The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-27
GEORGIA.

0EOhAtAs
The measles are going the rounds in
Guyton. There is hardly a home in town
but what has had a case, and all of the
cases are very severe.
The guano factory a Cordele has closed
down for the present. It has only ship
ped three carloads of guano this season,
and that accounts for the closing down Of
business.
The smallpox scare i'll Miller county has
about died out. as there have been no new
cases for two weeks. and all the patients
who have suffered from the disease have
recovered.
Editor Ben F. Perry of Canton, editor
Of the Cherokee Advance, has been ap-
pointed Inspector Of fertilizers for the dis
trjct in which he lives. He was an ardent
supporter Of Commissioner .. b. stevens,
and is one of the best known citizens OF
Cherokee county. His friends conSratu-
late him upon his appointment
Social Gree is to have an entire new
block of brick buildings. Messrs. w. 1.
Knox & Bro. have begun 10 tear away
their wooden store rooms on the west side
of Main street. and will erect hVe DIick
buildings on the block In addition 90
these. there will be five other brick build
ings erected. making in all ten brick store
rooms.
Wavnesboro is to furnish a very sensa-
tional suit in Augusta. Mr.. Weintraup
sues by attachment r. G. Dun & Co,
who have an agency in Augusta. Mr..
Weintraub who brings the suit alleges
that the r. G. Dun & Co. injured him oy
false reports as to his standing IN Naynes-
boro and as to the false reports ABOUT
mortgages on his stock He sues Tor
5000.
Mr.. George ". Marston, who was about
s. years old, and one of the Oldest ciu-
zeng of Conyers. died there Friday from
the effects OF an overdose of laudanum,
which he took with suicidal intent. He
was Familiarity known 90 every body in that
section as Uncle George Marston, ana
has many relatives and friends In Geor-
gfa, He leaves a wife and several chill
dren. some of the latter residing in At
lanta.
With a view to putting the many adj
vantages of the South as a residence and
business sees ion before the people of their
respective cities, a delegation of newspaper
representatives from New England known
as the New England Newspaper League,
will make a tour of Southern states next
month. The party will leave Boston aboard
a special private car chartered for the
tour, Saturday March 4, and will visit the
principal cities of Virginia. the Carolinas,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi ana
Tennessee.
Capt. ID. A. Frederick, the chief muster
ing out officer of the United States army
in Georgia, took leave of his friends at
the capitol Friday and regretfully gave up
his office at the state house, In which he
has been located but a short time. Capt.
Frederick has been ordered TO proceed to
Augusta, and there begin the work Of
mastering out the volunteer troops en-
camped in that city. The mastering Off
Ger has had his headquarters at the capi-
tol in Atlanta since the early part Of the
fail and has been busily engaged in diff
ferent parts of the state in the work OF
relieving volunteers from duty. He was
first ordered TO Atlanta upon the return
of the Second Georgia and personally con-
Quoted the mastering out OF that regiment.
Gov. Gambler has received an urgent APP
peal from a person in Bryan county in
which the request is made for at least
five months provisions for about 400 poor
people in the county, who were sufferers
al the hands of the blizzard that extend
er all over the state. The request is
modest one, compared with some that
have come in from other portions of Geor-
gia in the last two weeks, but the Gov
ernor is powerless to assist such cases,
and can only refer the applicants to the
authorities of the county In which they
live. II is the belief of the Governor that
several of the appeals are really from
needy persons who have lost entirely
their early crop of vegetables and have lit
tie else 10 lean on for support. 1t is also
true that others have taken advantage of
the billiards. passage to attempt to bun
ko the state. in preference to going to
work