The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

secured what has been muchiy TAXED OF
and badly needed-a Touring mill. Messrs.
e n Kinueorew and folly Bond opened
10 for business Wednesday the McLana-
han Mills. which is located about four
miles below Elberton. ard are now grind
ing wheat and making first-class flour.
Speaking of Senator Clifton. the war
horse of Mcintosh" as his friends are
pleased 40 term him, Col. Richard Grubb.
of Darien said in Atlanta the other DAY,
that Mr. Clifton IS in very bad health,
suffering from protracted siege OF ma
lara and is only an imitation Of the
original Bill Clifton; that he has been
confined TO his home for some months
and is far from being a well man.
Americas Times Recorder: Standing in
she freight yards Of the Central
Railroad here yesterday morning
was tranIoad of cotton. consigned to
the Americus Compress Company from
points along the line. There We're twenty
five carloads Of cotton. or a total of per
haps 1,500 bales. Americas is not only
recognized as the best cotton marked in
Southwest Georgia, but thousands of Dales
are shipped to the press here from points
in Georgia and Southern Alabama as
well
Townsville Enterprise: col. j.
w Hightower. president of che Tifton
InomaSNllle ana OuiI ttdllIOdN, NdS ~
town a few hours yesterday. He reports
the work on the road progressing rapidly,
and in answer to question as TO when
they would be running into Thomasvile,
unhesitatingly said: The first day OF
May" The people of Thomasville are
looking anXiously forward to the coming
of the new road, as il is firmly believed
new era Of prosperity will follow in its
wake.
Dahlonega Nugget: Some days ago a
man residing in the upper portion of the
county sent TO both Dahlonega and Cleve-
land after physician for his SON. who
was seriously sick but he was too poor
10 pay and no medical aid could be OBJ
tanned So the father could do nothing
but st down by his suffering boy and trust
TO Providence. The family all got around
the bed and watched and bathed the sick
ones painful head. In a short while they
noticed that the boy got better, and as
time passed the sick one improved rap
idly, causing che whole family to feel like
rejoicing, when a fiddle was sent for the
music commenced and they had a big
time.
Augusta Herald: Mr.. II. II. Hickman
is to-day in receipt of a telegram from
Rev Sparks Melton of Baltimore, Nd,
in which that gentleman accepts the call
made to him 10 the pastorate of the First
ment of the acceptance of the call win
be made to the church Sunday morning.
Mr. Melton is a young man, 30 years of
age and very prominent in Baptist circles.
He is strong pulpit orator. He recently,
by invitation, filed the pulpit of the First
Church here, when he made most pleas
ant impression. News that he has accept
ed the call became known generally in
local Baptist circles to-day and there was
unanimity of congratulation that his ser
vices had been secured.
Another big gold mining company is be-
ing organized at Dahlonega. This week
application for a charter has been filed
there incorporating the Chicago New
South Gold Mining Company, capital stock
$4,000 The ineorporators are principally
Chicago capitalists. The company is now
ready for operating a good ten-stamp mill
and plenty of good gold ore. The mill
will be much enlarged and the facilities
for extracting the gold largely multiplied
as soon as the company gets fully organ
lied. This makes five good strong work
ing companies all having plenty of excel
lent gold ore, to be put into active opera
tion there within about year. and rep
resenting S15,OOO,0O0 capital And the field
is far from being occupied yet With
every development new and rich veins Of
the precious metal are discovered. until
the quantity of rich ore already in sight
seems to be almost ineXhaustib,e
Thursday afternoon negro man at
tempted assault on Miss Snengrove. who
lives about a mile and a half from Mari
eta. The young lady is fifteen or sixteen
years of age, and resisted the negro's
advances and desperate struggle ensued.
Miss Sneligroves screams alarmed the
negro and he ran off. During the strus
gle the young lady was badly bruised, re-
ceiving several cuts about the head. When
she reached home she informed her rela-
lives of the affair and in a short time
posse was formed. A negro named John
Belding Bailey, who lives about a mile
from the Snellgrove farm, was arresred.
His house was surrounded by the sheriff
and his deputies. The negro did not resist
arrest, but asserted his innocence, saying
he had not left his house during the day.
Bailey was taken before Miss Snellgrove
who identified him as her assailant. He
was placed in jail. Very few people were
aware of the crime and arrest and for that
reason there was not much excitement.
Commissioner o. B. Stevens the head
of the state agricultural department, after
visit Of a week to South Georgia, where
he made careful and thorough inspection
of the crops, said: II found that the
farmers of South Georgia are in an I'M
usually prosperous condition and many Of
them are now busying themselves with
the preparation of their land for another
crop. The price of cotton has had the
effect of stimulating the planters all over
the state and agricultural pursuits are
steadily reviving in those sections where
they have languished before. More grain
has been sown this year than in any year
since the war and the freeze. which many
thought had destroyed much of the grain
did not do near the damage at first re-
ported. The fruit trees Of Southern Geor-
gia are in unusually fine condition and a
splendid crop is being looked for by all the
nurserymen and planters. The acreage
of melons is not as large as indications
pointed earlier in the year"
FLORIDA.
DR.. c. L. Mitchell died at Barlow.
Thursday afternoon. He was So years
old. He was a brother of ex-Gov.
Mitchell.