The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-19
GEORGIA.

A number OF naval stores men met at
the Marie Hotel, Quitman, last Wednes-
day and organized one Of the largest ma
vail stores companies In the South The
capital stock of this company is $4,000
with the privilege of increasing it to $25,
000 They will operate principally in South
Georgia. Alabama and Florida.
Wednesday afternoon a little 3-year-old
boy of Jack Maxwell. colored was burned
TO death at Alpharetta The family were
in the field picking cotton and had fire
there The little fellow was placed near
ii 10 keep warm, and while the older ones
were picking cotton his clothes caught
aire and he was fatally burned before
help reached him
shooting ARRAY occurred on Cherry
street at Ociia about Saturday night, in
which George Pauk, colored, was shot in
the left breast The bullet struck a rib
and passed around. coming out under his
left shoulder 1t was a negro row, the
result of too much liquor. Three or four
shots were fired and it is surprising that
others were not hurt. The negro who
did the shooting escaped.
Eldorendo is on the Georgia Pine Rail-
way midway between cambridge and Col
quit 1t is situated amidst a good farm
ing country and has saw mill and a tur-
pentine mandatory. Many dwelling and
business houses are now under construc-
ton. including a neat and commodious
Baptist Church, which will soon be COM
peted. 1t bids fair TO be one of the best
and most progressive towns on the road
After short campaign without Incl
dent 10 excite enough interest TO bring
out a full vote, Coweta has just Joined
the column of dry counties in Georgia,
and the licensed sale of liquors will cease
as soon as the people verdict can become
effective. Both sides were confident Of
victory, with the chances decidedly in fav-
or of the vets until about two weeks ago.
The county voted for the sale, So; against
the sale, &c.
A horse, a wagon and a "nigger" took
a tumble down a sixty-foot embankment
at midnight Thursday night in Athens
The accident occurred at the Seaboard
trestle. The negro and the horse We're
unintured, but the wagon was shattered
into a hundred pieces. 1t was miraculous
that both negro and horse were not in
stantly killed, but the negro evidently fell
on his head and the horse probably fell
on the negro. In this way only can the
escape from death. be explained.
Washington Gazette: Three revenue Of
ficers came In on the train Wednesday
night and went out in the country looking
for moonshine still. They captured Hay
ME Harper and about a thousand gallons
of low wine that was about ready to run
through the still, but they failed to find
the still. The revenue officers evidently
have no terrors for Harper, as they had
him up before the United States Court
only a few months ago charged with the
same offense. The men and their prisoner
went 10 Augusta.
The Triton Gazette thinks a sugar REIN
cry would be a great thing for Georgia,
and In discussing the profits to be derived
from cane growing, says: Take an av-
erage crop. for instance, of five acres. On
this, with as little expense of fertilZing
and cultivation as il it were cotton, and
100 barrels of syrup. or 20 barrels to the
acre, can be made. From these we are
told that the producer can be assured Of
not less than % barrels refined sugar. Al
cents per pound, considerably less than
IL is bringing now, this sugar would be
worth SS75, a pretty neat sum for a sure
crop on five acres of ground. And the re-
fuse and molasses almost pay the cost
of producing and refining"