Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-11
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, lNLORgDN AND SOUTH
CAROLINA l'U = ~ TYPE.

A Negro Subpcsnsed 80 a Witness Runs
from - BaiiG for Fear at Arrest-EiC
Yields of Cotton aud sweet Pot ttoes
from small Patches-H nights OF Labor
Organizing the Negroes.
GEORGGA.
Mrs. John NJ. Fiuker, Of Washington,
died Tuesday.
The state Holiness Convention Will
meet in Milledgeyille to-day.
The cotton compress at Ihauy has han
died about 1000 bales of cotton this sea-
son.
CD. Hayes, Of Schley county. says that
he made la bushels of cora on four acres
of land this year.
The military fair at Fort Gaines closed
Friday night, aud the company is well
pleased with the proceeds, having Melted
1851 ~.
Announcement is made Of the MARRIAGE
next week at Decatur Of Rev. Clement A.
Evans, OF Augusta, to Mrs. w. Il. How
ard, OF that place.
1t is said that there is not 800 pounds of
bacon now in Albany. the stock having
run low. But there are several cars on
the way to the Albany merchants.
In Sumter county Thursday the gin
house OF ID. c. \. Rurkaaiter was burned,
with fourteen bales of cotton, the seed out
house. There is no insurance.
The fall term of sumter Superior Court
will open up to-day. with Judge Fort pre-
siding. 1t is thought that but little work
will be done, as there are bbt few Crimi-
nal cases to tHBe up the attention of the
court.
Col. n. T. Peoples, father of Col. II. b.
Peoples. has five acres in cotton near
Nashville, from which he has already
gathered over i've bales, and which good
judges say Will produce at Least three
more.
Several Knights or Labor few nights
since visited Poali, in Madison county,
and organized a lodge of Knights Of La
tor among the negroes. they are visiting
every county in Georgia and organizing
lodges among the blacks.
Tuesday last two c0lored men on Joe d.
GloYers place, in the new Twenty-siXtb
district OF Sumter county, picked 81
pounds o. cotton. Dave Davis pIcked 403
pounds and Joe Smith 4C9. That il con-
sIdered pretty good by old cotton pickers.
Capt. X. NJ. Clayton, City Engineer,
has discovered IL spring in North Atlanta
between Old and New Peachtree streets.
He does not claim any mineral properties
for bis spring, but SAYS that the water
from 1t will come in quite handy when the
last quart license expires.
Wednesday night the house of William
Tommey, colored. on the Jim Cook place
In tue new Twenty-siXth district OF sum-
ter county, was destroyed by fire. His
furniture, clothing, provisions, including
several hundred pounds OF meat, all went
up ia few minutes. He had no insur-
ance.
]. B. West, of Fort Gaines, shipped a
large lot OF sweet potatoes to W. j. Allen
at Birmingham, Ala, Thursday on which
he expects to realize handsome profit.
Dunn has about three acres planted, off
OF which he expects yield OF at least
$50 bushels, and TO sell them at 90 cents
per bushel will beat raising cotton.
One by one the barrooms of Atlanta are
closing, After the enforcement of the
prohibition law only four or tive houses
remained open to sell liquor by the quart.
Since the Licenses have all expired except
that of the kimbaii House and L. &. May
son, a grocer, aud Saturday night at IL
that OF tue himball House expired. On
the 10Th that OF MIR. MaysOu Will expire,
end then Atlanta viii be called dry
town.
Quitman Free Press Having adver.
tised that we would take cotton seed IN
payment for subscriptions to the Free
Press, and failed u get them, we
give notice that tor the same purpose we
now will accept houses. land, bank stock,
railroads. steamboats,, or anything Of the
kind. We are on the trade. Don't be
hRshful but come up with brick block in
city If you haven't anything else 10 bar
ter.
Elder Ancil Parrish, of Alapaha, is one
OF the most notable men In Southwest or
southern Georgia. He is far advanced in
years aud has been afflicted long tme
with rheumatism to such an extent as 10
necesSitate the use of crutcbes. Not
wIthstdndng this, he travels long dis
fancos, sometimes over fifty miles, to AT
tend the meetings of the Primitive Bap-
list Church, always going by private
conveyance.
Quitman Free Press There is terrible
epidemic among the cats in this section
and they are dying by scores. The young
aud the old, the white and the black, the
MOllies aud the Toms ale all alike passing
in their checks. 1T seems now as If the
feline race was doomed To destruction in
this part OF the country. Dead cats are
seen on every hand. The midnight sere-
made is changed 10 wall OF woe. L. is q
hard time on the cats, but If the rats un-
derstand the situation they are doubtless
happy.
Nose Williams, cOlored, now 81 years
of age, runs a farm of thirty acres not far
from Waycross, which ne tends by him.
self, with the assistance OF TWO young
sons. He plants only corn, potatoes,
peas and rice. He says he will plant only
what he can eat, for then ii he can't cell
1T he can make use oft himself. He says
be would plant cane, but he has too many
friends and neighbors. In addition to ms
farm, on which he makes a good living,
he is an excellent blacksmith, aud makes
tubs, pals, trays and a number of useful
articles, for which he finds ready mar
ket IN Waycross.
John Turpin, of Americus, while cut
ting some miliet at his home a day or two
ago, cut a large mocoasin in two before
be realized what he had done. AS ii this
was not enough to shatter mis- nerves, he
went To the well TO draw a bucket OF
walter, when, just as he went TO take a
drink, he saw another reptile securely
wrapped around the iron handle OF the
BUCKET, evidently enjoying the novelty of
the situation. lie quickly dispatched 1t
also. but. from a fear OF further cOntin.
gencies, will cOnilne himself to milk
diet hereafter, until the snake season has
passed, at least.
A lady living on Lee street, in Ameri-
icus, was surprised a few days since al the
peculiar actions OF a cat winch had
crOuched in the fireplace Of her bedroom
aud seemed to be cycling some object near
AZ hand very intently. Upon close in
vestgetion che was horrihed at seeing a