The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-24
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

fhc whites and one Tor the colored, nave
been provided.
deal has been consummated between
The Dublin Cotton Oil MiIl and Ice Com
t,tnv and the Macon Dublin and Savan-
nah Railroad by which enough land IS Sc
cured by the former from the latter upon
which to locate the oil mill at Dublin.
he land purchased is next to that now oc-
lpied by the ice factory.
There seems to be a hitch in The re-
sent appointment of Mr.. w. Peddicord
AS postmaster at Fort Valley. His name
was sent into the Senate more than
month ago. and the term of the present
Incumbent, Mrs. NJ. A. Brown, expired on
the 4th of this month, but Mr.. Peddicord
has not yet received his credentials and
Mrs. Brown is still in charge.
Greenville. indicator; Mr. L. B. Sims
Il year, on a three-horse farm, made
,rtv-tIyo bales of cotton, more than
ough corn to supply his form and
milv. raised seven hogs that netted
100 pounds of meat, drying up htty-hVe
)unds of lard and making two or three
,rrels of ribbon cane syrup. Let us hear
ON the man who can beat this record.
The recent cold snap virtually did no
damage to the fruit trees in and around
Fort Valley. While some of the earliest
varieties may have been singed nue.
vet the good done in retarding the swell
ing of the buds of other trees almost IN
sures a splendid yield now IL the eA-
pectations of the prognosticators are re-
allied. that section will reap rlch mar
vest this summer
Mrs. Celie Voneer, the aged widow OF an
old United States soldier who was Tor
seven years in the United States service
q member of Inc Dragons, before tiS
war of 1872. was found dead In her ped
tuesday morning. She had not been sick,
but rather feeble for some time. she had
apDlied for her pension and had completed
ali the necessary evidence and the pen
sion department had written a letter ask
ing some minor questions as TO the prop
or spelling of her name, which had peeh
siven, and she mad been daliy eApec1 ing
a check for back dues for something IKE
5000.
The following gentlemen having filed
petition for charter, the new cotton mill
for Monroe is a certainty: Henry D. Nc
Daniel, Geo. w. Felker, Thomas J. Avery
coleman T. Mobley John. D. Ma.sby.
Bnlington S. Walker, Joseph II. telker'
William H. Nunnally, Robert l. Novel;,
Alonzo c. Kelly James NJ. Day, John M.
Novel; and George c. Selman. The new
mill will be called THE Walton Cotton
Mill Company" The capital stock VIII
he S750GU. with the privilege of increasing
il 20 $250O0o. The shares VIII be $loo eacl,
a ,tuallv paid N. With this new NH ana
The many other new enterprises that are
an foot. Monroe is obliged to go to the
front.
The County Board of Education OF
Fgcyd county on wednesday re-
elected James D. Gwaltney County
Years. Judge G.. A. II. Harris gave
nottce of contest on the grounds
has w. ]. Griffin, who voted Tor G"ait-
ey is not legally a member OF the ooard
n, law stipulates that no man hNlhs ~
Municipality which maintaines sePAr
ne school system can serve on the County
.oe rd Sometime ago Mr.. Grimm re5lgheu
nj the grand jury elected his successor
ne hoard. however, refused TO accept the
e.ienation and Griffin has been serving
.egI1arlv since Quo-warranto proceeo-
ings were brought against Mr.. grimm ana
a hearing will be had to-day.
A special to the Morning News from Nc
Intosh says: The Liberty Independent
Troop celebrated Washington's birthday
Thursday at Goshen, its parade srouhns'
Although il being quite disagreeaole
dav. there were quite good NUMBER u Id
dies OF The troop present II was CaPt'
Yates last day as commander OF 'he
iroop. he being elected major OF the sec
and SQUADRON. His farewell address to
he troop was timely and delivered IN MS
1isnal haDnv style The troop has put-
chased new parade ground near Illness
Vile aud expects to commence az one
the erection of handsome armoly' III
The tilt in the afternoon Second I-ieuteh-
snt-elect r. Frank Cassels won TIE nrst
nrize the troops medal, on score OF Of
oints Captain-elect A. Gordon Cassels
econd on a score of SO, and Sergt. w. A.
Yeming third on a score OF Al points.
I here we're several new members added
o it's membership and the troop IS IN
lealthy condition.
A package of letters which was lost
out of a postal car on the Augusta and
Atlanta Railway postofiice last July has
just been discovered after being subjected
To- the weather since that time. The find
ing of the letters ends a search of nearly
eight months during which time eVery
effort was made to locate the missing
package. The loss of the letters, as the
circumstances show. was due TO an effort
ON the part of the clerk who was handling
tue mail 20 protect himself from falling
from the car while the train was dashlng
on its way which, If he hed not done,
would PROBABLY have caused his death.
ne door Of the car was open and as the
'tHlh Was ABOUT TO litON Nlt bdthdSN ~
the sack the car gave a sudden lurch.
He sacrificed the package to prevent ms
flling headong from me door Of the car.
The clerk at once reported the loss and
as Is usually done in such cases, the rail-
way mail service instituted dilgent
search for the package. All efforts to find
a trace of the letters proved futile until
a few days ago, when the package was
picked up hidden away on the roadside,
decidedly the worse for the weather, The
'ackage contained fifty letters addressed
business men, banks and manufactures
l Atlanta. The package was turned over
Maj SmyGl, the postmaster who was
sked TO deliver the letters to the parties
addressed. explaining the cause Of their
condition.
Tuesday afternoon about o'clock Rob-
ert Gulley shot and almost instantly kill
cd Wade Bolton in the public road near
George Bottoms house, thirteen miles
from Washington. Gulley, with a force OF
some thirty or forty hands was working
the public road near Mr. BoltOn's house