The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-03
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA


Fifty-four old veterans answered the
call of Judge John Bell, and gathered at
Swainsboro last Saturday. A camp was
organized, known as the swainsboro Camp
OF Confederate Veterans.
Mr., T. c. Sullivan, who Is reported to
have been indicted with a number of 9TH
ers by the grand jury of Merwether
county for kidnapping and whitecapping
a negro says the charge against him is
false.
United States Deputy Collector Carter
captured and destroyed a large whisky
sin near Buchanan Friday. The still was
o. Nifty gallons capacity. a large quantity
of beer was found and destroyed. No ar
rests have yet been made
Tom Keith shot and killed George Story
in a fight near Lothair Laurens county,
last Sunday afternoon. Both were negroes.
Story lived until Monday night. when he
died He was attended by DR.. Ernest II.
ROWS of Dublin. Keith, the slayer, will
be arrested.
william Barnes, sheriff of Fannin coun-
~, died at his home in Blue Ridge Tues
day night, after short Illness. He had
made a splendid officer. He was a man
highly respected in his community, and
his untimely death is greatly regretted
by the people of his county.
Mr. A. j. Booth, a prominent citizen of
Athens, will enter the race for the Iegis-
lature as an Independent and viii oppose
whoever may be the nominee of the Dem
ocrats He was for a long time Identified
with the Populst party and his announce
ment is full of quotations from Tom Wat
son and the Bible
George W. Williams, who was convicted
of cheating and swindling at Sylvania last
year, and whom an unsuccessful effort
was made to arrest in South Carolina
short time ago, was married last year to
a young lady of Zoar. Bulloch county. 1t
is said that his father-in-aw will raise
funds and pay his fine, which is $3.50 and
costs of court.
Lagrange Reporter: Troup county has
cause to be proud of herself. Tax Re
ceiver Dix has just completed his work
of getting in the tax returns and finds
that the county is 1852, 900 better off than
last year. This includes defaulters. The
tax rate this year will be materially lower
both for state and county taxes, and we
believe that another year will show even
a larger increase. The county in every
section is rapidly improving.
One day last week Tharpes MILL one
of the famous mills of Houston county,
near Heard, was undermined by the dam
breaking near the mill, which allowed
sluce of water to pass under and around
the mill with such velocity as to wash the
underworlSs and dirt from under the mill,
almost topping 1t over. 1t is a complete
wreck, and the people regret it very
much. az it Is an old landmark and had
just been put in order to grind wheat.
1t will be replaced,
A considerable kick is being made by
quite a number of citizens of Athens
about the way In which the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad allows negroes to ride in
coaches with white people in violation of
the law of the state. Several instances
are recited of white women being forced
to ride in the smoker, while negro men oc-
cuped seats in the other coach. 1t IS
stated that unless this is stopped the mat
ter Will be carried before the Railroad
Commission and Into the courts.
The Governor was busy Friday passing
on applications for executive clemency,
which have run the gauntlet of the pardon
board. There were just thirteen appi-
cants and every one was refused by the
pardon board, and concurred in by the
Governor. Thirteen-always regarded as
more unlcky than an opal-may have had
a disastrous effect upon the applications,
but 1t IS not generally believed that this
is the case. on each application was
written the Endorsement that the evidence
was strong, and the application was weak.
The regular passenger train on the Geor-
gia Pine Railroad. between Arlington and
Bainbridge, was wrecked a few miles
north of Eldorendo Wednesday afternoon.
The engine and tender were both over
turned and two cars derailed. Fireman
Charley Roberts, who was on the tender
a the time of the accident, was severely
injured Roberts was caught under the
wood when the tender flew the track,
and his escape from Instant death Is re-
garded as miraculous by the passengers,
all of whom We're more or less shaken up
The engineer was also injured, though not
seriously.
Gainesville News: To-day, Sept l, thir-
ty-four years ago, Mr.. ]. c. Wofford.
agent of the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road here, first took charge of his office
The federal government had been oper-
aiing the road in war times and returned
il to the state that day. Mr. Wofford had
for his Office an old box car which sat
alongside of the east side of the track I'M
der a hickory tree. The first shipment
was six split bottom chairs shipped by
William Hancock to Seth Walker, at Dali
ton, the prepaid freight on which was ST.
The same amount would now cost Is
cents. Mr.. Wofford has held tho office
ever since. giving the best satisfaction 10
the road officials and it's patrons
Sarge Level, a VIGOROUSLY bad negro.
sent word to Senoia Thursday morning
that a band of whtecappers had fred
into his house, and IN their effort TO kill
him had killed another negro named Henry
Nicely. The coroner was notified and al
the inquest il developed that the dead ne
gro was shot at close range. as powder
burns were plainly visible where the bull
let went in and conflicting stories by the
negro Level and his wife caused the jury
to bring in a sealed verdict, but enough
is known to predict safely that Level will
be charged with the killing. His effort
TO palm Off the killing on white men has
aroused the citizens of that community
The door Of the negro cabin Is fun OF
bullet holes. but every one of the holes
correspond with a 3s-caliber pistol owned
by Level and the shot that killed the
negro is the same kind. Level is a noted
gambler and MI ceffor ift.tpo t,,,-