The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-21
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

SsEOASslA.
The grand jury of Coweta county has
-eclincd TO recommend the adoption Of the
dog law.
GOV. Gambler has appointed John O.
Perry to be judge of the Baker county
Court. The appointment was made after
considerable time, as the place was an inn
portant one.
Application has been made 10 Secretary
of state Cook for an amendment to the
charter of the Citizens Banking Com
pauy of Eastman, Ca, 80 reduce the cap
ital stock from $4,000 20 5000
There are said to be four million bear
ing peach trees now in Georgia, and it is
estima ed that of this number at least ten
per cent. or four hundred thousand, are
infested with the San jose scale.
1t is now estimated that there are be-
tween 1890 and 1900 bales Of unsold cot
ton in Columbus warehouses, and OF this
cotton il is said chat MOI a single bale is
for sale al the present market prices.
Talulah Falls is to be great resort this
summer ard IN fact in all the future Last
year a number Of great improvements
were made, including a handsome new
hote. This year the work Of improvement
is 10 go on and Tallulah is to be made
more attractive than ever
letter has been received in Macon an
nounciag the finding of the dead body Of
Sandy Wilcox in the Mississippi river,
aJ $. Louis The suppositon is that he
Committed suicide. The deceased former
by resided in Macon where he had many
frIeUds who will regret TO hear of his
unfortunate death. Wilcox left Macon
several years ago and the majority If his
friends here had lost track of him. 1t i
not known why he killed himself.
IL the national banks Of Augusta de-
eide TO and do increase their circulation
to the fun amount allowed by The new
Law, their increased circulation will be
$4,000 or their entire circulation wi be
<fj5.D90 If The banks do not purchase
more bonds 10 increase Their circulation
.hen the il ease for Augusta will be only
aaout $l0,l ). If the Augusta national
banks have come to any conclusion they
are not Yet ready 10 make pubic an
nouncen7ent The banks are making ar-
ransemencs under the new, law.
James Is. Nevin, manager and owner Of
the Opera House at Rome, will request the
city Council to pass an ordinance making
ID compulsory for ladies TO remove their
hals in he theater. When the new house
cr5ue9 MI, Nevin made specifl appeal
Jo me ladies through the press and dur ng
The first few performances il was always
d hatDss audience. However, the request
was not strictly compiled with lately and
lance Manager Nevin's decision to app al
10 TIE Council. The new ordinance viii be
following our the precedent SET by the
lea-lng cities in the country.
n Walton county, more interest is be
ing feu n he senatorial race than any
sn rg else. it being Walton's time to fur
lish q nominee for the Twenty-seventh
district NIessrs. j. II. FelSer and y. c.
s:Qre, mcmpcrs Of the last Legislature,
ure scuarely in the race, and Hon j. M.
Ammors. formerly sheriff of the county,
I- being spoken Of also as a candidate.
Fer tae Legislature, many names have
Ioeu suggested, but with the exception
OF Rev. AZ. F. Hurst, of Social Circle, no
tame has been prominently spoken of.
.r hurst has not formally announced his
t.aai. acy.
lev. Josiah H. Patterson has been asso-
ca.eI with the city government of Au
ea-ta for thirty-four years. To-day he
I'D. .s four pcsi .ions-clerk of Council city
auol.l. secretary OF the water works
a4- cretary of the water works com
r.is- nor. No man in Augusta knows
WaI. ABOUT the affairs of Augusta. He is
ia1I ar with every branch of the munich
81 governmcnt He knows more city laws
than The lawyers, knows more of legisla
ton than the c5uncilmen, knows more of
city history than any citizen in Official or
private life. DR. Patterson went INTO Of
Ice in Augusta May 20, 1866 and with the
exception of two short lapses, has been
holding positions ever since.
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