The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-07
GEORGIA.

l-,ras are out announcing the coming
~.,aaa If Mr.. Brooks Butter Mccall
can If Or. ]. H Mccall, of Quitman' and
.Itss Henri Lipscomb, of Madison, RIA.
~ marriage will take place at Madison
on Wednesday. Feb 10.
1rdge Fife. in Barlow Superior Court
g, Certersviile, has directed verdict
AGAINST the Southern Express Company for
ssuinr and furnishing liquor IN orS
,o,,rtv This case grew out of the jug
t-,Ia The case will be appealed to the
Supreme Court.
Dr Many stapler, of Macon, has per-
formed an operation on deaf and DUMB
Young man which restored his hearing ana
snsech Il is said TO be the first successtul
oosration of the kind on patient over
e. vaars old. Dr. Stapler will give the
.neration. in detail before the next meet
10 of the State Medical Association
Americus Times Recorder: The CONSOLE
dated election returns in Macon county
sbou majority of 352 votes for the sale of
u,biskev in the recent election there. Mon
,ezuma and 0gletborpe are now the only
touns.on the Central railroad between Ma
coo and Albany where liquor can be
Notwithstanding the blind tiger article sold
in Americas
yarreniop Clipper: Sheriff Taylor re-
turned Friday night last from Albany,
bringing a negro with him, supposed to
he Jonah Howard, but after carrying ms
prisoner to Sharon where Howard Killed
Martin in 1895. was found TO be the wrong
man The prisoner was released at once.
II was quite a disappointment to many
VINO were expecting a murder trial and
probable hanging in this county.
Darien Gazette: A settlement has been
reached between the Darien and Sapelo
Towboat Company and the British steam
or Carton. The amount paid the towboat
company was $6,625. The Carton is the
steamer which went ashore on the north
breakers on Jan e. This is probably the
Il largest savage ever paid on the southern
coast We heartily congratulate the com
pany on a satisfactory settlement without
i going 10 the courts.
The next annual convention of the Trav-
H elers Protective Association of Georgia
4 will he held in Augusta. April 10 and IA
Il have been selected as the dates by Post Z
Of Augusta and it is more than probable
Il tia these dates will be confirmed by the
state hoard of directors. This will be the
first time that the new organization has
ever met in state convention IN Augusta
Fl aud the local post win exert itself to
make The event memorable one.
Greensboro News: We havn't seen a sack
Of guano yet. 1t looks strange; but per-
n haps the farmers are coming to their
s5rseS. Ii has been so for two years that
the renters could not pay their rent and
n guano bills, with the price that cotton was
bringing 1t would be a blessed thing to
Il this country if another pound of CONNER
ciai fertilizer was never bought. The far
mers would then spend these wet winters
saving home made manure and compost
A large meeting of citizens was held at
Rome Saturday and after several speeches
n by prominent men an organization was
formed to be known as the Citizens Club.
a Three hundred and eighty-seven white vot-
ers we're enrolled as members. Ex- Mayor
> >. King was chosen as president; j. d.
Hanks, vice president, and Almer Davis
secretary. Resolutions were passed that no
member of The club would vote for any
candidate " q. ran in the so-called Demo-
cratic primary.
An attempt to murder Sol Harden, a ne
gro man 80 years old, was made last Tues
day night on Mr.. B. F. Hutchinson's place
about six miles east of Quitman, by shoot
ing him at his house. Three negroes stole
COW from Sol, but for the want of posi-
1--WE proof the grand jury failed to find
true Dill against them, which emboldened
'nen to make an attempt on the old ne
gros life. Several buck-shot entered his
unsh, hip and body. The sheriff has ar
rested one Of the negroes.
The Athens Historical Society was or
ganized Friday evening at the home OF
"F A. L. Hun. The first meeting was
devoted to the matter of organization. The
o"Cers chosen were as follows: President
-, l.. nun; vice president, j. H. t. Nc
Iuerson; secretary and treasurer Sylvan
~ MOTHS; corresponding secretary, T. w.
a. custodian, u. b. Phillips; member
VI "e programme committee for Febru-
S.S, ". .. Basinger. A constitution and
avs We're adopted and it was decided
nave no dues, except such as may be
''Sessed Tor special purposes,
A special to the Morning News from
fitzgerald says: From a recent census Just
,aAen fitzgerald has a population of 7,64s
r'Pe-the majority being Northern peo-
pc who have emigrated from the states OF
lizards and snow storms. While only
a b-i years o.d, Fitzgerald has forty-eighi
s. store rooms, and two under con-
Co., ,Ioh Business of all kinds is good
n nm, ms utne of year. and everything is
Vg'iHs along in a fine manner Two new
E cbar. are being talked of, and the
an tor the same will be asked for al
r5. airy date. The early completion OF
MIN l''er road, distance of nine miles
raw ne me means of securing lower freight
droas ana more business for the city. Hun.
N tb,s o. northern people have located her,
M bea,. winter and all are ENJOYING tbs
M aid te lul weather The future of Fitzger.
FL tons !, "ue ssc bright and from all indica.
N In Sop,t via C.f De one of the foremost cite,
"A ''h Georgia in few years.
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