The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-26
GEORGIA.

Trion near Rome is to have another
cotton mill. III VIII be capitalized at some
thing like $5olc05
Within a short time a wheat mill will be
put in at O!d Town near Louisville. 1t
viii have a grinding capacity Of 100 bush
els day.
Columbia county has abolished the con-
Wet system OF working the roads, and is
doing the work by taxation. and great
many Of the land holders are kicking al 1t.
statesboro and surrounding country has
now begun to feel the benefit Of some live
" compeut .on The Dover and Statesooro
railroad has applied the knife to trelgHi
rates.
Hunters report having found dead SPUR
rels ir tie swamps near Americas, the an
finals freezing during the cold weather last
week. Such ii thing was never neard oil
before.
tAmericus Times Recorder: The recent
freeze again sounded the death knell to
the blue birds in this section, hundreds Of
little blue bodies having since been found
in the woods and fields here.
Ocoree county may have a dispensafy
within the next twelve months. Those who
favor the establishment Of a dispensary at
WatllinsviSe say that there are so many
peopIe selling liquor in that county under
United States license that prohibition -
being seriously blocked there.
MIR. William Green died Monday morning
az his home near Parish, Ga. in Bulloch
county He was confined TO his bed for
several months before he finally sue
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two children, who are about grown, his
wife having died some years ago
Flint river was frozen over OF Erin dur
ing the recent cold. The ice formed in eddy
water This is the first time the river has
been frozen over within the memory OF any
of the old residents. The Erfnites say II
was cold enough to suit the most feverish
hot blooded inhabitant and no one desires
ever TO see The record broken.
MIR. Joe Hodges, of Brooks county, will
try an experiment in planting melons by
planting a 10-acre field and select one good
healthy melon on each vine, then clipping
off all others so as to produce one good
melon to each hill. and making 4iO to each
acre should easily produce eight car loads
on 20 acres and early enough 10 get hand
some prices.
Alie Coffee, charged with assault with
intent to murder, and S. A. Ammons,
charged with simple larceny, escaped from
Rabun county jail last Sunday night. They
left a letter in which Coffee stated that he
did not wish TO be tried at the approaching
term of court but would return after court
and make bond. Ammons gave Instructions
90 the postmaster TO forward his mail TO
Cullawhee, n. c., and made no promise TO
return. The jail Is now empty.
Ocilla Dispatch Abe Watson, a negro
gambler, was shot Tuesday by another ne
gro at the Ensign Oskamp mill, in this
place, and was reported dead at O'Clock
next day. Coroner Null was notified, came
down from Fitzgerald Wednesday night,
had jury summoned marched solemnly
to the scene OF carnage Thursday morning
to sit on Abes inanimate body and found
hm-sitting up in bed eating breakfast!
There's an elephantine Joke on somebody.
Atlanta Constitution: Railroad Commits
sioner Thomas c. Crenshaw has invested
in Barlow county farm. Living in a
house from which a fine view of the Eto-
wah river can be obtained, Mr.. Crenshaw
instead of being lulled into poetry, has
had his faculties sharpened for more prac-
teal things YES said Mr.. Crenshaw
Il have decided that farming is the most
attractive business in the world, and
have, therefore, bought 500 acres fronting
upon the Etowah. l am now beginning
my third years work and l have every
ground for encouragement"
Pelham. South Georgia Home: Mr. T.
]. Watts is a prosperous farmer living just
across the Thomas county line in Spence
district. Several days ago mad dog came
to Mr.. Watts home and bit several of his
big fat hogs. The dog was chased by Mr.
Watts and his neighbors and finally killed.
Mr.. Watts watched for symptoms among
his hogs, but as nine days past and he
saw no signs he concluded that none would
develop, and the mad dog was almost for
gotten. But on last Friday morning when
Mr.. Watts arose he found that the hogs
bitten by the dog had gone mad and were
literally tearing each other and the well
ones to pieces in their mad fury Mr.
Watts said that it was simply frightful TO
see them as they tried TO destroy each 9TH
err Mr. Watts saw that ii would not do to
let a single one escape, so he took down
his rife and went to killing. Twenty-one
head Of big, fine hogs-all Mr. Watts had
were slain These were his next year
meat hogs, but Mr.. Watts cleaned up the
pateh' and will have to buy hogs to ger
another start