The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Brown Goods Manufactured at
Atlanta
GEORGIA.
Fay Templeton's fir appearance was be
fore Brunswick audience.
Americas real estate advances steadily il
value, and very active real estate market
is predicted in the spring.
At Augusta, an unsuccessful attempt was
made Sunday night to burglarize the
National Exchange Bank.
Americas wants cheaper coal, and lower
insurance rates. She is sure to get the
latter on account of her new water works
system.
The new machinery for the Americas
steam laundry is fast being put in position
and will be ready for business in the course
Of few days.
The Presbyterians of Wavnesboro have
called the Rev. A. D. Brown for the coming
year. He will preach his Introductory ser
mon on the fourth Sunday in December.
. L. B. Mann, near Cav in Merriwether
county, had 1000 pounds of cotton stolen
from him last Friday night. The thieves
after taking the cotton out of the house
burned it with 200 bushels of cotton seed.
At Macon, Monday, Charles Dayton, the
bogus circus contractor, who passed IN At
lanta as G. H. Vanderbilt, was tried on the
charge OF cheating and swindi &, and
acquitted, the evidence not being sufficient.
A negro church called Thankful, on the
Wilkes and Lincoln line, was burned
Thursday. There are some very bad ne
groes who are members of this church, and
they have been quarrelling for year Or
longer. 1t is very evident that some of the
negroes did the burning.
A confederate vetern in full uniform,
with musket and accoutrements complete,
attracted considerable attention in the
rotunda of the Kimban house at Atlanta
Monday night. He looked like a real MEM
Der of the old guard, and on his cartridge
box glistened those once familiar brass
letters, &c. S. A"
The curious can see five bales of cotton
compressed by the new Belden patent press,
by visiting the East Tennessee docks at
Brunswick. Four of these occupy exactly
the same space as two regular compressed
bales In other words, twice the number
of these bales can be put in ship as of
the regular bales.
Judge J. B. Latimer, who recently as
sumed the duties of auditor of the Ameri
Gus, Preston and Lumpkin railroad, with
headquarters in Americas, has purchased a
very pretty and desirable lot on 1.-THE
Lawn" corner of College and Barlow
streets, and will shortly begin the building
of very pretty residence thereon.
1t is reported that Col. Nelson Tiff of
Albany has 900 young pecan trees now
growing. These trees came from the nuts
of his large trees that are now of huge pro-
portions, from 40 70 so feet high, and their
wide-spreading bkanches cover a circumfer-
ence Of $50 feets These trees are about %
years old, and fruit most prolifically The
nuts are of unusual size and are greatly rel
ished by all who have eaten them.
Mr.. Olive, the originator of the railroad
charter forfeiture bill, was called to his
home from Atlanta Monday, by the severe
illness of his little daughter, and was
granted an indefinite leave of absence.
What effect this will have upon the de-
alterations of the special committee ap-
pointed to look into the merits of the bill, it
is hard to determine. 1t appears to be the
general opinion of members of the COM
mittee and Of the House at large that the
matter will go over to the summer session
before the committee Is ready TO report.
Twenty-Five per cent. of tue brown goods
made in the United States is manufactured
in and around Augusta. And within a
radius of ten miles around Angus there
are thirteen plants, employing a capital of
So, 755, 900, operating l79, 235 spindles, 6, SS3
looms, 1890 hands, to whom is paid in
wages annually 1891 ,039 90. These mills
consume So, pa bales of cotton, and the
value of the annual product is IS, 444, S93.
Within the last twelve months the aggre-
gate number of spindles has been increased
by the addition of 17,s49 more. There has
also been an increase of AT looms, which,
together with other improvements, involved
an expenditure Of $3.50, 500.
Monroe Fuller, Spivey Fuller, r. Grier.
r. NJ. Mitchem, F. NJ. Cody and Il. F..
Lindsey, all citizens of Walton county,
have been arrested, charged with attempt
ing to murder Green Ford, also Of Walton
county. Ford and his wife separated some
time ago, and be retained the children.
Since then Mrs. Ford has several times at
tempted to get possession of the children.
and last week she induced these men to
make an attempt to take them anay from
her husband. The men reacted Fords
house after dark and found him in bed with
his children. A struggle ensued wheE Ford
learned the purpose of the visit, in which he
was dangerously wounded.
A petition was being circulated for sigma
lures at Americas Saturday, asking the
governor to pardon Mingo Glaze, who was
sent up from Sumter county fer burglary
two years ago. Glaze burglarized the store
Of Brown & French four years ago and was
sentenced to ten years III the penitenta v.
He s.ayed in the county Jail two years, dur
ing which time his counsel made strenuous
efforts to clear him, but in February, 1887,
was sent to the mines. IL is said that while
he was In prison ne INFORMED tne JalIer on
more4than one occasion Of plots made by the
other prisoners to escape, and on one &C.
casion saved his life by telling him of a
plan made to kill him by some of the others.
An interesting case came up before Judge
Roebuck Of Elberton last Monday. II
came under the charge OF larceny. 1t
seems that a negro went 'possum hunting
and his dog jumped up an animal, which
he thought was 'possum. and freed it on
Sam Lovingood's place. The negro, of
course. followed the dogs and found the
animal in a hollow log Of lightwood, from
which he cut some torches. Mr.. LovIngood,
hearing the noise made by the negro cut
ting, got up, dressed and arrived on the
scene Just in time to catch him in the act
Of carrying off some lightwood. Mr.. Low
ingood swore out warrant for the negro,
and he was Immediately arrested Judge
Roebuck fined the negro s. and costs. or
forty-fve days in the chain-gang. The
case was appealed.
A prominent director of the Commercial
bank Of Augusta said, Monday, that its
deposits now are 800, 900 more than at this
time last year. All the other banks al o
show up good record. The good luck OF
the Commercial has been established, and
the payment of an old debt gives it the
solidest kind of a nest egg. Years ago it
loaned some money and the borrowers put
up Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta stock
as security, which the bank had 10 take in
payment. The stock fell until it was
thought the debt was nearly lost, but of late