The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
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GEORGIA.
Rev. r. E. Neighbour, pastor of the
Dublin Baptist Church, has arranged 10
have religious census of the city OF Dub
lin taken The work Will be in charge of
Messrs. ]. II. Witherngton and George w.
Burney and will be commenced early in
April A house to house canvass will be
made.
Allen Fuller the negro murderer of Mrs.
Pottle, was baptized Thursday morning
and received as a member of the Cotton
Avenue Church Of Macon, by Revs w. G.
Alexander and Mack G. Spencer. He
professed to have religion, saying he was
ready to die, and believed that he would
be saved.
vidalia Record; We learn that J. c.
MoseIey and w NJ. McLemore have enter
ed into a contest as to which of them
knows most about raising sweet potatoes.
j. c. is TO raise more potatoes on two
acres than his opponent does on five acres
There'u be 'taters plenty and 10 spare
when this contest closes. and we expect to
be thar.
The six Macon lodges of Independent
order of odd Fellows will picnic in Duo
lin. May next 1t is expected that be
tween 200 and 1850 people will go down
on a special over The Macon, Dublin and
Savannah Railroad and spend few hours
pleasantly in Dublin. The members OF
Dublin Lodge No. 1i7 viii see that all OF
the picknickers will have good time.
Commissioner of Agriculture o. B. Ste
vens will probably go to Washington in
the next few days for the purpose of
comforting with the director Of the United
States bureau Of animal industry in re-
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the cattle of North Georgia. This is in
line with the steps already taken to pro-
tect Georgia cattle from the spread of
disease.
Mr. ]. S. Wood of Savannah was In
Swainsboro last week His firm is con-
templating the establishment of another
bank there. II is to be owned and con-
trolled by home capital, with his firm as
large stockholders, and one of the firm as
president and financial agent. He desires
10 enlist home capital to the amount OF
$4,000, and his firm will finish the remain
der of the $4,000 capital stock. Mr. Wood's
idea is to get the shares distributed among
farmers of Emanuel county, thus assuring
their support and cooperation.
The man arrested in Jacksonville on
Wednesday, and who claimed to be George
w. Clark of Macon, was taken up on the
Georgia Southern train by Deputy Sheriff
Riley as far as Tivoli Thursday afternoon
and carried through the country to Perry,
where he was lodged in Jail. While in
Macon, just before leaving for Florida,
Clark sold a little wire contrivance for
keeping hats in shape. Detective Jobson
of Macon says he does not know for GER
tain about the amount of reward offered
for Clark, but that he understands that
il is $1,000 1t is also reported that the
Of bae affaFaA a free trim TO
The Paris Exposition to the arrest and
conviction of the party who robbed the
bank.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: George w. Ha-
man, the fugitive knight-errant who some
five weeks ago ran off with Miss Polly
Lamb, daughter of Mr. Allen Lamb of this
county, using as his means of conveyance
a mule and buggy borrowed from BIZ
Cross a negro, is now chewing the cud Of
bitter reflection In Emanuel county jail.
Hannah was captured at a small town call
ed Geneva. near Columbus, last Wednes-
day by Detective NJ j. Wilson and was
brought TO Swainsboro Monday by Mr..
Wilson and Sheriff B. T. IVey of Glasco *
county. Miss Lamb was sent to her IA
TIERS home on last Saturday, and the de-
lay In Humans arrival here was caused by
his illness, real or fetgned, in consequence
of which he was kept in Jail at Gibson for
several days.
Effingham County News: We cannot see
the advisability or the common fitness in
the town Councils allowing the hogs tc
run at large upon the streets of Guyton
1t has come within the observation of the
writer that the hog has as much or more
liberties about the town than the average
citizen, though just why this is the case
we are unable to say 1t is next to i'm
possible to walk upon any street in the
town without encountering from ten to a
dozen unsightly excavations in the side
walks or just off the same which have
been rooted by hogs 1t may be an error
upon our part to attack the hog in this
manner, but nevertheless ii is plain that
he is becoming a public nuisance and W.
do attack him with the hope that his
roofing up the streets may be abated.