The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-13
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

Inc Mayor anu NOhitNtA VI AAN"iAA'NA'@
Grove have passed a curfew ordin2nce'
and now it is unlawful for any children
under 16 years of age to be found lolter-
ing after 10 O'Clock at night.
The Athens Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals is being organized.
It's promoter is Miss Louise DuBose and
the new organization has already over
seveuty-fve members. This membership
will be considerably enlarged.
The State Dairymen's Association will
hold their sixth annual session in the
Tabernacle at Granville Oct Y and l3.
Those in charge Of the same propose TO
make this the most successful meeting OF
the kind ever held in any Southern state
Fritz Merton a German, went to Co
lumbus, accompanied by his wife, about
two months ago. and leased the CONNER
cial Hotel. Bills were run up on all sides,
and the other day the hotel man and his
wife disappeared. Butchers, bakers and
grocerymen on all sides are hunting for
him.
o. s. Barnes of Hamilton has complet-
ed one of the most complete and extern
sive ginneries in the state, having four
gins with capacity of ginning fifty bales
day. He also has the round lap press.
This is an experiment in that section,
but indications are that il will be a sue
cess.
f. Daniel, one of Millen's wealth'est cit
isens and most successful farmers, is
heading a movement to erect a cotton
mill at that place. He has succeeded so
far in raising subscriptions to the amount
of $4,000 Ten acres of ground fronting
on the Central Railroad have already been
secured, and freight rates equal to Sa~
vannahs have been given by the Central
Railroad.
Columbus is soon to have new railroad
in the shape of the Chattahoochee Val
ley Railroad. which is to be built from
West Point there. The road has already
been constructed 10 Riverview, Ala, and
the gap to be filled out now is only
twenty-odd miles. The president of the
road, L. Laner, who is a prominent ciu-
zen of West Point, is now advertising for
bids for the graduation, building aud tres
ting of the road.
United States Deputy Collector Hairs
ton and b. II. Kinnebrew raided another
big still Friday night. 1t was located on
the South Broad river in Madison coun-
ty. The officers cut down 1877 gallons of
corn whisky and 1000 gallons of beer. In
that section during the past two months
Hairston and Kinnebrew have raided
twenty Illicit dstilleries. Despite the act
i've efforts to suppress Illicit distillng, it
seems to be on the increase in that sec
ton of the state.
The report comes from Jackson of the
self-destruction of Mrs. Maddox, wife of
Mr.. Dock Maddox, a farmer residing in
Jefferson county, at her fathers home, Mr..
Timer, in Jones county, several days ago.
From reports il seems that Mr.. and Mrs
Maddox separated several months ago and
Mrs. Maddox returned to her fathers
home in Jones county, carrying her chill
dren with her. Maddox subsequently went
there and took his children away. Next
day she left her fathers home and made
her way TO Murder creek. a short distance
away, and placing her apron on the creek
bank TO show where her body could be
found, plunged in the water and drowned
herself. Being missed from home they
thought of her threats of self-destruction
the day before and search was instantly
begun. For a while it seemed that all
trace of her whereabouts could not be as
certained when a part of the searching
party discovered her apron on the creek
bank, and, thinking that she had left this
as sign to locate her body, they began
dragging the waters of the creek, and lat
er their efforts were rewarded by the re-
covery OF her lifeless body at the bottom
of Murder creek. The interment took place
in Jones county.
Mr.. Joe w. Twiggs, a well known young
gentleman, 80 years of age, court stenog-
rapher for the middle judicial circuit of
Georgia, was so badly burned in Augusta
Monday morning, by the explosion of
lamp, that death resulted a few hours
later. The accident occurred at his home
4S2 Bay street, where he resided with his
mother Mrs. Lucy f. Twlggs After the
accident Mr.. Twiggs ran into the street
and was running excitedly when early ris-
ers stopped Sim and controlled him until
an officer summoned a vehicle and sent
him to the hospital There every atten-
tion was given him. He fingered in great
agony until the hour named, when death
came 10 relieve his agony No one saw
the accident. Mr.. Twiggs became uncon-
scious shortly after having been placed in
the vehicle which carried him to the hos
pital while before his death he be-
came partly conscious, but not so much as
as to be able to make any statement as
regards the cause of his death or to leave
any message for his relatives Mr.. Twiggs
was son of II. d. ID. Twggs, Esq. He
was University Of Georgia boy and a
man of high ability. He had been in ill
health for years. In the middle circuit his
ability as stenographer was most highly
praised. He was unmarried.
Alpharetta Free Press: 1t may moi be
generally known, but it is fact never
theless that Crabappie Milton county. ia
tHS hoHtt " tuG pea lued that IS, the
idea of growing peas for the improvement
of land andvmaking provender of the pea
vine. About twenty years ago the Broad
wells and Dorrises and Fuckers, who live
at Crabapple, began to raise peas and
soon found that their growth greatly i'm
proved the land. Al first they had an idea
that ii was better 10 leave the vines on the
lands and plow them under. but they soon
learned better than that, and now such a
thing as leaving pea vines in the field is
not considered by progressive farmers.
The vines are cut and cured thus making
the finest hay ever known, and the land
is made better than if the vines were
piowed under From Crabapple
the pea idea spread in all
directions-spread as rapidly as a prai-
RE fire. Within few years the farmers
in number of North Georgia counties
had the pea fever" which is so conta-
gious that ii has by this time spread over
several states, and even the agricultural
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