The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-01

stage OF the crop, but present prospec 8
| ind cate that it viii be larger than last
year.
Col. J. J. Howard Of Cartersville left for
| PENNSYLVANIA last Tuesday to perfect ar
rangements for buying cotton at this point
| for some Of the most extensive spinneTs OF
that state 1t is claimed that this arrange
ment does away with the ''middle men,
/ and enables buyer at CartersvIlle to give
better prices than could be paid under other
! circumstances.
In Nit hell county the plantation mules
and stock generally were never in better
| condition They have been better cared
for than usual There has been no keeping
of mules out til late hour, for the last sew
eral months. Everybody. negroes and
white folks goes home, when in town, be-
| fore night, because there are no intoxicants
to bring about midnight reveliugs.
! On Monday two brothers, Benjamin and
Charles Stanley. who live just over the Butts
county line in Monroe county, met in the
road and hogan at once to carve each other
with knives They are both stout. brave
men, and fought until they were satisfied.
Charles was severely cut in several places
while Benjamin received slight wound in
the shoulder They are low improving.
Nelr Cobbtown, a day or two ago, Boss
Collins knocked J. NJ. Truitt on the head
with fence rail and killed him. George
NJ Kemp, VINO vas the nearest eye witness
to the homicide, says that Collins ran from
Truitt, VINO chased him about seventy-five
va DIS, when Collins picked up fence rail,
and to prevent rruitt from stabblng him
with mis- knife, which he had in his hand,
struck the death blow.
James and Charles Finch of Guyton, who
were put under bond a few weeks ago,
were taken to Savannah Jail last week. 1t
was rumorsd that they intended to run
away before court and their bondsmen sur
rendered them. T. NJ. Ardin, James
Finch's bondsman, has telegraphed that he
would continue in that capacity and James
is loose. He is trying to get new bond
for Charles to get him out of jail also.
Poplar Springs camp ground, in Franklin
county, was incorporated in 1881. Thomas
King and Rev. Nelson Osborn are two of
the trustees to which the deed was made.
Mrs. John w. Osborn of RoySton wa; a
small grl at the time the first camp meet
ing was held and has attended every meet
ing since, coverings period OF tiftY-seven
years. She is probably the only person
living who can date her attendance back
to the first meeting.
One morning last week while d. D.
Moody was riding into Baxley to his mer-
cantile business he lost 800, which he had
10 long pocket-book in the back pocket of
his pants. As soon as he missed it, he went
hack to hunt for it, but failed to ind it.
one had passed over the road except a
man whose name was Frank Hall. He de-
nie3f having it, was searched, put in Jail for
a few days, but continued his plea Of limo
cence and was released.
The course of true loves not running
smooth happened to young man of
Athens who went to Madison county Tues
do 10, i'll 90.
hurry & Co.'S livery stable and hired
magnificent landau with four white steeds
attached. The whip cracked and away
they went over into Madison county. On
arriving at the home of the young lady, it
was found that she was attending church
several miles away and had no intention
whatever Of getting married.
In the last issue of the Abbeville Times
1t mentic MS the sale of the half interest of
DR.. A. r. Royal in the hotel and livery
stables at that place. In 1887, DIR. Royal
and S. D. Walker of Irwin came to Able
vile and purchased an acre of land, on
which they erected a two-story hotel aud
livery stables, ct total cost of 81, 500. The
property has been renting for $40 per
month. Last week DR.. Royal sold his half
interest for 81 700. having cleared over a
thousand dollars on his investment.
The gentlemen who have been represent
ing Griffi IS interests before the railroad
commission have succeeded IN getting a re-
duction of 8 cents per 100, or 40 cents per
bale on cotton from Griffin to Savannah
Griffin will have freights at the same price
from the west as they have to Macon, and
after to-day the unjust discrimination in
favor Of Atlanta on bagging and ties from
Savannah will be ended. Heretofore Griffin
has beea charged SO cents per 100 from Sa-
vannah, while Atlanta only paid 20 cents.
Those who smiled at yellow fever should
experience the sensation of having the dis
ease once" said Rev. J. D. Branch, D. D. ,
at Americus Thursday ~ have had the
fever twice-once at Tampa and once at
Key West. If 10000 crosscut saws were
run across the backbone, the pain could
be no worse. 1t is a terrible thing for city
to be cursed with this scourge. All bust
ness ia suspended, nearly every door has
yellow streamer suspended from it, and
nothing is seen on the streets save the burial
professions"
AT Albany the city council has removed
the fire limit restriction upon tue Barnes
House square and Mrs. MAYO will at once
commence the work of enlarging and remod-
cling that hoStelry. The Barnes stable, well
known to visitors to Albany, is to be de uol-
ished and will make way for an ornamental
flower garden. A large building, which
con be utilized as an opera house, and for
public meetings will probably he tho first
structure erected upon the grounds re-
Gently purchased by the Georgia Chautau-
qua Association at Albany.
The retail whisky merchants of Americas
sprung subject Thursday that is liable ta
do some one damage. They complain that
whisky drumners from Macon and other
places, but more especially Macon, come
into Am ricus and sell to the trade there,
and then go out on the road and receive
or Iers for whisky to be shipped in jugs, in
fact doing retail trade. The merchants
speak of getting up petition and having it
signed by all the dealers in town to the
effect that if the wholesale houses of Macon
continue to send their drummers out throug
the country and receive jug orders, they
propose to move their trade, besides doing
sall in their power to prosecute these small
order men.
1.-The conclusion theory for the destruc-
ton OF yellow fever germs is a humbug,"
said DR.. w. A. Smother, of Albany, a day
or two ago. This was exemplified in
Charleston during the war. A lady living
now was among the number of the sick.
| had the fever. 1t was during the bonn
bardment and scarcely an hour passed that
a shell did not come crashing over the house
within which | was i'll. Ii there was any
thing in the theory of conclusion no germs
could have existed within the city, | re-
member that the Andersonville prisoners
were brought there while Sherman was
marching through Georgia. They con-
tracted tho disease, and | have seen 100
dead at a time