The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA.
Warrenton Clipper. one of our large
cantaloupe growers sent three crates to
Chattanooga. Tenn. and his returns gave
him % cents net on each crate, This Is
encouragius.
Carrollton Is 10 have a cotton mill.
About S5o.G00 has been subscribed and near
~ oil will be home capital Work is eN-
pected 60 begin sometime IN August. G.
II. West j. A. Aycock and l.. c. Man
doxl.e are the principal promoters.
A new postofnce has been established
in Worth county. 1t is located about
seven niles north of Poulan, and viii be
known as Kelvin. Ga. w. NJ Perryman
has been appointed postmaster The
Office viii be supplied by a star route from
Pouan.
Dahlonega Signal: The whereabouts of
our b. c. Harris is unknown. The last
heard OF him was the latter part Of 9S a
which time he was a work for the Ar
mour Packing Company of South Carolina
His mother and friends here are anxious
to know of him We hope Ben will show
himself up soon.
Americas Times-Recorder: quite
number Of politicians of more or less
prominence IN the state ietudlItI away
from the Bryan speaking because they are
shrewd enough not to jump, and as soon as
they are satisfied on that point they VIII
endeavOr 90 leap as near as possible into
the tricks of the animal.
Arthur Lindsey, son of Mr.. NJ A. Lind
sey, Of Flovilla, died at O'Clock Thurs
day night at Gordon Springs He was
only 19 years of age but held a responsible
position on the Central Railroad with his
headquarters at Macon He was very
popular with his associates and we'll
thought of by his employers.
Carrolton Free Press: We learn that
the Macon & Birmingham Railroad, which
is completed and in operation to LAGRANGE
will be extended to Carrollton, connect
ing with the c. r. & S at Carrollton
thereby giving through line fro Chat
tanooga to Macon. via Rome, Cedartown,
Carrolton, LaGrange to Macon. Carroll
ton viii be only too glad TO have the NJ
& B. extended from LAGRANGE TO Carroll
ton.
Messrs. F. NJ. Stafford & Co, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, who mace the highest bid
for the thirty bonds of one thousand dol
lars each, recently offered for sale by the
town of Washington, have stated that
they found the bonds were all right, and
sgnified their readiness to receive and
pay IOf tutm+ 4 ne DOnUS nave Deen sign
ed and expressed 10 Chicago on the order
of Stafford & Co, and draft drawn for
$31, 1850.
Inspector General Obear of the adjutant
generals office is going to Brunswick He
is scheduled to arrive there to hold an in
epectiOn tonight In anticipation of his
arrival both divisions of the naval NIL
litia are preparing for the event. The in
spector VIII find the two divisions in fine
shape, and it is said they will be re-
tanned in the service. The Rihemen will
also probably be inspected, but no official
notice to this effect has been received.
Dalton Argus: Rev. Sam Jones is a fun
ny cuss. He says his income has been
from $25 600 to S35, 600 annually for the past
fifteen years. On the heel of this state
ment he saws he will be willing to take
an oath that he is not worth over $4,000
Yes, indeed; Sam is a comical cuss, and
he's either been stretching his blanket, or
he's a terrible "blower-in" with the boys
What has Sam done with all that filthy
lucre?
The Seventh Georgia Infantry Veterans
Association will meet III Carrolton on
July Dist. There are many surviving
members of this regiment, and their an
nual reunion is always an occasion of un-
usual interest Carroton invited the
veterans to hold their reunion in that city
this year. and the invitation was accepted
promptly by the survivors of the regi-
ment. They were anxious to go to Car
rollton because of the reputation that city
has made for hospitality.
Athens Banner: The two Mormon elders
have left for parts unknown. They have
shaken the dust of this unrighteous city
from their feet and departed, telling of
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take US for not having hardened unto their
discourse. Mayor Smith. however will
have to bear the burden of the wrath to
come; ii is he who has offended, and by
the shade of Brigham Young and his
forty wives he shall repent it in sackcloth
and ashes. The elders waxed exceeding
wrath against the city, but to no avail.
They were not allowed to stop and chat
with us, so they moved on. Peace be
with them.
Macon Telegraph: The sheriffs, the
court clerks and the chiefs of police of
Georgia are coming TO town Wednes-
day, but they do not propose to arrest
anybody. On the contrary, they will be
placed under arrest and kept under close
surveillance for at least twenty four
hours. The convention will be called to
order by the president and it is thought
that there will be a large attendance, as
many of TIE members of the association
have notified the committee that they
would be here. At noon Wednesday a spe-
cial train will take the members of the
association, the County Commissioners and
few specially invited guests out to the
Recreation Club, where a genuine old
fashioned barbecue and fish fry will be
served.
FLORIDA.
A. ]. Faulkner died at the hospital in