The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

The Columbus City Council, at its reg
MAR session Wednesday night, passed the
Camp anti-spitting ordinance and re-es-
tablished the office of City Recorder, elect
ing Mr. W. II. McCrory to the position.
Forest fires are doing considerable dam
age in Miller county to turpentine, timber
land stock Many of the trees have not
Aheen raked around and owing 10 extreme
nv dry weather and high winds the hreS
I'm some places are almost uncomfortable.
In the election for field officers of the
Fourth Regiment Capt. R. Lee Wylly was
made a major. The Thomasvile Times
Enterprise says: 1T was a source of great
pleasure TO Maj. WHY'S many Thomas
Vile friends to- know he led the ticket
His Savannah friends also offer their con-
CALCULATIONS on his deserved promotion.
The ex-slave pension game has been and
is being quietly worked on the old unsus
pecting negroes around Cochran by a few
negroes from Macon, claiming to be
agents" of the government, and they
have effected an Organization or society,
the members of which must pay monthly
dues and an initiation fee. All OF the
money goes to the agents.
A box of sardines nearly caused the
death of three persons Wednesday night
in Augusta Mrs. Minnie Benton, Mrs.
Rosa Burroughs and Mr.. Clifford Harri
son. These three We're the only ones who
ate of the fish at boarding house on
Hicks street, and were each taken violent
w i'll a few hours later. DR.. Ernhorn,
who was called in, administered antidotes
for ptomaine poisoning and succeeded in
saving them.
There being but one vacancy in the
infantry arm of the Georgia state troops
the young men of Monroe are exceeding
anxious to go to the front as a suffi-
Int supply. As an evidence of this fact,
al )ut fifty names have been enrolled by
Mr. c. NJ. Walker, who is actively and
anxiously engaged in the movement. Mon
roe once afforded one of the best com
panies in the state and there is no reason
why she should not do so again.
a meeting of representative citizens of
Henry county and McDonough was held
in the Superior Court room of the Court
House Tuesday, for the purpose of or
ganizing a company TO build a cotton
factory at McDonough. The meeting was
called TO order by c. w. Strobhar, who
was elected temporary chairman, with
Hon. Paul Turner secretary. A committee
OF six gentlemen were appointed to open
books for the subscription of stock and
take charge of the enterprise.
Henry Patillo and Marshall Beckum
two small boys of Mayfeld, Hancock
county, who ran away from their homes
on Monday, were apprehended in Tennille
Wednesday. l.. T. Humphrey a relative
who followed them, surprised the boys
he walked upon them from the rear
of a large cotton warehouse Patillo, the
younger of the boys, 10 years Old induced
Beckum TO go with him to Savannah, and
enter the army. Patillo's father keeps a
general store, was sick and entrusted the
business to his boy, who closed up Mon
day night and sent the keys to his moth
err The runaway boys were taken home.
The Dublin Cotton Factory project is at
a standstil. The site has been purchased
and surveyed, the brick contracted for
and ak the money necessary is available
but there is a hitch in the purchase of
the machinery. 1t seems that MIR. d. A
Tompkins, the well known Charlotte. N
&c. cotton mill man, was given the order
for the machinery, but on account of the
rise in the price of certain material Mr.
Tompkins has been unable to satisfy the
i bin cotton mill people. 1t was hoped
thai the mill would be in operation in
time for the next cotton season, but the
prospect for such an event is now very
remote.
Rev. Henry Mcdonald resigned from the
pastorate of the Second Baptist Church
OF AIldnId w eQNeSQdy ntSIll. ne ItdQ ii
very beautiful letter of resignation to
the members of the church, which
sewers him from active pastoral work if
the church accepts it, He closed his mag
nificent labors of eighteen years amidst
scenes which clearly evidenced the regard
md affection in which he is held by his
cOngrega tion While he was reading his
resignation there was scarcely a church
member in the auditorium who was not
overcome with emotion at DR.. McDonald's
words of parting, and tears were plenti-
full through the whole evening.
Last fall the Hand Trading Company of
Pelham, after thorough investigation by
The president, Mr.. J. L. Hand. decided to
build a cotton factory. AS result of
this decision the Pelham Manufacturing
Company was Incorporated with capital
stock of 100000 Recognizing the ability
of Mr. Hand as a financier, the stock was
soon subscribed by local and foreign cap
ital site selected and work begun. The
operatives cottages and the cotton ware
house are about completed, and plans and
Specifications for the factory proper re-
ceived from A. F. Walker of Atlanta the
mill engineer. Work will begin on this
/ rs soon as the contract is let.
Samuel Gordon, a white man living near
WalthourviHe. was caught by whitecap-
pers Wednesday night and severely whip
ed Alter the Whippln8, Whlch II IS
AID was well administered, Gordon was
tied up in a sack and left In the woods.
He was rescued from the bag LATER on
in the night by some one who was at
tracted to the spot by mis- cries. Gordon
is said to be very cruel to his wife, and it
reported that he has on more than one
| occasion whipped her 1t is generally be-
| ieved that he was whipped because of his
! -reatment to his wife, and there is little
sympathy for him. The identity of the
| whitecappers is mystery, and It is not
believed that it is possible to discover who
they were.
The farmers In the western portion of
! Heard county are wrestling with an cpl
lemc of CHAMBERS among their stocks and
IRE losing some of their best horses and
| mules" This was the statement of Sem
/ ator w, j. Davis of the Thirty-seventh
district who callod AT tho state apricuI-