Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-07

necessity for prompt and decisive action.
Georgia has always been fully abreast OF
her sister states in support brewery good
cause, and | sincerely hope and trust
;lat iH this emergency she will beat the
record. Ten members can constitute
branch Of the league; ladies are eligible
for membership, and by reasonable &C
tlytty, Instead OF four branches which
+ represented her In the Chicago cnnyen-
.lOu. she will Save TWENTY-FIVE inside OF a
mouth. ANY information or assistance
which | can give is at the disposal OF
those who propose TO organize branches
or otherwise assist US in this sntiseyic-
ton campaign
Last winter, when the Ohio excursion
lists came TO Georgia. among them was
/ young man by the name OF +. w. Smith.
/ he hired TO farmer in Sumter county
! Tor s. per month, and worked through the
season Of cultlvattng the crop. He said
ne Knew be was worth more, but be
wanted TO familiarize himself with our
means and methods OF farming. When
the crop was laid by his time being up
! with ID. w. BsEley, he set about finding
some land upon which to farm for himself
/ next year. He rented place from ). ".
+ Smalls. Upon the portion of the land
rented was twelve-acre field which a
negro tenant had planted in cotton and
abandoned 20 grass. Mr.. Smith at once
/ saw toat mere was something that could
I be saved. With mis- own hands he cut
hay six days from this land on shares
+ for Mr.. Smalls. He stopped work at the
end OF six daVs on account of sickness.
/ His part OF the hay amounts 10 twelve
! toBs, which is nicely cured and housed.
I He has been offered tor IL S120 vnere ii Is.
/ few miles from Americas, but declines
/ to sell, as he knows good hay is worth
2 r4sFtr "a N.l1 In a
market during the winter season. 1t is an
axiom that only the money saved is the
money made, and il is certainly true that
/ To save produce on farm IS as important
/ as 10 make it.
! The store Of Mr.. Mo williams and the
post office at GriswOldvilIe, twelve miles
from Macon, were broken open some time
during Monday night. About 81 worth OF
goods were taken from the store, but the
post office escaped. Suspicion fell upon
a tramp negro who gave his name AS Will
Mason. a search was made fer him, but
ne Kept himself well in the shade. \
well known negro named York Blount
Was detailed TO watch around the depot
aud see If Mason boarded the down pas
senger train which passed at ii O'Clock.
When the train arrived Mason was not
discovered, but, in his anxiety to catch
MIN, Blount got on the train for the purposs
or gong 10 Gordon. The train had gone
only shsFt distance when Blount dis.
covered his man in the smoking car. He
then quietly informed the conductor,
who, with the assistance of some OF his
train bands, tied Mason's elbows be-
hind MIN, leaving his hands free. Blount
remained with his prisoner until the train
arrived al Gordon, and then they got Oft. /
They had gone short distance from the /
depot, when Mason managed to get his
hand into bis pocket and succeeded in |
getting bis pistol. Quick as thought Ma |
son placed the pistol at Biounts head aud |
fired. He then ran, but the report of the !
pistol brought out q number of men, and |
Ia short time Mason was caught. He
was then taken to Irwinton and placed in |
jail where he confessed the robbery and |
said be was scared off before he could rob |
the post office. Blount was placed under |
the care OF Dr.. Lee, who made an exami- |
nation aud fouud that the ball had en- /
tered the right side Of the head between !
the cheekbone and the ear, crushing the
bone and lod Ziag itself somewhere in the
head. His wound is painful but not dan-
gerous.
AT Macon shortly before O'Clock Tues
day night two we'll dressed men were seen
standing near the stairway leading into |
tne bar OF Browns Hotel. Officer Drew
passed by and overheard few words |
which led him to believe that he should |
remain in the vicinity. He therefore took |
position on the oppOsite side OF the hotel |
entrance. The officer listened for further |
symptoms OF trouble. Toe men were /
talking In an ordinary tone Of voice, there |
was no excitement nor boisterOus Ian |
guage and both were apparently sober, |
hence there was nothing TOR the officer to I
do but TO await DEVELOPMENTS, as he telt /
satisfied from what he had heard that |
trouble was brewing. After a conversa-
nT faxH Inn
was heard to Indicate that one ad grossly /
insulted the other, and that only blood |
could wipe it out, the proposition was |
made 10 proceed to the cotton ward of the |
East Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia !
railway, just below the city, meas |
ure of ten PAGES aad settle the |
matter. The proposition was accepted, |
and two other men, who were |
evidently friends Of both, and who |
had been listening to the conversation,
started of In the direction of the cotton |
yard. The officer quickly followed, and |
going through the union depot found Off !
Ger Garfield, and the two caught the duel /
Ing party when they reached the rear end |
Of the depot. They were carried at once
to the barracks. Officer Drew telephoned |
Chief Wiley, who was at supper, of the |
fact of arrest and the reasons therefor. |
Chief Wiley ordered that the men be kept |
at the barracks until he came down. and !
in the meantime telephoned Justice Free |
man TO fill out two warrants for them. |
The warrants were ready when the chief |
reached the barracks, and before serving |
them heard the statements OF the men. !
They had had a dispute, which seemed |
70 have grown out of a Misunderstanding,
and at the advice OF friends they shook |
hands. They were then released 1t de- |
veloped that the men were engineers on
the East Tennessee. Virginia and Geor-
gia railroad, aud gave their names as
Bishop and Lamou.
FLORIDA.
Crescent City now has no barrooms.