The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-29
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

Work is progressing nicely on the Paco-
let mills at Gainesville The spur tracks
put in by the Southern Railway have been
graded and rails have been laid 10 the
mill site. A machine is in operation
crushing the stone for the foundation and
a large quantity of sand for the same pur-
pose has been hauled.
Irwin county will put in bid for one
of the delegates to the Kansas City Con-
venticn from that district, and the Dem
ocrats Of Irwin will suggest the name of
Hon. G. w. Smith of Fitzgerald. Irwin
has asked little of the party in a polti-
cal way. and by reason of the fact that
the county, in 1885, cast next 10 the larg-
est vote for Gov. Gambler it is generally
conceded that the Democrats of the sec
tin are at least entitled to representa-
Ton in the National Convention. Hon.
G. w. Smith Of Fitzgerald is a warm
supporter of William ]. Bryan and a
stanch Democrat from every standpo MT.
A convention of the Georgia State
Teachers Association Will be held in Au-
gls'a June $3.50. this year, for the purpose
of discussing NEGRO Education in Geor-
gia-What Is Being Done" The railroads
have granted special rates, and quite a
number of men CT Influence will be in at
tCrdance. In a circular sent out by j. a.
Bray, Athens Ga. president of the asso-
ce'ion, ne urges aE the negro. teachers
Ia a,te~d. and invites al to take part IA
tie discussion. He says: I'VE are hunt
ing fer facts, truths. actual conditions
connected with our educa iona thorough
diagnosis before we can apply the rem
eiy We went starting point"
Rome gentlemen have received a ship
ment Of 200 pheasant eggs, which have
been distributed to the subscribers Two
a7-aA
and the third and last 900 the week fol-
lowing. The eggs are from the English
and Monaghan species and will be set
under hens. 1t is expected that 200 to
500 fine birds will be secured and each per-
son securing a hafch is expected to care
for the young ones until they are large
enough TO turn loose. A bill will prob
ably be introduced in the Legislature this
fall making ii heavy penalty TO shoot
or trap the pheasants for five years. By
that time 1t IS expected that the section
around Rome will be thoroughly stocked.
About seventy-five crates of peaches
We're shipped 10 New York from Marshall
Vile Saturday They We're the first
peaches to ripen and be shipped from
that point. Tuesday the first carload of
peaches will be shipped. This will start
the ball rolling and will increase daily
until almost a trainload of fruit will be
is now the second largest fruit shipping
point i'm the state, but in two years it
will be The largest. Il is estimated that
there will be 800 carloads of peaches, six
ty carloads of plums, 100 carloads Of can
taloupes shipped from there. At the pres
ent freight and refrigerator rates, cost
Of gathering, crates, commissions. etc,
a crate of peaches must sell for IS cents
60 pay expenses before anything comes
TO the shipper.
Saturday afternoon a novel sight was
seen on the public square of LAGRANGE.
Between the hours of and O'Clock the
pedestrians and merchants on the north
east corner of the square all at once no
tced that the air was thick with bees.
on the branch of one of the public shade
as big as a peck measure was hanging
to IL. Mr.. E. r. Bradfeld at once saw
mat was his opportunity 10 start bee
colony, and forthwise hired a man to hive
them. A table and gum were quick
~ secured and mounted on a. step lad
DER. The man sawed off the limb, sprnk-
lea the bees on the table and they at
once made their home in the gum. For
an hour or more that corner of the square
was blocked with people watching the
novel sight of hiving bees on the public
square, almost in the store doors. The
gum was left on the table until night
IAN, when Mr.. Bradfeld, had it removed
TO his home. No one knows where the
bees came from.