The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES,
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


A Negro Preacher of Meriw ether
table Clerk of the Weather-Big
Money Paid Tor Land in Lowndes.
GEORGIA
Real estate continues very active at
Townsville.
A new brick hotel is among the probabili-
ties at Carrolton.
There is some talk of the young gentle
men of Townsville organizinga hose COM
pany.
In Houston county the apple crop will be
a good one. Peaches may be considered a
dat failure this year.
land company has been organized in
Carrollton, with a capital stock of s25, 900.
TO operate within two miles of town.
J. T. Bradley, of Carrollton, lost GO. 900
brick by the late rain, making altogether
5000 he has lost by wet weather, He has
made and saved about 100000
The depot yard in Americus seems to be a
fatal spot so far as accidents to persons are
concerned Within the past twelve moaths,
or therea bouts, four people have been killed
by trains within hailing distance of the de-
pot, and fifth ono badly crippled
A few days ago, while little girl of Joel
Hollis, of Lowndes county, with other chill
dren, were playing by turning the sugar
mil, her hand was caught between the iron
rollers of the mill and terribly mashed
1t will perhaps render her q cripple for
life.
young lady in Washington recently told
a young man that when she was a ''smail
boy" she often would take a shovel full
OF hot embers and put them down in front
OF toad frogs and the frogs would lick them
up and swallow them, and next morning
would be lying all around, dead.
At the railroad bridge east of Quitman.
Friday, a negro by tho name of Billy Po-
lard shot and killed another negro by the
name of SADIE Williams. 1t seems that
Williams had been too familiar with Pol
lard's wife and Pollard walked up to him
and shot him down with a epistol. Pollard
was captured by the other negroes.
The Baptists of Brunswick are moving
firmly to the front in the matter of raising
funds for their new church. The commit
tee had conference Friday and added
many new names TO the list. They will rec
ommend to the church the purchase of a
very desirable lot on Union street, and the
sale of the lot they now own. They have
now lin sight" about $4,000 of the S23, 900
they intended raising.
Nj. e. Ulmer and r. l. Hinley have
bought three acres of land from Mr.. Out
law, fronting on the Long Pond, in
Lowndes county, for saw-mill site, for
lars an acre for land fourteen miles from a
railroad is pretty steep, it seems, but it is
expected that the Georgia Southern will
roll along within few hundred yards of
the tract some time next fall.
In Lowndes county, few DAYS ago. while
Edwin and Billy Wilks were carrying home
their little cousin, Bryant Roberts, a boy 8
years of age, and son of Leonard Roberts.
the mule became frightened at an umbrella
as they were descending steep hill at the
ford of the creek near A. D. Wilks' place.
and ran away with the buggy, throwing
the boys out and killing little Bryant in,
stantly. The others were very little hurt.
John Harris is colored preacher living
couple of miles east of Greenville When
rain is needed Harris gets many a Jug of
syrup from the planters around in payment
OF promises to get a shower by his inter-
SESSIONS. A leading planter says he has
given Harris three jugs of syrup, and that
the rain came asprOmised twice out of three
times. The last jug was filed Saturday
morning and that night the welcome rain
began to fall.
An outrage was committed on Baptist
Hill, Merlwether county, last Tuesday night
Admission was demanded and refused by
parties on the outside. A pistol fusllade
was then opened by the outsiders and half
dozen shots passed through the weather.
boarding. A negro man was shot in the
finger and negro woman ir the back of the
neck. DIR. Hall probed for the ball In the
woman's neck but was unable to find IL
The parties inside the house say they recog-
nlzed the voices of the outsiders The mat
ter will be investigated,
On last Saturday, on the plantation of
Capt. j. NJ. Storey, near Greens boro. there
came near being murder committed. Mr..
Alfred A. Hightower, well known all over
Greene county, has charge of Can't Storey,s
nlantatlOn which iS m Ooouaa 4
looks after his farming interest. On this
place there are number of negro tenants
and also several negroes who are EMPLOYED
as wages hands, Among these are three
brothers, Henry, Alonzo and Ozburn Tripp
Last Saturday morning Alonzo took mule
belonging to Capt. Story and rode it a con-
siderable distance at high speed. When he
returned to the plantation Mr.. Hightower
reprimanded him for his abuse of the ami
NAL Alonzo became very impudent. and
hot words followed. Mr.. Hightower was
mounted and the two brothers of
;alo were standing near by. At
last Ozburn took a hand in it. He
whipped out a knife, and grabbing hold of
Mr.. Hightower's bride rein, made lunge
at him, and a sudden movement of the horse
saved him from being cut. Being unarmed
and no match physically for the three men,
Mr.. Hightower whipped up his horse and
started at gallop for his house to arm him
with his knife still drawn, ana
swearing he would kill Mr.. Hightower
if he could reach him. They stopped, how
ever, before going great distance and then
retreated toward the river Mr.. Hightower
as soon as he reached home set out for
Greensboro. Arriving there, he swore out
warrants. charging them with assault with
intent TO kill. Sheriff English with posse
hurried to the plantation, but when they
arrived there the negroes had left. They
were traced to the river, where they had
crossed in boat, and continued their flight
into Oconee county. IL isato be hoped that
they will be apprehended and severely pun
ished. The assault was entirely unpro-
voked, and had Mr.. Hightower not been
mounted, there is no doubt but that the
negroes would have murdered him, as no
assistance was at hand.
FLORIDA.
1t took 1900 900 brick to build the Mos
quito Inlet lighthouse.
Turtle eggs are plentiful on the beach
near New Smyrna now.