Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHENEws oFrHG TWO STATES
nom IN PARAG 8APHS.

ID. -.,.-,.r nj W rightsviIIe who Finds
the Timber Business ProhtSble-Ehe
0ratortoal Champions of the athens
Dahs,,na sOetetiss-NarrOw Escape
from Horrible Death at Guyton'
GEORGIA.
Harmony Grove is out OF debt ana mas
$3.50 in the treasury
The Albany cotton compress has pressed
Il. OOO bales of cotton to date.
snarta wants a building and loan asso-
ciation and cotton seed oil mill.
There is place in Oconee county called
81 Re Damn" 1t is situated near Frog
town.
The Ordinary of Sumter county has been
petItioned to order an election on the pro-
hibition question.
The celebration Of the wooden wedding
Of MIR. aid Mrs. j. n. Griffin, OF Naldosta,
was a brlilant affair.
A wilkinson county negro split from
one tree 96 good, large hghtwOod posVs
and two cords OF wood.
Whitehead. the condemned Oconee
county murderer, has been taken TO
Clarke county Jail for safe keeping.
The laboring population in Macon de-
pendent upon the manufactures ana ma
chine shops aggregates about 0OOO SOULS
L. A. Hanse, who has been chief mall
Ing GlSFh III Tue AZ oeSOh tDSo Univ 80 49,
years, severed his connection yesterday.
Col. r. c. Humber, of Putnam, has been
condned 10 his bed with erysipelas in the
leg that was injured by The cyclone oil
1884.
W.N. Hawkes., the Atlanta insurance
man. has adjusted all the losses by the
recent fire IN Macon. He finished his la
bOrs Saturday.
A young negro in Athens has pair of
feet that the shoe merchants can't ut.
Charlie Baldwin took his measure To BOs-
ton lately, and found that II TOOK NO "A
TO fit hlm.
Bob Sims, colored, was found guilty at
Oconee court Friday of an assault with
intent 10 murder the family of George
Sims by putting a lump OF bluestone lnJo
a bucket oil water. He is negro boy OF
about II years OF age.
Mrs. A. Converse, OF Valdosta, has re-
gently completed silk gu 1t which is
marvel of beauty and neatness. 1t con-
tains 226 squares, each square contains II
pieces, ana then there are extra pieces
making total of 4.36l pieces.
At an entertainment in the heightened
precincts of Gotham, a suburb OF Athens,
picked olives were served. One of The
students of the University from the rural
districts called the hostess and informed
her that he thought those plums were
npOiASA Vi hau bNCh AApSOhs
Capt. o. q. Cleveland, OF Terrell, has an
army relic in the shape OF furlough
given him "a years ago, being dated Feb.
"a. 1867, and signed by Lieut.. G. J MOffett,
Capt. S. T. Doyal, and acting Gen. 2.
Taylor. The document is written on blue
paper and is well preserved.
Tue Spring Hill Methodist church, in
Hamilton county, and a school house near
Mr. Turkets', in the same county, were
~ GnUnraI 9aVG As
these buildings were not being used, eX-
cept the church about once a month, and
as no fire had been had about them it is
believed that the torch was applied by an
incendiary.
One of James Hester's daughters mar
rowly escap, d being seriously burned the
other day in Guyton. She had some gun
powder in paper. and pouring some out
in har hand she threw it in the fire to SEE
1t fash. but by some means the powder in
the paper caught fire. 1t singed one side
Of her face, but, remarkable to say, she
escaped without any serious burn or hurt.
Hon. James NJ. Smiths wagon train
reached A hens Saturday to haul out 10
his convict farm a lot of corn and oats.
There were twenty-five wagons, with two
and four mules attached. The mules were
ali in splendid condition, aud the drivers
looked as if they were used to bacon aud
corn bread. 1t is a bad sign TO see g
large farmer as Mr.. Smith hauling corn
10 his plantation so early in the season.
Peter johnson. of Mcbride, MontgOm-
ery county, saws: 81 have been cutting
timber ever since the war. Hewn timber
being until lately the article most in de-
mand. 1t has always paid me best. Three
years ago, however, | bought a saw mill,
and have since then dealt exclusively IN
sawn timber, l have forty acres Of land
under cultivation at Mcbride, and such
time as | cannot utilize on the farm de-
vote to timber. Beside the profit make
on timber, the mill mas saved me many
dollar by enabling me to manufacture III
lumber NJ eded on my farm. My dealings
in timber have generally proved fairl!
profitable"
At Athens the Demosthenian Society
has elected its champion debaters for
commencement. There were five candi-
dates in The field. The following were
elected: Sanders Mcdaniel, W c. COus-
ins, w. l.. Clay. There was considerable
interest taken in tue election, hut II was
not as great as two years ago, when fra
terHity cliques were in vORue. The
Demosthenians have made fine selections,
and feel confident that they will be able
10 carry Offthe victory al commencement.
For the past five or six years, tor some
reason or other, the Phi Kappas have
taken of me prize. The Phi Kappas Will
elect their champion debaters next Satur-
day. There are I'VE candidates in the
field, all OF whom are anxio to repre-
sent the old Phi Kappa in the champion
dtNate team.
Jasper McCray, OF wrightsvile, says:
Il keep store near WTiRhtsv lie. A t.
tie over Two years ago | bought a saw
mill, which / now run in connection with
my store. pay Tor the standing timber
81 per 600 feet, and with % bead OF oxen
l man0ye to haul about 10000 feet daily
10 my mill. feed the oxen on cotton
seed and meal at a cost OF SO 90, or lSc.
per head daily. This is not counting
on the profits which | make on
the goods which give in
exchange. In connection with
my mill l employ sixteen men, paying
them from 80 cents 10 81 per day. These
all trade with me, and II did not run tue
timber business in connection with my
store, | would, of course. have so much
less trade. Toe timber, after II is sawn,
rafled and delivered at Darien, costs me
SO per thousand feet, ard ! get IS so,
leaving me a clear profit OF 81 30 per
thousand feet. l have heard that some
times people lost money on timber, but
the prices given 10 me have always
paid me handsomely. My mill has
paid for itself over an0 OVpr AGAIN ~