The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-23
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

Mr. John R. Shaw, for more than TWEEN
tv-hve years one of the leading business
men and prominent citizens of Americus,
viii leave shortly for Atlanta, where he
will reside and engage in business as
member of the firm of Shaw & Camp, ma
chinery and milling supplies.
Marietta Journal: 1t is said that Judge
Gober's charge TO the grand jury about
gambling will cause progressive euchre to
be abandoned in Marietta. He charged
mat any game with cards or schemes, no
matter how fixed up, for anything of
value, prize or money. whether played by
the 400 in a parlor or a negro in the
wood was gambling, and charged the
grand jury to find true bills against all
who should violate the law.
Vienna Progress: Col D. A. R. CTum
has succeeded in collecting the amount due
the county for taxes by the Georgia SOUTH
ern and Florida Railroad from Judge c.
c. Kibbee, of Macon which amounted to
about 5000 principal and interest. The
county has been deprived of the use of this
money for a number of years, on account
OF the failure of Judge Kibbee, who was
employed by The ordinary TO collect the
taxes, and to turn 1t over 20 the ordinary.
Up to date the cotton receipts of Athens
against $1,000 bales at this time last year
The cotton men there estimate the total
receipts for this season at $4,000 bales as
against $1,000 bales last year. At the be-
ginning of the year he estimate was that
the receipts would be 40 per cent. short.
This estimate holds good and shows how
closely the cotton men had figured down
The condition of the crops in that section.
The annual stockholders meetings of
five Of West Points leading enterprises
we're he'd last week. The Lanett cotton
m is, the West Point Manufacturing Com
pany, Riverdale cotton mills, Lanett
Bleaching and dyeing works and the Chat
ahoochee Valley Railroad Company The
years business closes on Nov. l, and their
business for the past year has been very
satisfactory and these companies are
spending nearly $4,000, their comb ned
capital being 100000. The usual dividends
we're declared and the Old officers re-
elected
Dublin Courier Dispatch: Laurens
county will stay in the prohibition column
for years and years to come, as no liquor
advocate will be quick to bring on an
other election. The voters have said they
will not have it again in our midst and
their mandate is supreme. The cam
paign. which closed Tuesday was a re-
markable one-remarkable for the fact
that the banker and the artisan; the pro-
fessonal man and the laborer; the mer-
chant and the farmer; the white man and
the black, worked side by side to prevent
the reintroduction of whisky into this
county.
T. G. Hadden, postal clerk on the line
le.ween Atlanta and Brunswick, fell from
the door of h S car Wednesday afternoon
While the train was running at a high
rate of speed. lie sustained serious inter-
raj injuries, it is thought, and fracture
OF the collar bone. The accident occurred
while the northbcund train, which is due
in Atlanta at / p. m. was running through
Hol,on, small station eighty miles lie ow
Atlanta. MADDEN was busy at the letter
end Of the car, tying up the mails when the
engineer blew the whistle for the S alton.
The postal Gle. K hurried TO the Goor to
catch the main pouch suspended from the
crane. In some unaccountabe manner he
slipped, fell through the open door and
plu ged headlong to the ground.
a special to the Morning News fIom
FolkstOn says: Prof. l.. E. Manards
school al this place closed for the term
Yesterday evening with appropriate exer-
clses. While the school consisted princi-
paly of small scholars the exercises were
NFPSNldl-N SOOu. Among tHOSe ueSeiN
special mention are Masters John Tyler
in Aunt Chloe's View of Matrimouy.'
Charley Wright in 1.-The Telephony"
Guy Haddock and Will Hathaway in 1.-THE
School Boys Bobbie Mattox, G. w. Had
dock, Jr. and Miss Pearl Wright in The
Sick Boy and little Misses Ulmer, CLIFF
and Fannie Dusenberry in Rotations 1t
mas been a long time since the Folkston
school has had teacher that has given
Inc universal satisfaction that Prof. NAL
i1rd has the past term. The patrons are
anxious for him to continue the school
next year, but it Is not yet known wheth-
or he will stay or not.
Wednesday night while Section Master
Adams of the Triton, Thomasvile and
CUFF Railroad was riding to Moultrie from
Iton on hand-car, accompanied by his
"lte and Miss Newton a guest of his
wife, Mrs. Adams became panic stricken
az the speed at which the car was going.
Without word of warning, save a shrill
cry, which came too late, she sprang from
the car directly upon the track in front
OF the flying trucks. In her desperate
leap she carried Miss Newton with her, 10
Wnom she had been holding. The hus-
pdnd. frantic at the appalling sight, sprang
rom the car. The car ran over Mrs.
Adams and Miss Newton, Mrs. Adams
Nmb was broken in two places, and she
was internally injured and her flesh lace
rated. Miss Newton was desperately
wounded, suffering a number of severe
fractures and decorations. DR.. Wilson of
Aoultrie was summoned as quickly as pos
Hoe, and is now attending the two ladies.
While they are very seriously injured, it
believed both will recover.
Macon Telegraph: Capt Cassisus e. Gil
ktte is going about the work Of clearing
me Ocmulgee, between Hawkinsvile and
macon, in way that is highly gratifying
the Macon people. For the past sew
Idi weeks Capt Woolvin, with a corps
9i Workmen, has been encamped on the
udnks of the river near Central City
rark' building a boat suitable for haul
us rocks building jetties, etc. and with
w the last few days Capt. Gillette has
~hered another crew with a boat TO come
u're and join Capt. Woolvin After an
eAamination of all the Instructions in the
nannel between here and Hawknsville,
Ie engineers have decided that the task
Oh clearing the river will not be by any
means the most difncult that was ever ac-
Nlmplished in the state, In fact Il is the