanta
Gro d.nartment will be given July 16 10
u inclusive. in an excursion to st. ST.
mon Island.
The most popular place in Macon at
,rssent is Camp Price where over 1000
so,5iers col. Rays regiment of immunes,
an. .neamped Nearly all of The cpmpa-
iss have their full quota of men and the
remaining ones will be filled in few days.
The Central Railroad has published list
of friir and melon growers along its line
Of road together with the acreage planted
in melons and the number of bearing
,sacb pear and plum trees. 1t shows 5,l56
aerss in melons, 1888, $50 bearing peach o.
0D pear. and 5l,2G0 plum trees.
A new recruiting station has been open
cd in Atlanta to enlist negroes in the vol
unteer army. This is the first station TO
h. opened at Atlanta to accept negroes
for volunteers. and 1t is expected that
great number of them wiz go 10 The front
in t5e new regiment that is now being or
gained.
Henry Smith, a well-to-do negro, died
at Atlanta Saturday. after he had been
attended by Dr. Henry Everett. At u
o'clock the old negro had been subjected
to the Old practice of bleeding, and so
much blood was taken from him thai he
died two hours later. A warrant will be
issued for DR.. Everett, charging him
nh
clan or with murder.
Al the recent examinations held
in Atlanta for admission TO the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, twenty
one alternates presented themselves,
representing principals who had
either failed in the examinations or had
neglected TO present themselves after APP
pontment OF this number but one was
successful. He was William ]. Moses,
the l6-year-old son of Jacob l. Moses,
formerly of Tennille, Washington county,
Georgia.
With the Twenty-second Regiment, U.
S. A, which assaulted Ell Caney on Fri
day and carried that point, after a des-
perate fight and heavy loss, was Lieut..
Isaac Newell of Milledgeville. He is the
son Of Capt.. T. f. Newell, veteran of
the civil war and a bearer of honorable
NpLl4i9s anu d * dIiNSOl Ol the ldl6 sen
ator Alfred Fl. Colquitt, himself fighter.
Young Newell graduated from West Point
in 1885, at the age of %, and went at once
West He comes from fighting stock
Extensive preparations are being made
for the entertainment of the Weekly
Press Association, which will hold its an
hual meeting at Newman July y and 10.
c. Il. Bryson, a travelling man, who rep
resenls wholesale houses in Philadelphia,
was rled on the charge of cheating and
s. sWlndlng in Judge Landrum's court at
Atlanta Saturday. The charge was
brought against him by George w Collier,
repfestnung the Aragon Hotel, who claims
mat bryson stopped at his house until
81 me Dill began to assume enormous pro-
81 portions and that all requests for a settle
meht We're refused by the drummer. Judge
Landrum dismissed the case upon hearing
the explanation of the accused ON the
ground OF insuficiency of evidence.
Saturday Simpson Jones' colored, started
TO ride into Atlanta, and as he passed the
mouse IN which his intended, May Mayfield.
resided he called out to her and asked if
sac d.d not wish to take ride in the bug
~ WIN MN. The trip was agreeable to
mgr ana she put on her best clothes and
t1luOed INTO the vehicle The two rode
""did me city and chatted pleasantly TO-
s@lnef. As the buggy startetiaover the
.I"snoNa street bridge The horse apDeared
~ oe His nJened, and the man had to watch
' ~ closely. In the center of the bridge
ulg morse jumped and threw the woman
s scg forward. The ride was continued.
~" Jones addressed several remarks TO
81 woman and she made no response.
9le was then sitting with her head thrown
"aIQ as If she was looking intently at
,l.' dashboard of the vehicle Jones began
a. wonder al the silence of his companion
tsii a' '1sl ne said: IF you don't wish to
eneat. ~ me Just say SO, and l will quite
yloNins TO YOU. There was no response.
tb ,' lle man became uneasy and STONED
D'ssy to ascertain what was the
ssIs WIN her. lie raised her head and
sn% ..at her eyes were staring wide open
Of s sue "as-dead. 1t is presumed she died