The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-09
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA..

GEORGIA.
Stock is being offered now for the cree
ton of a cotton seed oil and fertilizer mill.
one very prominent business man at Cor
don says he viii take one-half OF the stock
IN such an enterprise.
Two weeks ago negress named Mary
KimbaH was found in hut near Linden s
row, a. Athens. with her skull crushed in,
evidently the result OF a blow from some
murderous weapon. Now Phil Baugh,
colored lies IN the county jail under the
charge Of murder. lie has just been ar
rested.
Macon is soon to have another cotton
factory in operation. A petition has been
filed in the Superior Court asking for a
charter for the Schofeld Manufacturing
Company which proposes 70 operate joint
~ cotton factory and knitting mill II
is expected that the work of erecting this
mill win be commenced within the next
few weeks
Houston Home Journal: Several Nor
mon elders are in this section of the coun-
ty. Several days last week two were seen
at the Perry postoffice at noon each day,
and on Tuesday Of this week four called
a that hour for their mail. They are
very quiet in their der1eanor. We under
stand they are making a house-to-hou
canvass OF the county, distributing their
church literature.
Mary Crawley negro woman living on
Mrs. Helen Sims place, few miles from
Miner left her two small children, aged
] and years. in her house and spent the
day on an adjoining farm. She returned
just in time TO witness the cremation of
her children When the nearest neigh
bors reached the spot the house was fall
ing in 1t will never be known how the
fire originated, bur it is supposed the
children were playing with fire.
Madison Superior Court at Danielsvile
was enlvened Tuesday by political speak
ing The race for senator from the Thir-
teenth district was opened by DR.. n. q.
Long, who during the dinner recess OF
court spoke for about one hour to a large
crowd. There was no joint discussion as
Col T. NJ. Swift had not accepted the in
vitation to meet him. The doctor referred
to Madison being his home county. ana
then compared his record in the Senate
with that of Col. Swift in the House
The Southern Transportation Company
was organized at the offices of the Lang
lev Manufacturing Company in Augusta
Tuesday The officers chosen were; Pres
ident. j. T. Boutwell,; vice president, w.
II. Gibson; secretary-treasurer, Walter
Gibson; traffic manager, Wallace NJ
Barnes; directors. J. T. Boutwell, w. T..
Gibson, W. NJ Barnes, Paul Muslin. The
Southern Transportation Company owns,
with one exception, the steamboats, THAI
ply the Savannah. 1t has been organized
temporarily for some time and has been
succeeding quite cxcelently. The capital
stock is about 10000. The company will
have important announcements to make
in the near future, but there is nothing
definite to give out just yet. The divi
dend feature. so far, it is understood, is
quite satisfactory.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Now that the
waters have subsidized, the extent of the
damage done to the North Highlands con-
tractors, Hardaway, Jones & Co, during
the recent freshet can be told. Yester-
day an EnquiriT-Sun reporter paid visit
TO the dam The main dam Itself stands
as II viii for centuries, but the other
masonry work was injured. There is a
cut through the dam near the Alabama
side; from the exposed masonry there the
wafer has taken several blocks of stone
tearing them out as easily al one coulA
take a bite of bread. The worst damage.
however, was done near the Georgia side
From the Leap to the main dam. there
was a bulkhead wall in process of con-
struction. From this layers of masonry
We're peeled. There was brick wall in
tended to form a side Of the wheel pit.
This has been washed as completely away
as II it we're of wood and the other walls
OF the wheel pit are damaged also. Strang-
est OF all. however, in the rushing waters
mao freaks in its curlings and twistines
over the bulkhead wall, they tore in the
tallrace wall a minute cavern. 1t looks
as If some giant, on mischief intent had
taken a gouge and scooped a hole in the
wall The top of the wall was not dam
aged al all