The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-28
GEORGIA.


petition, signed by over 400 citizens of
augusta, has been sent TO Hon. ]. C. c.
7bck urging him to make the race for
gsyor of that city. MIR. Blacks reply is
eagerly awaited,
The New Lummus gin works, east of
Columbus, has been completed, aud will
nsgn operations this week. It is quite
an important addition to the list of Co
lnnbus' new enterprises. This is one of
the best known gin concerns IN the SCUM
The Georgia editors will leave for their
Cuban trip this week, meeting at Tampa,
Fla the morning Of March 81. 1t is prob
able that a large party will 60 and an
ENJOYABLE trip is assured. The outings OF
the Georgia editors are always enjoyable,
and this trip will be no exception.
A mild case of smallpox was developed
Saturday at the Dougherty residence, cor
ner First and Arch streets, in Macon; also
case on Cole street, but later in the day
both cases were quartered at the Dougher-
" stdence. where they can be under full
| cor troll of The Board of Health authorities.
Judge McAlvis Spence of Hamilton, Ga,
died al his residence in that city last Fri
dav afternoon at the age of 80 years.
| mdge Spence was one of the most prom
hent citizens Of that section, and his death
| i deeply regretted. He was brother of
tb4 late David Spence of Covington, and
| father of the lale James d. Spence of
Lawrenceville.
saturday, at Griffin, Mr.. Jack
4 Swan. an old Confederate veter-
an. died suddenly at his home
1 from heart failure. He was nearly
. 70 years old, and those who knew him
1 speak of him as a brave soldier and an
honest man. His family are employed at
/ the Griffin mills, and the old man had
/ good attention In his declining years.
The negroes throughout the state are
mauifestng the greatest interest In the
. SAFE fair and their department will be
4 large and comprehensive. w. j. White,
q editor of the Georgia Baptist, negro pa
per published at Augusta, has offered his
s5l@ices to this fair He will, if neces-
saw. canvass the state in the interest of
srousng enthusiasm among the negroes.
The inspection of troops viii continue
without any delay until every command in
/ Inc state has been examined The equip
WcNl OF I'VE OIL tlle COMPANIES dAASduS VI
dered disbauded has been collected, and
is on the way 10 Atlanta, where it will
he redistributed among the new commands
in the course of a few weeks Inspector
General Obear inspected the companies at
LaGrange yesterday, going from that place
TO GAINESVILLE and from GAINESVILLE to
Macon
Della Dispatch: Mr.. D. T. Paulk, Jr,
who lives about five mics east of town,
has a COW that usually gives a gallon of
milk every evening. A short time ago she
seemed to have dried up. Investigation
revealed the fact that two pigs were get
ting the milk. As soon as the COW made
her appearance in the evening the pigs
would run squealing to meet her, and she
never raised her foot or any other objec-
ton to their advance on her milk reservoir.
In fact she got so she did not care for her
calf to come about her The pigs were
small and had to stand on their hind feet
while embibing the tactical nourshment.
These juvenile swine doubtless heard,
through the Dispatch, about Bob Hender-
sons pigs new departure and followed the
example set by him (the pig. not Bob.
At Jacksonville on Saturday Thomas
Beall died, and about thirty minutes after
his death news came that Mr.. Gus Mar
uns baby was dead. About II o'clock
Joe Whitehurst accidentally shot himself
and died instantly. Joe, in company with
Ms cousin, Willie Morgan, Solomon and
Wilbur Reynolds, was rabbit hunting near
Mr. John Solomon's, about mile or so
rom town. Joe got fretted at the dog
ior running goats and struck il with the
oIeeeh of the gun, which was cooked
and the jar caused the hammer 10 fall
and discharge, the load entering the right
eye causing a CHASTITY wound and instan-
dheous death. portion of the load
struck young Reynolds in the left hand
causing an ugly and painful wound, but
NOT serious. Mrs. Elias Jones died the
same afternoon about O'Clock of typhoid
pneumonia She leaves a husband, and
Jour children. There were four burials
mere on Sunday.