The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-07
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
The State Board of Embalmers will hold
,bair first meeting in Macon next June.
the meeting is held for abe purpose of CIV
ing examinations to applicants for state
license and il is expected that fully 100
embalmers will appear before the board
Hon. Joseph H. Felker, who represent
Cd Walton county in the Legislature for
,be past two terms, has announced his
candidacy for the Senate. Under the ro-
,ation system it is Walton's time to nom
mate a candidate for the Senate for the
Twenty-seventh senatorial district, com
posed of Newton, Rockdale, walton
Clarke and Oconee counties.
A meeting of citizens, composed largely
of farmers and merchants, was held in
the Court House at Hartwell Saturday for
fhe purpose of considering plans ana
means of securing the large cotton min
thai is to be built. Hartwell has been as
sured that if the people would give the
manufacturing company 100 acres of land
near The town that the mill would be
erected in that growing little city.
A day or two ago the second train of
twenty-five cars of lumber was shipped
from Redwood, Ca on the line of the
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway,
consigned to the Flynt Building and Con
struction Company, Gastonia, NJ c. This
rain of lumber is one of five or six trains
at will be shipped to Gastonia for the
instruction of the Loray Cotton Minis at
al lat point. The lumber is furnished by
DC lie Parrot Lumber Company.
The North Georgia Fruit Growers In
ttute was opened at Adairsvie Wednes-
lay night under the most favorable cir
nj umstances. There was one of the larg-
st audiences assembled that has ever
zen seen here. The address of the even
ng was made by DR.. Hunnicutt, editor of
he Southern Cultivator. He entertained
he vast crowd for an hour He was fol-
owed by Hon NJ. L. Johnson, DR.. Grogan
flnd j. j. Conner. Fears are entertained
or the safety of the crop.
Attorney General Terrell has received
uring the last few weeks a number of
tiers from the County School Commits
bners and members of the county Boards
Education requesting an opinion as to
cir eligibility for holding the office of
preventative or senator while serving in
IA lie of these positions. He thinks they
c { ineligible, but says under the consti
: ition, each house of the general assem-
~ is the sole judge of eligibility of its
iembers.
GOV. Gambler has appointed Judge George
Hillyer of Atlanta on the commission for
the uniformity of laws created by action
of the general assembly in 1891. The only
members of the commission for some time
were Chancellor Waller B. Hill of the
STATE University, and Peter Meldrim of
savannah. The resignat ton of Chancellor
HID a few days since made necessary the
appointment of another commissioner and
Judge Hillyer was named by Gov. Gambler
TO fill the place.
That the fruit crop is damaged around
Rome is a certainty There is a wide diff
ference of opinion as to the extent. 1t
seems to be damaged worst in the low
places One man reported that in twenty
buds examined eighteen were dead, one
said two-thrds were dead, one said half,
some say % per cent, some 10
per cent. G. II. Miller & Son say (and
they are considered the best authority
That enough is lefC to make a food crop,
provided we don't have freeze at Easter.
Peports received at Macon from South
y" and points in Florida are to the
that the crop of early vegetables
be very short this year. The cold in
u oruary and March had a telling effect
the young vegetables and many of
Z m were killed outright, while others
n re given such a severe attack that they
NJ 'er recovered. The railroad men are
60. nplaining of the short crop and not half
usual number of cars have thus far
en- handled. The strawberry crop has
II been hurt, however, and the Georgia.
ST. uthern and Florida Railroad expects to
dndie its first car next week 1t will
probably be consigned to New York OF
some other of the Northern markets.
Americas Times Recorder Mr.. T. L.
Query as an officer of Americus L1dge,
r. and A. M, received day or two ago
letter from brother Mason living in a
H.ue town in Louisiana, inc'osirg a silver
-lasonic badge bearing the name of V f.
HViere, Americas, Ga The badge was
'he property of that gentleman. now d -ad
many years, and his descendants here be-
ueVe that he must have lost it in Louis ana
"nlIe going to or returning from the Mex
lean War, nearly sixty years ago The
Lonisianian wrote that he secured The
'a'se from party who found ii five year
"-o but who didn't understand it's sig
MHcance The Riviere family here W i
beatly treasure this old badge of thei- an
cestor