The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-29

negro woman whom he bad known a long
time, and toward whom he felt kindly,
made application in the extremity of her
need for the loan of S.. He loaned her the
/ money, and, true to promise, she returned
! it, That YVES several years ago, and nearly
every ims she has seen him since she would
accost him with the usual salutation; "Mr
| Blank, you loaned me IS, didn't you.'
| Yes" "Well, paid it back, didn't II"
THAT You did" ''Wen, don't you think
| you oughter give me a quarterW The
gentleman said generally he thought SO, too,
and that he had responded to her calls
cheerfully.
The Youngest child, an months old baby,
of the late j. Seymour r dgers of Macon,
is namesake of Capt. John II. Dobbs OF
New York, brother-in-law of Mr.. Rod ,eTs.
| Capt and Mrs Dohbs have adopted the
child, and he will be carried to New York to
be reared and educated by them. Mr..
Rodgers left an estate estimated in value
from $40, 900 to $50, COO; also, $4,000 life in
surance. OF this amount, considerable
Is in cash. He owns several orange places
in Florida, real estate In Griffin, aud prop
erty IN Macon. file LETT two children be-
sides the blbY, aged about II and Ii years
By the time the children arc of age, and
with proper management of the estate, they
will be worth some &1S,000 or 10000 each
Mr. Rodgers died about six months ago.
negro woman living near Richland
some days ago left her home wit her s.
months-Jld child, os- ensibly for the purpose
of visiting a neighbor of hers, who lives
several miles off. She was gone several
days, and returned without the child,
which, of course, created suspicion as to
what had become of II. On being questioned,
she said she had left the child with her
neighbor, which was found to be untrue,
when she was Immediately arrested. Sno
then stated that the child had died while on
the way to her neighbor'S house, and that
she had buried it. She was ordered to row
where it had been deposited, aud conducted
the officers into swamp, where the child
had been covered up with mud in hole
she had excavatad with her hands. 1t had
been buried face downward, where the
water was running over it. She stated
that she had put it there because the ground
was soft and she could grabble hole with
her hands.
City Physician Walker of Macon had oc-
casion Sunday TO take trip down the East
Tennessee road. He was riding in a second
class coach, and at some station he went
out of the car few moments, leaving
newspaper on the seat. When he returned
to the car he found a negro sitting on his
paper and occupying his seat. DR.. Walker
told the negro to get up, as the seat was his.
The negro assumed very bold front, and
in an ugly sort Of manner said, Il will do
no such thing This is the colored peoples
car, end you have no business in
here anyhow. l shan't get up" DR.. Walker
put his hand behind him, in his pistol
pocket, and replied, threateningly: "If
you don't give me my seat Immediately, I'll
shoot your head off" Thus inundated, the
negro very sullenly sulked out Of the seat
AID had nothing moro to say. Dr. Walker
says he was truly glad the negro did so, for
the d jctor did not have even pocbetknife,
much less pistol, and simply played sue
have been interesting had the negro main
tanned his position and showed fight, for the
city physician is too spunky to bave yielded
to the negro, aud yet physically could not
have we'll COPIED with him in a rough and
tumble encounter