The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
RVS OF THE Two STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
GEORGIA.
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GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
nr George f. Smith, 81 years old, died
Atlanta Sunday, from the effects of
y.o5 noison contracted two years ago
usTe reforming an operation.
albany Herald: There was another
Ivy frost last night, which made three
- .iosa succession. The first big frost"
~ rbe season formed Friday night, there
v9s another Saturday night and still an
,fher as white as either of the others, COW
srs5 he housetops and fences when the
ety walked up this morning.
The directors of the Washington Loan
and Banking Company met Saturday af-
,srnoon in the company's office and de-
dared their regular semi-annual dividend
G per cent. to be paid a once. The Off
ssrs of this solid institution are G. E.
lyndon. president; J. S. Crouch, vice pres
dent: Boyce Ficklen cashier.
Cobb county, the winner of the $1,000
rremlum for the best county display at
he State Fair in Atlanta disposed of her
exhibit 10 a local commission merchant
IN the neat sum of $2200. This price was
mid il is stated, by Mr.. H. L. Whitlock
he manager of the display, for the farm
PRODUCTS as they stood in the exhibit.
Macon will have another stave factory.
Mr.. Sidney r. Wiley has decided to estab-
lsh one in Macon, and will commence
work on the erection of his plant at an
esrlv date The machinery for the mill
has already been ordered, and will be on
the ground before the necessary buildings
can be erected unless the work is pushed
with unusual rapidity.
L. N. Sumner was convicted at the
spring term of the Superior Court of
Worth county of the killing of James
Powell and sentenced to the penitentary
twelve years. He was afterwards re-
leased on a $4,000 bond pending an appeal
to the Supreme Court for a new trial. The
court refused to grant a new trial a few
DAYS ego, and Sumner will make no fur
tier contest in the matter.
Mr.. John L. Barley, one of Butts coun-
TVS prosperous farmers, sold last .Wednes-
day to Mt A. H. Smith, of the cotton
mills in Jackson, 100 bales of his year be
fore last crop of cotton at cents a pornl.
Mr. Barley stil has on hand all The cot
ton made on his farm this year. He is con-
siercl one of the leading farmers of
Georgia. and makes his farms self-sup-
porting. Some Of his land yielding two
bales per acre.
Mr. Lawrence Crawford, of Jackson,
cpmred and landed in jail Perry Bowden,
one of the negroes who escaped from the
county Jail this week. Bowden, after es-
ap!as from tine jail, stole horse, broke
Into several homes in the country st al
Inc what he could before being
captured again. He narrowly escaped
fahs lynched in Butts county about
month AGO. lie is wanted for burglary in
Monroe Jasper, Henry, Butts and Spald-
is Counties
Prof r. j. Prentis, superintendent of the
Cordele pubic schools has handed his
resignation in to the secretary of the pub
ae school board of trustees to be ac ed on
a. The regular monthly meeting of the
board. Professor Prentis' resignation is
quite "a surprise to the trustees as well s
to the patrons of the schools. Professor
Pronus has been forced to give up his la
bors n the school room on account of his
failing eyesisht, having already lost one
OF his eyes entirely.
The largest lot of cotton ever sold at
one time in the history of West Point was
bought Saturday night by r. C. Freeman,
buyers for the three mills, Lanett Cotton
Mills. West Point Manufacturing Company
and Riverdale Cotton Mills. The amount
was 1000 bales 1,500 being from Lafayette.
Ala. The largest number of bales bought
from one concern was 200 from the Eady-
Baker Grocery Company, j. J. Hagedorn
q co. coming second with 800. The
amount paid was in the nelghborhood Of
Sl5OOOO
Atlanta Journal: Capt ]. F. Ross, of
Sumpter county, had one of the very best
EXHIBITS at the State Fair; having more
tAan one hundred different specimens Of
crops grown on his farm. He is type
Oh me intelligent, cultured southern far
lheF' lie makes his farm more than self
sustaining independent of cotton, having
s"Vet potatoes, corn. oats and rye and
everything that can be grown on the soil
OF southwest Georgia. Capt. Ross was a
soAaHt commander of one of the con-
p@G.s OF Cults battalion of artillery.
Nuich served through the entire war as
part OF the Army of Northern Virginia.
Mr.. Thomas scrutchin. one of Attain
ta's Oldest and besl-known citizens. died
saturday night shortly before clock,
al his residence 200 KimbaH street. Mr..
9eruIchin has been quite i'll for two weeks,
WIN Indigestion. but he had not been con-
Iueu TO his bed, nor even TO the house;
81" was out on the veranda Saturday
morning Saturday night while sitting up,
us was seized with a severe pain in his
f Pi TO which his daughter, Mrs. Lille
-'issels' applied hot cloths. He had just
ttsHlarhed that the treatment made him
lsel oe,ter, when his head fell forward. and
H. III AIuns it they found that ne was dead.
S sudden death was a shock to family
o esu friends Mr.. Scrutchin was 7g years
A. NJ age last September. His wife, who was
AlSs Cnairs, Of Florida, died in 1871.
FLORIDA.
" j. Y. Porter, Florida state
''''A officer, has been authorized