The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-29
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN AGRAPHS.


A correspondent Of the Atlanta Cons'i-
tuition writes that there are 900 weak
minded and epleptic people IN Georgia,
against 10000 in the United States.
The South Georgia Home says Pelham Is
20 have a $1,000 cotton factory. Mr.. J.
l.. Hand is at the head Of the enterprise
and $1,000 of the capital stock has already
been subscribed.
Mr. John Hightower. vice president Of
the Triton, Thomasville and Gulf road,
saws the road will soon be competed 20
Mou.uie. and That then it viii lie pushed
on to Thomasvi}e at the earliest possible
day.
Thomasvfne Times Enterprise: Farmers
are picking out their cotton very rapidly.
This is wise as bow may come along al
almost any time ard play havoc with the
cotton ia the fields. a farmer IS never sure
of his cotton until it is picked, ginned,
packed, sold aud paid for. And then he
may be uneasy about ths safety Of the
money
Friday afternoon at about o'clock,
while on thelr return home, one Of the
hand cars on the Southern. working the
Roberta section, jumped the track, throw
ing Section Hand Abe Holloway, co.Ored,
off and running over him just below tine
knees inhictins ugly and painful wounds.
Section Boss w. p, Watson, in trying to
catch Holloway, was overbalanced and
fell the car running over him, cutting his
left arm. left leg and hand. The car was
on a down grade and running near fifteen
miles an hour
Judge William II. Felton, has been elect
ed to the chair of criminal law practice
in the law school Of Mercer University,
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vacancy created by the resignation of Mr..
Walter B. Hill. The addition of Judge
FELTON, 10 the law faculty of Mercer Is
considered a particularly happy selection,
as his long experience in criminal law, az
solicitor general and judge of the Superior
Court of the Macon circuit has strongly
prepared him for the position Of an in
structor in criminal law practice.
Deputy Collector O. J. Hinton, accom-
panied by Deputy United States Marshals
George f. White and G H. Thomas, ar
rested man named jenkins and his as
sstant Sam Hargroves, with two colored
laborers. Jim Sessions and Morris Ham
mond, about seven miles from Tennille
Friday After making The arrests the Of
ficia,s proceeded to destroy a still, thir
tv-gallon affair. They also destroyed
about 800 gallons of beer. They found only
about twenty-five gallons Of whisky on
hand. which, with the four prisoners, they
took to Macon.
According to Capt. Smith, there seems
10 be no doubt about the brownsville
Guards going to New York to partici-
pate In the celebration of Admiral Dewey's
homecoming. He expects to take at least
seventy-hve men with him, all of whom,
however, will not be members Of the
Guards Some thrty-hve members of the
company have sgni1ed their Willingness
to these will be added squads from the
Cuthbert and Fort Gaines Guards, the
Naldosta Videttes and the Albany Guards,
which will run the number up to fully
seventy-hve.
Moultrie Observer: This big snake story
comes from the McMuIen settlement,
southeast of Mou,trie. Mr. Dock McMul-
len and Mr.. Jack Shaw were in the woods
together when they came across huge
ratllesnake near an Old clay root. Mr.
McMullen had his gun with him and shot
the snake. The report from the gun
scared a second snake from under the
same bed of roots. This one was likewise
killed. Its body being very large they
had some curiosity to see what was in It,
Cutting the snake open they found three
little rattlers measuring in length about
foot each She had evidently swallowed
them to secure them.
Albany Herald: Mr.. w. A. johnson has
an interesting souvenir of the Mexican war
of 1916 in a roster of the famous Palmetto
regiment of South Carolina, which did
such distinguished and valiant service for
their country and their flag 10 that war
fare. The roster is about four feet square
and is a work Of art on il are engraved
the names of every man and officer who
fought with the Palmetto regiment, and
under the list of names are representations
of the battles of Vera Cruz. Contreros.
Churubusco, Chapultepec and Gorita de
Belen, at which this regiment bore itself
with distinguishing Valor At Churubus-
co Col. p. NJ Butler, the gallant comman-
der of the regiment, was killed, and it is
appropriately indicated on the ancient ros-
ter. In this roster Mr.. Johnson has an
interesting souvenir which he justly prizes
very highly.
Athens Banner: That the Chattanooga
Augusta and Charleston Air Line Railroad
Will come to Athens, is now an assured
thing. The promoters Of the scheme have
applied to Hon. Phil Cook, secretary Of the
state of Georgia for a charter, and in their
petition they supulate specifically that the
road viii pass through Athens and fur
Their that the main Georgia Office OF the
company would be located at this place.
The petition adds further that ihe road
would be approximately 210 miles in
itHSlH anu Noulu PISS luIbuSU the cOun-
ties OF Richmond. Columbia, McDufie, Lin
coin, Wilkes Oglethorpe Clarke jackson,
Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, Cherokee Pick
ems, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield and Catoo-
sa. The termini Of the road win be Chat
tanooga and Charleston. The petitioners
ask 10 incorporate with capital stock of
$4,000, reserving the privilege to increase
il at any time that the directors may deem
eXpedient.
Mr. Jim Murray, of Watkinsvine, has a
large collection of snakes which he in
tends to have on exhibition in Atlanta in
the fail. He makes no pretensions what
ever to being snake charmer, but says
he IS not afraid of any snake to be found
in this country. In a quiet way he began
gathering mis- collection, and there are but
a few who know of its existence. All In
this collection have been captured on and
near creek within two miles Of his home,
and now he has some twenty snakes Of all
sizes and many varieties. Among the
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