The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-09

WaycrOss Herald. The Georgia Southern
and Florida Railroad are now paying cash
for advertising, instead OF issuing annual
editorial passes. as hertofore.-EX. But
they amt doing much advertising
Dawson, in Terrell county has complct-
Ell a two-story factory for the manufac-
ture of crates and baskets. The machinery
is expected 10 arrive soon and be place
in position. The DawsOnltes are wide
awake people.
w. p. Bryan. tax collector Of Wayne
county is a maniac. He had been acting
IN a peculiar manner for some time, ana
TUESDAY night he became very violent.
He got his shotgun and tried TO shOot sew
eral persons near Gardi, Ga, where he
lives. A writ Of iuuacy was sworn out
and he was adiudged insane before the
Ordinary. and viii lie taken to Mlliedge-
vile to the asylum.
Toccoa Southern Record Fifteen or
twenty weavers struck last week at the
cotton factory, which caused the mill TO
shut down for day or two, but II went
right along as if nothing happened alier
the second day There are more people
out of work than there is work for them
these dun days, and the man who is able
TO make a living and keep free from DEBT
is TO be congratulated.
Bainbridge Search Light; Smallpox Is
reported IN several portions of Decatur
county. but is said to be of a very mild
form. The County Commissioners were
considering the matter the first Of the
week. and win take proper steps to pre-
vent its spread No uneasiness is mani
tested that the plague will become any
thing like general, as it will probably be
confined TO those localities in which Il IS
reported 10 exist.
Americas Times Recorder: For an Amer
lean to go TO Cuba loaded down with
cigars made in Connecticut or New York
is like carrying Goals TO Newcastle but
this is what the departing battalion OF tire
Eighth Massachusetts, did. A single deal
or sold 1890 cigars and 800 cOrncob pipes
TO the boys yesterday, while other dealers
here did a land-ofiice business i'm the sale
OF cigars and navy plug tobacco among
the departing troops.
At Donaldson, in the western portion OF
Decatur county, on Friday night last
negro man by the name OF Robert Brown,
shot and killed his motherin-law, negro
woman named Rose Williams. The shoot
ing occurred after night in the negro wo-
mans house. II seems that Browns wife
had left him for some cause and had
gone to her mothers house, this greatly
incensed Brown, who slipped to the ne
gro woman's house by night and fired
three shots into his wife's mother, to
whose home his wife had fed. The ne
gro escaped into Florida.
Ellijay (Gnmer county, Courer-sentinel:
Charley Allen brought in a wagon loaded
with stills Tuesday evening. We did not
count them, but Charley said there vera
twenty in all, one very large. making II
look like an old sow and her litter OF
shoats. Each still was battered and torn
and cut so badly that its dearest lover
would scarcely have recognized it, An,
the hand of the ruthless invader and Van
da. revenue officer, how thing of beau
ty and a joy forever withers and loses
its grandeur in his presence! From many
q mountain glen and laurel branch the
echo of his destructive work comes float
ing on the midnight air, brings sadness
to many hearts and raising the bristles on
the back of old Nick himself