The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-25
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

senator McLester and his committee
have gone 10 South Georgia to look after
some important committee work. They
win iusDect a convict camp at Bainbridge
and six others in that section.
Mr.. E. Bullock, editor of the Chronicle,
Of Augusta, Ca, has been appointed oil
,nspector for Augusta by Hon. o. B.
Sfevens, commissioner of agriculture MIR.
Hook's numerous friends will be glad to
know that this lucrative position has fallen
to him.
The prohibitionists of Rome are very in
dianant at the stand taken by Floyd
three representatives in the House against
the Villingham bill They claim the ma
ioritv of citizens of Floyd county are for
prohibition and have been misrepresented.
There is great enthusiasm among the pro-
bibitionists over the passage of the bill
in the House.
Sheriff j. N. Crawford returned to Jack
son Tuesday evening from Rome with
owen Jeffries, a negro connected with the
murder of George Thompson, colored, al a
negro 'frolic" in Butts county Oct. 10. Mr..
crawford has landed all four of the ne
eroes connected in this murder in jail, and
he and his deputy, Bailey Foster, are be-
ing compimented on every hand for their
sbrewd work in capturing these much
wanted murderers. A reward of $3.50 was
offered by Gov. Gambler for this murderer.
At a meeting of the business men of
Hawkinsvlne held at the Council Cham
her on Monday afternoon Messrs. F. H.
Rozeman H f. Coates and D. Rhodes,
were appointed as a committee to invite
Can't. Cassius E. Gillette to visit Hawkins
Vile and confer with the citizens con-
cerning the improvement of the Ocmulgee
river. so that they might point out the
places where work is most needed and
thus enable him to expend the appropri-
alton made for the river by the last Con-
gress to the best advantage.
Wesley Tiller Jr. the author of one of
the most atrocious crimes ever perpetrat-
ed in Hart county, has been refused a
new trial by the Supreme Court and will
pay the penalty of his crime on the gal
lows Friday, Dec s, 1899. Hon. Seaborn
Reese. Judge of the Northern Circuit, has
just resentenced Tiller. The crime for
which Tiller must pay with his life, oc-
cured last March. He and his wife had
been living apart for some time, and he
went TO- ask her to return to him, when
size refused. He was standing outside the
window and she inside, and he deliberate
~ drew his pistol and pulled the trigger,
killing her instantly, the bullet piercing
her heart
President George a. Smith of the Macon
/ Chamber Of Commerce is quoted as fol-
lows; The result of Capt. Cassius E. Gil
| ldtLes inspection of this end of the Ocmul-
| gee river recently will be the removing of
4 The sand bars opposite Central City Park
| and ai MansAelds farm the principal
hindranceS to navigation between Macon
and H0wkinsvile. as a channel has a
ready been recently made at "3utfermilk
saoals' just on this side of Hawkinsville.
Capt. Woo vim. who has charge Of one of
Capt Giette's crews, is already in Ma
4 can and has given an order for bin of
lumber to one of our Macon mills to con-
4 struct suitable boat for the work to be
/ done on the jetties and training dams near
the city"
LAGRANGE is to have another'cotton mill
/ Wednesday afternoon subscription books
4 for stock were opened, and in a few min
utes approximately $500 was subscribed.
/ Co. J. .. Dunson and Mr.. c. V. Truitt
head the list with $4,000 each. A commit
tee Of three, composed Of Col. j. E. Dun
son Messrs. c. V. Truitt and G. B. Heard,
was appointed to solicit stock subscrip-
tons. This committee has gone 10 work
and il is believed 100000 will soon be
subscribed for the new enterprise. Ten
years ago Lagrange built her first cotton
mill which was only of a capacity of 5000
spind.es, and to-day 10000 spindes are CON
suming more cotton than is brought there
OF wagons The prospects for the new
mil Is that it will be ready for the cotton
crop of next year. The moneyed men of
the town are pulling together in this eff
fort and the mill will be a certainty.
Atlanta Constitution: The feature of the
session Of the Senate yesterday was the
sensation sprung by Senator Steed, of
the Twenty-third, when he introduced a
resolution calling for the Senate chamber
10 be cleared of all lobbyists and other
PERSONS who were there seeking to defeat
measures then pending before the body
ioF consideration. In the chamber at the
ume were A. w. Morehouse of Savannah,
ana j. p. Maddox. both of whom appear
ca before the Senate General Judiciary
ommttee several days ago TO protest
ssamst the passage of the bill introduced
w senator Steed designed to prevent the
sle OF alum baking powders in the state
y Georgia. Those who noticed the two
ssnuemen in the Senate yesterday while
me sized pure food bill was under dis
uSsion We're of the opinion the resolu-
uoH was aimed at them. The chamber
CO cleared of visitors and later Senator
esu asked the unanimous consent of the
Sgnale TO withdraw the resolution, ex-
t hia"lns at the time that 1t might posi-
ny NY De TOO sweeping or misunderstood
nnS action was taken and he said that he
, ~oa1 introduce a similar bill later, that
rolu bear out the spirit of the law on
we wy subject When the resolution was in
t,0luced President Dodson called atten-
sns l 70 The law relative to such matters
tb thu instructed the doorkeeper to restrict
privilege of the floor to those entitled
" H. The resolution as introduced by the
ia.0r from the Twenty-third was unan-
fosy adopted, and It's withdrawal was
p,. conference between Senators
'Dn' Wngfeld and Steed.
FLORIDA
Callahan barn belonging to Amos
IHueId with his horse and consider
ligb,a .eed and rice, was burned few
~ ago II is imnossihle to account