The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-20
STATE NEWS.
Called and Condensed from orr Ex.
changes.

ture made vacant by the resignation
of Hon. J. w. Ewing.
THREE negroes we're hanged in
Georgia last Friday, all for murder.
John Rickett at Leesburg, Alex
Henderson at Bainbridge, and Will
DeBill at Thomasville. All con-
fessed guilt.
The sheriffs from all over Georgia
will hold convention in Atlanta
on July 10th. The purpose of the
convention is to perfect an organi-
zation and provide plans for the CO.
operation Of sheriffs in bringing
criminals to justice.
Hon. S. E. FIELDS, State Senator
from the Forty-third District of
Georgia, was shot and instantly
killed at his county home Tuesday
morning of last week, by an adopt
ed son named Dennis Taylor, aged
twenty.
The third annual meeting of the
Georgia Weekly Press Association
will be held in Gainesville, Ca, on
Wednesday, July 3. The meeting
will be called to order promptly at
9 o'clock a. m. On Thursday the
Association will leave on an excur-
sion of much interest to all who
may attend.
The Alliance of Spalding and ad-
joining counties met in Griffin
Saturday, to consolidate the sub
scription to the oil mill and guano
factory fund. They find they have
enough subscribed of the $4,000
which they need to build and equip
the mill, to justify them in begin
ming work at once.
THE other night we passed gate,
the moon was gone-it was rather
late. The forms sat in a broad
piazza one arm was round his Ann
Eliza. ooh, quit-you shan't!"
"Oh, stop your QUARREL" Then
came sound like pop-gun barrel.
And then munching like chewing
gum-like this: yum, yum, yum,
yum, yum.-Hartwell Sun.
Robert Club of Brunswick, has
this year made from a single half
acre 100 bushels of Irish potatoes,
which he has sold for $1.1O per
bushel, besides having left over
several bushels of smaller ones for
his own use and for seed. The
original outlay tor this was two
barrels Of early rose seed, at 1915
per barrel, $3.50. The same ground
is now planted in sweet potato
slips.
A sharper giving his name as
CadmusC G. COe, ofButte City, Mont,
tried thin game on a real estate
agent at Augusta, Ga, on the 14th
inst. He bought piece of property
for $4,000, ordered the deed drawn
UP ct once and offered in payment
check on New York for $35, 900 is
sued by the Butte City Bank. He
evidently expected the check to be
accepted without investigation and
that he would receive $4,000 in
good money. Two hours were asked
by the real estate agent, and tele-
grams to Butte City and New York
elected the information that no
such check had been issued. Coe
did not show up at the hour ap-
pointed, and investigation showed
that he had skipped.
Wednesday night James Ballew,
a white boy, aged Is, was shot and
instantly killed at a house of ILL
fame in Hot House district of Fan
min county, by man named Olvey.
They got into wrangle, when the
woman ordered Olvey to leave. He
Il left the house, but soon returned
and called Ballew out, saying he
wished to make friends with him.
When Ballew stepped out into the
i yard Olvey shot him dead in his
tracks, and then made his escape.
Sheriff Wilson is in pursuit, but it
is thought the murderer has made
good his escape. Olvey is a bad