The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05
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eminent Of kissing bugs.
rsa Augusta Chronicle has rendered
,tol University of Georgia edition 60
CHANCELLOR Hill and the faculty OF the uni
verstty has accepted the ofer'
Gainesville Eagle: Capt. r. NJ. Mitchell
- Albania was in the city yesterday to
,o,sider the advisabilty of establishing a
o2t,on factory at this point. He collected
considerable data, but gave out but htt!e
dsdnite information concerning his plans.
u p Dame. a well-known Macon sa
,,o,Lsener dropped dead Thursday after
,,,r while serving the orders of customers
i6i,d the bar. Death was instantane
ans and the physicians give it as their
onrion that heart disease was the cause.
Young man, a railroad agent, is said
n have made a proposal OF marriage to
Young lady near Tennn1e the other day,
ybre under the influence of liquor.
,rhouqb he drew pistol she ran, made her
esc,ne and informed her father. The
Young man was caught and stripped, then
lied 10 a tree and given 200 lashes on the
bare back.
TAIfair Enterprise: Clayton Browning
NJ Helena is responsible for this; He tells
lis that he found a spiders web near Hell
ena a few mornings ago containing the
words southern Express Co." neatly in
terwoven by the spider. He vouches Tor
the trulhfulness of this story, and says
me words were plainly observable, even
at a distance
Americus Times Recorder: That knit
ting mill is now an assured fact, and work
upon il will begin without days delay.
A meeting of stockholders was held az
rIcnt q f.
fected by the election of a temporary
hoard of directors Application for char
ter will be made Immediately. The capiH
cal stock of the company is Sl50OO and
this amount will be paid in monthly in
stallments. The name given the enterprise
is the Dixie Knitting Mills
The caterpilars have invaded Bulloch
county Reports from various sections
of the county show they are confined TO
, no particular section Mr.. George Lee of
Nellwood says they have eaten half
acre rice patch for him in twenty-four
hours Mr. j. NJ jenkins of Zoar says
they are after his fodder. Mr.. Outland re-
ports them at his farm near Clito. Mr..
S T. Chance says they are in his grass
crop in the edge of town. He is trying the
remedy Of spraying the crop with Paris
green and carbolic acid.
An attempt to poison Mr.. ]. Vincent,
an Old farmer of Richmond county, was
exposed TIL lrsday. On Tuesday night his
colored cook discovered the colored driver
near the water bucket with a bottle IN
his hand She examined the water and
sow i, looked musky. She then tasted
of it and was made very sick. A sample
Of the water was brought to DR.. j. +.
Smith who analysed it and sta ted il con-
tanned match heads and spiders. me
motive of the attempted crime Is supposed
to have been robbery, as MI Vincent Is
reported to have considerable money
Atlanta Journal: The absence of Vice
President Egan OF the Central of Georgia
Railway Company at che hearing before
the comm sson yesterday was sore dis
appointment to his friends. Mr. Egan.
with his euphOuious pronunciation of the
word depot" has wOn a reputation Tor
himself as a peacemaker of ability Ii
he could have been there yesterday when
the heated cOloquy between Col. Payne
and Col Brown began, he could have in
slantly smOothed the troubled waters by
smiling at everybody in the room and say
ing Now, gentlemen. this is not building
the Atlanta dep-po.'"
Americas Times Recorder: The farmers
of Sumter and contiguous counties are
alive to the importance of getting the
best prices for their cotton, and as ship
pers and factors generally have given
preference to the square or standard bale
OF a by 81 inches many of our farmers
are having their cotton presses changed
70 lhese dmens ons in time to pack the
growing crop into standard bales In or
der 10 expedite this work as much as pos
Sloie the Americus Compress Company is
sending force of men through this ter
rtory' changing boxes for gnners. The
work Is done free of cost, and already
many gluners have had their presses
changed to the standard size.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad pro
poses 20 cut loose from al the roads ex,
"spt the Georgia and the Seahoard in the
Ge" passenger station matter in Atlanta
~ IS understood chat the present purpose
oI Maj. j.. W. Thomas is to raise the
moor OF the Old shed and remodel the wait
ioS rooms so that there viii be sufficient
room for the State road, the Georgia and
'he Seaboard Then he will tell The other
Iua47 10 look elsewhere for their accom-
t"Nnatloes According TO plans made two
years. ago the shed can be remodeled and
P"tohed IN FOR $1,000 This would pro-
que an asphalt or cement floor raised two
e' above the present level. That e.eva-
1 5''n would keen out the water under or
"i"aY circumstances.
tuesday night about 8 O'clock some one
went TO The house Of Sidney Harris, col
"'e'' who lives just on the outskirts u
De town Of Woodbury.. and shot and
n.'l,a little negro girl who was staying
" '"e family. She was sitting in a
af before the fire The BAH passed
t-e0-h her head, killing her instantly At
admitting his deed the murderer ran
1.,9 Held about 40 yards, ANA coming
nno,. negro boy named Thompson,
"a years Old, killed him. Tracks
10 mn
a.. Where he boy fell and unbreachel
Tt. l'7 ana threw out the empty shell
d.. 10y was MOI missed by his father
r.a,t D17nt perhaps he had spent the
fr1- ""oy from home. He was not
sl,r,. Uoll Wednesday morning. It is
if' that The murderer. after killing
'n across the boy and he recoe-
ana to make his deed secure
q. MIN. The negroes are greatly
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