The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-10

Mi G.. Guuh% JORDAN % N0t9ih"u9 ii"9
returned home from The North, where he
purchased lot of new machinery for the
Easle and PheniX mills.
Atlanta Journal: Ex-Gov. Atk nson's
administration stin Influences state affairs
TO a great extent. especially through those
officials still in office who were MS APP
pointees and through those i'm whose sue
cess his assistance was valuable factor
The frs. bale of cotton Of the crop OF
1883 when put on the market here was
sold al auction for 10 lis GEMS per pound.
II was bid i'm by MIR. Frank p. Narnad0e.
Giassed as midiuug and weighed 400
pounds Il was from The farm OF Mr..
WHIT ELS of Dooly county.
Three negro boys at West Point the
other day. found some loose powder aud
touched match to it. The fash carried
the flame to Two powder kegs they hAI
not noticed. there was a terrific eXp.osiOn,
and the three negroes were trying TO ma
themselves. one Of them will d G, and the
other two are badly injured.
Chancellor Waller b. Hm of the state
University has a beautiful home in Macon,
where he has lived many years and 10
which he IS devotodly attached. Now That
he is about TO remove TO Athens to enter
upCn the duties Of chancellor he Offers his
house in Macon for sale. The chancellor
is cutting all the bridges behind him and
goes to his new field OF labor delern!"ea
upon making IL his life work.
At Mount Vernon the Old historic Al
ans family had their annual birthday last
Thursday to the delight Of all present.
great-great grandma Frances Adams, was
80 years OF age last Thursday' ana
snts met at the home of Mr.. F, b.
Adams near that place and celebrated
grandma's 95th birthday. Everything IN
the way OF eatapies ana aihuSehlents were
on mana ana the ihTlhIul notes OF tIle
merrymakefs were heaId Oh every manu-
Dablonepa Nugget: one dav last week
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"iiie '"e eNi'Oi ara -
standing talking on the pupllc square TINS
Old miner stopped down ana picked up
nice pdftlc.e OF Solu' Wnieh hau p'eu uIi-
covered by me ram Nlrge never cast ms
eyes upward Ike a country tultoI ~ why
ne Is aiWays HhHihg SNid MayDe II we
are not rewarded WIN SeHo" metal Htic
below that there VIII be better tunes Tor
US apoVe Wheh we shuIhe inns MOI 'ai col
Inc thousht o. Such tilhS Keeps us III
good heart
There will take place at Grantvii'e
champion state debate on the expansion
question Friday. Aug. IS, at 10 o'clock, a.
m. Representing the affirmative OF the
question Will be MT. y. M Jones OF Social
Circle, Ga; Col j. T. Burnett of Macon,
Ga; and Mr.. w. +. Simms OF Atlanta
Ga Messrs Bolding, George ana Lawson
OF Mercer University VIII espouse the slice
of the negative. These gentlemen come in
response 70 an invitation from the Mayor
OF Granville. and not as chaAehgers nor
as representatives of colleges.
Acoo~l,no 10 ~, dioost 81 tbo ,aU 20
Ce4NCr q MOil"ellct county Sen' III 70
Controller General Wright Monday morn
ing, as many as zoo men who annually
hand in their taxes have disappeared from
the county Not only is it found,
Jupsihs from the county ~
Of neooIa have su5leniv disappeared but
the returns show that there are now % .Oo0
acres OF land less in Merlwether county
tnan mere was last year Inc digest sent
IN by lax Colieclof j. w. Matthew's OF
Meriwether shows Il total decrease of
S2l6OOO N taxable property and on ac-
count or the failure OF the lax collector
TO comply win the state law IN reference
TO forwarding the names or all tax de-
1auNers, the digest was sent back TO MIN
by the controller general
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Whereabouts OF JACK behedlct' y rev Gays
ago DR.. 5. G. Benedict received "a letter
dated july Is, from Miss Gordon, of Pc
tro.eum, Va, stating that man answer
ing to the published description of Jack
Benedict had asked for room for the
night, the day before this letter was writ
ten. Miss Gordon and her sister keeps a
boarding house in Petroleum, and gave the
man a room. In her letter Miss Gordon
states that the man was OF a travel-wora
appearance, but hooked like a gentleman
Miss Gordon was struck at once with the
pictures of Jack Benedict that she had
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