The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-12
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATE TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

A primary election will be held at the
council chamber in the city of Cordele, on
Sunday. the 2Srd day of December 1899,
~ select candidates for three aldermen to
h. elected at the regular city election to
he held on the second Wednesday in Jan
nary. 1900, and to elect five members of
the Democratic Executive Committee of
me city of Cordeie for the full term of
one year
Friday night on Mr.. Ed Walkers place,
AZ Walkers, Greene county, a negro wo-
nan the wife of Dunk Broomfield went
n Quilting party, locking up in the house
ber four children, whose ages ranged
from, two to nine years, her husband be-
Ing absent from home. on returnlng-to
tbs house she found it in ashes and all
folr of the children burned to death, their
boltes being barely recognizable as human.
How the fire originated is not known.
Columbus Ledger: Harris county moon
sinners have gone to work in earnest since
the United States Court turned so many
If them loose without int1icting any pun
shment on them for alleged violations of
the internal revenue laws. The collectors
and deputy marshals have been busy also,
and they have broken up several moon
shine outfits this week. Yesterday morn
ms Deputy Collectors Hinton and Brown
reme in from a raid they had made on
sin near Grimes, a small village about
fourteen miles from the city, where they
found and destroyed a large still. The
moonshipers were MD out, however, anu
no arrests were made.
The board of pardons has refused to in
terfere in the death sentence passed upon
w J. Chaser of Dougherty county, and
he will in consequence be hanged Friday
re1t Chaser was convicted of the crime
of murder, his wife being his victim. The
case was carried to the board of pardons
on an appeal for executive clemency in
+ha nature of a Communication of the death
Sentence to one of life imprisonment IN
tbe nenitentiary The board after con-
sidering the case carefully, decided that
there was no good reason why the sen
tence Of the court should not be carried
OUT and in consequence, declined 10 inter-
fere with the action of the court
Saturday at Lake Park Charles Came
ron a negro, was sporting a SS six-inch
Smith & Wesson pistol and seemed to
mini he owned the town. When tod by
fhe chief of police, went to him, the negro
answered by showing the pistol in MS race
saving. Take it If you can" whereupon
Chief Lotion let him go and stepped across
the street. getting double-barrel shotgun
loaded with buckshot and deputized DR..
f. Hall 10 hello him arrest the negro.
When DR.. Hall and Lotion returned 10
take Cameron he tried to get the drop ON
Dr. Hall but Hall was too quick and COW
cred the negro before he got his piston up
Dr. Hall ordered Cameron 10 surrender to
Lotion. Cameron pretended to surrender
but instead caught Lotions shotgun in his
left hand, firing on him with his right
hand Cameron's pistol snapped twice ana
fir once, the BAH striking Lotions CLUB
in his pocket, making only flesh wound
Just over his heart. The first shot from
Lotions gun went in the floor, the second
taking effect in Cameron's bowels, killing
him almost instantly.