The morning news., 1899-12-30
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.


of Mr.. w. T. Christopher was dest stroyed
by fire. The origin is unknown. He lost
everything he had in the way of furniture
books and valuables. No insurance He
was packing up to move to Cordele.
The physicians who have been attend
ing Mrs S. M. Hillard of Macon. the
victim of w. D. Smiths dastardly attack.
have now fully decided that both her
eyes are destroyed and that she will be
totally blind without any hope of ever see
ing again.
Wyly Padgett, who was killed with an
AK and robbed of $500, was buried at
Brooks station Wednesday. The coroner
and jury have been at work on the ca e
since the horrible murder was commit ed
but the verdict, if one has been reached
has not been made public yet
Albany has new industry in the way
of a broom factory. Mr.. Morris Weslow-
sky has raised a number of tons of broom
corn this year, and he is having the
brooms manufactured at home. The straw
Is said 10 be a very fine quality as can
he grown anywhere. Mr.. Weslowsky is
also owner of the canning company.
The Dougherty county Jail has more
prisoners than 1t has had at one time in
number of years. There were twenty-eight
ND to Wednesday, with a good prospect of
the number being increased. Sheriff Ed
wards on Tuesday gave the inmates an
old-fashioned barbecue, the feast that was
served was decidedly better than many of
them would have gotten had they been out
of jail
The marriage of Miss Mary Louise Reese
and Mr. Frank Nj. Inman was solemnzed
Wednesday evening at the residence of the
brides father, Judge Seaborn Reese at
SPARTA The ceremony was performed by
DR.. Judd, of the Methodist Church of Ma
con- Only the relatives and intimate
friends of the bride and groom witnessed
The ceremony. About forty guests from At
lsnta were present, and twenty-five from
Macon.
Dublin Courier Dispatch: In response
to the suggestion in the Courier-Dispatch
of last Thursday, the Central Prohibition
Committee has called a meeting of the
people of Laurens for the first Tuesday
in January to take steps looking to the
breaking up of all the blind tigers in this
county. The meeting win be held in the
Court House, and every citizen in the
county who is in favor of law, order and
decency is earnestly requested to come
out 1t is with the people whether or
not these pests of inquity are broken up.
Another years profits from the Athens
dspensary have accumulated and still
there is no division between the city of
Athens and the county of Clarke The
profits for 1898 have been held up a year
on account of litigation maintained by the
County Commissioners, who say the coun-
ty has not been getting an equitable share
of the profits. The profits thus held up
amount TO $11,000 and next month there
will be another years profits to add 10
this sum, making in round numbers $40
81 lit
The question will be finally settled at an
early date.
Augusta's shipyard is a busy place these
days, and skilled workmen are rapidly
constructing, under the direction of Supt.
Twiggs, what, when completed, will be
one of the finest craft on the river. The
Wendo was a small boat owned by this
gentleman, but it met the fate of many
other gallant ships early in the year and
went down. Then he planned to build
new boat, and to build it at home. The
work is so far completed chat the boat
will be launched in about six weeks. She
will be 12O feet long and "a feet broad, but
of light draft to enable her TO ply on the
Upper Savannah. The saloon and cabin
will be handsomely finished, and alto
gether the new boat will be quite an ad-
dtion to the Savannah river feet.
Next Tuesday West Point will have
Prohibition election, and the campaign is
growing more lively every day. The cleo
tion has been ordered by the Mayor and
Council in accordance with a recent act
OF the Legislature giving them that power.
West Point became prohibition town
number of years ago, when Troup coun-
ty went dry, under the local option law.
For several years. however, saloons have
been operating in Lauett which adjons
West Point on the Alabama side The
Alabama town has had three saloons,
which paid license of 81, 900 each. The
proximity of the saloons made the pro-
hlbition law practically a dead letter in
west Point, and large number of citi-
zens urged the passage of the bill to al
low the people 10 vote again on the ques-
non. 1t was claimed that as the town
had all of the effects of the whisky traf-
nc 1t might as well enjoy the revenue.
Macon Telegraph: The remarkable
sight of a load of watermelons beng ped
died on the streets of Macon was witress-
ed yesterday. The melons were offered for
sale by a countryman and he had a wagon
tull of average-sized ones-that is tie
size that usually sells for a n excl in sea-
son. and he was offering them from Is 10
~ cents each The melons attracted con-
siderable attention and nearly every
passer stopped to take a good look at them.
The sale of the melons, however, wss
rather slow due largely TO the fact that
most white people were afraid to eat them
and most negroes had spent all their mon
ey Christmas and didn't have the price.
One of the melons that was cut open by
purchaser appeared to have as firm and
healthy meat as the averagle melon fresh
from The vine.
The murder of Mr.. Frank Holiday Is
the one topic of conversation at Jefferson
and the coroner's investigation, which
lasted for five days, attracted large crowds
ut the hearing. Several witnesses went
from Madison county. Holiday owned
considerable property, was a widower and
li'ed alone in the country. His body was
iound last week with jawbone broken and
skull crushed. The coroner's inquiry re-
suited in the arrest OF Bill Bogus, man
anout 81 years of age. who lived near
Holiday last year and was frequent
visitor 10 HollidaY's house. Roggus tells