Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-02
CHE Muruirg Mews.
MONDAY, MAY 2. 1881
Georgia Affairs.

IN the person OF Miss Ida Sykes who Ia travel.
ing Tor a business house of that city. and has
received many flattering compliments from
the press In the various cities she has visited.
letter has been received in Atlanta from a
leading Albanian asking if there is any
probability of the Georgia Western Road be-
ing built.
Mr. Phinizy, President of the Georgia Rail-
road, still adheres to his opinion that, under
its charter. the Central Railroad cannot be
leased Nevertheless, when asked if some ar
rangement equivalent to lease could not be
effected, he replied that he knew nothing about
that.
We miss that ST. simon's correspondent of
the Brunswick Advertiser and appeal What
has become of himg
The Americas Recorder says that on Mon
day last, Thomas Mcguire, citizen of Webster
county, living on the place of Mr.. ]. D. Shep-
pard, disappeared from his usual place of res
idence, and had not been found up to II o'clock
a. m. Tuesday morning 1t is believed that he
is afflicted with mental alteration, and as he
was traced toward or to Murder creek, a
stream about mile from his house, that he
has perhaps drowned himself. He is either
Irish born or of Irish extract, and is about
thirty-fve years Of age. For several weeks he
has been apart to himself and stayed mostly in
the woods, refusing society and taking but lit
tie nourishment
The Timber Gazette of this week publishes
biographical sketch of Mr.. John B. German,
of the Talbotton Register and Standard.
Regarding the recent decision of Judge
Crisp in the Rome Bank case the Augusta
Chronicle expresses the opinion that the de-
cision is able, learned and conclusive. It saws:
"a brief, lucid history of the cause is
given, and the objections of counsel for
the plaintiff in error are stated with
absolute fairness. These objections the
Judge severally overthrows, by supreme logic
and authority. He cites the constitutional
duty of the Treasurer and Governor, and DEM
onstrates that their action was entirely in con-
sonance with the written law He shows the
primary lien of the State upon the banks as
sets, and that an assignment does not affect
the rights of the State The assignee takes the
assets, subject to preference and prioritles
commanded by the Code. The States priority
is also insisted upon by the common law, and
so held in Georgia since 1884. The proofs ad-
duced to establish this principle are simply
Overwhelming
1t has been just seven years since the Darien
Timber Gazette was started. Despite fires
and SUCH it is on a solid basis, and bids fair to
live seven times seven years yet to come
The rice crops on the Altamaha are in good
condition and promise we'll Unfortunately,
though. the September equinoctials have yet
to be passed.
Book beer is now the favorite beverage of
Albany.
The Columbus Enq1tirer-Sun says that last
winter. during heavy wind, eight or ten Eng
ish sparrows were blown to that city (probably
from Macon and found stopping place in the
trees back of Rosette & Lawhon's carriage re-
pository. Jack Anthony, negro man, has
lot of chickens in the yard. and when he wants
to feed them he whistles for the purpose of
calling them up. The sparrows have learned
the whistle and drop down among the chickens
at his call. They have increased uutiI about
fifty or sixty are now there, and are becoming
domesticated.
The Darien Timber Gazette says that dur
ing the first quarter of this year there were
1879 RATS down, measuring q, Ss9, 500 feet of
timber, divided up as follows: January 274
RATS, measuring 5,O51, 763 feet; February, 66O
RATS, 1861, 162 feet; March, 595 RATS 1896
744 feet During this month there has been
about 600 RATS down, measuring about
100000 feet. The following are the Ga
zette'S timber quotations for last week:
"Square-60O average, S. 5O07; zoo average,
So SOFAS 800 average, 81 2509 900 average,
$S01O; 1000 average, S9911; LOO average,
| SlO012; 1900 average, $11 OO013 Scab-3OO
average, S607 co; 400 average, SS09 so; 500
average, S1O011 so; 600 average. S12@13'
The Thomasville Times learns through a
| gentleman from Dixie, in Brooks county, that
| a severe hail storm visited that sec
| The corn and cotton crop was seriously in.
