Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-07

Cluzens' hook and ladder leave Sunday
LOT Augusta, where they will participate
in the tournament,
Col. r. NJ. Slaughter, en gineer in charge
OF inc government work on the Flint, has
portion of his force on the lower Flint
now at work near Newton, removing some
rock boulders from the river there. His
force on the upper Flint are at work Oppo-
site Gum creek, in Dooly county. He is
as confident as ever that he will yet make
the Flint one of the safest navlgable
streams in the South. 1t will be recOl-
lected that the Senate failed to act upon
the river and harbOr appropriation bill
last session, and the Flint is now without
an appropriation, but he still has ST., 900
OF the former appropriation to work upon.
Mr.. Meshack Boaz, one OF Gordon cOun-
ty's oldest settlers and one among her most
respected citizens and progressive farm
ers, died at his home in Sugar Valley dis
Tlct Monday, under very peculiar cir
cumstances. He found his bees swarm
ing, undertook to hive them, and was
stung one time on top of the head. After
receiving the sting the pain became so
intense that physician was sent for, but
upon his arrival no seriousness was at
tached to the matter and he left. After
leaving, Mr.. BOaz became decidedly
worse, and the physician was sent for
again, but before his second arrival Mr..
Boaz was dead. He was So years of age.
Canton correspondence NEWS, May {:
Bishop BeckWith preached In the Baptist
church yesterday to a large and very
attentive audience. His sermon was
logical and eloquent.-Saturday night the
Methodist Sabbath school entertained a
crowded house by a '.jug breaking"
During the breaking and counting the
contents most excellent music was dis
coursed by the members of the school, led
by Miss Fannie Teasley at the instrument.
The Cherokee County Sunday School
Association that was to have convened at
Canton last Saturday, has been postponed
to Saturday, May 23.-The farms and gar
dens in this section are in great need of
rain. A few more dry, cold, windy days
complete failure.
AT Augusta, IL the case of Q. A. Fleming
VS.. an insurance cOmpany-a suit for
damages for illegal arrest-the jury re-
turned verdict for 81, $50 in favor of Mr..
Fleming. The circumstances of the arrest
were these: Mr.. Fleming, who lived in
Savannah, was wanted as a witness in a
case OF the insurance company. He came
to Augusta on certain occasion, but no
subpoena was served upon him and no
summons given him to appear as wit
hess at court. When he was on the train
and about to leave for home, without a
warrant or other legal process, he was ar
rested at the instance of this company
and detained in the city. For the illegal
arrest and detention suit for $4,000 was
brought by Mr.. Fleming, and the jury
granted him a verdict of 81, $50.
Blackshear correspondence NEWS, May
A: The Rev. Mr.. Wesley A. Bartlett, of
Augusta, delivered two chaste, logical
and beautiful sermons yesterday at the
Methodist church and addressed the Sun
day school in the afternoon. MIR. Bartlett
is here in the interest of the Franklin
Square Library, Louisville, KY, and we
trust that he may establish library here,
as Blackshear and every town on the
American continent should have a good
library. Our young people grow to man.
hood and womanhO0d in ignorance, which
brings about vice, degradation and ruin.
1t costs only 81 to become a member
of this library for two years.
The crops in Pierce are looking nicely,
though the farmers, as a class. have poor
stands of cotton, and say the 'cut wOrm''
has injured their corn cOnsiderably.-The
Blackshearites contemplate having pic
mic tomorrow, and it promises to be an
enjoyable atfair.-Dr. r. w. Fuller bids
farewell to our town next Tuesday to cast
his lot among new people. lie is a
straightforward, jolly good fellow.
Miss Fannie Randall, the 17-year-old
daughter of ]. W. Randall, of Martin.
Franklin county, has created a sensation
at Gainesville by a sudden flight from the
Baptist Seminary, of which DR.. W. Z.
Wilkes is President. The doctor made
every effort to capture her, and sue
ceeded in preventing her from getting on
two trains. With the assistance of Cal
h|r A lou ~
the town, she succeeded in escap-
ing capture and drove out of town
in buggy. She approached Mr.. Austin,
whom she knew very well, and told him
that on the previous night she had re-
ceived a letter from her father, saying
that If she wished to see her sister alive
to come home at once; that she showed
this letter TO DIR. Wilkes, explaining that
her sister was very sick, and that she
would be compelled to leave on the next
train, but that the doctor positively re-
fused TO allow her to go. She then APP
pealed to Mr.. Austin to assist her in get
ting away. 1t is rum0red that the whole
thing was ruse on the part Of the young
lady to escape and marry young gentle
man to whom her parents are opposed,
and to keep her away from whom they
had sent her to the seminary.
The Southern Baptist convention now
in session at Augusta was organized in
that city in 1915, and at the last session
Rev. J. l.. Burrows, ID. D., who was pres
ent at the organization, was appointed to
preach a historical sermon suitable to the
occasion. At the last meeting in Balti-
more there were present GIG delegates.
The relations between the Northern and
Southern Baptist churches are most cor
dial and corresponding delegates are an
nually sent from the one TO the other, but
the organizations do not unite in one con-
VentiOn, because it is thought that the
Unconventional interests can be better
served by separate boards. The con-
ventiOns are merely for the pur-
pose of discussing the missionary and
educational objects Of the church and
devising means TO carry them on and pro-
mote their success. They formulate no
creeds and exercise no discipline. The
convention is purely a missionary body,
and is represented during the year by the
foreign home and mission boards. The
work is discharged during the interim be-
tween its meetings by two boards-the
Home Mission Board, located at Atlanta,
Ga, President, Judge John d. Stewart,
Corresponding Secretary. Rev. !. 7. Itch
en0r, ID. D., and the Foreign Mission
Board, located at Richmond, Va, Rev. } .
l.. NJ. Curry, LII. D., President, and Rev.
II. A. Upper, D. D., Corresponding Sec
rotary.