The morning news., 1899-09-21
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

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Many hundred dollars worth of beef cat
tie have been sod in Walton county this
year In fact, more has been sold this
year than In any previous year. The truth
is there is more cattle to sell. Thrifty peo-
pie are learning tnat il pays 10 raise
cows.
Sheriff Tucker of Colquitt county is one
OF thirty-two children in ore family
twenty-one boys ana e.even girls. Mr..
Tucker. il is said is peasant, agree
able gentleman, and If The other thirty
one children are like him the old gentle
man has much of which TO feel proud.
A petition is being circulated by some Of
the citizens Of Appllng county asking the
grand jury to take such action as will re-
suit in the repeating Of the BaXley town
ordinance which prohibits hogs running
loose on the streets. People living near the
corporate limits claim that they are un-
necessarily annoyed by having to pay fines
10 get their hogs out of the pound.
The Brunswick Rifiemen held an enthus-
iasIc meeting Tuesday night and decided
TO go to New York via the Plant System.
The company will leave Brunswick next
Wednesday morning at 7:30 in a specially
decorated car for Savannah. Al Savan-
nah their car VIII be attached to the nil
NdrN special t0dt lnt rant system Will
run and under command of Col Brooks
the entire list of companies will proceed
10 the metropolis.
Butler Herald: The Mormons stll hold
hand in the southern portion of this coun-
ty. At first their preaching was of such
a character that a few persons were silly
enough to be led astray by them, but we
are proud to say that they have about
gained all the material and accomplished
about all they can hope TO accomplish in
this county. Their conduct has recently
become very unbecoming and is disap-
proved, we learn, even by their own mem
bers.
The operations of the iron mine near
Chalybeate Springs. in Meriwether county,
have been suspended. Messrs Grant &
Lowe have spent several hundred dollars
developing the mine and find IL very rich
in ore. II has been estimated by experts
that 6O000 tons of pure ore may reasonably
be expected from it. The suspension is
the result of dispute between the parties
operating the mine. Mr.. Lowe claims that
Mr. Grant has not abided by the con-
tract, and has sued him for $4,000.
Last Saturday evening about two miles
from Blakely, at Mr.. J. W. Forts tur-
pentine stin, the negroes had prize Of
fered for the best looking girl, and Oliver
Bau,dings daughter was the successful
one. which made Eugene Harris another
negro mad. and he drew his pistol and
shot Oliver twice. once in the head and
once in the lower part of the bowels. The
negro is in a dangerous condition. Sheriff
Black at once went to the scene of the
trouble and arrested Harris. and he Is now
in jail, awaiting the developments of the
case.
An old-fashoned ante-beIlum "cunjur'
bag was found on the streets of Leesburg
Saturday afternoon. 1t consisted OF a belt
with button to fasten around the waist
and O sack with a partition In it, The
sack contained a copper cent and a silver
dime in one side and toe and finger nails
hair and roots in the other slde-each ar
ticle well sewed up in red flannel. Num-
bers of the colored people came up TO ex-
anime the article, and Immediately recog-
nized il and knew for what purpose It was
worn Only one or two had the courage
to- touch il. 1t created quite sensation
for awhile, il being a curiosity TO the
white people.
Secretary of State Phil Cook has receiv-
ed letter from Comte des Monts of Paris,
who is at the present time travelling In this
country, asking for facts and figures re-
lating to Georgia industrially. with the
view of selecting some place in the South
to bring French immigrants Comte des
Monts is now a st. Paul, Mimi. and indl-
Gates in his letter that he will shortly come
South and pay a visit to Atlanta. The
communication indicates that the writer is
engaged in some philanthropic work for
the good of the peasants of the country
Secretary Cook forwarded to him at St
Paul large number of pamphlets de-
scriptive of Georgia and her resources.
At Dawson Monday, Detective Jones. of
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George Brooks and Oscar Williams. two
negroes, on the charge of burning Sardis
negro Baptist Church on the night of May
26 The burning of the negro church was
one of many incendiary fires that have oc-
Cured in Dawson within the past fifteen
months, and for some time George Brooks
has been suspected of being connected
with more than one of them, in fact Mr.
Horseley says that he has strong evidence
against him in al least six different cases,
There was several rewards offered by the
Governor, city officials and individuals for
the perpetrators of these crimes, amount
ing in the aggregate to nearly 81 900. and
Detective Jones has been In Dawson three
weeks in the guise Of a tramp working up
the cases.
Cartersville News: Mr. W. r. Mcmillan.
prominent citizen of Pine Log, was a
visitor in the city Friday and was mar
ldNHl6 " ItS lilttNS q strange occurrence
that has just come under his observation
Mr.. Mcmillan was a Confederate soldier
and was wounded at Resaca. Last week
ne paid visit to the old battle-ground
and was guest of Mr.. King. who. also
was wounded in the head al the battle of
the Wilderness. While at supper Mr.
King was annoyed by what he thought
bad tooth, and by inserting his fingers
on the spot that was hurting was sur
prised TO have large leaden bullet fan
into the plate before him. This bullet
was the cause of his wound at the Wider
ness, having entered above the left tenn
pie and While it had been probed for IL
never could be distracted During these
long years. thirty-four years ago Il was
working its way downward causing main
occasionally, which MIR. King took for
neuralgia. and finally Hast week il fell
from las long confinement into the plate
as stated above. The bullet was fattened
somewhat, and small piece of bone had
been lmbedded in it, which is thought to
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