The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
GEORGIA.

NHEOhNEtA.
Mr. B. F. Watson, a highly esteemed
Young man of Hawkinsville, died Monday
after an illness of two weeks.
The Gainesville Georgia Cracker says
.1-ncle Peter McCrary, an honest Old ne
GRO ditcher, who has been ditehing some
Bottom lands on the Chattahoochee river,
XII ed 500 snakes in two weeks, and IC
was moi a very good season for snakes
either
GOV. Gambler has accepted the invita-
tion of Randolph's veterans to deliver the
address at their reunion in Cuthbert July
1g Ii is quite likely that Gen Evans,
who has also been invited, Will be pres
cnt These annual reunions of veterans
IN Cuthbert are always pleasant oeca-
sIOns The coming one promises TO De the
most pleasant and largely attended one for
years.
The Payne cotton mill has been opened
IN Macon. and is now making yarns. WoIk
an The foundation of this mill teEan in
| Fsbrilary and the fact that 1t is now
running with everything in perfect order,
/ is evidence of the energy and executive
aniliIv of the manager, Mr w. ). Payne.
| The min is situated beyond Crumps Park,
on the Central Railroad, and splendid
/ nrepara ions have been made for the COM
lori of the employees of the mills
Poulan News and Immigrant: Mr.. John
C McPhaul is carrying on interesting ex-
SPECTATORS of wheat threshing. His ma
4 chine is original, made uron plan eVolV-
Cd from his own ideas. Those operating
the machine claim 10 have lost count OF
| The number OF people who have told them
/ how it should be done. The yield doesn't
seem as large as anticipated, party from
the effect of continued drought.
Around Ellaville the oat and wheat crop
has been harvested with fair results. In
some parts of the county the wheat crop
/ vas very good. There is more wheat in
/ tbe bins than there has been at any time
since the war. There will be considerable
increase in acreage in the next crop Inc
corn crop is an average one, with 10 per
Il cent. increase in acreage. The watermelon
crop IS ten days late ana VIII not pc 50
large as heretofore. shipments VIII oegln
July l.
1t is almost a daily occurrence that large
shipments of eggs pass through Atlanta
on their way to Cuba, and strange as it
may seem, nearly all of these shipments
come from Tennessee. Now the question
arises why can't Georgia get into the
swim in this line? One night last week
i go cases of eggs constituted one shipment
from Jackson, Tenn, to Cuba by the way
/ of Tampa. This shipment amounted TO
| over 500 dozen, or 10SO00 eggs. An eX-
| press messenger said that shipments or
tns size and character were almost daily,
| and that all these shipments came from
| Tennessee.
State Military Inspector Colonel Will
/ lam Il. OD-aE mas Inspected tliS CutHpSlL
| Rifles The showing made was quite sat
| isfactOry, Col. Obear readily stating that
/ he would approve the Cuthbert company
as a part of the state militia. With but
4 few minor criticisms, Col. Obear express
/ ed himself as being well pleased with the
4 uniformity in size of the members, their
/ naat and tidy appearance. their strict
/ military bearing and discipline and their
/ drill He also complimented the company
4 for the nice condition in which the state
4 property, their uniforms and other prop
I erty is kept.
The preliminary drawing for the fed
eral prison to be erected in Atlanta it is
4 understood, has been completed and is
4 now hanging in the Office of the general
land agent in the department. of justice
/ at Washington. II is UNDERSTOOD that there
4 IS no gingerbread or other ornamentation
4 about the plans of the prison, and that
/ the building contemplated a present con-
sists of massive array of brick and
4 mortar with little 20 commend II TO the
eye, This plan, it is stated, is altogether
/ tentative and there are numbers of fea-
| tures about it which the head of the de-
pdrtment of justice does not ike.
Montezuma Record The wheat grow
ers' convention, to be held in Macon on
July y, should and probably will be large
/ iy attended. There has been a gratifying
revival of interest in the cultivation of
wheat in various parts of the state, with
/ a strong probability that each season for
several years to come VIII see an increase
IN the acreage, until Gssrg VIII pcetty
Eeariy Ii not quite RAISE her own bread
supply. Meantime, there should Re
/ systematic agitation in favor of more Ft-
/ L l'iou Icing given 40 stock and cattlA
Ta'S ns When Georgia produces her own
/ Urea ana meat she VIII pc practically
/ independent.
George Bankston, who was indicted in
Atlanta with John Pendley for the murder
Of Parolman Ponder, was released Mon
day by order of Judge John Gambler, and
me most sensational murder case ever
/ tlled in Fulton county is now probably
4 Closed for good. 1t win be remembered
mat several months ago Joan Pendiey,
/ Dehalb county convict, confessed to the
/ murder OF the policeman. He gave de-
iaiied description of how the brave Off
4 Ger was shot down mhile in he wholesale
huqor house Of Louis Steinau. and impli
4 Cdleu George BankSton, stating that Bank
4 SION mad promised to give him $50 for as
4 SlstluS in the burglary of the store, which
Pendeys many and conflicting confessions
both
military board of survey will be APP
pointed by Gov. Gambler to investigate the
loss by the Augusta fire on the property
OF the state and the United States gov
eminent In the recent fire that visited
tususta the arms and equipment of the
tour augusta military companies, the
troop Of cavalry and the Photograph instru-
nShts were destroyed and the selection of
1oard or survey is necessary 10 dscer-
Illn the amount of loss. The arms be-
i"nsed to the federal government and as
ta'h commander OF the companies which
gus aimed loss from the fire were under
n hond for the care and return Of the guns
ana equipment Il is necessary that some
SNort be made anC the blame, if any, at
,olHed, 50 that those officers who were MOI
ltsponsole for the loss can be indicated
anu exempted from any collection ~ the
government under their bonds.
FLORIDA.
Three prisoners made their escape on
sunday from the county Jail at Bronson
A. last accounts the sheriff was in close
ADllac hico.a will snnn vote or, lhn nlice-