The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
Wadis Cooper, a fifteen-year-old negro
how. was drowned in the Flint river at AL
bany Sunday afternoon.
Thirty delegates have been selected in
Jasper county to attend the convention of
the cotton growers to be held in Macon on
Nav T. They comprise Jasper county's
most prominent farmers, bankers and
merchants.
The negro Lee Edwards, who killed Mr..
Arthur Sneed in Macon Saturday, has not
vet been captured. A large posse is
searching for him in the swamps below
Macon and il is hoped to have him in
custody in a short time. II will be
hard matter for the officers to keep him
from a mob
The twelfth annual assembly of the
Georgia Chautaudua is thing of the
past 1t closed Sunday az Albany with
appropriate exercises at the Auditorium,
where at II O'Clock, a large congregation
assembled to hear FSev. James Young
Fair. pastor of the Independent Presbyte-
rian Church of Savannah, preach the clos
ing sermon.
Telfair Enterprise: John T. DeLacy, So
Ucitor general of this circuit, is a candi-
date to oucceed himself. We have heard
nothing but favorable reports of his can
dilacy and the indica lions are faVora bic
for him, so we learn. Col. DeLacy has
filed the vacancy caused by the appoint
ment of Hon. Tom Easton, as prison COM
missioner, in a manner highly creditable
10 himself and acceptable to the people.
Capt John A Davis of Albany has of
fered three handsome gold medals to the
young ladies of Southwest Georgia. They
will be contested for and awarded al the
thirteenth annual assembly of the Geor-
gia Chautauqua next spring Capt. Davis
offers one medal for oratory, one for vocal
and one for instrumental music. Young
ladies between the ages of IA and 20 years,
inclusive. viii be eligible for participation
in the contests.
The fruit growers of Southwest Georgia
are already buying many crates for ship
ping the coming peach crop and not only
all Of the Georgia factories are kept busy
but many crates are being shipped from
other states for the Georgia crop The
question of crates is always an important
one with the fruit growers and great loss
has been experienced in the past by
growers who could not get enough to ac-
oommodate their crop. Consequently
many Of them have already purchased and
now have the crates on hand.
report is in circulation in Monroe that
the seaboard Air Line will enter the field
for the purchase of the Gainesville, JEFF
fersOn and Southern Railroad, running
from Social Circle. on the Georgia Rail-
road, through Winder and Jeffersor,
70 Gainesville on the Southern The
rUmor seems to be well founded the
pork coming from an official of the Sea-
board in a position to know. This con-
templated purchase furnishes indications
az no n
the Seaboard in their policy of extension
in the South
The Georgia Bar Association will meet
at Warm Springs July and the session
will last three days. A meeting of the
Executive Committee, which consists of
Burton Smith of Atlanta, Joseph r. La
mar of Augusta, Bofng Whitfield of
brunswick Orvile Park of Macon and
Attorney General Terrell, was held in the
latter's office in Atlanta Saturday, when
the details of the meeting We're discussed
at some length. An effort will be made
to get up an unusually attractive pro-
gramme for the three days THAI the as
ISOLATION viii be in session.
Saturday City Marshal R. E.
Robertson of UnadiIa arrested a
negro, Mac Pate, under
warrant from. Pulaski county. The
negro began firing at the marshal at
short range, and before he could draw his
pistol the negro had fired four shots. One
shot struck the marshal over the heart,
but ranged to the right side and the
physicians located II in his right side. AS
soon as the marshal could get his artillery
.mbered UP he shot the negro, first
hrough the leg and the second shot
ktruck in his left side, ranging diagon-
~ through him, and came out on the
sht side. The negro is in a very pre-
arious condition. and may not live. Rob-
1rtsons condition is also quite serious.
An interesting development which, was
looked for this morning in the case of
Thomas J. Hunter, ex-auditor of the At
lanta and West Point Railroad. failed to
materia.ize Monday morning For several
Gays 1t had been rumored that Hunter
might agree to withdraw his motion for
new trial and proceed to serve the five
year sentence. If the prosecution would
consent TO dismiss the half dozen other In
Nclments now standing against him. But
no announcement to that effect was made
When court convened In Atlanta. The re-
naming cases against Hunter have been
postponed until Monday May %. When
those cases are called It is possible that
'hey may be nolle pressed and that Hunter
WIN abandon the effort to secure a new
,rlol In the case In which he was last week
found guilty.