The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-21
GEORGIA FLORIDA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEWS or THE THREE STATES PUT
N TYPE.
GEORGIA.


The government recently put 100000
young shad In Flint river near Albany.
The farmers Of Washington county have
organized a cotton warehouse company
and will build a warehouse on the lot adj
Joining the Southern depot LOT. The object
is TO reduce the cos. of storage OF COTTON,
which they think is altgether too high.
They will build al once 80 as to be PIE
pared for this years crop.
The preparations for the closing exer-
cises Of the Blakely School vii be very
elaborate, and several days viii be devoted
10 them. Gov. Gambler State School
Commissioner Glenn and Prof. Euler b.
Smith. one of the brightest teachers an
Georgia. will deliver addresses. Those pro-
ceedings are indicative of marked improve
ment.
Judge John S. Gambler of Atlanta has
refused to grant a new trial in the case
of james L. Baker, who last month was
found guilty of the charge of murder,
and the case will go to the Supreme Court
on bill of exceptions. Baker shot and
killed his wife while she was seated at
supper in the house of friend, with
whom she was boarding.
Gladys, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. p. Vincent of Ath-
ems, died at the home of her
parents Thursday afternoon. Her
death was quite a shock to relatives and
friends. Tuesday she was in school with
her playmates, and death was the result
of having eaten green peaches. The
funeral occurred Friday afternoon and
the exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Beatty.
The thiri3eth banking Institution of
which w. S. William of Atlanta is
president, was chartered by Secretary of
State Phil Cook Friday. The new con-
Germ is located at Bainbridge, Ca, and
is to be known as@the Peoples Bank of
cambridge. The capital stock Is SIS, 900
divided into shares of 800 each, and the
tncorporators are r. l.. Hicks, j. d.
Chason, J. A. Reid and H. c. Draper, all
Of cambridge.
Marietta Journal: A well-dressed white
woman representing herself as Fitzhugh
Lees cousin called at well-known colored
woman's house, named Colxine, in this city,
one day last week and stated that there
was gold and silver buried on her premises
and by furnishing her some god and silver
10 melt and place in her mineral indicator
she could locate the treasure. The colored
woman only had Sc in silver and gave it
TO her to melt; the white woman was to
supply the gold to melt with 1t. She took
the silver and went off to melt il and never
returned, thus dipping the colored woman
with fair promises.
Americas Times Recorder: The matter
of effectually enforcing a local dog law,
recently inagurated by the people. con-
tinues with marked success. In fact, they
no longer ask the protection of the Leg
isiature in the enactment of a dog law,
which previously had not been accorded
TIE city scavenger. it is said. has this
week hauled away 70 poisoned dogs found
dead in the Streets which probably does
not near include all dogs that have gone
the poison route Many valuable hunting
dogs have thus been killed. which fact is
10 be regretted. In the meanwhile the
slaughter will continue. o.
Moultrie Observer: The Moultrie Cotton
Mills have been definitely located in the
western part OF the city. The grounds
were laid off Monday and the work CT
clearing them Off has begun. The brick
for the building have been bought, and
will be shipped in a few days. The Triton.
Townsville and Gulf road is at work on
their spur out to the site. The spur will
branch off from the main line down below
the cemetery, and across the branch near
the cemetery, going up on the river side.
Work would have been started on the
that there has been some delay on the part
of the machinery people in furnishing the
plans.
Three months ago Mrs. Warde, the Au-
gusta medium" predicted the destruction
by fire of the Taylor House of Tennille.
Shortly before o'clock Friday morn
ing fire was discovered in the kitchen Of
the Taylor House. 1t spread rapidly, and
famed by strong wind, soon was a mass
of roaring flames The heat was intense.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
hotel was destroyed. The office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, which
was torn down 10 check the spread of the
fire, was also consumed, but the general
offices of the Wrightsville and Teuni,le
Railroad were saved. Sig Binswanger OF
Savannah and Gage Weichselbaum of Ma
con, two well-known drummers, did good
work at the fire. By hard work the cars
on the side track and the warehouse of the
Central were saved. The value OF property
destroyed was $4,000; insurance unknown.