The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-14
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ITEMS FROM THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.


DR. Roberts, president of Wesleyan COL
1.ge has extended a cordial invitation to
visitors in Macon 10 call at Wesleyan
C.I.ee at any hour in the day. Many
raapl, have taken advantage OF the lnVi-
t5H0n and have gone through the old in
srui5u which is now filed with pupils.
THE crasshoppers that made their APP
rs,rlncc al LaGrance last Friday night
started ON their journey Sunday. They
barau their flight about 10 o'clock, and I'M
tu about 8 o'clock they were taking their
5apartlre, going just a little east of north.
only few remain. The question now
rise. where did they come from and where
are they going?
Tfon Gazette: Il is too often the case,
IN this section, that the granting OF bond
i'm a criminal case is considered almost
The equivalent of an acquittal The re-
s,!It OF this is that the first effort made
bv the friends OF an accused is to secure
bail The second 10 delay the trial as long
as possible. by combination of the two,
and the crowded condition of our criminal
courts. many guilty men escape justice.
c.. A. Mcdonald, who has the conces-
sion to furnish the head-end collision be
tween two thirty-fve-ton engines during
with Engineer Motley. They looked over
the ground carefully end completed all
arrangements for commencing work on
she track The tracks win be in readiness
ly Monday afternoon, when the engines
VIII bee shipped. These engines, by the
way go by the suggestive names of Schley
and CeVera.
The ola Court House and grounds at
M0raanton have been sold by commission
ers appointed by the ordinary for that
purpose and purchased by the trustees of
The North Georgia Baptist CoLese The
contract will be let within a few days 10
contractors TO overhaul and repair the
bulding. The money for this purpose has
already been subscribed. The college is
expected to open Jan. l. The building
when repaired will be worth not less than
5000. The people of Morganton are en-
thusiasuc over the prospects for the new
co..oge.
1t is understood that Hon Roland FL
Dis. representative from Bibb, viii intro
ducc measure on the opening day of the
legislature calling upon the state to APP
propriate the sum OF 5000 to be used
in connection with The amount to be raised
in Atlanta for the entertainment of Ad-
miral Dewey. The Introduction of
such measure, il is believed.
Ntulo ne Ndnlafnount 20 It's pass
ase. The members Of the local COM
mittee 10 man are heartily in favor of
the state taking a hand in The entertain
meut and VIII heartily welcome any sug-
Gesrion along that line.
Within three miles of Atlanta there was
discovered and raided by detectives in the
service of the United States on Wednes-
day one of the largest counterfeiting dens
That has ever fourished in this country
Two meu We're captured, with all the
codnteffeiting outfit a stock of spurious
coin and plating apparatus with which
70 make counterfeit coin. as wen as silver.
This raid and capture, believed to be
one of The best ana most important that
mas recently occurred in the South, has
solved he mystery Of The counterfeit
silver with which Atlanta has been pc
rodicaLy flooded since last March. For
seven or eight months a lot of counter
fell silver dollars and half dollars have
oeen floated over the city, and the spu
rous money was pronounced the best
mat had ever been put in circulation.
The money, while a trifle lighter than the
good coin. had a genuine ring when
dropped upon the floor In fact, there were
few except the experts who could tell
ne money was counterfeit without very
close INSPECTION