The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-03
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

Al JelleTSOilNil4e, odtuTudy tnOIHlI5 lHS
thermometer registered just 5 degrees
above freezing, and Notwithstanding the
peaches and plums were well chilled, the
growers felt safe, as there was no frost
by reason of the high winds.
The Georgia peach crop IS about far
enough advanced not to run risk of be-
ing headed off this year. The country is
peach hungry and Georgia will supply
the demand from all sources, unless some
unexpected disaster overtakes the Or
chnrds. which is not at all likely.
Judge Littlejohn on Friday at Oglethorpe
resentenced Joe Hall to be hanged. The
date for the execution is May 8. Ii will
be remembered that Hall was tried at the
last term of Superior Court, convicted
A n sentenced, his attorneys carrying the
e. to the Supreme Court, where the
/ me T courts decision was sustained.
me ms has been made one of the sta
mu for distributing weather reports at
| W. Jus points about the state Nineteen
nall towns in Clarke and surrounding
/ )unties receive information as to the
| yeather through the agency of the local
| flee at Athens, Winterville, Farming
N, Buford, Bogart and other places are
PONG this number.
i'm Cummings, the murderer of Jeff
smith, tried to break jail at Preston Sat
lrday night. A white boy, charged with
stealing a gun, was in the hall, and the
murderer was in the cell The boy pick
/ d the locks with a spoon handle, and let
he negro out into the hall. The two
repaired TO run over Sheriff Horn, but
lie discovered that something was up. He
1 Fdred help and got the men back to
Il air cells all right.
seab Jones, the negro who was shot at
lrwinton by Mr. Henry Adkins while re-
listing arrest last week, is now in a dan
erous condition. The negro, who is
larged with rape, broke Jail a short while
4 20. Last Wednesday the sheriff and Mr..
dkins located the negro and went to ar
st him. The negro resisted arrest and
hot at Mr.. Adkins twice, missing him,
hereupon Adkins shot him in the arm
18th load Of No shot 1t is thought
the attending physician that the negro
fatally wounded.
A mass meeting of Democrats was held
Moultrie Saturday, pursuant to call
Democratic Chairman Crenshaw. Res
i llons were passed indOrsing Senator
0.con and Congressman Griggs A new
tiecutive Committee was elected, who
e.cided it was impracticahle to have
timary restricted 20 registration on May
and consequently they called a mass
citing of the Democrats TO meet at
Court House on that date and select
eaegates to the various conventions. The
primary for county officers viii probably
be held some time in June
The Democratic Executive Committee
met Saturday and ordered primary for
representatives and county officers on July
All qualified voters were declared
lgible TO vote in the primary The pri-
AIRY for State House officers was ordered
or May Is. The executive committee
.hen said that the members of the State
Executive Committee did not know any
lg about the conditions in this county
TO the method of holding primaries,
I'd that the members of the Executive
ommittee of this county were well quail
fed to say who should or should not
vote.
Mr.. A. L. Hull, secretary of the board of
trustees of the University of Georgia, has
finished the compilation of data for the
rev Alumni catalogue" This catalogue
viii be issued from the press about May
Is Among the interesting statistics de-
rived from this new catalogue are the fol-
lowing Graduates of ell degrees a Ath
ems, 2416. Doctors of medicine, 1850; re-
cpients of honorary degrees, 16l; number
# honor graduates, 1885; ministers, 14i;
judges. III; members of Congress, n;
Governors, 7; officers, Confederate States
army 1888; officers United States navy and
United States army, SO.
Capt. Wiley B. Burnett has announced
as a candidate for the position of repre-
sentative from Clark county in the gem
oral assembly of Georgia. Capt. Burnett,
of course makes the race subject to the
action of thes Democratic primary, TO be
held on May Is. At present it looks like
there will be no other candidate in the
field for this position, and Capt. Burnett
wiz in all probability have a clear field.
Capt. Burnett is a citizen well Versed in
the duties of the Legislature, and COM
mands a wide acquaintance among the
public men of Georgia. He has in past
years been quite active as a Democratic
worker and leader, and if elected will
make Clark county an able and active
representative.
Troup county Democratic Executive
Committee has decided that the county
officers and representativ to the Leg s.
lature Will not be nominated on May Is,
but on July 20. The committee thought
May 10 entirely too early for these nomi-
nations and too.swhen The county officers
and stale house officers are elected on the
same day great deal Of trading in votes
is carried on and II Is likely a separation
OF these elections viii break it up. The
voters viii cast heir ballots for state
house officers. United States senator, con-
gress man, superior Court Judge and So
licitor general on May Is. The following
resolution. which speaks for itself and Is
OF general interest to the state, was unan-
imousiy adopted by rising vote: Re
solved, BY the unanimous vote of the
Democratic Executive Committee of
Troup county that we dlsapprove of the
action of the State Executive Committee
In requiring registration as a qualification
for voting in the Democratic primary, and
we hereby protest against that action and
request that the State Executive Commit
Zee recouVene and remove the registra-
ton requirement as Qualification for
voting in the primary. end that the chair
man of this committee forward copies Of
this resolution to the chairman of the
State Executive Committee and to each
of the committeeman from this district
and the papers be requested to publish
this resolution"
FLORIDA.
Around Fort Ogden. the rivers and
creeks are oil QUE of their banks. and the
| lpan and other vegetable crohs ara on,