Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-10

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nAence. the wonder TO us Is that sonathine -
this OH @''einpteo ere
= Discussing the prominent railroad men of
graph and Messenger saws. .ssTr WiIIia,D D.
gpefs, aS GENERAL superintendent Of the Central
ran allroad lines. controls BY far larger mileage
% the recent acquisition by the WadIev SIoa1.
66aylor syndicate Of the Georgia and West
IOlnt ROADS; more than nine hundred miles
were under his superintendent IF his mana.
geF1al wand is extended also over thssa iattar
lilhes, including the Western Of Alabama more
tnan hve hundred more will be added This fS
6,I teSSE,oAs s position for any man to fill,
- - ~. rogers occupancy of it is the more
seInarEaOie I'D view of the fact that his first
connection with the railway service began
- "a ~. n LouFteen years ago, and for several
geaIs thereafter his connection with it was in
the capacity of bookkeeper. He was trans
Ierred from the Office of bookkeener 70 that ~
superintendent of the Central Railroad. He
naS uhouesuonably mastered the methods of
railway management but his clerical educa-
tlon ana habits are diScernible in his adminis-
tFatlon OF his higher office. He does vast deal
OF writing which o hers might do for him. His
ONCE IS great hall in which are the desks Of
PROBABLY half the headquarters clerks of the
company. bis own desk Is a table
one am Ipu ~ L4E 6anqueting uses, at
number of hours OF the majority of days
"a "a the year, while half a dozen clerks occupy
the sides and opposite end-an Anomalous ar
rangement in this day when the custom is for
oupeTlntendents 10 have retired offices, each
with MS private clerk or secretary. But Mr.
rogers IS an industrious and lncessant worker
ne mas not gone back on his training and
MS success has been due to his uainstaking an
pllcatlon. He is not an iliiberal man and is
popular with his people. But should not be
coLng my GUY by the Central Railroad man
agement did not advise Mr.. Rogers to, by do
ing less tedious work preserve himself for the
yet increased responsibilities awaiting him
when mr. Wadley shall have fished a while
Qndan q Farrrd orTar L. .
his string"
The LaGrange Reporter gives the following
account Of recent shooting ARRAY in West
foint: Yesterday telegram was received in
LaGrange stating that Capt j. w. F. Little of
West Point, had been shot. In order to obtain
fair aud impartial account of the cause of
the difficulty, and also the extent of the inju-
rieS sustained by the wounded man. repre-
sentative Of the Reporter left for our sister
city on the afternoon train, and, arriving there
at two oclOck, interviewed several parties in
regard to the unfortunate occurrence.
Last Monday a daughter of Capt Little
about eight or ten years old, had for a few
moments been left in charge of a young
relative who was clerking in the confectionery
store of Mr.. Sam Nhitaker. a young man
about twenty years of age. The little girl bit
several apples which were lying within re ach
and upon being reproved by Whitaker, began
to cry, and soon after went home and inform
ed her father that she had been badly treated
Little felt Indignant and Immediately went to
Whitaker for an explanation, which was readi-
" given, but an ill-feeling sprung up between
the two parties, and yesterday Little again en-
tered the store. Whitaker asked him if
anything was wanted, and, receiving a
negative reply, he requested him to leave
the store. Little then started behind
the counter where Whitaker was standing.
and refusing to desist when requested to do
50. he was shot by the latter with Smith &
WesSOn pistol which was kept in the cash
drawer. The ball passed through the flesh of
his right arm near the wrist, and grazed the
skin midway Of his body under his right arm
The Re port was soon current that Little had
been shot, and caused some excitement in the
community. But it was soon apparent that
the injuries were not of a serious nature, and
! the matter elected but little comment among
the people Of West Point. Captain Little will
not suffer much from his wounds, and we
trust that the difficulty, which came so near
terminating seriously, will be amicably Set
tied"
The following instance of heroism displayed
by two little girls of Laurens county is men
toned by the Dublin Post: "a spark fell frCm
ironing fire on last Saturday, about ten
o'clock, on the roof of Mrs. Thomas house in
into lively flame. No one was at home
except Mrs. Thomas and her two little girls
But the latter rose to the height of the emer-
buckets Of water, and and Climbing out out
on tire roof through the dormer
windows, extinguished the flames after hole
had been burnt in the roof two or three feet
square nelghbor saw the fire and started
the alarm which soon spread over town and
got the bells to changing and the populace to
rushing in the direction of the scene Of alarm
but the crowd was met and turned back near
the academy by the news that the fire had
been extinguiShed."
Marietta Journal: 'On returning from
church last Sunday morning Mr. W. J. Man
ming and family discovered that during their
| absence some one had entered their Residence
and carried of trunk belonging to young
man boarding with them. The burglar was
tracked to the woods. a short distance from
the house the trunk was found broken open
and most of its contents carried off Mr.
Manning. who lives about two miles
| from Marietta, came to town and informed
| Sheriff A. 7. C0ryell OF the burglary. and
| that he SrSpiciOued Charles Harper. coloTed
man, who had been working for Mr.. Reed in
| that neighbOrhoOd. but v no was discharged on
went in the direction OF Atlanta, Sheriff Cory
/ ell and Mr.. Manning went down on the train to
/ the CHAT IhOochee river On Monday morning.
| There they learned that Harper had stayed all
| night and was then on his way to Atlanta
/ They followed the negro afoOt. On entering
| Sheriff COryeil took the railroad track. Near
| the rolling mill. Sheriff COryell espied Har-
per with a bundle under hts arm. He
| was commanded to halt, but re-
! fused and broke in a rapid run. A lively
chase ensued sheriff Coryell II ed four shots
up and confronted Sheriff Coryell with a
drawn knife in his LETT hand and two closed
knives in his right hand Sheriff COryell
brought his pistol to bear upon him. and
ordered him 10 drop his knife, which he
promptly Obeyed and he was taken into
custody Some of the stolen goods were
found in Harper's possession. He was brought
to Marietta Monday evening and lodged in jail,
where he will remain until interviewed by
judge BsoWn in November"