The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-20
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARA GBAPHS.


GEIDRG}A.
Sparks Commonwealth The Georgia Leg
islature mee.s Sept p, and j. is gener-
ally understood hat a "ya low dog" bin
vii. be introduced, Imposing tax on all
GUYS doing business in his state. Il VIII
be good law. four-tesged dog just as
well lie made pay taxes us one leggel
ore.
il IS iumored lh5t Mr. Waller Harris
may be candidate for the legsla .ure
from Bibb county rext year. lie is a son
of Hon Nat +. Harris, and one OF the
abl6st Of he young members Of the Macon
bar. He graduated with The highes, d.s-
tincton and honors 81 The state univer-
eity, and was captain in the Cuban war.
MI Harris is a fine orator ana would
make brilliant repres NATIVE.
A strong effort viii be made at the com
ing Session Of the legislature to have
enacted into law a bill to provide for the
payment out of The convict funds II GER
tain costs accrued in the conviction of
felonies, namely, the costs due and ac-
cruiug TO The sherrffs, clerks Of he Su-
perior Court magistrates and constables,
as prescribed in the fee bills in the Code
Of Georgia, of 1895 ana acts amendaiory
thereto
The susceptibility of The soil Of Irwin
county 70 QiNtlHlttQ ldtIllll1 - ItllIS
shown in various lines. a prominent item
in this connection has been brought 10
light by Mr.. d. Is. Carmichael in the
northeastern part of thar county. near
Iormirey's mill. This year Mr.. Carmichael
md brother tried tobacco culture as an
experiment and made a decided hit They
planted six acr-s and have harves ed 200
pounds to the acre.
Sparta Ishmaente: J. F. Hanson's sug-
ges.ion of establishing bonded warehouses
for the storing of cotton, and the use of
The receipts as collateral for loans to the
amount Of so per cent Of the cotton stored,
is exciting a good dead Of comment. The
pan has many advocates. 1t is next lest
to the suggestion of making the crop a
surplus one. Then the farmers could CON
troll the sale of cotton, and hold It them
selves, without cost till the prices suited
them. f.taAkS IN
The district convention of Epworth
Leaguers for the Thomasville district via
be held in Albany on Oct. 90 Both AL
bany and cambridge have made a strong
fight for this convention, but Mr.. Howard
who decides It's place of meeting thought
that better programme for the conven-
ton could be arranged at Albany, and,
consequently, selected Albany as the
IN eing place. There WA be between sew
enty-ave and a hundred delegates in at
tendance upon the convention.
United States Senator Bacon and Con
gresham Bartlett have returned TO Macon
after an absence of several weeks. Sem
ator Bacon has been taking a rest some
where in the North and Congressman
Bartftt has been in attendance on the
annual convention OF the American Bar
Association, and visi ing various places of
interest In the Nor h, accompanied by MIS-.
Inr No.
his return that his political fences in the
Sixth district are in as strong condition as
when he LETT on his trip 10 the North.
There arrived in Atlanta Sunday night
three families of Portuguese just from
Brazil, and they camp-d for the night in
one OF the wagon yards on Decatur street.
They are about the queerest looking peo-
pie ever seen in the city, il IS said. They
were huddled around dingy lantern. the
strange women spreading out Old quilts,
While the old men unstrapped bundles and
prepared for cooking most frugal repasl,
Inc dir;y little children crawled around on
the ground or huddied upon the quits
which were laid upon the bare ground.
They are said to have formed a striking
picture of squald poverty.
At mass meeting of the negroes, held
at cambridge on last Saturday, in which
the most prominent negroes of the county
participated preamble and resolutions
We're adopted declaring unanimously
that we put ourselves on record as be-
ing unaiterab.Y opposed to rape and lynch
ing; that we regard the rap,st as a menace
10 society, and a destroyer of virtue and
should speedily meet The death penalty
by the strong arm Of the law. That in
stead of secreting the damnable fiends who
retard the progress of the colored race
we stand ready to assist the officers of
the law to bring the criminals to
justice; that we mutually pledge ourselves
10 stand shoulder to shoulder with the
better element of the Anglo-Saxon for
law and order, and that We win use every
legitimate means for the suppression Of
crime. That we highly commend Sheriff
l.. f. Patterson and his faithful corps of
deputies for putting down mob violence
in this county; that we most heartily en-
dorse Gov. Gamblers bold and manly OPP
position TO lynching.'
Mai. H. H. Carlton, the Democratic
nominee for the legislature to succeed the
late Representative Erwin of Clarke coun-
ty, is native of Clarke county. Prior to
the war he was a young physician When
the war broke out he went to the front as
first lieutenant of the Troup Artillery,
succeeding 10 the captaincy a few months
later During the war he made a most
enViable record an artillery captain,
his battery doing good service in many OF
the big battles. In 1872 he was elected to
the Georgia Legislature from Clarke coun-
", being the FIRST Democrat TO go TO that
body from Clarke county after the war.
He served six years in this position. He
took up The practice of law and made a
success Of il. In the early eighties he was
elected to the state Senate and was chosen
a. ts president. IN 1885 he was sent 10
Congress from the Eighth district, where
4 MO al h obi n
tincion. he was for several years editor
OF the Athens Banner. During the late
Spanish American war, Mai Carlton vol
unteered his service was appointed in
specior general with the rank of major
on Gen. J. II. Wilson'S STAFF and served
in the Porto Rican campaign. lie viii no
doubt be a prominent figure IN The COM
ing session of the Georgia Legislature.
FLORIDA.
Mr.. w. c. Hamilton OF Macon has been
appointed day yardmaster and Mr.. e. A.