The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30
INEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE

Lodges of the Farmers Alliance Being
Organized in Brooks County-The
Clinch County Democrats to Meet To-
Morrow - Railroad Work Around
Valdosta-A Valdosta Mans Strange
Rival.
GEORGIA.
The oat crop in Brooks county is seriously
injured by the dry weather.
The outlook is good for a big crop of
pears in Brooks county this season.
Merry Bacon, at Baconton, has one of the
largest pecan orchards in Southwest
Georgia.
The prizes for Field Day of the State
University at Athens have been selected,
and aggregate in value $50.
1t is rumored that union depot is TO be
built at Dalton by the East and West and
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus rail
roads.
Maj. Cobb, of Athens, has received let
ters from young men in New York and
Minnesota wanting to enter the University
of Georgia.
James Renwick, of New York, has re-
Gently purchased three old town lots at
Brunswick at a cost of s.. 900, and will erect
thereon a number Of brick residences to rent.
The grand jury of Crawford county at its
late session recommended that the County
Commissioners take steps against the A. q
r. railroad for trespassing ON the public
roads.
John Purcell, of Quitman, sold his pear
orchard on Monday last to HOpsOn Brothers
for 81, 500. The grove contains about seven
acres and $50 trees. A few of the trees are
just beginning to bear.
There is calf on j. T. Aliens place in
Taliaferro county that is IA living curiosity
IL is several weeks old and is in perfect
health apparently, but 1t is neither male nor
female. 1t has but one eye.
Messrs. McGinty 81 Huunicutt, of Ath-
ems have purchased the oil mill near the
Northeastern railroad formerly owned by
Mr.. McElhenney. They will have a guano
factory in connection with their cotton seed
and oil mill
Several lodges of the Farmers Alliance
have been organized in Lowndes County
during the past week A general conven-
ton Of the lodges is talked Of for some date
in May, to be held in the court house in
Naldosta.
The Crawfordville Democrat, which has
always been one OF the best weelHles in the
State, is out this week with a handsome
twelve-page edition, with colored covers,
ard cut of the monument to the late
Robert Toombs.
James P. Mattox, chairman of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee of Clinch
County, has called a meeting for tomorrow
for the purpose of selecting delegates to the
State Democratic Convention, to be held in
Atlanta on Mays.
The Sixth Georgia regiment battle flag
which was at the memorial exercises at
Fort Valley, Thursday, was the flag that ex-
President Davis embraced and kissed at
Macon In November last. Mai Culpepper,
TO whom it belongs, prizes it above price.
The warrant which was sworn out. at
Americus, against Harriet Seig. Thursday
night, in which she was charged with
having kidnapped the little negro over
whom much commotion has been raised,
was dismissed by the city authorities
Friday, aud the woman set at liberty
Col. John NJ. Cobb, a former citizen of
Americas, but now doing business in Mont
gomery, Ala, has been on a visit to rela-
tives at Americas for the past several days.
During his stay he purchased a tract of
land on Forsyth street, adjoining the resi-
dence of his brother, L. E. Cobb, and will
soon begin the building of six dwelling
houses thereupon
F. A. Williams. of the Athens Ban
9ler- " dtchmGn office, has an edition of
Robinson Crusoe, published at Edinburgh.
Scotland, in 1892 The name of the pub
Usher is not given. In It's place is the line.
Printed for the Booksellers" One pecu-
liarity of this old book is the fact of its
having long SIS, in the form of rs, instead
OF in the usual form of that letter
A young man went to call on a young
lady at ValdoSta several nights ago, and
somehow he was quite late. She called his
attention to the fact that he was late. re-
marking that she was sin the arms of
Morpheus" when he came. The young man
added TO the embarrassment of the situation
by innocently remarking that he thought
he heard that fellow 60 out when he came
in.
May will decide whether Banks county
will sell whisky or not. Toe county has
been rather dry for years, by the Ordinary
refusing to issue license to retail dealers
and only two or three places were estab-
lshed where whisky could be got by the
gallon. The fight is getting warm, and IL
Banks should go wet on May 4 there will
be barroom started at every crossroads in
the county.
Tom Allen has sent to friends at Ameri-
Gus sample of the bread baked and eaten by
the Apache Indians out on the reservation
IN New Mexico, where he is stationed Ii
IS made, he writes us, only of -four and
water, no soda, lard, baking powders or
any other necessary ingredient going into
pavement, and a sledge hammer or cold
chisel would be required to fracture it.
John Hill, colored, living on Z. Harvey's
place in Undertook, Putnam County.
tied four mules out in the swamps to Craze
last Saturday. They were allowed to re-
main there Saturday night, and upon visit
ing them Sunday morning, he found one
with its neck broken. 1t had become en-
tangled in the long rope which was tied
about its neck, and in tue desperate strug-
gle to extricate itself, its life was ended as
above stated.
Jacob Hames, Of Americas, who was put
on the streets Thursday TO serve out SEN
tence from the city court, ran away in a
few hours after he was taken out to where
the street improvements are going on, and
made his way back to his old haunts in the
city. He was picked up by Officer Smith
Friday and carried before Judge Pilsbuy.
and State warrant for escape sworn out
against him. Jake is in a worse fix now
than ever, and will in all probability get a
term in the chain gang for his smartness.
An 1S-year-old Sumter girl. whose nearest
neighbor lives quarter of mile distant.
kept house for her father and mother TO
make visit awhile ago, stayed all alone
day and night, took all the care of a woke
of oxen, horse, three cows and hog. a
large flock of sheep, and hens and chickens
too numerous to mention. At the same
time she did the fall spinning, and har-
messed her own horse TO take her butter and
eggs TO market. Last summer she picked