The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-23
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE Two STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPus.
GEORGIA.


has been called to the pastorate of
the First Baptist Church Of Griffin 10
succeed Rev. T. w. O'Keiley who goes
to the West End Church, Atlanta.
Prof. A W Robbins, formerly of Ella
VILE has accepted the position of prn-
cipal Of the graded school at Boston and
will assume charge on Sept. !. Prof. Rob
bins has moved his family to Boston.
Mr.. P ". Leak, who lives about three
miles from Boston, had the misfortune
to lose his house and contents Friday by
fire. The family We're away from the
house at the time and when they reached
il the fire had made such progress tAat
IL was impossible to enter the house aud
save single thing.
At a special term of Troup Superior
Court at Lagrange a charter was granted
to the Hogansville Manufacturing Com
pany. capital stock $4,000. II is said that
this means a fine new cotton mill for
IIogansville. Judge 5. W. Harris and At
torney J. II. Pitman of Atlanta attended
court for the purpose of obtaining the
necessary orders.
Hon. T. J. Cawsey, Jr.. tax receiver of
Tattnall county states that the digest
shows net increase of $50 900 this year
over last and that the Lyons district
alone which is the smallest in
the county. shows an increase of $4,000.
which Is due to the many fin. new build
ings that have gone up in
the town of Lyons for the
past year and the business enter
prises that have been opened up there.
DR.. John p. Nell died at Lyons Sunday
morning He had been suffer
ing for the past three months from chronic
troubles. DR.. Nell was of the original
Nell family of North Georgia. He was
venerable old hero of the cross, who
had reached his three-score and ten, and
almost four score years. Dr. Nell was
a noted physician, going to Tattnall Coun-
~ in the sos. He had been steadily en-
gagged in the practice of his profession
since that time.
Gus Day shot and instantly killed Josh
Otter SATURDAY night a. Grimm.
Both parties are negroes, and the
tragedy occurred about a small debt. Gil
ter had been working for Day, and went
TO Days home west of Camp Northen to
collect what wages were due him. Otter
was accompanied by two friends
who were the only eye witnesses
to the killing, and if their account OF
the affair is true it was a case of cold
blooded murder
The famous case against County School
Commissioner J. D. Gwaltney at Rome,
refuses to down. The grand jury com
pleted it's work Saturday afternoon and
the presentments are rather peppery. The
report has the following in reference to
the commissioner: I'VE depore in com
mon with all good citizens the scandal
and shame brought upon the county by
the conduct of the school commissioner
In the name of the county, good order
and prosperity of the schools we request
he be suspended until the charges of i'm
morality be disproved."
The much disputed cartridges have been
delivered to Capt. J. II. Smith of the
tGrifn Rifles by Clerk William NJ. Thorn
as. There were just $50. ana as they are
of 50-calber, they will be shipped
TO Acting Adjutant General Byrd.
There has been considerable feel
ing engendered over this dis
pute as TO who should own the cartridges,
and the matter is one that cooler heads
could have easily settled without the in
tervention OF the Governor. The Griffin
Rifles are anxious and viii make an ef-
fort 10 go 10 New York to welcome Dew
ey with other state militia. Lieut.. Daniel
says that ii was proper that Griffin should
be represented, for 1t was near Atlanta
and Atlanta claimed large portion of
the victory by taking everything in sight.
The cake walk mania has struck Ma
con, and of late several have been given
by the colored high-steppers in one of the
large buildings at Central City Park These
affairs have been attended by large au-
diences, including many white persons.
Following is a unique advertisement that
appertained to one of them: Eight hap
Ply couples, including a country couple
fresh from the old red hills of Jones
county, will give the gobbler strut, the
iap he m IN lin
pit and the country coon's cavort Jack
Thompson viii lead the cake walk at Cen
trail City Park. The dazzling
darkies will begin to gyrate to the
best rag time music at $50 o'clock. The
flow of perspiration will cease when the
prizes are distributed
Mr.. Jim Murray of Watkinsville has a
large collection of snakes which he in
tends to have on exhibition in Atlanta in
the fall He makes no pretentions what
ever to being a snake chaTmer, but says
he is not afraid of any snake to be found
IN this country. In a quiet way he began
gathering his collection, and there are but
few who know of its existence. All II
this collection have been captured on and
near a creek within two miles OF his home
and now he has some twenty snakes, oil
ell sizes and many varieties. Among the
number are coachwhips, moccasins, ad.
ders, garters, king, green, two varietie.
of the black, cotton variety and others
These vary in length from twelve inche.
to six and half feet. The coachwhiI
h one of the largest and there ore otheri
which measure five, six feet, and SO on
One snake of twelve inches Is about on,
inch In circumference and measures III,
same all along from head to tail. anC
has almost no sign of a head and no on,
knows its variety. The cotton mouth Il
quite a curiosity. as when It opens IL
mouth 1t Is found TO be as white as cot
ton.
FLORIDA.
Lieut. Kelton. formerly of Fort Nc