The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
There is a possibility that Col. A. J.
Vest may enter the race for sheriff of
fulton county.
1t is thought that fully 800 delegates will
attend the state convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association which con-
senes in Macon, March 22-25.
AS GROWING misfortune of long Sc
ries Mr.. r. A. GAIA of Tucker, DeKalb
county, is said to have lost his mind as
the result of the destruction of his home
by fire.
While the Georgia fruit crop escaped
the effect of the cold weather last month,
il is said a freeze at this time would do
great damage on account of the fact that
the blooms are out and the trees are so
much further advanced.
A few days ago six of the prisoners es-
capped from the Jail at Irwinton by burning
a hoe in the back end of the Jail. So The
County Comm ssioners at their regular
meeting yesterday decided TO build new
Jail The present building has been in
an unsafe and unhealthy condition for
years, and the people are glad to know
that new jail is to be erected.
Glenn Gibson, colored, was ambushed and
shot Tuesday in the neighborhood of
D.ghtfoot near Toombsboro The shot
proved to be fatal Suspicion rests on
Henry Stubbs, colored as the party that
did the shooting About a year ago the
same Henry Stubbs was way,aid and shot
by unknown parties and it is supposed
that the killing of Gibson is the outcome
of that shooting.
Thomas j. Hunter, the former auditor
of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
and the Western Railway of Alabama
was again indicted by the grand jury on
Tuesday. The new indictment charges him
with misapproprating $2,975 of the funds
of the Western Railway of Alabama, al
legged to have come into his hands through
the companys office at West Point. This
makes the fourth Indictment against
Hunter, who is now in the Fulton county
Jail awaiting trial.
There is much criticism of Augustus
CITY Council because it licensed turf ex-
changes, but declared that the saot ma
chimes had TO 60 1t is argued by those
who oppose the turf exchange that if il
were recognized as a legitimate business
the city would not be justified in imposing
d license of $1,000 a year. that if it were
considered by those who operated ii
legitimate business they would not be
willing TO pay S.000 year for a license,
and that the city is making itself a party
to an improper business because of the
temptation of adding $1,000 to us revenue.
A special from Thomaston, Ga, says:
1t is very gratifying to know that the
agricultural interests throughout this Sec
ton are on more solid basis and in
more prosperous condition than for years
past While the small grain was dam
aged TO some extent by the recent cold,
owing to the immense area devoted TO
these crops, there viii be plenty made and
to spare, and next summer homemade
biscuit and red ham gravy can be found
on almost every table throughout the
land Up to this time the fruit is unin-
jured and bids fair to yield an abundant
supply of every kind and variety.
The amount of the Brumby monument
fund subscribed 10 date viii foot up from
81 800 TO $4,000 Ii is proposed to raise
$500, the sum wanted for the purchase
and placing of the monument. It has
been decided that the Brumby monument
will have base of granite or marble.
The statue proper will he of bronze.
Models of this statue are now being pre-
pared by Gorham Bros. of New York
from ideas furnished by Chief Joyner OF
the Atlanta fire department. during his
late visit to that city From these de-
signs a selection viii be made and the
statue made in accordance therewlth.
Three japanese gentlemen, MIR. Takeo
Yamanobe, president of the Cotton Spin
ners' Associa ton of Japan, and also pres
ident of the Osaka Cotton Mills of Osaka,
Japan; Mr.. T. Saito, president OF the
Miye Cotton Spinning Company, Limited,
of Yokkaichi, Japan, and MIR. 5. Wata-
nabe a represent of the great bank
ing house of Mitsui & Co. of London, San
Francisco, New York and Japan, accom-
panied. by Mr.. r. johnson, the Boston
representative Of one of the large Eng
fish cotton firms, and Others, have been
inspecting one of the large cotton COM
presses of Augusta. the gentlemen from
Japan being anxious 80 know how the
cotton which they received from this coun-
try was compressed 10 so great a density.
Mr.. l.. ]. Kidd, a prosperous and highly
esteemed citizen of Campbell county, and
Mrs. Mary f. Mcclure, nee Brown. were
recently happily united i'm marriage at the
residence of the brides mother. This is
the sequel of a story covering a period
OF the past twenty years which would
furnish ample material for the writing OF
a novel in which would combine love, dis
appointment and to some extent, tragedy
in real life. Miss Brown would have mar
ried Kidd twenty years ago, but QUE OF
Difference to the wishes of her parents
married A. II. Mcclure. quarrel and
reconciliation followed then another quar-
rel and finally divorce, and after twenty
years she has finally married the man of
her first choice.