The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
..rus OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

tones to Be Chaplain in the
rv-FuIIer Details of the Cy-
~ in warren County Eagle
pbenix Mill Employees to Fly
Monster FIag-TwO Negro Fusi-
..- caught Dressed in Women's
Clothes.
GEORGIA.
poo,e has furnished two white cosnpa-
AVID. one negro company for the war.
,,..5srson Estes of Cumming will be
r..,,ocratic nominee for the House
r,-s-th county. He will be opposed
nv E. NJ Pilgrim, Populist.
r,. sam Small will be a chaplain in
.a.of +be volunteer regiments. The Pres
,5,o, has djrecAed his appointment. Ii is
h''4a~-tood that Mr.. Small will be given
~ srsr place that becomes vacant
mia 7-vear-old son of C. ]. Turner, SUI
,orintendent of the Atlanta cotton COM
rsss had his right leg broken. by the
ffUine of one of the large iron doors at
he warehouse of the company thursday
The citizens of Rome are interested in
having litter plant put in at the water
n,or.s The Oostanaula river, from which
ne water supply is derived, is very mud
6y The water is pure and good when
clear.
Dr w. b. Stradley presiding elder of
.he North Atlanta district, has been ap-
roicte5 10 succeed DR.. ]. w. Roberts,
pswlv elected president of Wesleyan Col
iage as pastor of Trinity Church at At
lanta.
It is reported that a petition signed by
,ooo neople of Florida has been sent to
the Secretary of War asking him to keep
the Second Georgia Regiment stationed at
Tarna. The regiment did such good work
in snnpressing the negro riot that the
people want them to stay.
The largest United States flag 10 float in
Columbus is shortly to wave over the
Eagle and Phenix mills. BY popular sub
soription the employees of the mills are
raising $50 with which to purchase it. The
flag win be thirty feet long and twenty
six feet wide and will be fastened to
long flag pole on the top of No. 1 mill
so that it can be seen for miles.
W. ". McCalip, a song writer of Co
lumbus recently sent a copy of his song
based on President McKinley's telegram
on hearing that his mother was fatally Ill,
"TeU Mother I'll be There" To the
mother of Lieut. Richard Hobson. He
has received the following acknowledge
menu Greensboro, Ala, July 10, 1S9S.-To
Mr. McCaHip Dear Sir: Please accept
my thanks for the beautiful music you so
kindly sent me. The words are very APP
propriate at this time, for I'm sure my
boy will soon be saying: I'm going
home to mother He will appreciate the
words and music when he returns, as we
will sing them for him. Very respectfully,
Mrs Sallie c. Hobson."
As already stated in the Morning News
severe cyclone struck Warrenton We'd
nes1ay and did considerable damage. 1t
struck the home of W. E, English, com
pletely demoishing his large barn and five
other outhouses, killing a colored woman,
also lhree mules and horses and badly
Gripping four others. The track of the
storm was not over fifty yards wide. Re
ports from the vicinity of Norwood say
the cyclone struck the eastern suburbs of
Norwood blew down the negro school
house and a negro clubhouse on N. J. Bow
en- place. Huge trees were torn up by
the roots and fence rails were scattered
lar and near Two negro women were in
the house on Mr.. Bowens place, but es-
capped with slight injuries
At Newman Tuesday night Policeman
Brewster was called to arrest a negro
who had on woman's dress. When ].
J. Yarbrough, an employee of the West
f~nt road, boarded the train al LaGrange
Ne noticed two negroes, Jim Long and
Fop McLendOn, the latter in woman's
uress' get on the train at the same place.
4aforoushs suspicious as to both being
men We're aroused, and when the train
reached Newman he caused Policeman
brewster 10 take charge of the couple.
vi lelegrHUliDg T.aCsrauoa IN know if
.he negroes were wanted there, it was
EARNED that the two men had by shady
meIAols got in possession of about 500,
aHu were badly wanted there. Seventy
Nv TWO dollars were found on their persons.
1Aey We're sent back to LAGRANGE.