The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-03
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEoRGIE.


valdosta Times: Capt John Triplett. of
the ThomasviIe Times Enterprise. is
among the Confederate veterans at
louisville this week and it IS doubtful II
there is a more gallant Georgian in the
entire group editor Trpett was among
the youngest of those who wore the gray
in the early COS but the chivalry Of the
older days has INST faded in him with
time.
Vienna Progress: The machinery of the
-four mill of Z. T. Tippett Co, has
arrived and is being placed in position
by S. P. George, q prominent machinist
Of Lexington, S. C. The mill will be IN
operation in a few days for grinding corn
and wheat and the gins will be in opera
ton for the season. The flour mill is
the immediate attraction in the settle
ment because * Is the first new process
flour mill in the country.
I,awrencevine News Herald: DR.. Baker
of Atlanta, was in Auburn the other day
and agreed to take $4,000 in an oil mill on
the condition that the citizens of Auburn
would raise $4,000. T. A. Maynard or
Wiuder has agreed to give half the
amount end Auburn has to raise only So
COO More than $4,000 have already been
subscribed by the citizens in and around
Auburn and the chances are bright for
an oil mill at Auburn al an early date.
Summerviils News: 1t is said that Is
per cent. of the population of Union
county own their homes. Only one fam
lily in Blairsville does not own its home.
The county Is out of debt. There has
not been a barroom in the county in
thirty years, and no one knows of an
habitual drunkard, within the confines OF
the county. The people are happy, pros
porous and contented. Union must be be-
hind the times. She IS surely not keep
ing up with our civilization.
sylvania Telephone: Mr.. John Burke,
son of County Treasurer Abram Burke.
was dangerously shot last Saturday night
al Rocky Ford, by a negro boy, named
Boss Mercer. Mr.. Burke was shot
through the right lung with IS calibre
pistol ball, and is now in very serious
condition. The negro escaped, and has
not been heard of since. Mr. Abram
Burke has offered a reward Of fifty dollars
for his arrest, and st is hoped he will
be caught and brought to justice.
Columbus Enquirer-sun: 1t is current
report that the expenses of Hon. A. j.
Snelson, Congressman Adamson's cppo
nent, are rather heavy. 1t is said that
he borrowed $4,000 on his farm in Meri-
wether county, and is using a part of this
as campaign fund. The money is being
used in a strictly legitimate manner. Mr..
Snelson told a reporter of the Enquirer
Sun recently that ne had employed ten
men to distribute his campaign literature.
II now looks as If this money Is wasted
as Judge Adamson is already practically
reelected.
Atlanta Journal Mr.. Lindsay Johnson is
off to Paris. Mr. Johnson is one of the
commissioners to the exposition over
there. The commissioners are permitted
under the constitution of 1871 to pay their
own expenses. A presentation of their
credentials at the gates viii entitle them
TO pay the usual admission The writer
knows about these things. He was a Geor-
gia Commissioner to the Paris Exposition
in 1889. II happened this way. He was
seeking a letter from Gov. John b. Cor
den. The Governor in his kindness of
h art, just made him commissioner on
the spot. The great seal of state was on
the commission. The holder was happy
Moul;rie Observer: The first peaches of
the season were exhibited on the streets
Tuesday by Mr.. w. B. Dukes. He raised
them out at his farm, where he has quite
large orchard of young trees just be-
ginning to bear. They have a good many
peaches on them this year and will bring
In a right nice little revenue al the price
prevailing now-and they have the market
all to themselves. or there ARE no other
peaches on the market yet. Mr.. Dukes
rs making a pretty extensive experiment
in fruit culture. and he thinks he has
solved the late frost problem by setting
out his peaches among the green pines
The pines protect the small fruit from the
frost. and do not in any way conflict with
the health and thrift of the peach trees
Behind the bars in Sumter county jail
are eleven negro gamblers and fighters,
captured by the military and sheriff's
posse at Andersonvlle Wednesday. The
grand jury in session took up the investi-
CATION of the cases and returned indict-
ments against all concerned. But for the
presence of the Americas military at An
Jacksonville a riot would have prevailed
generally. Negroes went to The place arm
ed with pistols, razors and Winchesters
ana several hand to hand encounters were
engaged in between the military and
desperadoes pre- S mt. Among the eleven
prisoners brought 10 Americas in irons
by the sheriff and military was one
known commonly as the Georgia Snake
and who has served two terms in the pen
itentiary.
The exercises of the commencement of
the Georgia Normal College were con-
ciuded at Abbeville Thursday, many visi-
tors beisg present from all South Ceor-
gia and Flo. ida. The morning exercises
were taken up by the rhetoric class In
the afternoon the exercises of the COM
mercial class began. III Sc receiving diplo-
mas were Thomas J. Dickey Abbeville;
Jesse Lott Shepherd. Ga; NJ D. VIII
Jams, Lee, Fla; II. L. Landlord Jr, Sim
mons Ca; Clarence Bailey, Abbevine; j.
A. Barnes, Abbevi.le; Z. S. Hamilton. Sc
vile, Ga; G. G. Hyman. Abbeville; Will
lie Lott. Shepherd, Ga. r. f. Hansiekel,
Guernsey. O.; I. l.. Paulk. Tffton Miss
Zoe Moody, Abbeville; ]. w Cherry. ABB
beville; p. d. Cone. Benton, Fla; w. c.
Lankfotd. Sirmans, Ga; w. B.. Smith,
Riggton, Ga.
FLORIDA.
AT Lake City, in the case of the state
VS.. Tom Spencer, colored, for murder in
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