The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-18
GEORGIA.

The old and the young china berry
trees. at Sandersville, were killed by the
zero weather last February, and if any
more are raised here they will have to
spring up from the seed.
Cordele Hornet: A negro, with both legs
cnt off. was the chief attraction for the
denot loafers yesterday. He was a rail
roa5 brakeman on the Georgia and Ala
hama. and had his legs cut off two weeks
ago.
Rev. c T. Remond of Kings Ferry, died
= dav or two ago. He was one OF the most
nrominent men in that part of the state.
lie was master Of Mount Tabo Lodge, arc
president of the Baptist Sunday School
Convention.
George D. Mcleod, the victim of the
nistol shots of John Tedder on last Sat
urdav night, at Hancock's mill. near Mt
Vernon was buried Monday evening. His
old mother is grief-stricken. George was
her baby boy and only son.
Civil Engineer P. L. Green is in Bruins
wick preparatory to surveying the bound
eI-v line between Wayne and Charlton. In
company with MIR. T. L. Peck, he will
meet the ordinaries of these two counties
al Fo@kston on Monday next TO begin the
work
The Brunswick Naval Reserves are off
Port Royal They are booming the big
guns and having a great time generally
Commander Frank D. Aiken has written
a letter in which he tells of the good
times the boys are having, and according
TO il the Brunswick boys are strictly in ILL.,
The Bibb county grand jury found no
bill in the case of Charley Burge, charged
with the murder of Gus Tidwen. This ac
ton Of the grand jury may settle the case
forever though il will be lawful for him
Il 10 be presented to some future grand jury
but if second jury also finds no bill
this will end the case, for under the law
two bills is the same as an acquittal' and
in that event Burge could never again be
arraisned in any court or presented to any
jury for the killing of Tidwen
A negro tanner, on Newton's Row at
Griffin. was found dead with an empty
whisky bottle beside him and. as he has not
II been seen since Saturday night,it was sup
h posed that he died from an overdose of
blind tiger whisky. His remains were very
much decomposed, and they were buried
To-day an effort was made to have the
coroner exhume them and hold an inquest
but the hot weather, combined with testi-
mony coming TO his ears, made it unnec-
essary. Aleck rests undsturbed.
For the third time this year the Atlanta
City Council turned down the veto of
Mayor Woodward Monday afternoon. The
last controversy was similar to the pre-
vious ones. The street committee had re-
commended Improvements on Richardson,
Linden and Ormond streets. The Council
! adopted the report and the Mayor vetoed
8 it. By vote of eleven 10 two-Couneil-
B men Hammond and Holland being The neg.
4 alive voters-the Council passed the reso-
d luton any way, and the aldermanic board
II VIII no doubt concur next Thursday.
Americas Times Recorder: Americas
Il plucky little neighbor, Plairs, only ten
miles away, is going to set the pace for
4 her big sister by building a cotton factory.
prominent and progressive citizen of
Il Plains said yesterday that the matter was
n already practically settled; that the ad-
81 N2ntages of such an enterprise were fully
81 appreciated the money could and would
be raised and Plains would have cotton
mil. There is no reason why she should
L not Many South Carolina and Georgia
Fl towns, even smaller than Plains, have
butt and are successfully operating cot
ton mills, and there is no reason why this
piucky little Sumter county town should
III
Il that Americus hasn't two or three cotton
mills in successful operation, but perhaps
sRe viii yet make a start in that drec-
uon al no distant date.
Lagrange Reporter: Recently while on
Fl visit 10 Madison. s. c., DIR. 7. S. Bradfeld
was given an old iron poker which has
been in the family 1O5 years. William Far
lAer, his maternal grandfather, had the
4 poker made in Salem, N. c.. 105 years ago.
whose widow gave il to her Oldest daugh-
III er who left il to her youngest sister
"hen this lady died at 80 years
o. age she gave it to her nephew, Will
nam X Bradfeld, who presented it to ~Dr.
J. ,. Bradlield during a visit TO Madison,
n, T., last week. This old relic has assist
tu materially in causing many fires to
NuIn and glow, when the snow on the
mountains in the Tar Heel state, forced
4 lne thermometer to hover around the point
% zero On account of its history, DR..
hlddueid is very proud of it, and 1T will
Ploodoly occupy a prominent place on the
-0iHi'y hearth for many years to come.
The case of w. NJ. Bridges against the
state one of the most sensational which
mas come up to the Supreme Court from
''oyd county in number of years, was
heard Monday in Atlanta, on writ of
/ euof the defendant, former County
oeLool Commissioner Bridges, asking
az" traL Commissioner Bridges of Floyd
eoun'y stands charged with the embezzle-
4 I'ul OF $1,000 of the county's funds, on
/ "u'eA he has been three times convicted
~ me Superior Court, the Supreme Court
~" tnc setting aside the verdict of the
N'r court. II is stated by the attorneys
" me plaintiff in error that the senu-
ri'0l IN Floyd Is greatly against their
ieiI and that it is difficult for that rea
10 get an impartial trial 1t is pos
.H5 That the Supreme Court in rendering
iseision in case it Is favorable to the
p.''n'i'I in error, will direct that the venue
hanged on account of the strong send-
Bridges
FLORIDA.
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