The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-03
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Hart County Alliance Men Disappoint-
ed Over a Promised Cotton Deal
The Trials and fluctuations OF q
Country Editor-A Negro Arrested
for Stealing Registered Letters-The
Trouble With the Negroes Near
Delhi.
GEORGIA.
A lodge of the Royal Arcanum has been
organized at Tallapoosa.
The Farmers Alliance has 500 members
in Brooks county, and is growing all tho
time.
Fifty bales of cotton were destroyed by
fire at the depot at Elberton last week. The
loss is s., 500.
Cicero Mitchell, who lives about twelve
miles from Athens, in Oglethorpe county,
lost his harm by fire on Thursday night.
At Macon, =. l.. Day (colored) has been
arrested and put under a $500 bond for
attempted assault on a 12-year-old negro
girl.
A movement is on foot to establish a soap
factory in Newman, and tina indications are
altogether favorable to the success of the
enterprise.
There is rumor that certain northern
capitalists intend erecting a large cotton
mill in Elbeton to be operated by steam
power, and that the land for the buildings
mas Already been negotiated Tor.
r. w. Andrews and A. H. Young have
purcnS nd the stock Of goods and storehou "a
belonging to Dr. Ct. E. Camp, at Pickett
Station, and will succeed that gentle nan
in business The formal transfer will prob
ably not be made before January.
At Atlanta, the House committee on ap-
preparations has passed a resolution request
ing Mr.. Huff of Bib to introduce a bill in
the House making an appropriation of
n md add Il
building for the state blind academy at
Macon.
The Butler correspondent of the NEWS
wrote as follows Saturday: "John L. Wallace
is not expected to live till morning. Chronic
disease of the liver is his ailment. Joseph
Harrison, cousin Of the President-elect, is "a
citizen of this county, and awaits the dis
tribution of offices.
The potato crop in Sumter county the
present year is the largest ever known
there. Some farmers, after gathering as
many as they wanted, have turned their
hogs into untouched patches, preferring to
fatten their hogs on them in this manner
rather than dig them.
Elberton Star: The meanest man in GeGr-
gia once took ride on the Elberton rail
road, as is plainly shown by an unsigatly
cash cut in the window facing of passenger
coach with pocket knife. Such william
should be treated to a new suit made of tar
and feathers, and given a free excursion on
rail. This willful DETACHMENT of rail-
way coach is the acme Of littleness and
meanness.
Senoia Sentinel: The editor of the Way
cross Reporter wants to know if we issue a
half sheet TO economic in paper No,
brother, mol We print balf sheet to &C
commodate delinquents. Sometimes they
are SO busy ga herring their crops, etc, they
can't pay us, hence 1t is best to issue only
half sheet. Too much reading matter at one
time would cause them to neglect their
paying us.
There are two points on the Elberton Air
Line at which nearly every time the train
passes dogs rush from the farmyards and
have a race with the cars for several hun
dred yards. For considerable distance the
CANNES keep pace with the iron horse, until
they become exhausted. Passengers watch
the novel race with enthusiastic interest.
These dogs have kept up this sport for
long time, and never seem to tire.
1t has been discovered that the cause of
the gas lights going out in the new clock
steeple. at Americas, is not on account of
the meter being tempered with. but by the
jets getting filed with oil, from which the
gas is made. Mr. Anderson went up in the
tower to investigate the matter, and dis
covered that two of the burners would not
light at all, and when the plugs were
lifted out a stream of oil poured from
them.
At Fort Valley DIR. H. A. Brown, on
being introduced to Gray Hillsman on
Tuesday last, remarked that he once knew
Hillsman who had white swelling, and had
piece of bone taken from his forehead, and
entered into a description of the case When
ne concluded, Mr.. Hillsman remarked, TO
the Doctors astonishment, that he was the
individual DIR. Brown had not seen him
since a boy, and the name recalled his
tory, and the history made known the man.
A difficulty occurred between Capt j. M
Kidd and Ed Eberhart at Hartwell a few
days ago. Capt. Kidd received cuts with a
knife in two places-one on the left arm,
Just below the shoulder, and one across the
right wrist. The wounds are not serious
Eberhart did the cutting, and accidentally
cut deep cash in his right thigh, aud re-
ceived several blows over his head from n
piece Of plank in the hands of Capt. Kidd.
Eberhart left for parts unknown the next
morning.
Newman Herald: Newman has the most
economical city government and the most
accommodating officials of any town within
our knowledge. With the lowest rate of
taxation and the largest amount Of assessa-
BILE property in the state, population con-
sidered, it has been customary for the mar
shall to call on each individual taxpayer and
personally solicit the payment of whatever
taxes may be due. This might do we'll
enough in town where they have no city
government, but for 80 pretentious munich
pality as Newman to send her chief police
officer around on an annual tithe-gathering
expedition is too absurd for anything.
In Brooks county, as John Mccoy and G.
W. Page were walking along the public
road leading from Morven to Hampstead
in Colquitt county, they met Buck Joyce, a
noted character, who at once without any
known cause attacked Mr.. Page. After a
scuffie with him, Buck made a rush at Mr..
Mccoy, who, thinking discretion the bet
ter part of valor. fled. but was soon over
taken and received slight wound in the
hand. Both men then fell upon Buck, de
termned at least TO severely punish him.
For awhile fence rails were freely used but
Buck would not give up, and finally, not
desiring to kill him, they secured piece Of
rope, bound him hard and fast, tied him TO
the fence, and left him TO his fate.
Eberton Star: In that section OF our
county between Doves creek and Antioch
church the old farmers made it rule never
TO cut down a persimmon tree in clearing
land. Hence IN many fields you see regular
persimmon orchards, bearing fine crops OF
fruit every year that are valuable for fatten-
ing hogs worth nearly as much as corn.
The late Alb Oglesby, one Of Ebert's best and