The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-26


AT Dawson The CITY pubic col0red school
building was destroyed BY fire Friday. The
loss was $3.50. with $1,000 Insurance. The
nre IS attributed to incend-ary origin.
swainesboro Pine Forest: A certain red
OK. about % years old died the other day
ana il IS said that he hauled enough
moonshiue in tee last twefve years to keep
a freshet in ihe Ohoopee a week. Hitch
him to a cart he would go TO --- mill as
WEI as anyone
The Governor has reappointed the Bank
OF Forsyth one of the state repositories.
This bank was organized as the Forsyth
Loan and Trust Company. bat some time
ago the name was changed to the Bank OF
Forsyth. The bond of the bank was ex-
smined and approved.
valdosta Times: Savannah wants a SUI
gar refinery. Macon wants flour mill and
Vaidosta is going TO have a cotton factory.
These three enterprises will be worth more
to Georgia than all Of the wire politicians
that have been born since enduring OF
or before the civil war.
A special to the Morning News from
Washington says: John D. Floyd, one
of the old and respected citizens of the
place died on yesterday. He had been the
only undertaken of the place for thirty
years. The general as he was called.
was a great favorite. and his familiar fig
ure Will be greatly missed
Another big ochre mil viii be establish
ed in Gainesville. Cartersville is becoming
famous as an ochre center. Her products
are shipped 10 foreign countries as well as
literally scattered over the United States
There are already four mills under oper-
alton in Gainesville and Emerson. and
now the flth. said 70 re the largest yet,
10 be Quit at once.
Mr. Eubanks, who had in charge DR..
Bakers grist mill. short distance from
Cordele. died suddenly Wednesday at noon.
The old gentleman left the dining table
and went to mis- room. His daughter fol-
lowed in short time and found him iy
ing across the bed as though resting, and
on going to him she found her father
breathing his last. He was about GO
years of age and had been in feeble health
for some time.
Augusta Chronicle: 1t seems a strange
coincidence that the two most popular
heroes of the COnfederacy should be
brothers in affection again after the years
that have passed since the record of their
lives contrlbuted TO the same pages in his
Gen. Gordon and Gen. Hampton have the
deepest sympathy Of the nation. 1t is sad
indeed that the dearest spots 10 them on
Garth hallowed by the pleasures and by the
trials Of life should be reduced to ashes in
their declining years.
washington Gazette: We feel no dis
enlargement in the great undertaking of
stirring up our people in the matter of
building a cotton factory. When the Ga
zelte first began urging our people to es-
tablish a system Of free schools the opposi-
ton was so great that the task at first
seemed a hopeless enc, but we were none
the less persistent, and now we believe il
would be impossible TO find a citizen I'm
town who does not look with pride on the
school and magnificent building which was
erected for its accommodation.
Waynesboro True Citizen: It is painful
TO learn that the Savannah Historical So
ciety is languishing. This time honored
society, so useful. such a fountain of
knowledge and such an oasis in the desert
of post-bellum aridity, ought to have half
at least of that city, renowned for polite
learning and intelligent citizenship, ac-
lively interested in its preservation. For
the sake Of Georgia as we'll as proud Sa
vannah, lets join in the hope that a re-
vival OF interest will begin right away in
the public mind for its preservation and
increased usefulness.
Townsville Times Enterprise: Railroad
men, from train master down, are having
all they can do to handle the greatly in
creased business now on hand Trains are
run in and out Of here every few min
utes. day and night, and the yards are
continually crowded with cars. About 20)
cars OF melons are handled daily TO say
nothing of the shipment of other fruits and
the regular amount Of traffic, which is I'M
usally heavy for this time of the year.
This immense volume OF business Is be-
ing handled, however, without confusion
and with the greatest dispatch possible.
This is The Plant Systems way of doing
business.
The farmers Of Sumter county will stick
TO the cotton press of their fathers for the
present, at least, and viii not go after
strange gods in the form of the round
bale. Of which they know but little as yet.
This was the result of a lengthy and inter-
esting discussion Friday before the Sum-
ter County Agricultural Society. The
standard bale. "A by "a inches. is what the
farmers want 10 adopt, and when presses
are changed TO this size, at small cost
they will get from 70 cents To S1.25 per bale
more for their cotton. as all buyers and
shippers favor a standard ba,e of uniform
size. The advantage OF the round bale in
some respects, were duly considered, but
upon the whole 1t was deemed best for the
farmers TO stick to the square bale for the
present
FLORIDA.
Thus far Mayor billiard of Pensacola
has been eminently successful in his eff
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