Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-12

she IS confident that II will cure that dreadful
disease. We will furnish the lady's name and
address on application by telegraph or letter
Augusta ErsniRg Neaos: Coroner Picquet held
an inquest Wednesday over the body of a wO-
man who died Tuesday night under mysterious
circumstances. The inquest did not devellOI
or establish the truth of rumOrs which were
sh0at all the morning, and no blame was at
tached by the verdict of the jury. 1t ap
peared that the woman, Mrs. Woods. died Ol
cOuYulsiOns consequent upon childbirth. and
l. the rumOrs OF maltreatment by her husband
are true they were not confirmed BY evidence
at the inquest. The reports of the bad treat
nent by her husband last night, while under
the influence of liquor, are so terrible that We
publish this much in justice to both sides, II
was SAID that he beat her, left her. and after
her delivery OF a dead child and death sOoT
aiterward, he was followed by a crowd Of in
dtgnant nelghbOrs who failed to find him
/ The establishment Of the truth of such reports
would Justify severe punishment. but no eyi-
dence sufficiently sUbstantiating these rumor;
was adduced to-day. Mr.. Woods and hi
! wife lived near the Enterprise factory.
Newnaa Her1ld: The past week has beer
notable in the history of Nesnan. The oldest
| inhabitants say that they never before sa y
/ the ike Under the merci 5 lashing Of tha
remarkable man. Rev. sam Jones, both sain
and sinner were aroused from their lethargJ
and m de to "abOut face' in the broad road
Mr. Jones left Monday mornii z to meet other
eng gsgements, but tie meeting Is being carried
on with great deal of interest. Up to Mon
day there had been about 45 additions to the
church. while the number of professions are
much beyond that. There were probably I0(
at the altar sunday night asking for prayer
The scene in the grand jury room last Satur-
day after the jurors had completed the week,
work was. we dare say, unDaral eled i a this
! county. sending for Judge Harris and cal :
| ing 10 the bailIff they held an experie &C
meeting. Every member of the grand jury
/ WAS a prOfessed Christian, only one of whom
| was not a member Of some church. Each one
/ d "a a word TO speak for Jesus and the oldest
bsfIv 1a1f
The Judge Was deeply affected. and asked fOi
81 list of ths names Of those present that ht
might keep In remembrance this impressive
occasion
c. D. Campbell, Of North Carolina. is stop.
ping az the Southern Hotel, Macon. About
two years ago, he says, he was doing busines.
near Charlotte, the firm name being Camp
bell X Jones. They had a general merchan.
| die store. and in some way incurred the dis.
pleasure of several negroes. One night about
| sixty OF them went TO his store Quilted it, ant
/ shot several times at himself and partner, one
! shot going through his foot. This raid broke
/ up the business. Sixteen of the sixty negroes
/ were caught, tried, and are now serving Ou
/ their sentences. For the arrest Of the Others
| the sheriff Of Mecklenburg unty offer
| e4 reward of $3.50 per head
I Among the number that escaped was
negro named Jim Harris, a barber. Mr.
! Campbell says Jim went to Macon and work.
/ eel FOR GianHone, the Italian barber, on Fourtl
street, but afterWard went to Atlanta, WheI
/ he hau difficulty about a woman, in which
! rival for her hand was badly cut The At
| lauta authorities offered a reward of $50 fol
/ him. He escaped and went to HawkInsville
/ where he was met by the Atlanta woman
/ and there they were married. MIR. Campbell
| says that Wednesday he happened to pass thC
/ kitchen OF the hotel, and there saw Harris
! The negro seemed TO look as if he was in doub
/ as 10 Mr.. Campbells identity, but when tina
/ gentleman cOughed lhe has peculiar cOngh)
i Harris was certain, and slipped away. Mr.
! Campbell rushed up stairs TO his room for {
Z uiStof bUf ON his return Harris was no Whprj
/ 10 De seen.
! For some time past the cotton mills in ans
/ around Augusta have been running on reduced
| time, most Of them max ing four days out o
/ the week. The Augusta factory has been util
/ IZluR the idle time putting in new wheel ant
/ making much needed improvement :, and may
/ even reduce production still further Ih'
/ >ibley Mill mas been forced 10 suspend on ac
/ count of the damage done its pickery by thi
/ recent fire, and only small portion of III
l time and available help are utilized. Tn
1 Enterprise shut down Saturday night and ma
| not yet resumed. The period OF starting NJ
| aud the schedule to be followed have NOT ye
/ been determined upon. The King Mi
/ Is still running IFS reduced tWo-third
| time and it Is not known what it,
/ President and directors may decide
/ 20 DO when the present supply OF cot
/ ton gives out. The Graniteyille and Nauclus'
/ and Langley mills are running on reduced
/ time, and VIII drift along as at present untl
| a change of affairs one way or the other
] The question of an entire curtailment o
& present production Of the mills IS one WnlCl
| has been confronting the officers and dlrec
/ tors OF these institutions for some time.
l prOmin nj factory President said to ChrC0t
Il e's reporter that the mills were steadily los
/ Ing from $ to So a bale on goods made iron
/ CD,tUu ut the present price. The mills hayi
/ accumulated large stocks, which they hav'
! not been able TO work OF To advantage. Fac
i tories with good surplus capital may afford u
/ run through the season, but the newer cOfpo
j raJiOus already paying interest on bonded
Z fWfIEsEzrpEtnpS- NEE
/ the depression. The gentleman could SCI
i no chance CT Improvement IN the neal
/ future, but the mills GI2y make an effort TO q
| on even at sacrifice, Opfeyelt the demorai
+ izatiOD of their labor and the damage I
1 their trade by the complete cessation Of work
/ There are in tie four larger city mills aDou
/ 1900 empl YES, who represent support lOl
I lu.0ou people. This amount OF labor thrown
| out Of employment and this number OF per
| sons cast adrllt just now are serious matters
| Entire shutting down VIII not be attempIet
| unless the interests Of capital and labor alike
/ require that the trade depression be treated
with most heroic remedies for time. tOntlnu
| ing the gentleman said: THE stin price of th'
| staple Just now Is caused by the demand o
/ cotton to cover future contracts, and OF cot
! ton goods abroad to supply similar defclen
Is. When these shorts are covered look u
Z ~, fau to Sc. pound, say about De-
see SYtto- AL draw grs IN OF comfort IRON
cember- l -. goods depression. In thu
tine present cot. -,ser-~oductiOu. the ittes
struggle caused hv. ssns.6 - tbe eouptr,
III .l'L SUI WV NAiLtS bAss y ENLGG Wp VIII
where the staple grows an. -ag Of ma
the latest Improvements in the :. ~tafie
chinery, must come ont ahead of Ia,
which are struggling against heavy odds, oiu
machinery and rUinous competition in New
England. / look either to see these plants
removed S0uthward, or else North
ern and Eastern enterprises driven
10 other textures not manufactured
at the south. So in the end, when this de-
preston passes over as it will do sooner or
later. how soon | cannot say, | look t. Zee our
~ .
virtually masters of the situation. That is
the silver lining mote in the present cloud"
An Augusta factory President new in New
\ lork writes that a movement, a strong move
men, is on foot in the North to put up prices,
and that his goods are being largely sold. He
Saws: Il can sell all the goods 1 wish to sell
at these prices. Do not sell under these
figures