The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-16
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Birth TO Cllld- auuIlHg 4OE ouE4Su
Gold Near Villa Rica,
GEORGIA.
Hartwell has shipped this season 5, 400
bales of cotton.
The schooner Tanum is unloading
naphtha at Brunswick for Savannah.
The cotton factory at High Shoals has
declared a dividend of 70 per cent. for last
year.
A canning establishment will be erected
in or near Quitman in time to take III the
next vegetable season.
James Lee, for many years the sole resi-
dent of Bllys Island III the Okefenokee
swamp, died suddenly on the 18th inst.
Parties from Savannah were in Valdosta
last week prospecting with a view to in
vesting in real estate and engaging in bust
ness
Hon. F. B. Hodges has purchased the
Herring mill site on Cedar creek, IL miles
from Hartwen, and will erect grist mill
in a short time.
John A. Lewis & Son, of Americas, have
purchased the steamboat Montezuma, plying
on the Flint river and the boat will here
after make regular trips.
The gin house and press belonging to J.
H. Alderman, in the Morven district of
Brooks county, was burned on Wednesday
night last Mr. Alderman lost considerable
cotton in the seed, perhaps five bales, 500
bushels cotton seed, new gin, etc.
The Comptroller General has collected
$4,000 tax out of the insurance companies
doing business in this State 1t was the
duty of the Tax Collectors to collect this tax
and they only gotabout $1,000 year until
it was made the duty of the Cmptoller.
Before another cotton season rolls around
there will be another large brick ware
house in Quitman. The building is to be
erected on the lot in rear of the brick block
on which the Rountree buildings stand,
and on the corner now occupied by
frame residence
j. A. Riviere has sent the Americas Re
corder curious piece of n rattan stick,
which shows one of the many curious forms
wood will grow in. This piece Is formed
something like a figure eight, except that it
is twisted and wound all around itself until
one can hardly find the beginning or the
end.
The City Council, of Valdosta, at its
last meeting, passed resolution
requesting the citizens Of the town
to express in some way at the
election to be held on the second Welnes-
day in February their pleasure in regard to
the building of city hail. market and en-
CINE house.
William T. Cowles, a talented young man
of Atlanta, and a nephew of Gov. Shorter
(before his death one of the pillars of the
Baptist Church in Georgia., has recently
withdrawn from the Baptist denomination
and connected himself with the Methodists
for the purpose of becoming minister III
that denomination.
Athens Banner Waterman, Few of our
citizens are aware that something less than
pne-half a century ago a bloody duel was
fought at the High Shoals factory, and the
spots where the principals stood are still
pointed out by the oldest inhabitants. One
of the cOmbatants was shot dead in his
tracks, while the other was seriously
wounded.
A few days ago Pike Price, of Oconee
county, killed an old field rabbit that was
animal had been caught in the big forest
fire last summer and when the hair grew
out again it had changed to red. The
swamps of Jacks creek in Walton county
are filed with what is known jack rah-
bits. A young one was killed that weighed
81 pounds after being cleaned.
Oconee county boasts perhaps the young
est mother ever known in the State.
A gentleman of undoubted veracty says
that several years ago "A girl living i'll that
county married at the age Of 8 years, and
before her 10th birthday she became a
mother When married the girl was rs
well developed as a woman and weighed
146 pounds Her husband was 45 years of
age. The family We're white and moved to
Alabama, where they now reside.
There is in connection with the First
Presbyterian church at Atlanta a ladies'
sewing society, which has clothed no less
than 200 poor children who might other
wise have suffered a great deal. These
ladies Luy lot of cloth and carry it among
the women and girls who are members OF
their mission church and Sunday school out
nfta eft Nov l.
the cloth into garments, which are given
out to the poor children who live in the
neighborhood.
A gang of tramps struck Quitman last
Thursday and at night they broke into a
freight car at the depot and took out a num-
Der of articles. As the conductor failed to
leave the way bill, it is rot known exactly
what they did take, but several articles are
missing. A box of snuff consigned to Tylor
q Bro, at this place was found where they
had dropped it in crossing a branch across
the railroad. Sheriff Mcneil is i'll pursuit
of the rascals and it is to be hoped that he
will capture them.
Amos johnson, the father of Willie John
son, who killed Isaac Robinson at Perry
Davis still, i'll Lowndes county, last week
(all negroes, was arrested and is now in
Jail charged with being an accessory to the
crime. Amos raised the difficulty with
Robinson and made an effort to shoot him
with a pistol. He snapped his weapon in
Robinson's face several times and then sent
his son Willie after his musket. 1t was
when he returned with that murderous in
strument that he attacked Robinson and
shot him through, his ia her telling him to
do it.
The Albany correspondent of the NEWS
writes as follows under date of Jan. IA: "A
sad occurrence took place in Baker county
this week. On the same day Mrs. W. w.
Jordan and her mother Mrs. Perry, died.
Mrs. Jordan was taken suddenly ill and
died at II o'clock m. About 80 p. m her
mother residing about half mile distant
died after a short illness. They were buried
in the same grave. Mrs Jesse Love- of
Marion, Ala, is visiting her aunt, Miss E.
&. Davis. Col. A. f. Tiff and T. NJ Car
ter, of this city, have taken a business trip
to Key West. The water works are nearly
completed at Fort Gaines. After about
three months work a large tank has been
completed and filled with water for use in
case of fire. Water was turned on Friday
There have been about 1000 bales of cotton
shipped from Fort Gaines this season up to
date
Atlanta Journal: He was little old
countryman, clad in plain veStments and
carrying a broad brimmed slouch-hat in
one hand and a heavy stick in the other
He walked gingerly into one of our most