The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-07
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Heavy Rainfall in Talbot County
Timber Business at DRrien-GeOr-
gia Towns which Want New Rail-
road Stations-ReSuIts of Primary
Elections in the Statc-ltUinhOw in
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES house for
Porto Rico.
GEORGIA.
wilkes county is to have a local option
election. too.
The horse-swappers' convention meets in
Windcr next Thursday.
James S. Perdue, a prominent farmer Of
Epson county, died Wednesday.
Thursday night the residence of P. II.
McCarty of sandersvile was burned. The
loss is $3.50, with an insurance Of $500
Henry T. BIackston of Augusta has fled
a suit for 5000 against the Central Of
Georgia Railroad for injuries sustained in
1856.
The people Of Ansoch witnessed a pecu-
liar sight Thursday night at o'clock.
The moon reflected on the clouds in the
northwest and made beautiful rainbow.
The Democratic executive committee of
Forsyth county met Thursday, consolidat-
ed the vote and unanimously declared JOS
eph II. Felker and A c. Stone nominees
of The Democratic party for representa-
tiyes.
The vote of Madison county in Wednes-
days primary for senator of The Thirteenth
district gives r. p. Sorren 73l; G.. @. Dan
lei, 4i3; X. II. Kinncbrew SO. For repre-
sentative, T. l.. Bond 747; NJ. D. l.. Pitt
man. 81.
Newton county will have a local option
election next Monday, Aug. 8. The Drohi-
biuonists carried the county a few months
ago, but there was some technical mistake
and the election was ordered to be held
again.
The primary election for state senator
In the Eighteenth senatorial district, two
representatives and county officers passed
off quietly in jefferson county Thursday.
Hon. William Little was nominated for
the state Senate; r. J.. Farmer and G. G.
Johnson were nominated for the House,
and all county officers were renominated.
The heaviest rainfall that has been
known for years fell in Talbot county
Wednesday. The rainfall has been esu-
mated at about four inches. Reports from
all sections of the county disclose the fact
that crops are badly damaged and lands
washed. The rain fell in torrents about
shutdown yesterday, that being the hardest
portion of the rain.
Here is a pretty good sample of the
methods employed by the money lenders
of Macon who make a practice of lending
TO negroes: John Ward a city employe
an honest, Woodworking negro, mortgaged
all his furniture to one of the lenders for
s. TO be paid back in four weeks at the
rate of 50 cents per week, making a total
of $40 paid for the 81, or $40 interest on
81 for one month. This was done twice,
and again Ward borrowed $3.50 and paid
back 65 cents per week for four weeks, or
$l.10 interest on $3.50 for four weeks.
Darien Gazette: During the month end
ing on the 3lst ultimo, there was measured
at the public boom in Darien 2,225 900 feet
of square, scab and sawn timber. This
does not include the sawn timber and lum-
Der which came in during the month and
was carried direct to the private booms
The prospects for good timber business
the coming season is said TO be good. A
good lot of timber was shipped from the
port of Darien during the past month.
During the week there was shipped from
the port OF Darien coastwise and foreign
100000 feet Of timber and lumber. valued
at 476. During the past month there
was shipped from Darien, coastwise and
4OIe4SNs l[s-JltoI lSeI OF nGWn ana SaWu
timber and lumber, valued at S1230l5.
A number Of towns in Georgia now hav-
Ing insufficient or lncommodious accommo-
dations in the matter of stations and rail.
road waiting rooms, have entered petitions
before the railroad commlssl oners for a
ruling TO give them better depots The
commission has before it claims for COM
plant from Dalton, Americas, Forsyth Tiff
ton, Marietta and BlaCkshear, ana a reso-
luton in council committees hands now
assures a similar petition from Atlanta
Marlettas complaints have already been
the means of eXacting a pledge from the
Western and Atlantic for a handsome and
commodious depot there at an early date
Tomorrow the commissioners will begin
tour of the points from which complaints
have been filed and look personally into
the claims. Such as are adjudged just and
reasonable viii be met promptly by orders
from the commission 10 the railroads for
the erection of suitable station accommo-
datton. The Americas case was the one on
which the Supreme Court rendered the de-
cision empowering the commission to force
the roads TO build stations