The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Very Quickly Secured.
GEORGIA.
Col. W. Y. Elder of Oconee county ha
withdrawn from the legislative race.
H. E. Crittenden of Townsville has SOLE
out his stock of fancy and family groce
ries, CONNECTIONS. etc, to Thomas Jelks.
Singleton Kyle, an old citizen of jackson
county, was killed on Saturday last by fall
ing from load of fodder, which he We:
hauling.
At Athens Tuesday Alderman Murray,
while in attendance on the mayors court
had his pockets picked, and was deprived of
fine gold watch.
7. L. Gantt's sons win begin tho publ
cation of the Elberton Star in October A
splendid new outfit has been bought The
paper will be six-column quarto, all home
print.
There have been eleven deaths among the
members of Antioch Baptist church, in
Oglethorpe county, this year. For many
years the late DR.. P. H. Nell was pastor Of
this church.
Hon. W B. Hill of Macon, who recently
announced his severance from the demo-
cratic party on account of his prohibition
prochvities. has been invited to deliver an
address before the American Bar Associa-
ton at the annual meeting at Chicago next
year. Mr.. Hill will accept.
At Sharon, Monday, Pat Anderson
.tcoloredl was killed at negro party Satur-
day night. A boy namod Henderson was
drunk, and a number tried to put him out,
when he drew pistol and began firing at
random. A bali lodged in Anderson, killing
him almost instantly. Henderson mads his
Z escape.
At Athens, Tuesday, son of Mr.. Nabers,
while with other boys attempting to tease
(thlnamqn i'm "a laundry -,
tub of dirty water by the enraged celestial.
The father of the boy tempted to cowhide
the Chinaman when Informed of the diff
Guilty, but was prevented by policemen
near by.
At Macon, Tuesday, the committee ap-
pointed for the purpose of canvassing the
city for the purpose of raising the 50, 500
pieged to the agricultural society, started
out on their work, and at dark we're elated
over their success, having secured about
$1,000, or more than half, with three more
days to work in.
On Wednesday last while attending his
gin. Black Alexander, of KNOXVILLE, Mon
roe county, had his hand caught in the saws
OF the gin, and had 1T SO lacerated as to
cause the loss of his little finger. On the
same day James B. Sutton, l3-year-old son
of Hon. James H. Sutton, also had his hand
badly lacerated in gin.
The law course of the university at
Athens has been greatly improved this
year, and will be interspersed with lectures
by prominent men on the different
branches. Lectures will be delivered by
Col. Pope Barrow, Judge Newman, Hon. P.
W.. Meldrim, Hon. A. Pratt Adams, and
Judge Marshall j. Clarke.
The 8-year-old son of Henry Brown. who
lives on the Clisby place in Vineville, a
suburb OF Macon, died Tuesday from the
effects of a burn received on Saturday
night The mother left the boy in charge
OF his sister, two years older and went IN
10 Mrs. Cllsby's residence. While gone, the
dress of the little fellow caught on fire.
w. s. Cox, proprietor of the LaGrange
Flow Works, has begun the erection of new
buildings on his lot down on the railroad.
just opposite the depot. The buildings will
be OF brick, covered with corrugated iron.
and Will consist of a main shop 75xf0O feet
IN size and two stories high. ample sheds
for drying and storing timber, lumber. etc.
and neat little office to be built separate
from the shops
Following is the order of the circuits of
the state supreme court, with the number
OF cases remaining undisposed of Oct /: At
lanta 80, Stone Mountain 10, Middle II. An
gusta is, Northern s, Western 4. North
eastern a, Blue Ridge l, Cherokee 81, Rome
~, Coweta Ii, Flint 10, Ocmulgee 5, Macon
Is, Chattahoochee II, Pataula 9, Southwest
ern Is, Albany 10, Southern 5, Oconee IL.
Brunswick 6, Eastern %.
A story has been current for several davs
that Justice L. Q. c. Lamar was badly hurt
recently by being thrown from his horse
while. at Bethlehem, NJ H. Judge Speer.
who was IN bethlehem when the accident
occurred, says the report had been very
much exaggerated. 1t was true that he fell
from the horse, but sustained only a slight
confusion on the shoulder, which did not
prevent him from attending to good deal
of judicial work.
The planters could knock a good sized
hole in the bagging trust by making their
bales average 500 pounds instead of $50 as
heretofore. Estimating the crop the same
as last year about 100000 bales) and put
ting the average at 800 pounds per bale, it
would reduce the number of bales 700. OlO
Counting six yards to the bale this would
make 4,2OO, 600 yards bagging that could be
saved, and the same proportion of ties
Besides, about 81, 900, 900 could be saved in
handling the 100000 bales-or rather by not
handling them-which goes to the ware
houses.
Jetf y. Stewart, of the firm of Swami, Stew
art 81 Co., of Covington, has gone to Louis
vile, KY, where he has just purchased a
large interest in the Ohio Falls Car Com
at Jacksonville, Ind, which is lust across
the river from Louisville. He has pur-
chased-$ SIS, 600 worth of stock in the COM
pany, which is capitalized at 5000 900, aad
the entire works cover eighty acres of land.
de has been elected secretary and treasurer
OF the company, which positions will prob
ably pay him 81, 500 or S., 900. The com
pany is nsw employing $500 hands, and is
doing business of 81, 250, 900 per annum.
LAGRANGE Graphic: Last Friday was
cotton picking day at the farm of George
Truitt, and the pickers came very near
breaking the record. John Gibson picked
55S pounds, John Porter SGT pounds, and
Jake McFarlin gathered in SAG pounds. Old
Aunt Lou Shepherd, ~ years old, picked
3l2 pounds, beside milking the cows night
and morning. On being told what she had
done, the old darkey said: 81 dunno what
is gittin in de old niger. Now, when ole
master used TO STAN ober me wild a strop, |
couldn't do dat. spec it am dem big bolls
OBJ cotton what am de matter wild my ole
fingers" And the old woman toldled off
as happy as darkey ever gets TO be. 1t
was certainly remarkable performances
for one Of her age.
The Marion Patriot says that several men
We're sitting ia front Of one of the stores in
that place, when one Of the men remarked,
Just as lady with strawberry blonde hair
was passing, that he was quite hoarse. The
lady stopped and placed her arms akirnbo,
Just as they always do when they want to
give fellow tongue lashing, and looking
MIN through as though he was as trans
parent as air. Remarked. aft ia cof,fpov 20 "A