The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
A large number of society ladies of At
Iartl have entered into an agreement not
10 wear birds on their hats. A club I'M
der the leadership of Mrs. julius Brown
has been organized there for the purpose
Of carrying out this object.
The farmers in attendance at court at
Louisville report a better yield in crops
than they expected earlier in the season.
The top crop Of cotton is surprising, and
many say they will harvest twice the
amount they expected when the drought
came on. Capt. j. c. Little of that sec
ton raised this year twenty-five bales of
cotton on twenty-one acres of land, and
Mr.. L. r. Farmer did nearly as well on
thirty-one acres.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Intelligence
reached the city yesterday of the tragical
result of a wife's interference in an at
tempt TO save her husbands life. Tow
Owens, a negro, became engaged in a
quarrel with John Eelback, his brother
in-law. near Upatoe, and raised a pistol
10 shoot him. Hattie Eelback, Owens
sister and the others wife, rushed between
the two men in time to receive the bull
let She was quite seriously wounded.
Owens is now at large. He has the repu-
tadon of being a bad negro.
The Royal Minis will soon have their
charter This is the new cotton factory
that is to be put in or near Athens within
the next few months The petition for in
corporation names as the corporatOrs
Messrs. Billups Phinizy, Myer Stern,
james White, James NJ Smith. T. P. Vim
cent A. H. Hodgson, j. Y. Carithers,
John r. White A. r. Griffith, w. d.
Griffith and j. j. Strickland. They desire
Ia tod he e
Royal Mills. The company is to start
business on $4,000 capital stock and can
Increase it from time to time as they see
fiji.
Chancellor Hill is firmly convinced that
great deal of good is to be done by
bringing the alumni of the University of
Georgia into closer touch with the stu
dents and with the institution itself. Ac-
corlingly he Is arranging a number of
plans by which he hopes to put these ideas
into execution. The first is to have some
prominent alumnus of the University ad
dress the students in the chapel at Athens
every Saturday morning. He already has
On the list for this purpose Senators Clay
ana Bacon Speaker John d. Little. Con-
gr5ssman w H. Fleming, Col p. w. Mel
Grm and Hon. Clark Howell
Townsville Times Enterprise: Engineer
Pe,iman was fired at by some one near
Jarett's station between ThomasviIe and
Monticello day before yesterday morning
When on the run down. enc passenger was
picked up at the pace mentioned, AMI
three white men standing by a fire notified
the engineer thai they wanted to get on
when he went back. On he return trip
as the train apprc ached the place the men
signaled it TO stop and while Mr.. Betjman
WIS slowing down a pistol WAS fired at
him, the ball lodging in the wood pile be-
hind him. The engineer opened his throt-
tie and sped away, leaving the man whe;e
they were standing. He is al a loss to
account for the attack made on him.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce will
proceed at once TO petition Gov Gambler
to bring suit on behalf of the citizens of
Bibb county against the Southern Rail-
way. The petition has been drawn and re-
cites at length the grounds of comp amt
the main point being that the Southern
Railway is a monopoly operating in con-
traventon to the statutes of Georgia. The
courts will be asked TO determine clearly
the status of the railway company in
Georgia, ii being a foreign corro' alton,
the case not to be rested upon the mere
question of individual damages The
president of the Chamber of Commerce
has appointed a committee 10 wait upon
the Governor and 1t is expected that they
will carry the petition to the executive
within a few days. The action of the
Chamber was taken last summer but un-
der the resolution no step was taken
pending Judge Harris decision. That deci-
sion having been rendered, the Chamber
will at once present their petition.
Harvey Carroll, 1.-THE blind soldier of the
Confederacy," is a unique figure, says
Louisville (Ga) correspondent. He was
born in Rockingham county, Virginia fir
ty-seven years ago, and has been living
In Georgia five years. When the Civil War
broke out he joined the Seventh Virginia
Cavalry as chief bugler, and followed the
staff officers of that regiment, riding at
their heels, for two years. He Is the only
instance Of blind man serving in war,
ana he takes great pride in this unusual
distinction. He was in several battles dur
ing the war; among which were the bat
ties Of Kearstown and Brandy Station.
Harvey attends all the Confederate re-
unions, and at Charleston last year made
an effort 10 be recognized officially as
the blind soldier of the Confederacy."
For some reason he failed to gain his
point but will renew his effort al Savan-
nan this year He has papers to prove all
he claims for himself and but for the fact
mat he had not been a resident of the
STATE long enough when application was
made, he would now be drawing PEN
soL.