Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-03

/ oedH nelQS, and driving up TO renee
where a negro leaned upon hoe, he re-
! marked: You are working out your
/ beans, are yOu?" The negro, with a grin
OF establishment, looked his questioner in
the lace and CALCULATED: "LOr' bless you,
! uese amt no beans, mum, is you never see
no cotton fore now?"
GAINESVILLE Gazette: Comparing the
| present year with 1889, when large crop
OF cotton was made, some say the former
! year was very rainy like this until July.
Uncle Tommie Dumas, who is aged "A
/ years, and now resident OF BarnesVllle,
says but little rain fell in the spring and
early summer of 1889. He says that on
mis- farm that year he never lost pound
OF SOIL from washing rains. That the
rains ceased on July ~, and drought pre-
! vailed until Christmas. The local mills,
! including Reeves mill, all dried up, and
he carried his grist to Crawford county,
about thirty miles distant. Nevertheless,
a tine crop was made that year.
There is an old white woman living at
| the end of a lane leading OFT from Miledge
avenue at Athens who for some time has
borne the reputation of being crazy, from
the fact that she fired several shots at
! boys who stoned her house at night. She
is harmless old creature, however, but
her disposition Is soured by unkinduess
from the world. A short time back she
was out strolling near her little cabin, i'll
an untrequeLted place, when a band of
wandering youths seized her and made
! the most fearful threats against her life
! for shooting at them. The poor old Great
| ure was frightened nearly to death, and
screamed for help. Two gentlemen who
were not far distant heard her cries and
came to the rescue, when the boys re-
! leased their victim and ran away.
| An old negro. George Walker by name,
supposed to be nearly 80 years old, laid
| in The court house at Americas Satur-
day afternoon and was thought to be
dying. The circumstances connected
with his case are peculiar. Last Sunday
| ne left Americas for Lime creek, where
| he went to visit a son. Monday he was
seen going to the creek. That was
the last seen of HIM until Thurs
day morning, when he was
| seen lying in some bushes. Friday morn
ing Jno. Walker heard of it, and told his
negroes to take him to town. They neg
lected to do SO until Saturday, leaving
him still lying there. Saturday they took
him in and laid him in the court house.
DR.. Hawkins was called, and after exam
lining him, gave it as his opinion that the
negro was dying. He seemed to have
actually been starved to death.
On Friday of last week several OF the
colored men at Tatum's still, beyond the
|
| into by cOlored boy named Elisha Eng
| lsh and their best clothes stolen. Elisha
| broke into one house and stole thereirOm
| Valise and pistol. In the other houses
be filled the valise and then left. AS soon
| as possible negro started on his trail,
and overlook him at AllisOn's still, on
| the OCmulgee river, forty miles distant.
| Saturday evening the negro re-
| turned With bis prisoner to Tatum's still,
/ W chained a
log for safe keeping. They then began to
discuss the question Of punishment, and
it was soon ascertained that they were
unanimously in favor of killing him.
When this was made known Perly Tatum
| inteTfered and prevented the lynching.
| Monday he was taken to Alapaha before
| Justice Slater, who committed him to
Jail under a charge of burglary.
At Augusta Sunday noon Lieut.. Hood
received telephone message from Mayor
May, hurriedly ordering some policemen
| to his Office. Lieut.. Hood, Sergt. Do2tic
and two men Immediately hurried to an
swer the call. Upon arriving at the new
building next to the post Office the cause
of the commotion was found in the person
of stout, black negro, of about 80 years,
armed with an old musket barrel, which
| was fastened by long chain that was
| wrapped around his arm. He had as he
said, been Hooking tor some one to KILL"
| and had scattered the negroes working
about the building in every direction.
When the policemen approached him he
drew his SO-called club to strike one of
them, when the others overpOwered him
! and carried him TO headquarters. When
arrested he had a small, peculiar book
| upon his person. When asked what it
was he replied: THAT shows 1 am mag
| istrate, and can get work when L please"
The remark, together with his actions,
proved cOnclusively that he was crazy,
and charge of lUnacy was entered
against him.
The tax receiver of Floyd county has
completed his tax digest. The total tax
for the county Is $6,5l9,63S against Sc
1878, Sl3 for last year, an increase Of $780,
S25. These figures will, perhaps, surprise
many, and taking into consideration the
| late damaging fresheUs which swept over
portions of the county, the great increase
can be all the more appreciated. The
total tax for the city of Rome is $4, 1867, 759,
against the tax of last year of $4,311, $50,
an increase of $56.073 The total tax of
the white people is $6,375,62l. The COL
ored people come forward with an in-
crease OF taxable property of $12,604
This year they give In for $134,637, while
last year the total was 1922, 033. One good
! indication is that the tax is given in for
Sill, 405 worth of bonds against none last
year, ana anOJDef In COTTON ana corn neld
by farmers the tax is $3,872 against $0S8
| last year. The lands are given in at ST.
$40, 09G, city property $2,C67.Sl9, household
and kitchen furniture $225, 14l. The num-
Der who gave in poll tax is 1901. There
are SO lawyers and % doctors in Uhe
county.
Two weeks ago last Friday Mark Cheat
ham mysteriOusly disappeared from
Athens, and not word has been heard
from MIN since. 1t is now thought that
he has drowned himself in the river, as
tor some time he was despOndent and re-
marked the day before his disappearance
that he had as soon be dead as alive. on
the evening of his disappearance Mr.,
! Cheatham left his vest, but put on his
coat, saying that ne woulG 60 to OF. Roses
to supper and then attend the compress
meeting. But he did not 60 to Mr..
| Roses. and there was no religious SER
vice that night. He, however, walked
with Mr.. Bennett, wnOm be parted with
at w. l.. Woods, Cheatham going to-
wards the river. This was the last seen
| of him unless negro can be accredited
| who said he saw him the next day going
by the Rock College with his coat on his
arm. One of the missing mans sons ves-
terday left to see if bis father was not at
his sisters, above Jefferson. Mr.. Cheat
HAMS friends in Athens are of the ODiniOn