The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-15
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
The municipal election came off in Ty
Ty Friday Or. c. w. Graves was elect
ed Mayor VITA CouncEmen W E. Will
Jams. c. w. Graves. j. J. I4,de and NJ. +.
burden. The town is pleased. and a wen
directed administration is expected OF
these officials.
The trial of w. y. Smith. at Macon, the
white barber charged with mayhem. will
not be taken up in the Superior Court this
morning as was expected owing to the
absence of important Witnesses ii has
he n decided to postpone the case until
Jan % at which time however, it is
thought that it will come up without fail.
A few days since Mir. Ed Maxwell. a
prominent citizen of Oglethorpe county,
lost mis- barn, stables and contents, IN
Guiding ten horses and mules, by fire. The
value of the destroyed property was
about s. 900. Mr.. Maxwell is satisfied that
the fire was the work of an incendiary,
and has offered 500 reward for che appre-
hension of the guilty party, with evidence
to convict.
The County Commissioners of Troup
county have ordered an election for
March 6, to determine whether $4,000
worth of bonds shall be issued. The bonds,
if issued are TO run thirty years and bear
interest at 4 per cent, to be paid semi-an-
nually. If bonds are issued $4,000 of the
money will be used in building a new
court house and the balance will go to
pay off the present Indebtedness of the
county.
Mayor Bridges Smith of Macon is to
take the lecture platform. The Mayor has
been seriously thinking on this line for
some time, and yesterday he fully made
IL I,s,e- tn
many occupations and callings, but he
has always steered clear of the lecture
platform. He now says that he must do
something for the Price Free Library and
that he will deliver a lecture on Grand
Stand Players at the Academy of Music
sometime in February for the benefit of
the institution. The date will be ANNOUNCE
ed later
Americas Times Recorder: A train of
emigrant wagons pulled into Americas
yesterday morning. coming from the d.
rection of Fitzgerald. Aboard the 'prai-
RE schponers' were a lot of dissatisfied
settlers, who had pulled up stakes in
Wiregrass Georgia, and were going 20
Northern Arkansas in search of a new
Canaan. They belonged to the contingent
of Westerners who went 20 Irwin county
two or three years ago, but the country
did not suit them, and they are now hunt
Ing new ldlu vi pLoiilISts iiN N<ASpAS
were entirely boxed up, and, with glass
windows on either side and smoke-stack
in the center presented an odd appearance
indeed.
Macon Telegraph: Farmers near Macon
are making many complaints about the
way COW tn ewes are killing cattle and sell
irg the hides in Macon. One of Bibb's
cattle owners said to a Telegraph report
er Yesterday that he had one of his finest
cows stolen few nights ago, and later
he found her about a mile from his house
with her head crushed in and her hide
gone. The carcass had been left. And he
says tEat several of his neighbors have
su cred similar losses within the last few
eks. The greatly increased value of
hides seems to have induced marauders to
kill cattle and be contented to get the
hides rather than to steal the cows and
undertake TO sell them to the butchers in
the city.
Lumpkin Independent: Stewart county
has some energetic farmers among the
colored people. Several live in the vciu-
fty of Lumpkin. and Sawney Latimer is
one of them. He pursues the svs ITEM of
diversified farming raising nearly every
thing he needs for home consumption. He
raised this season, some of the nnest tur-
nips we have seen in years. One that he
brought this scribe a few days ago meas
ured tweuty-four inches in circumference,
and would nearly fiji a peck measure. 1t
was the white globe variety and is
splendid turnip for table use. The posi-
biities of our soil and climate have new
er been properly developed and subject
ed to varied experimentation and crucial
tests, 20 show us the wealth of produce
tiveness hidden beneath the surface of the
soil
Notwithstanding the severe drought Of
last year. the average farmers in Nor
gan county are, as a rule, in excellent
condition. They are now turning their at
tention more TO the production of corn
oats and wheat and the raising of hogs
and cattle. Large quantities of pea-vne
and hay were gathered last fall, and all
of this land together with large acreage
in cotton, left bare by the early harvest,
has been put in oats and wheat. Careful
inquiry has been made as to the present
acreage in grain compared to previous
years, and it is unquestionably true that
Morgan county now has the promise of
the largest grain crop 1t has ever mar
keted The exodus of about $500 negroes,
who have left for the Mississippi bot
toms, win have only the effect of further
reducing the acreage in cotton. Most of
these negroes We're troopers. who rarely
paid out and took little care of the land.
AS stated, their exodus, together with the
unusually large grain acreage, will mate
rally reduce the col ton acreage for the
present year, perhaps from % to % per
cent.
FLORIDA.
The Leesburg Moss Factory, NJ. NJ.
Hampton, manager, is receiving moss by
the carload from South Florida points.