The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-14
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARA GRAPHS.
GEoRGIA.


AIessrs. ". L. Wilcox & Son have ship
ped from Chauncey up TO the present four
teen carloads of live stock, nine cars OF
cattle and five cars of sheep. They are
exclusively stock dealers and have eHtsh-
sive experience in the business. Chaun-
cey Is the banner station Of the Southern
road for the shipping Of live stock.
Swainsboro Wiregrass Blade; G. W. NJ.
Williams. Jr.. was given letter by Rev
Riley addressed to Mrs. Riley in Atlanta,
for mailing on the train. one day last
week Williams broke open the letter, Sc
cured a check IN il for SH. and forged MIS-
Riley's signature To it, getting The casa
in Denmark, 5. c. No arrest has yet been
made.
News comes from Colquitt that Mr.. W
Il Edison, Of the firm of Edison q Foun-
TAN. saw-rnlli men and lumber exporters
of Eldorendu Ga. was killed by falling
in his well at the mill Il is thought by
a great many that deaIh was due to heart
failure and that he was really dead when
he fell ia the well. Mr.. Edison leaves a
wife and six children to mourn his death.
Mr. Elias Clarke. an aged and respected
citizen of Americas. died Sunday evening
after brief illness. Mr.. Clarke was
nearly 81 years of age, and had long been
OF the Mexican war and even at his great
age was active and energetic. having for
several years past carried the mail on one
OF the county routes leading out Of Amer
icus.
During the past two months Col. Henry
+. De Bardeleben, formerly president OF
the De Bardeleben Coal and Iron Com
pany of Bessemer. Ala. and one of the
foremost stockholders of the Tennessee
Coal Iron and Railroad Company, with
his attorney, agents and engineering
corps, has been making Cave Spring his
headquarters testing and buying up the
iron ore lands around Cave Spring.
It is said one result Of the Atlantic Coast
Line securing a half interest in the lease
OF the Georgia Railroad may be the renew
al of the application on the part Of the Au-
gusta and Summervi.le Railway Company
for the use OF the street OF Augusta. The
Coast Line is interested in the Augusta and
Summervlle. and it is believed TO have
been opposition from the Georgia Railroad
which kept the Augusta and Summerville
from securing the franchise IL sought.
Dahlonega Nugget: From parties re-
turning from Union county this week We
learn that Mrs George Clarke and Mrs
Martin wilkins had a fight last Saturday
during which both were injured so as TO
require the presence of a physician One
used an ak and the other a stick, and they
handled these dangerous weapons like
men. Usually when a row occurs 'WO-
man is in it," but in this one here were
two. We did not learn the origin of this
racket, but it might be that there was
imam IN it,"
The cotton mill operatives Of Macon are
contemplating the organization of union.
This means a big movement, as there are
now In operation in and near Macon four
large cotton mills. employing altogether
something over 1000 hands 1t is under
stood that conference was held Monday,
and that, while no definite steps were
taken a decision was arrived at under
which the movement is liable to crystalline
very soon indeed 1t is believed they are
endeavoring to put themselves in posi-
ton TO demand a scale of wages.
There seems to be no doubt now that
Macon is going to send a battalion to the
greeting of Dewey AT the regular meet
ing of the Macon Volunteers enough
names had been secured to show that this
company would certainly be represented.
The Hussars, under Capt. Fritz Jones,
are going The Floyd Rifles will go. II
is more than probable that the Macon bat
talon will be under the command of Lieut..
Col Angunin of the Second Georgia Regi-
meut, and great pressure is being brought
on Col. C. NJ. Wiley to get him to ac-
company the men.
The merchants of Cochran, approaching
the patronage of their farmer friends and
customers, have decided 10 tender them
q barbecue there on Friday. Sept Is 1899.
Hon. Allen D. Gambler. Governor of Geor-
gia; Hon. +. 3. Lewis, congressman Third
district; Hon Charles II. Jordan of Mon
ticello, and other distinguished men will
be present. Mr.. Jordan will deliver an
address on Farmers and Farming"
which will be especially instructive and
Interesting. In the afternoon there will be
game of baseball between two picked
mines A fine brass band will furnish mu-
sic for the visitors during the day.