The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-01

helped themselves to oranges, and it is said
that many of them ate oranges until their
teeth got ''on edge" and they could eat no
more.
Said a well-known financier OF Macon
Tuesday: ~ was visited a few days ago
by gentleman representing a large in
vestment compa y from the north, who
told me they had found it so difficult to
place their money any longer in the west ne
had been sent south to see what could be
done here He spent some two or three
days here and went away satisfied they
could do well here in loaning on real estate,
which is their speciality. He stated that
the west was completely overdone in the
loauing line, and so much money was being
offered that it could no longer be loaned at
a paying rate"
The Home Mission Board is located at At
lanta. 1t will be recollected that the Home
Mission Board is publishing the "Kind
Word" series of Sunday school publications.
1t is gratifying to know that this series is
growing in popularity. At the recent ses-
sion of the Tennessee Baptist convention.
DR.. j. S. Lawton OF Atlanta, well-known
Baptist for nearly half century, was in-
vited to address the convention in the inter
ests of the kind Word" series. His terse
and magnetic utterances fell on responsive
hearts, and met with hearty endorsement.
The committee on religious lite allure of the
Missouri Baptist convention gave the series
a strong endorsement, the first time III their
history. "Kind Words" must never die.
A few days ago q negro boy about grown
was iding around the grist mill of M. j.
Hunter, at LaGrange, and noticing the
smooth revolutions being made by the up
right shafting, concluded he would take
hold of it and enjoy free rids for a few
minutes. The shaft was going about 600
revolu ions a minute, and as the negro
grabbed it some of his ragged clothes
caught, and in less than the twinkling of an
eye he was whirling around much faster
than he wanted to go. Luckily for him,
his clothes were rotten. and when they gave
way he was thrown some distance, landing
on the floor in an insensible condition. The
shaft was greedy for clothes, and kept every
thread the darby had, it having turned him
loose as naked as when he came into the
world
Willie Gilmore, the 1J-year-old son of
Jim Gilmore a well-known colored man of
Albany, met a horrible death on the Bruins
wick and Western railroad on Monday
night He was in town Monday, and was
last seen down about the depot just before
the departure of the freight train, which
leaves at 1890 o'clock at night. Tuesday
morning bis body, terribly mangled and
minus the head, was found about three
miles from Alapaha. His head was found
at Alapaha. No one saw Willie on the
train, but he ran away from home, and the
supposition is that he was stealing a ride
riding, perhaps, on the bumpers between
two cars. His body was buried at Alapaha
by the railroad people, Gilmore had a
"close calln about two years ago, when an
OF or 10y with whom he had been cunning
shot the amrod of his gun into hls head,
putting out one of his eyes.
In the case of Sarah Ann Allen, sentenced
at Macon on Monday in the United States
court to one year at hard labor in the peni-
tertiary at Columbus, o., the minimum
penalty permitted by the statute was i'm
posed. Judge Speer and the district attor-
ney, Mr.. Guerrv, both considered the statute
carefully TO see if it were possible to miti-
gate the severity of the sentence, but it
could not be done. Tuesday on the opening
Of the court Judge Speer called
attention to his regret at being com
PEELED to sentence a woman to punish
ment so degrading, but stated that
the act of congress left him no discretion
He stated further that he would be happy
to unite with the district attorney in an APP
plication to the President to modify the
sentence so as TO omit the feature of hard
labor. The district attorney cordially APP
proved the suggestion Of his honor, and
the proper representation will be at once
forwarded to President Cleveland Sarah
was convicted for personating another and
thereby securing possession or registered
latter that contained $40