The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-13
GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA
ORGIA.

GEORGIA.
Mr.. John Bins locally known as the
corn king" was in Dawson the other day
and was containing that his barns were
inadequate to hod his crop. He made
this year 500 bushels.
A citizen Of Randolph county was ar
rested at Cuthtes7 the other day for
sticking" pennies until he made them re-
sernble dimes ard then passing them uron
unsuspectins persons, but was discharge
with a warning.
A cali has been made by the reop,e Of
Granville for meeting OF all the far
mers Of the county and the adjoining coun-
lies to be held Il ere on Nov. Is. The OBJ
feet is to arrange for developing the dairy
interests in that section. and the est&b-
fishing Of a large creamery at GrantNlle'
viii Taylor, n young man from Chat
tooea county, was arrested the other day
I'm Rome upon the accusation Of writing
an obscene mole 20 a well known young
lady. Taylor sent the note it is charged,
and il fell into the hands Of the young
lady's father
The Dublin Guards, a military company
of Dublin. have been admitted into the
State Militia. Editor II. NJ. Stanley of
the Courier is ca OF lin Of the organization.
II is thought that the new company viii
be nut into a battalion TO be formed Of the
organizati lions in E1a stman. HaWkinsville
and Sandersville, and assigned TO one OF
the regiments lately reorganized.
Anericus Timess-iRecorder: A report
was current here yesterday to the effect
that a large number of new cases of vario-
Ioid had recently developed at Rich ana. A
telegram of inquiry was sent one OF the
officials there who replied that not case
had developed in that town within two
weeks and the few sick ones were doing
well. Many false and malicious reports
of this nature are being circulated here.
About 8 O'Clock FRIDAY morning the
store of w. y. Dozi er, dealer in general
merchandise, and his entire stock at Bar
nett, was destroyed by fire. The stock,
which was estimated at 5000, was only
partially covered by insurance. The Geor-
gia railroad depot the residence or l.. l..
Osrin and the academy were in imminent
danger. being quite neaT the store, but the
Stiffness of the wind prevented the hre
from spreading.
Some idea of the volume of trade at Abel
can be had by the figures on cotton alone.
During the months of September and Oc-
tober the Bank of Abel paid out about
$50 OO0 for cotton. This did not cover the
value of the cotton. for a part of that cot
ton went TO pay for guano and to pay the
accounts of the farmers at the stores It
can be easily estimated that the trade in
cotton alone for those two months must
have amounted to 100000
1t is said that the Tooeoa cotton mill is
clearing $1,000 per month. Much of this
phenomenal success is due to the manage
ment of Mr.. w. R. Bruce, who is largely
interested in the mill. The people are
greatly interested in the subject of cotton
mills. Mr.. T. A. Cops has about perfect
ell his plans for a $4,000 mill, TO be locat-
ed near the Toccoa cotton mills. Mr..
CoDps has all the money he needs, and win
soon begin work the building. hIr.
Copps has interested with him some of
Toccoa's best business men.
The case of II. II. Linton. tax collector
of Clarke county, VS.. the trustees of Lucy
Cobb Institute, has been argued before
Judge Russell. and a decision is looked for
at an early date. This case was brought
about through a decision of the Supreme
Court in which It was held that Van
HOSES Academy at Gainesville, Ga, was
subject to taxation, and not exempt I'M
der the constitutional provisions, The
tax collector Of Clarke county decided to
make a test case on the question as to
whether Lucy Cobb Institute is liable for
taxes and the decision of the court Is ex-
pected within a few days.
Nashville South C eorgian: Mrs. Dasse
Folsom OF near Abel was in town Tues
day. She is a wonderful little woman
over two years ago. her husband was kill
ed by being caught in the gearing of a
threshing machine. She took up the bur-
den of life where he laid it down. She
has two farms and 8 children. This year,she
paid to have her crops planted only. She
made the crop and sent seven children 10
school for five months. She came to
town Tuesday transacted her business |
bought a beautiful new top-buggy from
Mr. Joe knight and subscribed for the
South Georgian. She is a fine little wo-
man.