The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
There is a bability of Athens having
new oil mill at an early date. A number
of prominent citizens are interesting them
selves in the affair. and the movement has
every assurance of success.
The young men of the military com
pany are about to organize a volunteer fire
company for Statesboro. This is a move
that will be encouraged by the business
men of The town. as every business inter-
est requires better fire protection.
Statesboro Bunoch Herald: Mr.. r.
Simmons this week closed a contract with
Mr. A ]. Franklin for the completion of
his big store building, which has been
under course Of construction for several
weeks. The house will cost, completed,
in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
Mr.. Mike Coffee, a well-known plumber
of Macon. has been missing for two weeks,
and his relatives are uneasy about him.
He was employed at Flowers plumbing
establishment and was last seen or heard
from on Sunday afternoon of last week.
The police are assisting in the search for
him.
The surveyors of the Charleston, Au-
gusta and Chattanooga Railway Company
have arrived al Athens, having completed
their survey of the road between Augusta
and Athens. 1t is believed that work on
the grading of the new road will be start
ed at an early date and that its construc-
ton will be pushed rapidly
Macon Telegraph: Speaking Of the in
fuence of the moon on the atmosphere
vegetation, etc, Judge Gerdine says he
does not understand it but that he is as
much convinced that the moon has innu-
an t,tf i
is that Chritianity is true; that neither is
explainable from a scientific view, but
both have their results.
In Houston County Superior Court two
murder cases have just been tried Joel T.
Lane, white man, was tried and acquit-
ted He killed a negro during a dispute
over land line Steve Frederick was ac-
Quilted by the jury Wednesday night He
killed another negro at Fort Valley in
1898. George w. Clark. on trial for bur-
garizing the Perry Loan and Savings
Bank was discharged, having fully estab-
lshed an alibi
Swainsboro, Wiregrass Blade: D. r.
Curl and wife, who separated last Friday,
we are informed, again formed partner
ship Tuesday night and are now living as
happy as junebugs. The separation of
the couple reached a rather serious stage
Saturday when Mr.. Curl and his bro her-
in-law, John F. RoweH had fight in
which Rowell cut Curl. All differences
have been settled, and everybodys on
good terms again.
Two more carloads OF beef cattle have
been sold by Mr.. w. L. Adams of Pavo-
about seventy head at $3.50 per head, all
round, bringing in the neighborhood of
Sl50. This makes about five cars Mr.
Adams has sold this season, and while he
hac mot 1o IL 41-s-
account of the decline in the market he
will doubtless try il again another season.
Experience will aid him, and with aver
age markets, can make 1t profitable yet
These were sold to Grover & Eason of
Quiiman, Ga.
Madison Madisonian: A family of i'm
migrants from Habersham county passed
through the city Monday afternoon on its
way 10 Dooly county, in South Georgia
to engage in the saw mill business. They
were driving a yoke of oxen TO a four
wheel vehicle The family consisted of
man and wife and three small children.
They had tent apparatus and spent their
nights in camp on the roadside. They had
with them two other Jokes of oxen, say
ing that these beasts of burden were not
to be had in South Georgia, and that those
they had cost nearly 500 a yoke in the
mountains. Several such parties have
passed through Madison this spring going
from the mountains to the timber regions
of South Georgia
The Fort Valley Fruit Growers Associa-
ton at its last meeting fixed April p for a
special meeting TO discuss questions con-
corning the handling of the crop OF 1900
which, all signs indicate, will be an I'M
precedented one in size. 1t is their desire
TO meet the representatives of as many
railroads and car companies as may de-
ma IN rfF,ty 91aeA
crop. and TO have as perfect an under
standing of all matters connected with the
transportation of the crop as possible Ex-
perience has shown that there should be n
full understanding of all matters that bear
on the situation before the rush of the
season is on. In many respects the in
terests of the fruit men and Of the trans
portauon companies are identical and
much good can be accompli shed by a full
conference between them.
At LAGRANGE Thursday Mr. George w.
Truitt sold his 1899 crop of cotton-15O
bales-at 9l4 cents On the 9th day Of last
September, when cotton was selling at 61h
cents, MIR. Truitt came into town with 100
bales, and on the front wagon were twen-
ty bales, on top of which a blackboard
was being held upon which was printed
in large letters: Eight cents or to the
warehouse we 60" And to the warehouse
the entire lot did go, but Thursday ii
came out. A good many of the wiseacres
as they read the inscription on the board
chuckled a good hearty laugh behind their
coat sleeves, for they knew, or rather
thought they knew, that cotton was going
to drop to cents Mr. Truitt was ad-
vised often and by many to sell his cotton
but he exercised his own good judgment
and he has several hundred dollars in his
pocket that he would not have had if he
had taken the advice. Last August Mr..
Truit sold $50 bales for So. 700; Thursday
he sold the same number Of bales for
$6,700-a difference of 5000
FLORIDA.
Mrs. H. G. Kemp, wife of the store
keeper at Riverland, fernando county.
fell out of the store door at that place