| jured, and the watermelon vines were almost
a great loss, as a large crop of melons lad been
planted in the neighborhood of Dixie We
have not learned the extent of the storm
The Schley county correspondent of the
Americus Sumter Republican, asks, where
will we come out at - and says: I'VE learn
from good authority that capitalists have de-
cided that it will take one-fourth of an aver
age crop of cotton to pay for the guauo used
this year throughout this section. This is the
situation. as bankers and provision dealers see
it, who, in order to secure themselves, are turn
ing thousands off daily Throughout the South,
who are praying for money, hay, corn and
bacon, to enable them to make this crop of
cotton and to keep starvation from their doors.
In few years at this rate capitalists will own
all of our farms and we will be tenants. "
The Rome Courier reports the serious stab
bling of a white man by negro in that neigh
borhood Thursday morning. 1t says: From
| what could be aScertained it appears that at
| about seven O'Clock yesterday morning. Tom
/ Morrison, of ChattOoga county, together with
| several other countrymen, were in Wardlaw &
| Jones' wagon yard. Williams, a negro was
| also in the yard, and him Morrison accosted in
| regard to some sacks of flour that it appears
| the negro had permitted his horse to mutilate.
| From words the two men got to blows and a
/ few moments had only elapsed when the negro
Williams drew large pocket knife, or dirk,
| and cut Morrison in the side, in the region of
/ the heart. The deed was scarcely accom-
| plshed when he fled, and since has not been
/ b card Of" The wound, though serious, is not
i necessarily fatal, and the doctors think there
/ is a chance for the recovery Of the injured
| man.
Brunswick advertiser aud appeal: 1--WE
| have not vet been furnished the new schedule
| to be run over the VI. & B. and the S, +. q w.
and Waycross and Jacksonville Railroads, but
| learn they win be so arranged as to connect at
Jesup. Oh, delightful thought! Think of it.
| We who have been compelled to lie over there
| from three to twenty three and seven eighth:
| hours to make the connection. Well, this good
| deed on the part of the officials atones fol
| much of their shortcomings AS well as we
| can learn, the NJ & B. trains will leave Bruins
wick about nine or ten in the mornings, and
| arrive at about six or seven in the evenings
and the Savannah trains will leave and arrlvt
so as to connect with these trains at Jesul
from Macon, as we understand it, will bt
switched off at Jesup and go to JACKSONVILLE
Augusta Netcs. "He is planter He live:
about sixteen miles from Augusta. With the
assistance of two mules and wagon he maui
ed bale of inferior cotton into town ana solC
it for $50 With the proceeds, and with the
| aid of the aforesaid mules and wagon, he maui
ed back to hi plantation the following Items
| One hundred pounds sides, cut well up in thu
shoulder $12 so; ten bushels OF corn, %; one
bale hay 81: enc barrel corn meal. So; ont
| barrel potatoes, 81 80. Total cost of items
500 40, leaving the sum of sixty cents to be ex
pended in wet groceries. This planter be
| iieves in planting every acre OF his land II
cotton. and thinks any man an idiot who as
| serts that it is a wise economy forthe plante
to grow his own hay corn and potatoes"
Yhe New Orleans Democrat says: ''Colone
Thos Hardeman, of Atlanta, delivered YER
interesting address to the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange on Wednesday afternoon. 1t was II
the interest of the forthcoming Cotton Exhlol
ton which is to be held in Atlanta next fall
and which is fraught with the most importan
results to the great industry OF the South
Colonel Hardeman pictured in a graphic man
ner the urgent necessity of contributing to tn
success Of this grand project. de demon
strated the value of cooperation, intercom
munication and mutual acquaintance among
all who are engaged in the production AM
manufacture of cotton, urging the South T.
Mace herself in the van of the march of pro
zress The address was listened to with tn
attention which its intelligence and force de
served and we feel assured that New Orlean
will be found among the most ardent and sub
stantiaI supporters of this splendid under
taking No community has shown more en-
ternrise in the promotion or the cotton ousl
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