The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-08
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

The Ruskin commonwealth in Ware
county has no branches of any kind any
where. Its entire plant is at Ruskin, Ca,
ar1 the company will not be responsible
f5r any person pretending to run branch
colony
The famous suit of Charles Mcdonald
aalinst the city of Gainesville in Hall Su-
n.r,,r court for 100000, ALLEGED damage to
ii, character by being arrested and locked
nm by the chief of police last Christmas
has been dismissed.
Dr. G. W. Clover of Granville is being
urged by his numerous friends all over the
county to allow the use of his name for
one of Coweta's representatives. in the
n.xt general assembly. Granville to a
man is for DR.. Clover for representative
Mr.. J. c. Putner of Massachusetts, who
is representing strong gold mining COM
many of New York, is getting out some
Zery fine ore at their property two miles
from Granville The ore assays as high
as $500 per ton. He is now putting in $l0,-
BOD worth of machinery, and expects to
work the ore at the mines.
| Col j. Clifton Boone of Gainesville has
>oeen appointed a lieutenant colonel on
Gov. Gamblers staff. The appointment
was made Thursday and was quite a sur
prise to Col. Boone, as he knew nothing
of IL until he received a letter from the
Governor. 1t is a source of qualification
to his friends that this honor has been be-
slowed upon him.
The County Commissioners of Butts
county have put into operation the alter
native road system, and this body will be-
gin in a short while the work of putting
the roads of the county in excellent con-
diton The tax rate to secure this i'm
proved system of roads win be small,
only 81 per thousand and the citizens Of
the county are willing to pay it.
At a meeting of the Schley county Re
pubicans al Ellaville, Feb. 3, resolutions
were adopted indorsing the administration
Of President Mckinley and Col. w H.
Johnson of Atlanta. Delegates were also
indorsed from the stale at large, and A.
W Hawkes., chairman of the meeting
was Endorsed as delegate to the District
and State Convention. Harmony and
good feeling are said to have prevailed.
The safe in the DELLA Postoffice was
cracked and robbed by professional burg
lars Monday night and $3.50 was taken
from the cash drawer. The Postottice
was broken into and entered some time
was done while the town was soundly
sleeping. There is no clew TO the burg
lars. and the cracking and robbery is sur
rounded with mystery. Officers are at
work on the case, but it is highly prob
able that the burglars have successfully
covered up their tracks.
Col r. D. Locke of Macon has authoriz-
rd the statement that he would not con-
{ st the confrmat ton of Mr.. Harry Ed
wards appointment to the pOstmastership
ia fhe Senate. He minated that in his
interview with President Mckinley the
latter had said there might yet be some
sort of recognition for him from the ad-
ministraion. He will probably accept the
nomination as head of the Republican
state ticket in the coming campaign if it
is rendered him, and expects to be elected
national committeeman from the state at
large
Albany Herald: In che cellar of the Sale
Davis Drug Company's store, on the cor
ner of Broad and Washington streets is
a covcy Of partridges, and how the birds
got there is one of those things which, at
present, cannot be explained. But the
birds ace there and there is no doubt that
they are partridges, for yesterday after
noon Mr.. Thornton, one of the drug Clerks
al the store, caught one of the birds ana
brought it out to the light. Ii is not
known how many birds there are in the
covey, but MIR. Thornton says that he
thinks there are six or eight of them in
this dark, underground abode Mr.. Rob
ert Sale says that he thinks the birds got
\ In the cellar last February during the
P2o.d SPELL when the ground was covered
with snow. As there are some young
birds in the covey, it is believed that a
pair Of birds must have gotten into the
caliar in some way and raised the young
birds during the summer.
state Entomologist w. NJ. Scott passed
through Macon Monday afternoon en- route
20 Danvil!e, Ca. where he goes to inspect
number of orchards which are said TO
De infected with the San Jose scale From
Danville Mr.. Scott will go to Dublin Wis
'ung also number of other points in that
section Of the state in the interest of the
Georgia fruit industry. Mr.. Scott stated
mat he felt very much encouraged with
lae result of his work and believed that
tne treatment adopted would in time com
pletely wipe out the scale If properly ad-
htred to. He said also that he found lit
l.e trouble in convincing fruit growers
mat it was to their interest to assist him
m getting rid of the pest and had found
the great majority of them willing to rem
Ger him all possible aid. AS to the out
look Tor this years fruit crop, he said
tnat he thought if one-tenth of the buds
which are now on the trees arrive at ma
tuflty that there would be a good crop;
ne believed that the outlook was partic-
l uiarly bright and that unless a late frost
3hiled tho buds there would be great guam
u'es of fruit raised in all sections Of the
STATE. Mr. Scott appears very deeply in
'erested in the work which he has In hand
ana Will no doubt render very valuable
a-sistance 10 the Georgia fruit growers If
| i.4ey will just follow his advice and aid
MIN in his work.
FLORIDA.
70. f, Sperry of Orlando is proving his
fAltA In orange growing by his works. He
aas Just purchased the Il. j. Hyer grove,
IN The eastern portion of that town, max