The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGR Apis.
GEORGIA

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MeriWether indicator: Barlow county
planters want lower taxes. So do all he
other planters and citizens ali over Geor-
eia. The Barlow folks are just ike the
balance OF We 'uns.
There are but twenty days in which the
railroads have to file the plans and speci-
neatons for new passenger depots for At
lanta The sixty days which was allowed
by the railroad commission at It's last
meeting expires on the first OF October.
Miss Name Morris o; Chattanooga.
Tenn, who s a colonel on Gov. 4. j.
Gamblers staff viii accompany the Gov
ernor and party 10 Evansville Ind 70 at
tend the blue and gray reunion. Col.
Morris received an invitation Friday from
Gov. Gambler TO join the s,aff and she
has notified him, accepting.
Hamilton Journal: 1t is now a settlsd
fact that HiiIiard Brooks is TO hang, and
next Friday. the 18TH inst, Is the day fixed
by Judge Butt Hon. 3. H. Walton an
Peared before the pardouing board In Al
lanta with his petition for a Communication
Of the sentence 20 life Imprisonment, but
they declined 10 interfere with the SEN
tence.
Judge Nottingham Of the City Court Of
Macon. has stirred up the bar there con-
siderably BY directing a verdict OF guilty
in the cases Of three negroes charged with
stealing ride on a Southern Railway
train. His action has started not dis
cusson as to whether a judge has the
right TO direct a verdict in a criminal
case.
Meldrim Guidon: The building OF the
Methodist Church is being pushed with all
possible speed Il is hoped that within the
next three weeks II will be ready for oc-
cupancy. not entirely finished Of course.
but 50 that divine worship can be held
there in comfort. or course it will take
some little additional time to paint and
furnish the building completely.
II is said a hotel may be built in Athens
shortly that will rival any one in the state.
Mr.. H. s West Of Athens. is az the head
~ IT, and a stock company will soon be
chartered. The shares are quoted at 800
apiece, and quite number have already
been bought by prominent business men
of Athens. The hotel viii contain all
modern conveniences and viii be managed
by experienced hotel men.
Madison Madisonian: There is
great deal being said in the
papers now about the Southern farmers
holding their cotton. Whether they can
do 1t is another question altogether. Those
can manage to stave them, viii make
more money by meeting them promptly
than by specializing in cotton. Meeting
payments promptly puts a man In good
shape.
4 company with plenty Of money and
composed OF some of the most prominent
citizens of Atlanta. 1t is said, will soon
apply to the state OF Georgia for charter
90 construct a bet line OF railroads 10
extend completely around the city touch
ing at various points with the different
railroads entering Atlanta. 1t win have
double tracks, and the road bed viii be
made tirst-class in every particular.
The Red Cypress Lumber Company is a
new industry for Macon. 1t is composed
of E. A. Hallam. W. w Ha.iam and j. r.
Wright, who have applied to the Superior
Court for charter. The capital stock of
the company will be $4,000. all Of which
has been paid in. The company asks the
privilege to increase the capital stock 10
500 co., The principal Office OF the com
pany Will be in Macon, but the company
will own lands and operate mills in any
part Of the state
Bulloeh Herald: Mr.. G.. L. Miken killed
an alligator In the Mikell mill pond, abolt
three miles from town Saturday that
measured six feet. He says there is one
In the pond that is eighteen feet long a.
least that has been shot numerous times
with buck-shot without effect The gator
has knocked several hogs and calves into
the pond and fears neither man nor beast.
MIR. Mikell has laid in a supply of 4i-cali-
Der Winchester cartridges and will charge
the gator at the first opportunity.
Hamilton Journal: The only property
sold Tuesday was the advertised South
western Railroad stock belonging to the
Zachry estate. 1t was bid in at the re-
markedly low price of S75 per share. This
stock is quoted in the Atlanta Constitution
and Columbus Enquirer Sun at S1l0 and in
Columbus $ll0 il refused and $lll is asked.
Our people are either indifferent TO bar
gains or else pay no attention TO our adj
vertlsements. A cool $l75 represents the
profit TO purchaser Of this stock 1t now
seems 10 US that Il might have been bought
just as easily at 80 cents on the dollar.
At the last term Of Taliaferro Superior
Court Albert Jones. a negro. was SEN
fenced for six months by Judge Seaborn
Reese. Through a clerical error the SEN
tence was made out for twelve months
The error was not noticed and the sentence
was so signed. Jones was sent to Wilkes
county to serve his sentence. The error
has just been discovered and an effort is
being made TO have Jones pardone1.
Wilkes county has paid for twelve months
service and this she will have unless a
pardon IS secured. Meanwhile Jones Il
serving a sentence which is only techni-
cally just.
Gov Gambler has received in the
past few weeks a large number of letters
from every part OF the country comment
ing upon the position which he as Gov
ernor of Georgia has recently taken on the
race problem. These communications have
come from nearly every state in the union
and from persons of widely varying
thought and sentiment. In spite OF this
fact the large majority CT them congratu-
late the Governor on his position and agree
with him in general that should the North
ern politician leave the colored man OF
the South at peace the race problem would
settle itself and quickly disappear.
The causes for the delay in the inspec-
zion of the Ocmulgee river from Macon Ia
Hawkinsville by the government engineer
IN charge of the river and harbor improve