The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-13
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

The body OF the negro, Simon Adams,
who was lynched north of Columbus Sat
urdav has not vet been found. 4 number
of parties searched for it Saturday, but
in the absence of any discovery the theo-
~ that the body was thrown into the
river has grown TO be a settled conviction
There are two announced candidates
for Mayor of Dublin, J. B. Hicks, Esq,
and T. V. Sanders. Esq. Both of these
gentlemen are popular and the race will
be close. For aldermen no one has YET
Z announced. though there is little DOUBT
but that competent men can be found who
f. will consent to serve the city if elected.
The primary will he held June Is.
The farmers of Fulton county will hold
. mass meeting July "A, at the Court
House. 10 take steps for the organize
ton of a local cotton Planters Association
which is to be affiliated with the Georgia
Cotton Planters Association. The Geor-
gfa. Cotton Planters Associa ton was or
genized at Macon a month ago. for the
purpose of assisting cotton producers IN
marketing their crops 10 better advantage.
Hon c. H. Jordan is president.
The unusual size of the wheat crop in
= Georgia this year is we'll indicated by the
fact that the Columbus -four mills are buy
fng much more Georgia wheat this year
.the City Mills Company. of that place,
said that they had just bought lot Of
nice wheat from Mclena. Ca aud that they
S~f5d just received a splendid specimen of
wheat raised at Fort Valley. party
there had a carload to sell. The Column
) bus mills are paying the top Of the mar
: ket for this wheat.
., A new cotton mill for Calhoun seems to
:, be IAN assured fact. large amount of
= the capital stock of 100000 has been sub
scribed and Chairman w. r. Rankin is
I OF the opinion that the mass meeting
called for Thursday night at the Court
re- House, tire remainder Of the amount
needed will be subscribed. Calhoun is an
ideal location for a cotton factory. the
county furnishing the best grade of lint
found anywhere in the South. and every
thing Is favorable toward making this in
!, dustry a great success.
The congregation OF the Franklin Street
=, Southern Presbyterian Church, corner
Franklin and Cathedral streets of Bal
- timore. Of which the late Rev. Dr. ".
Z. Murkand was pastor for a quarter
5 of a century. wont Rev. DR.. Theron H.
Rice OF Atlanta Ga, as their pastor. and
a.refusal to accept a call last December
did not deter the congregation from call
ing him again. At a congregational meet
ing held Sunday. a unanimous csll was
once more extended 10 DR.. Rice and the
q
favorable considera ton to the call TINS
time.
V-iehtsville Record: Last Monday,
June 4, at his home. Uncle Nathan Gar
rento celebrated his 73d birthday. All. of
his children and grandchildren were pres
ent, together with other rela tives aud
friends numbering about one hundred.
AT noon table was spread beneath the
scSol shade of the trees that stood in the
t1AI a. J-Ts
palatable refreshments 10 he found in a
country home, of which the crowd partook
theartily Uncle Nathan is q native of this
county, and at This extreme age enjoys
good health. He is a genial, whole-souled
man as everybody knows. and the crowd
enjoyed his hospitality TO the fullest ex-
tent
Ma-on News; Kentucky is not in ID
with Georgia when it comes to growing
wheat. Now that the crop is being har-
vested and threshed out the Georgia far
mer is able TO estimate just what the
profit will be. Mr. Jere Willis of Walden
has the record thus far He has harvested
from eight acres of land 2661a bushels of
wheat, which is worth $500 cash. This es-
innate does not include the price Of the
straw which will probably bring at least
So, calculating upon one and a hah'tons
10 the acre at 30 cents per hundred pounds.
This would make the total price of the
wheat W. The average farmer makes
about bale of cotton 10 the acre which
at Cents pound would bring from the
eight acres just $40 (expenses not deduct
ed. Just about half what the wheat will
bring.
Speaking of Doerun. town situated
about fifteen miles north of Moutre, the
Colquitt County Courier says: Last No
vemoer the town was chartered with 506
people Now it is the terminus of the
Georgia Northern RAILROAD and hos pop
ulalion of 1000 people, twenty-four mer-
camille establishments, two livery stables.
two hotels. and dozen or more boarding
houses besides a very promising pros
pect Of bank 1t also has promise of a
railroad from Albany, which is being rap
idly pushed toward 1t by the enterpris-
ing Eastern capitalists, composed of the
Pidcocks. Doerun that was but a few
years ego one vast forest is now the home
of a most progressive citizenship. In It's
neishborhood can be heard the blast OF
dozen saw mills and the smoke from
many a turpentine still can be seen from
the depot. which is the center of the
town. The town is laid off after the model
OF the city Of Macon. Its streets are wide
and now large force of hands are en-
pioyed in opening up the streets Plans
are now on foot 10 establish an electric
light plant and waterworks"