The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-05
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
The farmers of Schley county are get
ting ready to commence another crop with
energy. Wheat and cat crops are look
ing well. The acreage in that county is
greater than ever before. SchIey county
has killed more hogs and has more corn
and forage to commence the year than
ever before The people are prosperous
and happy
The thermometer at Washington drop
ned TO 10 degrees above zero Monday
evening and great apprehension is enter
ia ned for the oaI crop which is extensive
in that section this year. If the cold spoil
is protracted much loss will result to the
farmers who decided to seek their for
time in grain instead of cotton. Many
have sowed freely and up to this time
prospects for a magnificent yield were
most sanguine.
LAGRANGE Reporter A sad and deplor-
able accident occurred at the home of Mr..
]. B. HARRISON, near Long Cane, last Sat
urday. when his 15-year-old daughter,
Miss Florence, was burned to death. In
some way the young ladys dress caught
FIRE. and before aid could reach her, she
was terribly burned. Death came to her
relief Sunday night Mr.. HARRISON is one
of Troup county's best citizens, and his
family have the sympathy of the entire
county in their terrible bereavement.
Sheriff Hutchinson and Deputy Sheriff
Joe Thomas raided the blind tigers at
Sparta Tuesday morning and captured
eight negroes. Jake Harper and Law
son. two prominent and prosperous negro
merchants of Sparta, were among those
caught The negroes were bound over to
await the action of the Superior Court,
which conVenes in February. Forty-tWo
more warrants have been sworn out for
blind tigers and will be served as soon as
room can be made for them in the county
Jail iat iAal
new trial was refused Allen Fuller
for the murder of Mrs. Pottle in the Bibb
Superior Court Wednesday morning. A
bill of exceptions has been filed and SUI
persedeas granted suspending the sentence
of the court so that the negro will not
hang on Friday. The case will be taken
before the Supreme Court\at once, and it
is expected that the case will be set for
hearing about Jan. 10. This means that
Fuller will have at least two months long
err to live, even in the event that the de-
cision of the Supreme Court is adverse.
AT West Point, when the polls closed
in the whisky election Tuesday a start
ling surprise was sprung by the Prohibi-
tiouists which caused great disappointment
to The ants and resulted in a decision on
the part of a majority of the managers
that the election was Illegal The official
tickets furnished by the Mayor and Coun-
eli were Incorrectly printed. The election
was held under a recent act of the Legis-
lature which repealed the local option law
in Troupe county so far as West Point
was concerned. The act required that the
question should be submitted to the peo-
pie before the law should become opera
tive and the tickets ought TO have been
printed For Ratification" and Against
Ratification" Through some inadvertency
the official tickets were For Barrooms'
and Against Barrooms." The error in
the tickets was detected by the Prohibit
tionists, most of whom used a specially
prepared ticket which was in the proper
form The Prohis claimed that the cleo
ton should be declared against ratifica-
ton. but the majority of the managers
held that it was Illegal.
Hon. Washington Dessau, one of the
leading members OF the Macon bar Is
chairman of the examining board of the
state the board which gives and passes
on examina tons of applicants for adrnis-
sion to the bar. The board was appointed
by the Supreme Court some time ago, and
II is the duty of the members to prepare
the questions and examine the papers
when they are sent in. Mr. Dessau being
the chairman, of course, has the questions
printed here. There are about 100 ques-
tons to be set up in type and printed,
and for long time Mr.. Dessau was at
loss as to now TO observe the utmost Sc
crecy in getting the questions in type.
Finally ne hit upon a plan which he put
INTO execution, and which worked
IKE charm. He secured the services
Of j. B. Rau, a well-known printer He
had the handler of type to bring his cases
INTO his office and set up the questions.
The work took about two days, and dur
ing that time Mr. Dessau watched the
work. He did not even leave for his
meals, having them sent TO him al his Of
nee, nor would be allow the printer to
so until the last question had been set
up. Then he followed the man to the
press, saw that the proof was burned and
watched each leaf as it came from the
machine. Securing enough for the vari
GUS examinations throughout the state
ne required Rau to bring the forms back
70 his office and distribute the type Mr.
pessau wanted to be sure that no one had
access to the questions and he trusted
20 one but himself and the other menu
GERS of the committee.