The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-19

hard looking set, but then it takes just that
sort of fellows to work up this industry.
Without them the timber trade of this
country would die out
Sparta IShmdelite: "Hog killing on n
reduced and imperfect scale, still exists in
Hancock county, but when it comes off it
is sort of sporadic" affair. When it
again assumes epidemic" proportions fat
ness and plenty will abound. What Han
cock needs more than any one thi * is a re-
turn of the good old-fashloned hog killing
times of ante belum days The more en-
terprising OF our farmers already have their
| faces set in that direction, and there is
reason to hope that the more thriftless ma
| jo ity will soon be starved into following
suit.
w. II. Partridge, large planter of
| Dougherty county, gives a gloomy account
| of the rouble with negro labor upon his
| plantation, their growing worthlessness
| and the homicidal mania that has appeared
among them. He says: II can hear at
night numerous pistol shots down at the
quarter lot. do not care to report them
to the authorities. | would have to break
up my work. and the laborer would be
brought to town for trial. 1t would just
result in my having to stand their bond. |
am on the bond of a number of them now,
and have trouble with them"
Postmaster Hardeman, of Macon, has
issued an order to the employees of the
Macon office telling them that there is no
cause Tor panic on account of the presi-
dental election, and not to hasten to obtain
new positions, for it will be several months
before they would be required to go out.
He cautions tlienI not to relax single effort
to faithfully and efficiently discharge their
duties, Col. Hardeman's commission ex-
plres on his k5th birthday, Jan. ~, 1890,
but he will doubtless be esked by Harrison
to resign before that time. There seems to
be an impression that Col. r. ID. Locke
will become Col. Hardeman's successor.
There are now more than fourteen alli-
ance clubs in Oglethorpe county under
organization. They are seeking the lowest
bids of the merchants for cash, and will
apply for bids for accounts for 1889. Tue
merchants all over the county are about alike
on the cash bids there being but little differ
cree between them. There is large guam
tity of cotton bagging, as we'll a. pine
straw bagging, being used in the county.
The cotton bagging seems to be the favorite
now, although they do not get their money
back. the farmers of the county have
shown disposition to bring their cotton TO
market and meet their obligations honor
ably. The lateness of the crop and the
pretty weather in September, causing Thorn
to gather rather than SELL is why receipts
are not as large in comparison to 1887.
News was brought to lrwinton Friday of
a sad state of affairs existing in the upper
part of Laurens county, near the line of
Wilkinson: On Sunday night last f. Filing
toms family had retired, and on going out
of doors he thought he heard talking, and
while listening he saw negroes scattered all
about the place. Finally one darby asked |
another what they should do, and he re-
piled that they would kill Ellington and be |
done with it. Mr.. Ellington returned to
his home, reused his family, and had just |
gotten them few feet from the back door |
when the negroes broke down the front door |
and entered the house Mr. Ellington car
ried his family to neighbours, about mile |
distant, and spent the night. He says he |
recognized the voice of two of the negroes |
as tie lants on his place. The negroes cannot |
be found, and if they should he, it is need |
less to predict their fate The white people |
in that settlement are terribly upset about |
the affair.