Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-13


L0gue. Of Gibson, was called To a curious
stalA Of cotton in his field. Toe cotton
seed instead o; being attached TO the Int
Ike other cotton, was fastened by little
stem to the bolls, and would fall 10 the
ground as soon as the bols were touched.
The cotton in the bolls was entirely free
from seed. The seed are about the size
OF other cotton seed, but are shaped some-
! thing like apple seed with slender stems.
Mr.. Logue has shown the seed to several
old farmers, not ore OF waOm ever saw
anything like it before. The seed will be
carefully preserved by Mr.. L0gue and
/ planted next year. If they produce cot
ton similar to that grown on the strange
stalk, there may be fortune made out OF
these peculiar cotton seed.
The Ellijay Courier says that the late
/ discovery OF new gold mine IN Gilmer
! county is only an outcropplng of what
energy aud perseverance can accomplish.
/ lnis vein has been sought tor by local
and transient miners, hut not until last
! week has any lind developed its where
/ aoouts. Mr.. Lee smith stated that the
/ vein was about fourteen inches wide,
with numerous little shutes two and
/ three inches wide. The deposit is rich
one, and shows unmlsCakaOle evidences
of continuous vein. There Is evidently
! gold in this lind, and the lucky one who
] r. oNhlCS ~ VIII iCdAlHS al Autb4O AiiNOtAAts
This is but a specimen OF Giimer's hidden
wealth, which, when developed alongside
! With her other interests, will place her In
the forefront Of wealth-producing c0un-
ties in Georgia.
Albany News and Advertiser: Satur-
| day, by common consent, is the day for
planters to come to Albany. Cotton al
| ways comes in more abundantly on Sat
urday than any other day. Farm labor
fVaR II, 800 1r.vr
| is their day, and they use it by coming
ITO town." where they loiter upon the
streets, many until after dark. The la
| borers of the city all get their weeks
/ wages on Saturday evening, and do their
/ trading at night. The streets are crowd
! ed until late hour. and boisterous hi.
! larity characteTizes the scene. The re-
! tail stores court their trade, as 1t is profit
able. and before each door with its far
ing red light hangs the gasoline lamp,
| Usually good nature prevails, but occa.
sionally an individual personal rencoun-
ter produces ripple of excitement. The
! observation of the scribe leads him to be-
lleye that the colored people drink less to
| drunkenness than few years back; the
reason. perhaps, being that the cheaper
beer is substituted for whisky.
| At Macon Monday, in the United States
| Circuit Court, before Judge Speer, the
equity cause of George h. Dodge. COM
| plainant. vs. s. VI. DOdsOn, G.. NJ. Purvis,
| William Taylor ct. al. defendants, invOly-
ing the title to several valuable lots of
land IN Dodge county, was heard. The
| complainant showed a claim of title from
the State Of Georgia to himself and sought
To have cancelled certain deeds made by
| &. NJ. D0dson to the other defendants, and
which the latter had placed on file in the
| Clerks office OF Dodge county for record.
| counsel, the Judge stated that the evil
! dence showed an unblushing series of
| forgeries. The grants from the State un-
| der which the defendants claimed were
| fictitious. The deeds introduced in
| the defendants chain of title, in
dependent Of the evidence OF
discolorations by chemicals, etc, bore on
their face their criminal origin. They
were on printed blanks, while purDorting
| to have been executed several years be-
| fore the war. the blanks themselves
| show that they were printed by James z.
| Harrison Co., OF Atlanta, in 1880. The
/ court ordered decree to be drawn for
the cancellation OF the fraudulent deeds
and grants S, and suggested to counsel that
| steps should be taken in the State courts
| looking to the immediate prosecution of
the parties guilty OF the forgeries. Coun-
| sci for the defendants in possession of the
/
from whom they bought, and were not
responsible for the forgeres, and declared
their intention to prosecute the wrong
doors.
W.. T. Bankston, of Atlanta, who, a few
weeks ago, while suffering with severe
attack OF war fever, enlisted as member
| of Battery II, OF the Second Artillery,
now in camp near Atlanta. has grown
sick Of army life, and wants to get out of
IL "a soon as possible. He saye that he
has already had enough OF the life of a
| soldier to satisfy him, and Will do all that
| he can to secure mis- discharge. An army
officer, referring to Bankston's chances
| tor getting discharge, said! 81 think
/ that he Will have rather hard time of
| IL in getting his discharge. In the first
! place, he will have to bring good deal OF
/ Influcnce to bear upon the War Depart
| ment, and sometimes this Will not accom-
! phsh anything. was at the camps when
! Bankston enlisted, and | know that he
| went into it with his eyes open. lie was
| put of for several days by the enlisting
! officer and told to think well over the step
That he was going to take. His social
| position as a citizen and his social
! position as private III the army
were cOntrasted, and he was given
every opportunity to see the inside of
army life before be enlisted. A veteran
/ sergeant VINO naQ seen twenty years OF
army life was instructed to explain to
/ the applicant what he would be expected
10 do while in the service OF the govern
ment as a soldier. After he had been put
! OF several times be applied again and the
! eni-ting officer submitted him To an ex-
animation and be was enlisted. Now,
the first thing that he Will have to do to
secure his discharge from service Will be
| TO bring strong influence TO bear upon the
| War Department, and good reasons must
be given or The department will not con-
slider the case at al. Then, should this
department decide .Itosgive HIM his dis
| charge. he Will be required to pay the eX-
peuse incurred iii enRsting him. My IN
! preston Is, from what nave heard OF the
young man, and the surroundings OF the
| case. he will have to serve out the term OF
! his eulistment-fve years.
FLORIDA.
The brick bank building at Key West is
! going up finely.
over 200 immigrants are arriving at
| Kav Weakly