The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-13
GEORGIA AND CAROLINA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN FARAGHAI1o -
A Negro Tramp Loses a Leg While
Stealing a Ride The Wholesale
Trade of Athens-The on Region OF
FLOYD County-Eigh-han Methods
In Making Arrests.
GEORGIA
Up to Friday night, $4,000 had been sub
seribed for stock in the proposed cotton
factory at Amer1cus,
II is only fifty days until the North Geor-
gia and Alabama exposition at Rome opens
its gates to the public.
There will be a reunion of the Twenty
third Georgia regiment at Calhoun, Gordon
county, on Friday, Aug. 81.
The premium list of the Harris county
fair will be ready this week. II will be dis
tributed all over the county.
There are two or three cases of mumps
in Hamilton, but no local disease Of seri-
Gus nature. The health of the city is I'M
usually good.
For the past two weeks watermelons have
been plentiful. Some Of them are very fine
With railroad facilities Heard would az
once become melon shipping county.
There will be meeting of the stock
holders of the Mutual building and loan
association of Americas Wednes lay, to re
ceive the charter, adopt a constitution and
bylaws and elect board of seven directors
to serve for one year.
c. T. Davis of Franklin, while out riding
q few days ago, was thrown from mis- horse
and painfully hurt. The horse stumbled,
and a defective girth threw him to tue
. ground Falling on the shoulder the collar
bone was broken. His ankle was also
sprained from being caught in the saddle
In the ordinary's court at Augusta Satur-
day, Judge Walton presiding, Cheney
Moore was adjudged a lunatic. DR.. w II.
Foster was the examining physician. Che
ney, since her confinement in Jail, has terri
bly, abused and disigured herself by beating
her head against the bars and biting her
lips. She was forwarded to the asylum at
once.
The locomotive Of the fourth section of
the down through freight train on the
Georgia road telescoped the cab Of the third
section about o'clock Saturday morning at
the fourteen mile post, near Grovetown.
The locomotive and the cab were damaged,
though not seriously wrecked. The only
one hurt by the accident was Engineer
Berry Of the locomotive of the fourth sec
ton. The fireman was not injured, though
he leaped from his cab. The accident
blocked the track, and the down passenger
that was just in the rear, was unable to
pass, and consequently was delayed an
hour.
Abueus 0QlbHC1~ W QlCfnIQtns III would DO
recreation to those who do not give the
matter much thought to know the amount
of Wholesale trade that our little city does
Every house Of importance employs its COM
mercial Travellers and some of them have
three and four men on the road at once.
One of our leading dry goods houses have
sold $50, 900 worth of Jeans alone this sea-
son, an amount in excess of any of the At
lanta jobbers. Our territory Is large and
widening, and with increased outlets and
bank facilities there is no reason why
Athens should not be distributing point
equal In importance TO any Of our sister
cities.
The correspondent of the NEWS at Elber-
ton wrote as follows on Aug. 8: "a fine rain
fell throughout the county last night
Crops were beginning to suffer on account
of the extremely hot weather, but the rain
came in the nick of time, and the prospects
now are that as fine crops will be made In
this county as in 1882 Elberton Is GER
tainly on boom. Besides the handsome $40,
600 Methodist church in process of erection,
Col t. M. Swift has just had completed
six large new brick stores and warehouse.
Albert Thornton is building commodious
granite oil mill and Messrs. Gardner and
Arnold will begin in few weeks the erec-
ton of a handsome brick building on the
public square, containing eight store
rooms. The people will vote on Aug. IS on
the question Of issuing bonds for the pur-
pose Of raising money to build college in
Elberton. Every one is in favor of the
move and the bonds win be issued by Dec
% next. Elberton can boast of one of the
finest colleges in Northeast Georgia.
John Pace and Bart Hill, two negro
tramps Of Athens, tried to beat their way
from Atlanta TO Athens on Thursday on
the down passenger train No. 4. They
were comfortably seated on a platform
hidden from the sight of the conductor and
his lantern. When the train was one mile
east Of Rutledge, Pace accidently slipped
off the platform and the cars passed over
his leg. GWhen the train reached Rutledge
Bart got off the train aud informed tine
night Waterman at that place of his part
ner's mishap, and the Waterman and Bart
walked up the track until they found Pace
who was lying ON the side of the track
bleeding profusely, with his leg mashed to
jelly. He was suffering intense pain.
The two men removed the injured negro to
Rutledge, and physicians were Immediately
summoned and they found amputation
was necessary, so they severed the limb
and minstered physic, which allayed the
pain. A pass was forwarded to Pace, who
was removed to Athens on the following
train, accompanied by his brother tramp,
who was also supplied with free pass
The comment on petroleum and coal he
ing found near Rome is widespread. The
EN9SiOtOuhA, uiAOubh, hccNS w 10 Gu W
be found in paying quantities. A reporter
of the Tribune had a talk a few days ago
with Senator Linton A. Dean. Senator
Dean said: Talking about the probable
discovery of petroleum in Floyd county
calls to my mind the opinion of an eminent
man ON meteorological subjects / refer to
the late Col A. r. MoCutchen, state geolo-
gist, who died last year. He told me that
If there was petroleum anywhere in the
state it would be found in Floyd
county. 1t is strange fact,
but nevertheless true, THAI from
Lavender's mountain to the broken ridge,
rear Rome, there are no springs to be found.
AL of that section known as the Flatwoods
is barren of springs. This shows that there
has been no great uphe ival in that section
and leaves a natural basin in the underlying
strata to hold oil The only springs as you
know in that direction are Shorter's spring
and the spring near the causeway. This
absence of springs, you know, is one of the
best evidence known Of the presence OF
petroleum. The condition is certainly 9
remarkable one, and one, that in my opinion
it would pay TO inveS igate Prof. r. L.
Colvin, who formerly lived here, held the
same opinion as the state geologist."
Franklin Ne,os Mr. Basil Hoke, travel
ing agent for the Valley mutual life in
snrance association of Virginia, who has