The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Some Old RelicsiOwned by Lady of
Newton County - A $4,000 Dsa
nond Found in Carroll County-Ar-
rest of Liberty County Murderer at
Bainbridge-Singul Fate of a SPUR
rel in Sumter County.
GEORGIA.
The attendance at the opening of the
schools at Macon Monday was l,9l2.
Caterpillars have made their appearance
in many of the cotton fields in Troup
county.
1t is reported at Hinesviile that John ?.
Moore of Waterville, W. T., formerly of
Bulloch county, and for some time resi-
dent there, has recently been killed by a COW.
boy in that far off territory.
About twenty-five negroes left Athens
Monday for Augusta, to work on the repairs
now being made on the canal. 1t is said
that they will be paid 81 so per day, and
given employment for several months.
A. A. McDuff1s of Athens is the proprie-
tor of one of the finest kennels of st. Ber-
nards in the United States He finds his
dogs not only source of pleasure but Of
profit, his sales for the past year having run
over $500.
A Smithville man cut large cabbage in
half, fresh pulled from his garden, and was
Mortified to see a small rattlesnalze crawl
out of it. The reptile had evidently gone
into winter quarters in the cabbage. Price
Cawood was the man, and the story is true.
Robert McKevitt of Macon has received
copy of an illustrated paper with a por-
trait of Hugh P McKevitt, his brother,
who is now living in Aspen, Col. Mr.. Nc
HEWITT has won fame by his remarkable
ability to instantly spell backward any word
and to tell Instantly the number of letters
in any word or sentence.
At the residence of Dr. f. R. Anthony at
Griffin, MIR. MARI Scotchman, who runs
the granite quarries near that city, was at
work in the we'll The well is about sixteen
feet deep and Mr.. Mari was in the bottom.
A large rock that will weigh at least 800
pounds fell in and struck Mr.. MARI on the
head, cutting it little and raising bump.
A negro house just outside the corporate
limits of Scotland was burned Saturday
night, the occupants of which, except three.
little children and two dogs that were
locked in, had gone to protracted church
meeting. the fire was scovered in time
to save the children, but the poor dogs,
having been tied to the bedslead, persisted
in the flames
Wilson & Blalock, mining engineers at
Carrollton, have been called on to examine
an alleged rare gem. Several years ago
Mrs. Tally found brilliant stone in the
lower part of HARRISON county and gave it
to her daughter Mrs. J. c. Beson, of Car
rollton. Many experts examined it and
pronounced it first water diamond, Of the
value of $4,000. 1t is thought by many
experts that rubies. diamonds, garnets AID
beryl abound in the particular geological
formation about Carrollton.
Cuthbert Liberal. Most of the people of
Randolph county know Geo. w. Craps.
He has been tax collector for Clay county
some years, and was candidate this year
for reelection. A one-armed confederate
soldier offered for the place, and George
Craps retires frem the race with the fol-
lowing manly card: with the most pro-
found thanAs to all of my friends, both
white and colorel, for past support, | will
say that | am not candidate for re-elec-
ton, as | have, in honor to an empty sleeve,
stepped out of the way
Mrs. Mary E. Bagby las been resident
of Newton county since the year 1922.
She has pound weight that has been
through four generations. 1t is 400 years
old; 1t belonged first to her great grand
father, Barkstel; then it was given to her
grandfather, Bradford, and then to her
father Richard Aycock. She has also
pair of weaving rods, which are about 10J
years old. They first belonged to her
mother, Nancy AycocS. She has recently
been on a visit to Social Circle, and while
there visited lady, Mrs. Sarah Calvert,
who has counterpart 200 years old. 1t
was carded, spun and woven at home.
n. II. Kirch of Lexi 1gton, KY, is in Ma
con. He is chief organizer of the Order of
Railway Telegrapbers, and is at Macon for
the purpose of organizing Macon division.
This meeting will be held next Sunday
night. Sept 30. The Order Of Railway
Telegraphers was organized June o, 1886, at
Cellar Rapids, aud has at present a mem
bership of $4,000. There are 1l6 divisions
In the principal cities of the country. The
principals of the order are of a conserva-
tive nature, or rather the interests of the
railroad composites and the interest of the
operators are harmoniously Identical. The
order pays weekly benefits to sick members
The object is to raise the standard of the
Telegraph fraternity.
Wednesday last Mrs. A. w. Parker, of
the Twenty-eighth district, of Sumter, was
out in the yard gathering chips, when she
saw large fox squirrel run up tall pine
tree near by. As she felt kind of a desire
for squirrel, she went into the house, took
down the old shotgun and went for the
squirrel. The little animal saw that there
was to be hard fight for life, and ran to
the highest point of the tree and hattened
out. The keen eyes of the lady found the
object she sought, and, taking deliberate
ann, tLe gun was urea ana Un6 squirrel
jumped about ten feet high and tumbled
down at the feet of the fair gunner Parker
says she killed it with her eyes, as there was
not shot to be found about the animal.
The recent heavy rains have done a good
deal of damage to the bridges of Worth
county. The two bridges on Ty-Ty creek,
near TyTy, were damaged by having the
abutments washed up, but were not other
wise injured. A small outlay will repair
them. The only bridge on Little river on
the road leading iato Irwin county was en-
tirely swept out of its original position.
The damage to the public roads was very
severe, washing them up and telling timber
on them, and still the rain continues, it
having been falling in slow but steady
shower since ~ o'clock Saturday. II seems
as though there has been enough to damage
the cotton; still, what is being offered for
sale does not show any great damage All
the gins are kept busy cutting the staple
from the seed.
VIII Harden Of Sumter county gives the fol-
lowing description of his eat-great-great-
grandmother: Nancy Couch, who is about
12Oyears old, is my great great-great- grand
mother. She lives in Jasper county with
her granddaughter, Mrs. Locila Holloway.
who is about 80 years old She il Just as
spry, lively and quick as most women of
so or 60, and when l saw her last looked as
healthy, pretty and young as most of the
women around. You can't tell that she is
so old, as she is lively and Young looking