The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-10
TOOK LIFE FROM ATLANTA.
MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS WENT
TO THE REUNION.

But Tom SharIey Came Along and
shook Things IN LittIe-said He
Was Feeling All Right and Could
Lick Amy Fighter i'm the Ring.
pal Convention to Meet in At
Ianta.
Atlanta. May 9.-The Charleston re-
union took the life out of Atlanta to-day.
But for the meeting of the Library Asso-
citation, which brought together hum
bred or more people from all parts of the
country in convention, the town would
have been dead indeed.
The capitol was deserted ~ officials
gone to the reunion along with the Gov
ernor and many of the most prominent
business people of the town. The exodus
began last night, when Gen. Gordon and
his party and Gen. Evans and his party
left and all trains to-day have continued
40 haul away big loads
one incident that happened to break
the monotony of the day was touch and
so call by Tom Sharkey. the pugilst.
sharkey, who was on his way from New
Orleans TO New York, stopped over for
a half hour at the depot, waiting for a
connection. The depot was the center of
Attraction with the crowds departing for
Charleston, and il was not long before
The noted pugilist was surrounded, once
his identity became known. To the ques-
tons put to him. he replied in about this
way:
yes. l am feeling all right. If l felt
better ! couldn't stand it. l think 1 can
lick any fighter on earth, feeling like /
do l am going 10 challenge the winner
in the fight which comes off in June be-
tween Fitz and jeff. / don't know which
will win in the battle as both are great
fighters and about evenly matched. But
/ do know that / can lick either one.
have already licked both, and l see no
reason why | can't do it again l am in
better condition for scrapping now than
j ever was"
Sharkey has been on the stage in New
Orleans and Mobile. and is travelling East
with his negro sparring partner Bob Arm
strong. ShaTkey says that he has made
pile of money fighting, and that he is not
throwing any of IL away. He says he win
quit fighting when he is thirty years old
He is now %. and hence still has four
years OF trouble before him. He thinks a
man has passed his usefulness In the ring
when he gets older than that
The Crops in Georgia.
The weekly crop bulletin of the weather
bureau issued to-day says:
The favorable conditions of the past
two weeks have greatly advanced farming
interests. Crops have been well worked, as
a rule, and are growing rapidly, though in
some of the Southern counties rains would
be beneficial Corn and cotton planting is
nearing completion, and these crops are
being plowed or chopped. Gardens are do
ing well and vegetables are becoming plen-
tiful. Rice, sugar cane pinders, and mel
ons are very good. Showers were pretty
general over the Northern and Middle, and
in some of the southern counties on May
4, doing a great deal of good. The season.
able temperature has been most conducive
to the advancement of crops. Wheat and
oats are beginning to head and will soon
be ready to harvest. Continued warm
weather with occasional showers is now
needed"
EpiscOpaIians to Meet.
The Episcopal Diocesan Convention of
Georgia will meet in Atlanta. on May H.
The question as to the feasibility of divid-
ing the state into two dioceses which has
been agtated for some time will probably
come up for consideration. 1t is proposed
to divide the state into Northern and
Southern diocese of Georgia. If this should
be done, probably Bishop Nelson will go 10
the Southern diocese and a new Bishop
will be elected for the Northern diocese.
Bishop Nelson will preside over the con-
vention.