The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xE,Ns OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

col c. NJ Wiley of Macon will be
candidate for reelection to the office of
colonel of the Second Georgia Regiment.
News has just reached Colquitt of a
killing on the lower edge of Miller coun-
~ left Powell killed his cousin, Homer
Powell by striking him on the head with
fence rail. He is said to be justifiabe
Kerry Jones and Oscar Williams, two ne
.ro boys about IA years of age, at work
ON the cotton factory dam at Pelham, en-
Gagged in a dispute, which resulted in the
latter stabbing the former in the heart,
killing him instantly.
The state Fair may be held in Atlanta
this wear, though this is not settled. 1t
is settled, however, that the claim of Ma
con that the State Agricultural Society
or the State Fair Association owes her
ANYTHING, will be fought.
Mr.. ]. Ford, of the Georgia Factory,
was in Athens Monday looking for his
12-year-oId son, who had run away from
home Descriptions of the boy have been
placed in the hands of the police. HIS
father thinks the boy went to Elberton,
but no one of that description has been
seen i'm that city. Mr.. Ford can give no
reasons for his sons flight.
E. \. Bradbury, employed by an At
lanta piano company as a collector, and
whose sudden disappearance a few days
ago was woven into big sensation by
the Atlanta press, has turned up at home
safe and sound. His absence from home
MAS due TO the fact that he had been on
& small-slzed spree and preferred taking
d room at one of the downtown hotels
until he sobered up. This and nothing
more.
Marietta Journal: We urged upon our
oi,izens recently to build a coffin factory
in Marietta. but supineness or indifference
seems to have been the master. We see
that Dalton last week organized a stock
company raised the money, elected Off
GERS and Will build a coffin factory at
once. costing $4,000. The Dalton Argus
says it will be worth more to the town
than Il $4,000 cotton factory. Our Ma
retta people must get a move on them.
The Board of Trade should get together
and start the ball in motion.
Dawson News: The reports of the Ter
rel county dispensary officials, published
in the News, reveals the interesting fact
that during the year 1893 the three dispen-
Saries of the county sold $4,000 worth of
whisky, from which profits amounting. to
al.473. 46 were paid into the treasures of
the county and the three Incorporated
towns in which the dispensaries are To-
Gated. The sales at the Dawson dispen-
sary were $36, 266.55, on which net proht
of >S9i5.% was made. The Brentwood DIS
pensary made a profit of $l656.S2, and the
one at Sasser $S7116 The profit made
by each dispensary was divided equally
between the town in which it is located
and the county.
Charles Bernard died Monday night
from the effects of recent injury. few
days ago he accidentally knocked PTS
toI off his desk in the office of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company at Coving-
ton, OF which he was manager, and the
weapon was discharged the bail taking
effect in Mr.. Demands ankle. AT first 1t
was thought his foot could be saved, but
later the doctors thought amputation
necessary, and the operation was perform
ed Saturday afternoon, from the effects
Of which he never rallied. His remains
We're taken to Conyers and laid to rest in
the family burying grounds near there,
accompanied by an escort of the Royal
Arcanum, of which he was member
Gus McCue, boy about 10 years old,
and son of George McCue, met a tragic
death Thursday afternoon of last week at
the home of c. H. Strickland, at Fair
mount in the eastern section of Gordon
county, The boy had been at Mr.. Strick-
hnds house for several days, and on
Thursday afternoon he and Mr.. Strick-
lands son, Charley, were in the house TO-
eetler Young Strickland went into anoth-
er room to get something, and while he
was out McCue- shot himself through the
mead with a pistol. Mrs. Strickland saw
The hoy just as he fired, and called to him,
out too late TO prevent the shot. No
cause can be assigned for the act, and for
this reason it is supposed that the shoot
ing may have been the accidental result of
a hoysh prank.