The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-14
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

Hon. B. w. Sanford of Crawford county
Is spoken of as a probable candidate for
the Legislature in that county. Mr.. San
ford has had some legislative experience,
having served one term in the Senate
Judge w. W Fitzgerald of Lumpkin
county has announced as a candidate for
the Senate from the Twelfth district
Judge Fitzgerald has served several terms
in the Legislature and has many friends
in every section of the state.
There is a new entry in the race for SEN
ator in the Twenty-seventh district, in the
person of John NJ. Ammons. Esq He
was sheriff in Walton county for thirty
years and United States deputy marshal
under Col. Dunlap several years ago. Mr..
Ammons has always been a consistent
Democrat. is an anti-prohibitonist and
Hardshell Baptist in belief.
J. H. Hertz is still postmaster at Macon.
although his time expired several weeks
ago. He is making 20 kick, however. and
is holding on as if nothing had happened.
Harry Edwards, the nominee, is confident
of winning the place ana the general opin-
ion is that he will get it. Col. Locke could
not go TO Washington and he could not Sc
cure leave of absence to attend the Re
publican Convention in Atlanta He eX-
pected to get the nomination for Cover
nor in case the Republicans put out state
ticket this year, but it seems they have
decided to keep out Of state politics.
Miss Mary Lou Jones, new postmaster
at Hogansville, took charge Monday morn
ing. Hogansville people are highly pleas
ed with Miss Jones as postmistress IS
well as the thought that they are once
more given proper consideration by the
national government. While the appoint
me ~ no three
has been very humiliatng 10 the people of
HogansVille, they have at the same time
borne the situation with all its disagree
able and inconvenient features braVely.
Miss Jones has put the Office in the Grand
Hotel building, where it will be very much
more convenient to the town, well as
the travelling public and community. Miss
Jones will be assisted by her younger Sis
ter, Miss Bertha Jones.
Mr. Jere B. Willis, one of Bib county's
leading farmers, takes issue with Commits
sioner Stevens on the fertilizer question,
and does not believe that the increased
sale of tags means an increased acreage
in cotton this year. He says that cotton
seed were nearly all sold because of the
rise in the price from 121a to "a cents a
bushel, and instead of cotton seed being
used as fertilizer for corn this year, guano
will be used, and this, in his opinion, ex-
plains the large number of fertilizer tags
that have been sold. He says the farmers
have made their arrangements to plant
less cotton and they cannot change their
plans on short notice; therefore, they can
not plant very much more cotton this year,
though the high price should tempt them.
Mr. Robert v Nottingham, who is well
known throughout Georgia, and who is a
brother of Judge W. D. Nottingham of
Macon's City Court, has bought a farm
near Walden in Bib county, and proposes
10 place Geo goats on II. He figures that in
three years he Will be worth Sl,O0O0O, as
in his opinion the goats will each year in
crease at the ratio of nine to one He
thinks the leading feature of the ranch
will he the dairy which he proposes to run
in connection with it for selling goat milk
for medicinal purposes. He says that the
milk is the only thing in the world that
will cure certain diseases and it is espe-
ciaIly good for aenimia. He hopes to es-
tablish a sanitarium near the farm for the
free entertainment of invalid women and
4 feeble children, but this will not be an
advertised feature of his ranch.
r. A. Williams, better known as Peg
leg" Williams, the man who has been in
so much trouble about sending negro emf
grants westward was again arrested Sun
day morning in Atlanta on the same old
charge of hiring negro labor for emgra-
ton without a state license. There is also
a. warrant for Williams from South car
DINA, and still another warrant Whlch Is
in the hands of the sheriff of Fulton coun-
ty. Chief Manly received a warrant for
Williams several days ago from South
Carolina but Williams was not in the city
and the warrant was temporarily pigeon
holed. Saturday a warrant came 10 me
police authorities from Athens, Ga. sun
day morning officer Hill found Williams
Just as he stepped from train at the de-
pot. and the alleged labor agent was ar
rested and locked up at the police bar
racks. The prisoner was turned over 10
the county officials, the sheriff having a
warrant for him Sunday night the Sou
Carolina warrant was brought to light,
and Williams now has three new charges
for labor hiring to answer 10.