The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-11

motion for a new trial for Tom Voolfolk,
the murderer of nine people in Bib county,
| but for some unexplainable reason the mo
ton was not heard. Judge Gustin was too
busy with his county business Solicitor
General Hardeman was engaged in other
| court matters, and Woolfolk's attorney was
/ engaged on another case but they hope to
begin the hearing this week. Voolfolk is
still confined in the cell in the eastern corner
of he cage in Bibb county jail, and seems
contented to stay there for the present. He
Is very quiet at present and gives his keeper
| no trouble.
1t is reported from Norwood that full
| grown live bear is at large near there, and
| the report is substantiated by reliable per-
! sons who have themselves actually seen him,
who say that he is rowing through their
neighborhoOd, killing and deVouring all the
sheep, goats and hogs that chance to come
in his way, He has a chain fastened around
one of his legs, and has evidently escaped
! by some means from his master while pass
| ing there The citizens of the community
where the bear seems to have taken up his
| abOda have made several attempts with dogs
to capture the ferocious beast, which have
proven futile, and resulted in number of
the dogs being killed.
| One of the prominent merchants of
| Amercuk amused q crowd of admring
|
his first experience in opening a beer keg.
Ii was during the civil war, and while at
home he decided to try some beer, SO he
ordered whole keg The beer did not
come until he got ready to return to the
army. He found it at the depot. Think
ing the quickest way the best wav to open
the keg, he began hammering on the stop
per. In a short time the stopper popped out
and the beer flew in every direction. Every
thing III reach was given a good sprink-
ling. When the beer quit boiling there
was just three quarts left. He has learned
how to open them since.
A prominent jeweler of Augusta told a
reporter, Wednesday, that he was frequently
called on to do detective work. A lady
called few days ago and reported that she
had lost diamond ear piece. In about two
hours two little children walked in aud
asked if one of the clerks would not brush
up piece of glass that one of them had
picked up. 1t proved to be the missing
gem. The father of one of the children
called to whip the proprietor because he
was attempting to 'steal" what was, by
rights, the property of the child, as the
finder. 1t required some time and great
deal of talk to convince the irate parent
that the proprietor was acting straight in
the matter The lady coldly thanked him
for what had almost cost him several square
inches of hide.
From indications recently developed, it
would seem that Americas was upon the
point of realizing another of her long-cher-
ished hopes-a mammonth cotton factory.
About year ago a company was organized
and charter granted, authorizing said
company to begin upon a capital of $780,
900, with the privilege of increasing the
stock to S250,000 if desired This charter
will be turned over to the new
company, about to be organized, should
they desire it, In addition to this the late
grand jury, in their general presentments,
recommended to the County Commission
ers that they make the same liberal propo-
sition TO any company who would erect a
500, 900 cotton factory in Americas that
had been made to any company who would
build hotel to cost an equal sum- namely,
the giving of the court house square,
piece OF property worth $4,000.
At Davisboro, Wednesday, i'll summing
up the cotton crop of that vicinity for the
season of 1888, it was found to be short
about 1000 bales from last season. Ship
ments from Sept. 3 to May l, inclusive,
show receipts of 1925 bales, and while re-
ceipts show a heavy fall off in production,
still a fair crop has been realized 1t is
learned upon good authority that within a
radius of six miles from Davisboro nine
teen planters produced q grand total of
2,072 bales, averaging 1871 bales to each
mule used in the cultivation of the cotton
Two of the farmers made over 200 bales
each, eleven over 100 each, and the remain
ing six over go each--.-Ihe- largest number
made by single mule was % bales, and
the lowest was 10 bales. In connection
with the cotton raised,4t Unnecessary to say
that these planters make nearly all their
home supplies, thEt they are without exec D.
ton responsible for every contract they
make, and that they make their farms self
sustaining and profitable.