The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-31
GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA


GEORGIA.
Leesburg voted for a dispensary Friday.
The election was unanimous. The whisky
people saw it was useless to fight the race
out aud withdrew early in the action.
Hope. one of the girl twins born in the
police barracks at Atlanta few days
ago. died Friday afternoon. The babies
had been taken to the Home of the
Friendless Charity, the other little girl,
is enjoying good health.
Invitations are out to the marriage of
Miss Caroline Augusta Green and Mr..
David Phillips White. which event oc-
ours at the residence Of DR.. and Mrs. r.
i. Green, at Gainesville Wednesday even
ing Nov. s. at o'clock.
Editor Beas!ey OF the Boston Herald
publishes this seasonable appeal: The
weather at this writing admonishes We ed
itoT that hog killing time is approaching,
and a mess of back bones, spare ribs,
sausages, etc. would be acceptable, espe-
cially on overdue subscriptions"
In Ellavile on Nov. = there will occur
a double wedding. Mayor e. L. Bridges
will lead to the altar Miss Jewell Murphy,
and at the same time Mr.. b. l.. Boyiston
of Blackville, 5. c.. will wed Miss Pearl
Bridges, the double ceremony being per-
formed in the Methodist Church of that
city.
r. L. Bowen one of the most prominent
young men in Berrien county, is dead Mr..
Bowen was one of the pioneer merchants
of Triton, having been i'm business there
for a number of years, until he was strick
en- to his bed four months since with con-
sumption. He leaves a mother, several
Others a nd q boGf Of friends To mourn
his death.
There are now thirteen dispensaries in
operation in Georgia, which are located at
the following places: Athens, Clarke
county; GAINESVILLE, Pike county; Camilla,
Mitchell county; Fort Gaines, Clay coun-
ty; Blakely Early county; Morgan Call
houn county; Pelham, Mitchell county;
Meigs Thomas county; Baxley, Appling
county; Whigham, Decatur county; Daw-
son. 6asser and Bronwood, Terrell county.
Miss Anne Wallace of Atlanta was re-
elected president of the Georgia Library
Association at Atlanta Friday. Other Off
GERS elected for the ensuing year are:
Vice president Mrs Moses Wadey of Au-
gusta; Mrs. John King Ottley of Atlanta;
DR.. j. II. T. Mcpherson Of Athens; Mr..
William Harden of Savannah; Mrs.
Enoch Galloway OF Lagrange; Prof J. r,
Moseley of Macon and Hon. a.. Gunby
Jordan of Columbus; secretary and treasu-
rer, Mai. Charles w. Hubner of Atlanta.
Lexington Echo: II has certainly gotten
10 a pretty pass when burglars, even bur
glars, have become so constituencies as 10
deprecate upon an editor. But that band
which has been working Lexington for the
past year or SO has reached that low state
of social standing, and on Saturday morn
ing last when the Echo EDITORS cook went
to get breakfast there was no breakfast
to get Those burglars had broken into
his pantry and relieved him of all the ra-
tons he had therein. Luckily we had
some plying neighbors.
A sensational tragedy took place near
Gabbetville Thursday night about six
miles south of LAGRANGE. Joe Redding
and his brother John had been to West
Point and were on their way home, when
they engaged in a quarrel, which resulted
i'm Joe's shooting his brother with a shot
gun. John died about u o'clock Thursday
night and Joe came to this city Friday
and offered himself to the sheriff saying
that he wanted to do what was right
about it. He wanted 10 go back and see
his brother buried, but Sheriff Henderson
thought 1t best to land him In jail Joe
claims that he killed his brother in self
defense, but it seems that there is some
damaging testimony against him. Both
were drinking.
Atlanta Constitutions In compliance
with a recent order issued by the war de-
partment upon solicitation of Hon. J.. +.
Livingston for the commissary department
OF the Gulf to issue rations for twenty
days to the sufferers from the overflow
of the Chattahoochee river several weeks
ago, Col. Z. E. bravo will issue rations
upon application. Col, Livingston yester-
day issued the following notice to those
suffering from the overflow: Sufferers
from the overflow in Douglas and Camp
bell counties can secure twenty days ra-
tons for each person from Col. f. +.
bravo, chief eommissary department of
the Gulf. Atlanta, Ga, by applying with
some well known party vouching for their
present needs. suggest that neighbor-
hoods combine their Affections and get
some we'll known person In Atlanta TO O..
X. them"