The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


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capital has been paid in and charter APP
piled for
The vote for statehouse officers in Col
quit county is likely to be a small enc.
The primary on May Is will not include
the county officers and as bath the State
House officers and the Democratic Com
mittee of Colquitt refuse to p Divide tickets,
every voter will have TO write out his Ell
tire ticket. The same VIII no doubt be
true in other counties in the state.
At a meeting Of the Glynn County Good
Government Club in Brunswick, the fol-
lowing were nominated for County Com
missoners: Messrs. c. d. Ogg, Tobias
Newman, J. j. Lott II. H. Raymond,
Davis Dubberly, W. r. Townsend, ]. b.
Wright. The vote for these gentlemen
was unanimous A motion was made and
adopted postponing action on the selec-
ton of candidates for sheriff and coroner
until May IS, at which time it was decided
TO have grand rally and barbecue.
The largest shipment of peach crates
ever made to Georgia was received by H.
W. Taylor of Marshallville Thursday
night from Plant City, Fla. The shipment
made up a complete train of cars beauti-
fully decorated in picnic style with pink
and blue streamers on each side ornament
growers are as busy as bees and feel con-
fdent that they will ship 500 cars of
peaches and plums and 40 cars of canta-
ioupes.
John r. Cooper, one of the candidates for
solicitor general, has rented the Academy
of Music in Macon for next Tuesday night
for the purpose of holding a debate with
the other candidates. He has sent each
candidate a personal invitation to meet
him on the night named He has also in
vited the public to be present Just how
many of the aspirants will be on hand is
not known, but il can safely be said that
all Of them viii not partake of Mr.. Coop
er's hospitality. Mr. Cooper says it will
not be his fault if they fail to show up.
He also states that he has some warm
things TO say in regard to one of the can
didates in particular. The indications are
that the meeting will be interesting and
that large crowd will be present.
Macon News: Mr. Walter D. Lamar
lie fitting up a -four mill at Ocmulgee Mills
near Floville, for the wheat growers The
plant will cost in the neighborhood OF 49,
000 but would cost much more were it not
for the fact that Mr.. Lamar already has
his motive power and corn mill already
in operation He also has an old -four
mill but proposes to put In modern ma
chinery and make 1t one of the most
up-to-date flour mills in the state. Mr..
Lamar says that a great deal of wheat
has been grown in Middle Georgia this
year, and thar he believes that his invest
ment will pay. His mill, he says, will
have a capacity of fifty barrels of flour
a day and that on account of the modern
machinery he proposes to put in he viii
be able to make as fine qualify Of -four as
is made anywhere.
Rome Tribune: Several gentlemen OF
this city have ordered 600 of the English
pheasant eggs for May delivery. These
eggs will be distributed to farmers and
others throughout the county, a dozen to
fifteen each, or enough for a hatch. 1t Is
expected that by this process $50 to 800
good birds will be obtained and the nu-
cleus formed for thoroughly stocking
Floyd county with this splendid game
bird. Each person who raises birds is
expected to provide an enclosure and keep
the young birds from going wild until
such time when suitable game laws can
ne framed for their protection. A move
ment Is on foot 10 form a game society
In this county for the complete protection
and preservation of the game. Such an
organization is needed badly. and would
be conducive to doing great good.
Moultrle Observer: An invention that
Is likely 90 bring both fame and fortune
TO the inventor has just been patented by
Mr. c. w. Hicks of Moultrie. The inven-
ton is ground lift elevator, for use in
warehouses and stores. 1t will doubt
legs take the place of all the hand eleva-
tors now in use, and will be much cheap
er than those operated by Hydraulic pow
er. Mr.. Hicks elevator will be either
stationary or portable; can be made to
any capacity of hight or strength and op-
Grated by hand or any other power. He
has one completed and a photograph or
II was shown an Observer representative
this week. II stood in a space of 3x4 feet,
being II feet high when lowered. 1t can
be raised to hight OF eighteen feet in an
instant by the moving of a lever Mr.
Hicks says that the power of his elevator
is unlimited.
Among the speakers on the programme
for the meeting of cotton growers in Ma
con on March IL who have accepted invi-
tations are Gov. Gambler, Hon Hoke
Smith and Hon. Pope Brown. Mai j.
T. Hanson of Macon, one of the largest
cotton mill men in Georgia, who has al
ways advocated higher prices for cotton.
has been invited to deliver an address on
the relation Of Southern cotton mills to
this movement. Mr.. w. S. Witham of
Atlanta. who is at the head of about forty
banks in the state, will discuss the CO.
operation of state banks. Short business
talks will be given by Capt. /. B. English
and Capt. W. NJ. Johnston, also, Of Ma
con. The morning session VIII be devoted
principally to addresses and business talks
and the afternoon to formulation of
plans for future work. The merchants of
Macon viii advertise the convention by
having the call and date of meeting
stamped on all the letters they send QUO.
Macon Telegraph: The majority OF the
people fail to recognize the magnitude of
the peach industry. Take this point for
illustration: Conservative estimates fig
ure the years crop to be shipped from
Fort Valley a. 1000 cars. This means,
according to the prices that prevailed dur
ing the season OF 1898, $4,000 to the re-
frigerator car companies for refrigeration
and $4,000 TO the railroads for sranspor-
tation, or a few thousand over a quarter
OF million dollars to be paid out in order
10 get the fruit TO a market, and as the
volume OF their business Is SO great the
growers rightfully claim that they are
justly entitled TO the most liberal conces-
sons and all possible Information that viii
enable them TO place their conaiCumcuts
In the best paying markets. Your CORE
spondent Is Informed that the local agent