The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-25

A few days ago the General Secretary of
the Young Mems Christian Association of
Americus, received a letter from NJ. b..
Williams, the State Secretary, who is now
on his way home from visit east stating
that II the Association there wanted the
! district convention this year and would
arrange an early date for it he could
promise the presence and assistance Of IL.
.. Williams, the efficient State Secretary
OF Virginia. 1t was decided to accept tie
state Secretary's offer and invite the con
Vention to meet at that place. A commit
tee OF arrangements has been appointed to
make the needful preparations. The con
vention will probably be called March 80
or April !.
GtlWon Chronicle: In our last issue there
| appeared a statement of the county finances
| for the years, leSj-Sj-S7. The figures show
that there has been a constant reduction in
expenses every year There is one fact
| that deserves special notice and it is this;
the expenses in 1897 We're less than 1856 by
$500 10 Notwithstanding more has been paid
out for general Improvement. The facts
| reflect credit upon the County Commission
ers and show that Dillingham; has Il faithful
board TO manage her affairs. Judge Adams
| said at our last court that Efiiugham was in
| the best financial condition of any county
| in the circuit This statements worthy Of
| tribute to the commissioners, who make the
! public interests their study and care These
reports do good, and the people appreciate
their publication
John Brimberry, colored, lives on the
| plantation of John MZe, Of Pelham.
| He reports himself over so years old ;
| that he went with his master, then
! of Augusta, Ga, to the Mexican war
that he was 80 years old when lie
left home. In 1886 he made seventeen bales
/ nf Inn Inns bal
of corn, two barrels of syrup, good crops of
potatoes, peas, etc, with one mule, and
making full hand himself. In 1887 he
made twenty bales of cotton, two hundred
| and eighty bushels of corn, four barrels of
syrup peas, potatoes and other crops cor
respondmgy, with one-and-a-half mule.
John tells of many incidents connected with
his war record He says that he is planting
this year for twenty five bales Of cotton and
other things to correspond, with the same
pillow force and workers, all of his family,
that he had last year.
This town has changed considerably
since l was here last" said an old razor
strap man, walking into an Albany store
the other morning. GLOW long has it been
since | WAS heret Just forty-throe years
Albany was then IA village, with two or
three stores. This section was then but a
thinly settled, piny woods country, and the
an occasional shanty could be seen the
legend whisky, scrawled with tar upon a
shingle. Dismounting, | would purchase a
quart for ten cents, the price, then drink
what | wanted, and turn the remainder
over 10 the FOUNDERS, who would be glad of
my approach. Now this section has rail
roads penetrating 1t in all directions, and
such cities as Albany and Thomasville
Atlanta was then just starting up. The streets
were full of stumps. | expect to be there
next week, and what change expect to
see from the little town of nearly half a
century ago.
Coosa correspondent Rome Courier: At
the hospitable mansion on the Coosa of S.
w. Kirton, | had the pleasure of meeting
the venerable Mrs. Irwin, who. at the adj
vanced age Of 50, is yet quite active and an
interesting talker. She related many Incl
dents of the revolution, and exhibited to us
many relics of that stirring time-among
them an English watch worn by her father
who volunteered in the cause of his country
at the age of 10, and was wounded at Gull
ford Court House Other old relics were
shown us, among them being a birch shuttle
of English make, and silver knee-bucllles
worn by Col. Miller while serving in the
army. Some of her own handiwork con-
sisted of beautifully knitted counterpanes,
which were made with two knitting
'needes; but the most interesting article
shown was an old pair of spectacles of
English make, whose glasses are circular
and as large as silver dollars, the frames
being ponderous and of sufficient weight to
make half dozen pairs of to-day.
Canton AdUGnce: About 1888, the United
States forces came here and made fort at
or near where "Uncie" John b. Garrison
now lives, for the purpose of getting to-
gether the red men, preparatory to their
long march to the Indian Reservation.
Where this fort was located, on the prop
erty of Nehemiah Garriion, considerable
timber was used and much fine farming
land ruined for cultivation. In consequence
of the damage done to this property, Nehe-
miah Garrison sued the government
and the Court of Claims in 1860
awarded him a Judgment for 500.
The civil war came on and in the conse-
quent excitement of that four years the
Judgment was lost sight of and Mr. Garri-
son was not Informed of its existence Dur
ing the war Mr.. Garrison died, and his son,
John b. Garrison, was made his fathers ad-
ministrator. He began to wind up the
affairs of the estate and, knowing that a
suit had once been begun for damages,
sought to find out the turn the matter had
taken, but il was not until last week that he
received notice from Col Gambler that the
judgment was matter of record and the
money was ready to be paid over upon the
proper showing. No interest, however, can
be'collected.
John I. Singleton, grocery merchant of
Buena Vista, failed and made an assign
ment, and among his creditors were Bone g.
Chappell of Macon. On Wednesday j. T..
French, who represents that firm, arrived
in Buena Vista and was astonished to learn
Of the failure. While on his way to Taze-
well he met Singleton about mile and
half from town. Singleton claims that
French drew his pistol and pointing it at
him, said if he did not pay him what he
owed he would kill him, whereupon Single
ton paid him S32 and took receipt for it.
French claims that Singleton re-
fused TO pay him and he
got out of his buggy and, going to
Singleton, placed his hand on his knee and
told him he had to either whip him (Frencm
or be whipped; that he had a pistol, but
threw it some seven or eight feet away, and
told Singleton he could whip him without
it, Warrants charging French with high
way robbery, assault with intent to murder,
and carrying concealed weapons were
sworn out by Singleton and the cases were
heard Thursday. Mr.. French was bound
over to the Superior Court for aSSault-the
charge of robbery not being sustained The |
case was afterward settled by compro. |
mise, and the other two warrants were dis |
missed by the prosecution.
FLORIDA.