The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-04
n GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
cws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

v,fo- s. B. SawteH has retired from
a, Griffin Evening CAN and the parer is
-, entirely in the hands OF Mr.. J. c..
hwtell
Prof E. C. Bronson, of the State Normal
,.5ooj has been appointed assistant in
.srs.,logv at the State University by
Eb.noelor w. p. Hill. 1t was reported
va, Prof G. G. Bond had been given the
snDointmeut but this was error
The Methodist Church at Monroe was
,,,ks5 10 its utmost capacity the other
s,-pt The occasion of such a gathering
rss because the prohibition fight is on
mere During The evening a number Of
Grt point d addresses were made by
aFe,ert members Of the audience in IA
g,r Of the prohibition movement.
At Ty Ty Wednesday, about p o'clock
t5s large giunery and grist mills of J. L.
r Gibbs we're discovered to be in flames
which spread so rapidly that in few
minutes the building, with about thirty
MAS of sea island cotton and a large
mantty of seed cotton were destroyed.
me loss is estimated at about 5000. No
Insurance.
Jerry Bowden, John links and John
r1ds. all negroes. effecl ed an escape from
he county Jail here Wednesday night, by
making a lock and then picking out
rcE in the Jail wall and thus escaped
froush a hole in the wall of the build
ne. John Chids was a rusty at the Jail,
nd the sheriff allowed him to sleep out
die the cells in order to wait on some
rgroes who were sick in the steel cages.
The pick used in breakng the locks and
1a 11-ipl< an7a1 oh III G
+om outside through a window.
Brunswick Times: News comes from a
rlable source that Mr.. ]. f. O'Shaughn-
asy of New York has virtually closed the
deal for a large tract of land near Bruins
wick and that he viii also erect a large
cotton compress here. Mr. O'Shaughnes-
sv was he founder of the Brunswick Dock
and Improvement Company, and has spent
thousands of dollars in the purchase of
Brunswick dirt. 1t is extremely gratifying
to know that he still has faith in the
future of Brunswick, and that he shows
70 in such a substantial way.
Rome Tribune: The railroad out TO Ce-
Oar creek is being pushed to comp elton
os rapidly a possible. A very large force
is Ing and bUi ding tracks. There is
scare ly a doubt now that the line win
be extended 10 Cedart9w giving the
Southern excellent facilities through that
erri o3y. The rich ore mires are being
Wcncd w revealing vast stores of the
1res- iron. As soon as the raj road IS com
Peted some hun red men W Il find en-
Payment in these mines, which win be
opened on the most ext nsive scale ever
seen IN the south.
The Macon Volunteers intend to cele-
ra their seventy-dfth anniversary,
VII ch occurs on the 23d of Apsil OF next
year, in a 5 We that wi make the oc a
sion marked in The annals of the state. 1t
WIZ lie military day in Macon. The Vol
Unteers propose to have as their guests
Inc military of the stale. They W II br ne
t2eetner al The cd commands which, / k
themselves, have been perpetual ed down
TO he present time, and they viii also
unite nc NOrnr er ones who ore a part of
tee military Of Georgia of to-day. The
volunteers propo e a grand prize dri as
the feature of The occasion.
A special from Woodstock. Ga. says:
This place has been a verltable Gretna
Green. The matrimonial fever has become
epidemic here. It seems as catching as
'he god fever in South Africa. Neithnr
Young nor old is exempted. One day
mere comes coupled aged 50, who have
escaped the barriers of Directing children,
Wn'ie the next coupled aged Is has elud-
ca the birch and righteous counsel of dot
ing parents All who come with a pre-
scTlption from the Ordinary are medicined
oE the minister, and sent on their way
rejoicing. This has for some time been
ne refuge of runaway couples, and yet
they come. Fast stock is in as much de-
Hahd here as at the fair grounds in At
lanta
As Abe Ballard and his 6-year-oId son
We're returning home from Zebulon Tues
Gay IN a one-horse wagon, and just as they
were crossing the railroad track, two miles
norm OF Zebulon near Elkins creek tres
t'e' me wagon was struck by the south
nouhd train and completely demolished.
Ihe mule was unhurt Mr. Ballard fell
upon MS head and shoulder, the fall crush
i iuS Ooth his skull and right shoulder The
.'..f 10Y was found on the pilot of the
,i7.Ae with his skull fractured and his
me'V almost scalped They were picked
~ ana brought to Zebulon in an insen-
o9 condition and carried to the home
W. " - Harrison, a brother-in-law of
esi,n na.Iard, where they both lie uncon-
ana IN very critical condition.
Inc Atlanta Journal thus quotes Repre-
.10.ative Willingham: IT shall endeavor
I've my prohibition bill set for next
Nh I ,s. on special order" says its author
t5l w bingham, to-day "The fight for
VII, mas been an encouraging one. and
No., .g' az candidly when l tell you il will
ior;,,.' AIs body (the House, by a safe ma
my ! am not yet certain as to its fate
is 'He senate, but the bill has some of
Mr. 9u,r -.l,.t supporters in that body"
g.s,,IMnH iingham is kept busy to-day with
v5oss interested in his bill many of
Tia, r. are delegates to the State Prohibit
thoi,,{ invention, and, strange TO saw
or,asn ne author of a measure that the
cerI1r.l1,,A prohibitionists of the state have
he i s upon as the legislation they seek
Prots;,tlo t himself a member of the State
''"'''lon Association.
n @.5nta Constitution: 1t is understood
,n.. non. John w. Lind ay of wilkinson
pm .S is to be the new commissioner Of
FUN rs,o.S. All day yesterday there were
i5s. o's that he had been appointed. but
PoVed to be premature They came
10 c. T. from sources exceedingly close
prsS' Gambler and it seems now a SAFE
Tboryg ION that Lindsay will be Che man.
anon, nave been number of candidates.
IL ga mem many good men, but certain
men OF them would fill the require
ma, mere completely than The gentle
or rom Wilkinson. The nos,tion is
s.oro great resp visibility. The commits
ayr OF UengiOTS must ne art,r -..