The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-21
GEORGIA.

T 7 O. Hardy, who kIlled a negro III
49, lower part of Troup county in 1897,
t.s bsen acquitted by the jury.
rs, Rack Warehouse and Compress
cln,,,rr at Hawkinsville, has pressed
,so,, bales of cotton so far this year, and
lxre,-e 10 get 200O bales more before the
cl5s. of the season.
Commissioner of Agriculture o. B. Ste
,.,,s held out as long as he could, but
..sn ,he department of agriculture had
:, fan in line. Mr.. Stevens is too i'll
ui,b The grip TO attend to the duties of
his Office.
Won Stephen Boney one of the most
monument farmers of Telfair county, died
l,s+ week. Mr.. Boney leaves a large fam
II, an of whom are married and have nice
h,n7es and are numbered among Telfair' 5
honored citizens.
1aurens Superior Court convenes next
Monday There is a large amount of
lnsfness TO he transacted, and the full
tvo weeks will doubtless be consumed. 1t
has been reported that Judge Hart viii
not be present but viii get another judge
10 hold court for him.
stock company, composed of the lead
ing citizens Of Logansville, is being organ
lied 10 publish a weekly newspaper there
for The purpose of advertising the sur
IN rounding community, and bringing its adj
Nantages before the public. Homer c..
George will be editor of the sheet.
Gibson Record: A woman who lives in
Atlanta and owns property in Wilkinson
county. is having a well bored 1000 feet,
with the hope Of striking oil. A spiritual
ist claims to have had a talk with her
father in the spirit land, who revealed to
him the fact that oil could be found at
certain spot and she has faith in the
so-called revelation.
The store Of John NJ. Taylor at Euhar-
lee. in Barlow county, was completely de-
stroyed, with its contents, on Tuesday
night The building was valued at $1,000
and the stock at 81 ,5OO. There was only
EW insurance. The origin of the fire is
unknown, The postofiice was located in
the store, and all the mail, stamps and
4 postotfice fixtures were burned.
The state prison commissioners are in
the market for forty mules and ten wag-
Ns and all the farming equipment neces-
sary for the complete furnishing of the
prison farm that IS located AT Mnledge-
Vile Capt X. r. Foster, recently elect
cd superintendent of the farm, has gone
On a trip to purchase some of the sup
plies. He took official management of the
property Thursday.
Cuthbert Leader: One of the doctors
in Albany is of the opinion that there has
been no meningitis in that city recently,
but that the cases supposed to be menin-
4 gifts were simply a severe type of grip. II
makes little difference to the past victims
as to whether meningitis or grip caused
their death; and we fail to see what su-
perior Inducements over meningitis grip
offers as a means of exit from this mum
dane sphere.
The chair Of English in Emory College,
al oxford now vacant, will be filed for
The remainder of the term by some of the
professors there, who will at the same
ume nave their regular duties. No reg
u!ar professor of English will be chosen
unlII the trustees meet at commencement.
lAis acton has been decided upon be-
cause of the difficulty attendant upon the
securing of a competent teacher in the
middle Of a term.
b. D. Frazier, better known among his
friends as Drink Frazier. walked into
Sheriff McArthur's office, at Americas.
Wednesday and voluntarily surrendered to
,Das officer VINO held a warrant charging
D'n won murder. Frazier was at once
escorted TO Jail and will be held until the
vase against him is called for trial at this
''h oil sumter Superior Court Frazier,
is eaarsed. shot and instantly killed a
negro Charles Fuller, nearly year ago.
;. L. Armand, the Conyers merchant,
wac Was reeeatly brought from Califor-
'' 10 Atlanta and who was indicted for
''e4y after trust, scored victory in
MY e Criminal Court before Judge Gambler
.a''E morning. when the indictment
'-S' N'm was quashed Before the
Was selected Solicitor Hill discovered
WAS fatal defect in his bill of in
l'n' SO that he could not secure a
b.,s 'on upon II. Armand was ordered
r,- D'-i another indictment can be Sc
To.. 'Ae grand jury Will meet again
bo f''l when a new bill will probably