The morning news., 1889-05-09

p. Nichols. Upon edj dj1urnment Of the
stockholders meeting, the directors met and
elected the following officers: President, NJ.
J.. Bates; vice president, B. r. Blakely
secretary and treasurer. j. p Nichols The
building for the mill is being pushed for
ward by the contractors, who agree to have
it ready for the machinery by July /.
AT Ty Ty J. d. Mawd has again opened
his store. Some time ago he bought out a
stock Of goods to be paid for in install
ments, on condition that the stock be kept
to 500. -Ths gentleman who sold him the
goods thinking he was not keeping his
contract as to the amount OF goods in
stock, swore out an attachment and hal
the store closed uD. but after giving bond
and taking inventory Of stock it was found,
to Mr.. Mawds edit, that his stock
| amounted to over $500 in merchandise, and
| further he has not allowed anv of his
| papers to fully mature before paying his
| lnstallment.
Richmond Stephens alias Richard Lewis,
who, 1T Is alleged, committed the crime Of
rapo on a lady in Cedartown on May 26,
1887 was caught Sunday night by four Of
! Crawfordville's citizens. He has bafied all
aJtomp, since the commission Of his crime
to catch him until Sunday night, when w.
! K. Reid, r. O. Taylor, S. H. Rhodes and G..
/ H. Mitchell Of awfordsvile. found him in
the house Of negro about four miles in the
country. He went up the chimney bu5 was
! soon brought down, and Is now safely
lodged in the county jail There is a re-
ward of $3.50 offered by Gov. Gordon, be-
sides $50 by the citizens of Cedartown.
Near LaGrange, one day last week,
| Robert, the S-year-old son Of Mrs Anna
! Prtddy, had occasion to ride through the
woods on horseback, when he left home
! early in the mOrning intending to be back
IN the course of an hour or two Hours
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| causing his mother great uneasinesS. About
! o'clock some gentleman started out to
/ hunt for him. when they found him about
! two miles from home, where, after working
/ al day, he had just extricated his horse
| from a deep mire, where the horse had been
| stuck for several hours. The lit 10 fellow
was afraid to leave his horse and 60 for
| help, and bravely stood by until he got the
animal on sound ground.
Living with j. j. Ware of LaGrauge is
an old family servant who belonged to his
family during slavery, named Abs Ware,
| who is very Old now past So Up to a
week or so ago the old man was engaged in
active work, Notwithstanding his great age,
but is now confined to his bed with heart
trouble. Old Uncle Abe is the father of a
large number of chidreo, and Mr. Ware.
TO amuse himself, the other day counted up
his grand and great-grandchildren living
near LaGrange, all of them being within
| ten miles of town. There were just seventy
| two grandchildren and tweut seven great
| grandchildren known to Mr. Ware which,
with himself and wife and seven living sons
| and da lglters, make just los ia the family.
At Macon for several weeks the employees
OF the gas works, as well as the electric
light works in the same neighborhood. have
been seen TO stop every evening on quitting
work and surround a lot of little negroes
who daily congregate on the square near
the railroad embankment Monday a TeLe-
graph man determined to see the cause of
the gathering, and on proceeding to the
locality found the little negroes engaged in
'patting" with all their might, and an Old
gray goose in the center of the circle dauc-
ing. first on one foot and then on the other
! The gander seemed TO enjoy the dance, and,
though it may read like ''faks, was keep
ing most excellent time to the rude music
of the children. For an hour or so the
| goose will dance to the patting, always
stopping when the children cease their
| music, and seems always ready to resume.
| For some time past the dogs, pigs aud
calves on the Sltlivs place. near Button,
have suffered considerably from the dspre-
dation OF a mysterious animal A few
mornings since when p. N. J. D0zier and
| w. A. Renfroe went out in the yard aud
| found their hounds torn and bleeding their
wrath knew no bounds, and they forthwith
| determined to overtake and anninilate the
| monster. They were Joined by several
Others and, putting their best dogs on the
| track, had lively chase. Various sugges-
| tions were offered as to what the animal
| was, and one Of the party, who said he had
seen it, declared it was a great horned
! monster vita fiery eyes, very much ressm-
bling the devil. When they finally came
Up with the object Of their chase, their
surprise may be imagined when they found
70 hsaa a a
only served to increase taeir anger and in
less time than il takes to tell it there was
not enough of that dog left to bait a mouse
trap.
At Augusta the deacons of the Union
Baptist colored church have completed the
investigation of the charges of criminal
assault preferred against Rev. w. j. Dun
gee, their pastor, several months ago by
Mrs. Allen, a colored music teacher OF
Oberlin, O., who was living at the time
with Dungee and his family. Five of the
deacons were Of the opinion that the charges
were sustained, while the other five thought
the evidence was not sufficient to convict
him. The matter was referred to q con-
ference of the church, and the following
decision was reached, which is considered a
Compromise THAT the Rev. Dungee either
be requested to band in his resignation or
to decline reelection at the annual nesting
to tie held next Sunday" Rev. Duugee
has already ha2de1 in his letter declining
to be recalled to the pastorate of tde caurch.
By this action split smong the members
is prevented, and their preacher, who has q
national reputation, will remove to the
west.
At Trion Monday while the factory was
running as usual, all of sudden consid-
cradle portion of shafting, which was sup
ported by hangers overhead, fell TO tue
floor A number of the operatives were at
work among the machinery, but no one
was hurt, although it seems almost like an
imDossiblity for them to have escaped be-
ing killed One spinning frame was liter
ally knocked to pieces, while two others
were damaged. A spooling machine was
cut in two by the falling shaftiug, which
was bent aud twisted considerably. Per-
haps ten DAYS will be required to repair the
damage. Meantime the operatives will be
idle, as none Of the machinery can be run
until the damaged shafting and machinery
are repaired. The owners Of the factory
are building another and considerably
larger mill near the old one. More than 100
hands are at work on the new bail ling
The old mill consumes about 4, 800 bales of
cotton each year. The new one will con-
sumo a good deal more.
The field day sports of the University Of
Georgia at Athens came off Moeday. The
trustees Of the university a year or two
ago aside the first Monday in Nay as the
ba se