The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-12
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
EuS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

b
icted by the Houston county grand jury
or violating the game laws of the state
hin sest the right of the Legislature to
"a $ a law preventing them from shoot-
ne in their own field.
Sanoia ~aas caught the cotton factory
Enthusiasm which is infesting the South.
+ "a meeting held last week over $4,000
Evas subscribed toward a 5000 mill. Sub
-rintions are coming in daily and as soon
q SeO0 600 is raised the remainder will be
forthcoming from foreign sources.
The Travellers Protective Association
Convention will open in Macon on April 10
nd the drummers will be welcomed to
he eity by the Chamber of Commerce,
bicb tenders a smoker for the occasion.
he convention will be in session three
IS and everything is in readiness for it.
qrlv $500 has been subscribed as a ban
fund,
he candidates for solicitor in the Bibb
rcujt viii meet in joint debate in Knox
Me- the county seat of Crawford, next
| a lrdav. A large crowd will go out from
Iaton to hear the speeches. The meeting
"a, been well advertised, and all the vot-
rs in the county are expected to be pres
bat The candidates so far are Messrs
Robert Hodges, Marmaduke Bayne, Hope
polhiU Andrew w. Lane, Walter J.
Grace. J. =. Duncan and John r. Cooper
DR.. John II. Bradley has begun active
work soliciting stock to the Dublin Fair
Association 1t is proposed to organize
company with a capital of $500 and
bold a county fair in Dublin each year
is estimated that this amount of money
|vu he sufficient to grade the property
5y out race tracks, etc, erect the neces-
Eary Buildings. enclose the property and
ave a good amount in the hands of The
roa-urer TO offer as premiums TO eXhib-
o's
The contract to equip the Walton Cot
on Min has been secured by the Lowen
Elachiuo Company of Massachusetts. Mr..
Bonn Hill southern agent fer the com
any. closed he irade with the directors
at Tuesday The new mill expects to
ecin operation with $500 spindles. The
buildings will be constructed with a view
Increasing the number of spindes to
H TIE mill viii be located south of
auroe and west Of Monroe Cotton Mills
le mjI VIII he built in what is now
7vp as the Norris woods. An ample
na'y Of water is to he had there. The
.atJ SPOT is a good eminence and makes
I commanding site.
Mr.. George r. Nigh, large fruit grow
\ IF Co6b county, is of the opinion that
he fruit was almost totally destroyed by
BE- I. cent freezes. lie says that on sew
n-.aItha of the trees in Cobb county 80
~ cent. o5 The crop has been Killed, on
NO-lCulha 80 ger cent. has been killed, and
/ cra-ttath % Ter cent has been de-
4 r1y a., Mr. Nigh states that the dam
| ea has not been confined to the ElbeVtas,
1ut dat ohor' varieties of peaches suf-
i rod as severely as these. In the most
7verel l5ealtcs fully IS per cent. Of The
/ ul WAS killed. 1t is 10 be hoped that
|Nr N .gh is mistaken in his estimates
pa nero viii be a larger crop than he
4 stmates
The race for the Superior Court judge
hip I'm The Albany circuit is becoming in
|tersting. A present it is three-cornered,
|Wlth al least the possibility of another en-
FRY a- AM early date. Judge w. n.
snence. who has presided over the courts
|ot the circuit since 1896 is a candidate
for rec ecton. The announcement of
Hon. John T.. Donaldson of Decatur coun-
~ has made its appearance. and now the
authoritative statement is made that
ZION. Isaac A. Bush of Mitchell is in the
race and VIII issue an address to the PEG
|pe of the circuit this week Judge
~ t4A' 'lII = ol. t3US0 are Itl1QW fONllS-
men, both being residents of Camilla, and
the race between them in Mitchell county
proraists 10 be sharp and exciting.
Macon TelegraDh: The negroes of
GEORGIA are leaving the farms. This OBJ
IS Wat.on is causing considerable specu-
auo1 among The land owners in some
loea iies Of the state and in few in
stances the fact has engendered a feeling
ON, .I~.- e . ,a
negroes leaving the agricultural districts
j more Ia evidence during the past few
months than for any period in several
cars. Many Of them are going into the
'U" HS ANA villages and many more into
districts where public works, such as saw
mIl9 and turpmtnc stills, are in opera
Non- only TWO months ago a carload of
NEGROES, gataered from the farms Of
hoo~ on county left Fort Valley and mi
grated 10 Co'quitt county, where indus
,I'e+ OF tHs kind are in full blast, and a
IKE nnmhe~ from Upson county were
more recently imported 10 the land of
'uFpentne and lumber
On Saturday, and Sunday, April u and
\ y The Horse Creek Church Memorial AS
socia'i9n Will hold its first annual meet
lns at Tie church at WoodcHff. Ga. This
association was organized last year by
''ng temporary officers having as its
V"t''1 the care Of the graves of the dead
WIG buried IN Horse Creek Church Gem
'"if hy a general decoration of the same,
lApanied by appropriate memorial ser
Wees This Is probably one of the Oldest
cen. .eries ina the country, and The hon
'' ana the beloved dead who lie buried
't'it nave left relatives. children, grand
H"'ien and great-grandchildren who are
w." iiFlns all over Georgia, Florida, South
aI'Hha' Alabama, and many other dis
.''1 states of the Union. From among
'".se' AS Wen MS from the surrounding
ouu lry large concourse of devoted
,"llus ana relatives will assemble to pay
l3' .nS tribute to the memory of their
.'7Oea dead by decorating their sacred
'a''S with the sweet flowers of spring.
AL interesting programme has been pre-
pared for the occasion.
FLORIDA.
lis'h Wadsworth Clark, one of Jack
so"NHies best known and most popular