The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
GEORGIA.

Triton Gazette: The watermelon and
,.s.rry season will make all the Geor-
-,i,ors with slim girths expansionists.
The first ear of Southern syrup ever
.,',osd 10 am Eastern market was sent to
T'' p Parker of Boston few days ago
from cairo. Ga.
Mrs Lauirum Ford of Loganvilie fell
~ an saturday while sitting at the
s,.r.r liable. Heatt failure was given as
he cause of death.
Marietta had a $4,000 fire Sunday morn
,.r s,orehouse belonging to NJ. NJ. SEES
,:,rs and stock belonging to Florence
pr5s & Go. were destroyed.
vsrton p. Richardson of Greensboro has
,rors,, suit for $25,OcO damages against
t,s louisville and Nashville Railroad,
- Of the Georgia Railroad, for per-
sossi INJURIES while in the service of that
COMPANY
C. r. Turner of Monroe county, after an
eypsrmcnt is satisfied that 600 to 200
,,nr1s of tobacco can be grown there to
i5s acre. He IS going 10 plant the weed
q, a more extensive scale. and believes
he NIL gel big returns from the crop.
5ndge Fife Of the Superior Court of Bar
TOM county has instructed the grand jury
10 tnd.at the Southern Express Company
4 for SC. ing liquor in a dry county. The
a 5npany als had a large jug trade there,
& aad h. says the law in the case should be
Etsted
The historic and romantic spot near Co
lur5us, known as Lovers Leap. which
was a large rock projecting over the Chat
th5oehee river, has been blown up with
Ldyn5m.te. The rock had to be gotten out
J O. che way for The consTuction of a new
power house.
Col Lee Jordan, one of Macon's most
ro1inont citizens, who died Sunday morn
n. wds buried at AIilledgeville on Mon
day. Ee was one of the last of the old
the Georgia planters" class of men
Who termed on an extensive scale and
n ds .ortunes from The soil in the days
b oi7 The war.
Taomls j. Land of Jackson has just
|
a-e 10 Savannah while The Seventh Army
was Icing moved 10 Cuba, and dis
ed D. q sollier, went oyer with the
Sc Texas Regiment on the transport
J A'29r. ''e tells some interesting sto-
Ii of mis- experiences.
There has been one car of guano shipped
to UnadHe SO far. and that has been stor-
81 in warehouse and none sold. OF course
uo formers wIll use some, but they say
how ,hit they Will use it in very limited
QaRults. More oats than usual have
reA sowod. and in fact everything points
70 more meat and bread and less cotton.
Far, Gaines Sentinel: The number of
mules sold in this section this season is
l..er than has been known in several
Yeas. We lave not heard of any being
sa'Hed mere. when usually up 10 this time
Se"ra. carloads have been received and
disposed Of This is due to several causes.
FIRST The farmers having determined to
l'uu'e their cotton acreage, they will have
less need OF stock; second, their finances
are So low that they can't afford to buy;
ana another reason is that there is more
nome-raised stock In this section just now
''t' N'NA ''l'ic- All OIL winch, taken dS
Whole' is an encouraging sign of the
times.
cupid Reddng, a negro who was arrest
ed IN Cordele several days ago on a charge
Of aarrony and carried to Macon to await
'u1l' mas been identified by Mrs. Maroney.
OF Lee county, as the man who committed
d criminal assault on her at her country
nome near Oakfieid about six weeks ago.
Inc people of Lee county were greatly in
ceiSed at the crime, and an active hunt
was commenced for the negroes. The peo-
PIE OF Lee offered reward of $500 and the
soVernor 800 for the capture of the negro
VINO assaulted Mrs. Maroney. Mrs Ma
iVney went up to Macon Saturday and
ueh'lned Redding in Bibb county Jail as
'Ne negro who assaulted her. He will be
SAT- 'ed back to Lee county for trial. Bill
1ol' was shot to death in q swamp sever
al d, aayS ago by a posse from whom he was