The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.



GEORGIA.
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Inc thermometer resis'eIed ~
a. Perry sunday morning. the coiaest OF
TIE season. Garden truck and fruit seems
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The total amount Of real estate returned
for taxation in the city Of Augusta Is
Sl3.623.9 The personal property return
ed is a little over 100000 Compared with
last year these figures show an increase
in real estate returned for taxation of
S93 1853. and O slight increase in ne amount
of personal property returned
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DOCK on Broad street in Augusta and the
remains of the fallen walls are being pulle
Cow ana me pttcAs laNeu 1u' anu anu, sta
Vet n,bne ~ ac,,,si r,ort5 hos ror1rnen-.i
and viii probably he continued without
intermission, il is "a fact I'D TO the present
time no definite conclusions have been
reached as to the new buildings TO be
erected
C,a.oe,.,., CO.. o.. 90 .h- Mt s,,b-
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stanual signs OF prosperity Is me tact that
there Is little or no litigation in the courts.
At this season OF the year the justices of
the peace generally have their hands fun
but this year very few people are beng
oesoor- - ~ ~ ain 80 ~ 90 m
making some of This Decent Mckinley
black seed cotton Verify: The wave Of
prosperity so long looked for has put in its
appearance.
W ~, r7s.. ,.a.t-. Of tho 1eiret
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Baptist Church OF Atiah'a' may DC '''i7'
to the First Baptist church or Boston
one of the oldest and probably the wealth
lest church in the country. OVertures
were made TO him this week by a commit
tee from the Boston church which may
be taken to mean tnat ne VIII receive
al ite ,,,, fr, ~ Iendrr,
that the call would be accepted if the
members of the church should offer it to
him.
Calbo,n Tipoee. There has been for the
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pass Two "eeAS ''oU'a'uS u o'n'9 a.
this place. Ihey go INTO the canebrake al
night and roost, and fly away in the morn
ing, returning again at night ne slsht
mas never peen seen before. Inc peoPie
XIII them every hsht by the huhuIeus and
then they can miss them. party CON
slstlng OF marx Evans, - w; i1ooi y, ~
went out Saturday night with their guns
and killed about 600. and other people
iran ana klh the" ny ieus' anu lHes
won leaNe'
Lafayette Dockins, a member of promi-
NON. for,il,, living IN the eastern mart of
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t, -s,.,s. $3.50 -
1hoilHs DieINies 1V ~. ~ ~ 80
hcteu WIN tne PCii ~ az a. 1,l,.... -,
OF ,he neau anu !" 5fe',,t,. onI,,sa
hot iecoFeI' nc , -
mldhight MOnuay hiSiI anu 'ne "OuIDI.'
man was sun hsI"s az ueS ne ~ '.'-s
ing. ms shuil 10 suLi'oseu ~ y ,e -
ana the pIoIuse pIeeeiis Noula ~.
resteo' Inc cause u t'e I'm. ~ NouIu
not De iuny asceItai'e"- i"eie 10 W.
man III the 0ase'
Ihere mas Deeh inucn u,ie"si''e9S Nv NO
snaifvihe as 10 the result ol inc ool1 VI
the frult crop some curry piootuing Va
rletles OF peach puus' as beiie anu FL
oerta, nave Deeh kliieo, out 'ne percent
age IS SO smeh as not 10 aHect the Hlduh
crop. 80 the present OUTLOOK TOT me
irult crop Is the pest IN years fro1'
scott mas Deen there ana lound IN GER
tain local orcnards some san Jose scale
ana vigorous treatment Is Delng employed
IN stamping IL out AS soon as Irult
crop Is dssufep plans are formed lot ouild-
ing large crate factory mere
The Ocpoulgea river witch bo. 49,, -.
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rampage lot the past week. mas nearly
attained its normal depth for the winter
season and the work of clearing ont the
channel between Macon aud Hawkinsville
has been recommended. President G. A.
Smith of the Macon Navigation Company
has given il as his opinion that the work
is progressing under the brightest auspices
lent water opening to the Atlantic. The