The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
GEORGIA.


trail will enlarge the freight depot at
GAINESVILLE.
=, 10 date there have been between 300
and 400 bales of cotton received in
yrigbtsville, about half of which has al
ready been shipped. This is far in excess
If the number received there at the same
time last season.
A new hotel movement has been started
Il, Athens And those who are behind it
are confident that success will crown their
Efforts. They want to raise $4,000 with
which 10 erect the new hotel building, ana
are satisfied that if Athens people will
raise half that sum- the remainder can be
secured from outside parties
RnlIoch Hserald: MIR. John Flint, at Las
ton reports a peculiar mishap which oc-
CURED to his valuable setter dog about
two weeks ago. While the animal was
yawning its jaws became locked open,
since which time the animal has NOT been
able TO close it's mouth Efforts were
made to loosen the jaws, but without sue
cess. and he fears that he may have TO
KID his dog.
The board of public school trustees, in
conjunction with the Mayor and City
Council of Cordele will commence the cree
lion of and push to a speedy completion
new public school building, at a cost of
21n00O Several Cordele citizens Will DO
,ta literally 10 the new building and Will
heip the city considerably to bear the eX-
nense of building for Cordeie model
school building, which will be a credit TO
the city.
Ivrightsville Headlight: The cotton men
Of the Cochran district have begun 10 ship
cotton from Empire over the Wrightsville
and Tennine Railroad instead of shipping
over the Southern from Cochran as mere
tofore, owing 10 the tact mat they can
save money in rates by hauling over dray
line TO Empire. which is five miles below
cochran. dray line has been estab-
ushed. and the first lot went down last
week for shipment
The money for The cotton min at Jeffer-
son-s6O OCO-has all been subscribed, and
the Stockholders met and organized and
e'ectod the following officers President,
n ". Bell; vice president and general
manager. j. c. Turner; secretary ana
treasurer Frank Roberts OF the capital
stock $4,000 was obtained from the Mar
I'm institute and Methodist Church en-
dowments. and $4,000 was raised among
the citizens Of jefferson and the county
1t is gwen out as a certainty that the
three railroads running TO Cordele name
Nv. Georeia Southern and Florila Railway
Company, the Georgia ana Alabama RAJ
way Company and the Albany Noriherh
Railway Company will together common e
The erect on Of hands )me iwo-stofy pre-
nm Oh dpDot with every convenience ana
modern appl'an giving Cordele one ol
the hest dopots in South Georgia. Inc es-
iimated cost will be $l5,0j0 which means
drst-class building.
In The Justice court at Newman Tuesday
the levy made last spring on Mount Yer
non Baptist Church, colored. was dis-
missed Susan Johnson was bell ringer
fo~ The church. and when the church spht
into factions early in the year II seems
That neither faction was willing to take
the responsibility of paying susan ioT
PREVIOUS services as bell ringer. The olu
negro woman foreclosed a laDorers lien
ard II was levied on the church. 1t was
dismissed for technical defects.
Eastman Tines Journal: The citizens OF
Dodge county will doub less be eratified
10 learn that the requisitiOn made uDon
tom for taxes is a coed deal less this year
than ii was last. decrease of $2.75 on the
thcusand having been made in the TAX
levy for 1889 The tax returns for Dodge
county this year showed decrease OF SlS'-
Geo IN the valua ton of propett% nut III the
face Of this fact the county's business mas
crease in the levy is rendered possiD'e'
There are large portions of Nor san
Green, Oconee and Putnam counties, ter
rilory adjacent 10 Madison, where there
VII not be bushel of corn or twenty-five
pounds of cotton made per acre. A great
deal of corn has been cut down as forage
and there will not be enough foodstuffs
made on hundreds of places to feed the
men who planted the crops till Christmas
Under no possible conditions can Morgan
'lunty make half an average crop of col
ton, and ihe corn is almost total iallure.
AT meeting of the Floyd Rifles of Ma
con, James Corbin was elected captain
vice Blanton Winship, resigned, and Her
bert Smart was elected second lieutenant
Malcolm Aver is first lieutenant. AT q re-
cent meeting of the Rifles, Aver was
nominated for captain but declined to al
low his name to be voted on for captain
and Corbn was unanimously chosen cap
tain. Corbin was formerly a lieutenant
Of the Macon Volunteers, but az the tlule
Of his election to the captaincy Oh the
Rifles he belonged to no military organi-
zllion.
John Ilvans, a negro, is in Jail in San
rzville charged with the murder of Al
bert Wickham and the shooting Of Carlos
Williams, also negroes. A party OF negroes
gathered at a hail at Davisboro on Satur-
day night for a frolic. A dispute arouse
l-tween the Wickhams Evans, Tom Cub
bng and several others. Threats were
made on both sides. Finally pistols We're
drawn and Clubbing said to the Wick
hams "Why don't you do whatever you
aIe going to dor Simultaneously there
was a general discharge of pistols. When
The smoke had cloayed away Albert Wick
ham was found dead and his brother and
several others injured Some of those
present charge Evans with the killing Of
Wickham. Evans denies it and says that
Tom Clubbing shot the dead man. War
IGnls have teen issued for Clubbing.