The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA,

GEORGIA.
commissioner of Agriculture Stevens is
at his office again. He has been sick
4 with an attack of grip for some time, and
4 is not yet entirely recovered
II The Democratic Executive Committee
N of Epson county held meeting at Thorn
M aston Monday. The committee arranged
III Tor a white county primary to be held on
N May is, as set by the State Committee.
II Allen Fuller, the negro murderer of Ma
"a con, has but six days more to live, but
n as he approaches the gallows his stories
u about how the murder of Mrs. Pottle was
n committed increase in number and alb
III surdity. 1t is said If he tells the truth on
III the gallows, it will hardly be believed.
III John Tuggle, Duluth, Ga, wants to
know the whereabouts of his two sons,
IA Ben and Luther Tugsle. The two boys
M are 16 and 10 years of age. They left their
XII home Sunday, March IS, and since that
iii date nothing has been heard of them. The
II father is anxious to locate the runaways
VII and will appreciate any information which
7 may be sent him.
IA The Clarke County Democratic Execu-
\ tive Committee held a meeting Monday
nj morning at the Office of the chairman,
III Judge James f. Foster, The committee
'y which time all the nominations will be
4 made for state house offices, representa-
III tive congressman, United States senator,
solicitor general. judges and county Of
v hcers.
NJ Sparta is to have a creamery. The
III necessary amount of stock has been rails
~ ed and work will be commenced on the
III building in the near future Al the las,
n meeting of the stockholders a board of d.
n rectors was appointed and Hon M. l..
~ Duggan, the county school commissioner
Of Hancock, was elected president. Other
officers were elected and steps will be TAX
en- Immediately to push proceedings.
The directors of the new cotton mill at
Toccoa Caps mill, have begun work and
il is confidently thought that it will be
| turning out cloth before the new crop
| comes in. The merchants of Toccoa say
/ that more guano has been sold at that
market this spring than ever before with
p | in the history of the town. The great cot
| ton mill fever in that section of the state
and the material rise in the price of cot
ton are said to be the reason.
| Detective Perry Phipps, who owns the
famous Chattanooga bloodhounds, went to
| Ringgold Monday morning hunting one
| Of the terrible man hunters. 1t seems that
| Phipps had put he dog out to hunt ne
| gro thief who had escaped to Catoosa
| county. The dog. so it is said, met up
| with the thief and the two became COM
| paniOnable to such an extent that the
| thief caught hold of the rope about the
| dogs neck and the two went off together
| lhipps was employed to track Jones, the
. | slayer of Marshal Hanna, of Dalton, with
his bloodhounds.
The fame of Georgia's mineral waters
has gone out to the uttermos. paris of the
world, but none is welcomed by suffering
| humanity more than the Argon, or Anti
| Seasick water of the celebrated springs a [
| Hillman. The copious use of this water
| is said to cure che most violent spell of
| sea sickness in a few moments. The water
has been analysed by the French govern
ment at an enormous expense and found
| to contain properties which are said TO be
Il nfallible in the case of sea sickness. Be
: cause of its wonderful powers of relieving
| his dread affection the water is allowed to
Icnter every seaport of the world free of
Iduty.
/ Reuben j. Oslin, the express messenger,
Iwho was killed in the Atlanta and West
Point wreck Monday, and the only one
uwho was killed, was one of those who
were called on to give evidence in regard
to the condition of che late murderer Elan
uagan's mind He had visited at the home
Ucf the Aliens a Poplar Springs, and was
thus acquainted with the murderer prior
10 the time of the horrible tragedy which
shocked the entire country. During the
upast few years the great number Of fatali-
les which overlook the Flanagan witness
IS and jurors have excited much interest.
At the death of Flanagan it was suggest
I'd that perhaps the i'll luck he seemed to
Nhave brought to so many people would at
last disappear.
On Saturday afternoon there occurred,
inc miles from Fayetteville. a fight the
1Iesult of which was that one of the COM
1 Xtatants is dead and the other one is dy
pg. John McElmaney and William Eller-
Hbn are brothers-in-law. They had quar-
ufled, and, it is said, McElwaney had
-uhreatened 10 kill Ellerson. The latter
Hsame TO Fayetteville Saturday TO attend
}ourt and in the afternoon was on his
ukay home when he met Ellerson in the
load. They had a quarrel over who
Yihould turn aside and give the other the
t1oad. McElwaney fired at Ellerson, the
ubulet striking him in the abdomen. Eller-
uin then fired at McElwaney, wounding
Nm in the abdomen. Ellerson died the
bext day. McElwaney's wound will prove
Ptal.