The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-19
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
Thomasvile Times: Save your seel
wheat ana best land 10 sow the largest crop
OF your lives in October aud November.
This is the best way 10 tight low priced
cotton.
Messrs. J. T. Smith. Jr.. and J. NJ vii
Jams OF the firm of Smith Williams
have made arrangements to put in press
at their giunery in Dublin for the rackinS
of round bales
For some time Mr W D. Mcneil has
been on the reportoriai force of the Nh
can Evening News but he has now re-
moved 70 Athens to accept the position
of city editor OF the Banner.
Tuesday evening at Coving on Miss Flor
RE Henderson Of that place was united ia
marriage to Mr.. y. 5. Burney Of Rome,
Ga. The wedding was home affair, onl5
the relatives and close friends Of tine fam
lilies being present
United States Deputy Collector Hair
ston and Mr.. b. II. Knonbrow OF Ath-
ems raided a big stnl in Jackson county
Tuesday night. destroying i 900 gallons OF
beer and 200 gallons of low wines. Th3
men operating the still escaped.
c. schomburg jeweler, has filed petit
ton in bankruptcy with Clerk Browne Of
the Federal Court i'm Columbus, asking
that he be adjudged a bankrupt. The Pc
tition shows liabilities amounting to ST.
079.65, while there are no assets a all.
The Floyd Rifles at Macon have nomi-
mated the following officers: Captain Nal
colin Aver; first lieutenant, Herbert L.
Smith; second lieutenant, Lloyd l.. Mas
senburg. Corps. J. r. Sanders and A.
J. Davis were promoted to sergeants. Pr
Yates Hendley V. Napier, Jr.. and T. Z.
Davis were promoted 10 corporals.
The dead body of man was found near
Braden, Gwinnett county, last Tuesday,
supposed to be that Of John Dickinson.
The man had evidently been dead two
months or more. His body was greatly de-
composed and had been eaten away by
dogs and buzzards until il made a siclen-
ing spectacle. At the mans side there lay
a pistol on which the name of John Dick
enson was engraved. 1t is supposed he
killed himself. = AI
Reports from Oglethorpe county con-
corning crops vary. In some districts good
crops will be made. In Goosepond dis
trict the crops are ruined and it is sad
by some that the cotton crop there is
total failure, A few weeks since the crop
outlook on Col. James NJ. Smiths farm
was not very good, but recently il has
improved very much and that big Geor-
gia farmer will come out very well in
spite of the drought
Deputy Revenue Collector Mccarthy,
Tuesday night. collected $40 war tax from
the management of the cake walk at Cen
tral City Park in Macon The collection
of the tax was something new. but the law
providing for the war tax stipulates that
$40 tax shall be paid for all public enter
tainments. and cake walks are no exception
TO the rule. The so war tax fee knocked
big hole ia the profits from the walk
and a strong protest was made against its
payment, but the management finally
yielded up the coin and the walk went mer-
rily on.
Chief of Police Seay Of Dawson has filed
a suit for damages against the Western
Union Telegraph Company. About two
weeks ago Mr.. Scay's horse was killed by
lightning, the barn In which he was stab
led being damaged only TO the extent OF
having TWO or three shingles torn off the
roof. Several days ago the lightning
struck the same barn and IL was burned to
the ground The Western Unions wire
ran directly over the barn. and Mr.. Seay
claims that this was the cause Of the
lightning's departing from the old rule and
striking twice in the same place.
The section in and around Jenkinsburg.
near Jackson, was visited Sunday by one
of the strangest phenomena known in that
part of the state. That afternoon a
heavy rain fell and 1t seemed that sheets
of ice accompanied the dowupour of rain
which killed nearly all the cotton in that
section of the county. The leaves of the
cotton have fallen off, and has the smell
of frost on a frosty morning. Those who
had their cotton killed by this strange phe-
nomenon cannot account for the destruc-
tiveness of the rain. The leaves looked
as if scorched by a fire before falling off.
Alonzo Brown, colored, was arrested
last Tuesday night at Grif-
fin upon warrant charging
him with assaultng mis- stepdaughters
Dolie and Sallie Campbell. In the pre-
liminary trial, held before Justice Sor-
rell Wednesday afternoon, the details Of
the crime were given and they show Il
TO have been a most brutal affair. All
the witnesses were not introduced, as JUS
tice Sorrell considered he had evidence
enough to bind the prisoner over 90 the
Januery term of Spalding Superior Court
and placed the bond at $1,000 The girls
were twins and only about II years oi
age.
For the past few days it has been re-
reported that Hon. r J. Chappen might
be a candidate for the state Senate from
the Columbus district. Mr. Chappell is al
present one of Muscogee county's repre-.
sentatiyes in the lower house of the legis
lature. Whether he viii run or not is not
definitely known, but the runor has beer
well circulated among those who keep il
touch with political affairs. II is also un
derstood that Hon. II. T. Hargett win b,
a candidate. Mr.. Target was a canddat
two terms ago when il was Muscogee'.
time to select a senator, and was defeated
by Hon, c. f. Battle.
FLORIDA.
Lieut.. r. S. Pike United States army