The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
r,vs OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA,

II
Thomas d. Jackson of Brunswick. Ga,
has been appointed manager of the West
en- Inion Telegraph Company's office al
Evacan. to succeed the late Arthur H
Kemp.
orders for tags continue TO pour into the
[aoricultural department at Atlanta so rap
XIV mat Commissioner Stevens is unable
al secure the tags from The manufacture
ers fast enough to supply the demand
The sales this year viii go far beyond
eAose OF any other year.
T J. Saunders. the oldest citizen Of In
dian Spring, and perhaps the Oldest in the
county died Sunday at The home of his
/ daughter. Mrs. w. A. Elder, at the ad-
vaDced age of 81 years. Mr.. Saunders
vas known as man of sterling integrity
and had many friends. He spent fifty
three years of his life in mercantile bust
mss. most of that time at Indian Spring,
sunday afternoon al Lone Oak, little
/ country place about four miles southeast
If Monroe. Seaborn Fambrough shot and
, instantly killed Charles Austin, besides
putting 4 bullet in the neck of Austin 5
| Younger brother. There are several the
Dries as 70 the cause of the killing. Fam
| iT0A3l Was DIOu5uI ~ Tue city DS soHSI1ll
Arnold Sunday evening after he commit
| ted the crime.
4 is stated as a fact that the Griffin
mills will further enlarge their plant just
as soon as the work can be done This
move is Imperative in order that this min
may keep up with the increasing demand
for IT'S goods This viii make the third
| enlargement of this pant within the last
fl1Ia "A 1l-f
two. The extent of this enlargement has
not been fully decided upon yet but 1t is
probable that ii will be on a scale to meet
all the demands for the next several
years.
A dispatch from Walthourville says it is
understood that Judge John L. Harden
who represented Liberty in the last gen
eral assembly, will be a candidate for re.
election 60 that office at the election in
October. 1t was through the uniting OF
the two parties, Democratic and PopuHst
upon Judge Harden for this office that
the county elected a white representative
IN 1893, and thus rescued il from negro
supremacy, they having elected the repre-
Sentative with but one or two exceptions
ever since the Civil War
Capt r. Lee Byrd, a brother of Act
ing Adjutant General Byrd, was in At
lanta Saturday He had returned from
Colombia, South America. He says that
the revolution which has been going or
for several months is stHl in progress
and it is now very difficult 10 tell which
side win win in the war. Little fighting
is being done except in the province OF
Satandra, in the southern portion of The
country, and there is little interference
20 business in other portions of the coun
IDx~t.
with Col Withrow of New York, were ar
rested by The government officials for hav'
ing firearms on their persons. They were
taken before the alcarde or magistrate
Of the district, but nothing could be
proven against them.
A party of distinguished Georgia edu
attend the annual session of the Nationa
Educational Associa alton, which convenes
Chicago Feb. q, and adjourns March l
The party left over the Western and At
lantic Railroad at o'clock. Among
those who made the trip are Prof. viii
liam f. Slaton off the Atlanta Public
Schools State School Commissioner G. r
Glenn, Maj. r. j. Quinn, L. B. Robson
and f. 0. Spain of Atlanta. Prof. S. D
Bradwen, president of the State Norma
School at Athens; Prof. d. Earnest ant
pubic schools of Athens; Supt. S. V
Sanford and County School Commissioned
G. r. Power of Marietta, and County
School Commissioner j. N. Rogers of San
dersvihe
Atlanta Journal: Mayor woodward ap-
proved two important franchises this
morning. One was grant TO the Atlanta
Railway and Power Company. The grant
allows the street railway com
pany the privilege of laying temporary
tracks along Piedmont avenue and Butlei
street, from their tracks on Decatur
street, Tor the purpose of hauling ma
chinery to the new power house of the
company on the Georgia Railroad The
grant Is for a period of twelve months
only. The other grant was the steam
neat ordinance, which the Mayor vetoed
several weeks ago, but which came back
through Council in an altered form from
that which received the Mayors disap-
prevail The original ordinance gave the
privilege of laying conduts for steam
heating purposes 10 the Atlanta Railway
and Power Company. Mayor Woodward
vetoed IL for the reason that the company
had no authority under its charter to OPP
crate such an enterprise. The new petit
upn 80 Council asking for the same priv
heges as those asked for by the street
railway company was signed by A. r
Thornton. T.. Woodruff. r. j. Lowry. ]
Carroll Payne and others. All of these
petitioners are directors in the street rail
way company. In granting the petition
Council affixed as restrictions that the
company should pay into the city treas
ury al the expiration of twenty years
per cent. of the gross receipts and that a
transfer of the franchise could only be
made to a corporation authorized by char
ter 10 operate such an enterprise. The
petitioners have not announced whether
iaey wiz accept the steam heating fran
cmse under the conditions imposed by
Council
FLORIDA.