The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-20

NAStlNEutSUtl ttllt'itl itF ttIlNfR. was III
Dawson. On that day be met with Judge
j. c. f. Clark. clerk OF the superior court,
who was a soldier with Gen. Cook in the
| Florida war OF 1896 Gen. Cook at that
time was me stripping, and carried bis
musket as private, while Judge Clark was
a private in the Macon Volunteers. The
meeting between these old soldiers was a
! happy one. as they had not met before in
| many years
Miss Emily Warnock of Macon bad quite
! a thrilling experience at st Slmons last
week She was in bathing and went be-
! vOud her depth. and had already sunk twice
und was aho t t. sink for the third and last
| time when Dr. J. NJ. Whitaker, assistant
! physician of the MIledgevilie lunatic asy-
/ lum, saw she was drowning, and swan to
her rescue. That evening she went to visit
some friends, camping at Ocean pier, and
had another Thrilling experience. walking
off the pier and falling INFO the water, from
which she was a second time rescued
Il. T. Mvddelton, j. O. Narnadoe, Hon.
j. ". Hogan. Capt A. II. Smith, Mitchell
Jone,, Hon J. ". Harrel, C. p. Pendle-
ton, Col. W II. Griffin, and w. d. Pee
pies were elected delegate, TO the congress
siOnal convention. Capt. Turner's course in
congress was indorse1 and the delegates III
structel 10 vote for his denomination. The
chairman OF the meeting was then instructed
10 call a convention of the Sixth senatorial
district to meet in Vald0sta on the third
Wednesday in August, and a county con
venlOu for the purpose Of nominating "A
candidate for the lower house on the same
day. A new county executive committee
was then appointed, and the meeting nd
journed. There are no avowed candidates
in Lowndes for the lower house.
AT Macon, Wednesday, George A. Caba-
Mss, Bob Barron Zach Culver and j. r.
Moore decided to guess at the weight Of a
watermelon, agreeing that the man guessing
farthest from the weight of the melon
should pay for it and all Join in the eating
Each person wrote the weigh on a slip of
paper and put the slips into Deputy United
States Marshal Raley's hat, who examined
them. Mr. Ca auis guessed the weight of
the me!o1 to be 2S'I pounds; Messrs. Bar
ron and Culver each guessed % pounds
Mr.. Moore guessed 20 pounds. The melon
was t1en weighed and it's weight found to
be PSI pounds exact, Mr. Cabanis' guess.
Messrs. Barron and Culver only missed the
weight half a pound. Mr.. Moore was so
pounds wide of the mark, and consequently
paid for the melon.
Macon man has invented a cotton
chopper that gives promise of revolution
lzlng the present system Of thinning out
the plants and getting rid of the grass
This machine acts upon an entirely differ
ent principle, says the inventor, from any
other, i'll that while others have rotary
knives, his machine works with knives
having a lateral motion. He claims
that his machine will leave one or
two, or even three stalks standing
II desired, and at the same time loosen the
earth and cut away the grass. 1t is adjusta
bic for any kind of soil, for any space be-
tween plants, and any misstep of the mule
or.horSe does not interrupt its motion or
move 1t out of line. 1t is not affected in
any way by stump or rock, and the chop
ping blade Is neither dulled nor broken by
striking the stump or rock. The inventor
claims for it that he can cnop out a row of
cotton with the same ease and in less time
than it takes to plow it There is nothing
TO get out of order aud nothing to break /;
with good care 1t will last for years.
A little 4-year-old Macon girl has just
met with happy streak of good luck Her
father was a United States officer, lately
deceased, and by reason of that fact his
daughter was entitled to a pension, but
there has been some delay In getting the
red tape papers in shape and having the
pension granted, but a day or two since the
mother OF the child received the Intelligence
that pension arrears for the past years of
the chlld'S life had been allowed, amounting
TO about $500 and that she would be granted
CIV ~ BcilSAOu per iilOutu uUIll S0e was 10
years old, thus making the pension per year
1914, which can clothe and feed her, but
the mother does not inte1d using the pen
sion that way, but will put it aside MS nest
egg for the child, along with the 5000 AS
the little girl is now only wears old, She
will receive this pension at 1924 per annum
for twelve years, a total of 81, S0S which
added to the 5000, makes S., 4OS principal,
TO say nothing Of the interest which will
fnh,
the amount at least to s., 900, which will be
quite snug sum for the pretty miss when
she reaches sweet sixteen.
At Macon Wednesday,, a Mr.. Folay re-
ported to Chief Wiley that a friend of his
named McCown, who came to Macon on
Monday, had been robbed of So, 900 and a
fine gold watch. 1t could not be learned
in what way the money was lost, and the
chief put Officers Baughn and Goodroe on
the case They found McCown at the Com
mercial hotel and he told the officers that
the watch was highly valued because it
belonged to a friend. He had rather lose
the money than the watch, he said.
When he came TO Macon he had Sc ,0OJ,
and half Of this amount he retained He
says he does not know how he lost it or
anything about it. The officers could get
very little information out of him, and but
for MIR. Foley would have probably aban-
doned the search. They worked on the
case until late last night, but could not find
the least clew. Among the contents Of Nc
Gowns pockets Tuesday night was a bunch
of keys, and these were picked up on Fourth
street, between Plum and Pine. Owing to
The fact that the officers could not get in
formation from McCown, and his seeming
indifference as TO the loss Of SO large a sum
OF money, they regard the case as mys-
terious one and believe there is something
decidedly wrong somewhere.