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


ucortele is soon to have another artesian
In The money has been raised and work
III he commenced at once and pushed I'M
completed.
a Mr. Hugh NJ. Dorsey of Atlanta, has ac-
Y snted the invitation of the Ladies' Mem
la Associat ton of Cambridge to deliver
memorial address on April Is.
Cen. John B. Gordon, commander of the
u-nited Confederate Veterans, has issued
Il memorial order paying tribute to promi-
lent Confederate veterans who have re-
a enty passed away.
uGod has been found close to Toccoa
taus on Mr.. E. P. Simpsons place. Great
Excitement has b I produced there on
ncoInt of the dseovery. 1t is thought
Naat that entire secuon is rich in this Pre-
o1s metal.
Acting Adjutant General Byrd has is
- commissions to Mai. ]. S. Dozier or
H. First Regiment Georgia State Cav
Liz. Capt, r. L. Williamson, Company l,
9ifth Regiment, at Rome, and Capt. ].
IN Harrison, Company H, Fifth Regi-
nent at Rome.
Elk Representative A. T. Smith has an
Hunce4 for the Legislature in Hancock
uounty, and will at once commence an ac-
uye campaign. This makes three candi-
8ates out for the Legislature, Col. Rob
u Merritt. George Lewis and Mr.. Smith.
H. Hancock sends two representatives ana
n there are three in the race the fight
hi be close and exciting.
A large force of workmen employed in
Hrectng the large annex to the cotton
hill at jackson. The building is 1OOx27O
IN two stories high. This annex will
gye employment to several hundred oper-
lives and increases the population of the
own about 1900. The company will also
rect nearly a hundred residences. The
movements to be made will cost about
n0Oc A site for another cotton mill
or jackson has been purchased and
aEt will be erected thereon at an early
a'e
The most talked of event at the Baptist
Convention that adjourned sine die at
Gifn Sunday afternoon was the resig-
Iaion Of Prof. j r. Mosely from the
hair Of history and philosophy in Mercer
University. the great Baptist School. The
Mfort is being made to keep the matter as
uiet as. possible, but it has created any
mount Of discussion because Prof. Mosely
has practically become a Christian Scien-
fist, The board of trustees for Mercer met
lore them He stated that he was making
certain inquiries along the line of Chris
ian Science, and, while he had not iden-
flied himself with the order, he was
thinking seriously on THAI line. knowing
hat il would be damaging to the college
for him to pursue his Investigations, he
Eished TO tender his resignation and ask
ID that it be accepted. The resignation
Tas accepted with regret. as Prof Mosely
has been a very valuable man and very
Iopular with both the faculty and the
Students.
John Brock and his wife, Annie, were
placed in Jail az Jasper Sunday, charged
with murder, and their daughter, Linda
#Br0ck, is under guard at their home, two
miles north of town. She is sick. An
Ihiau, was born to Linda Thursday
morning which was alive and bid fair 20
i've. only few short hours afterward
Two or three perhaps, some of their
XEghbors called in and the child was
missing. The mother and grandmother
frs denied there being any child born
II ALL but later on said il had died and
was put away where none of them would
see it, Sunday evening the coroner and
zone few citizens went 10 the Brock house
Land demanded TO know where the child
Twas buried and was directed to go into
he garden They proceeded to the gar
den and found the child about eighteen
Ihches under the ground in a small box
and clay packed around the body. II
was brought to town and an inquest be-
Igan, which was completed to-day. Dr.
Nv b. Va can dissected the head and
found two fluctuations in the skull near
IN base ~ The brain, which had caused
1oncUssion. Hence the arrests
i Macon News: The prevailing opinion
tm5ng the fruit growers to-day is that
Ihe fruit has not been hurt by the cold
10 the past two days. There was both
jfrost and ice Saturday night and some
Ifgost last night, but an examination OF
jme embryo peach does not show that II
HAD been injured. Great Apprehension
4 has been felt lest the crop had been killed
4 hnd some persons are yet of the belief
j thar it has been damaged, but if ii has
been injured at all the injury is very
Slight. There was a steady wind blow
lug an during the day Saturday, the mois-
ture which has accumulated around the
buds was removed so that the freezing
\ temperature was without any very dam
aging effects The peach is still en-
4 closed In a thin scale left from the bios
som and while the majority Of che petals
dhave fallen away this served TO protect
4 The peach from frost. great many OF
i tn fruit growers took precautions 10 pro
] tect their fruit by keeping great bon
4 fires going all night Saturday night. Per-
lsous passing along on the trains IN MIC
\ de Georgia could observe them for miles
jaong the railroads and ii Is a asserted posi-
ltiyelv by those who took this means OF
4 protecting their fruit that theirs is not
hurt
FLORIDA.