Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23


about April ]. VIII commence bearing 10y the
latter part OF May, and Will continue to bloom
and bear from the same stem through the
months OF June and Juiy-actually producing
three crops from the same stem or vine. AS
soon as the peas are picked, new blooms come
out upon the original stems, and young crop
81 peas begin 10 grow. The peas should be
picked as soon as they ripen, that the vines
may be allowed to bloom and bear a fresh
crop. Each stem produces from two to four
pods which come IN a bunch. 1t is a small
yellow pea, not 50 large as the common yellow
COW pea. stock are very fond of these peas.
and hos may lie turned on them till the peas
are eaten of the vines, and then, if removed
from the Held. the vines viii bloom and bear a
second or third crop.
In Grange Reporter: Three young white
men,. IL. Boyd. William Law ard J. Z.
JscksOn-hnd themselves this morning in
very bad plight. Last night they were ar
rested az the Lindsay place. two miles distant
on the Newman road, by Marshals Ware and
McCOrmack, and Nlr. Ben Whitfield. Jack
son was addressing a gathering of negroes.
It seems that these men have been selling
books TO the whites in the daytime, and dis
penslng bogus emlCrant tickets to Texas to
tne ulacks under cover Ct darkness. For some
time the authorities OF the Atlanta and West
Point Railroad have been aware that the ne
grOes were being duped thus, and Marshal
"were being held. but not until last night was
he able 20 LAY the aN TO the root of the tree"
I The trio are charged with collecting money
from their delu0ed victims and giving in cX-
change these worthless passes. They have been
IN and around Ia Grange for some months.
seemingly engaged i'm legitimate business, and
were apparently clever young men. One of
them has been student Of Emory College.
The matter Will come uD before the grand
jury an probably be dl=i iosed of al this court
The otense is mlsdcmeauor. punishable
with hue or Imprisonment. or both.
Oglethorpe Echg; Ii has at last been settled
that lncendIarles are causing the many fires
that have been OccurrluG IN our county. On
sunday night last there seemed 70 DE two bands
at work. At u o'clock Two negroes were the
victims. one. Warry iiargrOye, living on the
old IurEer place. low belonging TO AIr. Walt
Maxwell. two miles from town. on the FL
bertoU road. was aN akcuct % find bis stables
and barn ablaze. Arising quickly he got out
ln time 90 hear some ono run away from The
place ana next morning tracks were l9und
aud traced for some distance. but finally had
10 be abandoned. Warry bai horse, 1000
pounds oI seed cotton tnt an his corn, iOd-
. dgr. shucks. peas. cfC.. buried. and several of
ms cows only ESCAPED from the lot after hav-
ing heen severely siugcd. about the
same hour Ben Natklus. cOlOred, living about
the same distance from Lexington, ON the old
Lane place, now owned 5y Mr. ID. II. Arnold.
on the MailorysvIlc r0Gd, heard some one
walking about MS pre- nlscs. IaFlng his gun
and light he went ont and made search.
I but found no one. Iu- soon after going To bed
/ DIE heard them ruu Of again. aud ran cut To-
l find tnat ms kitchen had been set on fire. All
efforts Co. eNt;ueui-G the flames and save ms
! dwelling were .u-lle, and in "a short while al
/ most everything the Old negro had was de-
] stroycts
| AAACA- 4fNHLts-- fs .Eal|lf- HI ftllhGl-tt-
/ tion Tue other day Wilh a prominent politi-
/ clan from Atlanta, We asked hlm WIS there
I any probability of President Cleveland re
moving Mr. Emory Speer from his soft berth.
lie certainly WILL WAS the reply, ''fOr it
| viii be the first and most pressing demand
ma te by the party. To see Specr dccGpltatcd
would cause broad grin of satisfaction ali
I over Georgia. 1 learn Ihat Emory VIII Try
/ and n I'D on by claiming that the Independent
I Republicans elected leveland. and he should
/ therefore recognize them by retaining hmm in
] nN al 81 nag IN
/ mimi that there Is q vast difference between
I an Independent Republican North and q So
/ called Independent Democrat South. Speer
I is d8Omed.n ''WbO viii get his shOes:" ben
| Hill. of Atlanta. I think. At least a strong
pressure viii be brought to bear on the Pres
ldent TO appoint him. Alllt Resese, of W ash
ingtOn. is also setting his stakes for the place,
I but that unfortunate kangaroo ticket eXpe-
ricnce of his has everlastIngly cooked his
goose with Cleveland. Milt won't touch ii
I with q ten foot pole" ''Wil Joe Brown get
I "a nTaca iu the C-,bfnaf--' ~ tbinl- ne will H.,
I that event Mcdaniel Will offer for the Senate
/ and your man Carlton viii occupy the GUber-
/ Material chair. think IL good arrange
/ ment an around
LaGrangc Reporter: On Sunday afternoon
/ last an clubhouse was burned on the farm of
/ Mr.. Steve Sims, IN the Dennis neighb0rhOOd,
eight miles southwest Of LGGrange. 1t was
occupied by Freedman, who was absent at
I the time. 4 number Of negroes gathered at
/ the scene While the tenement was yet in
/ flames, Mr. sims. believing the accident TO
I the part of the absent occupant. said some
/ thing about throwing him into the FIRE il he
I was present. This remark incensed the ne
grOes. and one of them-Sim HOgg-ma6Ing
I an insulting and Threatening reply, Mr. Sims
seized q hoe and felied HIM to the ground
/ This was the signal for a general assault upon
/ him with knives, etc by the enraged negroes.
| By some means ne escaped from them and
retTeated to his residence. Threats were
made during the evening OF killing MI.
Sims. The next day ne came to town and
l procured a warrant for the arrest of
| his assailants. These We're duly issued, but
| a return was made TO the effect that the
negroes could not be taken. TheTeupOn the
papers We're placed in the hands Of Marshal
I john r. W are, who went down and took into
custody the following persons. all cOlOred {:
/ Owen LigOn, Sim HOgg, Columbus Rutledge.
/ Willis Bailey. George Rutledge. George
/ MOOty, Lewis Bond, Andfr-On HOgg, Bose
| Dennis, Lily RUtledge. Mary Hogg, Ben
[ woodward. Albert Rutledge, Wis woodward.
/ Henry RUtledge, AlOnZO Bonds. They were
| placs q under bond to appear at LaGrange for
trial yesterday. The case went 10 the grand
l jury, who returned true bin, and these per-
| sons viii be tried in the Superior Court on an
indictment for rIOt and riot and assault sim
HOgg sWOre Out q warrant against Mr.. Sims
for assault and battery, and the matter was
tried on yesterday " eJnesday) afternoon by
Justices Bray and Arnold. Mr.. 5. was dis
CHARGED"