The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

Lee County Journal: We understand that
MIR. W. W. Thompson has ordered 900
barrels in which to ship the pear crop of
his vicinity
Col John A. FIFTEEN. one of the Oldest
and most highly respected citizens of At
lanta, died there Wednesday. He died at
the age of 50, and his death was the result
of advanced years.
Considerable interest is being developed
among the musical people of Georgia in
convention of Southern music teachers,
TO be held in Atlanta about the middle
of June. Some excellent music will be
furnished the people of Atlanta and those
assembled at the convention.
Charles King, a well-known young man
of Culloden, was instantly killed and hor-
rby mangled Wednesday night by being
caught under a falling tree. While a
party of his friends were cutting down Il
bee tree, King went to sleep. His body
was broken and mangled in a frightful
manner. Death was instantaneous.
An application has been filed in the Of
fee Of the Secretary of State for the in
corporation of the Cornelia Bank of Cor
nelia, HabeTsham county. The capital
stock of the bank is $4,000. This is an
other of the w. S. Witham system of
Georgia banks. As soon as the law is
complied with in reference to the adver-
Using the charter win be granted.
One of the biggest deals ever made in
which Augusta was interested was con-
summated in Baltimore when the Mercan-
tile Trust and Deposit Company
of that city, purchased one mil
lion dollars of first mortgage bonds
of the Augusta Railroad and Power Com
pany. The new issue will extinguish he
outstanding bonds and provide for extern
sive improvements. The Improvements will
include the re-laying of track with new
rails.
The present indications are that the ship
ment OF peaches from Georgia will be no
larger this year than in 1885, but the fruit
wilt be Considerably larger and more at
tractive Several days ago the Macon
Telegraph sent out inquiries to the princi-
pal growers of the state asking what the
shipment would be from their immediate
vicinity, and in most instances. received
replies. fairly close estimate can be
made from the letters that were received,
and they Indicate that the total crop in
Georgia will be about 1000 cars.
1t is understood that Father ]. B. Da-
vid of Sharon, Ga, has been appointed in
charge of the Catholic congregation,
Washington, Ga. Father David is native
of France, born there some thirty years
ago. He was ordained priest in the year
1888 at st. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,
Md. For five years he had charge of the
Catholic congregation in Sharon, with
which is connected the Sacred Heart Sem
mary established for young boys. Father
David is the nephew of the Right Rever-
end j. b. David, who became bishop OF
Bardstown, KY, some fifty YEARS ago, and
was justly styled the father OF the church
of the West.
The cotton season of 1S99-19OO is about
over. The receipts at Athens for the cot
ton season now ending will amount in
round numbers to $4,000 bales. These re-
ceipts are much smaller than usual, the
last season having been exceedingly dry
and the crop shorter in that section than
anywhere else in Georgia. The receipts
a Athens during good cotton years range
from $4,000 to $1,000 bales, and the grade
of the cotton is very fine. On account OF
the new compress requirements and the
opening up of new territory, the cotton re-
ceipts of Athens during the next season
viii be much larger. and If there is a
large crop may go TO 100000 bales.