Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-09
j. H. EsTILL, PROPRIETOR.

other Eastern governments where cotton il
either produced or manufactured. There is
reason to believe. also, that the English cotton
manufacturers will exert themselves to male
a splendid showing at this exposition From
the spirit already evinced by our citizens who
appreciate the great commercial and industrial
importance Of this project there is no room to
doubt that 1t will achieve success beyond an
the expectations Of the projectors. 1t IL no
mere State or sectional faIr. but It promises to
be, next to the centennial, the most important
exposition every held in America AT the
meeting OF the Executive Committee this even
ing 1t Is probable arrangements will be fully
perfected for opening the subscriptions to the
capital stock This v i'll be the premium op-
poftunlty Tor an Atlanta man to show his pub
lie spirit and enterprise. II is estimated that
during the period OF the exposition upwards of
two hundred thousand admissions will be regis
tered at the turn-stiles." !"
White Plains correspondent of the Green's
b0ro Herald: Quite number Of negroes have
left this section recently to try their fortInes
IN louisiana, ana the main cause of their sud-
0an leaving may we'll bs mentioned. They were
lhduced 70 leave by some one whose name we
90 know, who held out tempting inducements
and bought and paid them for all their cows
and other property. These negroes had made
contracts Tor the year: had rented land and
now they have left, having converted into
money everything they could leaving other
things on the place unprotected not even let
ting the landlord know ANYTHING about their
innlentlon 70 leave; Whole plantations are
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now too late to rent again 4"
Says the DOuglsssville Star: During last
OctoDer the residence of Mrs Sarah McLarty
IN Dark Corner district, in this county was
burned. The work was evidently that of an
lncendlary, and suspicion pointed to one James
Aoercrombie, an ebOny-hued youth with no
good reputation. Abercrombie was arrested
on warrant charging him with arson, and at
the commitment trial the magistrates thought
the evidence sufficient TO bind the defendant
over TO the Superior Court While the consta-
Die was bringing him to Jail he escaped, and
until last week has been at large At the Ian
uary term OF the Superior Court the grand
jury indicted him for arson. Since that time
the oncerS have been on the alert for him
mere was reward OF twenty-five dollars Of
Tered Tor him. Last week Mr.. s. " Abercrom-
bic captured him and delivered him to Mr. VI
1. Llndley, the Sheriff. He Immediately EsYe
bond for his appearance at the next Superior
Court"
They have been going for moonshiners in
upper 5eorgia. The Gainesville Free Press
says: deputy Collector john A. Crawford had
lively time in Gi,mer and Pickens counties
last week among the moOnshiners. He tele-
gTaphed 70 Collector Clark last Saturday that
he had Just returned from a raid among the
Illicit distiilers in Pickens and Gilmer counties
and had seized and destroyed seventeen large
Illicit dlsLlileries in full operation. h also
seized and destroyed about three hundred gal
Ions OF Illicit corn whisky, over fifteen hundred
gallons or sour mash. a wagon and two oxen
and prisoner. Deputy Crawford was accom-
Al t-4O Aat1 " MCSSfS H. Il sellers.
Doug Crawford, Ben Fltzsimmons, and per-
haps others. No one was hurt although one
shot was fired during the time"
Rome Courier: "A well credited report
comes to the Courier office to the
effect that quite a serious affray oc-
Cured in Chattooga county last sun
day in which one man was shot through the
left shoulder. 6nd another probably killed
The report says that on last Sunday Ben Vann
and JeH johnson. Jr., went TO the house Of
Molhe Courcey, 8 woman not above suspicion,
and who resides 10 Seminole district of Chat
ing man by the name of Frank Little in the
| house, undertook to run him of Little back
| ed up into corner, drew his pistol and said
/ come on Severa, shots were exchanged. ami
! Ben Fann fell, excaiming, I am shot JEFF
! Johnson then fired at Little and as he fell he
said: i am killed The information concerning,
/ the trsgedy was siven to the two men the next
/ day By the two title boys Of the woman Moi
4 lie COuTcey, while she was absent making ar
/ r6ngements to move away. The little boys
/ showed the Two men the bed clothes upon
| which Little was placed before his body was
carried away. When the news of the affair
| was circulated through the neighborhood a
/ posse Of men was summoned ana they began
/ search for the dead man. Our informant
/ tells US that just before he left for Rome the
| woman had been arrested, and she proposed
/ TO show where the body of the dead man was
| concealed. The good citizens of Chattooga
| county regret this affair." as it again brings
| into remembrance the unfortunate tragedies
/ that occurred in that county three or four
years ago"