The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-25
GEORGIA.


Every insurance and railroad Office and
every wholesale house but one, in Atlanta,
r;u close doors every Saturday afternoon
of . o'clock from May l to Sept | of the
present year
The officials of the Atlanta state fair
70 he held in October say that the coun-
ties of Floyd, Barlow, Cobb, Gwinnett,
camden. Hancock, Thomas and Putnam
have applied for space and announced that
tbev will have exhibits there.
VIII and Ben Morrow, two members of
tbe old Morrow gang that terrorlzed Cor
don and surrounding counties in 1891 and
SOP have been run down and are now in
ian in Birmingham, awaiting the arrival
of Sheriff Dave johnson, who has gone to
that city.
Near Lawrenceville, Ca, Martin john
sion after digging a well about thirty-two
feet was being drawn out by his brother
While sitting quietly on a key. AS he
reached the surface the chain broke and
The key gave way. Mr.. Johnston kept his
se7t and in one second fell thirty-two feet
Fortunately he was not hurt.
In the County Court of Dooly county
about SIN parties nave D0NAi NtAlNlNNCb u
ijegal voting in the recent municipal cleo
ton. and there are a large number OF these
Cases vet to be tried before adjournment
Every man who has been guilty received
q sentence of six months in the gang or
three mouths in the county jail, TO be re-
ueved by paying a fine of $25.
Brunswick Times: The owners of the
Wolf Island hunting resort have decided
10 rebuild the houses destroyed by the
storm. It viii be remembered that the
October tidal wave swept this resort of all
IFS possessions and left the club without
any buildings to occupy while on hunt
and fish. The members are in no wise dis
couraged, however, and will erect commo-
dious headquarters al once.
Americas Times-Recorder: The many
Americus friends of Mr.. AL
len Fort, Jr, will hear with
Measure that he was one of the win
rers in the sophomore contest for
sneakers place at the commencement of
the state university In June. Young Mr..
Fort is an honor graduate of the Amer
icus High School, and that he will be
graduate with honors from the state uni-
versity can safely be counted on.
quite a freak of nature is being exhibited
at cambridge, in the shape of a negro
girl Il years old, whose face presents a
wonderful deformlty. Her eyes are almost
on the side OF her head. Her forehead has
great lump on it composed of similarly
shaped bones to those of the head, four
distinct nasal passages, or two noses, and
an extra set of teeth. She sings. talks,
reads and IS intellectually as bright as the
ordinary negro child of her age and ep-
portunities
Dahlonega Signal: T. H. Worley's son,
VIII, decided last Saturday that there was
better place to be found than home,
sweet home" and pulled out for Forsyth
county, where, u is supposed, he went to
be married. He is Worley's only son, 10
years of age. Mr.. Morley had made ample
preparations to put in good crop, but
he cannot now do so as he Is unable to
work himself and has no help. He is I'M
pressed with the idea that his son was led
off by some prejudiced person.
Thomasvine Times Enterprise: The
game law is in force but so far as we
know it does not cover the killing of wild
turkeys with a locomotive. If Il did En-
eneer VIII Jeter would probably have to
answer TO the grand jury for violating this
was pulling the Monticello train and while
clipping along at lively rate between
Metcalle and Monticello two fine wild tur
KEYS flew right In front of the engine and,
oil course were killed. Mr.. Jeter watched
"here they fell and figured on stopping
10 get them on his return trip. When he
sot 0ack however, some one had been
aAead of him and the birds were gone.
=, Is not often that train runs down
wild turkeys.
Al Camilla the case of the state against
jim Kimberly charged with murder was
caHed Thursday afternoon. A number of
witnesses were introduced and the guilt of
.ue accused established beyond doubt, he
having confessed the crime TO a number
~ people He said that he had knocked
.'c o'd woman, Amanda Smike, In the
.edu while she was In her yard and had
,le" Iaken the body and buried It In the
~ me body was thrown in a hole about
1"o ieet deep and The dirt packed down
~ u, The crime was one of the most
t9iu olooded murders ever committed in
.'e state A few minutes after the Jury re-
e1.Iieu their verdict, Judge Littleiohn
-.ileheed the prisoner to be hanged IN
rtIIYdle' the County Commissioners TO pro-
oi pace on May IS next The Judge
81 directed that the. murderer be allow
- designate such of his relatives or
p,ie WIS 10 be present at the hanging as he
49, ."[ "a, This win be the first legal execu-
~, mar has taken place in Mitchell coun-
ham Si,',e 1850, when two negroes were