The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

GEORGIA.
quite a small-sized sensation was caus-
"a in Macon Friday afternoon when
-.eriff Cooper of Houston county arrived
..l arrested several of the most prom-
r.ut voung men for batting bird fields in
houston county. There was a desperate
fort to keep the matter quiet but some
.r the friends who had not been caught
iu such "A dilemma, thought it too good
Joke to keep. Sheriff Cooper said he in
tended to make examples of the most
recruitment violators of the game law, so
rs To break it up
Alhens Banner: Friday morning on his
REV. in Cconee county, few miles from
rmington. Mr.. Bailey Campbell. a
.uung man 10 years of age, was the vie
1m of an accident that terminated with
fatal results. While at work Re was cut
u the arm with an AK in the hands Of a
rccro man, the blow being purely acct
dental. The brachial artery was severed
aui Mr.. Campbell bled profusely. Medical
assistance was summoned, but before the
physician arrived MI. Campbell had lost
5reat deal of blood He sank very rap
lilly 5uring the afternoon and died Fri
da, night
Rescorder Nash II. Broyles of Atlanta
viii not be a candidate for Mayor Of At
llnta. He denies emphatically the report
That lie was considering yielding to the
requests of many friends that he an
rounce himself as in the Mayoralty race.
Judge BroYles within the past few days
los been waited upon by friends who have
tlken a lively interest in his public work
ANA have urged him TO consider the mat
ter of entering the political lists for the
Mayors chair. The Recorder, however, is
content to hold his present position of
honcr and responsibility, and has definite
~ decided that ha will think of hpiOur
candidate.
Americas mes-Recorder: The vexed
question of determining the location for
the proposed Confederate monument has
been disposed of, aud the handsome shaft
viii be erected at the intersection of Lee
and Forsyth street and near the county
Court House. The committee reached this
conclusion yesterday morning. AS num-
Der of desirable localities had been sug-
gested the committee of ladies having the
matter in charge decided to leave it to
popular vote, and 10 this end ballot boxes
were opened in convenient PAGES
ana votes east at 3 cents each.
The. ballot closed yesterday and
the votes were counted. The Court
House corner won by a handsome lead,
the contents of that box being Sl11.20, of
which amount Mr.. L. G. Council voted
Sl10.
JOt iitiS Il 0dtOOSd COUNTY HtStO,
living near Blue Springs went hunting in
company with another negro, Henry
smith just before reaching home. he dis
charged the gun at rabbit and then re-
loaded it. The two men went in the yard
of Starting home. and there paying was
the 5-year-old haf-brother of Starhug's
wife. I'm give you that Niger if you
want him" said Starting 10 Smith point
ing to the boy Smith said he didn't be-
lipVp he cared To have him sfThpp I he
lieve I'll shoot him" declared Starring.
HE negro then raised the gun to his shout
der and emptied a load of shot into tile
ohild's body. He fingered for several days
in terrible agony and then died a pitiful
death. The facts in Che case did not be-
come known at once, and, in fact, not I'M
ii, after the child was dead. Then Henry
Smith told how the deed was committed.
Starting is still at large
Macon Telegraph There were about 100
families driven out of their homes in the
East Macon flats last week. when the
river covered that territory. Some of these
had nowhere to go and they spent days
and nights on the banks of the river
guarding their few possessions. 1t was
as if by the Indulgence Of Providence that
the cold snap did not come during that
time. As long as the river was out of its
banks the weather remained as balmy as
ii would be in April. thus sparng the I'M
fortunate people But hardly had these
families gone back into their houses be-
fore the worst weather of the season set
In. Last night the thermometer dropped
down to degrees above zero and the
wind was fierce. Its fury lasted all during
yesterday and was nothing abated last
night. on the previous night there were
indications that snow would fail. The
clouds were thick and had the grayish
tnse that rarely foretells rain. Yester-
day morning, however, there was a clear
Sky. The sun did it's best to shed its
comforting warmth, but its benign in
tluence was overcome by the cold wind
Everything was frozen last night.