The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-08
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA:
ITEMS FROM THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

The poultry men and pet stock raisers
If Bibb county have organized an associa-
ton.
r,rbarton Star: Hon. L. H. o. Martin is
f,vorab,y spoken of here for the ext can
di5,r4 for the Legislature. We are very
orvious for Mr.. Martin to make the race.
Fire was discovered Wednesday on the
alton p,atform of the Southern Railway
-, Ft7erton. Loss thirty-three bales; dam
osa 10 platform none. The agent had is
s1s5 a bin of lading for same to Heath
Rros. Charlotte, N. c., the night before.
At the regular meeting of the Board of
County, Commissioners of Troup on Mon
a,, resolutions were adopted by them au-
Marrying the issuance of $4,000 in bonds
far the purpose of building new court
bouse and liquidatng the present debt.
Tb.se. resolutions were drawn up on the
rscommendation of the grand jury al the
fall term of Superior Court.
Macon Telegraph: Congressman Charles
T. Bartlett will probably be able to report
tor duty in Washington within the next
week but al present he is unable to leave
his room. because of his sprained ankle,
which has kept him at home for the
nast TWO weeks Judge Bartlett is on
bopse and is quite restless because of his
Inability 10 be present at the opening of
Congress.
The Athens Foundry was sold at auc-
Aon Tuesday by order of court, in con-
sentence of a mortgage of $4,000 held by
Inc First National Bank of that city. The
biobest bid was offered by Mr.. John r.
White, who offered $4,000 for the proper
tv-Tbe members of the Emanuel Episco-
nal church of Athens are holding bazaar
far the benefit of the church. The Y. M.
G A. parlors were offered for the occa-
lion and the bazaar will last through Sat
urday.
MIR. George Ketchum, the secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce of Macon, re-
norted the result of his investigation as
. IN the amount of cotton received in Macon
since the commencement of the season.
He found that Macon was entitled to a
renort of 80 600 ba.es. The receipts there
this year were supposed to be falling very
much below the average, but this report
/ will be very encouraging to the people
4 Of Macon, as it shows very large IN
crease of the cotton receipts over last
/ year and previous years.
bold highway robbery was attempted
within two miles of Fitzgerald Tuesday
night l.. H. Bryant and c. c. Pless had
n been off selling a drove of mules While
4 coming through a swamp east of Fitzger-
! ala. Bryan who was driving ahead in
i a buggy. j., Jrts that a man sprang from
4 The bushes and caught his horse and
i stopped the team. P.ess was close behind
4 on horseback Bryant drew his revolver
i and fired as the would-be-robber turned
i the horse loose and made his escape into
/ the swamp. probably unhurt. The pres
2nce of Bryant's partner and the prompt
1 use of the weapon foiled the robber or rob
bers who expected 10 capture the stock
or money realized from sales.
Walton News and Messenger: With
scarcely doubt, the best legislation for
4 Walton county passed at this session Of
4 the Legislature is the local bill passed yes
4 terday in the House of Representatives
4 forbiddng the manufacture of whisky IN
4 Walton. The bill will be pushed through
/ the Senate and become law in a few days.
II With the removal of the legal manutac-
n lure of whisky. with active revenue OIL
n GERS to break up the Illegal manufacture,
II there is no reason why we should not
4 soon rid Walton county of every sem
4 bance of a blind tiger. Walton county
II IS dry to the pure core in sentiment and
heartily endorses the work of Mr.. Felkey
IN pushing this bill through
n j. w. Cosby, through his attorneys, Ar
mold & Arnold and W. t. Kimsey, filed
'uit in Atlanta Tuesday against the Cen
trail Of Georgia Railway Company for $2O,-
uO damages. The plaintiff sets forth in
n bis petition that on Aug. 81 last he was
II section boss on the Central Railroad and
Vas at work holding a cleaver, which one
Of the section hands was striking with
rack hammer. 1t is alleged that the
Xuack hammer was defective and out of
condition and that the section hand was
4egligent in the way he struck the cleaver.
ne hammer few to pieces, 1t is claimed,
ana one piece struck his eye and put it
IN our. Since that time the optic has been
taken out and an artificial eye put in. The
suit is brought in the City Court of At
anita to the January term.
Politics, which has been in a comatose
nate in Hancock since last year, has
pened up along the line, and the candi-
ates are beginning to shake hands that
ave remained mistaken since the last
9mpalsn. The race for the judgship of
PIE Northern circuit Is probably attracting
"le attention throughout the county at
resent than any other issue of local inter-
- as Coh Holden of Crawfordville has a
Iohs lection of friends in Hancock, who
eAertng every effort to secure his
oulAaton, and they claim that Col.
aIdeman' retirement from the race will
ale me effect of strengthening their can
MuNe IN the counties of Wilkes and FL
The supporters of Judge Reese
lai'h, however, that Judge Reese will car
lolh Ebert and Wilkes, and claim that
wan nave a walkover in the other coun-
S M the district. Solicitor r. H. Lewis,
lo is a candidate for reelection, will
- 4lte or no opposition In Hancock,
s1d his friends claim to be confident of
"7 success in the coming election.
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FLORIDA.
9am duncan, one of the negroes accus-