The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-01
n GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

The North Georgia Fruit Growers Asv
ISOLATION will meet at Adairsville on April
and 5, for the execution of a programme
that will be of vast interest 10 fruit men
everywhere.
over 100 negroes left Atlanta Sunday
morning via the Seaboard for Alabama
and Mississippi. About two weeks ago
a similar crowd left via the Macon and
Northern road. 1t is said another party
will leave this morning. This work of
emigration agents will hurt the farmers
lof that and adjacent counties II is al
ready felt in some of them.
w w. Leman. a well known citizen of
Macon, died Monday morning at the res
idence of his daughter, Mrs. a.. L. Edd-
b ngs, after a short Illness. He was taken
Suddenly sick Sunday night. He had liv-
ed in Macon for forty years. He was So
years of age and leaves six children-Mrs.
y L. Eddings. Mrs. q. Wright, Mrs. H.
II. Starr, C. c. Leman, J. w. Leman,
and w. w. Leman. Jr.
Work on the new Young Mems Christian
Association building at Macon was COM
menced Monday morning. A large force
Of hands was engaged in removing the
brick from the old building and clearing
out the debris. Alexander Blair has the
contract and will make an effort to have
the work done in the next few months
The building will be one of the handsom-
est in the state. 1t will cost about $l5,-
100.
Mt. Vernon and vicinity have just ex
perienced some of the coolest weather of
the winter. The thermometer has been
down as low as IA degrees above zero,
and hogs and cattle have frozen to death.
The larger portion of oats have been killed
md a oil IF The oA1pr
people say this is the first time in years
that collard greens have been killed by
the cold. The Oconee river has the larg-
EST freshet in 1t that we have ex
perienced since the famous destructive
August freshet of 1887.
At the Rankin House in Columbus Sun
Gay every waiter, nine in number, struck
just before the noon hour The dinner was
cooked the guests were hungry and it
had to be served so all the attaches of
the pace were insi allied as walters. One
Of the clerks acted as head waiter and
by thus utilizing the force dinner was
served. Monday old walters had been EN-
ployed and the places of the strikers were
reing gradually filled. The walters struck
or higher wages. The hotel folks said
let they treated them too leniently.
Capt A. j. West of Atlanta will be one
of the speakers at the great reunion of
United Confederate Veterans which will
be held at Louisville, KY, the latter part
of May. THIS distinguished honor was
conferred upon Capt West by invitation
from the local committee at Louisville.
The other day the Hon. Bennett H.
Young of the Louisville committee of the
reunion, a prominent Confederate veteran
and one of the abe lawyers who was
engaged upon the case of the late Gov.
William Goebel, desired TO know which
county in Kentucky would furnish the
largest number of hams to the reunion
One county in that state al once sent
word that II would contribute 800 hams.
This shows that the state of Kentucky is
as sound on hogs as she is great on
horses.
The rural delivery service in Bib coun-
~ has not yet started. 1t was thought
that it would commence on the LIST of
March, but no preparation further than
laying eff The routes has been made Post
master Herez said Monday morning that
he had heard nothing from the depart
ment in regard to the appointment of the
carriers, and that it would be impossible
TO start the routes without the carriers
Inspector Gaitree has not returned from
Thomasville, where he went some time
ago, and until he gets back the matter
viii rest. The people living in the country
districts are anxious that the delivery
should commence. None OF the negroes
have applied for positions, as they deem
it useless. 1t will be remembered that the
negro s- caused the delay in the rural de-
livery service last year, and when Con-
gresham Bartlett secured 1t again this
year it was on the condition that no ne
groes be appointed.
The little village of Gracewood, near
Augusta, has had quite an exciting ex-
perience with mad dogs. A dog belonging
\ Q Mr.. James h. Jordan was seized with
abes, and before being discovered had
itten a number Of other dogs and cats,
nd wound up by biting Mr.. Jordan be-
ore he was killed. A fine horse owned by
Ir Jordan died with all the symptoms of
lydrophob.a, and the celebrated mad
tone from Columbia county was sent for
applied to Mr.. Jordans wound, to
Itch it adhered for several hours with
repeated rinsings. This is supposed to
have extracted all the virus. Dogs in that
1eighborhood are now being closely
watched, and quite number have been
.illed. 1t is a peculiar coincidence that a
ew years ago a mad dog owned by Mr..
ordan acted similarly. Then a dog bit a
orse. several cows and hogs and bit his
ably in the foot, the shoe fortunately pre-
renting the teeth from inhicting wound.
he horse died within a few days after
earful Daroxysms, and every one of the
ows and hogs bitten also died 1t will
/ not require a dog tax law to diminish the
dog population in the Gracewood neigh
borhood this year.
FLORIDA.
Maria Paseto an Italian boy of years,
was thrown from a runaway horse Sun