The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-27
GEORGIA.

i tempt TO put Out the HiS III A@@9' NAiNi4S
tba other day, as that section was not in
be fire limits and had refused to be in
/ corporated.
emanuel county will not allow road
overseer 10 draw his pay for his services
unless he has as many as ten hands I'M
der him. This rule was adopted to keep
down a surplus of bosses.
Houston county breeders will contest
,or poultry prizes at the Georgia state
fair next fail, if there is a chicken show
srtacbment There are at least nine dis
rncr varieties of pure-bred chickens in
the county.
Mrs Charles Rentz. of Wadiey, Ga, died
=, he Central train which reached Macon
Tuesday morning at 4 O'Clock. Her death
nccurred about eighteen miles from Ma
oor The deceased had been sick some time
win typhoid fever, and she was being TAX
On 10 her mothers home at Perry, Hous-
ton county.
cartersville News The sensational
story going out from Rockmart, published
in saturday's Constitution. to the effect
bat a white woman killed a negro near
Fssom Hill has no foundation in fact.
The News heard the same story early
thursday morning and made Geographic
INQUIRY at EPSON Hill and no one knew
of any such occurrence
According to a report of the condition
n sea island cotton issued by H. F. Dut-
ion 4, Co. and compiled from a CORE
4 snondence with 5000 buyers and growers
/ Of sea island cotton, the long staple crop
4 mis- wear is from IS to 20 per cent. greater
fha
ditions are more favorable in every way,
but future seasons will cut a big figure
IN the final result of the crop.
Mai L. D. Grandy, who was with the
Third Georgia Regiment during the period
which it was in the service of the United
States has left Atlanta for the Philip
pines. Maj. Graudy will be attached TO
one of the regiments now in the war with
the Filipinos. and received his orders from
4 the war department a few days ago to re-
| mort to Gen. Otis for assignment. He was
known as one of the best surgeons enlisted
/ in the service from Georgia..
Hon. Mark A. Hardin, for many years
clerk of the House of Representatives,
has turned farmer and is devoting all of
4 his time to agricultural pursuits. Re-
| Gently he has purchased an immense peach
orchard near Winnings, on the Western and
Atlantic Railroad. He has replenished
this orchard with new trees and also in
/ creased its size. Besides this, he is large
4 ly engaged in farming in Barlow county,
4 where he has an extensive plantation, said
4 to be one of the best in the state.
J. Threatt Moore will represent the Uni
versity of Georgia at the state oratorical
convention, in Atlanta, on Oct. %. Mer-
GER Emory, Dahlonega, the Technology
cal School and the university will be rep
1 resented there Mr.. Moore, last week, won
the Gulf states oratorical medal at Mont
gomery, in a contest with the representa-
tyes of Alabama, Mississippi and LouisI-
ana colleges. Emory Wellington was
chosen as alternate orator, should Mr..
Moore fail to take part in the contest.
Milledgeville Recorder: Congressman
Bartlett was greatly surprised when Rob
ert Whitfield of Milledgeville was not APP
pointed by the President to one of the
second lieutenancies allotted to Georgia
IN the regular army. Congressman Bart
LETT was assured by the President that
winfield would receive one of the APP
pointments. Furthermore, the President
said he would give preference to those
VINO had served in the Spanish-American
war Young Whitfield went to Cuba and
came out of the war as a second lieuten-
ant IN Rays Immunes. He had re-
ceWed military training before enlisting
III 'he cuban war, and was competent in
every respect for appointment. by Presi-
ueht Mckinley to a second lieutenancy.
Macon Telegraph: There are hobos and
there are hobos in this Sunny Southland,
gobe-trotters who beat their way in and
maps the most unique specimen of the
ounker-riding tramp reached Macon yes
u'uay morning. 1t was cat AT Valdosta
me conductor of the north-bound freight
"a" rusty-looking old Tom trying to
"0e under a car, and frightened him
away the cat returned and he tried for
U rl oil It's many lives with a piece of coal.
ne animal fled. When Vienna was reach
ta ne saw the self-same feline stretching
himself under the car. Again he made it
imp Ills curiosity was aroused, and at
,a ueXl and each subsequent stop he
oooNeu Tor MS strange passenger, and each
, ','L7 found him safe and sound. When Ma
~" was reached. after a trip of 157 miles,
rni Vdt came up fresh as a daisy, and per-
Li,"'SeU himself to be captured He is now
~ as trophy, the rarest specimen of
nh ae"uS hobo ever found upon the train,
SUCH cases are the only passengers.
me towns of Lyle and Lafayette, Ga,
'ie S'Irred from center to circumference
D U, the action of one Bsn Martin, white
d5.aH' ana an attempted iynching Satur-
~ "'Sht' says the Chattanooga News
1 T-or,h works for w. X. Scout, a grocer at
N.Y. 49, ana on Saturday night got drunk
i, proceeded to beat his Wife After beat
- rs hef SO the residents of Lytle say. he
ti.s a d rope around the woman's neck and
Cd , ier 70 his horses tail Then he mount.
t's we merry steed and dashed off through
no, "ooos- For a wonder the woman was
fly, A'leo' nut she was badly injured. Mar
nj. as arrested taken to Lafayette and
jcCU uelore a magistrate. After the evil
10 w. mad been heard he was bound over
no-. under Sl.000 bond A lynchine al
F,,.. resulted when the citizens of La
~ 't''e learned of Martins actions
and crowd gathered around the iail there
for made serious threats. Had it moi been
bo., we prompt assistance of two corral
d., al Chickamauga, Martin would TO-
W., ne Dangling at the end of a rome The
deed 10 excited over the brutal !